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Crushable Quotable: Ryan Kwanten's 'Modesty Sock'

Your Thanksgiving Survival Guide: Vodka, Vodka, Vodka
Hot Shot: Rodrigo Calazans

Do High-Waisted Pants Look Good On Anyone?: A Shocking Expose
Video: 'Harry Potter' Cosplay In Grand Central

'Saw 3D' Shown Instead of Children's Film, Hilarity Does Not Ensue
The Jersey Shore's Angelina Releases A Song. Thanks?

Crushable Quotable: Ryan Kwanten's 'Modesty Sock'

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 10:56 AM PST

Even if you don’t watch True Blood as religiously as some of us do, you probably know that HBO show has a lot of two things: nudity and vampires. And while Alexander Skarsgard likes to parade around set buck-naked (because that’s how they do things in Sweden), his costars Stephen Moyer and Ryan Kwanten are a little more modest. Hence: the ‘modesty sock,’ which we didn’t know was a thing until The Advocate brought it up in a recent interview. Of course, they framed it a little differently:

Your True Blood costar Stephen Moyer recently auctioned off his "modesty sock" for charity. Would you auction off your penis pouch for a gay charity like The Trevor Project?

Well, I've gone through more than one, so there might be a couple out there. I'll have to speak to Audrey, our wardrobe designer, and see if she can track one down. There's quite a collection, actually—one for every mood.

Who would have known that Ryan, who has talked about selling his sperm and has a sex/relationship book coming out, would be such a shy guy?

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Crushable Quotable: Ryan Kwanten's 'Modesty Sock'

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 10:23 AM PST

Beauty Pageants For Boys – We don’t know whether to be happy that the gender equation is equalling out, or sad that parents are forcing more children into pageantry. Probably the latter. (via The Frisky)

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Your Thanksgiving Survival Guide: Vodka, Vodka, Vodka

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 10:36 AM PST

Thanksgiving is fast approaching. And unless you have been gifted with an abnormally sane family (or have decided to abstain from the family visit part of the holiday), chances are you are anticipating the occasion with at least a slight amount of dread. Well, do not fear. Crushable is here to help you navigate the terrain of awkward familial interactions.

Here’s the first and most important tip. Repeat it as though it is your mantra: Vodka is your friend.

Vodka has many positive attributes that by now you have surely noticed. Namely, it is clear and odorless. At other occasions, that could be a detriment to your taste buds. But at Thanksgiving this comes in very handy.

To prove this, I will point you towards an anecdote my father once told me. When he first got hired at IBM in the 1970s, his boss gave him this helpful advice:

“Don’t drink vodka martinis at lunch, unless you want people to think you’re an idiot.”

This, I learned, is why my father to this day drinks Tanqueray martinis at lunch. If the lessons eludes you, let me clarify. This advice was given at a time when it was acceptable to have three martinis at lunch. And better for people to think you were drunk than just a bumbling fool. If you drink gin, coworkers can smell it on your breath and take you for a jovial peer. If you drink vodka, and they can’t tell you’ve been drinking, they’ll just think you’re weird.

That might have been a problem in 1970s corporate America. But at Thanksgiving, it’s just fine.

Consider the fact that most of your extended family is already weird. Or, they think you’re weird. Getting very drunk will likely help you handle this situation.

But being notable drunk on Thanksgiving can have multiple repercussions. For starters, there are certain familial rumors that are impossible to shake off. If you drunkenly drive a golf cart into the house at the age of 15, or get arrested for some underage drinking violation, your reputation will be set with the extended family for life.

Likewise, smelling like a brewery (at a young or not) will forever taint your reputation with the extended family. At 17, I once had to drive a drunken family friend and his family home from Thanksgiving. He is still embarrassed when he comes over.

However, vodka will help you dull the pain of awkward conversations with that cousin you only see twice a year, and also fend off rumors from getting started. So here are just a few things that will help you keep your sanity this Thursday at Thanksgiving.

Start with vodka.

Stick a fifth in your suitcase/purse/pocket. Keep it handy throughout the day. A second benefit of Vodka is that it can be mixed with almost any liquid. (Except coke. As I learned in college from a helpful waitress, a vodka and coke is also called a “Black Bitch.” That’s embarrassing. Don’t drink that.) Also, some people apparently enjoy getting stoned at this juncture.

Wear comfortable pants

No one cares what you look like at Thanksgiving. Just make sure your clothes (and hair) are clean, so as to avoid other annoying rumors about you from your extended family. Most importantly, do not take this time to try out the high-waisted pants trend. Your insides will be sorry.

