Thursday, April 7, 2011

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5 Facts About Katrina Bowden, Esquire's New Sexiest Woman Alive

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:18 AM PDT

Esquire magazine has bestowed its “Sexiest Woman Alive” title on Katrina Bowden, which presumably means that last year’s titleholder, Brooklyn Decker, is not sexy anymore. But who is Katrina, and how did she land this coveted title?

1. She plays Cerie, Liz Lemon (Tina Fey)’s assistant on 30 Rock. Although she is seen by other characters as a cute ditzy blonde, she also gets some good lines of her own. My favorite was when she said she and her fiance had already picked out possible baby names: “Bookcase, Sandstorm and Hat.”

2. She had a role on soap One Life to Live, whose famous veterans include Nathan Fillion, Ryan Phillippe, and Marcia Cross.

3. She’s from Jersey. Wooo Jersey!

4. Her next project is as “Young Starlet” in an indie movie called The Last Film Festival.

5. She told Crushable that some of her favorite beauty products include Body Shop’s Coconut Body Butter and NARS Laguna bronzer.

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5 Facts About Katrina Bowden, Esquire's New Sexiest Woman Alive

Crushable Quotable: Darren Criss Loves Gwyneth Paltrow and 'Star Wars'

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:33 AM PDT

We love Darren Criss‘ portrayal of Blaine on Glee. But if he had the chance, which other character would he play? He says he’d love to take a crack at Holly Holliday, the recurring subsitute teacher character played by Gwyneth Paltrow. He also says that he would love it if a Glee lightsaber existed so that he could use it to cut his meat. Seriously, could he be any more endearing?

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Crushable Quotable: Darren Criss Loves Gwyneth Paltrow and 'Star Wars'

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:27 AM PDT

Cartoon gold diggers, your manual is here! Forbes has released their list of the richest fictional characters, including Mr. Burns, Tony Stark, and Chuck Bass. (Forbes)

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Snap This: Superhero ABCs

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:14 AM PDT

Remember those great posters hanging in kindergartens where there’s “O is Octopus” or “T is Teddy Bear”? Flickr user Lishoffs has reimagined those learning guides, with a decidedly geeky spin: Each letter represents a masked (super)hero.

Comics fan that I am, the masked-hero series are my weak point, so I’m gonna try and guess as many as possible.

Aquaman

Batman

Cyclops

The Flash

Green Lantern

The Hulk

Lion-O

Tuxedo Mask

Nightcrawler

The Punisher

Rorschach

Superman

The Thing

Wolverine

Professor X

Zatanna

And if you want another time waster, Lishoffs has also created Minimalist Heroes.

[Flickr via BuzzFeed]

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Snap This: Superhero ABCs

'Teen Mom' Farrah Abraham Says She's Writing a Book Too

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:56 AM PDT

Looks like it’s the season for Teen Mom book deals! Crushable exclusively announced that 16 and Pregnant alum Ashley Salazar had landed a book contract, and now she has a little competition – from Teen Mom cast member Farrah Abraham. On her official website, Farrah announced “Farrah has been working hard on her first Biography Book, Her fans & viewers of her Hit MTV shows 16 & Pregnant and TEEN MOM will get all the insight and details they missed on TV and will Love the Most anticipated book of 2011. Keep looking for updates on her Book Tour!”

Random irregular capitalization aside, Farrah does have some interesting book fodder – she could probably mine a lot of material out of her boyfriend’s death and her violent relationship with her mother, Debra. She hasn’t mentioned a publisher, though, so we’ll have to wait and see when this super-anticipated book comes out. Would MTV let Farrah have a book deal with a rival publisher? Would they want her book to compete with Ashley’s, which seems to include other 16 and Pregnant alums? I guess we’ll find out more about the “Most anticipated book of 2011″ soon enough.

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'Teen Mom' Farrah Abraham Says She's Writing a Book Too

Hot Shot: Model Jon Kortajarena Is Better Than A Cup Of Coffee

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:38 AM PDT

Oh, hi there, were you feeling sleepy? Are you better now that you’ve seen the chiseled cheekbones of Spanish model Jon Kortajarena? We thought you might be. Forget caffeine — around here we find pictures of cute boys when we need a pick-me-up.

(via Terry’s Diary)

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Hot Shot: Model Jon Kortajarena Is Better Than A Cup Of Coffee

Original 'Green Lantern' Casting Call: Brown Hair is the Least of Blake Lively's Worries

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:23 AM PDT

In a piece that we’re convinced is just pandering to Green Lantern fans, Blake Lively reveals how she was given the chance to keep her lovely blond locks while playing Carol Ferris, but she “insisted” on dying her hair brown. What a trooper!

