Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Crushable

Crushable

Sex on the Wire: Lap Dances and Open Marriages

Posted: 04 May 2011 10:58 AM PDT

• Do lap dances count as cheating? What if you’re the one giving them? (Betty Confidential)

• Aw, Robert Pattinson is lonely and bored. No one ever hangs out with him! No ladies beating down his door! (Celeb Dirty Laundry)

• Should you and your signif other have a joint banking account. Man, we hate it when the world gets all practical. (YourTango)

• What turns women on? Commitment and also hot dudes. (College Candy)

• One woman’s story about her open marriage. Including a girlfriend named Jemma. (MyDaily)

Post from: Crushable

Sex on the Wire: Lap Dances and Open Marriages

Crushable Quotable: Stevie Nicks Thinks Lindsay Lohan Needs to Get Her Act Together

Posted: 04 May 2011 10:55 AM PDT

Stevie Nicks is seriously trying to become my favorite person. Last week, she told a hilarious story about rejecting sexual advances from Prince, and now she’s taking on Lindsay Lohan. There have been rumors that Lindsay wants to play Stevie in a biopic (since Lindsay is only able to play real people), but Stevie has put the kibosh on that idea – for now. “That’s never going to happen unless she cleans up her life and becomes the great actress I feel she can be,” Stevie said in an interview. Lest we call her a hypocrite because of her own drug problems in the past, she adds “I was completely messed up for a long time and I got it together. She’s a very talented girl… If she could get it together, she could have a really big career and she could do great things.”

I have to say, I am really sick of people saying that Lindsay Lohan is talented. Mean Girls was an awesome movie, but that was years ago, and she hasn’t done any really phenomenal work since. There are tons of actresses who are talented and who manage not to be colossal fuckups who don’t get half the work that she does, let alone the number of second and third chances. Where did Monica Potter go? How come Jena Malone was in Sucker Punch and still isn’t that famous? I’m sure there are plenty of other actresses who could play the role right now without having to deal with their various addictions and jail sentences. Stevie should take a lunch meeting with them or something.

Post from: Crushable

Crushable Quotable: Stevie Nicks Thinks Lindsay Lohan Needs to Get Her Act Together

Hey, It's a Shia LaBeouf PDA Gallery!

Posted: 04 May 2011 11:00 AM PDT


Shia LaBeouf was snapped getting all kinds of kissy with his new girlfriend, Karolyn Pho. This is par for the course with Shia, who never shies (shies-a?) away from public displays of affection. Here’s a round-up of the Transformers star macking on girlfriends from China Brezner to Carey Mulligan.

  • A young Shia and ex-gf China Brezner.
  • Shia and China get all kissy, yikes.
  • Awkward greeting PDA with Megan Fox.
  • Shia and Carey Mulligan.
  • More Carey cuteness.
  • Swoon!
  • With Karolyn Pho.

Post from: Crushable

Hey, It's a Shia LaBeouf PDA Gallery!

Video: The Nathan Fillion Slap

Posted: 04 May 2011 10:05 AM PDT

Nathan Fillion, who in his first weeks on Twitter got his followers to adopt phrases like “bam, said the lady” and the high-five alternative “feed the birds,” may have inadvertantly created a new kind of slap when he sneaked up on his Castle co-star Jon Huertas in the break room. And it was caught on video! The audio is low, but you don’t actually need to know what he’s saying.

[The Mary Sue]

Post from: Crushable

Video: The Nathan Fillion Slap

The Perfect Sunglasses for Celebrities Who Behave Badly

Posted: 04 May 2011 09:09 AM PDT

It must be hard to be a celebrity. Every dumb thing you do – from drunken making out to falling and bumping your head – gets captured by a paparazzo’s camera. And you can’t even leave the house to pick up your mail or walk your dog without somebody making fun of your outfit. So these “black bar” glasses from Urban Outfitters are basically the best thing for any celebrity. Putting them on might mean you’re not able to walk or see, but it means it’ll be a lot harder for people to recognize you in a photo. Somebody send Lindsay Lohan a pair.

[Hat tip: Nylon]

Post from: Crushable

The Perfect Sunglasses for Celebrities Who Behave Badly

Boyfriend Of The Week: Jason Hoppy

Posted: 04 May 2011 09:39 AM PDT

Each Wednesday, intrepid pop culture crushmaster Andrea Seigel spotlights a different one of her fake TV boyfriends.

When Brent and I first moved in together, I brought a lot of things into his life. These things include my habit of making him stare into my hair part to tell me if it's getting wider, as well as weekly depressive breakdowns in the grocery store over the fact that we'll just be back there again next week.

But mostly what I've brought into his life is more reality television show watching than he ever wanted. Before me, Brent watched a shitload of History Channel programming and old movies, maybe the odd episode of a science show. (Before writing the prior sentence, I got up and went to ask him, "What's that really boring show you made me watch when we first were dating that showed a pencil and how it's made?" "How It's Made," he said.)

