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- Sex on the Wire: Does Your Soul Mates Exist?
- Love Lessons from ‘The Bachelorette’: Chicks Don’t Think Water Heaters Are Sexy
- Hugh Jackman Is the Master of the Surprise Cameo
- The Daily WTF: Breakfast of Jello
- I Tried It Tuesday: I Went on a Blind Date And It Was Livestreamed
- Watch the ‘Harry Potter’ Cast Age 10 Years in 5 Seconds
- Downloads Are Now Fun Thanks to the Nyan Cat Slider Bar
- Harry Potter’s Matt Lewis… Revealed!
- Snap This: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Teaser Poster
- Snap This: Bree Olson Shouts Out Charlie Sheen On Playboy Cover
| Sex on the Wire: Does Your Soul Mates Exist? Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:19 PM PDT |
| Love Lessons from ‘The Bachelorette’: Chicks Don’t Think Water Heaters Are Sexy Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:02 PM PDT
JP is trying to be my TV boyfriend because he voiceovers that he doesn’t want the other guys to get to go on dates with Ashley. Ryan has a smarmy voiceover, as he always does. Aaaaaaaaaaand we do this. Girls love it when you talk about your family. Constantine gets the first one-on-one date, which is great since it helps me tell the difference between him and Beneff. They take a train to a small town outside of Taipei. There are no roses up for grabs on the one on one dates, which means they can just enjoy hanging out with each other. Ashley voiceovers that trains are really romantic and we get some B-roll of a toy train. It’s like the Spice World “bus” footage up in here! They end up in a small town that has a paper lantern festival. You’re supposed to write your wishes on paper lanterns and then set them loose in the sky, and then the wish is supposed to come true. It’s really cute, actually. Constantine voiceovers that he comes from a very traditional family and that he’d like his own marriage to “have as much longevity” as his parents’. Instead of writing out the wishes they draw pictures – Ashley, of course, draws a diamond ring. Constantine talks about his big, crazy family and asks how Ashley would handle getting inappropriate questions from his grandfather, and Ashley says she thinks it would be hilarious. (I’m just guessing from his name that Constantine’s family is Greek.) At dinner, Ashley says she admires how confident and laid-back Constantine is and how close he is to his family. “You see things in me that I want people to see in me,” he says, which is sweet. He says that Ashley commented on hometown dates during her season and said it was the most realness we saw from her the whole season, and he feels the same way about his own potential hometown date. At the end of the date, they let the lantern loose. And then they make out. Of course. Then a bunch of other lanterns – all lit up – go into the sky. It’s beautiful, and Ashley says it’s one of the most romantic nights in her whole life. Then they do some kind of weird huggy-sway dance. Don’t drop the L-Bomb unless you mean it. Beneff adorably voiceovers that it’s “too little too late” for Ryan since he’s the only remaining guy who hasn’t had a one on one date yet. As if on cue, the next date card is for Beneff. They get on a moped and explore Taroko Park together. They put on helmets – yay safety! While they zip off, Beneff voiceovers that their relationship is “going places.” Ashley voiceovers that she felt safe and protected, which is really hot, and Beneff says he’s being careful because of the “precious cargo” he’s carrying. Beneff tells the audience that he’s in love with Ashley but that he doesn’t want to tell her yet. When she asks about his feelings, he says that his mom and sister’s opinions are really important to him and that he looks forward to them getting to meet Ashley and seeing what he sees in her. He calls love “The L-Bomb” and tells Ashley that when he says it to her it’ll be for real. It’s nice for someone not to jump the gun on this show. AND he hasn’t used the word “amazing” or “connection” at all. Ashley thanks him by sucking face with him. Later that day, the guys can’t believe Beneff isn’t back yet, and he ends up not coming home for the night at all. JP is pissed and stomping around silently. He finally comes back the next morning, and Ryan calls him “Mr. 24 Hours” and Beneff snots “Mr. 36 Hours.” I don’t think he would been that cocky if it hadn’t been Ryan talking. The guys ask if anything physical went down and, like a gentleman, he says “Nothing that you need to know about.” Point for Beneff. It’s weird enough imagining the girl you’re “dating” kissing other guys, so who’d want to have even more mental images? Beneff says that he and Ashley didn’t share a room and JP goes off to stomp in the hallway and