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april 11

4 thunder-themed drinks

4 weekend ahead

5 life from the couch

5 planning for next weekend

6 inside the kitchen

8 tennis profile: hermon brhane

11 netflix personality quiz

13 puppies! And ways to volunteer

14 music. movies. tv.

15 did it hit the spot?

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april 11

contributors

Katherine borgerding

@katborgerding

Laney Ellisor

@laneyellisor

Alex Ewald

@oualexewald

kingsley burns

@kingsleyburns

joey stipek

@joeystipek

sydney mcferron

@sydmcferron

Heather Brown

@hipster_heather

With four issues under our belts, I think this is our strongest one yet. We listened to you guys and fi nally included something sports related. (Turn to page 8 to see OU tennis pro Hermon Brhane.) Because this is our fi rst non-themed issue, we had a little bit more freedom to bring you quirkier tips on how to start your weekend. If you have about a minute (literally, it took me a minute to do this) go take the Netfl ix quiz on page 11. Apparently I need to spend the weekend watching “Sentimental Independent Dramas.” #Feelings. Also, I have to fess up: I learned a lot from our contributors this issue. I’m especially thankful for the Thunder-themed drink suggestions on the next page. Have a great weekend! Also, tweet me. I really want to know what you think about this issue.

bryan scott dugan, editor

@bryscottd

The Oklahoma Daily EditorMary Stanfi eld

Editorial AdviserJudy Gibbs Robinson

Advertising ManagerKearsten Howland

Advertising AdviserAnne Richard

It was warm and sunny outside, and then it got cold and wet again, which disappointed this southern girl to no end. However, I am keeping my fi ngers crossed for the temperatures to rise just enough so we can all go enjoy the great outdoors this weekend. I am so excited this issue is full of things to do outside, like volunteering — seriously, pick one and help out. There are concerts and sporting events, the Red and White game, and even art to peruse. So lather on some sunscreen because those spring break tans have faded and go on an adventure. Try something you haven’t done before. Just don’t forget to smile (and snap a photo or two).

evin morrison, creative director

@EVINelizabeth

contact us !Let us know what you think. Seriously.

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austin mccroskiehe doesn’t tweet. Lame.

on the coverCommunication junior and tennis player Hermon Brhane prepares for this weekend’s big matches.

evin morrison | photo

5things to do

1.

2 .

3 .

4 .

5 . what: Iron and Wine

when: 8 p.m. Saturday

where: Oklahoma Memorial union

Iron and Wine will be playing a few songs from their new album, “Ghost on Ghost,” which has not yet been released. Don’t miss it!

what: Art walk

when: 6 p.m. Friday

where: main street

You’ve been looking for an opportunity to rock your new hipster glasses. Now is your chance! Analyze those paintings like a classy mother-trucker.

what: Contemporary Dance

Oklahoma

when: 8 p.m. Friday

where: rupel jones theatre

You’d be amazed by the athletic and graceful performances of OU’s fi nest contemporary dancers. You’ll jump out of your seat for a standing ovation. Really.

what: red and white game

when: 1 p.m. saturday

where: oklahoma memorial

stadium

Their season may be over, but we’ll get a look at who’s going to make up the team at this spring preview.

what: 43rd Annual Eve of Nations

when: 6:30 P.M. Friday

where: lloyd Noble Center

Stay for the cultural dance competition and pick up some new moves so you can do something other than Gangnam Style. Please. We’re begging you.

this weekend

4drinks

THUNDER, in a glass

thunderitawhere: louie’s in norman

price: $6.50

Alex Holder, a server and bartender, said the drink is like a regular margarita but with a kick of Blue Curacao.

The Thunderita is made with Hornitos Tequila, Blue Curacao liqueur and sweet and sour.

When it comes to getting Thunder-drunk, local bars have you covered. Before you head over to the Chesapeake Arena, you can find a good Thunder-themed pick-me-up, or maybe just stir up your own at home and cozy up to the flat screen — or computer screen. Either way, here’s the essential list to drinking in style. Thunder Up! (Warning: Blue tongues ahead.)

the thunder-up shotwhere: saints in okc

price: $6

Alyssa Herrera, the manager at Saints, said the drink is a great way to get people excited about the game and to celebrate each time the Thunder makes a shot.

