This week, the retro reviewers dive into Blue Crush, a 2002 summer flick about girl surfers, starring Kate Bosworth and Michelle Rodriguez. The flick is packed with lesbian subtext and “is she or isn’t she” characters, but everyone enjoyed it for the gorgeous shots of sun, surf and hot girls in bathing suits.

In order to recreate the surfing scenes far away from anything resembling Hawaii, the reviewers (plus special guest Celeste) took a few floaty toys out to a lake and prayed for waves.

Next episode, the reviewers plan to take on Watermelon Woman.

This week on Cherry Bomb, Tatum, Dalila, Nikki and Gloria explore the mysteries of the lesbian "playa’." They discuss how to spot a player, how to tame one and if you’re interested, as well as a a little on how to be one.The player may have a certain allure but is it worth it in the long run?

On this week’s question, the women tackle what to do when no one likes your girlfriend.

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Christmas takes the cake on how many songs are dedicated to one singular day, but several other holidays are deserving of some tunes all their own. The fourth of July is surely one of the most fun holidays, so it's good to know there are some singers and songwriters that are just as excited about the sparklers as we are every year.

Aimee Mann's "4th of July" is sort of sad, but really, what else would you expect from her? Nonetheless, it's a tune of tribute to the holiday:

Today's the fourth of July / Another June has gone by /And when they light up our town I just think / What a waste of gunpowder and sky.

OK she's kind of a Debbie Downer, but whatevs — it's pretty right?

Moving on to romance from Mariah Carey. Her song is, uh, also called "Fourth of July," but she actually likes to watch fireworks. That's my kind of girl.

It was twilight on the Fourth of July / Sparkling colors were strewn across the sky / and we sat close enough that we just barely touched while roman candles went soaring above us.

Use this track if you're trying to seal the deal. And by that I mean, hold hands with a nice lady.

I would be chastised if I didn't mention Ani DiFranco's own track called, drumroll please, "Fourth of July." In fact, there might even be some sort of AfterEllen.com clause that says "Must mention Ani's songs when relevant or you will be fired instantly." So I keep my job:

He says his name is Jason / he lives in the last trailer on the right/ and he'll be seven / on the Fourth of July.

Ani D: friend to lesbians, folksingers, lesbian folksingers and trailer dwellers. Such a do-gooder!

When the Swedish quartet ABBA was performing pop songs like "Dancing Queen," I wonder if they visualized the phenomenon it would become. From their dance hits came a Broadway musical, Mamma Mia!, and now a film of the same name, starring Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried.

The film had its world premiere in Berlin on Wednesday night, and the cast (which also includes Christine Baranski, Colin Firth, and Pierce Brosnon among others) was in attendance for the showing and the after party. If you have yet to see the trailer, it will give you a good idea what we can expect when it opens here on July 18:

Yes, that is Meryl Streep singing, and she seems to have some pipes. But we are all aware how frighteningly amazing Ms. Meryl is; it's Amanda Seyfried that is the breakthrough star of Mamma Mia. Up until now, she has served as part of ensemble casts on Big Love and in films such as Mean Girls and Alpha Dogs. As 18-year-old Sophie Sheridan, Seyfried seems like a shoo-in for good reviews, no matter what the outcome is for the film in its entirety.

The new openings are a fun and amusing concept. There’s now a different graphic each week tipping off the main plot point of the episode.

Last week’s graphic had a big green overhead highway sign with Weeds spelled across with white arrows pointing down to the lanes of the highway at the California/Mexico border and a second highway sign saying "Created by Jenji Kohan." Then we spent the episode waiting with Nancy in a two hour line concerned about her making it back across the border with drugs sealed in her car. OK, so they weren’t sealed in her car but she thought they were!

The opening of this week’s episode, “The Whole Blah Thing,” had the Weeds and created by graphic spelled out using the status lines on Bubbie’s heart monitor contraption thingy. Then we spent the episode wondering when and if the Botwins were going to honor Bubbie’s “kill me” request.

Shane and Andy wanted to honor Bubbie’s wishes due to Shane’s feelings that a person has a right to self-determination and to Andy simply knowing what a fire ball Bubbie was and that this wasn’t Bubbie anymore and that she knew it, too. Nancy, of course, was sort of ambivalent. (I know, Nancy ambivalent? Surprise!)

Silas at first thought it was unethical and just plain old murder until Andy in a moment of clarity, for Andy at least, explained that life was a series of blah blah blah and then you get to the end of your life and realize the whole blah thing was nothing more than a series of blahs. For whatever reason this explanation resonated with Silas. Is there anyone out there that can explain this whole blah thing better because it didn’t really resonate with me. Oh and Lenny was absolutely against the idea of pulling the plug on Bubbie not because he didn’t want to but because it was his mother.

Neo-soul artist India.Arie is the latest in a long line of talented R&B singers bit by the acting bug. Arie, 32, is set to star in a Broadway revival of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf. The play, based on the book of poems by Ntozake Shange, was nominated for a Tony award in 1977. The book, a women’s studies classic, presents several women of color discussing their experiences at a certain time in the United States.

It’s a bold step for Arie, but she’s in good company. In fact, I’m having a tough time thinking of an R&B artist who hasn’t tried her hand at acting on stage or screen. Some of them gave such good performances, they got in the running for Hollywood’s biggest honor, the Academy Award.

One of them actually won it. Of course, I'm talking about American Idol alum Jennifer Hudson, who brought home the Best Supporting Actress award for Dreamgirls. Hudson is the biggest success story on our list, although her castmate Beyonce, (Carmen: A Hip Hopera, Austin Powers: Goldmember) isn’t exactly hurting for parts. Alicia Keys (The Nanny Diaries, Smokin’ Aces) seems to record an album and film a new movie every other year. Keys just finished shooting another: The Secret Life of Bees.

Let’s not forget those ladies we don’t hear on the radio every day: Erykah Badu appeared in The Cider House Rules way back in 1999 and later, House of D; Macy Gray guest starred on Spin City and Gilmore Girls; Angie Stone appeared on an episode of Roswell.

It’s week four of the finals and seeing what host Cat Deeley is wearing is almost as exciting as the dancing. This week she’s sporting a retro looking mini. Her hair is swept to the side like a '40s starlet. Sexy. In fact, that seems to be the theme for the night. Plenty of bare chested guys tonight and sexy long legged beauties (and I don’t mean Thayne) glide across my small screen.

Tonight joining the regular judges are hip-hop choreographers Tabitha and Napoleon Dumo.

This week Jill, Dara, and I continue our discussion of the pilot episode of everyone's favorite lesbian drama, The L Word.

Among our many topics are Marina's moves (is groping Jenny during their first kiss understandable or amateur?), the temporary insanity displayed by Tina and Bette when picking up a "donor" at one of Bette's lectures, and the evolution of Shane.

We also reenact Jenny's walk of shame back to her bed with Tim after getting freaky with Marina.

Jenny (Jill) and Tim (Dara) in the sack

And I'm happy to report that this week marks the return of our beloved sock puppets (thanks again to Dara and Brooke for their arts and crafts skills).

Remember the steamy love scene between Tina and Bette that closed the pilot episode? We revisit it this week, so enjoy the spectacle of hot puppet sex.