Winners at the American Music Awards

By The Associated Press (AP) – 21 minutes ago

_ Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift

_ Pop-Rock:

Male artist: Michael Jackson

Female artist: Taylor Swift

Band, duo or group: Black Eyed Peas

Album: Michael Jackson, “Number Ones”

_ Soul-R&B:

Male artist: Michael Jackson

Female artist: Beyonce

Album: Michael Jackson, “Number Ones”

_ Rap-Hip-Hop:

Artist: Jay-Z

_ Country:

Male artist: Keith Urban

Female artist: Taylor Swift

Band, duo or group: Rascal Flatts

Album: Taylor Swift, “Fearless”

_ Adult Contemporary: Taylor Swift

_ Alternative Rock: Green Day

_ Soundtrack Album: “Twilight Soundtrack”

_ T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Award: Gloriana

_ International Award of Excellence: Whitney Houston

Some award presentations were not included in the ABC telecast.

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Posted on Advocate.com November 18, 2009 08:07:43 PM

Love Bites for Twilight’s Gay Fans

Gay fanpires are sure to flock to New Moon, but with questions lingering about author Stephanie Meyer and the cash she gives to the Mormon Church, Mike Albo wonders if we’d be better off tying a clove of garlic around our necks.

By Mike Albo
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COMMENTARY: New Moon is almost here. You may not be one of the bloodthirsty “fanpires” who have been camping outside of theaters waiting for the premiere on Monday, but still it’s hard not to be as giddy as a teenage girl about it. Breaking records in advance ticket sales, its stars plastered on every magazine cover and mindless website, the Twilight follow-up is turning out to be a gigantic pop culture tidal wave that has the potential to engulf Titanic and every previous blockbuster in box office sales.

Gay and lesbian audiences are certainly not immune to the hype, and who can blame us — the cast is chock-full of heartthrobs who are impossible to ignore. Not only do we have Robert Pattinson with his wintry beauty and red, red Kool-Aid lips, but there is Kellan Lutz with his lusty frat-boy bod, Taylor Lautner’s sweet face and concertedly ripped physique, and a slew of steamy minor roles (like crazy-cute Peter Facinelli’s Daddy Cullen or Edi Gathegi’s stern, dreadlocked Laurent). Even Kristen Stewart is turning out to be a hot goofy tomboy object of desire — the Shane we have all been longing for since The L Word finished its run.

Moody, alluring, even a little campy, the Twilight saga has all the sexy requirements it takes to go down in the gay — ahem — annals of pop culture history. It’s not hard to see a future of Taylor Lautner shirtless montage videos playing in a loop at gay bars … or even an Edward Cullen drag king contest.

The only problem is — it’s not really that gay. At all. A quick scan of the books (it doesn’t take that much time) finds absolutely zero confident, out gay or lesbian characters. Maybe there is a scene or two where guys get all half naked and fight with gushing testosterone, or a girl strokes Bella’s hair, or an androgynous vampire in Italy acts suggestive — but there is nothing more.

This lack of pink makes sense once you know that the author of the mega-popular series, Stephenie Meyer, is a devout Mormon who is a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and graduate of Brigham Young University — not exactly the most gay-friendly environment.

Meyer’s religious background hasn’t escaped the gay blogosphere. There have been some intelligent, penetrating questions among many sites about the motivations of Meyer and the subsequent film projects — and whether this is something we gays and lesbians should be obsessing over. It brings up an interesting quandary: In our current political state as a minority, just how are our dollars and sexual energy being used?

Many bloggers wonder whether Meyer (pictured) had directly or even indirectly supported the infamous Mormon-backed campaign to pass Proposition 8 in California. Noting that the LDS Church imposes a compulsory 10% income tax on ots members, some question how their money, as fans of Meyer’s books, may have been used to dismantle the effort for gay and lesbian marriage equality.

“What if we are a fanpire nation, allowing the passage of Prop 8 via our Twilight obsessions?” wonders Professor, What If … ? in his/her blog.