voiceover that this is bullshit. I cannot decide whether I have a bigger crush on JP or Beneff. If you love someone, you’ll wear horrible outfits for them. Back at the hotel, the guys talk about being tense and not sleeping well. A door knocks and the next date card arrives. It announces that JP, Ames, and Lucas are going on a group date, which leaves Ryan with a one-on-one date. He insists on reading the card himself just to make sure. He voiceovers that he’s really exciting, and then Lucas voiceovers that Ryan is irritating and that Ryan and Ashley aren’t right for each other. If Ryan is as annoying in real life as he is in his talking head segments, then I don’t blame the dudes for hating him. The group date is posing for wedding photos. Is this show kidding? They come up with outfits for each of the prospective grooms – JP gets a traditional tux, Ames gets a ’60s prom style tux with a pink ruffled shirt, and Lucas gets a long traditional gold Asian-style men’s robe. JP says that Ames looks like “the love child of an ostrich and Elton John.” Love. JP is the last one to get his outfit and they play swagger music as he comes out with his hot tux on. The bowtie’s too big, but it’s nothing compared to the other getups. Ashley gets different outfits for each dude. For her shoot with Lucas, she has a traditional cheongsam, and it might be the first time the wardrobe staff hasn’t stuffed her into a halter top and high heels. She voiceovers that she chose this look for Lucas because he’s a very traditional person. For the last picture they kiss and JP looks ready to cut a bitch. Luckily, he’s up next and Ashley accuses him of not smiling enough. JP voiceovers that group dates suck and he is coming down from the high he got on his last one-on-one. At the end, they compare all the photos. Ashley voiceovers that the guys didn’t seem to have as much fun as she did, and she says she understands that there’s a lot of pressure and they’re probably all nervous about the rose. They switch into cocktail attire and Ashley grabs them for one-on-one dates. She starts talking to Lucas, who admits that the date was weird and it was hard to watch her kiss other guys. He says he wants Ashley to meet his family, and she asks if it’ll be weird to introduce someone to his parents because he’s divorced. (I hate the way that this show acts like being divorced is the Worst Thing Ever unless you’re Jason Mesnick and have a cute kid.) Lucas says that his family just wants him to move on and be happy again, and they know he really wants kids. Lucas voiceovers that he thinks his family will love Ashley and he has a good feeling about his chances of getting a rose. Ames brought some of his family photos and shows an embarrassing school photo of him from when he was a kid, plus his parents’ wedding photo. She calls him “very unique,” which is a dumb thing to say, but whatever. Ames mentions how much his family is going to love Ashley. Did the guys get direction from the editors to mention hometown dates, or are they all really gunning that hard to make it through to the next round? Next up: JP. He tells Ashley how much he loved their last date when it was just the two of them, but admits he’s been super jealous this week and can’t handle being on a group date. He says that the format is hard because he has a lot of time alone at the hotel to sit and stew and overthink things. Ashley gets up and leaves without explaining where she’s going, which just makes all the guys nervous because they know she’s going to get the rose. She returns to the couch and sits down with JP. She says that she identifies with how JP feels because she was in the exact same situation with Brad, and she gives JP the rose. Related posts: Post from: Crushable Love Lessons from ‘The Bachelorette’: Chicks Don’t Think Water Heaters Are Sexy  |
| Hugh Jackman Is the Master of the Surprise Cameo Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:20 AM PDT
I feel like enough time has passed for me to spoil this within the post — Jackman’s appearance in X-Men: First Class was one of the best moments in the movie. For some reason, because they didn’t feature him in any of the promotions, I figured that he just wasn’t part of that project — especially since the prequel is set in the 1960s. Even when my boyfriend told me that Wolverine’s been around since the Civil War, I figured this wasn’t his movie. Fox even flatly denied Jackman’s involvement in 2010. Then this happened: Kudos to them for keeping it under wraps as long as they did. Most of the reviewers, myself included, also kept mum because we knew what a fun bit it was and didn’t want to ruin it. If Wolverine hadn’t appeared in First Class, the movie would have felt off, or incomplete since it hadn’t utilized all of the existing mutants of the time. Plus, his “Go fuck yourself” was the perfect complement to the upbeat “let’s recruit mutants!” montage. Related posts: Post from: Crushable Hugh Jackman Is the Master of the Surprise Cameo  |
