Friday, July 29, 2011

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Cutegreggator: Hot Guys With Dogs

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 11:32 AM PDT

Is there anything more swoon inducing than a handsome man with a handsome dog? Something about the collision of sexy-cute with cute-cute just turns me into a whimpering pile of estrogen. Dog ownership demonstrates a man can care about something other than himself, that he’s fun loving, and that he (probably) likes to go outside. Also, dating a guy with a dog is all the good parts of dog ownership, with none of the annoying responsibilities. Here are some pictures of hot guys with dogs. You’re welcome.

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Why Is Olivia Wilde Suddenly Afraid To Show Her Nipples?

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:09 AM PDT

It’s a well-known fact in Hollywood that nipples are magic. You can show the whole rest of your boob and everything’s fine, but as soon as a hint of the pointy center part shows, you are one of “those” actresses. You know, actresses like Helen Mirren, Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman…total C-listers!

Olivia Wilde declined to show her nipples for her role in The Change-Up, instead wearing pasties in her sex scene with Ryan Reynolds. However, when editing the final cut, producers saw that Reynolds hadn’t covered Olivia’s boobs with his body like he was supposed to, and the pasties were showing. Naturally, they decided to paint some nipples in with CGI, and let Wilde choose which ones.

“I got to approve the nipples!” she told WENN. “They sent me an email saying, ‘Please review nipple cover shot one through seven and decide which one is most like the original.’ I don’t know what he (producer) was using as source material… but I think it’s pretty close.”

This is amusing, but also sort of strange, considering Wilde showed her nipples in 2006′s Alpha Dog. Here she is getting naked with, and subsequently criticizing the penis of, Emile Hirsch (NSFW, duh). She’s made it pretty clear she’s not shy about her crazy nice body. So why the sudden change of heart?

Maybe The Change-Up couldn’t afford the rising cost of Wilde nipple. Maybe she’s had a modesty awakening since then that applies only to her nipples. Or maybe she was advised by her agents that if a Hollywood actress wants to be taken seriously, she can’t show nip until she’s like, about to win an Oscar. You see, actresses like Marisa Tomei and Maggie Gyllenhaal are in no danger of having people think their only value lies in their nips, so they can show them (or not) as much as they please. It simply isn’t an issue. A newcomer like Wilde, on the other hand, might be advised to keep them covered until she’s more established. Especially if the movie she’s in isn’t really classy enough to justify it.

Is showing CGI nipples really that different from just showing your real ones? Do these rules make any sense at all? Not really. But for the sake of both Wilde’s career and nipple enthusiasts everywhere, I hope she lands a great, complex role in some Oscar-bait magnum opus soon.

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5 Things You Won’t See on ‘Teen Mom’ This Season

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 08:35 AM PDT

Although Teen Mom is a reality show, its version of “reality” is quite skewed. Like most candid reality shows, it has become a victim of its own success. Instead of being a reality show about teen motherhood, it’s a show about four young women who are on a reality show. While we’re getting plenty of drama this season – custody battles, plastic surgery, relationship problems – there’s also a ton of stuff we’re not seeing. Here’s some of what you probably won’t see on Teen Mom this season – or any season.

Maci’s boob job

Although Farrah Abraham has been honest about her breast implants and allowed part of the process shown on TV, costar Maci Bookout is also looking much bigger in the chest area, but she’s not saying anything about it.

Speaking engagements and college tours

With the exception of Amber Portwood, all of the Teen Mom cast members have made some money from speaking tours and the lecture circuit. Maci has probably earned the most money thanks to the work she and Bristol Palin did for the Candie’s Foundation. But none of this stuff will make it on the show, because it a) indicates how the girls are actually making a living, and b) acknowledges that they’re “celebrities” now instead of the normal girls with normal lives MTV would like to portray.

Maci’s brother, Amber’s mom, and other relatives who have refused to go on the show

While we do know many members of the cast’s families, there are a few who can’t or won’t sign the forms necessary to appear on air. Maci has an older brother who sat out her 16 and Pregnant episode and has not appeared on Teen Mom, and Amber’s mother is a no-show as well.

