Monday, October 17, 2011

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The Daily WTF: Care For A Maggot Melt?

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:21 AM PDT

You know that part in The Lost Boys where Kiefer Sutherland takes Jason Patric down to his Jim Morissoned-out vampire cave?* And then he’s all, “Here, eat this Chinese food.” So Jason goes to eat the Chinese food, but the noddles have turned to worms and the rice looks like crawling maggots. The Maggot Melt sandwich served at the Arizona State Fair is just like that, but on purpose.

Lets you think these maggots placed atop a wad of gooey cheese are run-of-the-mill insects dug up from the dirt next to the ferris wheel, know that they were specially raised for human consumption. I guess they’re probably full of protein? I’ll make a GNC shake instead.

*If you don’t, you’re dead to me.

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Here’s How You Make It In Hollywood: Post Your Short Story To Reddit

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:04 AM PDT

This is a pretty incredible story, and makes me wish I’d thought to do it myself: A month ago, a Redditor asked, Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire during the reign of Augustus if I traveled back in time with a modern U.S. Marine infantry battalion or MEU? Among the responses in what was probably meant to be a silly thread was two-time Jeopardy! winner James Erwin, who launched into a short story called “Rome, Sweet Rome” detailing the answer to that very question.

Now Warner Bros. has picked up “Rome, Sweet Rome” to become a feature film. This all started a month ago.

In-between these two developments, James (posting under the username Prufrock451) continued to post installments of his story, which were met with excitement and rewarded with Reddit gold… then the story was moved over to its own subreddit page, r/RomeSweetRome, where Redditors discussed alternate history and made memes related to the story… then the page started to languish and didn’t get updated as often.

And now this! What’s so sweet is that James was genuinely bowled over by his story’s success when it was just a series of posts on Reddit. About a month ago, he apologetically told Reddit that he would have to put the story on hiatus because “I am at a desk job, and I have freelance stuff to wrap up tonight. As giddy as I am right now on your Internet-love, I have to get back to my real-world responsibilities.” Looks like that won’t be a problem for the foreseeable future!

Surprisingly, the original poster The_Quiet_Earth says that he doesn’t expect any financial compensation for coming up with the idea, because he was just “asking a question that is commonly fantasized about by many people.” (Though we’re hoping WB at least gives him a shout-out in the credits.)

According to the Variety article that broke the news, in order to return home the Marines have to set history back to the way it was, seeing as their time travel was what altered things. Not everyone is happy about this; one Redditor complained that the ending is now way too stereotypically Hollywood.

ScreenRant got an interview with James about his whirlwind success; in his responses, he strikes a nice balance between humble but confident:

I was very, very lucky to post what I did at the moment I did. It wasn't just the idea of coming up with just the right answer – if I'd posted the same text an hour later, everyone would already be bored with the question. They wouldn't have seen it and it wouldn't have blown up. So that was definitely a lightning-in-a-bottle situation.

On the other hand, I'm not a fresh-faced young kid hitting it out of the park the day after landing on the LA tarmac. I'm a 37-year-old who's been writing nonfiction (encyclopedias, reviews, software documentation) for a decade.

His advice for other writers:

First, when you see an opportunity to write about something you love, take it. Second, when you don't, write anyway.

Who knows—it might get its own subreddit, and Hollywood might see it!

Can Kevin McKidd reprise his role on Rome to play one of the gladiators? Or a Marine! Grey’s Anatomy (sort of) prepared him for that.

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Emma Watson Looks Adorable On Her First Day At Oxford

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:20 AM PDT

Despite her busy schedule of acting, modeling, and getting followed around by relentless paparazzi, Emma Watson is trying once again to return to her studies and behave like a normal college student, this time in the hallowed halls of Oxford University. Seeing as Hogwarts was based in large part on old English boarding schools, it’s pretty cute to think of Emma Watson studying in grand old libraries in a very Hermione-like way.

Watson posted this photo of herself on her first day of school on her website today, alongside this message:

To Everyone who is starting a New School Year, (sorry those who have been at school for a while Oxford starts late)

Just to say have a great term and good luck with all your work.
You might not hear from me for a while because I will be really busy studying but I wanted to just say hi and bye : )

Hope you all like ‘My Week with Marilyn’ and i’ll keep you posted on ‘Perks’.

Love Emma xx

Frickin’ adorable, right? Let’s hope the paps don’t distract her too badly. In my experience, Oxford is a relatively boring (but beautiful!) college town, so maybe she’ll be able to focus better there.

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Halloween Costume Guide: Dress Up As One Of These 5 Lady Gaga Alter-Egos

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 09:58 AM PDT

Worried your Lady Gaga costumes going to look just like everyone else’s? Well, maybe you need to ditch the bubble suit and dress up as one of her alter-egos — like Yuyi the mermaid or Jo Calderone. Here’s a guide to five of Gaga’s characters, plus suggestions for making them Halloween-able.

