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October 28 2009

Willow and Tara and doors. An interesting blog post about the use of doorways throughout the Willow Tara relation. Fascinating stuff!

September 09 2009

(SPOILER) Cover art and details for Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow. The Season 8 one-shot comes out in December. There's also info about the Buffy GelaSkins and the re-release of the Buffy Supernatural Defense Kit.

July 10 2009

Willow Rosenberg is one of AfterEllen.com's favorite lesbian sidekicks. Our favorite red haired witch takes the number two slot in this list of go-to girls.

June 28 2009

Willow makes the list of Out & Proud TV characters to love. It’s Gay Pride Weekend in San Francisco, and the Examiner puts Willow on their list of "TV’s most noteworthy portrayals who pushed the envelope right out of the closet, but are more than a stereotype."
TV's Top 10 sidekicks. A list of the 10 best TV sidekicks. Willow comes in at #5. More...

June 03 2009

Pop Culture's 10 Greatest Nerds. Willow tops Topless Robot's "10 Greatest Nerds" list. No surprise there.

June 02 2009

Total Sci-Fi's 'The 25 Women Who Shook Sci-Fi' list. Buffy was second, Willow took 21st place. However Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch blog argues that they have no place on the list.

March 24 2009

Willow as female tech heroine for Ada Lovelace day. Ada Lovelace day celebrates women in technology.
Willow Underwear?? A character in the web TV series "Anyone but Me" confesses to wearing "Willow Underwear" when she was 11. More...

January 27 2009

TV Witches: Sort Of Like That Grunge Look. Television Without Pity lists Willow as one of the Top Five TV witches.

November 30 2008

13 Dangerously Sexy Bloodsuckers. On this list of sexy vampires Vampire Willow makes number 9, Spike takes number 3. More...

September 09 2008

Best TV characters of all time. Zoe Washburne and Willow Rosenberg are the two Jossverse characters that feature in UGO.com's rundown. Though Whedon alum in other guises do appear on the list as well.

July 30 2008

More 'Tooned Up' Buffy statues. Three new statues by Electric Tiki are available for pre-ordering: 'End of Days' Buffy, Glory and Dark Willow. More...

June 13 2008

Revenge of the Nerdette. There's a brief Buffy mention in the fourth paragraph. More...

May 09 2008

Tooned Up Willow released. Sideshow releases Tooned Up Willow for preorder. Looks like her famous season 5 pose from the scene where she attacks Glory in Episode 19, "Tough Love". More...

March 03 2008

Wired Magazine's best sidekicks. Willow Rosenberg makes the list along with Spock, Chewbacca and Sam Gamgee.

December 04 2007

Lesbian kisses. A Guardian blog entry criticising TV shows for using lesbian relationships as "sensation seeking" but with one notable exception.

September 12 2007

Pink Raygun counts down the top 100 Femmes of Genre Film and Television. The Buffster, Willow, and the women of Firefly all make the list, with the highest honors (amongst the Whedonverse) going to the women of Firefly. More...

July 13 2007

MWCToys reviews Buffy Deluxe Action Figures, series 3. Chosen Willow, White Witch Willow, Kendra and Kennedy in super-articulated 6" figure form. Michael Crawford's reviews are always detailed and well illustrated with quality photographs. More...

July 10 2007

AfterEllen Includes Willow in its "Coolest Female Geeks" List. She's wedged between Tina Fey (30 Rock) and Gillian Anderson (X-Files).

April 05 2007

(SPOILER) The Making of Buffy Season 8 #3. On Dark Horse's website, there is a Making Of for #3. Script, Pencils, Inks, Coloring, Lettering, and HEY! 6 pages of #3 out already! Flash Required (if it doesn't appear, right click on the image and then click play). More...

March 01 2007

Is Willow the female Spiderman?, why Tara matters, and other things. A new blog called Pop Culture Heroines has entries on Willow, Tara and Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 as well as other female orientated pop culture stuff.

February 27 2007

13 Sidekicks Who Are Cooler Than Their Heroes. Willow was listed as #4 of sidekicks who outshine the protagonist.

January 31 2007

USA Today: Willow and Tara -TVs first lead lesbian couple. USA Today recognises Willow and Tara (see the chart on the left side) as being TVs probable first lead lesbian couple in this article about the effects of coming out on gay celebrities.

January 15 2007

'How I Met Your Mother' is not a traditional sitcom. "It's definitely ... a lot easier than a one-hour [show], but it's a lot harder than a traditional sitcom," says Alyson Hannigan. Article refers to the show as a "single-camera" comedy hybrid and talks about the new breed of comedies being offered, focusing on Aly's show in particular.

