Centralized "Aly in the Media" Thread

[Zahir]

Last night I watched "Behind the Scenes on American Pie 2" on E! Fun. One tribute to just how good an actress Aly is--you can tell at a glance when she's being Michelle (who looks at the world in such a totally different way you can see it!). For that matter, you can tell when she's being Willow, too (although methinks its easier when she plays Michelle--a more "quirky" character, imo).

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[christa monsta]

OK, I think the E! News Daily shows at 6:30 EST. I also think there will be an American Pie 2 news piece afterwards, at 7:00 EST.

SET YOUR VCRS for this afternoon! Aly will be interviewed all be herself...

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"You can sleep with me!
Well now, that came out a lot more lesbian than it sounded in my head."

[xita]

Great interview of Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan at Teenhollywood.com

Teenhollywood.com: Is Willow still a witch discovering her sexuality?

Alyson: She's discovered it. She's in there. That's a relationship!

She's GAY!! hehe

This other one from entertainment today

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[kpmuse]

Xita, thanks so much for posting these articles! Just made me smile from ear to ear! Love Aly so much! What a cutie!

Kris

[Righteous Babe]

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Originally posted by xita:
Great interview of Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan at Teenhollywood.com

Teenhollywood.com: Is Willow still a witch discovering her sexuality?

Alyson: She's discovered it. She's in there. That's a relationship!

She's GAY!! hehe
(edited August 13, 2001).]

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Possible Spoiler:

She also said:

We've been picked up for 2 years and we're all under contract for that long. If it stays a quality show, I'll stay with it.

I know Amber isn't a total regular but would this mean her to? Alyson seems to love the relationship with Amber. It would mean alot if I heard Amber was under contract for two more years.

Personally by the way Joss talks, Willow and Tara may have problems next season but they will always be together. True Love!

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[BBOvenGuy]

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Alyson: Well, luckily my career is not based on my body. B-O-D-Y (not bawdy). I play the very quirky sidekicks, the off-beat characters. I'm not the "boobs" in the movie.

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How great of Alyson to be accepting of herself and eager to play to her own strengths rather than going out and getting "chicken breasts with nipples" that she couldn't take out and throw against the wall. I'm not sure how many young actresses there are in Hollywood who would make the same choice.quote:

[Warduke]

Thanks for the links xita, great interviews.

I totally agree with you Bob, I love how Aly didn't go the way of "silicone" as much as I respect her, the fact that she didn’t do that makes me respect her even more.

[BlackLab]

Thank goodness for E News Network! I never knew that Willow was Buffy's sister! But, y'know, good on them for lots of Aly/AP II coverage anyway.

[minion]

You know I think I can see why Aly and Amber get on so well away from the show, I mean after the horror of what Amber went through when she first joined the cast with the disgusting things people said about her being overweight and stuff, the way she responded by saying that she was what she was and she was happy, well I guess that's pretty much what Aly was saying, you know, that she's happy the way she is, and who can blame either of them, they are both beautiful, sexy, intelligent women who know that they wouldn't be any happier by meddling with things that definitely don't need meddling with!

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I am in thunderous agreement, oh glittering, glistening Glorificus! : Jinx in Tough Love

[greatluna]

ok, it happened. Alyson was on the news yesterday night. why am i so shocked? if you were italian, you'd need not to ask *G*

anyway, i was waiting for the ER reruns (ehhhh) to begin when this special on AP2 came on on national tv. it was definitely Aly-centralized, they didn't mention she is in BtVS - basically because it airs on another channel, methinks -, but they were very nice (for a change) and said something along the lines of "how cliche is the idea of an 'American Pie' sequel? but look out for the hilarious Alyson Hannigan playing Michelle- she's definitely worth the theater ticket"

we're slowly getting there...

[tommo]

I'm always impressed and pleased at how positive Aly is about the relationship. It's like, she celebrates it and loves doing it. That was one thing in the Howard Stern interview I loved, when she said it was basically a compliment if people thought she was a lesbian in real life.

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"She looked across at Willow, whose face was filled with light. She had never felt so calm and happy, and strong..." ~ Unseen: Door To Alternity

[tyche]

I think part of the reason why Aly and Amber are so popular is that they're not just cookie-cutter bimbos with fake breasts. It's a shame that so many actresses feel that they can't be successful without having plastic surgery, posing naked or wearing 10 tons of make-up. I don't know why I continue to be surprised by Hollywood's rampant misogyny and the way it tries to make everyone on screen conform to the same impossible standards of 'beauty', but I am...

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"There's only one thing better than Willowhand, and that's Amber Butt" - me, to Amber Benson.

[Warduke]

Nick put up these caps at his site...

E! Daily News
E! Special: The Pie Players
E! Behind the Scenes: AP2
Celebrity Adventure

Thanks Nick, I haven't seen any of these shows yet

[christa monsta]

holy cow...when i saw those bedroom scenes from AP2, i freaked. THANK YOU NICK, for getting caps of them! maybe if i squint my eyes, it'll look like Jason Biggs is Amber...heeeeee

oh yeah, and what's with E! news daily calling Willow Buffy's sister? "are you stupid, or something?"

- christa monsta (who's decided that the coolest thing in the world would be to get a "Tall Oaks Band Camp" T-shirt)

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Well now, that came out a lot more lesbian than it sounded in my head."

[Warduke]

The pics of Aly and Jason in bed together...are those deleted scenes from AP or are they from AP2?

[xita]

thanks for bringin this Brian.

THANK TO NICK for capping these. Thanks a lot Nick,I have not seen those shows either. Will they be on again on E or was that pretty much it?

[tommo]

Ah excellent. Great pics. Thanks Nick; thanks Brian.

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"She looked across at Willow, whose face was filled with light. She had never felt so calm and happy, and strong..." ~ Unseen: Door To Alternity

[rocketdyke]

those scenes were not in ap2 brian, though at the end, when everyone has hooked up, they show morning shots of all the couples sleeping and all of them have the boy on their back with the girl sleeping on his shoulder except aly and jason, its the other way around!! it was so cute and funny. at that moment... i wanted to be her bitch.

michele

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As far as I can tell, they don't even bother to take their clothes off -- it's just two women sitting around Utopia, being gay.

