The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

TakePart Gang:

Obama Global Love Fest by Martin Musatov

Interview with Lawrence Lessig by Wendy Cohen

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Nicole Hughes:

Top 10 Ways to Green Your Move

Climate Change Activist Superglues Himself to UK Prime Minister

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Andy Kondrat:

Can Junk Mail Be Green?

Google Maps Adds Walking Directions

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Jon Popham:

Recycling Building Materials Greens Up Home Improvement

CA Hotel Owner’s Anti Same-Sex Marriage Donation Brings Boycott Calls

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Gina Telaroli:

Naming a Generation

Ebert and Roeper Exit: Time to Give a Lady the Thumbs UP

It was announced yesterday that Ebert and Roeper were both stepping down from their show “At The Movies”, Ebert for heath reasons, Roeper for contractual ones. And it was also announced that Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz would be taking over for them. And to me, this begs the question, why not a lady? Growing up I always wondered why two older white men had to tell America what movies they should see, why couldn’t there be some variety? So now I wonder why do two younger white men get to tell America what movies they should see?

Of course most critics are men (and are also white…) so it isn’t ridiculous that there would be many able white male candidates available, but given that “At The Movies” is a television show and the point is actually to see the critics, couldn’t the show at least try to move things forward and show an awesome woman talking about movies? Especially since both ABC and Disney have claimed the show is moving forward in a “new direction?”

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Top 10 Ways Indiana Jones Saved the World : #3 (find #1 and #2 here)

3) Meeting Karen Allen’s Marion Ravenwood

OK, again this may not have “saved the world” but Marion Ravenwood is amazing, and I would argue the most amazing thing in The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. As many big blockbuster Hollywood pictures continue to degrade women and proliferate stereotypes, the latest Indiana Jones gave us a woman (an older one at that!) who didn’t put up with Indy’s crap and was tough enough to fight on her own most of the time. Her spirit lights up the screen and illustrates how women should be portrayed more often.

Here’s an interview with Allen:

To find out how you can be like Indy click HERE >>>

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Kimberly Peirce, director of Boys Don’t Cry and the recently released Stop-Loss is set to get the Andrew Sarris Award at Columbia University:

The nod, named for critic and film professor Andrew Sarris, honors service and artistic achievement of Columbia U. alums. Sarris award recipients are selected by the school’s film students.

Peirce said she’s happy to receive the kudo from “students who are in the same position I was in just a few years ago.”

Peirce graduated from Columbia U. School of the Arts’ film division in 1996. [Variety]

In the spirit of awesome women filmmakers, and learn more about Women Make Movies and go below the fold to see trailers for both of Peirce’s films..

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So it’s April 1st and one way I am celebrating this prank filled holiday is by participating in Lucid Screening’s White Elephant Blogathon. The idea is that folks send in a film they would normally never watch, or that they deem silly or bad. Then everyone who sent in a film gets a one of the submissions sent back to them and they have to review it for April Fools day.

It’s a pretty fun event and more than that speaks to the community that the blogosphere can provide for joint creative ventures. Also, more than simply being appropriate for the holiday, writing about bad films can also indirectly make us all realize how important good films, films with actual messages really are!

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