Wednesday, June 29, 2011

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The Daily WTF: Shakespeare Cats!

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 11:08 AM PDT

5 Facts About Prince Harry’s Maybe-Girlfriend Florence Brudenell-Bruce

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 10:46 AM PDT

The sixth fact is “you want to kill her,” obviously, since she’s a) a lingerie and swimsuit model with a ridiculously hot body and b) possibly dating everyone’s secret boyfriend Prince Harry. So who is Florence, and what do you need to know about her?

She’s a sometime actress.

IMDB lists just two credits to her name – an episode of a TV show called Inspector Lewis and a Bollywood movie called Love Aaj Kal – and she also appeared in this cell phone commercial:

She also starred in Ironik‘s music video for their cover of “Tiny Dancer.”

She has an impressive lineage.

The British press would really like you to know that She Of The Really, Really British Name is a descendant of the seventh Earl of Cardigan, James Brudenell. Quick, somebody make a joke about sweaters! James Brudenell is famous for leading the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War, an event that inspired Tennyson to write a very beautiful poem that everyone should read. (Linking to classic poems is how I assuage guilt about making fun of pregnant teenagers on the internet.)

She has dated another super hot dude.

Before meeting Harry, Florence was dating Formula 1 driver Jenson Button. Did I mention that he is hot? Because he is hot. His nickname for her was “Flee.” Jenson could call me whatever he wanted.

She’s an art collector.

Art runs in the family genes. Florence’s mom and brother are both artists – mom is a painter and bro Henry is a sculptor. And her father was also a collector. After getting her degree in art history (just like William and Kate omg!), Florence started collecting art. Her collection is so impressive that she even held a show displaying some of her works in London last year. I am obsessed with [art]. Whenever I finish a shoot, I come home with another piece under my arm,” she said in an interview.”

She likes cooking.

Florence reportedly loves baking cakes and says that they make her want to star in period films like the kind directed by Sam Mendes. She has said in interviews that she “can’t diet” because she loves food so much.

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Gallery: What We Would Miss If Beyoncé Retires Next Year

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 10:46 AM PDT

Appearing on Piers Morgan Tonight last Monday, Beyoncé admitted that when she first got into the music business in her late teens, she expected to have a baby and retire by age 30. With that big birthday looming in September, she’s now rethinking that timeline; when Morgan asked if she would welcome a baby with hubby Jay-Z, she replied, “God only knows.”

If Beyoncé does indeed hang up her booty shorts next year, it’ll create a Sasha Fierce-sized hole in our hearts. From the Destiny’s Child legacy to the leggy dances that only B. can pull off, here are the moments from Beyoncé’s career that we’re already preparing ourselves to part with.

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Emily Maynard Will Discuss Her Breakup After Next Week’s ‘Bachelorette’

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 10:05 AM PDT

Last season’s Bachelor couple, Emily Maynard and Brad Womack, have been slowly breaking up for months, possibly because contractual obligations required them to keep it a secret. But now that it’s officially over, ABC has announced that Emily will tell her side of the story in a sitdown interview with Chris Harrison that will air after next week’s episode of The Bachelorette. The producers supposedly wanted Brad to come on as well, but he declined. Thank goodness he did, or we might have had another gross fingerpointy Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi incident on our hands.

Emily’s interview is timed with a People magazine cover (see photo). In the article, Brad says that “the demise of our relationship was completely my fault,” and Emily adds, “just because we love each other doesn’t mean we’re right for each other.” Depending what sort of mood I’m in, I either think Emily is doing this so she can squash some of the rumors that have swirled about exactly why she and Brad broke up or that she’s doing this to position herself as the next Bachelorette. Either way, I’ll probably end up watching – and hating myself.

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Boyfriend of the Week: Judge Belvin Perry Jr. of the Casey Anthony Trial

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:44 AM PDT

The 5 Best Cameos in ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:22 AM PDT

Yesterday we were blown away by how many big-name Hollywood actors had hitched a ride on Michael Bay‘s trigger-happy Transformers: Dark of the Moon. And while it was fun to see Patrick Dempsey as Rosie Huntington-Whitely‘s rich, smarmy boss, the real delight was picking out the lesser-known, or simply unexpected, actors who popped up on both sides of the Autobot/Decepticon fight.

  • Tom Virtue: You don’t know the name, but you’d recognize the man who played Shia LaBeouf‘s dad on Disney’s Even Stevens. Virtue pops up only in the beginning of the movie, as a NASA tech overseeing the secret mission to find the Autobot ship that had crashed on the moon. Meaning, his character exists in 1969 and Shia’s in 2011, so there was no hope for a father-son reunion.
  • Alan Tudyk: I’m thrilled to see the Firefly star getting more exposure, especially as he plays Simmons’ very proper bodyguard, who can wield two guns without messing up his brocade ensemble. And the moment where he seems to become a sleeper agent is a great nod back to his shocking turn on Dollhouse a few years ago.
  • Buzz Aldrin: The astronaut has wholeheartedly embraced pop culture, competing on season 10 of Dancing with the Stars and playing himself on 30 Rock and in Transformers. The scene where he keeps a straight face while discussing space travel with Optimus Prime had me laughing so hard.
  • Ken Jeong: As much as I am eternally in love with the bitchy Mr. Chow from the Hangover movies, it was really fun to see Jeong as a twitchy conspiracy theorist who recognizes Sam (LaBeouf) from his top-secret involvement in the past two machine conflicts. I want to see him reprise this sort of role in a J.J. Abrams movie; when he corners Sam in the men’s bathroom, you realize that he’s equal parts dangerous and kooky.
  • John Malkovich: Somewhere between cameo and supporting role is Malkovich playing Sam’s boss: The usual fat cat, but his entitlement laced with a generous amount of OCD and world-weariness.

