Friday, December 23, 2011

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Art Crush: Famous Actresses Drawn As Lisbeth Salander

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 11:01 AM PST

By now, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo protagonist is Rooney Mara in our eyes and we couldn’t see her any other way. But oh, how different things could have been if David Fincher had gone with another Hollywood actress! Ryan Casey, created of the web comic But You’re Like Really Pretty, imagined a slew of famous leading ladies as Lisbeth Salander, tats and all.

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P!nk Saves a Puppy, Gives Us an Idea For a New Christmas Special

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 10:45 AM PST

First, the sad news- there’s someone out there this Christmas season who thought it was a good idea to throw a puppy into the LA river, breaking three of it’s legs.

The good news, the puppy is ok now that he’s received life saving surgery thanks to P!nk’s $5,000 donation.

When the singer read the story about the poor little puppy in need she called an animal rescue organization called Ace of Hearts and offered to pay for any medical care the pup might need to be restored to it’s pre-dive state.

I propose some screen writers get on this idea asap, so it’ll be ready for the holiday made for TV movie season next year. To give it some extra heart, they should write in a chain reaction, until Justin Bieber is saving baby penguins, Adele adopts a whole shelter of kittens, and Mick Jagger opens a home for twelve-year-old golden retrievers. It’ll be the cutest Christmas special ever written.

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Hilary Duff’s Baby Bump is Festive

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 09:38 AM PST


Once I get over my initial reaction to any Hilary Duff baby bump picture (Gordo, what did you do!?) I have to admit this is pretty sweet.

Duff tweeted this family Christmas photo last night, giving her sis Hailey credit for the present portrait.

Hilary’s baby boy is due in early 2012, and with this much artistic flair for a pre-birth photo I’m excited to see what kind of creativity goes into the birth announcements. I vote for a Starry Starry Night onesie and some Jackson Pollock socks.

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The Daily WTF: LEGO Occupy Wall Street

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 09:35 AM PST

Boy, the Occupy movement really has gone global! First New York, then the rest of the country, then Europe, and now the LEGO universe! Someone with a whole lot of patience has created this LEGO set full of protesters and they’ve even given it a Twitter handle – @OccupyLegoLand. The twitter bio reads: “Helping the people of Lego Land’s 99% that they are not Lego ‘Lands’ but a Lego NATION!!!”

You tell them, LEGO men! My question here is: shouldn’t they be dirtier? And smell of marijuana just a little bit?

(via BuzzFeed)

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What Your Christmas Day Movie Choice Says About You

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 09:35 AM PST

So it’s Saturday, December 25, and you’re booking movie tickets on Fandango. Obviously there’s the cliche of Jews eating Chinese food and watching movies on Christmas, but my family also made a tradition out of going to the movie theater after presents and while my dad cooked Christmas dinner. Regardless, during the holiday break you’ll likely see at least one of the movies being released this week. So which one is best for you?

Some came out on Wednesday; others are out today. Unlike the post with what your favorite classic Christmas movie says about you, I’m including trailers so you can have the best chance of choosing your ideal movie.

The Adventures of Tintin

What it’s about: Whiz kid journalist Tintin (Jamie Bell) buys a cool ship model, only to discover that it holds the key to a sunken treasure. With the evil Ivan Ivanovich Sakharine (Daniel Craig) racing to track down the treasure first, Tintin and his trusty dog Snowy team up with a drunken ship captain (Andy Serkis) and travel all over the world.

What it says about you: You loved building forts and going on Easter egg hunts as a kid.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

What it’s about:  I’m giving you the cool, stylish trailer instead of the informative one because you already know the story: Punk hacker with Asperger’s teams up with newspaper reporter to solve a decades-old mystery.

What it says about you: You’re suffering a bad break-up and have to remind yourself that Lisbeth Salander had it much worse. That, and you’re an incredibly curious person—you have to know if David Fincher‘s take starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara matches up to the Swedish version.

We Bought A Zoo

What it’s about: Widower Matt Damon spontaneously decides to purchase a new house that happens to be on an animal preserve—so of course he and his kids have to rebuild it and take care of the lions, tigers, and bears (oh my) housed there. Plus Scarlett Johansson is the mouthy animal wrangler or something who slowly falls for Matt.

What it says about you: There’s still a collection of stuffed animals sitting on your bed.

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Hollywood Casting Agent Is Hoping To Make A ‘Geek Jersey Shore‘

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 09:06 AM PST

It looks like Jersey Shore is the new model for reality TV, unfortunately for us all. The latest attempt at a spin-off comes straight from the JS casting agent, who put out an add looking for nerds who want to showcase their fringe lifestyle for millions of viewers. The casting call reads:

“To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new lifestyles and relationships, to boldly go where no fanboy or fangirl has gone before. If you are a guy or girl and get all the references in The Big Bang Theory, can quote the Original Trilogy, can spot a Cylon among us, wish you could’ve attended Hogwarts, Starfleet Academy, or Xavier’s School for the Gifted, join the horde, and revere masters of science fiction and fantasy we want you!!! We’re looking for those who value brains over brawn, substance over status quo and march to the beat of their own cantina band.” The ad assumes that the rest can go without saying, and so does not include the follow-up sentence, preferring to leave it strongly implied: “But who still desperately want to be famous and are willing to get drunk and have sex on camera (preferably while wearing Hobbit pajamas).”