The shot is made with Blue Curacao liqueur, pineapple and cranberry juice, peach schnapps and Jameson whiskey.

the thunderwhere: cafe nova in okc

price: $8

Manager Brad Dunham said the drink was a refreshing summer drink that reminds him of an LIT but blue.

The Thunder is a mix of blueberry vodka, sweet and sour, Blue Curacao, rum and gin.

at-home recipes: blue lagooningredients:

- 1 ounce vodka

- 1 ounce blue curacao

- lemonade

- 1 cherry

dc tap water (kd’s old stomping grounds)ingredients:

- vodka

- peach schnapps

- bacardi black razz

- blue curacao

- sprite

- sour mix

- pineapple juice

- ice

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5things to do

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what: men’s tennis vs. osu

when: 1 p.m. sunday, april 21

where: headington family center

Go make some Bedlam for a team with a winning season. (Oh, and go Google what “bedlam” means.)

what: baseball

when: 2 p.m. friday, april 19

where: dale l. mitchell park

Come see our men battle it out with New Orleans. The Sooners will send them back singing the blues.

what: 89er day weekend & parade

when: 10 a.m. on both saturday

and sunday, april 20 and 21

where: main street

Remember learning about the Land Run of 1889 when you were in high school? Yeah, us neither. Boomer! Sooner! Which one would you be? Come for covered wagons, classic cars and live music.

what: national weather center

biennale opening

when: all day sunday, april 21

where: national weather center

Weather and art? Those can go together? Who knew? This is apparently “the fi rst exhibition of its kind” on the impact of weather events.

what: ‘in the next room’

when: 8 p.m. thursday, april 18

where: ou lab theatre

Also known as the vibrator play. See what all the buzzzz is about, with this hot play about a young doctor and his wife in the 1880s. Rated R.

next weekend

5

6things to do

couchnot-so far from the

katherine borgerding | words

watch:

‘sabrina, the teenage

witch‘ on huluAll seven seasons of the ’90s sitcom are now on Hulu. Curl up and enjoy the ride back to your childhood, back when we wanted a talking cat. (Wait, we still want one!)

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diy project:

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Needed:- A piece of ribbon- Velcro- Hot glue gun or Tacky Glue- Fabric of your choice. (Go quirky. Paisley print, anyone?)

1) Grab a 4-by-9 inch piece of fabric and a 2-by-5 inch piece in the same print. Fold in the sides. 2) Pinch the larger piece and wrap the smaller around the middle, glue in place. 3) Add the Velcro to the ends of the ribbon and glue the ribbon to the bow.

download this app:

Singing Carl

$.99 in the itunes App Store

This app that lets you turn any statement into a dance-worthy song and send it off to your friends. Say anything to Carl and he’ll sing it back to you.

read this book:

‘Lean In: Women, Work,

and the Will to Lead‘Written by Facebook’s Corporate Operations Offi cer, Sheryl Sandberg encourages both men and women to “lean in” when it comes to leadership.

follow this blog:

all songs considered

from npr

Listen to the podcasts, read the reviews or just enjoy the Nerds! section devoted to all things music.

dish to cook:

cookie in a cup

- 1 tablespoon butter- 1 tablespoon white sugar- 1 tablespoon brown sugar- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla- 1 pinch salt- 1 egg yolk- 3 1/2 tablespoons fl our- 1 tablespoon semi-sweet

1) Melt butter in microwave. 2) Add sugar and brown sugar, vanilla, salt, egg yolk and stir. 3) Add fl our, mix well until fully combined. 4) Stir in chocolate chips. 5) Microwave for 30 to 50 seconds depending on your microwave wattage.

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in the kitchen

joey stipek | words & photos

hose with adventurous appetites looking to take a bite out of the big apple on a college student budget need not travel very far. Kitchen

No. 324, located on the corner of Robinson Avenue and Dean A. McGee in downtown Oklahoma City, instantly reminds those familiar

with Manhattan eateries nestled on Prince Street. Kitchen No. 324 offers a diverse menu featuring everything from scratch bakes to braises,

while surrounded by its retro industrial design and décor.

