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“Everybody’s got some kind of ice cream in the freezer,” says Ina Garten as she explains how to make gourmet sundaes, complete with triple raspberry sauce which she describes as very “easy” to prepare. This matronly Food Network host would probably be shocked if she took a look around my kitchen. A refrigerator with a bag of dry lettuce, cupboards stocked with canned tuna and a box of stale Wheat Thins, drawers stocked with Crystal Light, Oh, and (here comes the shocker) no ice cream. Sorry to prove your theory wrong, Ina.

This off-beat comedy was my favorite film of the Newport Beach Film Festival and I wish this film the best in the future. Interviewing actor David Barrera, I was better able to understand the overall message of the movie that was not crossing the border and making it to America, but actually forgiveness and human understanding. The movie took a heavy topic (crossing the border) and used humor to make it more relatable. Both main actors, Mando Alvarado and Michael Ray Escamilla were at the screening. Chatting with them I was able to learn both their backgrounds, which are in improvisation, which explains the comfortable acting and reacting in the film. I really believed the characters were cousins and I felt like I was on this journey with the characters.

The Village Idiot is a watering hole for tourists and Angelenos who desperately wish they were one. If you’re craving a hearty meat pie and a pint of Guinness, you’d probably find sanctuary in this Melrose pub. One step inside The Village Idiot and you’ll feel as if you’ve been transported to the local Oxfordshire restaurant/pub/bar (with much better food, though).

Were you as addicted to “Tool Academy” as we were? Did your eyes glaze over in joy and pain as you watched a house full of testosterone charged alpha-males compete in challenges in an effort to prove to their girlfriends that they really aren’t tools? Well, if you were, you should definitely check out our exclusive interview with Shawn AKA Loud Mouth Tool.

Rejoice, music fans, it’s finally the weekend of Coachella — the three days of desert madness where you’re free to roam in the scorching sun and enjoy some of the best contempo music around. But how to choose when there are four rocking stages and only so much energy to run from set to set? THE POP FIX is here to help and give you some tips on the MUST sets to catch…

In today’s world, being called a hot tranny mess is the equivalent of someone telling you that you’re the next Sasha Fierce. It’s a compliment. It’s like standing next to an ultrasound of a 7-week-old child feeling like a giant when you’re Mini Me. Kinda like getting laid with a straight guy when you’re Richard Simmons. Or that feeling you get when someone compliments you that your freshly coated orange tan looks as if you’ve been soaking in the UV rays from Zac Efron’s skin.

Never a publication considered out of vogue, Vogue magazine is keeping up with the trend of drag reintroduced into mainstream media by Logo’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race” by featuring Boy George as a “Beauty Icon.” We at THE POP FIX would beg to differ, but it’s hard to disagree with Vogue. I guess there’s nothing like a boy who looks like a girl…just ask RuPaul.