Girl Crush

Can I admit to having a girl crush on Mandy Moore? It's been a slow, creeping, steady buildup to this crush and I succumbed to its reality when one of the reasons I wanted to see American Dreamz is because she is in it. And she doesn't disappoint. She may have began her career singing sugar-coated ballads and tossing her blonde curls but that has all changed. At 22-years-old, Moore has evolved into the refreshing opposite of new millenium pop-starlet-ness. She actually became a brunette. She has created a line of flirty Tshirts (company name: Mblem) that I would actually wear! She dates intelligent dork Zach Braff. She seamlessly moves between films and albums without either feeling like a vanity attempt. She shows up on red carpets in demure, classy, elegant, and stylish ensembles that make her lovely rather than lewd. She has never appeared to have an eating disorder. She has never made the front page of "Scoop" in a blurry, post-bar drunken photo. And yet, this potential goody-goody-ness is not annyoing. If anything, it makes her more likable. And as the door swings open for a new girl-next-door (now that Katie Holmes has, you know, gone crazy) I feel more than justified in supporting Moore for that title. Squeeee - crushes are so girly!