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Carly Rae Jepsen And Ryan Gosling Should Be The Next Canadian Power Couple

Natalie Zutter — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:06:15 +0000

Part of what we love about Carly Rae Jepsen is that she’s a typical twentysomething. And in a recent video interview with MTV, she revealed herself to be even more of an Everywoman by admitting that she has a crush on Ryan Gosling. Or as she said,

“I’m obsessed with Ryan Gosling. Not in like, the creepy way, I hope. Just in like, a healthy way… I’m obsessed with him in a completely normal way.”

At this point, to not daydream about Ryan Gosling talking feminism to you or pulling you out of the way of a speeding taxi cab means you don’t have a pulse… and yet, we can totally see Carly Rae dating Ryan. Mostly because they’re both Canadian, and there was something really sweet about him dating fellow Canuck Rachel McAdams back in 2005.

If we close our eyes while listening to “Call Me Maybe,” we can pretend it’s Ryan who’s the subject of Carly Rae’s lyrical love letter. Your stare was holdin/Ripped jeans, skin was showin’/Hot night, wind was blowin’? That describes him in just about every movie, though especially his most recent big romantic role in Crazy, Stupid, Love last summer.

Plus, they’re both incredibly memeworthy, as you can see from the above photo. His face plus her lyrics… it’s a match made in internet heaven.

Photo: Troll.me

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TheGrindstone — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:49:46 +0000

Forbes put out what feels like its 87th list this month with the release of the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Jennifer Lopez, with her $52 million in earnings in the last year and omnipresent-like quality, topped the list. Six other women including Oprah, Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga managed to nab spots in the top 10. According to the Washington Post, this female heavy top tier shows the importance of “us ladies in the whole being-famous-and-generating-money business, the sort of significant thing that studio moguls should probably pay attention to.” More »

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If Matthew McConaughey’s Stripper Scene In Magic Mike Made You Hot, This Interview Will Make You Orgasm

Jenni Maier — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:27:34 +0000

Forget every “good” movie you’ve rushed to the theaters to see this year because we’re positive that the epic stripper drama Magic Mike will blow them all away. The movie stars genuine Hollywood hunks like Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey. Men so wonderfully beautiful and well-sculpted that you can’t help but use the incredibly outdated Teen Witch era term “hunk.”

This month the free-spirited actor/drummer Matthew McConaughey spoke with The Advocate about his gay fanbase, his filthy movie dancing and how he would respond to his kids if they came out. His answers simultaneously made me want to smile and check TBS to see if How To Lose a Guy in 10 Day was on. While I did smile, I’m sorry to say H.T.L.A.G.I.T.D was not playing.

When asked if he enjoyed stripping for the movie (as much as future movie viewers will enjoy watching), he responds:

At first it was scary as hell, but then it became like a drug, and I couldn’t wait to do it again. Look, I love to dance, but I’ve never been a stripper. Channing’s one of the best hip-hop street dancers I’ve ever seen, and I didn’t want to challenge his style, so I worked on my own strengths. I also knew that my dance had to be the dirtiest. It had to be wonderfully filthy.

A compliment for his male co-star and a nod to his wonderfully filthy dancing. What a gentleman! A knight in shining armor. Thong armor of course. He is a stripper.

He goes on to say that the support of the gay community means the world to him. And then makes my heart grow 3 sizes by continuing on to say that we need to do more than just “tolerate” people who identify as LGBT. It’s about empowering, not oppressing.

It’s much appreciated. You know, I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I’m for anything life-affirmative. I’m for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who’s different. You know those World Cup banners about tolerance? I always thought that was one short. No, don’t just tolerate me. Understand and accept me.

And now, just in case you’re not convinced that Matt (yes, we’re on first name basis now) is all kinds of awesome, this is how he responds to a question about his own children potentially coming out.

That’s got to be really hard for a child, even if they think the parents’ reaction is going to be great. I’d sit down, talk to them, and ask them to walk me through how they knew, because I’d want to be open about it. There’s nothing in me that can understand disowning your child because they’re gay. You deal with it, you support them, and you also help prepare them for how some people in the world will treat and think of them. I don’t think you can sugarcoat it, because they will run into some adversity and roadblocks.

Honesty and realism and acceptance all wrapped up into a nice quote. His children are not only lucky to come from physically beautiful parents, but also from wonderfully open parents.

This interview definitely made me respect the Rom-Com actor a lot more and slightly made up for his horrible choice to be in the Kathy Bates thriller Failure to Launch. I could wax poetic all day about this interview, which you should read in full, but I’d prefer to spend my time figuring out when the first Magic Mike tickets go on sale.

