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- You’ve Been Moustache’d!
- Video: Just What is a Hufflepuff, Anyway?
- Gallery: The Royal Couple in the U.S. and Canada
- Parting Tweet: Kirstie Alley on Crack Whores
- Interview: Matthew Chapman Is Darwin’s Great-Great Grandson, an Atheist, and the Devil’s Spawn
- Snap This: My, Emma Watson, Look How You’ve Grown
- The Potter Games: And Now a Special Message from Lord Voldemort
- Video: Adam Sandler’s ‘Jack and Jill’ Trailer Has to Be a Joke
- Sex on the Wire: Is Your Boyfriend Still a Boy?
| Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:20 AM PDT For the past few months, images like this have been showing up in New York subway stations: This is the work of vandal/artist Moustache Man. Moustache Man is known for one tag, and one tag only: He has gone around the New York subway system, covertly scribbling the word “moustache” in a distinctively curly hand over the upper lips of people pictured in advertisements. Everyone from Cameron Diaz to Mila Jovovich has been getting the moustache treatment, and you know what? I kind of dig it. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who gets a kick out of it, either. The tag is whimsical in a Magritte-esque, “This Is Not A Pipe” sort of way, and it’s made subway riding into a scavenger hunt (and who doesn’t love a scavenger hunt?). Perhaps more importantly, though, this is the kind of vandalism that I find hard to view as actual vandalism. Yes, technically speaking, all street art is vandalism; but that doesn’t mean it can’t be Art-with-a-capital-A at the same time. Sure, Moustache Man’s work isn’t street art on the level of Banksy, but it’s not too far off from, say, the stuff the Dadaists did. Anyone remember this little gem from Marcel Duchamp?: Looks pretty similar, doesn’t it? Except that Moustache Man isn’t Marcel Duchamp. He isn’t Magritte, and he has not been written about in any art history textbooks (yet). His name is Joseph Patrick Waldo, he’s 26, and he was finally busted by the cops this past Tuesday for his moustachey antics. But the issue isn’t just black and white, and here’s why. I can understand the city being pissed off because of the money; all those little moustaches apparently added up to upwards of $1,500 in damages. But at the same time, would you rather look at something like this?: Or something like this?: Because most subway vandalism looks like the second one, and that one is a helluva lot uglier. Moreover, you MIGHT even argue that the moustaches HELPED the advertisements: Adverts are a lot more memorable when you’re giggling about a tiny little word-’stache written above Laura Linney’s mouth. Or maybe that’s just me. What sort of sucks for Waldo is that ultimately, he was nabbed because of the uniqueness of his tag. It’s a lot harder to catch the perpetrators of less artful vandalism of the eye-gauging variety than it is to catch a serial moustacher. I’m kind of sad he got caught, too; subway-riding is going to go back to the ho-hum sort of commute it usually is. Until someone else comes along and starts making variations on a theme. What’s next? Fu-Manchu? Goatee? Unibrow? Bring it on, street artists! Related posts: Post from: Crushable  |
| Video: Just What is a Hufflepuff, Anyway? Posted: 09 Jul 2011 08:45 AM PDT Gryffindors are brave; Slytherins are ambitious; Ravenclaws are smart; and Hufflepuffs are… Wait, does anyone actually know what Hufflepuffs are? Is Hufflepuff just some sort of repository House for the kids Hogwarts doesn’t know quite what to do with? The questions need answering! The public has a right to know! [Via The Daily What Geek] Related posts: Post from: Crushable Video: Just What is a Hufflepuff, Anyway?  |
| Gallery: The Royal Couple in the U.S. and Canada Posted: 09 Jul 2011 07:15 AM PDT Kate and William are wrapping up their big tour of the U.S. and Canada this weekend, and boy, what a busy trip it’s been! What exactly have they been up to while they’ve been here? Let’s take a look! Related posts: Post from: Crushable Gallery: The Royal Couple in the U.S. and Canada  |
| Parting Tweet: Kirstie Alley on Crack Whores Posted: 08 Jul 2011 03:35 PM PDT |