[BlackLab]

Dude, that was a clip of Michelle & Jim in bed looking at Stifler's younger brother who was watching them (implied, not shown). He said "That was better than Jurassic Park!" They replied that it was. It was filmed for AP I but ended up on the proverbial cutting room floor.

Michele, your comment about sleeping positions is why I made that comment in the AP II thread.

Xita, Eonline says Behind The Scenes: AP II will run once more at 2 PM Eastern/Pacific on Friday.

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[Dead Dog]

Yeah, the shots of Michelle & Jim in bed also showed the foot kicking the vase or whatever, so it's definitely outtakes from AP1.

The News Daily will not be shown again I imagine, but they may run the other stuff again.

-- Nick

[Kiwiccan]

The woman is just too darn cute. Her smile melts my heart.

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[Warduke]

I got this from HDC, A Big Potato posted it...

Aly On the cover of US Weekly (sorta)

Once again, sorry if this has been posted before, but the August 27 issue of US Weekly has a pic of Aly on the cover up at the top with the headline: The Hottest piece of American Pie 2- Meet the Geek Goddess Alyson Hannigan.

Inside there's a two-page story all about her and her status as a "sex symbol". It also has a large, cute photo of her getting out of a limo.

Interestingly, the article talks about her appearance on Howard Stern, and how she'd like to go back on for a one-on-one shot. She says that she feels that she was too passive on the show, and that she'd like to see if she could handle him by herself. Way to go her!

Oh, and I know someone asked this question a few weeks ago... and the answer is yes, she is an only child.

Its a great article, pick it up if you can.

There's also a quote from her on page 20 regarding the AP2 premiere.

There was no pic but I checked around and I was able to find this small one...

So needless to say, as soon as anyone can get this, transcribe the article and scan tha pics, it would be much appreciated

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Halcyon
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Just how cool is she? Would Howard Stern actually ask her back on the show for a one on one now? It sounds like a challenge , just love that woman to bits.

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Oh I still haven't listened the howard show with her in it, and I don't think i'd like to listen to her on it more.

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i just read the AH interview from playboy (found it at slayage.com) and was like WOW. man oh man if i couldn't love the lady anymore...SHE ROCKS! what a goddess

i love how sexually empowered she is. mwahahahaha. anyhoo...i had another point...where'd it go?

oh yeah...i ADORE natasha lyonne. 'but i'm a cheerleader' is one of my fav movies. my friend made this kick ASS wallpaper i have on my site...it has willow and tara's kiss in there as well a hot natasha lyonne and clea duvall kiss from 'buttered cheerleaders' as my friends and i call it. hehe. here be the link...for the collagey goodness...
www.geocities.com/spikeskanky/wall.html

anyhoo yeah. i can't believe natasha tried out for buffy! that's hilarious. and what was the actress' name who played willow in 'bufy's' pilot?

ooo i get to try out my new signature now!

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Here's the transcript of the US weekly article.

Geek Goddess

Talking about losing her virginity! Alyson Hannigan will, if you like
By Thelma Adams

In the midst of her greatest career triumph - American Pie 2, a movie she steals, took in $45 million in its opening weekend - Alyson Hannigan, 27, is talking about her toughest stretch as a young woman. A little something she calls high school. She was already a working actor, having played Dan Akroyd's daughter in 1988's forgettable My Stepmother Is an Alien when she was 14 and then starred in the ill fated supernatural series Free Spirit the following year. Yet partly because of other people's jealousy and partly because of her funky tastes, Hannigan was, she says "a drama outcast" at North Hollywood High. " I had two friends and that was it."

She spent her senior year lunching in the drama room and listening to grunge rock. "Nirvana was definately what I needed in High school," she says. She also experimented with sex. "I lost my virginity at 17," she says. "It was nice as it could possibly be - akward but nice. He was just a guy, a boyfriend, and we did it at his place in the Valley."

Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy. Her American Pie character, Michelle, the flute playing band geek, is, she says, willing and eager to try everything - and probably has. And eventhough Hannigan is neither wildly voluptuous nor a typical Hollywood glamourpuss, Britain's FHM mag recently placed her tenth on a list of the world's 100 sexitest women.

Howard Stern was especially curious about Hanngian when she and Tara Ried and Natasha Lyonne appeared on his show on Aug 9 to promote their movie. Shockingly, the radio host homed in on Hannigan's girl-kissing exploits on Buffy: Was she in fact a lesbian? "I don't think of that as a lesbian experience," Hanngian told Stern. She credits Buffy's producers with handling the character's Homosexuality with "class and grace" and describes Willow's on-screen relationship with Amber Benson's Tara as "all about two women really in love. It's a relationship, not girl-on-girl action."

In case you're wondering, that's a "no" to the lesbian question. Although Hanngian's wild deeds in American Pie 2 include inserting a trumpet in co-star Jason Bigg's backside, she sees herself as a fairly mainstrem in the matters of sex. "I have a sense of that spirit inside me but not as extreme as Michelle," she says. "I'm a relationship gal. I have no problem exploring everything but it has to be with someone I love."

The man in Hannigan's life is Alexis Denisof, 35, her tall dark-haired former Buffy co-star, who has since joined David Boreanaz on the WB's vampire spinoff, Angel. Hannigan says she prefers to date older men. "I don't know if that's because of the whole Daddy syndrome - I tend to think it's because they're much more mature and have their s*** together."

One reason she takes relationships so seriously, Hannigan says, is because her parents never seemed right. She was born a block from the White House on March 24, 1947, to Emile Posner, a real-estate agent, and Albert Hannigan, a truck driver, a couple, she says, who had little in common outside of a love for photography. "I couldn't picture my parent together." she says. "They are completely opposite people." Indeed, they were divorced before she was 2, and Hannigan an only child, was soon living in Atlanta with her mother and visting her father in D.C. on weekends. Often, she says, she felt lonely "I had an imaginary sister named Jenny. She was a brat."

As a baby, Hannigan modeled for her parents and at age 4 got her first commerical, for Duncan Hines cookie mix. Acting was primarily a hobby: "I would have that and soccer practice, and I loved them both," she says. Then, when she was 11, her father moved to Santa Barbara, California, and Hannigan audition for a handfull of agents while visiting him. "My mom was bored with Atlanta, so we moved out to LA.," she says.

