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- Gallery: A Guide to Literary Mashups We Wish Someone Would Write
- Saturday Night Live: Justin Timberlake, Andy Samberg, and Lady Gaga Have a Threesome
- The 5 Biggest Tony Award Snubs
- Sunday Cute: Animals With British Voiceovers
- Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t: ‘You Shouldn’t Have Done That’
- Video: Reasons I Love George Takei
- Rebecca Black Predicted the Rapture Wouldn’t Happen
- 16 Celebrities We Think Are Actually Aliens
| Gallery: A Guide to Literary Mashups We Wish Someone Would Write Posted: 22 May 2011 10:43 AM PDT Yesterday, we introduced you to the wonderful world of mashup novels. Between Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and Little Women and Werewolves, there are plenty of great mashups to keep the genre going. However, as great as all of the existing examples are, there are still plenty that haven’t been written yet. Here are our picks for the next hit literary mashups– now get writing! Post from: Crushable Gallery: A Guide to Literary Mashups We Wish Someone Would Write |
| Saturday Night Live: Justin Timberlake, Andy Samberg, and Lady Gaga Have a Threesome Posted: 22 May 2011 08:44 AM PDT Saturday Night Live‘s season went out with a bang. Host Justin Timberlake and musical guest Lady Gaga brought their A-games.Although it’s not out of the ordinary for musical guests to sneak in for a cameo or two in some of the sketches, Gaga was all over the place – it was almost like she and Justin were cohosting the episode, although she never invited him to join him for a duet in her musical numbers. First up: a sequel to the popular “Motherlover” sketch. Justin reunited with Andy Samberg and some really ugly suits to have a threesome with Lady Gaga. Then my personal favorite sketch, the Barry Gibb Talk Show, was back, with Jimmy Fallon returning to the show for the second week in a row. (He was in last week’s Ambiguously Gay Duo sketch.) Post from: Crushable Saturday Night Live: Justin Timberlake, Andy Samberg, and Lady Gaga Have a Threesome |
| The 5 Biggest Tony Award Snubs Posted: 22 May 2011 08:51 AM PDT All awards shows can be problematic. The Oscars, the Emmys, the Tonys… no matter what the medium, the politics involved often determine who gets nominated and who wins more than the art itself. It’s true that the Tonys usually aren’t quite as bad as, say, the Oscars can be, largely because Broadway is a little more of a niche world than Hollywood; but snubs still happen, though, and this year, there are some pretty spectacular ones in terms of high-profile celebrities getting zilch for their efforts. It’s possible that this may be a reaction to last year’s awards, which were unusually full of traditionally non-theatrical celebrities: Scarlett Johansson won Best Featured Actress in a Play and Catherine Zeta-Jones won Best Actress in a Musical. Many felt these awards were undeserved, though, and to add to the problem, the Best Actor in a Play category was full of Big Names (really spectacularly talented Names, but Names none the less): Denzel Washington won for Fences, and the other nominees were Jude Law (Hamlet), Alfred Molina (Red), Liev Schreiber (A View from the Bridge) and Christopher Walken (A Behanding in Spokane). Naturally, there was a lot of backlash about this glut of stars, in spite of the fact that all those Best Actor nominees are also established theatre actors. Subsequently, this year, there’s a noticeable lack of movie stars in the nominations. Some of the exclusions make sense, as reports on their performances are less than stellar, and competition was particularly fierce in the regular Play categories; but some of them seem a little like they’re bearing the brunt of last year’s issues, which sort of sucks for them. Here are the five biggest acting award snubs in this year’s Tony Awards: Post from: Crushable The 5 Biggest Tony Award Snubs |
| Sunday Cute: Animals With British Voiceovers Posted: 22 May 2011 07:20 AM PDT Because animals are always better when they’ve been given hilarious voiceovers in British accents. Wondering what that gopher is so excited about? If those birds are laughing at you? Which X-Men seals like to pretend to be? Now you, too, can be privy to this exclusive information– and a whole lot more. Happy Sunday! Post from: Crushable Sunday Cute: Animals With British Voiceovers |
| Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t: ‘You Shouldn’t Have Done That’ Posted: 21 May 2011 02:40 PM PDT
“YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE DONE THAT” The first time Jadusable booted up the game, there was already a saved game in one of the two available slots. It was titled “BEN.” Naturally, Jadusable ignored it and simply started a new game in the empty slot, naming it “LINK.” Oddly, though, the non-player characters in the game took to referring to Jadusable as BEN. Figuring it must be a glitch, he exited the game, rebooted it, deleted the file called BEN, and carried on. This time, the characters didn’t call him BEN. They didn’t call him anything at all– there was simply a gaping blank spot where LINK should have been. Again, Jadusable figured it must be a glitch– it was a used cartridge of an old game, after all– and carried on again. This was probably a mistake. The more Jadusable continued the playing, the weirder the game got– and I know Majora’s Mask was a pretty weird game in and of itself, but this was just disturbing. Ever thought you’d see Link spontaneously combust? Yeah, me neither. And that saved game that Jadusable deleted? It came back. Eventually, Jadusable made a gameplay video to document the strange occurrences, and when it all got to be too much for him, he wrote up what had just happened on 4chan and posted the video to YouTube: But it didn’t stop there. The next night, a continuation appeared, again on 4chan, accompanied by a second video: Each time Jadusable played, saved games he certainly hadn’t created appeared on the game’s title screen. He eventually figured out that Ben had been the previous owner of the game and that he had drowned in a terrible accident. The third video that Jadusable posted, though, was the eeriest yet, and it is from this one that this tale draws its name: Shortly after the release of this video, Jadusable left school, not unlike Alex Kralie. Jadusable did, however, leave a fourth video with a former dormmate, giving him specific instructions concerning when and how to release it: And, well… you can see where this is going. But once again… it ain’t real, folks. This one may be easier to disbelieve, which I think is mostly due to the Zelda aspect of the whole thing; but even so, the care taken with its construction and the detail involved makes it just believable enough to cause some serious discomfort, especially to those of us who have childhood memories of the game. There it is again: The familiar made strange, just as with Slender Man. But hey, guess what? It turns out that this whole story was merely the first arc of a multi-part ARG. Furthermore, though Jadusable ultimately decided to pull the plug during the second arc due to lack of funds , players of the ARG rallied and raised the money necessary for it to continue. The third arc began in February, and a trailer for the fourth is set to debut on May 10. Want in on the action? Get the full story here, and stay tuned here. Oh, and if you’re wondering how Jadusable managed to create his videos with such old technology, check out this nifty Debunked: Haunted Majora’s Mask video. Post from: Crushable Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t: ‘You Shouldn’t Have Done That’ |
| Video: Reasons I Love George Takei Posted: 21 May 2011 01:15 PM PDT There are many reasons to love George Takei. He was Sulu on Star Trek: The Original Series. He was Hiro’s dad on Heroes. He took anti-gay Arkansas school board member Clint McCance to task for being a douchebag. He submitted the best audition ever for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. And now, he’s speaking out against the Tennessee “Don’t Say Gay” law. His solution to the so-called problem? Well, fine; if you don’t want to say “gay,” substitute “Takei” instead! I don’t know about you, but I love the idea of a Takei Pride Parade. It’s okay to be Takei! [Via Buzzfeed] Post from: Crushable Video: Reasons I Love George Takei |
| Rebecca Black Predicted the Rapture Wouldn’t Happen Posted: 21 May 2011 11:51 AM PDT
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| 16 Celebrities We Think Are Actually Aliens Posted: 21 May 2011 11:50 AM PDT Celebrities lead such different lives than most of us mere mortals that sometimes it can be hard to believe they’re real people. Guess what? They may not be! As a matter of fact, they might actually be aliens! While last week’s aliens were all most definitely fictional, I assure you that this weeks’ are one hundred percent real. Tread carefully, though; while some of these real celebrity aliens may want to be your friend, others may be out to take over the world one horrid pop song at a time. This handy guide should help you to separate the friendly aliens from the hostile ones. Post from: Crushable 16 Celebrities We Think Are Actually Aliens |
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Need more proof that Rebecca Black really is the voice of our generation? (Okay, not actually my generation, because I’m old.) The lyrics to “Friday” soothe our spirits on this Potential Rapture Day by reminding us that Saturday is the day after Friday and Sunday comes afterwaaaaaaaards. Thanks, Rebecca.| You are subscribed to email updates from Crushable To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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