| Interview: Matthew Chapman Is Darwin’s Great-Great Grandson, an Atheist, and the Devil’s Spawn Posted: 08 Jul 2011 03:07 PM PDT I had a ton of fun talking with Matthew Chapman, the great-great grandson of Charles Darwin and writer-director of The Ledge. Though he’s written two books grappling with faith versus reason, this is his first feature film; the thriller sympathizes with atheist Charlie Hunnam, who steals fundamentalist Patrick Wilson‘s wife Liv Tyler. A UK native who’s lived both in Los Angeles and New York, Chapman might be considered someone who lives on the fringes of Hollywood, but he’s had enough experience to judge Tinseltown’s relationship to religion. It’s always exciting when an interview turns into an actual intellectual discussion, as when Chapman and I talked about the labels of “atheist” versus “agnostic,” the concept of original sin, and unforgivable acts. He was also just really funny. But then again, I’m biased since I’m agnostic. Did any of the stars' personal beliefs butt up against the script? Chapman: Maybe… I think of them all, my guess is that Terrence [Howard] is the more religiously-inclined of them. I think they just saw it as being a really good thriller with really good characters, and they just loved the idea of playing in this particular little garden for a while. Actors are a very generous group, in my view. They thought, I'm happy to give myself to this viewpoint for as long as it takes to get this film made, and engross myself in it. And they did—they did a great job. But no, I had no problems with any of them. I did have problems casting it, and sometimes I had the feeling that I was being rejected by actors because of their religious views. I have a feeling I'm going to get some bad reviews that will be written by people who have very strong religious beliefs, and they won't cop to it upfront when writing the review. Not that they don't have a perfect right to [hate] the movie. But I think that's the kind of thing that will happen. Have you had experiences in Hollywood with Scientology, where celebrities have tried to push it on you? Chapman: I have met some of them, and I confess I am the atheist in the closet when I'm faced with a Scientologist, because what they believe is even more absurd than what Mormons believe. You just don't know how to talk to someone who's very nice and very friendly and is saying nice things about your work, and they believe this stuff which is absolutely lunatic. It's like looking at a mountain and saying, "I just can't climb over that mountain—it's too damn big." I leave it alone. They definitely have some power in Hollywood. Judaism has some power in Hollywood. But the thing that has the most power in Hollywood is money. So when you have Mel Gibson making Passion of the Christ—no one was particularly overjoyed by that because it seemed to be leading to the anti-Semitism. But once it started making a lot of money and the religious community came out and supported it, suddenly you saw the studios asking around for people to write more faith-based movies. I'm sort of hoping that the atheists come out to support The Ledge—whether you like it or not, it is the first pro-atheist movie that's out there. If people go out and see it, it'll open doors for people to make other movies that question the value of faith. That would be a great thing. Related posts: Post from: Crushable Interview: Matthew Chapman Is Darwin’s Great-Great Grandson, an Atheist, and the Devil’s Spawn  |
| Snap This: My, Emma Watson, Look How You’ve Grown Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:02 PM PDT
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| The Potter Games: And Now a Special Message from Lord Voldemort Posted: 08 Jul 2011 01:56 PM PDT
Prepare for death’s eternal afterglow / Oblivion for all, except one foe / That one, to watch as friends perish for show / Twelve boys, twelve girls, in murd’rous do-si-do Paige just reminded me of only the greatest in Harry Potter memes, “Potter Puppet Pals,” and the fact that Voldemort is really silly at the end. So, the video is reminiscent of singing-puppet Voldy. July 11th…! Related posts: Post from: Crushable The Potter Games: And Now a Special Message from Lord Voldemort  |
| Video: Adam Sandler’s ‘Jack and Jill’ Trailer Has to Be a Joke Posted: 08 Jul 2011 01:31 PM PDT |
| Sex on the Wire: Is Your Boyfriend Still a Boy? Posted: 08 Jul 2011 01:14 PM PDT |
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I can’t believe we’re saying goodbye to the Harry Potter series. But I also can’t believe how Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson used to be so small. 
In case there was any question, it seems that Voldemort is behind the Potter Games, which so far 
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