Hanngan appeared. in episodes of Picket Fences, Rosanne and Touched by a Angel, as well as a string of TV movies, until catching a break in 1997, when she was cast as Willow on Buffy, to which she is commited for the next two years. In the meantime, spirited girl that she is, Hannigan would like another chance with Stern - this time one-on-one. She feels she was too passive on the show compared to Lyonne and Reid. "I'd like to see if I could handle myself."she says.

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I can scan the pics if anyone wants it but I need a place to put it up, so if anyone wants to volunteer let me know and I can email them to you.

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Ohh thanks FlyingBunny, great interview.

"I had an imaginary sister named Jenny. She was a brat."...

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Thanks Flying Bunny. Nick at the Dead Dog Party also has got scans of the entire article and photos. If your system can handle it, you can read the hi-res version of the article. Since Nick has had problems with hotlinking, here's the general url: http://www.alysonhannigancorner.com/alyindex.html

The US weekly scans are clearly marked.

Thanks Nick!

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Thanks for the link Dave and thank you Nick for the scans, they're great, you really outdid yourself with the 1 meg one, awesome scan

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Thanks for typing up the interview! I wish there was more about "Buffy" than just a passing reference at the end, but I guess they were focussing on that red-hot redhead from Am Pie2. I wonder what she wishes she could have said to Howard Stern instead of what she did?

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Here's the transcript of the US weekly article.

. Hannigan says she prefers to date older men. "I don't know if that's because of the whole Daddy syndrome - I tend to think it's because they're much more mature and have their s*** together."

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Hey that means I'm still in with a chance! *LOL* x 2

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Oooh thank you for this. Someone was asking if Aly was an only child somewhere, so I guess this answers it. Damn, I like this woman.

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Howard Stern's TV show on E! will be showing the American Pie Girls on Thursday and Friday (here's the link) for those who don't know, this is the same interview that Aly and her co-stars did on Stern's radio show a few weeks ago but now we'll be able to see the interview, so for those who get E!, don't miss it and hopefully someone can make caps of the show for those who won't be able to see it.

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Zahir
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There were out-takes from American Pie 2 on Access Hollywood tonight. Allyson was in a few...and she was sooooooo cute!

Just thought I'd mention it...

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From the US article above:
Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy.

I fail to see any logical connection between those two sentences. Oh wait, that's right--gay people are defined solely by the fact that they engage in sexual activity with others of the same gender, and in fact that is all they ever do. They have no lives outside of the bedroom. They don't have careers, they don't have families, they don't go grocery shopping or take aerobics classes or tell stupid jokes, and they certainly don't fall in love. Nope, being gay has nothing to do with love whatsoever, it's just all about the sex. Can you imagine if those lines read, "Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a straight witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy." You'd be like, WTF?

And indeed I am. It's the subtle forms of bigotry that are the most pernicious.

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Just how cool is she? Would Howard Stern actually ask her back on the show for a one on one now? It sounds like a challenge , just love that woman to bits.

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Oh I still haven't listened the howard show with her in it, and I don't think i'd like to listen to her on it more.

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posted August 16, 2001 15:45                Oh I still haven't listened the howard show with her in it, and I don't think i'd like to listen to her on it more.IP: LoggednibletBlessed Wannabe


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i just read the AH interview from playboy (found it at slayage.com) and was like WOW. man oh man if i couldn't love the lady anymore...SHE ROCKS! what a goddess

i love how sexually empowered she is. mwahahahaha. anyhoo...i had another point...where'd it go?

oh yeah...i ADORE natasha lyonne. 'but i'm a cheerleader' is one of my fav movies. my friend made this kick ASS wallpaper i have on my site...it has willow and tara's kiss in there as well a hot natasha lyonne and clea duvall kiss from 'buttered cheerleaders' as my friends and i call it. hehe. here be the link...for the collagey goodness...
www.geocities.com/spikeskanky/wall.html

anyhoo yeah. i can't believe natasha tried out for buffy! that's hilarious. and what was the actress' name who played willow in 'bufy's' pilot?

ooo i get to try out my new signature now!

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posted August 16, 2001 22:02                i just read the AH interview from playboy (found it at slayage.com) and was like WOW. man oh man if i couldn't love the lady anymore...SHE ROCKS! what a goddess

i love how sexually empowered she is. mwahahahaha. anyhoo...i had another point...where'd it go?

oh yeah...i ADORE natasha lyonne. 'but i'm a cheerleader' is one of my fav movies. my friend made this kick ASS wallpaper i have on my site...it has willow and tara's kiss in there as well a hot natasha lyonne and clea duvall kiss from 'buttered cheerleaders' as my friends and i call it. hehe. here be the link...for the collagey goodness...
www.geocities.com/spikeskanky/wall.html

anyhoo yeah. i can't believe natasha tried out for buffy! that's hilarious. and what was the actress' name who played willow in 'bufy's' pilot?

ooo i get to try out my new signature now!

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Here's the transcript of the US weekly article.

Geek Goddess

Talking about losing her virginity! Alyson Hannigan will, if you like
By Thelma Adams

In the midst of her greatest career triumph - American Pie 2, a movie she steals, took in $45 million in its opening weekend - Alyson Hannigan, 27, is talking about her toughest stretch as a young woman. A little something she calls high school. She was already a working actor, having played Dan Akroyd's daughter in 1988's forgettable My Stepmother Is an Alien when she was 14 and then starred in the ill fated supernatural series Free Spirit the following year. Yet partly because of other people's jealousy and partly because of her funky tastes, Hannigan was, she says "a drama outcast" at North Hollywood High. " I had two friends and that was it."

She spent her senior year lunching in the drama room and listening to grunge rock. "Nirvana was definately what I needed in High school," she says. She also experimented with sex. "I lost my virginity at 17," she says. "It was nice as it could possibly be - akward but nice. He was just a guy, a boyfriend, and we did it at his place in the Valley."

Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy. Her American Pie character, Michelle, the flute playing band geek, is, she says, willing and eager to try everything - and probably has. And eventhough Hannigan is neither wildly voluptuous nor a typical Hollywood glamourpuss, Britain's FHM mag recently placed her tenth on a list of the world's 100 sexitest women.

Howard Stern was especially curious about Hanngian when she and Tara Ried and Natasha Lyonne appeared on his show on Aug 9 to promote their movie. Shockingly, the radio host homed in on Hannigan's girl-kissing exploits on Buffy: Was she in fact a lesbian? "I don't think of that as a lesbian experience," Hanngian told Stern. She credits Buffy's producers with handling the character's Homosexuality with "class and grace" and describes Willow's on-screen relationship with Amber Benson's Tara as "all about two women really in love. It's a relationship, not girl-on-girl action."