Chef’s choice

LEFT: kitchen no. 324 Executive Chef, Chris

McCabe, works in the kitchen to help

prepare an abundance of Fried Chicken Pot

Pies. mccabe says he came up with the dish

with help from his wife.

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Straight out of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, comes a really fancy grilled cheese sandwich that lives up to its billing. The sandwich features smoked cheddar, jack cheese, poblano-peach preserves, fresh thyme and pressed house-made sourdough bread. “This sandwich was tasty and had a lot of flavor, but it was just a bit too sweet for me,” Davis said. “The pob lano -peach preserves could be toned back just a bit to let the other ingredients shine through more, but then again, I just personally prefer savory flavors over sweet ones. It was definitely different than most other grilled cheese sandwiches I’ve had, so I’ll give it a thumbs-up for that.”

making the drive McCabe said Kitchen No. 324 is worth the drive for Norman residents looking for a weekend escape. Davis agreed with McCabe’s statements about Kitchen No. 324, “I was pleased with my overall experience at Kitchen No. 324, including everything from the food, the service and the general atmosphere. I will absolutely be visiting Kitchen No. 324 many times over.”

green apple, lemon, mint and jalapeño. Davis applauded the use of bold flavors for the juice. “It was fantastic, as well. An odd-sounding mix of fruits and vegetables but it made for a delicious drink choice,” Davis said. collaborating for success McCabe said a multitude of different people helped hone the idea for what would become one of the more popular items on its menu. “Someone brought up the idea of Kitchen No. 324 serving a chicken pot pie on its menu. I kind of felt it was an overdone idea,” McCabe said. “It needed to be something really cool to be on the menu. Otherwise, I thought it would be a lame duck.” He said he spent a week thinking about it when the inspiration struck him one night. “My wife asked me, “What was wrong?” McCabe said. “I said what do you think of when I say “fried chicken pot pie”? And what she said is what you see today. It was an idea that popped into in my head and she described it perfectly. McCabe said Kitchen No. 324’s sous chef Adam Halacka came up with the recipe. “The sherry wine is what gives it that brown bit flavor and thyme is what brings it out. Then it’s biscuit dough on top and a fried chicken leg that sticks out,” McCabe said. “Upon suggestion, I tried the Fried Chicken Pot Pie, which was served very hot and quickly. It was delicious. I was very pleased with the quality and it was definitely one of the best chicken pot pies that I’ve had,” Davis said.

finding the right chefOU alumna Heather Paul and her husband and business partner,

Keith Paul of A Good Egg Dining Group, created the restaurant when SandRidge Energy was looking for a local dining concept downtown. When choosing chefs to help execute their grand vision for Kitchen No. 324, the Paul’s nabbed someone from within the Good Egg

Dining Group family: Chris McCabe. Keith Paul said McCabe, executive chef, brings several years of quality experience and leadership in the culinary world. “His level of hospitality he demonstrates on a daily basis has helped Kitchen’s team be one of the best in the city,” Keith said. The Brooklyn born McCabe jokingly admitted he wasn’t always the best chef in the kitchen. “When I was young, I tried to cook something, and I almost burned down the house. My mom and everyone in my family told me to never go near the stove again,” McCabe says. “So as usual, I don’t do what people tell me to do. So instead of not going near the stove, I just got better at it.” McCabe attended The State University of New York for culinary arts. While McCabe was working in the area, he roomed and became friends with Kitchen No. 324 corporate chef Robert Black.

