The new movie Legally Blond is based on USC DG's!!!
 

How funny - I was surfing the Legally Blonde movie web page and I noticed that the sorority was called Delta Nu and as was about to send a card I found this - "If you are going to join a sority, BE CAREFUL! If a rushee makes the wrong choice it can ruin the rest of your entire life. Delta Gamma is the best you can be." How true!! I had heard Reese went to Univeristy of Southern California to do research and obviously she discovered the BEST!!!

I just went and checked that out and you're right!
Yay! Go Delta Gamma!
http://www.deltagamma.org/pics/brnzpkbl.gif

Wow, I think that is pretty great!!! However, I wish there was more information about why that quote was included, and if the movie Legally Blonde really is based on Delta Gamma!!! If anyone has any additional info let us know!!!

hey! I'm a dg from morehead state in ky. i loved legally blonde! it was awesome. i didn't know about how her sorority was based on "delta gamma." thanks for the info!!

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Hey guys.. if you look closely in the beginning when they are showing Elle's president room.. there is a paddle and it has our EXACT crest.. except not our letters.. its awesome! you should definatley check it out..
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nicole
eta delta

And except the crest has a dog head (like her dog Bruiser :))

Cute movie!

I dont think the movie was BASED on Delta Gamma, but the house scenes were filmed in a Delta Gamma house in California. There was a girl who was on MTV who did "Becoming Britney Spears" and she lived there and was a Delta Gam.

You know it's funny because before I read this thread and saw the movie in the theatre I thought to myself that it reminded me of Delta Gamma. Although the colors sorta reminded me of DZ (aren't they pink and green - I know AKA is). Anyhow, great movie and if that is indeed their house, it's beautiful!

Hootie

PS. I saw that MTV show where the DG became Britney Spears! How funny!

The woman that wrote Legally Blonde is an alumni of JMU. GO DUKES!

I talked to a Cali. DG and she said that Reese DID stay with USC DG's... And that they are exactly like the movie portrays them. Down to the Tiffany's bracelets. I don't know any USC DG's, so I don't know myself, but that's what the Cali. DG said. I think, though, if the colors were supposed to be pink and green (they never really said, just the sign out front is kind of a teal color) then it's probably so that it doesn't resemble DG too much.

Wow that is really awsome! I know the DN crest on the movie was exactly like ours but I had no idea that was our house! Does anyone know the legally blonde website? Thanks!

http://www.mgm.com/legallyblonde/

I have visited the house at U of Southern California (Alpha Nu chapter) and there are a LOT of similarities between
Delta Gamma-Alpha Nu chapter and "Delta Nu" in the movie.

I think DGs at USC was the source of the inspiration for Delta Nu!

Just thought I might add... if you read the book Legally Blonde, which the movie is loosely based on, Elle really is a Delta Gamma. (The name was only changed to Delta Nu for the movie.) The woman charged with her husband's murder isn't a sister of Elle's in the book, though. She's a Kappa Alpha Theta. If I remember correctly, her stepdaughter (the real murderer) is a Kappa.

I think the author has it in for Kappas! :D

Wow! That's neat? I'm surprised they were allowed to use the name of real sororties in the book. Do you know where I can get a copy of that book? Thanks for the info!

The book is "Legally Blonde" by Amanda Brown.
You can definitely get it through amazon.com, but since you're in Germany, maybe try amazon.de which is the German amazon. You might have some luck there in getting the book.
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Yes, you can get it in English via Amazon.de

I speak a bit of German, so just make sure that the copy you order is "Sprache Englisch" which means English Language...
(Englische Bucher means Books in English)

I found it funny cuz our Lambda Chi Alpha Chapter here at UC Riverside is Delta Nu Zeta :)

Much love for the DGs at UCR from LXA!!!!

At the following website you can read an exerpt from the book and it mentions DG several times!

Legally Blonde Book

I think it's funny...on the DZ board there was a thread trying to say that the movie was based on DZ's and not DG's...it's kinds funny to read.

She is actually one of the movie screenwriters & an Alpha Gam!
http://www.jmu.edu/montpelier/issues...ain/blonde.htm
She says that her time in the Alpha Gam house actually inspired some of the movie.

This is one of my favorite movies. Thanks for the links to the book excerpts, that is so cool. I never read the book. Does anyone know if the author of the book, Amanda Brown, is a DG?

for anyone who has read the book and seen the movie... are they different?

They are pretty different.

Specific differences I can think of off the top of my head:
Real sororities
The accused killer isn't a sister of Elle's
Warner and his fiancee aren't catalysts for Elle actually pulling herself together and succeeding in law school
Elle's boss isn't trying to get inside her pants
Luke Wilson's character basically doesn't exist

I like the movie better, personally. It just seemed tighter and better written.

Have you ladies seen the previews for Legally Blonde 2???
Honestly, it looks really corny and kinda overdone...but im still gonna go out and see it!!! HAHAHAH!! Reese Witherspoon is too cute!!!!!

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I talked to a Cali. DG and she said that Reese DID stay with USC DG's... And that they are exactly like the movie portrays them. Down to the Tiffany's bracelets. I don't know any USC DG's, so I don't know myself, but that's what the Cali. DG said. I think, though, if the colors were supposed to be pink and green (they never really said, just the sign out front is kind of a teal color) then it's probably so that it doesn't resemble DG too much."

That is totally not true. I am a California DG at Pepperdine University and know and visit the DG's at USC all the time, and they are SO not like the girls in the movie. Yes they are beautiful, (but honestly, what DG isn't?) but they are not materialistic and ditzy like the girls in the movie.

The USC DG's are one of the strongest DG chapters not only in California, but in the nation. And i mean come on, just cause a few girls own Tiffanys jewelry, doesn't mean that they are rich snobs. I'm sure there are girls on here who own Tiffanys and agree. ;o) Just wanted to clear that up!

P.S. Some scenes were filmed at the Alpha Nu house at USC, how cool is that?! Every time I walk into the entrance way at the USC DG house, I give a little smile! ;o)

I will back you up there because I visited Alpha Nu chapter once, and they gave me a tour of the house. The girls were definitely attractive, but they were smart and had it together too.

That being said, in Legally Blonde, (to my memory), the only sisters that were portrayed ditzy were Serena and Margot. Elle was pretty savvy as was the Delta Nu/fitness guru gal who was being defended by Elle.