In case you're wondering, that's a "no" to the lesbian question. Although Hanngian's wild deeds in American Pie 2 include inserting a trumpet in co-star Jason Bigg's backside, she sees herself as a fairly mainstrem in the matters of sex. "I have a sense of that spirit inside me but not as extreme as Michelle," she says. "I'm a relationship gal. I have no problem exploring everything but it has to be with someone I love."

The man in Hannigan's life is Alexis Denisof, 35, her tall dark-haired former Buffy co-star, who has since joined David Boreanaz on the WB's vampire spinoff, Angel. Hannigan says she prefers to date older men. "I don't know if that's because of the whole Daddy syndrome - I tend to think it's because they're much more mature and have their s*** together."

One reason she takes relationships so seriously, Hannigan says, is because her parents never seemed right. She was born a block from the White House on March 24, 1947, to Emile Posner, a real-estate agent, and Albert Hannigan, a truck driver, a couple, she says, who had little in common outside of a love for photography. "I couldn't picture my parent together." she says. "They are completely opposite people." Indeed, they were divorced before she was 2, and Hannigan an only child, was soon living in Atlanta with her mother and visting her father in D.C. on weekends. Often, she says, she felt lonely "I had an imaginary sister named Jenny. She was a brat."

As a baby, Hannigan modeled for her parents and at age 4 got her first commerical, for Duncan Hines cookie mix. Acting was primarily a hobby: "I would have that and soccer practice, and I loved them both," she says. Then, when she was 11, her father moved to Santa Barbara, California, and Hannigan audition for a handfull of agents while visiting him. "My mom was bored with Atlanta, so we moved out to LA.," she says.

Hanngan appeared. in episodes of Picket Fences, Rosanne and Touched by a Angel, as well as a string of TV movies, until catching a break in 1997, when she was cast as Willow on Buffy, to which she is commited for the next two years. In the meantime, spirited girl that she is, Hannigan would like another chance with Stern - this time one-on-one. She feels she was too passive on the show compared to Lyonne and Reid. "I'd like to see if I could handle myself."she says.

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I can scan the pics if anyone wants it but I need a place to put it up, so if anyone wants to volunteer let me know and I can email them to you.

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posted August 16, 2001 23:25                Here's the transcript of the US weekly article.

Geek Goddess

Talking about losing her virginity! Alyson Hannigan will, if you like
By Thelma Adams

In the midst of her greatest career triumph - American Pie 2, a movie she steals, took in $45 million in its opening weekend - Alyson Hannigan, 27, is talking about her toughest stretch as a young woman. A little something she calls high school. She was already a working actor, having played Dan Akroyd's daughter in 1988's forgettable My Stepmother Is an Alien when she was 14 and then starred in the ill fated supernatural series Free Spirit the following year. Yet partly because of other people's jealousy and partly because of her funky tastes, Hannigan was, she says "a drama outcast" at North Hollywood High. " I had two friends and that was it."

She spent her senior year lunching in the drama room and listening to grunge rock. "Nirvana was definately what I needed in High school," she says. She also experimented with sex. "I lost my virginity at 17," she says. "It was nice as it could possibly be - akward but nice. He was just a guy, a boyfriend, and we did it at his place in the Valley."

Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy. Her American Pie character, Michelle, the flute playing band geek, is, she says, willing and eager to try everything - and probably has. And eventhough Hannigan is neither wildly voluptuous nor a typical Hollywood glamourpuss, Britain's FHM mag recently placed her tenth on a list of the world's 100 sexitest women.

Howard Stern was especially curious about Hanngian when she and Tara Ried and Natasha Lyonne appeared on his show on Aug 9 to promote their movie. Shockingly, the radio host homed in on Hannigan's girl-kissing exploits on Buffy: Was she in fact a lesbian? "I don't think of that as a lesbian experience," Hanngian told Stern. She credits Buffy's producers with handling the character's Homosexuality with "class and grace" and describes Willow's on-screen relationship with Amber Benson's Tara as "all about two women really in love. It's a relationship, not girl-on-girl action."

In case you're wondering, that's a "no" to the lesbian question. Although Hanngian's wild deeds in American Pie 2 include inserting a trumpet in co-star Jason Bigg's backside, she sees herself as a fairly mainstrem in the matters of sex. "I have a sense of that spirit inside me but not as extreme as Michelle," she says. "I'm a relationship gal. I have no problem exploring everything but it has to be with someone I love."

The man in Hannigan's life is Alexis Denisof, 35, her tall dark-haired former Buffy co-star, who has since joined David Boreanaz on the WB's vampire spinoff, Angel. Hannigan says she prefers to date older men. "I don't know if that's because of the whole Daddy syndrome - I tend to think it's because they're much more mature and have their s*** together."

One reason she takes relationships so seriously, Hannigan says, is because her parents never seemed right. She was born a block from the White House on March 24, 1947, to Emile Posner, a real-estate agent, and Albert Hannigan, a truck driver, a couple, she says, who had little in common outside of a love for photography. "I couldn't picture my parent together." she says. "They are completely opposite people." Indeed, they were divorced before she was 2, and Hannigan an only child, was soon living in Atlanta with her mother and visting her father in D.C. on weekends. Often, she says, she felt lonely "I had an imaginary sister named Jenny. She was a brat."

As a baby, Hannigan modeled for her parents and at age 4 got her first commerical, for Duncan Hines cookie mix. Acting was primarily a hobby: "I would have that and soccer practice, and I loved them both," she says. Then, when she was 11, her father moved to Santa Barbara, California, and Hannigan audition for a handfull of agents while visiting him. "My mom was bored with Atlanta, so we moved out to LA.," she says.

Hanngan appeared. in episodes of Picket Fences, Rosanne and Touched by a Angel, as well as a string of TV movies, until catching a break in 1997, when she was cast as Willow on Buffy, to which she is commited for the next two years. In the meantime, spirited girl that she is, Hannigan would like another chance with Stern - this time one-on-one. She feels she was too passive on the show compared to Lyonne and Reid. "I'd like to see if I could handle myself."she says.

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Ohh thanks FlyingBunny, great interview.