But Hitler died a second death as our love blossomed, and I was the only tyrant left standing. Since then, Brent has been forcibly educated about the Teen Moms, the Survivors, the Jersey Shore roommates, all the Bachelors and Bachelorettes, the American Idol kids, and of course, The Real Housewives. Courtesy of the Housewives, he became extremely familiar with one Bethenny Frankel.

"Why are we watching this? I thought you were done with her," Brent yelled when I tuned over to the season opener of Bethenny Ever After a few months back; he was obviously having a traumatic flashback to what we'd seen of Bethenny during her last season on the Real Housewives. "No, you'll see, baby. It's a whole new day," I said. "She's a completely different person now that she's under the balancing influence of her amazing, genuine husband Jason Hoppy."

And for his incredible patience, support, and appreciation, her husband Jason Hoppy is my Boyfriend Of The Week.

You know how you need a little bit of salt around the rim of your glass to really bring out the flavor in a Skinnygirl™ Margarita? Well, Jason Hoppy is that salt to Bethenny's intensely neurotic drink. She always had a strong wit and a fun dryness about her, but in the midst of the other New York Housewives, she eventually lost sight of herself, veering quickly into shrillness. Enter the majestic Jason Hoppy, a man so grounded that he not only stabilized some of Bethenny's worst tendencies, but more than that, he has actually returned the best of who she is to her. When she is in his presence, she is smarter, she is funnier, she is a star who carries her own series.

Because what's clear to me, watching them from my couch, is that Jason loves Bethenny for who she is— he loves her fiercely— and although she is not an easy person to love, he is not the least bit interested in changing her. He wants to understand her. He wants to understand how to bring her back when she's in danger of cheating herself. He wants to understand why it freaks her out to receive too much direct attention at her birthday party (Brent put his book down in recognition during this episode because I'll even lose my shit at someone else's birthday party) so that he can help her find her way back to equilibrium again. And above all this, there is the definite sense that he even loves and appreciates her difficulty. It is the source of her humor, and he bounces off it all the more impressively in his sincere enjoyment of her rougher edges.

Brent rolls his eyes when I watch the show and say things like, "Jason Hoppy is SOLID" and "What a great guy" because the truth of the matter is that Brent possesses the very same traits that I'm applauding in Jason. And on the other side of the relationship, I'm at least as much of a headcase as Bethenny, although in different ways because my dad was a warm, great dad and not a distant, toxic horse trainer.
But here's what keeps me from being able to appreciate fully the balance that Brent has brought into my life: we're living our dynamic instead of watching a reality show about it on TV. Bearing witness to selfless emotional support in a relationship is very, very moving on basic cable! Very moving. If I had to explain it in Brent's own televisual leanings, then it's the equivalent of being suddenly taken with the majesty of a pencil as you're watching a show about how pencils are made, even though you've written with a pencil every day. You need a little help in creating that distance, and only from that distance it hits you.

Post from: Crushable

Boyfriend Of The Week: Jason Hoppy

In Honor of 'Star Wars' Day: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Jediism

Posted: 04 May 2011 09:22 AM PDT

Happy Star Wars Day! So decided upon through the use of a clever pun (“May the Force be with you” = “May the Fourth be with you” = May 4th), May 4th is a day celebrated by Star Wars fans the world over to honor their beloved franchise. But wait! There’s more! May 4th is also an official holiday in the Church of Jedi– and yes, the Church of Jedi is, in fact, a real thing. So, as a nod to this day of days, here’s Crushable’s tribute to Jediism:

1) Jediism isn’t cosplay.
Cosplay (n.): A form of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but not exclusively so. Etymology: A portmanteau of the words “costume” and “play.” Jediism, on the other hand, is an actual post-modern new religious movement that draws its philosophy from the spiritual ideas of the Jedi. That said, the Star Wars movies are not the heart of Jediism; rather, the stories of the films serve as parables. Kind of like the Bible.

2) Jediism is a syncretistic religion.
That is, it’s a faith that involves elements from multiple religions. In this case, Jediism draws from Taoism, Shintoism, Budhhism, Christianity, and Mysticism, among others; it also incorporates martial arts and the Knight’s Code of Chivalry.

3) Jediism isn’t exclusive.
You don’t have to give up what you already believe in to become a member of the Church of Jedi. It works in tandem with your existing religion and/or beliefs, so hoorah for tolerance!

4) Members of the Church of Jedi do believe in the Force.
They also believe that it can be used, but that it should only be used when necessary. And yes, there’s a Dark Side, and yes, fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering.

5) A Jedi hood is not appropriate attire for a supermarket.
In 2009, Daniel Jones, the founder of the International Church of Jedi, was thrown out of a Tesco in North Wales for refusing to remove his hood. Jones, who is also known by his Jedi name as Morda Hehol, tried explaining to the supermarket that wearing headgear in public is part of his religion, but they wouldn’t have any of it. Frankly, I’m having a little trouble figuring out why a supermarket would have such a problem with a hood in the first place. Eccentric, yes; but obscene or bothersome? Not really. So what gives, Tesco?

