Monday, May 23, 2011

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Video: ‘Gucci Gucci’ Is the New ‘Friday’

Posted: 23 May 2011 11:07 AM PDT

Kreayshawn is a rapper and a cinematographer, she is not down with basic ass bitches. Her new video “Gucci Gucci” is the latest so-bad-it’s-good (but also, this is kind of legit good) sensation to sweep the web. Anyone got any meme suggestions for this enthusiastic young lady?

(via)

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Video: ‘Gucci Gucci’ Is the New ‘Friday’

Snap This: Helen Mirren, You’re the Coolest

Posted: 23 May 2011 10:54 AM PDT

This is a photo of Helen Mirren looking like a total badass at the 2011 Chelsea Flower Show (which is a thing, apparently – England!). There’s just something about this photo that we love so much. If we had to pick a spirit paparazzi picture, this would be it. Helen FTW!

(via WENN)

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Snap This: Helen Mirren, You’re the Coolest

10 Celebrities Who Are Way Too Sexy for Utah

Posted: 23 May 2011 10:16 AM PDT

Two escort services in Utah are suing the state, saying that a law against touching oneself in a suggestive way basically means that people can be arrested for “acting too sexy.” That would be a huge issue if any of these stars visited Utah, since simply existing makes them hot.

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10 Celebrities Who Are Way Too Sexy for Utah

Sex on the Wire: Threeway Leeway

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:57 AM PDT

• How to ignite your erotic desire. Dynamite! (Betty Confidential)

• Betrayal: my Internet hunk was a grandmother. Still pretty hunk, though. (MyDaily)

• Would you watch Osama bin Laden’s porn parody? We most definitely would not! (The Frisky)

• Help! Advise! My girlfriend is afraid of sex, oh no! (YourTango)

• Real talk: Men share their untraditional female crushes. Eva Braun alert! (The Gloss)

• Lady Gaga admits to having three-way sex. Just like in that SNL sketch. (Celeb Dirty Laundry)

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Sex on the Wire: Threeway Leeway

Warmongering With ‘Game of Thrones’: A Golden Crown Isn’t As Awesome As You Think

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:45 AM PDT

Just in case you didn’t know, none of the characters in Game of Thrones are ever safe– not even if they’re main characters. Need proof? This week, we have our first major character death! Wooo! So who ends up getting the proverbial it? Read on to find out!

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Warmongering With ‘Game of Thrones’: A Golden Crown Isn’t As Awesome As You Think

7 Things M.T. Anderson Predicted About Modern Society in ‘Feed’

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:44 AM PDT

Feed, the seminal young adult novel by M.T. Anderson, presents a future where people have newsfeeds hardwired directly into their brains, eliminating the need to read or write, constantly interrupting our thoughts and interactions with pop-up ads tailored to their demographics, and making relationships incredibly public. Oh, and this was in 2002, two years before a Harvard outcast came up with a site called TheFacebook.com and five years before my generation started joining Facebook in high school.

My boyfriend’s been telling me for three years that I have to read Feed; same goes for other writers and even strangers in line at Trader Joe’s. So this weekend I finally delved into Anderson’s cyberpunk offering. It may not have blown me away like other novels, but it burrowed into me and nested there, through to the devastating ending.

Anderson says he was inspired by the prevalence of technology even in the ’90s and early ’00s, but that he doesn’t consider Feed to be a futuristic novel. Really, he draws from our culture of consumerism:

I think we have, at this point, a direct connection to the media in our brains. It’s impossible for us to think of our life without conceiving of it in images that are taken from movies, from songs, from ads, all of which are images that are challenging us to be better consumers rather than better people.

I’m still working through the many minute details of the world where average kid Titus meets traditionalist Violet on the moon, but I’ve catalogued the elements of the book that I found most disturbing — because of how prescient they were.

1.) Relationships are public affairs. Before driving the 200 miles to Violet’s suburb, Titus chats her over their feeds:

I was like, Okay, sure, fine, whatever swings your string, and she was all, Babycakes, you swing my string, which is a nice thing for someone to say to you, especially before you use mouthwash.

The m-chat sounds a lot like Facebook chat, though it’s also reminiscent of texting. And while no one else can eavesdrop on the direct line, there’s still the feeling that it’s being broadcast. Yet, there’s also the awkwardness between two people of not being in the same room:

I could tell something was wrong. It was something about the way she was sending things on the feed.