“He (Black) was attending Cornell, and I was working on a winery. We became friends,” McCabe said. “I moved back to New York, and we kept in touch. I said I was looking to move out of the city and he said come here.” Since moving to Oklahoma City in January 2002, McCabe helped open the Oklahoma City Museum of Arts café, catered for Kevin Durant and the rest of the Oklahoma City Thunder and helped open Market Seed, Red PrimeSteak, Republic American Gastropub and, finally, Kitchen No. 324. McCabe humbly admitted he couldn’t take total credit for the early success of Kitchen No. 324. “It was a conglomerate of ideas. … There were a lot of people involved. A place this great cannot be done by one person.”

trying it for the first time When graphic designer Shawn Davis ate lunch at Kitchen No. 324 for the first time, he said he came in because he was looking to escape from the typical sub sandwiches and burgers he has for lunch. “The server was very friendly and accommodating and I received my food and drinks quickly. All of the restaurant’s employees were welcoming and we were seated as quickly as possible, even though the place was quite busy with the lunch crowd, as I’d expected it would be,” Davis said. As he waited for his order to arrive, Davis tried some of Kitchen 324’s own fresh-squeezed juice, the Green Good Morning Juice. The Green Good Morning contains spinach, cucumber, pear,

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Hermon Brhane, communication junior, carefully balances life as a Big 12 athlete and a college student. She describes

the perfect Friday night and what to expect from this weekend’s matches against Baylor and TCU.

matchesthis weekend’s when: noon saturday

versus: baylor

“It’ll be a good match,” Hermon said.

when: noon sunday

versus: tcu

Hermon said this will be a game to look out for.

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With dreams of one day going pro, Hermon began her voyage by leaving Germany and moving to Oklahoma in 2010, arriving first at Oklahoma Christian University and transferring to OU this past fall to play for a Division I university. She said she wanted to be part of a program that could polish her to become her best and is focusing on raising her national ranking — currently 79 in singles. In her first year at OU, she and the women’s tennis team are already a tight-knit group, traveling long distances together, going as a group to dinners and, as she said, becoming “a family.” Aside from being a Sooner athlete (and her strong determination to become All-American), she said she’s enjoying being a college student. But mentally escaping from her responsibilities as a Big 12 women’s tennis player isn’t always so easy.

Q: How do you mentally get away during the

season?

I have a few friends here, so I hang out with them, and I talk to my parents every weekend. It’s tough because my parents are in Germany and timing with practice and classes makes it hard. I do fun things, though, like going out with my friends and getting ice cream. Just the little things.

Q: This weekend, you’re playing against Baylor

and TCU. What do you have to watch out for?

Baylor’s pretty good. Their No. 1 is in the [national] top 10, so it’ll be a good match, but I like playing against good players. It’s more fun.

Q: What’s this season been like?

It’s been pretty good so far. Since I’ve been here, the fall was really good and was more for the individual. This spring has been more about the team. We’ve had a few weeks where we all didn’t play that well, but we all play really well, and we fight through it even if we play bad. I think we bounce back and we’re back.

Q: How do you go pro?

My goal is to play a lot of tournaments, but tournaments are really expensive because you have to pay for the tournaments, for the hotel, to travel. I’m going to save up and at least try a year.

Q: Describe the perfect Friday night.

I love when we go out with the whole team. That’s probably where I have the most fun. We go to the movies, and we go to the bars and hang out there.

Q: What was your experience of moving to

America like?

I had been here before, playing tournaments like with Juniors [Tennis Circuit]. I stayed in California for a tennis academy for eight months before I came here. I basically learned my English there — learned it within the first two months. It was pretty easy for me, because in Germany, we don’t learn speaking but we learn grammar pretty well, so the only thing missing was speaking to people. I was really shy and didn’t talk to anybody my first two weeks. Also, the food is so different. I can’t stand pizza here, but I love pizza in Germany!

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netflixalex ewald | words

I’ve been in an on-off relationship for about two years now. It’s gotten serious. My friends miss having me around, because I spend so much time doing “couple things.” My grades are taking a minor hit. My mom doesn’t approve. I know — this almost sounds like a problem. With content from the ever-popular series “Mad Men” and “Scrubs” to classics like “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” I can depend on it for anything — except for streaming series 2 of “Downton Abbey.” What super

specific netflix

category do you

belong to and what

does that say about

your personality?

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personality?when do you use your netflix account?

at nightto avoid

homework

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history science

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tears when

watching?

what food do you

have for everyone?

Do you have

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plots?

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You enjoy not thinking hard for a solid couple of hours at a time. These are some highly quotable comedies that you don’t need to pay attention to get the jokes. So just laugh.