Post from: Crushable

In Honor of 'Star Wars' Day: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Jediism

Video: Franz Kafka Is Way More Fun With Kittens

Posted: 04 May 2011 09:20 AM PDT

I seriously wish this video had existed when I had to read Kafka’s The Metamorphosis in school. From the folks who brought you Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, here’s another modern update on a classic: The Meowmorphosis. I think I would have enjoyed the original book more if Gregor Samsa had turned into a cat instead of a bug.

[Via Neatorama]

Post from: Crushable

Video: Franz Kafka Is Way More Fun With Kittens

Questionable Choices: Can We Talk About the Dress Jennifer Love Hewitt Is Wearing In Her Breakup Announcement Photo?

Posted: 04 May 2011 09:25 AM PDT

Jennifer Love Hewitt and her latest boyfriend, some person named Alex Beh, have broken up. Since I didn’t really know anything about Alex and the couple wasn’t papped together as often as Jennifer and her more famous exes were, I don’t have feelings one way or the other about this. However, I do have feelings about the dress that she was wearing in this photo. It’s horrible. It makes her boobs look like half-grapefruits nailed to her chest (a la Victoria Beckham, and she had the sense to take those out), and the weird layers on the skirt make it look like she took apart a couch and sewed it to herself. Jennifer has a great figure, but it’s being smushed to death under the weird proportions of this dress.

Okay, I’ll stop and get back to work. By which I mean “figuring out who Jennifer is going to date next,” because girl doesn’t know how to be single for more than 6.7 seconds.

Post from: Crushable

Questionable Choices: Can We Talk About the Dress Jennifer Love Hewitt Is Wearing In Her Breakup Announcement Photo?

Prom Flick Check List: Disney's 'Prom'

Posted: 04 May 2011 09:11 AM PDT

We’re almost to the end of prom season — the dresses have been bought, the hair has been styled, the corsages have been placed on waiting wrists. And while you may have already attended your school’s dance or are gearing up for the coming weekend, part of the ritual hasn’t happened: Watching how prom is portrayed in TV and movies.

This year, we’ve got a handful of TV episodes and at least one movie focused on this pivotal high school celebration. So in the tradition of Crushable’s Chick Flick Check List, here’s a Prom Flick Check List — tallying up romantic dramas, the search for the perfect dress, the delight of the unexpected, and choreographed dance scenes. All scores are out of 100.

Prom‘s Prom List Rating: 63

The Art of Asking: 6/10

The main couples all had fairly straightforward, but very sweet, scenes where the guys asked the girls to prom. What’s interesting is how the long-term couples almost treated this like a marriage proposal: The girl knew it was coming, but was depending on her guy to make it super-special. Justin recalls fond memories of his relationship with Mei, which started in high school. Tyler gives Jordan a sneak peek before anyone else. Other kids employ cheerleaders and members of sports teams to stage big public spectacles, which of course get the desired response. The cutest has to be between two characters, when one leaves an unconventional “check yes or no” kind of note at her door.

Then there’s poor Lloyd, who spends the entire movie trying to nail down a date for the dance since he’s a senior who doesn’t have a lot of romantic leads. He makes a lot of mistakes — using “serial killer” magazine letters on one note; setting up a banner on a bridge, only to have a truck rip it off — his biggest being that he approaches girls he hardly knows.

Can You Feel the Love Tonight: 4/10

Because it’s Disney, there can’t be the perennial “losing your virginity on prom night” question, so points docked for that. The breakups and declarations of love are pretty standard, nothing too heart-wrenching. There are even two throwaway characters linked together simply to close up that plotline, not because they’re actually suited for one another.

Montages and Choreographed Dance Sequences: 5/10

To blow off steam while rushing to recreate all the ruined prom decorations, Nova decides to take Jesse dress shopping with her. What ensues is a cute scene at the local department store, with Nova modeling several trendy but unsuitable styles. What this scene succeeds in is allowing us to watch Jesse open up and realize his attraction to Nova, but there’s no surprise when she finds the dress that suits her.

Alas, this is no High School Musical: The kids seem to all be dancing to their own beat.

Dress Drama: 6/10

In her frustration about prom not being perfect, Mei apparently trashes her dress, but aside from having to recycle a homecoming frock, there’s no big fallout. The girls nicely represent all ends of the spectrum: peach and tulle; strapless purple; bright yellow; a two-toned blue-aqua gown; and for one of the guys, a nice set of hand-me-downs.

Resemblance to Our Proms: 8/10

This school gets excited for the dance, but it doesn’t take over their lives. They’re still working side jobs, fretting over college acceptances, and enjoying team barbecues. The decorations are spectacular because of the time put into them, not some rich kid wielding Daddy’s credit card. Everyone wears affordable dresses and looks to be fully enjoying the night.

Post from: Crushable

Prom Flick Check List: Disney's 'Prom'
Brought to you by: at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)