Big deal, right?  Well, clearly with the absurd amount of publicity surrounding her most recent interview with Health magazine, where this alleged shocking secret was revealed, it is obvious that to many, this is a big deal.  But why?  If people spent half the time obsessing about literally anything of the slightest bit more importance, our world would have a lot less to worry about.

Having sex for the first time has evolved into one of society’s biggest concerns and issues of controversy.  With movies like American Pie, teens have been brainwashed into believing that they’re some freak misfits if they haven’t sealed the deal before graduating high school.  All that the media has done is distorted the truth.  Just because nowadays some teens are having sex before they freakin’ finish puberty, doesn’t mean that, 1.  Everyone is doing that and 2. There is a right or appropriate age to do so.  In fact, as a college student, I have met many people, older and younger than me that have held on to their virginity for whatever reason, and it honestly has not changed my opinion about them at all, nor should it!

What kind of society do we live in where waiting until you are in your 20’s to lose your virginity is a bad, a weird, or an abnormal age to do so?

Call me crazy, but I used to think that losing your virginity was a somewhat private and personal matter.  Everyone is different and comfortable with sex in his or her own way and should be able to decide if and when they are ready without being judged, questioned, or, in Brooke Shields’ case, considered the latest juiciest gossip.  Virgin or not, does it really define who you are as a person?

As a society, we really need to just let go of the whole virginity thing, because at this rate I wouldn’t be surprised if 40-Year-Old Virgin was remade into 20-Year-Old Virgin (starring Jonah Hill, of course).

You’ve got to understand that this is no ethereal crush. My love for dear ol’ Chris dates waaaay back to the ancient times of the late 1990s, when the music video for Yellow was all over MTV. I was a gangly, frizzy-haired sixth-grader, and he was a poetic, articulate, blue-eyed Brit. Deep in my heart, I knew that the stars were shining for me, as he proclaimed, and there was nothing more I wanted than to soothe his aching heart by lying him down right there on that beach and effing him into submission. Yes, I was a very precocious sixth-grader.

Shortly thereafter, Chris and Coldplay rocketed to superstardom. Over the past nine years, the band has released four studio albums, in conjunction with breathtaking music video release after breathtaking music video release (hello? The Scientist?).  All over the world, people were falling in love with Chris. Men, women, parents, grandparents, teachers–it was Coldplay mania!

I was okay with the world adoring Chris (we had that special “Yellow” connection, after all. Sara + Chris, 2gether 4ever.) – even after that infamous “You know how I know you’re gay?” comment from The 40-Year-Old-Virgin – but I had my heart broken in 2003, when Chris married uber-babe actress Gwyneth Paltrow. I’ve since recovered from my heartache, realizing that just because he’s married doesn’t make Chris any less of a hottie. While he and I may not be riding off into the sunset alone, I’ve begun to realize a couple of reasons why he is the most effable rock star in the world–ones that have nothing to do with how good he looks in a t-shirt.

For one thing, Chris has been lauded for his work with Oxfam International, a network of organizations seeking to end poverty and injustice. He has been widely photographed with the network’s “Make Trade Fair” logo on his hand. He was in Shaun of the Dead and has collaborated with Kanye West and Jay-Z. This week in particular has been a banner week for Mr. Martin – an interview on 60 Minutes and awards at the Grammys…and if I had my way, a nice Valentine’s Day eff. Mmm.

Keep your hands off of him, Paltrow. He’s mine.

The perpetual pretty boy Zac Efron is set to star in a movie that holds some promise outside the Disney-fied cushion of hormonal tweens!

A new film called 17 is set to begin production soon and has cast Efron as a 17 year old boy who has reverted from a grown man.

Hey, it’s not like it’s never been done before but, whatever. I’m just excited that it’s not another crappy musical.

Am I coming off as an excitable Efron fan? Well, sorry to say…I am not.

But that’s why I can honestly say I am pulling for the guy because for once he’s been giving a role that goes beyond puppy love and a boyish face.

Aww…he’s growing up!

And I haven’t even mentioned the best part!

Leslie Mann (Knocked Up), wife of director Judd Apatow (40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up), has been cast as well. Phew! Talk about Efron seting himself up for success! Joining up with Team Apatow, in any capacity, is sure to up your credibility by leaps and bounds. And as a girl who thinks paying ten bucks to see a movie musical is a waste of time, and insists 20-somethings who still watch Disney have deeper issues, I’m am proud of the boy.

I’m willing to bet a year from now Efrom pulls a Gyllenhaal circa Bubble Boy and manages to make several indie-ish hits. If Jakey can do it Zac most certainly can. Really, think about it. If an actor can bounce back from playing a crazy lunatic in a bubble…Zac can shed his, shall we say…soft image. C’mon, it’s nothing Zac! I’m behind you!

Anyone care to wager?

I am always looking for new and different ways to waste time online. My recent favorite time-waster is Will Ferrell run comedy site, FunnyorDie.com. Ferrell along with Adam McKay started the site because “they had nothing better to do.” Videos posted are made by Ferrell and McKay along with user submitted clips. You may have seen the classic “The Landlord” which features McKay’s 2 year old daughter Pearl as a disgruntled landlord verbally abusing Will Ferrell.

The men behind FunnyorDie made my week today when they announced that Judd Apatow would be jumping on board to help create videos. Oh the sheer joy that ran through me when I heard this. I’m the girl who has seen”The 40 Year old virgin” more times than I can count, and I have enormous crush on Seth Rogan in all his hairy dorkdom. Word is Rogan will be making a few appearances in Apatow directed clips.

