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- Predictions: What’s Next for the ‘Harry Potter’ Kids?
- Gallery: Angel Does Stuff, Just Like Us!
- Sunday Cute: Kitten Gets Rescued
- Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t: The Cave
- Snap This: Darth Hairdryer
- Video: Peter Jackson’s Second ‘Hobbit’ Video Blog
- 13 Celebs Who Chopped Off All Their Hair
| Predictions: What’s Next for the ‘Harry Potter’ Kids? Posted: 10 Jul 2011 10:20 AM PDT Perhaps calling them “kids” is inaccurate, as most of them are in their twenties now, but let’s face it: We watched them grow up on screen, and because of that we’ll always think of them as “The Harry Potter Kids.” They’ve spent the past ten years– which, for some of them, is nearly half their lives– working on these epic films, and now that the release of the final film is less than a week away, I can’t help but wonder what’s next for these not-quite-kids. Some of them may continue to act; some of them may follow other pursuits while staying in the spotlight; and some of them may choose never to act again. Here are our predictions about what life after Potter holds for Daniel Radcliffe and company. Got other ideas? Tell us about them in the comments!
(Of course, I could be reading Grint all wrong; in fact, I’d kind of like to be proven wrong. What do you guys think?) Related posts: Post from: Crushable Predictions: What’s Next for the ‘Harry Potter’ Kids?  |
| Gallery: Angel Does Stuff, Just Like Us! Posted: 10 Jul 2011 08:50 AM PDT What on earth did we do before Tumblr? It’s just full of so many hilarious images. Like these ones. These are from a lovely little Tumblr called Angel Does Stuff, which features (you guessed it) Angel doing stuff. More accurately, it’s a life-sized cardboard cutout of Angel doing stuff. So now you know what people who own life-sized cardboard cutouts do with them. What’s Angel been up to today? Let’s see! Related posts: Post from: Crushable Gallery: Angel Does Stuff, Just Like Us!  |
| Sunday Cute: Kitten Gets Rescued Posted: 10 Jul 2011 07:15 AM PDT To be honest, I’m not really sure if this is cute or horrifying, but it does involve a kitten getting rescued, so at least there’s that. It just happens to be getting rescued by unconventional means. Because, really: How else are you going to get a kitten that has gotten trapped in a very small pipe out other than with a leaf blower? Happy Sunday! [Via The Mary Sue] Related posts: Post from: Crushable Sunday Cute: Kitten Gets Rescued  |
| Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t: The Cave Posted: 09 Jul 2011 02:40 PM PDT
The first entry of the webpage is dated March 23, 2001. It reads only this:
His name is Ted, and he’s a caver. He’s got a tale for you. It’s called: THE CAVE In the early part of the 2000s, Ted began to explore a cave near where he lived, only to find that more would happen as he did so than he had ever banked on. He had initially recorded the happenings that were to follow for himself in his caving journal; but, as he states on his homepage, he has decided to answer the many requests for the telling of his tale in the wide-reaching format of the Internet. He divides the text of his story up into two colors for clarity’s sake: Grey text and blue italicized text. The grey text denotes direct transcriptions from his caving journal, while the blue italicized text are his reflections on the journal that occur to him as he transcribes. The journal itself goes back to December 30, 2000– the first time Ted and his friend, whom he refers to only as B, set foot in the cave. Ted notes that he’d been in the cave before, but that there was a section of it that he hadn’t been able to reach. This section was notable for having a small hole on one of the cave walls roughly three feet from the floor. Cavers near the hole could always feel a slight breeze blowing from somewhere within the cave, which was frequently accompanied by a rumbling noise. When Ted first found the hole, it looked like this (he’s placed a glove in it for size reference):
Here’s the thing about holes in cave walls: Just because you can’t fit through it as is doesn’t mean that you won’t be able to make your way through it eventually. Holes are indicative of further caverns, so if you can enlarge the hole enough to be able to fit a person, there will likely be a whole uncharted section of the cave never before seen by human eyes waiting beyond it. Humans have long been fascinated by the unknown, so you can imagine the attraction this never-before-seen cavern would hold for Ted and B. After some careful consideration, the two cavers, drawn by the idea of making caving history, decided to attempt to enlarge the hole. On their next trip to the cave, they would bring with them a cordless drill. They would alternate drilling into the rock, then taking a bullpin and a small sledge hammer and breaking up the rock by hand. Ted and B returned to the cave at the end of January 2001 to begin work on the hole. Getting the tools to the hole was something of an ordeal; it was located in a cavern quite a ways down, requiring them to lower the tools to the location using a rope and pulley before lowering themselves down. Six hours and two drill batteries later, they had made some headway on the hole, though not as much as they had hoped for: The tight quarters of the area surrounding the hole left little space for swinging the sledge hammer, which slowed their progress; however, Ted and B were undeterred. They decided to spend the night at a nearby motel, recharge the drill batteries, and return again in the morning. Over the next two weeks, they returned frequently, always hoping that the next rattle of the drill or swing of the sledge hammer would be the last. On February 10, they took B’s dog with them. An experienced caver herself, the Jack Russell terrier known as Whip was both a welcome companion and a useful tool: Ted and B planned to place her in the hole and see how far she could go. Related posts: Post from: Crushable Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t: The Cave  |
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| Video: Peter Jackson’s Second ‘Hobbit’ Video Blog Posted: 09 Jul 2011 12:43 PM PDT Back at the beginning of June, The Hobbit finished up its first block of shooting, and in honor of the occasion, Peter Jackson has just posted his second video blog chronicling the production process. Interesting things to note here include the crew’s commemorative jackets (“54 days down, 200 to go!”), the fact that Andy Serkis is the second unit director as well as Gollum, and what the cast and crew are planning on doing during their break. The next block of shooting begins on September 5, and since it’s going to involve a whole lot of location shooting, a good chunk of the blog gives an inside look about what goes into location scouting. Sometimes this means watching Peter Jackson juggle a cup of tea miraculously without spilling it as he goes trooping through the mountains. It’s pretty amusing. There’s also a few more images of Martin Freeman (who will presumably be using his break to shoot the next season of Sherlock) and Hugo Weaving as Bilbo and Elrond. Check it out after the jump! Related posts: Post from: Crushable Video: Peter Jackson’s Second ‘Hobbit’ Video Blog  |
| 13 Celebs Who Chopped Off All Their Hair Posted: 09 Jul 2011 11:45 AM PDT Do you ever get tired of your hair? Do you ever reach that point where you think, “Man, I really just want to chop everything off and have done with it?” These 13 celebs certainly did. Summer is as good a time as any to ditch your long locks, so why not follow one of these stellar examples? Related posts: Post from: Crushable 13 Celebs Who Chopped Off All Their Hair  |
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