Defenses of Meyer (from The Mormons Are Coming! blog and En.FairMormon.org, for example) stipulate that LDS’s contributions to Yes on 8 campaigns were through individual contributions and “in-kind donations”(free or discounted services) that total about $190,000. Defenders also contend that support for the campaign only came from congregations within California under the direction of the Protect Marriage Coalition.

Still, this is a huge mega-industrial church which does not condone gay or lesbian existence and (according to Time magazine) enjoyed $5.2 billion in tithes last year. Excusing its direct responsibility for the success of Prop. 8 is like arguing over the innocence of an icicle on a monolithic iceberg.

Infinitely more savvy than she was perhaps five years ago (and also probably armed with the shrewdest publicists in the history of Hollywood]) Meyer has, smartly, stayed away from the bubbling controversy, avoiding any discussion of her politics. On the other hand, she has publicly discussed how important her Mormon faith was in the creation of her multimillion-dollar saga.

Her sensibilities are evident in the story itself. This isn’t the most sexually experimental bunch of vampires out there. Edward and Bella barely touch or kiss. They make Vampire Lestat and Buffy look like they are from ’70s San Francisco. But still, Edward, Bella, and all those hot half-naked werewolves have struck a chord. It’s not Meyer’s fault that she is a success and has created a striking, absorbing piece of cultural property. Who knows what and who will create something that will captivate the public’s imagination?

Arguments about the power of art and the moral compass of its creator have been debated for hundreds of years. Just look at the work of Wagner, Leni Riefenstahl, Elia Kazan. Or, conversely, the work of the countless gay and lesbian writers or artists who have transmuted their sexual desire into heterosexual characters.

But this isn’t simply “art” we are talking about, it’s a marketing juggernaut. Tied to the publishing industry, tabloids, iTunes, Meyer’s Mormon-inspired saga is a major media event and marketing campaign — a huge multiplatform effort demanding our attention as consumers, no matter what sexual orientation. This makes Twilight,New Moon, and the next 13 sequels a definitive way to take temperature of gay and lesbian representation.

As we all flock to the theaters and fawn over the beautiful faces and flawless bodies, maybe we should take a step back and notice how surprisingly unevolved it appears. It’s 2009, and this is a major piece of pop culture, but the resolutely heterosexual film could have happened in 1955, starring James Dean and Sal Mineo. Or in 1980, starring Kristy McNichol and Matt Dillon.

It makes you wonder: the vague state of gay life in the mainstream entertainment market is still a big annoying cock-tease — and it’s uncomfortably reflective of our fangless mundane reality: a world where we can’t get married, adopt children easily, or even make out in public. And in places like Rhode Island, we can’t even die equally.

Will an openly gay vampire ever come to Forks? When will we be allowed to get married? It all seems like themes in a shelved screenplay at this point.

This article is representative of the author’s views and not those of Advocate.com.

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Entertainer of the Year: Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist of the Year: Brad Paisley
Single of the Year: ”I Run to You,” Lady Antebellum
Album of the Year: Fearless, Taylor Swift
Female Vocalist of the Year: Taylor Swift
Song of the Year: ”In Color,” Jamey Johnson (w/ cowriters Lee Thomas Miller and James Otto)
Music Video of the Year: ”Love Story,” Taylor Swift
Best New Artist of the Year: Darius Rucker
Musician of the Year: Mac McAnally
Event of the Year: ”Start a Band,” Brad Paisley and Keith Urban
Vocal Group of the Year: Lady Antebellum
Vocal Duo of the Year: Sugarland

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A complete list of the PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS 2010 nominees follows:

FAVORITE TV DRAMA
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Grey’s Anatomy
House
Lost
NCIS

FAVORITE TV COMEDY
Desperate Housewives
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory
The Office
Two and a Half Men

FAVORITE TV DRAMA ACTOR
Hugh Laurie
Kiefer Sutherland
Mark Harmon
Matthew Fox
Patrick Dempsey