Try “White Chicks” or “Beverly Hills Cop.”

Interested in exploring your intellectual horizons, but not enough to travel or immerse yourself in cultural studies? Enjoy these documentaries.

Try “Happy” or “After Porn Ends.”

You fancy yourself a true, tea-drinking Anglophile who reads the BBC. You can hate on Steven Moffat’s soul-crushing scripts and share fan art of Benedict Cumberbatch with your friends across the pond.

“Doctor Who,” “Being Human” or “Sherlock.”

After a long day of monotonous grunt work or a painful breakup, sometimes you just need some time to sit and think about your #feelings. This isn’t like a Strong Female Lead movie because these movies totally have a “unique take” on themes and stuff.

Try “Good Will Hunting,” “Listen to Your Heart” or “Far From Heaven.”

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Norman’s no-kill animal shelter needs volunteers to walk the dogs, socialize the cats — as if — and clean up around the facility. On Saturdays, volunteers can help at adoption events at local PetSmart stores by loading and unloading the animals and explaining the adoption process to the public.

“We’re always looking for people who are willing to help us,” shelter manager Stephanie Cook said.

Attention from volunteers helps the animals to be and stay adoptable, Cook said.

After logging 10 hours of service, you can participate in the Doggie Day Out program, which allows you to adopt a dog from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. You can take the dog home or even to a dog park, but you must be 21 years old to do so.

You also can apply to foster an animal. Fostering allows animals to socialize and get used to being in a home before adoption, Cook said. The program also allows the shelter to take in more animals.

Check out all the shelter’s opportunities for volunteerism at their website: SecondChanceNorman.com/volunteer.htm

Full Circle offers support services, such as fitness programs and music therapy, to senior adults. Each member has a personalized plan for improving or maintaining their functioning. Volunteers can read or play games with small groups or lead larger group activities like cooking or scrapbooking.

Full Circle is a great place for students of human resources, social work or health professions to get experience interacting with older adults, program coordinator Jennifer Vosf said.

“It’s usually a growing experience for students,” she said. Vosf can find something for volunteers to do based on

whatever they have to offer. Her favorite activity is when students who’ve traveled bring souvenirs and pictures and share their experiences.

“Our folks want to travel but cannot afford it or physically can’t do that anymore,” Vosf said.

The center is open 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, but students who aren’t available during weekdays can volunteer on the second Saturday of each month. Full Circle especially needs volunteers during the summer months, Vosf said.

Volunteers are crucial to the center, Vosf said. When they come in, the staff is able to do their jobs better and take care of work usually pushed to the backburner.

NMF6 is April 25 to 27 downtown. Best of all, it’s free, and volunteers help keep it that way. Sign up to work a shift or two on their website NormanMusicFestival.com. You can help out backstage, sell merchandise or keep the festival green.

You’ll have to drive to Oklahoma City, but volunteering at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma will be worth the miles. The food bank “distributes enough food to feed more than 90,000 hungry Oklahomans each week through more than 1,000 community pantries, shelters, soup kitchens and schools in central and western Oklahoma,” according to its website. Volunteers may pack boxes of food, tend plants or distribute bags of food to seniors, according to the website. If you are interested, call 405-600-3160.

Each year, the Big Event reminds us how fun and rewarding philanthropy can be. OU’s annual day of service is April 13, but there are plenty of other ways you can volunteer in the Norman community year round. Here are a few ideas:

Second Chance Animal Sanctuary

Laney Ellisor | words

evin morrison | photos

and ways to volunteer

no-name puppy

far left:

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international

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graduate student,

plays with a

3-month-old male

pitbull on the

south oval as

part of friends

of the animals of

norman.

left: during

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puppy’s sister

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more animals

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homes.

puppies!

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Phoenix, “Bankrupt!” The French alt-rock band insists that its fifth album departs from

the bouncy-pop leanings of 2009’s “Wolfgang

Amadeus Phoenix,” but from singles “Entertainment” and “Chloroform,” I’m still hearing the synth hooks and grooves from that album’s best

and brightest tracks. It doesn’t sound

like they’re pulling an MGMT-style bait-and-

switch so far, but a change wouldn’t be awful from a band that’s been performing since 1999.