"I had an imaginary sister named Jenny. She was a brat."...

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Thanks Flying Bunny. Nick at the Dead Dog Party also has got scans of the entire article and photos. If your system can handle it, you can read the hi-res version of the article. Since Nick has had problems with hotlinking, here's the general url: http://www.alysonhannigancorner.com/alyindex.html

The US weekly scans are clearly marked.

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Thanks for the link Dave and thank you Nick for the scans, they're great, you really outdid yourself with the 1 meg one, awesome scan

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Thanks for typing up the interview! I wish there was more about "Buffy" than just a passing reference at the end, but I guess they were focussing on that red-hot redhead from Am Pie2. I wonder what she wishes she could have said to Howard Stern instead of what she did?

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Here's the transcript of the US weekly article.

. Hannigan says she prefers to date older men. "I don't know if that's because of the whole Daddy syndrome - I tend to think it's because they're much more mature and have their s*** together."

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Hey that means I'm still in with a chance! *LOL* x 2

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Oooh thank you for this. Someone was asking if Aly was an only child somewhere, so I guess this answers it. Damn, I like this woman.

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Howard Stern's TV show on E! will be showing the American Pie Girls on Thursday and Friday (here's the link) for those who don't know, this is the same interview that Aly and her co-stars did on Stern's radio show a few weeks ago but now we'll be able to see the interview, so for those who get E!, don't miss it and hopefully someone can make caps of the show for those who won't be able to see it.

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There were out-takes from American Pie 2 on Access Hollywood tonight. Allyson was in a few...and she was sooooooo cute!

Just thought I'd mention it...

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From the US article above:
Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy.

I fail to see any logical connection between those two sentences. Oh wait, that's right--gay people are defined solely by the fact that they engage in sexual activity with others of the same gender, and in fact that is all they ever do. They have no lives outside of the bedroom. They don't have careers, they don't have families, they don't go grocery shopping or take aerobics classes or tell stupid jokes, and they certainly don't fall in love. Nope, being gay has nothing to do with love whatsoever, it's just all about the sex. Can you imagine if those lines read, "Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a straight witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy." You'd be like, WTF?

And indeed I am. It's the subtle forms of bigotry that are the most pernicious.

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"I had an imaginary sister named Jenny. She was a brat."...

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Thanks Flying Bunny. Nick at the Dead Dog Party also has got scans of the entire article and photos. If your system can handle it, you can read the hi-res version of the article. Since Nick has had problems with hotlinking, here's the general url: http://www.alysonhannigancorner.com/alyindex.html

The US weekly scans are clearly marked.

Thanks Nick!

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Thanks for the link Dave and thank you Nick for the scans, they're great, you really outdid yourself with the 1 meg one, awesome scan

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Thanks for typing up the interview! I wish there was more about "Buffy" than just a passing reference at the end, but I guess they were focussing on that red-hot redhead from Am Pie2. I wonder what she wishes she could have said to Howard Stern instead of what she did?

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Here's the transcript of the US weekly article.

. Hannigan says she prefers to date older men. "I don't know if that's because of the whole Daddy syndrome - I tend to think it's because they're much more mature and have their s*** together."

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Hey that means I'm still in with a chance! *LOL* x 2

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Oooh thank you for this. Someone was asking if Aly was an only child somewhere, so I guess this answers it. Damn, I like this woman.

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Howard Stern's TV show on E! will be showing the American Pie Girls on Thursday and Friday (here's the link) for those who don't know, this is the same interview that Aly and her co-stars did on Stern's radio show a few weeks ago but now we'll be able to see the interview, so for those who get E!, don't miss it and hopefully someone can make caps of the show for those who won't be able to see it.

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There were out-takes from American Pie 2 on Access Hollywood tonight. Allyson was in a few...and she was sooooooo cute!

Just thought I'd mention it...

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If it be there, I care not of
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Strike it out! Or write it in anew.
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From the US article above:
Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy.

I fail to see any logical connection between those two sentences. Oh wait, that's right--gay people are defined solely by the fact that they engage in sexual activity with others of the same gender, and in fact that is all they ever do. They have no lives outside of the bedroom. They don't have careers, they don't have families, they don't go grocery shopping or take aerobics classes or tell stupid jokes, and they certainly don't fall in love. Nope, being gay has nothing to do with love whatsoever, it's just all about the sex. Can you imagine if those lines read, "Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a straight witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy." You'd be like, WTF?

And indeed I am. It's the subtle forms of bigotry that are the most pernicious.

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Thanks Flying Bunny. Nick at the Dead Dog Party also has got scans of the entire article and photos. If your system can handle it, you can read the hi-res version of the article. Since Nick has had problems with hotlinking, here's the general url: http://www.alysonhannigancorner.com/alyindex.html

The US weekly scans are clearly marked.

Thanks Nick!

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posted August 17, 2001 07:38                Thanks Flying Bunny. Nick at the Dead Dog Party also has got scans of the entire article and photos. If your system can handle it, you can read the hi-res version of the article. Since Nick has had problems with hotlinking, here's the general url: http://www.alysonhannigancorner.com/alyindex.html

The US weekly scans are clearly marked.

Thanks Nick!

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Thanks for the link Dave and thank you Nick for the scans, they're great, you really outdid yourself with the 1 meg one, awesome scan

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Thanks for typing up the interview! I wish there was more about "Buffy" than just a passing reference at the end, but I guess they were focussing on that red-hot redhead from Am Pie2. I wonder what she wishes she could have said to Howard Stern instead of what she did?

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Here's the transcript of the US weekly article.

. Hannigan says she prefers to date older men. "I don't know if that's because of the whole Daddy syndrome - I tend to think it's because they're much more mature and have their s*** together."

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Hey that means I'm still in with a chance! *LOL* x 2

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Originally posted by FlyingBunny:
Here's the transcript of the US weekly article.

. Hannigan says she prefers to date older men. "I don't know if that's because of the whole Daddy syndrome - I tend to think it's because they're much more mature and have their s*** together."

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Hey that means I'm still in with a chance! *LOL* x 2

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Oooh thank you for this. Someone was asking if Aly was an only child somewhere, so I guess this answers it. Damn, I like this woman.