FAVORITE TV DRAMA ACTRESS
Anna Paquin
Blake Lively
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Katherine Heigl
Mariska Hargitay

FAVORITE TV COMEDY ACTOR
Alec Baldwin
Charlie Sheen
Jim Parsons
Neil Patrick Harris
Steve Carell

FAVORITE TV COMEDY ACTRESS
Alyson Hannigan
America Ferrera
Amy Poehler
Eva Longoria Parker
Tina Fey

FAVORITE TV OBSESSION
Dexter
Gossip Girl
The Hills
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
True Blood

FAVORITE TALK SHOW (Mobile Voting Category)
Chelsea Lately
Live with Regis & Kelly
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Tyra Banks Show

FAVORITE SCI FI/FANTASY TV SHOW (Mobile Voting Category)
Heroes
Lost
Supernatural
The Vampire Diaries
True Blood

FAVORITE COMPETITION SHOW
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Survivor: Samoa

FAVORITE ANIMAL SHOW
Animal Cops
Dog Town
Dog Whisperer
It’s Me or the Dog
Rescue Ink Unleashed

FAVORITE NEW TV DRAMA
Eastwick
FlashForward
Melrose Place
Mercy
The Forgotten
The Good Wife
The Vampire Diaries
Three Rivers
NCIS: Los Angeles
V

FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY
Accidentally on Purpose
Brothers
Community
Cougar Town
Glee
Hank
The Cleveland Show
The Middle
Modern Family

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR
Brad Pitt
Hugh Jackman
Johnny Depp
Robert Pattinson
Ryan Reynolds

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway
Drew Barrymore
Jennifer Aniston
Kristen Stewart
Sandra Bullock

FAVORITE ACTION STAR
Christian Bale
Gerard Butler
Hugh Jackman
Shia LaBeouf
Vin Diesel

FAVORITE COMEDIC STAR
Adam Sandler
Ben Stiller
Jim Carrey
Ryan Reynolds
Vince Vaughn

FAVORITE BREAKOUT MOVIE ACTRESS
Anna Kendrick
Emily Osment
Ginnifer Goodwin
Miley Cyrus
Zoe Saldana

FAVORITE BREAKOUT MOVIE ACTOR
Chris Pine
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Sam Worthington
Taylor Lautner
Zachary Quinto

FAVORITE ON-SCREEN TEAM
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint & Emma Watson
The Proposal – Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds
The Twilight Saga – Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart & Taylor Lautner
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Shia LeBeouf & Megan Fox
X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Hugh Jackman, Liev Shreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Will.i.am, Dominic Monaghan & Daniel Henney

FAVORITE FAMILY MOVIE (Mobile Voting Category)
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Up
Where the Wild Things Are

FAVORITE INDEPENDENT MOVIE
(500) Days of Summer
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Paranormal Activity
Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail

FAVORITE FRANCHISE (Mobile Voting Category)
Harry Potter
Star Trek
The Twilight Saga
Transformers
X-Men

FAVORITE COMEDY MOVIE
17 Again
Bride Wars
He’s Just Not That Into You
The Hangover
The Proposal

FAVORITE MOVIE
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Star Trek
The Hangover
The Proposal
Twilight

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST
Eminem
Jason Mraz
John Mayer
Keith Urban
Tim McGraw

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST
Beyonce
Britney Spears
Carrie Underwood
Pink
Taylor Swift

FAVORITE COUNTRY ARTIST
Brad Paisley
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Rascal Flatts
Taylor Swift

FAVORITE BREAKOUT MUSIC ARTIST
Adam Lambert
Demi Lovato
Kris Allen
Lady Gaga
Susan Boyle

FAVORITE HIP HOP ARTIST (Mobile Voting Category)
Eminem
Flo Rida
Jay-Z
Lil’ Wayne
T.I.