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Video: Lady Gaga Adulates Bill Clinton, Self, Drops F-Bomb At Clinton Birthday Gala

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 09:40 AM PDT

This past weekend, former president Bill Clinton threw a gala to celebrate both his 65th birthday (which was actually in August) and the tenth birthday of his charitable foundation. And what better way to do that than by watching Lady Gaga flounce about in weird costumes, drop the f-bomb, and give him (and herself) some seriously ass-licking compliments?

First, she took the stage wearing a giant net thing on her head and did a stripped down version of “Born This Way” on the piano (with some Clinton references added) before launching into a full on performance complete with hot back-up dancers. Each time I see Lady Gaga do this, I’m amazed by how great it is and wonder why she insists on eclipsing her talents by burying them in over-produced Euro disco, but I realize I’m in the minority on this.

Next, she did “The Edge Of Glory.” “I wish that you were playing sax with me tonight, baby,” she purred, to the great delight of the whole Clinton family.

Next, she congratulated herself on being so successful and called herself a “twisted New York version” of the American dream. (She also called it her “Marilyn Monroe moment,” because I guess maybe she thought that would be funny to the infidelity-ridden couple.) I mean, she was born only kind of rich on the upper west side, and now she’s super rich on the lower east side. That is a Horatio Alger story if ever I did hear one.

Then she did “Bad Romance,” calling it “Bill Romance” at first. Aw.

Then she congratulated herself some more on being Lady Gaga, saying that if someone had told her a few years ago she’d be performing for Bill Clinton, she would’ve given them a “good American fuck you.” OH NO SHE DIDN’T!

Then she did “You and I” and changed some of the words to be about how Hillary and/or Bill should be in the Oval Office with those high heels on. (Does she know you’re not allowed to be President twice?) She also said that the Clintons make us all feel safe, which, well, speak for yourself.

Then she got rolled off the stage to “Government Hooker,” which, okay, was kind of amusing. Was she mocking her own adulation of Bill Clinton?

This performance was memorable enough, and it looks like the Clintons had a fabulous time. But it might have been better for her to plug the unqualifiedly good things Bill Clinton has done with his foundation in the past ten years than to look back with nostalgia to a presidency she was too young to really evaluate properly when it was going on. Then again, with all the shitty things that are going on in the world today, I can see how it might be tempting to idealize a time when the biggest threat to our national stability (that we knew of) was a blowjob from Monica Lewinsky.

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First Look: Katie Holmes As The Slutty Pumpkin On How I Met Your Mother‘s Halloween Episode

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 09:39 AM PDT

Is anyone else slightly disappointed now that we know what How I Met Your Mother‘s Slutty Pumpkin (played by Katie Holmes) looks like? Since HIMYM‘s first season, all Ted (Josh Radnor) could tell us about SP was that her costume had “strategically carved holes”; this looks like what you’d find in any Halloween store.

But these are just the promo pics, so hopefully the actual episode — airing on October 31 — will play around some more with the risque costume. After all, one of their recent episodes revolved around Lily’s (Alyson Hannigan) pregnancy boobs.

Lest you think this is a flashback to 2001, when Ted (dressed as a Hanging Chad ’cause he’s a dork) first crossed paths with the Slutty Pumpkin, it’s set in the present. He discovers that her name is Naomi, and introduces her to Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin (Cobie Smulders).

The episode is called “Perfect on Paper,” so Ted will probably come to realize that he and Naomi were never meant to be. The show seems to do that a lot when it comes to the character of Ted: He rekindles old relationships — with Laura Prepon, Ashley Williams, and now Katie — to see if one of these ladies could be The Mother. (They’re not.) It’s basically What’s Your Number?, but with a male protagonist and no preachiness about sex…

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Miley Cyrus Needs A Lesson In Gmail Security

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 08:51 AM PDT

With celebrity phone hacker Christopher Chaney arrested, another hacker has reached out to TMZ to share how laughably easy it was for him to hack into Miley Cyrus‘ Gmail account. Here’s a lesson in the Internet, Miley: Don’t use the name of your best friend (which the Internet knows) as your security question.

First he tracked down her Gmail name; though he doesn’t say what it is, I just did a quick Google search and came up with two possibilities through Yahoo! Answers already. Obviously that part won’t take long. When he tried to log in, he got a security question—the name of one of Miley’s girlfriends. All the hacker had to do was search which girl Miley’s been friends with the longest (could it have been Mandy, from their YouTube days?), and voila!

He tells TMZ, When I saw that, I couldn’t believe it. Neither could we! Not only is Miley from the generation that grew up with all the new tech, but she’s also a Disney superstar with millions of adoring preteen fans. It’s shocking that she could be so careless in setting up the security around her personal email.

Of course, this might sound like victim-blaming, like I’m not acknowledging the enormity of what the hacker did. Let me say—when all is said and done, of course this man shouldn’t have been delving into celebrities’ private accounts.

But at the same time, this is yet another sphere of their lives where celebs are obligated to have extra security. When every minute detail — from your childhood nickname to your various tattoos — are exhaustively detailed on Wikipedia and in magazine interviews, you have to keep some facts secret so that no one else can find them.

Basically, Google yourselves before you go inputting any of these personal details as security measures.

There’s always a chance that the hacker contacting TMZ is Chaney using another email address… but we can only hope he wouldn’t be that stupid.

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