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Anchorman 2 Teaser Poster Doesn’t Tell Us Much About The Sequel But Is Still Occasion For Scotch

Natalie Zutter — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:54:17 +0000

We’re cautiously optimistic about Anchorman 2, and so far this new teaser poster doesn’t tell us anything—but its mere presence is also really exciting! Even just seeing these guys’ legs brings back memories of that wonderfully quotable movie… But who’s wearing two different pant legs? Well, Anchorman did have some very ’70s fashions.

OK, there’s one thing we might have learned: Seems like the sequel will be called Anchorman: The Legend Continues. Could it pick up in the ’80s where the original movie ended, or will it be some sort of go-between? Only time — and some teasers with actual plot details — will tell.

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The Daily WTF: Man Stages Real Life Simpsons Episode, Protests Getting Cut Off At All-U-Can-Eat Seafood Restaurant

Jamie Peck — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:58:50 +0000

We did it, America! And by “it,” I mean “re-enact that Simpsons episode where Homer gets cut off at the all-u-can-eat seafood buffet.”

In events eerily similar to the plot of that TV show, a Wisconsin man has decided to protest a local restaurant for cutting off his fried fish intake at what was advertised as an “all-u-can-eat” fish fry. Bill Wisth was just minding his business ordering his 13th piece of fish at Chuck’s Place when disaster struck: they told him he couldn’t have any more. Because they were “running out of fish for other patrons.” Also, because they are motherless Nazis.

They let him take eight pieces of fish home with him, but Bill Wisth was still hungry, dammit. He then proceeded to call the police on the restaurant (at which he has a running tab), alleging false advertising, which is not an arrestable offense, but aaaw. When that didn’t work, he made the saddest looking picket sign ever and took his story to the media.

While I have some sympathy for the restaurant, which has been terrorized by Bill for years, it’s also clear they were tempting fate by offering up an “all u can eat” night and expecting him not to show up and eat them out of house and home. A deal’s a deal, people. Give a man all-u-can-eat fish, and he eats for a lifetime.

(Via Best Week Ever)

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New Four-Minute Trailer For The Amazing Spider-Man Released, And All We Can Say Is Yes, Yes Please

Alexis Rhiannon — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:55:11 +0000

Did you watch America’s Got Talent earlier this week? If not, check out what you missed — a new four-minute trailer for the upcoming movie The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone.

There’s a whole new scene where Spider-Man rescues a kid from a burning car hanging off a bridge by spider-string (oh man, that happens to my car all the time) that I don’t think has been released before. The kid is super scared so Spidey gives him his mask and tells him it’ll make him strong. Did my eyes tear up? They may have teared up.

It looks like parts of the story we haven’t seen in previous movies, with a lot of human moments of weakness and humor, which I think is a great direction for the franchise to go in. Annnd even if you’re not a comic book nerd, why not go just to watch Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield meet and fall in love and become the adorable couple that we know them as today: Emmandrew Garfstone? Andra Starfield?

…I’ll work on it.

In the mean time, you watch the trailer a few times. I highly recommend the witty banter with the car-thief; it’s delicious.

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Mindy Kaling Cried In The Airport When She Found Out Her Show Had Been Picked Up

Jamie Peck — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:00:18 +0000

How do I love Mindy Kaling? I’d count the ways, but I don’t have time right now, so I will focus on one particular way. She reacts to her superhuman accomplishments the same way any regular person would: by bursting into tears while attempting to board a plane.

Mindy kept a diary for Vulture during Fox’s “upfronts,” the shadowy proceedings that decide which shows get picked up for the upcoming season. When she heard the good news, she was in the airport waiting to board a plane to fly back to New York from her parents’ house in Boston, and this happened:

7:15 p.m.
At Logan Aiport, and as my flight is boarding, [Fox's] Kevin Reilly calls. It is good news. I immediately burst into tears. The people at the terminal counter think my boyfriend has just broken up with me over the phone, but I don’t care. I love Kevin so much.

7:20 p.m.
Call my Dad. I start crying again. The airline people at the gate now think I am going through something super awful. The plane really needs me to board now.

I love it that we’ve come to a point in our pop cultural evolution where “girly” is not synonymous with “weak” or “stupid;” Mindy Kaling can admit to crying in the airport over her kick ass accomplishments before going out to kick yet more ass. In fact, I’d argue much of her strength actually comes from this vulnerability. It’s hard to write human characters if you forget what it’s like to be human, and part of Mindy’s appeal lies in the fact that she’s able to capture the weirdness and awkwardness of everyday life, even as she’s writing for larger-than-life TV shows.