| The Daily WTF: Breakfast of Jello Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:04 AM PDT |
| I Tried It Tuesday: I Went on a Blind Date And It Was Livestreamed Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:03 AM PDT
I'm only here in New York for the summer as an intern, and already I've been breaking out of my shell. Now, I'd love to think of myself as the spontaneous, up-for-anything kind of girl, but I'm really not. I'll over think decisions I've already made, this one was no exception, and I feel the need to know what I'm going to be doing. Just ask my roommate, who I was continuously asking, "was this a mistake? Am I going to embarrass myself?" But you know what? I'm glad I did it. It's the first time that I actually did something out of the ordinary and really put myself out there. A lot of fun things happen in the Crushable office (like our Video Intern Paige creating her “Manhattan Bucket List“). So when my boss asked me if I would be interested in doing their trial run for this new HowAboutWe feature, I thought, "you know what, it's about time I did something fun!" I haven't had the opportunity to go on many dates. Let's face it, in college, people don't go out on dates (unless you consider drunkenly stumbling back to a room from the frat party to hook up a date, of which I'm not a fan) so this was one of my first "first dates" in awhile AND my first blind date. Aren't you glad you had the chance to watch me revel in all my awkward glory? The date with James started off feeling very unnatural (no surprise there) but slowly gained some momentum. The first fifteen minutes consisted of the usual, “so what do you do”, “where are you from,” “what did you study,” and then we finally decided on drinks and food. The conversation was nice, though it felt a bit forced at first (but hey, when doesn't it feel forced on a first date?). We bonded over our love of ’90s music and traveling through England, and even our adventures to gay bars – there are always good stories that come from those adventures. I'd say after about twenty minutes passed, I forgot the camera was even there, and I tried my hardest never to look at it or even interact with it. I wasn't as comfortable speaking to the audience as my date was. We couldn't see the stream ourselves, thank god, nor could we see what people were commenting on, though about an hour in, I did get a friendly text from my boss telling me, "the public wants you to finish your wine." I guess I wasn't sloppy enough for their enjoyment? Well never fear, because the masterminds behind the camera sent over tequila shots for us during the meal, this right after I told the story of how I couldn't do shots – thanks Chiara! One of the best parts, though, was what a great sport the waiter was (and not to mention really good looking with an accent…like “twin of Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean” good looking). Yeah. But I wasn't on the date with him. James, was a really sweet guy, and definitely made me feel comfortable as the night went on. By the time 45 minutes had passed, we were onto conversations about our shared interests (like our love of a good trashy novel or the Backstreet Boys vs. ‘N SYNC debate) and found that we had a good amount to talk about. Oh, and the food was amazing. I highly recommend this place (it’s called Madam Geneva and is in New York’s NoHo neighborhood), even if it's just going for the starters and a great cocktail, they're large enough and you can fill up on the delicious bread! I'd say this is a good place to go for a first date, especially if you are in the main room with a bit more noise and people. Related posts: Post from: Crushable I Tried It Tuesday: I Went on a Blind Date And It Was Livestreamed  |
| Watch the ‘Harry Potter’ Cast Age 10 Years in 5 Seconds Posted: 12 Jul 2011 09:57 AM PDT |
| Downloads Are Now Fun Thanks to the Nyan Cat Slider Bar Posted: 12 Jul 2011 09:19 AM PDT Right before the original Nyan Cat video disappeared from YouTube, the site set up an adorable feature where instead of a normal slider bar showing your progress, you had a mini Nyan Cat shimmying along. When YouTube pulled the video for copyright claims, I thought we’d never get to see that pint-sized adorableness again. Enter Ben Stone, who created a program for Windows 7 called Instant Elevator Music to create a little Muzak soundtrack for downloads — then went the extra mile by adding in a Nyan track and the slider bar. I think I’m in love. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go download all of those software updates I’ve been putting off. [via BuzzFeed] Related posts: Post from: Crushable Downloads Are Now Fun Thanks to the Nyan Cat Slider Bar  |
