CULTURE BUZZ: The New York Times describes the beta male as “that gentle, endearingly awkward, self-conscious soul for whom love is a battlefield.” Enter the lives of three “beta males” whose online sitcom We Need Girlfriends is being courted by Darren Star of Sex and the City fame. Sad pathetic boys are totally hot right now! We have a hard time believing that sensitive posterboys like Evan Dando and Conor Oberst ever had a problem getting laid.

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The Best Links:

1. The Official Website - Watch All the Episodes
2. Interview with We Need Girlfriends
3. What Gives? These Dudes Are All in Happy Relationships
4. NY Times Profiles “We Need Girlfriends”: The Woes of Being a Beta Male
5. I Have Such a Huge Crush on Henry (The Cute One with the Glasses)
6. Watch the First Episode - It’s Got Humor and Heart
7. An Online Sitcom That Isn’t Stupid??
8. How to from Beta to Alpha: 5 Alpha Male Body Language Secrets for Superior Attraction
9. Urban Dictionary: What Is a Beta Male?
10. Wikipedia Shows that Beta Male was First Coined in July 2005 by a <i>Times</i> Columnist
11. Alpha Female Doesn’t Want to Date a Beta Male
12. In TV Industry News, CBS Commits to Web-Based Series “We Need Girlfriends”
13. I Would Never Date a Girl that Was Actually Willing to Date Me

MOVIE BUZZ: Who ever thought the awkward, adenoidal kid who played George Michael Bluth on Arrested Development would turn into a sex symbol? Amazingly enough, Michael Cera’s roles in the hit films Juno and Superbad have made him an object of adoration with a certain type of woman. Dudes everywhere are hoping the Michael Cera backlash sets in soon.

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The Best Links:

1. Inappropriate Crush Quiz No. 2: Michael Cera Edition
2. I Love Michael Cera
3. 63%Say: He’s the next Ben Stiller
4. Dear Michael Cera, Stop Being Adorable
5. I Have a New (Inappropriate) Crush
6. I Am in Love With Michael Cera Facebook Group
7. Newest Crush Michael Cera
8. I <3 Michael Cera
9. Top 5 Reasons I Might Be in Love with Michael Cera, Even Though He Is Entirely Too Young for Me
10. Michael Cera - Featured on BuzzFeed
11. “I Love Michael Cera, P.S. I’m Not Crazy”
12. Michael Cera, aka Cutey McCuterson

MUSIC BUZZ: Morrissey fans are boycotting David Letterman after he made some anti-vegetarian remarks. We’ve all had our fair share of sleepless nights, listening to “I Know It’s Over” by the Smiths on repeat, crying into our pillows. If you can’t relate, you must be one of those horrible, mean, callous, meat-eating types!

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1. Morrissey Fans Should Spend Their Time Organizing Against Real Social Ills
2. Morrissey fans Uptight, Easily Offended
3. Morrissey’s Unlikely Followers in Mexico City and the Mexican Communities of Los Angeles
4. Morrissey Bans Canada, Patrick Wolf and Kele Okereke Take Offense
5. The Girl who Sat Next to Me at the Morrissey Was SOBBING
6. DIehard Fan Starts Petition Boycotting David Letterman
7. Boycott Morrissey? Boycott Letterman? I’m Confused
8. Facebook Group “Boycott Moz”
9. An Update on Moz’s Upcoming U.S. Tour
10. Morrissey Shows Described as “Lots of Boys Crying”

MUSIC BUZZ: Shugo Tokumaru is dubbed the “Japanese Sufjan Stevens” with his intricate orchestral pop. Like Sufjan, but with weird Japanese instruments and no annoying Christian undertones.

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The Best Links:

1. Interview with Shugo Tokumaru in both Japanese and English
2. Japanese Sufjan Stevens Actually Sounds More Like the Books
3. An Interview with Shugo Tokumaru
4. The Brian Wilson of Japan
5. Shugo Covers Peter Bjorn and John’s “Young Folks”
6. Shugo Tokumaru Makes Train Rides More Bearable
7. There’s Actually Good Music Coming from Asia??