I also love it that she enjoys watching Chris Evans movies and attempts to celebrate her victory with an Egg McMuffin. Really, the whole thing is pretty great and worth reading.

(Via Vulture)

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Oh, To Be A Wee Swaddled Bebe In Chris Hemsworth’s ManHands

Alexis Rhiannon — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:48:47 +0000

I don’t know what you personally were doing on May 11th, 2012, but India Rose Hemsworth was busy becoming the new luckiest person in the world, as she was born to Chris Hemsworth and his wife Elsa Pataky and now gets to ride around in Chris’ hands like an adorably swaddled football.

The new family is wandering around London today generally being charming and pausing every so often so that Chris can be photographed staring with adoration at his new baby girl.

How come you never look at me like that anymore, Chris? I really thought we had something. Sigh. Everything’s just really confusing right now; so many sensations. My body feels so warm and tingly and…

…jealous-y.

(Images: socialitelife.com)

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Meet Chloe Moretz, Your New Favorite Fashion Zombie

Alexis Rhiannon — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:47:51 +0000

(Image: Flaunt Magazine)

Fifteen-year old Chloe Moretz has a new interview and photo-shoot out with Flaunt Magazine, which I read was advertised as some of her ‘most mature’ work yet. To be honest, that ‘mature’ word definitely sets off some warning bells in my head, as its usually a euphemism for younger actresses getting over-sexualized way too early, and I don’t want that for Chloe.

And hurray! I got my wish! After looking through them, there’s nothing remotely sexual about her new photos for Flaunt. But there’s nothing remotely…cheerful about them, either. I don’t know if it was a stylist recommendation, or Chloe’s own choice, but she isn’t smiling in a single picture. She’s got the ‘zombie-chic’ look completely nailed,which is great for Kate Moss, but slightly off-putting for someone the age of a high-school sophomore.

Granted, I’d much rather have this joyless grayblahmishmash than the Miley Cyrus half-nude poses for that Vanity Fair photo-shoot back in 2008 (when Miley was also fifteen)…but Chloe’s so cute when she’s smiling! It makes her seem so normal and happy! Look at these pictures from her appearance on The Late Show:

(Image: CBS.com)

She’s so adorable! Smile, Chloe! We like that you’re fifteen! We don’t want you to turn into an over-stressed, moody, gross adult like the rest of us! To be fair, Chloe does seem like she has a pretty good grasp on her own youth and what that means to her. Apparently she’s been putting off offers to do a fashion campgain, saying:

‘I’m not doing campaigns yet. I want to wait a couple years, because I think if I do it right now, where am I going to go when I’m 20 and I’ve already done two campaigns or something? You know, I figure, why do everything so young and so fast? I’m only 15. Why rush everything? I’m saving a lot of stuff for later. A fashion campaign will come in due time.’

Good for you, Chloe. I’ve probably been worrying about you unnecessarily, because that’s way more sensible than I was at your age. So yeah, keep listening to your own advice, and maybe just take our advice and smile a little more. You’ll thank us when you’re older.

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Superbad Director Considering Adapting The Marriage Plot, Which Might Make This Book More Relatable

Natalie Zutter — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:24:18 +0000

At first I thought it was the strangest mash-up to have Superbad director Greg Mottola writing the screenplay for Jeffrey Eugenides‘ novel The Marriage Plot. Although both pieces of work deal with coming of age and exploring your sexuality, there’s a vast difference between Eugenides’ literature-obsessed heroine Madeleine and Jonah Hill‘s character cursed with the affliction of drawing dicks all the time.

However, this very different viewpoint could be beneficial toward the book’s adaptation to film. The highbrow nature of The Marriage Plot – including Madeleine’s obsession with the literary trope that gives the novel its title — was a turn-off for me in parts. While I could relate to the characters slowly finding themselves (through volunteer work in India and weathering mental illness) as well as the love triangle between sturdy Leonard and geeky Mitchell, in some ways I still felt detached from the 1980s setting and didn’t really root for any characters.

But Mottola wrote Adventureland, which shares a lot in common with The Marriage Plot: The protagonist graduates from Oberlin in 1987 and plans to spend the summer in Europe before grad school, when his parents tell him they’re cutting him off financially and instead he’s forced to work at an amusement park. Critics praised Mottola for conjuring up the 1980s atmosphere without being campy; furthermore, the performances across the board were stellar and the love story believable.

In fact, The Marriage Plot‘s underdog Mitchell reminds me a lot of Jesse Eisenberg‘s role here. Considering that almost half of the book is from his point of view, we need someone who’s already proven that he understands this specific perspective. So far Mottola is just in early talks, but I’m already warming to the idea.

Photos: Vulture, Goodreads

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