Monday, August 15, 2011

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The ‘Glee’ Cast Embraces Fashion for Vogue

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 11:26 AM PDT

Something feels a bit disingenuous about this shoot, and here’s what I think it is: Glee‘s status in the hearts of Americans is as the high school everyman. The characters represent the marginalized teens that exist all across the country: the picked-on gay boy, the overambitious geek, the wheelchair-bound goofball. These are kids in the heartland of the country leading what’s supposed to be a typically middle class American existence — so seeing them decked out in designer duds like background robots in a Black Eyed Peas video is at odds with the very reason we’re supposed to adore them.

The castmembers are serving as the spokespeople for this year’s Fashion’s Night Out, New York City’s annual shopping extravaganza that kicks off the city’s Fashion Week. Here’s a ridiculous quote from the Vogue article wherein creator Ryan Murphy tries to rationalize the shoot as being beneficial for the kids at home:

“Murphy, who admits that for him Fashion's Night Out is ‘all about grooviness and fabulousness and excitement!,’ says that it is empowering for kids all over the country to see the cast donning gorgeous ensembles and having the time of their lives in the FNO public-­service announcement because ‘aspiration and integration are so important.’”

So then, it’s good for kids to see famous people dressed up in nice clothes because it’ll force them to be aspirational about their own fashion choices? Someone alert the Secretary of Education: we’ve got some new policy ideas.

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OK Go Covers ‘The Muppet Show’ Theme Song for Muppets-Themed ‘Green Album’

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 10:35 AM PDT

OK Go has always been forthcoming with their love for the Muppets; you can find plenty of YouTube videos of the bandmates having a staring contest with Animal, or gleefully meeting Kermit the Frog. So we were psyched when we found out that not only are they part of The Green Album, a collection of covers of Muppets-related songs by artists like The Fray and Hayley Williams, but they also had the honor of performing the theme song. It’s a little rougher than the version we grew up with, but you can tell it’s a labor of love.

The Green Album is not the official soundtrack for the Disney movie that’s coming out November 23; that will be released on November 22. You can pre-order it now (it comes out on August 23) and depending how much you’re willing to pay, you could also snag a T-shirt and movie poster. Here’s the cover art and tracklist:

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Brooke Hogan Gets Naked In A Cage For PeTA

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 10:20 AM PDT

Celebuspawn Brooke Hogan is the latest in a long line of celebrities (using the term loosely) to get naked for ostensibly animal rights related reasons. In a complete and utter parody of itself, PeTA put on a benefit art show un-ironically titled “Women In Cages,” featuring (you guessed it) photos of naked women in cages. They are nothing if not consistent.

Now, I don’t have any problem with women posing for sexy photos, but I will never understand why PeTA thinks said photos are going to make people care about animals. The types of people most likely to go vegan–liberal, hippie, compassionate, feminist types–are not generally the kinds of people who want to see photos of blonde, conventionally attractive women getting naked and pretending to be kitty cats. That sort of looks like a picture of the patriarchy to them. Conversely, the Maxim crowd to whom these photos appeal most are not about to give up their wings on game day. Not without a concrete offer of poontang, at least.

Then there’s the argument that these photos elicit compassion by saying, “well, you wouldn’t want to see this stuff done to a person, so why is it okay to do it to an animal?” But in order to show what actually happens to a factory farmed animal, they’d have to wipe that horny look off Brooke’s face and cover her in urine and feces, pump her full of antibiotics, infect her with some kind of sore causing skin disease, and rip her nose off with no anesthetic (if she’s pretending to be a chicken). Therefore, I call bullshit on this argument. And just because someone cares about humans, doesn’t necessarily mean they care about animals. Shouldn’t it be enough just to educate people about what the actual animals go through, and let them decide how they feel about it?

I’ve been a vegan for eight years and a vegetarian for fourteen, because hey, meat is murder. I often write about sex. I watch porn semi-regularly, and I’ve posed for naked pictures myself. If these photos don’t appeal to me, I’m not sure they have much hope with anyone. I will say, however, that I appreciate how they made her hand disappear into her shadowy vaginal area like that. What’s that hand doing down there? The ambiguity, it is classy.

Oh, and here’s the other one:

Sigh.

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Gallery: 10 Horrifying Photos from the Gathering of the Juggalos

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 10:44 AM PDT

The 12th annual Gathering of the Juggalos went down this weekend in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, and droves of the Insane Clown Posse‘s rabid fans were on hand to pelt glass bottles at performer Charlie Sheen and generally run around looking terrifying. How terrifying? “Wouldn’t want to meet these guys in a well-lighted alley while inside an armored truck” terrifying. Check it out:

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Video: Jesse Eisenberg Is The Most Self-Effacing Actor In All The Land

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 09:17 AM PDT

Who doesn’t love Jesse Eisenberg? Jesse Eisenberg doesn’t, apparently. At least, according to this episode of Late Night With Conan O’Brien.

