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About Llama Mama

Webmistress for http://www.actionflickchick.com and cookie vendor to some guys over at http://www.rocketllama.com. http://twitter.com/RamaLlamaMama

Women in Gaming: Sony Online Entertainment Announces GIRL Scholarship Winner

Press release: SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) announced today that Rebecca Gleason of Indianapolis won the 2009 G.I.R.L. Scholarship. This marks the second year of the scholarship program, encouraging students toward career paths in creative and … Continue reading

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Adam West (@therealadamwest) Picks Worst Superpower

During Comic-Con, the Action Flick Chick discussed twitter and superpowers with the original TV Batman himself. After his surprise appearance as part of a San Diego Comic-Con International panel analyzing the Joker with Jerry Robinson (the Joker’s creator), Michael Uslan … Continue reading

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Videos: Lola Rennt (1998) – Run, Lola, Run (1999)

If you haven’t seen Run, Lola, Run, the English-titled release of the German Lola rennt (literally “Lola runs”), SEE IT! Don’t even watch these videos first.

Spoiler alert: The title character runs. Beyond that, the less you know beforehand, the better. Just see it. Our readers probably best know its Franka Potente as Marie from The Bourne Identity.

In case you’re wondering who had this hair first: Milla Jovovich starred in The Fifth Element (1997) a year earlier. Besides, they’re less similar than some people seem to think. Continue reading

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Allies in the War on Doldrums: Folks to Follow, Sites to See

We’ve gotten a growing number of comments on the Action Flick Chick’s reviews and other posts. One of the biggest kicks the Chick gets out of doing this comes from reading your replies. Most of these come from people with sites and twitter … Continue reading

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Attack of the Show! 1000th Episode

Today the G4TV series Attack of the Show! airs its one thousandth episode. Hosted by Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn, the show looks at popular culture, particularly anything technological or nerdy by nature from the Internet, movies, television, comic books, … Continue reading

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“Action Flick Chick Is Really Felicia Day”

External link: “In the last two months, our friend the Action Flick Chick, as @actionchick because of twitter’s 15-character username limit, has picked up over 17,000 followers on twitter. She’s popular. Deservedly so. Here we discuss that popularity, review the Chick’s twitter activities as @actionchick, and finally note someone’s fascinating suggestion as to the Chick’s true identity.” Continue reading

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Our Star, Her Run to Comic-Con, Her Trek to YouTube (Preview)

Set photos from the shooting of “Run, Action Flick Chick. Run.” We’ll explain soon enough. In the meantime, check these out. You should have no problem identifying which person’s the Chick. Continue reading

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Twitter 4 Nitwits: The Dreaded Twit2K

You’re not a celebrity. Don’t presume that the things you say are so awesome that you can talk at the masses when it’s all one-sided and you can’t easily see what they’re talking about in return. You see, twitter growth depends on interaction. Here are some tips @actionchick dispensed this past week to help people learn how to deal with twitter’s follow limit of 2000 vs. 100% your number of followers. Continue reading

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