Available April 22

“Doctor Who” The 11th version of the Time Lord

(Matt Smith), with his blue box that’s bigger on the inside, resumes traveling through space and time and battling evil with the second half of series 7. This time the doctor has a new companion (Jenna-Louise Coleman).

Coleman’s dynamic Clara Oswald, a clever modern-London nanny, already

has appeared and died after meeting the Doctor two different times, sparking some intrigue over her mysterious nature — which the two-hearted alien has vowed to get to the bottom of.

Airs Saturdays at 7 on BBC America

Alex Ewald | COLUMN

The Grumpycouch Potato

TV SHOWS I’ve Wanted

to tweet about:

MOVIES that should be on

NETFLIX ALREADY:

here’s some music. i don’t care:

“Scary Movie 5”Let me preface this by admitting my

affection for entertaining pop culture train wrecks. Longtime series lead Anna Faris isn’t returning (former Disney princess Ashley Tisdale stars instead). Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan appear in the same scene, and we’re getting outdated “Paranormal Activity” parodies left and right. They’re all classic signs of a locomotive on a thundering collision course — minus an Amanda Bynes cameo — and I will so be there to watch it all go down in flames.

In theaters now

“Scandal”The D.C. drama about

PR supernova Olivia Pope and her crisis management firm has amped up the intrigue and yes, scandal, in its second season — met with both growing live viewership and online love. Fortunately, Shonda Rhimes’ slow-burn soap has embraced its epic strengths by shifting focus on White House games, perfectly embodied by the so-hot-it-stings love affair coined “Team Olitz” between Liv and “Fitz,” the President (Tony Goldwyn).

Thursdays at 9 on ABC

“42”But really, what’s the answer of life? Now that I’ve gotten that

“Hitchhiker’s Guide” reference is out of the way, “42” biopic-afies

baseball player Jackie Robinson’s life story as the first black

MLB player. Thanks to signing efforts from executive Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) was

started as first baseman for the

Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, earning the league’s

MVP in 1949.A heartwarming, inspirational

sports biopic about race issues? Whatta critical darling this might turn out to be.

In theaters now

Find the time to watch or listen to something new without sinking into your couch for an entire weekend. I dare you. And now, I’d like to thank Google, YouTube and Netflix for helping me sink into my own couch every other weekend in slothfulness. You’ve all been a privilege to know.

Let’s get this over with.

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photos: melissa mccarthy: nbc universal / teen wolf: mtv / happy endings: abc, buena vista / kathy griffin: bravo / mark zuckerberg: ap

spot?did it hit thepop culture

‘happy endings’

ratings were up

Last week’s numbers were up, but it’s still on the bubble of cancellation. Save this show or I’ll never forgive you. Two new episodes air on ABC at 7 tomorrow night.

melissa mccarthy crushes

‘snl’ for a second time

The “Mike & Molly” star returned the sketch show to its glory days. Can she host every Saturday, NBC? Missed the episode? It’s on Hulu.

kathy griffin’s

show canceled

Oh, come on, Bravo! Give us Kathy instead of another installment of the Real Housewives. Although ... maybe she and Anderson Cooper will unite for a new talk show.

‘Teen Wolf’ creator promises

to get steamy this summer

OK, so the show’s about werewolves. Nerdy? Yes. Sexy? Yes multipled by 100. The show’s creator mentioned this at last week’s WonderCon: ab-tastic twins. #morefeels

Each issue, we take a look back at the pop culture moments that made us gasp, cry and scream.

Here’s how this works: The closer something is to that little blue dot to the right of this paragraph, the more we liked it. The farther away, the more it sucked.

bryan scott dugan | words

zuckerberg’s first website

makes an ugly return

A great reminder, kiddos: What you do online stays with you. The Facebook founder’s website, which he built as a teenager, was discovered late last week. Google it. It’s not a pretty sight.

show’s creator mentioned this at last week’s WonderCon: ab-tastic twins. #morefeels

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