| Harry Potter’s Matt Lewis… Revealed! Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:24 PM PDT
1. Matt began acting at the age of five. He started off with small TV roles in things like the series Some Kind of Life. He’s also done stage work; this year he toured with a production of Agatha Christie‘s Verdict. 2. Matt has actually been better looking than the Neville we see the whole time! To play the character, he wears false teeth, modified ear prosthetics and shoes that are two sizes too big. Goofball. 3. Matt is super into rugby, like a proper British chap. His team is the Leeds Rhinos, which makes sense as that’s where he’s from. 4. Here’s the cutest thing of all time: After Matt read the first Harry Potter book and long before he landed the part of Neville, he used to dress up as Harry and run around pretending to do magic. And then he totally got to go to Hogwarts for real! 5. His American accent is terrible! See for yourself: Related posts: Post from: Crushable Harry Potter’s Matt Lewis… Revealed!  |
| Snap This: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Teaser Poster Posted: 12 Jul 2011 08:50 AM PDT Last night I found this teaser poster for The Dark Knight Rises floating around Twitter — starting the promotion early since Christopher Nolan‘s latest Batman film doesn’t come out til next summer. While the posters for 2005′s The Dark Knight could use the Joker (Heath Ledger) and Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to hype up the movie, this one seems more focused on the city of Gotham itself. As EW pointed out, the way that the infrastructure is crumbling resembles Nolan’s last big movie, Inception. What’s also interesting is that the movies don’t have to rely entirely on Christian Bale to carry the posters and generate interest; although he’s seen in silhouette in the teaser for Batman Begins, he’s only on one of the posters for The Dark Knight; and as you can see above, it’s the bat symbol, not the man, who alerted us to the new movie’s conflict. Related posts: Post from: Crushable Snap This: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Teaser Poster  |
| Snap This: Bree Olson Shouts Out Charlie Sheen On Playboy Cover Posted: 12 Jul 2011 08:20 AM PDT
“He’s intelligent, he’s charismatic, he’s superfunny,” she says about Charlie. “And he’s good in bed. I mean, he’s had a lot of practice.” As for Charlie’s insinuations that he, Bree, and other ex-goddess Natalie Kenly were all sharing a bed? “I didn’t really even know her. Okay, all three of us got together, I think, twice. They did their thing together, and Charlie and I did our thing together. And we had two different beds. She and I would go to whichever bed, and he would pick.” Related posts: Post from: Crushable Snap This: Bree Olson Shouts Out Charlie Sheen On Playboy Cover  |
It’s down to six guys! That’s awesome for two reasons: one, it’s easier to remember who the heck all these people are, and two, it means we’re one episode closer to this show being over. The gang heads to Taiwan and the guys are being driven around in some bus. 2011 is the hundredth anniversary of Taiwan, which is actually somewhat interesting and I can’t believe it made it onto the show. Chris Harrison announces that there will be four dates – three one-on-ones and a group date. After this, two guys get booted and they have hometown dates.
When you think of Hugh Jackman, it’s usually in a big way: He’s a presence on the silver screen, playing growly fighters like Wolverine and dreamy rebels like in Australia. And even though he’s starring in Real Steel this fall, what’s most caught our attention are the brief, unexpected cameos he’s made in two recent movies.
So last night, 
Matt Lewis captured our hearts as the delightfully goofy-looking Neville Longbottom from the Harry Potter series, and now he’s capturing our loins as the studly adult he’s grown up and become. (“Captured our loins?” Eat your heart out, Nabakov!) So what’s the deal with this British lad? Here are five things to know about the 22-year old actor:
Charlie Sheen‘s ex-girlfriend (sorry, “ex-goddess”) Bree Olson is trying to go legit – she’s quitting porn and transitioning into mainstream acting work. The first step on her reinvention tour was the cover of Playboy magazine – and, just in case you forgot who she was, she’s sporting a barely-there top with Charlie’s face on it.| You are subscribed to email updates from Crushable To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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