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Howard Stern's TV show on E! will be showing the American Pie Girls on Thursday and Friday (here's the link) for those who don't know, this is the same interview that Aly and her co-stars did on Stern's radio show a few weeks ago but now we'll be able to see the interview, so for those who get E!, don't miss it and hopefully someone can make caps of the show for those who won't be able to see it.

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There were out-takes from American Pie 2 on Access Hollywood tonight. Allyson was in a few...and she was sooooooo cute!

Just thought I'd mention it...

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If it be there, I care not of
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Strike it out! Or write it in anew.
But let it be in the Book of Love!"
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From the US article above:
Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy.

I fail to see any logical connection between those two sentences. Oh wait, that's right--gay people are defined solely by the fact that they engage in sexual activity with others of the same gender, and in fact that is all they ever do. They have no lives outside of the bedroom. They don't have careers, they don't have families, they don't go grocery shopping or take aerobics classes or tell stupid jokes, and they certainly don't fall in love. Nope, being gay has nothing to do with love whatsoever, it's just all about the sex. Can you imagine if those lines read, "Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a straight witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy." You'd be like, WTF?

And indeed I am. It's the subtle forms of bigotry that are the most pernicious.

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posted August 21, 2001 16:49                Howard Stern's TV show on E! will be showing the American Pie Girls on Thursday and Friday (here's the link) for those who don't know, this is the same interview that Aly and her co-stars did on Stern's radio show a few weeks ago but now we'll be able to see the interview, so for those who get E!, don't miss it and hopefully someone can make caps of the show for those who won't be able to see it.

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There were out-takes from American Pie 2 on Access Hollywood tonight. Allyson was in a few...and she was sooooooo cute!

Just thought I'd mention it...

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"O let my name be in the Book of Love.
If it be there, I care not of
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Strike it out! Or write it in anew.
But let it be in the Book of Love!"
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From the US article above:
Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy.

I fail to see any logical connection between those two sentences. Oh wait, that's right--gay people are defined solely by the fact that they engage in sexual activity with others of the same gender, and in fact that is all they ever do. They have no lives outside of the bedroom. They don't have careers, they don't have families, they don't go grocery shopping or take aerobics classes or tell stupid jokes, and they certainly don't fall in love. Nope, being gay has nothing to do with love whatsoever, it's just all about the sex. Can you imagine if those lines read, "Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a straight witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy." You'd be like, WTF?

And indeed I am. It's the subtle forms of bigotry that are the most pernicious.

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There were out-takes from American Pie 2 on Access Hollywood tonight. Allyson was in a few...and she was sooooooo cute!

Just thought I'd mention it...

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"O let my name be in the Book of Love.
If it be there, I care not of
That other book Above...
Strike it out! Or write it in anew.
But let it be in the Book of Love!"
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posted August 21, 2001 22:57                There were out-takes from American Pie 2 on Access Hollywood tonight. Allyson was in a few...and she was sooooooo cute!

Just thought I'd mention it...

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From the US article above:
Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy.

I fail to see any logical connection between those two sentences. Oh wait, that's right--gay people are defined solely by the fact that they engage in sexual activity with others of the same gender, and in fact that is all they ever do. They have no lives outside of the bedroom. They don't have careers, they don't have families, they don't go grocery shopping or take aerobics classes or tell stupid jokes, and they certainly don't fall in love. Nope, being gay has nothing to do with love whatsoever, it's just all about the sex. Can you imagine if those lines read, "Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a straight witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy." You'd be like, WTF?

And indeed I am. It's the subtle forms of bigotry that are the most pernicious.

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posted August 22, 2001 01:26                From the US article above:
Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy.

I fail to see any logical connection between those two sentences. Oh wait, that's right--gay people are defined solely by the fact that they engage in sexual activity with others of the same gender, and in fact that is all they ever do. They have no lives outside of the bedroom. They don't have careers, they don't have families, they don't go grocery shopping or take aerobics classes or tell stupid jokes, and they certainly don't fall in love. Nope, being gay has nothing to do with love whatsoever, it's just all about the sex. Can you imagine if those lines read, "Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a straight witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy." You'd be like, WTF?

And indeed I am. It's the subtle forms of bigotry that are the most pernicious.

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Just how cool is she? Would Howard Stern actually ask her back on the show for a one on one now? It sounds like a challenge , just love that woman to bits.

[xita]

Oh I still haven't listened the howard show with her in it, and I don't think i'd like to listen to her on it more.

[niblet]

i just read the AH interview from playboy (found it at slayage.com) and was like WOW. man oh man if i couldn't love the lady anymore...SHE ROCKS! what a goddess

i love how sexually empowered she is. mwahahahaha. anyhoo...i had another point...where'd it go?

oh yeah...i ADORE natasha lyonne. 'but i'm a cheerleader' is one of my fav movies. my friend made this kick ASS wallpaper i have on my site...it has willow and tara's kiss in there as well a hot natasha lyonne and clea duvall kiss from 'buttered cheerleaders' as my friends and i call it. hehe. here be the link...for the collagey goodness...
www.geocities.com/spikeskanky/wall.html

anyhoo yeah. i can't believe natasha tried out for buffy! that's hilarious. and what was the actress' name who played willow in 'bufy's' pilot?

ooo i get to try out my new signature now!

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Here's the transcript of the US weekly article.

Geek Goddess

Talking about losing her virginity! Alyson Hannigan will, if you like
By Thelma Adams

In the midst of her greatest career triumph - American Pie 2, a movie she steals, took in $45 million in its opening weekend - Alyson Hannigan, 27, is talking about her toughest stretch as a young woman. A little something she calls high school. She was already a working actor, having played Dan Akroyd's daughter in 1988's forgettable My Stepmother Is an Alien when she was 14 and then starred in the ill fated supernatural series Free Spirit the following year. Yet partly because of other people's jealousy and partly because of her funky tastes, Hannigan was, she says "a drama outcast" at North Hollywood High. " I had two friends and that was it."

She spent her senior year lunching in the drama room and listening to grunge rock. "Nirvana was definately what I needed in High school," she says. She also experimented with sex. "I lost my virginity at 17," she says. "It was nice as it could possibly be - akward but nice. He was just a guy, a boyfriend, and we did it at his place in the Valley."

Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy. Her American Pie character, Michelle, the flute playing band geek, is, she says, willing and eager to try everything - and probably has. And eventhough Hannigan is neither wildly voluptuous nor a typical Hollywood glamourpuss, Britain's FHM mag recently placed her tenth on a list of the world's 100 sexitest women.