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Snap This: America Ferrera’s Super Smiley Wedding Photo

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:13 AM PDT

I really like America Ferrera. She was a teen actress who actually went to college and got a degree, she makes smart choices about roles, and she never gets photographed drunkenly stumbling out of bars at 4 AM.  And she just had a quiet, no-paparazzi wedding to her college sweetheart, Ryan Piers Williams. Don’t they look cute? And that’s a gorgeous dress. Well played, America.

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Tears, Tears, and More Tears from the ’16 and Pregnant’ Season 3 Finale Special

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:06 AM PDT

Because MTV has not wrung enough money from the limp rag that is 16 and Pregnant, season three is going to have a reunion show and this week’s “Life After Labor” special. Oh, and Teen Mom starts up again next week, because you really didn’t think MTV would let any poor recappers get some days off, did you?

Life After Labor-ing commences! The ten women from this season are sitting on chairs on a big stage while Dr. Drew checks out his reflection in the camera. Everyone except Drew is slouching and looks incredibly uncomfortable. As usual with all of these followup specials, the goal is to make every single teen mom – and anybody else who appears on camera, like parents and boyfriends – to cry.

JORDAN WARD

Although we already knew that Jordan and her baby’s father Brian Finder got married after her episode ended, we get confirmation from them. She’s wearing giant blue earrings and he has on a blue shirt – not sure if they planned to match, but it’s kind of cute. We then have to sit through a horrible recap of Jordan and her sister Jessica crying and fighting with each other. Jordan says that if she could do it again that she would be smarter about birth control, which sounds kind of funny considering we already know she’s pregnant again. But I still like Jordan more than just about any of these other nitwits, so whatever.

Aaaaaaand cue crying. Drew asks Jordan about her abandonment issues, and the waterworks come on as she talks about her parents leaving her with her grandmother and how she and Jessica only had each other growing up. As Jordan stops crying, Drew brings out the twin sister Jessica and asks how the experience has been for her. “Seeing her cry made me cry,” Jessica says, and Drew lights up at the idea of more tears on the show. Jessica says that she was suspicious of Brian at first but that he has stepped up and been a good dad and she likes him now. Interesting fact: both Brian and Jordan are the results of teen parents. Jessica says that she’s the first person in her entire family to go college and she wishes that Jordan could have done that too, and there are more tears. Jordan admits to a little bit of jealousy and cries again saying that she is glad she can count on Brian but that she also wants to make something of herself.

JENNIFER DEL RIO

If there was a “Episode from this season I would least like to rewatch” contest, Jennifer might win it. Everything about her episode, from the twins to the deadbeat dad to the arrests, was a major downer, and she didn’t have any redeeming personality traits. I fast-forwarded through the recap of her episode and went straight to Sad Times with Dr. Drew. He asks about Jennifer’s relationship with Josh, and she says that her mom knew she was sexually active and “has gave her” (sigh) lots of contraception options, which obviously didn’t matter. Jennifer admits that she didn’t tell her mom so much as “let her find out.”

Then Jennifer’s dad comes out and says he wishes he had been more involved. Jennifer says that now she’s “considering” getting on Depo, which shows that even giving birth to a damn kid isn’t enough for some of the girls on this show to get the message about birth control. Jennifer’s dad brings the awesome and says he isn’t going to criticize Josh on camera. Cue Dr. Drew asking about the restraining order! Jennifer says that Josh wanted to “see to it” that she went to jail and was raped there, and that’s why she got the order.

DANIELLE CUNNINGHAM

Ah, Danielle. She was one of the ones who didn’t register much for me during her episode, but since it ended she has said lots of dumb/funny things about not understanding how circumcision works, and that has been amusing. Danielle is already crying when they cut to her on the couch, and she’s sitting with her mom Casey and babydaddy Jamie. Drew asks Danielle why she’s crying, and she just blubbers something about how a lot has happened in a year. Casey chimes in that she was a teen mom and didn’t want her kid to get caught in the same cycle and so she feels like a failure. Casey says that she got Danielle on birth control but Danielle admits she got lazy about taking it. (And about schoolwork, apparently.) Drew asks Jamie and Danielle about their relationship and Jamie says it’s “rocky” but they’re together right now, and they both admit that they had a huge breakup a few weeks ago but got back together. “It’s not easier to run away because it don’t solve nothin,” Jamie says sagely.

Drew asks Casey about her parenting and has some very leading questions about whether she was a mom or a friend. Casey starts bawling and says she was more like a friend sometimes, and I really have to wonder if Drew just says this shit to get a rise out of people or if he knows more about their relationships than we see on screen. Because right now he just comes across as a jerk who likes making people cry. Casey has a really unattractive cry face, the poor thing. Drew makes Casey apologize to her daughter for not raising her the right way, and it’s really exploitative and gross. Jamie steps in and tells Casey she’s a great mom, and Danielle agrees. Danielle says that her mom won’t drive her to GED classes, and Drew yells at her to get her own license and then plugs the 16 and Pregnant website. Oh, and the baby is doing well. Thanks for the afterthought.

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