If all the nerdy guys looked like that, you’d be hard pressed to find a dork without a leading lady.

Although the “unlikely” character always gets the girl in the movies, its usually not so in real life. And it’s these unlikely Hollywood celebs that have made an unlikely impression on the general public: people think they’re sexy.

Seth Rogen is the one on the list that is really a no-brainer. He was the chubby awkward pothead in Knocked Up that made Katherine Heigl, and America, love him. So of course he would make the Most Unlikely to Be Sexy list.

And if you saw him in Judd Apatow’s two other films, 40 year Old Virgin and Superbad, then you loved him before Knocked Up and you certainly love him after.

The other on the list is Tina Fey—smart, funny and HOT. Come to think of it, shouldn’t she be on the most likely sex symbol list??

Anyways, as much as Seth Rogen is obvious, the others on the list are not. I have taken it upon myself to list them in my own order (since MSNBC didn’t give them one). And honestly, who doesn’t like a countdown or a list from a list?

In order of “Really? People think they’re sexy?” value:

5. Paul Giamatti

4. Dame Judy Dench

3. Tilda Swinton

2. Peter Dinklage

1. Wanda Sykes

Not that I’m dumping on these celebs. They are all wonderful actors and actresses and I respect them all in their own right. In fact, I think it’s pretty awesome that when some Americans think of sexy, they think of the whole package—personality, talent and wisdom—before just conventional looks.

It’s not I don’t think these stars are hot—it’s more that I’m surprised about the answer these people gave. Because, for once, the real perspective of the American people has been shown.

For a while I was beginning to think we were all just a bunch of superficial assholes. I guess sometimes, people can surprise you.

I found myself standing in an absurdly long line outside a movie theater on 34^th Street. And while the crowd was varied, they all had one thing in common. Comedy geeks. And what was the thing to do in NYC earlier this week for these lovers of all things funny?

An advanced screening of Superbad, of course!

But, c’mon, who am I kidding? I was probably more excited than most of the people in the theater, (and it was only partly due to my intense crush on Michael Cera) I’ve just convinced myself over the past 23 years that I’m not obvious about my semi-closeted affection for comedy.

The lights went down, the movie started, and I, along with the rest of the audience, was treated to one of the best teen comedies based on partying, drinking, and being 18 that I’ve seen since 1999 (remember when we all thought American Pie was hilariously original?).

Evan (Michael Cera) and Seth (Jonah Hill) are best friends who, since elementary school, have been so dependent on one another that by the time senior year rolls around they are basically each other’s only friends. They’ll be off to different colleges in the fall, so they only have a little bit of time left to make their remaining days together count. Top that with their lack of social prowess and you get teen awkwardness that is so well written that it makes The Real World look fake (oh, wait…).

If you’ve seen the trailer you are probably wondering how they can make the “McLovin” joke last for 2 hours. Well, don’t worry. They can.

Seth Rogen and Bill Hader make appearances as dumb-as-bricks cops which is funny in itself, but Christopher Mintz-Plasse plays off of their cluelessness with such ease that I wonder if the outcast he’s playing isn’t completely based on himself.

The point is, I laughed like, the entire time. And unless you don’t like laughing I’m pretty sure you’ll be happy that you checked it out.

And if not, at least you’ll feel like the coolest one in the theater.

But I sucked it up the other day, and went to see Knocked Up. I must say, that’s like the funniest movie I’ve seen since, well… 40 Year Old Virgin. I don’t think I stopped laughing— nor did the rest of the theatre—for the entire movie. I could have sat there and watched Seth Rogen for another hour. By the end of it, I was slightly in love with him, and his stoner, weirdo friends. I now also want Leslie Mann (the drunk, vomiter in 40 Year Old Virgin with a much bigger and funnier part in this) to be my best friend. She’s freaking hilarious!

So I was a little upset to read last week that writer Judd Apatow is being sued for ripping the whole thing off. Turns out Canadian writer Rebecca Eckler wrote a startlingly similar book a few years back. In Eckler’s 2004 book titled Knocked Up, an up-and-coming journalist gets pregnant after getting drunk at her engagement party. OK, Katie Heigl is a journalist too, but she’s not engaged….

Eckler even claims that when she started to shop the book around Hollywood, she learned of Apatow’s script— whose cover was identical to her book jacket (a martini glass with a pacifier on the rim). Hmm, this is a little fishy.

I haven’t read the book, nor will I ever probably. The movie is just too damn funny, and I would like to believe that Apatow isn’t capable of such blatant thievery. He released a statement to TMZ (everyone goes straight to TMZ now, don’t they? Goodbye news networks!) which read, “Anyone who reads the book and sees the movie will instantly know that they are two very different stories about a common experience.” I wonder…. Anyone read the book?

I guess we’ll see what the outcome of this fiasco is. Regardless, Apatow is an insanely talented, hysterical writer. From his short-lived wonderful show Freaks and Geeks (does anyone remember that—Rogen was in it too), to the career-making vehicle for Steve Carell 40 Year Old Virgin, he has proved that he’s original, and just plain awesome. I hope it all works out in the end.

I’m also stoked to see Superbad—written by my new favorite, bumbling cutie Rogen, and starring some of the losers from Knocked Up! Though there’s already another pissed off writer claiming they stole the title from him….