FAVORITE ROCK BAND
Daughtry
Green Day
Kings of Leon
Muse
Paramore

FAVORITE MUSIC COLLABORATION
Good Girls Go Bad – Cobra Starship & Leighton Meester
Lucky – Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Run This Town – Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
Life Your Live – T.I. & Rihanna
I’m On a Boat – The Lonely Island & T-Pain

FAVORITE R&B ARTIST
Alicia Keys
Beyonce
Jennifer Hudson
Mariah Carey
Usher

FAVORITE POP ARTIST
Britney Spears
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift
The Black Eyed Peas

FAVORITE WEB CELEB
Andy Samberg
Ashton Kutcher
Miley Cyrus
P. Diddy
Will Ferrell

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Mister D: This must be the new way to raise money, but I’ll leave the links out. Sad, sad, sad. I even helped advertise his fundraiser, too:

Hello Everybody,

It’s that time of year again! Time to wish Bette a Happy Birthday and donate to The New York Restoration Project as a gift to Miss M.

This is the 11th year in a row (Mister D: I have verified that this is not true) for this fundraiser. For all the details, check out the Facebook page:

And for everything else divine, without any extraneous litter (Mister D: this was the reference to my site), check out:

I think it’s the BEST Bette website online!!!

THANX!

Jude

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ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kings of Leon
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Eminem
Michael Jackson

POP/ROCK – Favorite Male Artist
Eminem
Michael Jackson
T.I.

POP/ROCK – Favorite Female Artist
Beyonce
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift

POP/ROCK – Favorite Band, Duo or Group
The Black Eyed Peas
Kings of Leon
Nickelback

POP/ROCK – Favorite Album
Fame – Lady Gaga
Number Ones – Michael Jackson
Fearless – Taylor Swift

COUNTRY – Favorite Male Artist
Jason Aldean
Darius Rucker
Keith Urban

COUNTRY – Favorite Female Artist
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

COUNTRY – Favorite Band, Duo or Group
Rascal Flatts
Sugarland
Zac Brown Band

COUNTRY – Favorite Album
Unstoppable – Rascal Flatts
Fearless – Taylor Swift
Foundation – Zac Brown Band

RAP/HIP-HOP – Favorite Male Artist
Eminem
Jay-Z
T.I.

RAP/HIP-HOP – Favorite Album
Relapse – Eminem
Blueprint 3 – Jay-Z
Paper Trail – T.I.

SOUL/R&B – Favorite Male Artist
Jamie Foxx
Michael Jackson
Maxwell

SOUL/R&B – Favorite Female Artist
Beyonce
Keyshia Cole
Keri Hilson

SOUL/R&B – Favorite Band, Duo or Group
The Black Eyed Peas
Day26
Mary Mary

SOUL/R&B – Favorite Album
I Am…Sasha Fierce – Beyonce
The E.N.D. – The Black Eyed Peas
Number Ones – Michael Jackson

SOUNDTRACKS – Favorite Album
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Hannah Montana 3
Twilight Soundtrack

ALTERNATIVE ROCK – Favorite Artist
Green Day
Kings of Leon
Shinedown

ADULT CONTEMPORARY – Favorite Artist
Daughtry
Jason Mraz
Taylor Swift

LATIN – Favorite Artist
Aventura
Luis Fonsi
Wisin Y Yandel

CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL – Favorite Artist
Jeremy Camp
Brandon Heath
Mary Mary

To Vote: Click Here

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NPR
Take Our Quiz And Know For Sure: Would You Be A Good Awards-Show Host?
November 2, 2009
by Linda Holmes

Okay, so no matter what happens with the Oscar-hosting business, there are plenty of awards shows that need help. Emmys, Tonys, Oscars, Golden Globes, something with “Blockbuster” in it, that one where they give everything to Twilight, the MTV Movie Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Inappropriate Hot-Tub Moment Of The Year … it’s a crowded field, and many hosts are needed.

Always eager to help, we have developed the following quiz to help you determine whether you would be a good awards-show host and to decide, What Color Is Your Parachute?-style, whether this is an avenue you should pursue.

