Fug Madness 2013: The Cher Bracket
Ladies and gentlefugs, we have arrived: It's Fug Madness Bracket Day, our equivalent of Selection Sunday. Let's call it... Fuglection Friday. We will be releasing the seedings bracket by bracket, and then at the end of the day, a printable version that you can fill out with your predictions. The play-in game is Tuesday, March 19, and then, just as with the NCAA Tourney -- the regular matchups kick off on Thursday, March 21. (People are often surprised we wait so late, but it's because we do things as much in line with the Tournament as possible, and also, we need the buffer after the Oscars to get organized and rested and properly pre-caffeinated.) Please do not despair if your favorite didn't make it. It just means that person didn't have the Year In Fuggery that we had all hoped (SWINTON, who is sitting out this year, we're looking at you). Allow me to just pilfer this next bit directly from myself, from last year:



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And now, drum roll...

(1) RITA ORA vs. (16) PLAY-IN WINNER

(2) KAT GRAHAM vs. (15) AMANDA PEET

(3) ANNE HATHAWAY vs. (14) BEYONCE

(4) JESSIE J vs. (13) SELENA GOMEZ

(5) JENNIFER LOPEZ vs. (12) ELIZABETH BANKS

(6) CHLOE SEVIGNY vs. (11) LILY COLE

(7) MORENA BACCARIN vs. (10) ZOSIA MAMET

(8) VANESSA HUDGENS vs. (9) KATIE HOLMES

As usual, once we seeded each celebrity, we used a randomizer to decide which bracket they would go in, and that always yields such unexpected treats. Like Anne Hathaway going up against Beyonce, or Morena Baccarin against Zosia Mamet in the Battle of the Pay Cable Supporting Actresses, a.k.a. The One Who Shows Her Boobs On Showtime vs The Only One Of HBO's Girls Who Never Does. That might be one of the tougher matchups of the first round.

The identity of the play-in contenders will be unveiled when the game tips off -- so to speak -- on Tuesday. It's a good one this year.

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