Bring headphones

Some families do not take kindly to technology at the dinner table. But strategic headphone usage can be very handy. If you get caught in a terrible interaction, or generally disapprove with the direction of conversation, just quietly slip your earbuds in and carry on ignoring what is going on around you.

You don’t even need to bring a phone or iPod with you. Just make sure that the end of the headphones are hidden in a pocket. If someone gets upset and asks what you are listening to, just be honest.

Bring a large napkin. And/or Tupperware.

Depending on the culinary skill of your host, you may either need to dispose of or horde large quantities of food. Be prepared either way.

Tryptophan is your friend.

It’s easy to forget, but Thanksgiving is an excellent time to have some alone time while surrounded by your closest friends and family. After dinner, it is perfectly acceptable to lie on the couch, close your eyes and vegetate. If someone checks in on you or wants to catch up, just use this age old excuse:

“Ooft. Too much turkey.”

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Your Thanksgiving Survival Guide: Vodka, Vodka, Vodka

Hot Shot: Rodrigo Calazans

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 10:29 AM PST

Brazilian soccer start-turned model Rodrigo Calazans is making our blood run a little warmer this cold November afternoon. The face (and body) of several Terra campaigns, this recent batch of polaroids starring Rodrigo is genius in its simplicity: have cute boy, make him take off shirt, snap photo. Voila!
(via)

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Hot Shot: Rodrigo Calazans

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 10:04 AM PST

Aren’t free internships bad enough? College kids may not love the idea of free internships, but this whole craze of making people pay for the opportunity to intern is getting out of hand. Zac Posen paid $3,500 last night for a six week Martha Stewart internship. Ooft. (NYP)

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Do High-Waisted Pants Look Good On Anyone?: A Shocking Expose

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 09:51 AM PST

It took me until the beginning of college to realize the reason I hated jeans: I had been letting my mother pick out my clothes. After 18 years of mom jeans and slacks, the discovery of tight-fitting, low-slung pants was about as novel as the notion of hipsters.

But just as hipsters are no longer hip, so too are low waisted jeans going out of style. Or at least, that’s what some retailers want you to believe. Crushable’s Liana Maeby and I were dubious that high-waisted pants would ever make a comeback, but when American Apparel sent over a punch of their fall line: cardigans, man shirts, and these weird pants which somehow combine the stretchiness of jeggings with the tight, unforgiving waist of Dickie pants, we had to pull out our camera and reveal our inner Terry Richardson. So you tell us: Can anyone look good in mom jeans?

Results: As expected, small girls look good in anything. But I was surprised at how much I kind of dug the high-waisted David Bowie look. As long as you have shirts long enough to cover right below your boobs (where these pants basically start), the stretchy factor can really do things for your ass that low-slung jeans never could. That being said, it’s still really hard to breathe out.

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Do High-Waisted Pants Look Good On Anyone?: A Shocking Expose

Video: 'Harry Potter' Cosplay In Grand Central

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 09:36 AM PST

While Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes out today, some New Yorkers got an early taste of what this movie would like – minus the CGI and attractive British people – when some role-playing fans decided to “attack a muggle” in Grand Central Station. It’s weird that in a post-9/11 society, people can still get away with doing stuff like this without being tasered, but that’s the wonder of Harry Potter, I guess.

Where’s the world’s biggest Harry Potter fan when you need him?

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Video: 'Harry Potter' Cosplay In Grand Central

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 09:36 AM PST

We feel old and useless. Again. 17-year-old Fei Lam has earned $130,000 over the last few months, by making and selling white iPhone 4 covers to obsessive Apple fan boys who don’t have the patience to wait for Apple to release them. (brandflakes)

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'Saw 3D' Shown Instead of Children's Film, Hilarity Does Not Ensue

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 09:24 AM PST

And in my favorite story of the week, a bunch of 7-year-old children were taken to see Megamind for a birthday party. Except the cinema accidentally put Saw 3D on the screen.

The children were told to cover their eyes as cinema bosses tried to correct their mistake, but it took several minutes to rectify the problem. The children would have seen images of a man with his foot cut off, as well as a woman being killed by a buzz saw.

I would be outraged by this, but I don’t have children and it’s pretty funny. Then again, I think all children should be shown Saw films, and then sat down to be taught about the birds, bees, and Jigsaws.

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'Saw 3D' Shown Instead of Children's Film, Hilarity Does Not Ensue

The Jersey Shore's Angelina Releases A Song. Thanks?

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 09:24 AM PST

There are certain things that autotune cannot fix. Like Angelina Pivarnick’s voice. The former Jersey Shore star has finally released her much anticipated (or maybe not) single, aptly (or perhaps not) titled “I”m Hot.”