1. Do you own a tuxedo and/or formal gown?

A. I do, and I wore it to the grocery store just the other day to bring some glamour to the frozen-pizza section.
B. I do, and I’m fairly sure it’s in a bag under my unopened action figures.
C. I own several tuxedos and formal gowns. You may know me as The Wax Museum Bandit.
D. That’s not how we roll in my grunge band.

2. How do you feel about performing scripted banter written by Bruce Vilanch?

A. He’s the professional, right? If scripted banter were unsuccessful, or, say, had bombed fifty years in a row, they would have stopped using it.
B. It’s okay, but I’d like to get someone a little less highbrow.
C. That would be great! I was really upset that he wasn’t available to ghost my Christmas letter last year.
D. I’m not sure I see how excelling in the decathlon qualifies anyone to write jokes, but I guess that’s our devotion to celebrity culture for you.

3. If I asked you to complete the sentence, “Jack Nicholson is here tonight, and … ,” how would you respond?

A. ” … his date is younger than my socks, ho-ho-ho!”
B. ” … he … can’t handle the truth. Um. Anyway. Here’s the cast of Twilight: New Moon.”
C. I would definitely not point out that he hasn’t really worked that much in a while, or that I’m not sure why he still gets to sit in the front row, and I would definitely not question his choice of indoor eyewear or suggest that he has become a caricature. I absolutely would not. In fact, we never had this conversation.
D. I would explain how overpraised many American actors are, using the words “the underrated Kurt Russell.”

4. What is your position regarding parody songs?

A. They are the highest form of humor. My “Eine Kleine Yachtmusik,” which tells the story of a man thrown overboard during a boating excursion, is considered a classic, if I do say so myself.
B. I only own Weird Al on vinyl.
C. I once rewrote “You Raise Me Up” as a McDonald’s commercial. It wasn’t exactly funny, but it was really uplifting. In one part, there was a grease burn that magically healed itself.
D. I hate music. And humor. And puns. Go away and leave me alone.

5. When you introduce a presenter you do not really respect, you should do what?

A. Smile hard, emphasizing your incisors, which ancient cultures believed were the keys to communicating forced merriment.
B. Make a face as if you can smell something, but you are not sure what it is.
C. Sarcastically say, “I just couldn’t be happier to introduce this brilliant thespian.”
D. Boo lustily while making exaggerated “thumbs down” gestures.

6. How do you feel about dance numbers in which, for instance, performers attempt to tell the story of Fargo in the dance?

A. Without them, we would never have developed the Wood-Chipper Pirouette.
B. Well, how else can a television broadcast give you a sense of an artistic project that was committed the film? I mean, they’re kind of in a tough spot.
C. They’re okay, except when Rob Lowe is dressed up as Snow White. I’m pretty sure I’m remembering that right.
D. The bloodier, the better.

7. How long do you believe an awards show should be?

A. It should run three minutes over, so as not to appear disorganized, but to emphasize that there was, just barely, too much fun for the allotted time.
B. My motto is “no lawyer or agent unthanked,” so it’s really not a hard and fast rule so much as a matter of adjusting to the artistic needs of the piece.
C. Six or seven hours would be good. I like the part where they read the rules.
D. Until somebody falls down, and then you just cut and print.

8. While you are hosting, a streaker runs across the stage behind you. What do you say to the audience?

A. “Hey, what was that thing David Niven said? That was so awesome. I wish I could remember that.”
B. “In response to that incident of streaking, I’d like to tell all of you that The Ugly Truth was a complete [deleted] [deleted] [deleted], and I don’t care who knows it, and you should consider this part of the same incident for the purposes of determining our FCC fine.”
C. “And now, Best Live-Action Short. What? It’s the next award. You people are so immature.”
D. “Heh-heh. Heh-heh-heh. Heh. Heh-heh. Heh-heh-heh.”