Howard Stern was especially curious about Hanngian when she and Tara Ried and Natasha Lyonne appeared on his show on Aug 9 to promote their movie. Shockingly, the radio host homed in on Hannigan's girl-kissing exploits on Buffy: Was she in fact a lesbian? "I don't think of that as a lesbian experience," Hanngian told Stern. She credits Buffy's producers with handling the character's Homosexuality with "class and grace" and describes Willow's on-screen relationship with Amber Benson's Tara as "all about two women really in love. It's a relationship, not girl-on-girl action."

In case you're wondering, that's a "no" to the lesbian question. Although Hanngian's wild deeds in American Pie 2 include inserting a trumpet in co-star Jason Bigg's backside, she sees herself as a fairly mainstrem in the matters of sex. "I have a sense of that spirit inside me but not as extreme as Michelle," she says. "I'm a relationship gal. I have no problem exploring everything but it has to be with someone I love."

The man in Hannigan's life is Alexis Denisof, 35, her tall dark-haired former Buffy co-star, who has since joined David Boreanaz on the WB's vampire spinoff, Angel. Hannigan says she prefers to date older men. "I don't know if that's because of the whole Daddy syndrome - I tend to think it's because they're much more mature and have their s*** together."

One reason she takes relationships so seriously, Hannigan says, is because her parents never seemed right. She was born a block from the White House on March 24, 1947, to Emile Posner, a real-estate agent, and Albert Hannigan, a truck driver, a couple, she says, who had little in common outside of a love for photography. "I couldn't picture my parent together." she says. "They are completely opposite people." Indeed, they were divorced before she was 2, and Hannigan an only child, was soon living in Atlanta with her mother and visting her father in D.C. on weekends. Often, she says, she felt lonely "I had an imaginary sister named Jenny. She was a brat."

As a baby, Hannigan modeled for her parents and at age 4 got her first commerical, for Duncan Hines cookie mix. Acting was primarily a hobby: "I would have that and soccer practice, and I loved them both," she says. Then, when she was 11, her father moved to Santa Barbara, California, and Hannigan audition for a handfull of agents while visiting him. "My mom was bored with Atlanta, so we moved out to LA.," she says.

Hanngan appeared. in episodes of Picket Fences, Rosanne and Touched by a Angel, as well as a string of TV movies, until catching a break in 1997, when she was cast as Willow on Buffy, to which she is commited for the next two years. In the meantime, spirited girl that she is, Hannigan would like another chance with Stern - this time one-on-one. She feels she was too passive on the show compared to Lyonne and Reid. "I'd like to see if I could handle myself."she says.

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I can scan the pics if anyone wants it but I need a place to put it up, so if anyone wants to volunteer let me know and I can email them to you.

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Ohh thanks FlyingBunny, great interview.

"I had an imaginary sister named Jenny. She was a brat."...

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Thanks Flying Bunny. Nick at the Dead Dog Party also has got scans of the entire article and photos. If your system can handle it, you can read the hi-res version of the article. Since Nick has had problems with hotlinking, here's the general url: http://www.alysonhannigancorner.com/alyindex.html

The US weekly scans are clearly marked.

Thanks Nick!

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Thanks for the link Dave and thank you Nick for the scans, they're great, you really outdid yourself with the 1 meg one, awesome scan

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Thanks for typing up the interview! I wish there was more about "Buffy" than just a passing reference at the end, but I guess they were focussing on that red-hot redhead from Am Pie2. I wonder what she wishes she could have said to Howard Stern instead of what she did?

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Originally posted by FlyingBunny:
Here's the transcript of the US weekly article.

. Hannigan says she prefers to date older men. "I don't know if that's because of the whole Daddy syndrome - I tend to think it's because they're much more mature and have their s*** together."

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Hey that means I'm still in with a chance! *LOL* x 2

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Oooh thank you for this. Someone was asking if Aly was an only child somewhere, so I guess this answers it. Damn, I like this woman.

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Howard Stern's TV show on E! will be showing the American Pie Girls on Thursday and Friday (here's the link) for those who don't know, this is the same interview that Aly and her co-stars did on Stern's radio show a few weeks ago but now we'll be able to see the interview, so for those who get E!, don't miss it and hopefully someone can make caps of the show for those who won't be able to see it.

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There were out-takes from American Pie 2 on Access Hollywood tonight. Allyson was in a few...and she was sooooooo cute!

Just thought I'd mention it...

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If it be there, I care not of
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Strike it out! Or write it in anew.
But let it be in the Book of Love!"
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From the US article above:
Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy.

I fail to see any logical connection between those two sentences. Oh wait, that's right--gay people are defined solely by the fact that they engage in sexual activity with others of the same gender, and in fact that is all they ever do. They have no lives outside of the bedroom. They don't have careers, they don't have families, they don't go grocery shopping or take aerobics classes or tell stupid jokes, and they certainly don't fall in love. Nope, being gay has nothing to do with love whatsoever, it's just all about the sex. Can you imagine if those lines read, "Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a straight witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy." You'd be like, WTF?

And indeed I am. It's the subtle forms of bigotry that are the most pernicious.

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Thanks Flying Bunny. Nick at the Dead Dog Party also has got scans of the entire article and photos. If your system can handle it, you can read the hi-res version of the article. Since Nick has had problems with hotlinking, here's the general url: http://www.alysonhannigancorner.com/alyindex.html

The US weekly scans are clearly marked.

Thanks Nick!

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posted August 17, 2001 07:38                Thanks Flying Bunny. Nick at the Dead Dog Party also has got scans of the entire article and photos. If your system can handle it, you can read the hi-res version of the article. Since Nick has had problems with hotlinking, here's the general url: http://www.alysonhannigancorner.com/alyindex.html

The US weekly scans are clearly marked.

Thanks Nick!

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Thanks for the link Dave and thank you Nick for the scans, they're great, you really outdid yourself with the 1 meg one, awesome scan

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Thanks for typing up the interview! I wish there was more about "Buffy" than just a passing reference at the end, but I guess they were focussing on that red-hot redhead from Am Pie2. I wonder what she wishes she could have said to Howard Stern instead of what she did?

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Originally posted by FlyingBunny:
Here's the transcript of the US weekly article.