January 13 2007

(SPOILER) Witchy, witchy wallpapers. The Buffy Zone has a very witchy wallpaper available for download--posibly taken from the #3 cover. I have a new appreciation for Jo Chen now. Also available are wallpapers of the #1-2 covers. Spoilers if you consider covers to be such. More...

December 23 2006

"Why is it heroic or not insulting when an unambiguously straight character is suddenly "outed"?" someone asks Matt Roush, wondering why people are offended by the "de-gaying" of Zach on Heroes but not the by Willow's sudden transition into homosexuality on Buffy.

September 21 2006

CBS is holding Karaoke contests for a walk on role on Aly's show. CBS announced the launch of a nationwide karaoke contest tied to the hit comedy. During Sept., they are holding the contests in 9 major markets across the U.S. The winner of the final contest in LA will receive a walk-on role. More...
Willow got her own song by Thies Mynther and Dirk von Lowtzow - two German Musicians working together as Phantom Ghost. More...

September 20 2006

The final showdown - Willow Rosenberg vs. Hermione Granger. It's the ultimate fandom smackdown as the Whedonistas take on the Rowlingettes to see which of their favourite witches will become UGO.com's Class President. Who will win? It's like a really bad crossover fanfic come true.

August 17 2006

Funny Little Willow Joke at the Main PT Anderson Fan Site. On the August 10th entry, the site links to a production report from PT Anderson's new film "There Will Be Blood". The article mentions filming near the corner of Orange and Willow, so the site admin posted a pic of Ms. Rosenberg with the comment "I love Orange Willow." More...
Vote Willow Rosenberg for Class President. She faces Bill and Ted in the first round of UGO.com's latest 'versus' feature. And there's campaign videos as well, it's all quintessential American high school material. More...

July 14 2006

Entertainment Weekly says Willow is the 17th greatest sidekick of all time.

July 10 2006

Being Gay, the final frontier of Sci-fi. Willow/BTVS mentioned in the article.

May 15 2006

Top 75 Heroines of Sci-fi. Buffy comes it at number 2, just behind Ellen Ripley. More...

April 05 2006

She hates to always bring up Buffy, but... More...

March 16 2006

Some Highlights from 'How I Met Your Mother' at Paley fest. The Museum of TV & Radio's annual William S. Paley TV Festival hosted the cast and creators of CBS's sitcom How I Met Your Mother last night in Hollywood.

March 07 2006

"How I Met Your Mother" gets second season. CBS has already decided to give the Alyson Hannigan sitcom a second season. The cast is sure to celebrate when it's featured at the Paley Television Festival March 13th in Los Angeles. More...

February 11 2006

The Lesbian Teen Formula. Or why even after nearly three years since it ended, Buffy is still the best example of a well developed post-coming out story on television.

February 06 2006

Don't wait for Willow. Alyson Hannigan suggests that a TV movie based around Willow would be a long time in coming. More...

January 19 2006

"How I Met Your Mother" part of Paley Festival. Alyson Hannigan's sitcom will be part of the 23rd Annual Paley Festival March 13th. It will be at the DGA Complex on 7920 Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Tickets are only available to MTR members starting Jan. 26, but the general public can buy tickets starting February 2nd. More...

January 04 2006

Fanfiction Comes Out of the Closet. Fascinating article over at AfterEllen.com about fans, slash fiction and TV shows. There's several Buffy mentions including an interesting discussion about Willow/Tara femslash.

November 21 2005

TV gal enjoys the cast reunions on different shows and wants to see more. She mentions Alyson and Charisma pairing again on Veronica Mars, and how she would like to see Juliet Landau show up on Smallville. More...

November 20 2005

The Five: Most accurate TV geeks. Willow comes in at #2 among the most accurate geeks on TV.

October 02 2005

AICN-Downunder: Joss Whedon info [about Buffyverse TV movies!]. Quint from AICN reports on a rumor about there being the possibility of more than one Buffyverse TV movie. WW and Charisma Carpenter are also mentioned. More...

December 01 2004

"Gwen Stefani is playing the Veronica/Cordelia Chase role..." Fluxblog's Matthew Perpetua reviews Gwen Stefani's new album 'Love Angel Music Baby' in whedonesque terms and says: "It's pretty clear that Gwen is a Willow/Betty type in Cordy/Veronica drag." More...

October 16 2003

New Willow Action Figures Announced By Diamond Select Toys. "The first four figures to be released will be Willow, Transformation Willow [presumably as seen in 'Chosen'], Dark Witch Willow, and Vampire Willow from the fan-favorite episode 'The Wish.'" More...

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