9. If you had to fill three minutes of airtime on your own, what would you do?

A. Your hilarious stand-up routine about how women are like this, but guys are like that, and how about that Jon Gosselin and balloon boy?
B. Madonna‘s “Live To Tell,” which you would perform a cappella as a salute to the great music of the movies.
C. A three-minute descent into madness, at the close of which you say, “I still can’t believe I gave up my chance at medical school,” tear off your bow tie/earrings, and storm off the stage in tears.
D. Your collection of Monty Python and Princess Bride quotes.

10. If you could only add one element to the next awards show you host, what would it be?

A. Greater integrity in voting, to ensure that everyone accepts that an award is an award, and it must be obeyed, and there’s no point in arguing with us because we just told you what the best movie is, so if you don’t want to listen, that’s fine, we’ll just be over here.
B. More dancing bears. Lots and lots of dancing bears.
C. A dunking booth in the backstage press room. While winners answer questions about what it’s like to be honored, losers can throw beanbags at the target and try to drop them into the tank.
D. All awards made of super-dense material causing them to weigh approximately 80 pounds. Weak celebrities forced to leave behind their awards and retreat in shame.

About your answers: If you answered mostly A, you are probably already an awards-show host. If you answered mostly B or C, you might stand a chance of becoming an awards-show host if enough people ahead of you in the line of succession should happen to meet with unfortunate fates. If you answered mostly D, we fear that you did not take this quiz completely seriously.

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1. Drag Me to Hell
Gypsies don’t do well with foreclosure…
In Sam Raimi’s campy gorefest, a young loan officer fails to extend a gypsy’s line of credit and finds herself not only cursed, but nearly gummed to death by the mucus-oozing old lady. Now that’s almost as scary as Spiderman 3.

2. Zombieland
Zombie Intimidator in the house…
Woody Harrelson nuts up as a man hot in pursuit of Zombie Kill of the Week in a horror comedy that’s full of surprises–especially a gut-busting cameo that they’re still talking about.

3. The House of the Devil
She works hard for the money…
When a creepy couple lures a college student out to an old Victorian in the woods with promises of a primo babysitting gig, the girl doesn’t head for the hills when she finds out there’s no child. Instead she stays for the cash and ends up minding something far more unholy than a screaming baby.

4. Thirst
Makes you think twice about the swine flu vaccine..
When a priest volunteers to try a vaccine for a deadly virus, he ends up with a craving for blood. Bummer!

5. Paranormal Activity
Who chooses baby powder over a demonologist?
The scariest thing about this little-movie-that-could is that it was made for 11,000 dollars. Sure you have to sit through Micah’s dumb moves, but the thrills are worthwhile–something you can’t say for most of the big studio horror flicks out there.

6. A Perfect Getaway
Perfect isn’t always to be trusted…
When a couple honeymooning in Hawaii discovers killers are loose on the island, they decide to join up with a group of strangers anyway. Only the extremely stupid would make a decision like that. Or would they?

7. I Sell the Dead
More than they bargained for…
Grave robbing has never been a bigger pain in the neck than it is for Arthur and his partner, Willie, but when the boys start digging up vampires, aliens, and zombies, they realize they’ve bitten off way more than they can chew–especially when the thing Willie wants to chew is Arthur.

8. Dead Snow
As if live Nazis weren’t scary enough…
A ski vacation goes terribly wrong for a group of med students when frozen Nazi zombies in the area start to thaw out. Sure it’s not a common problem, but if you’re ever faced with it, turn over any Nazi paraphernalia you’ve pocketed immediately. It may just save your neck.

9. Pontypool
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can apparently kill me…
A morning radio DJ and his staff discover that a deadly virus is being spread through the English language. While people turn into word-loving “zombies,” the DJ is faced with the ramifications of broadcasting a cure.

10. Grace
Baby never drinks…milk
Proving that her love for her child knows no bounds, a new mother battles anemia to appease her baby’s unusual appetite for blood.

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