People recognizing the Teen Moms when they go out in public

As the last season of Jersey Shore showed, MTV will go to great lengths to make it look like cast members of their reality shows aren’t recognized or followed by fans on camera. When Snooki got arrested on the beach, MTV had to do close-up shots of her because panning out would have showed all the fans on the beach taking pictures of Snooks on their camera phones. The longer Teen Mom goes on, the more they’re having to clear out entire restaurants or shoot in homes to prevent fans from appearing on camera.

Smoking, drinking, and drug use

This week, Catelynn Lowell‘s therapy session with her mom April danced around something major – the fact that April clearly uses some kind of drugs. Whether they’re refraining from mentioning things like that on camera out of respect for privacy (doubtful on a show that aired footage of Amber assaulting her boyfriend) or because they’re illegal is unclear. But considering that there have been paparazzi shots of Maci drinking beer underage or Catelynn smoking, none of this stuff ever ends up on the show. It could be that MTV doesn’t want to deal with possible boycotts, and the show’s controversial enough as it is.

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Guido-vs-Ghost Reality Show ‘Ghostfellas’ Needs to Hit the Airwaves Yesterday

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 08:26 AM PDT

Comedian and actor Anthony DeVito, bless his heart, posted this insane casting call for a legitimate reality show called Ghostfellas to his Facebook page for all to see. As an Italian-American man, DeVito was probably pretty insulted by this ridiculous, stereotypical role he was invited to audition for. As women with a healthy love for reality TV, we couldn’t be more delighted.

That’s right — you’ll be facing off against “the most toughest/violent” ghosts haunting the Tri-State area. What we want to know is, what other “characters” are they casting? Any Fearless Charactery Tough Guy Type has to have a ‘Roided-Up Sidekick and a Trainwreck Drunken Girl Who Likes to Smush. Alternatively, this could just be the Jersey Shore cast’s next TV special.

Really, how is this still in development? It sounds like the kind of show we would DVR and just watch over and over to see guidos run away shrieking from the paranormal — or better yet, to try and fight them. MTV or Syfy, jump on this.

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How Many Famous American Objects Can You Spot in the Crazy Japanese ‘Ponponpon’ Video?

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 07:43 AM PDT

We have spent the last day enraptured by “PONPONPON,” the strange video from Japanese star Kyaru Pamyu Pamyu. She’s part of the culture’s Kawaisa movement, which means she’s simply too adorable for words. She prances around wearing teddy bears as dresses — watch out, Gaga — and dances in a multicolored room filled with toys. Yeah, we still have no idea what “PONPONPON” is about, but we’ve managed to pick out a number of familiar items in Kyaru’s Pee-Wee’s Playhouse-esque toyroom. Some are the exact objects, while others have clearly been influenced by American culture.

  • a Lisa Frank backpack
  • the blue Kraft mac’n'cheese box
  • Willy Wonka’s hat
  • Bunny’s wooden mallards in Trey’s apartment on Sex and the City
  • a Chiquita Banana fruit headpiece
  • the magic mirror the evil queen looks into in Snow White
  • Jason’s mask

Thematically, the whole video reminds us of the weird Nick Jr. show Lazy Town, what with all the pink and the indecipherable lyrics. The best comparison, however, has to be Urlbot Christine’s suggestion of Mugatu from Zoolander in that creepy “Relax” video. We’re gonna give it a few more tries today and see if we can glean anything else from it.

(PONPONPON WAY WAY WAY!)

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‘Entourage’ and 8 Other TV Shows That Don’t Need to Become Movies

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 07:45 AM PDT

Mark Wahlberg, the executive producer of Entourage, announced that although this is the show’s final season on HBO, there’s a movie in the works. Considering that Entourage has been running on fumes for the last two seasons, a movie seems like the absolute last thing that this series needs, but I guess it means that Jerry Ferrara can wring a few more minutes out of his career. The truth is, not all TV shows need to be made into movies. In addition to Entourage, here are eight more TV shows that would not work on the big screen.