I asked, Are you crying?

There was a long feed silence. I could hear programming.

She was like, Yeah. Just for practice.

2.) There’s never just one party going on. After their feeds get hacked and repaired on the moon, Titus attends a party where each person is engrossed in his or her own feed.

I looked around me. Everyone was nodding their heads to music, or had their eyes just blank with the feedcast. It was just a party. Nothing but a party.

I’ve been to parties where each person is holding a beer in one hand and his/her smartphone in the other, scrolling through Twitter feeds. It’s a coping mechanism when you don’t know a lot of people or want to just disconnect from the activity for a few minutes.

3.) Parents like weird names. Titus, Loga, Quendy, Link… You could write a whole new baby book with the monikers invented for this book, though only a few have the etymology explained. Makes Apple sound a bit more bearable, yeah?

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7 Things M.T. Anderson Predicted About Modern Society in ‘Feed’

What Does Scotty McCreery Have In Common with Clay Aiken?

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:25 AM PDT

Yes, they’re both from North Carolina. But these two Idol finalists have more in common than just twangs and good singing voices. Scotty McCreery‘s high school chorus teacher, Meredith Clayton, will be in the audience tonight as he sings his final songs. She runs the music program at Scotty’s high school in Garner, NC (the one that had a bit of a bear problem last week). But this isn’t Clayton’s first run-in with an Idol. She attended high school with Clay Aiken in nearby Raleigh. And, adding to the layers, Clayton’s mother, Diane Covington, was the chorus teacher at Leesville High School who taught Clay. [Full disclosure: Meredith and I were classmates at Leesville, although I am completely tone deaf and never took chorus.]

What is it about North Carolina that breeds Idols? Fantasia Barrino, Chris Daughtry, Kellie Pickler, and Anoop Desai all hail from the Tarheel state. Even if Scotty doesn’t win this week, he still counts himself among fine company.

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What Does Scotty McCreery Have In Common with Clay Aiken?

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:26 AM PDT

Jump over to Amazon and nab Lady Gaga’s Born This Way album for only 99 cents! - Perhaps because it came out today, they’re basically giving it away. But that means the deal probably lasts only until tomorrow. (Amazon)

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The Daily WTF: Public Bathroom, You Did It Wrong

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:04 AM PDT

This bathroom is perfect for transitional stage between aspirational pervert and full-blown pervert. One of the comments claims this is a Japanese movie set, but we prefer to think it’s a real bathroom at a remote rest stop somewhere with a lot of lumberjacks and woodland creatures.

(via BuzzFeed)

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The Daily WTF: Public Bathroom, You Did It Wrong

Become Our Facebook Fan, Enter To Win A Special Edition Lady Gaga ‘Born This Way’ CD And Poster

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:07 AM PDT

If you haven’t already pre-ordered Lady Gaga‘s newest album, Born This Way , which hits stores today, we want to give you the chance to win one of five special edition CDs plus a poster featuring the Lady of the hour. Watching Gaga on SNL this weekend made us want to run out and buy her latest offering, and the special edition version features two CDs and twice as many songs. And, you can win a copy simply by “Liking” Crushable on Facebook.

Five lucky fans of Crushable on Facebook will be picked to win a special edition copy of Born This Way, featuring hit singles “Born This Way” and “Judas,” along with other songs that are sure to be chart-toppers as well, like “The Edge of Glory.”

Lady Gaga

If you’re already a fan of Crushable on Facebook, you’ve already been entered to win. If not, you’ll have until 5 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 30 to click here and hit the “Like” button. You must be at least 18 to enter and have a U.S. mailing address (full terms and conditions here). Five winners will be picked and notified on Tuesday, May 31.

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And if you don’t feel like waiting until next week to get access to Lady Gaga’s special edition Born This Way, you can pick up the digital version on iTunes or get your two-CD set from Amazon. And, if you’re not already, you might want to follow Lady Gaga on Twitter or “Like” her on Facebook. And “Like” us, too, to get access to more amazing giveaways like this in the future.

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Become Our Facebook Fan, Enter To Win A Special Edition Lady Gaga ‘Born This Way’ CD And Poster
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