. Hannigan says she prefers to date older men. "I don't know if that's because of the whole Daddy syndrome - I tend to think it's because they're much more mature and have their s*** together."

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Hey that means I'm still in with a chance! *LOL* x 2

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posted August 17, 2001 12:43               

quote:

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Originally posted by FlyingBunny:
Here's the transcript of the US weekly article.

. Hannigan says she prefers to date older men. "I don't know if that's because of the whole Daddy syndrome - I tend to think it's because they're much more mature and have their s*** together."

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Hey that means I'm still in with a chance! *LOL* x 2

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Oooh thank you for this. Someone was asking if Aly was an only child somewhere, so I guess this answers it. Damn, I like this woman.

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posted August 17, 2001 14:12                Oooh thank you for this. Someone was asking if Aly was an only child somewhere, so I guess this answers it. Damn, I like this woman.

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Howard Stern's TV show on E! will be showing the American Pie Girls on Thursday and Friday (here's the link) for those who don't know, this is the same interview that Aly and her co-stars did on Stern's radio show a few weeks ago but now we'll be able to see the interview, so for those who get E!, don't miss it and hopefully someone can make caps of the show for those who won't be able to see it.

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There were out-takes from American Pie 2 on Access Hollywood tonight. Allyson was in a few...and she was sooooooo cute!

Just thought I'd mention it...

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"O let my name be in the Book of Love.
If it be there, I care not of
That other book Above...
Strike it out! Or write it in anew.
But let it be in the Book of Love!"
--Omar Kyam

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From the US article above:
Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy.

I fail to see any logical connection between those two sentences. Oh wait, that's right--gay people are defined solely by the fact that they engage in sexual activity with others of the same gender, and in fact that is all they ever do. They have no lives outside of the bedroom. They don't have careers, they don't have families, they don't go grocery shopping or take aerobics classes or tell stupid jokes, and they certainly don't fall in love. Nope, being gay has nothing to do with love whatsoever, it's just all about the sex. Can you imagine if those lines read, "Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a straight witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy." You'd be like, WTF?

And indeed I am. It's the subtle forms of bigotry that are the most pernicious.

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posted August 21, 2001 16:49                Howard Stern's TV show on E! will be showing the American Pie Girls on Thursday and Friday (here's the link) for those who don't know, this is the same interview that Aly and her co-stars did on Stern's radio show a few weeks ago but now we'll be able to see the interview, so for those who get E!, don't miss it and hopefully someone can make caps of the show for those who won't be able to see it.

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Registered: Nov 2000 posted August 21, 2001 22:57               

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There were out-takes from American Pie 2 on Access Hollywood tonight. Allyson was in a few...and she was sooooooo cute!

Just thought I'd mention it...

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"O let my name be in the Book of Love.
If it be there, I care not of
That other book Above...
Strike it out! Or write it in anew.
But let it be in the Book of Love!"
--Omar Kyam

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Registered: Mar 2001 posted August 22, 2001 01:26               

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From the US article above:
Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy.

I fail to see any logical connection between those two sentences. Oh wait, that's right--gay people are defined solely by the fact that they engage in sexual activity with others of the same gender, and in fact that is all they ever do. They have no lives outside of the bedroom. They don't have careers, they don't have families, they don't go grocery shopping or take aerobics classes or tell stupid jokes, and they certainly don't fall in love. Nope, being gay has nothing to do with love whatsoever, it's just all about the sex. Can you imagine if those lines read, "Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a straight witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy." You'd be like, WTF?

And indeed I am. It's the subtle forms of bigotry that are the most pernicious.

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Registered: Nov 2000 posted August 21, 2001 22:57               

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There were out-takes from American Pie 2 on Access Hollywood tonight. Allyson was in a few...and she was sooooooo cute!

Just thought I'd mention it...

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"O let my name be in the Book of Love.
If it be there, I care not of
That other book Above...
Strike it out! Or write it in anew.
But let it be in the Book of Love!"
--Omar Kyam

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posted August 21, 2001 22:57                There were out-takes from American Pie 2 on Access Hollywood tonight. Allyson was in a few...and she was sooooooo cute!

Just thought I'd mention it...

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If it be there, I care not of
That other book Above...
Strike it out! Or write it in anew.
But let it be in the Book of Love!"
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Registered: Mar 2001 posted August 22, 2001 01:26               

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From the US article above:
Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy.

I fail to see any logical connection between those two sentences. Oh wait, that's right--gay people are defined solely by the fact that they engage in sexual activity with others of the same gender, and in fact that is all they ever do. They have no lives outside of the bedroom. They don't have careers, they don't have families, they don't go grocery shopping or take aerobics classes or tell stupid jokes, and they certainly don't fall in love. Nope, being gay has nothing to do with love whatsoever, it's just all about the sex. Can you imagine if those lines read, "Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a straight witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy." You'd be like, WTF?

And indeed I am. It's the subtle forms of bigotry that are the most pernicious.

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posted August 22, 2001 01:26                From the US article above:
Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a gay witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy.

I fail to see any logical connection between those two sentences. Oh wait, that's right--gay people are defined solely by the fact that they engage in sexual activity with others of the same gender, and in fact that is all they ever do. They have no lives outside of the bedroom. They don't have careers, they don't have families, they don't go grocery shopping or take aerobics classes or tell stupid jokes, and they certainly don't fall in love. Nope, being gay has nothing to do with love whatsoever, it's just all about the sex. Can you imagine if those lines read, "Right now, Hannigan is finding it hard to avoid the subject of sex. The actor plays a straight witch named Willow on UPN's Buffy." You'd be like, WTF?

And indeed I am. It's the subtle forms of bigotry that are the most pernicious.

[Dave V]

Thanks Flying Bunny. Nick at the Dead Dog Party also has got scans of the entire article and photos. If your system can handle it, you can read the hi-res version of the article. Since Nick has had problems with hotlinking, here's the general url: http://www.alysonhannigancorner.com/alyindex.html

The US weekly scans are clearly marked.

Thanks Nick!

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[Warduke]

Thanks for the link Dave and thank you Nick for the scans, they're great, you really outdid yourself with the 1 meg one, awesome scan

[darvangi]

Thanks for typing up the interview! I wish there was more about "Buffy" than just a passing reference at the end, but I guess they were focussing on that red-hot redhead from Am Pie2. I wonder what she wishes she could have said to Howard Stern instead of what she did?