Eisenberg appeared on Conan‘s show to promote his new movie 30 Minutes Or Less last week. Both him and Conan have a reputation for being extremely self-effacing when talking about themselves, so the hulking ginger challenged him to a “self-efface off.” And he accepted!

Jesse scored an early point by saying he wasn’t really ready to compete in a game, but then Conan had a few solid hits with sad facts about his relationship with his mother and women in general. But in the end, nobody can beat that awkward little nebbish, especially when he spaces out pondering how much he hates the shape of his own face. Point Eisenberg. (Don’t worry Jesse, I think you’re great.)

Related: This is the best sketch I’ve seen on a late night talk show in a while. That it was more funny-clever than laugh-out-loud funny suggests that the bar is set rather low. Let’s step it up, guys.

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Time to Grow Up, Millennials: Hilary Duff/Lizzie McGuire Is Pregnant

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 09:13 AM PDT

Yesterday, Hilary Duff joyfully announced that she’s expecting her first child with hubby Mike Comrie. (They got married a little over a year ago.) The news came not through a rep, but on her official site and was addressed to her supportive fans. But it’s her fans who are reacting oddly to the news: Suddenly, they all feel really old.

Go on Twitter, and you’ll see a ton of retweets of basically the same sentiment: Hilary’s pregnancy means that your childhood is over. @ohmyjustinbiebs best outlines the dilemma of all young Millennials in this tweet.

The thing is, Hilary’s Disney career wasn’t even part of these kids’ childhoods. The Lizzie McGuire movie (which marked the end to the TV series) came out in 2003, four years before Selena Gomez‘s Wizards of Waverly Place even started. Zack and Cody weren’t enjoying the Suite Life until 2005. Lizzie McGuire doesn’t even play in repeats, and it’s listed as “DVD availability unknown” on Netflix.

These younger fans know Hilary Duff, of course, but it’s for her later projects like Material Girls and Gossip Girl. Case in point: Even though she’s trending on Twitter, they’ve misspelled her name as Hillary!

One of my friends (who’s 20) best summarized this divide on her Facebook status: The fact that Lizzie McGuire is pregnant makes me feel really old. The kids who watched Zoe 101 must feel ancient. Because these kids should stop pretending like they ever watched Lizzie hang out with Gordo and Miranda, and instead admit that the only teen-star-turned-mother that they have any emotional connection to is Jamie Lynn Spears!

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Video: Tumblr’s David Karp Shills for Uniqlo

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 08:33 AM PDT

Before I get to this video, can I address something separate about Japanese clothing company Uniqlo? My own personal little complaint? So I’m a tiny joke of a human, a toy-sized person, really. I’m 5’3″ on a good day, and hover at a little more than a hundred pounds. Barely a speck in this vast, expansive universe of ours, am I. I’ve mostly learned to deal with this problem by wearing stilts and generally relying on my Napoleon complex to make my mark on this world (Napoliana complex! What?), but certain things make it so very hard to feel like an actual, real thing. One of those things is the sizing at Uniqlo, which is surprisingly large for a Japanese company. They offer the size extra-small, not always the case with clothing stores, but it’s a lie. Their clothes do not fit me, and putting on a dress labeled “XS” only to be dwarfed by it is utterly disheartening. Sigh.

Anyway, Uniqlo tapped Tumblr founder David Karp to talk about his company for a promotional video. What does that have to do with Uniqlo? Well, the thin, green-eyed wunderkind looks handsome in the clothes, at least. I suppose that’s enough, but unfortunately I will never know for sure.

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Dylan O’Brien from MTV’s ‘Teen Wolf’… Revealed!

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 08:00 AM PDT

Upon first sitting down to watch MTV’s Teen Wolf, I decided instantly that the best thing about the show was Stiles, the wolfkid’s best friend and sidekick. Stiles is played by newcomer Dylan O’Brien, an adorable and super charismatic actor. So what’s the deal with this talented youngster we can’t wait to see in more things? Here are five things to know about Dylan:

1. Dylan’s 19 and was born in New York City. He’s a Mets fan, which is something I can definitely get behind. He was still in high school when cast in Teen Wolf.

2. Dylan’s acting career began on YouTube. He created a series of videos under the username moviekidd826, with his friends and family helping him out behind the camera. Here’s one about prom:

http://www.youtube.com/user/moviekidd826

3. He was initially slated to play the lead role on Teen Wolf, but after reading the script decided he was better suited for the character of Stiles, so he talked to his agent about negotiating a switch.

4. He plays drums in a band called Slow Kids at Play. Here’s the music video for their song “Bonfire.”:

5. Although Dylan was new to the game when he was cast in Teen Wolf, his career seems to be taking off. He’ll be seen next in a romantic flick called The First Time.

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