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Exclusive: MTV Uses A Cartoon From Almost Ten Years Ago To Try To Cast “Hipstras”

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 07:34 AM PDT

When New York Shitty posted this photo of an MTV casting notice snapped in Greenpoint yesterday, I did a double take. In addition to using embarrassing terminology (“hipstra” sounds like some sort of record collecting she-demon), it contains two images that are almost a decade old.

The first is easily identifiable as “Hipster Bingo.” I’m not sure when it was created, but I remember looking at it as a college freshman in 2003, so I know it’s at least eight years old. PBR! Ironic mustaches! Trucker hats! Blogger with a digital camera! (Isn’t that everyone now?) A purse with a skull on it? As a document of the shift people were making from emo/punk/college rock subcultures to something more, uh, hip circa 2002, it’s great. As something that we’re supposed to look at and sincerely identify with in 2011, it’s not so great. Although, as my friend Sam noted, many of the more basic things on it can still be seen around Williamsburg. “Is it weird that hipster things from 2003 or thereabouts are mostly still the same today?” he asked. “Have we reached the End of History?” I don’t think so, but maybe we’re getting close.

The other image was actually drawn by a friend of mine, Carter Adams, for the student humor paper we worked on together in college. His other cartoons for The Fed included the uber-dark Catch As Catch Can and the somewhat autobiographical Guide To Your Columbia Nervous Breakdown. Dude had skills. (Probably still does.) When reached for comment on the flier, he had this to say:

I’m ok with it.  I continue to be amused by the legs on that cartoon.  It’s been the top image result for “hipster” off and on for years on google.  I wish I’d had a few more drawing lessons when I made it.  If they were using it in the actual show, I’d want some credit, but if it’s just a casting poster, I’m content to sit back and let my sole contribution to culture keep making the rounds.

So, what have we learned from all this? Culture is stagnating, MTV is out of touch, and whatever intern was assigned to make that flier was lazy enough to use the first two results for “hipster” on Google image search. Do not try to absorb all of these Earth shattering revelations at once. Now, if you will excuse me, I have a lucrative extra job to apply to.

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Crush Links: ‘Harry Potter’ Moments For Neville Longbottom

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 06:54 AM PDT

  • The Kardashian sisters will be releasing yet another book.  (Celeb Dirty Laundry)
  • Did you enjoy Captain America? Get ready for The Avengers by viewing this teaser trailer. (Have U Heard)
  • With the recent split of Kat Von D and Jesse James, we can’t help but wonder if she is regretting her new tattoo of him? (The Frisky)
  • Behind the character of Neville Longbottom.  Hear about Matthew Lewis’ experiencing on scenes of Harry Potter. (Lainey Gossip)
  • Celebs that have planted “a wet one” in a sloppy way. (College Candy)

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Celebrate Shark Week With These Custom Sharky Cupcakes

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 07:12 AM PDT

Want to live every week like it’s shark week? Good news, because next week is actual Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. And the gang from Georgetown Cupcakes (the shop featured on DC Cupcakes) made this specialty dozen just in time for your viewing party. The price is pretty steep, though – $39.95 plus $20 for shipping. But it would be worth it to get the HELP one.

[Via DiscoveryStore]

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Beverly Hills ‘Real Housewife’ Kyle Richards’ Toddler Has Her Own Twitter Account

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 06:30 AM PDT

One of my favorite supporting characters (besides Giggy, obviously) on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is Kyle Richards‘ adorable toddler Portia Umansky. Portia is super cute and always says funny things, so she might be more of a presence on the show as she gets older. One piece of evidence that could support that theory? Little Portia now has her very own Twitter account. She has only tweeted four times so far, most recently “”Dear God, I love u in the morning like a diamond ring. Love, P-or-t-i-a.”

While I think Portia is a cutie, I have to admit that the idea of kids – especially such young ones – having “Twitter” accounts that they’re obviously not writing themselves is really weird. Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley of Teen Mom fame created one for their daughter Leah, and it exists mostly to shill Daddy’s T-shirt line. Kyle, you can do better than that.

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