Oh boy, brains over brawn. I would watch this if these people were forced to live in a house with the Jersey Shore castmembers, who would torment them all day and night.

(via Vulture)

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It Turns Out Drake Wasn’t Super Thrilled About That Crazy Forehead Tattoo

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 08:42 AM PST

Remember that girl who got Drake‘s name tattooed in enormous block lettering across her forehead? Well, news of the incident has reached the Canadian rapper himself, and it turns out Drake is less-that-flattered by the gesture. Basically, he wants to know what the hell the gal was thinking.

In this interview, Drake also got pretty upset at the tattoo artist (a man in LA named Kevin Campbell), going so far as to call him a “fucking asshole.” Which is unfair, right? I mean, that’s kind of his job. And just think of all the joy his work on this wayward girl’s forehead has brought the Internet.

(via Vulture)

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They Are Making A Nerd Version Of The Jersey Shore

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 08:35 AM PST

Hey, nerd! Yeah, you with the glasses and the twenty-sided die and the…other things a nerd likes. If you admire the sensitive portrayal of human relationships seen on The Jersey Shore and wish there was a show like that for you, you’re in luck. The Jersey Shore‘s producers are casting for a new reality show, and they are looking for the nerdliest nerds they can find.

The casting notice reads as follows:

Doron Ofir Casting and 495 Productions is proud to launch the search for the most passionately obsessed, proudly self-identified pop culture fanatics from the worlds of comics, graphic novels, sci-fi, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television.

FANDOM RISING will boldly go where no fanboy or fangirl has gone before! If you are a guy or girl who gets all the references in "The Big Bang Theory," quotes the Original Trilogy, revels in spotting Cylons among us, joins the horde, wishes to attend Hogwarts, Starfleet Academy, or Xavier's School for the Gifted, and reveres masters of science fiction and fantasy — this is the show for you!!!.

You are officially being summoned for an experimental documentary series that takes a deeper look at the lives and relationships of people who love fantasy, fiction, cosplay, comics, gaming and science.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… men and women were free to create their own universes, passionately collect their obsessions, and proudly celebrate their eccentricities without any persecution from their peers. Now it's time for the nerds to once again have their revenge, and show just why it's the geeks who shall inherit the Earth," Doron Ofir, President.

FANDOM RISING is currently looking for those who value brains over brawn, substance over status quo, and march to the beat of their own cantina band. If your life is filled with the exquisite, the extraordinary and the exceptional, you are officially being summoned to join the Fandom Rising!

And here’s my favorite part:

You may live on “an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of the universe,” within a wrinkle in time, playing out a game of thrones and living within the romance of love with the undead, but you make the most out of it. Your life is filled with the exquisite, the extraordinary, the exceptional … whether you’re ridiculed or respected for it, your time has come.

It’s like they played Mad Libs with a random nerd buzzword generator. They forgot to reference Lord Of The Rings!

I’m morbidly curious as to how they will sex this show up…they’re going to have to plant some serious agent provocateurs to keep each episode from being an hour of watching people eat chips and play Dungeons and Dragons. Where will they have the nerds live? And will they replace the hot tub with a tub of liquid space plasma? So many questions.

Anyway, if this sounds like your thing, here’s the online application. Go forth and famewhore.

(Via Blastr)

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Late Agent Advised Jennifer Aniston To Try To Obtain Some Of Brad Pitt’s Sperm

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 08:04 AM PST

Is there any long gone Hollywood couple people like to dwell on more than Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston? Jen might be sending out joint Christmas cards with her new man Justin Theroux now,  but not even that can stop the reminiscences from rolling in.

In an obituary for agent Sue Mengers that came out today, we get yet another tidbit on that relationship that ended seven years ago. It’s included without elaboration at the end of a paragraph illustrating Mengers’  “softer side”:

But she had a soft, warm side; she was a yenta who loved fixing people up, in work and in love. If a match struck, she would urge the woman, "We have to close the deal." After Brad Pitt left Jennifer Aniston for Angelina Jolie, Mengers told me that she advised her beloved Jen to ask Brad for some of his sperm.

Wait, what? I would like to know more about this warm, soft, advice Mengers gave to Jen to impregnate herself with Brad’s baby batter. Wasn’t part of the reason they broke up that Jen wasn’t too keen on kids? How did Jen react to this insane advice? Did she, um, ask him? We’ll probably never know, as Mengers is dead. One of many sad things about obituaries is you can’t ask follow-up questions.

(Via The New York Times)

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Heidi Klum Is A Pantless Santa Claus

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 07:50 AM PST

There are certain things that I never need to see, despite any explanations, and one of them is a pantless Santa Claus! What are you thinking, Heidi Klum? Heidi tweeted this photo along with the caption, “Mrs. Claus going to work.”

So okay, then she’s Mrs. Claus and not Santa, but still — neither member of the Claus family should ever be without their pants! Heidi, what will your children think? I know they’re only toddlers, but they’re bound to have Twitter accounts by now.

(via)

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