Lively told Showbiz Spy,

“There was some debate as to whether my character could be blonde but I was like, ‘Absolutely not. Carol Ferris is a brunette in the comic books and so I must be a brunette.’ Green Lantern is one of the longest running comic books of all time and I was very aware of that. Even on set I could feel all the fans watching me expectantly so there was a lot of pressure to get it right.”

Lively was never a very intuitive choice for the part, so this just seems like damage control before the movie hits theaters June 17. To be fair, she did appear at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con and seemed very enthusiastic about the role. But her inclusion in the movie is still quite a headscratcher, especially since we were able to dig up the original casting call:

[CAROL FERRIS] 26-32, a smart and attractive woman with an MBA. She started as a pilot and now runs Ferris Aircraft. She is a work-a-holic…FEMALE LEAD

Lively is 23 and has made her career playing carefree girls with dark secrets, not women burdened by their own insecurities and need for success. But strangely, she beat out Jennifer Garner, Eva Green, Keri Russell, and Diane Kruger for the role. These four women just seem to inhabit a character tier decidedly different from Lively’s; in my opinion, Green would’ve been perfect for the role.

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Original 'Green Lantern' Casting Call: Brown Hair is the Least of Blake Lively's Worries

5 Facts About The Newest 'Real Housewife of New York City,' Cindy Barshop

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:51 AM PDT

The day has finally arrived: Real Housewives of New York City season 4 premiere is tonight! This season looks very different from seasons past, but also looks extremely promising.  Every current housewife swears that this is going to be the best season yet. Popular cast member Bethenny Frankel has left and gone on to do her own show (some housewives allege that this new season is going to be the best because it won’t be narrarated solely by Bethenny, who tended to serve as the “Greek chorus”), and a new cast member, Cindy Barshop, is replacing her. are all very curious about Cindy, and can’t wait to see how she does on the show. Here’s a crash course in Cindy 101 before tonight’s premiere:

1. She’s from Long Island! And not just in the sense that she summers in the Hamptons… she’s a native of Wantagh! This does elevate her in my mind, though I am probably biased, as a fellow Long Islander.

2. She’s the founder and owner of Completely Bare salons, which waxes in the same way that the name implies. She is also the founder of “vajazzling” and “vattooing.” In other words… she’s possibly a freak in the bedroom?

3. She’s a single mother of twin baby girls. Adorable and intriguing. Where’s the baby daddy?

4. She came on the show as a friend of Ramona Singer and an acquaintance of Kelly Killoren Bensimon. Cindy claims the cast member she was most afraid to meet was Jill Zarin, but now says she is closer to Jill than any other cast members. Has she been watching Bethenny on previous seasons and taking notes?

5. She is a graduate of Farleigh Dickinson University with a Bachelor of Science in marketing. Does this mean she’ll be able to market herself to the audience?

Can’t wait to see how she does with this group of dynamic (read: crazy) group of women!

(Photo via Homorazzi)

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5 Facts About The Newest 'Real Housewife of New York City,' Cindy Barshop

Sweet Repeat: The Olsen Twins Are Actually A Single Two-Headed Creature

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:14 AM PDT


Sometimes we actually buy the rumors that Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are actually two separate entities, but other times we’re not so sure. In does kind of make more sense that they’re one single magical creature, attached somewhere below the neck with two identical blonde heads. The amazing, mythical Olsen!

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Sweet Repeat: The Olsen Twins Are Actually A Single Two-Headed Creature

'Book of Mormon' Is Officially Hollywood's Favorite Broadway Play

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:11 AM PDT

Although it’s still fairly new, The Book of Mormon, a new musical penned by South Park masterminds Trey Parker and Matt Stone, is the place to be seen for Hollywood’s A-listers. In the past two nights alone, the audience has included Cameron Diaz, Steve Martin, and Anna Wintour (who, yes, kept her sunglasses on the entire time). Considering the ink that Vogue’s April issue devoted to Parker and Stone, it wasn’t a huge surprise that Anna herself came out to support the show. Other boldface names spotted in the crowd recently were Whoopi Goldberg, Doris Roberts, Josh Brolin, and Saturday Night Live headmaster Lorne Michaels. Mazel tov, Matt and Trey – when there are bigger stars in the audience than in the show itself, you know you have a hit on your hands. Will a stint hosting SNL be next?

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'Book of Mormon' Is Officially Hollywood's Favorite Broadway Play

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