Around 1:00 AM in downtown New York City, police cornered protesters who have been camping in tents in Zuccotti Park (AKA "Liberty Park") for the last two months as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Police, acting on an order from Mayor Bloomberg---the legality of which was specious---gave protesters only minutes to pack up and move, promising that the demonstrators would be able to return once police had "cleaned up" the area.
Then, for the next several hours, NYPD loaded protester...
Rebecca Black cannot be stopped. Rebecca Black is the Song-inator. Internet, you did this. You created her. You didn't get the songstress you wanted; you got the one you deserve.
Anyway. This is her new single, "Person of Interest," which I endlessly looped underneath an Occupy Wall Street live video feed. And the music was STRANGELY SUITABLE. (What this says about my country, I have no idea.)
So? What do we think? Admit it: the song is a little snappier than you thought it would be. />
Rebecca Black cannot be stopped. Rebecca Black is the Song-inator. Internet, you did this. You created her. You didn't get the songstress you wanted; you got the one you deserve.
Anyway. This is her new single, "Person of Interest," which I endlessly looped underneath an Occupy Wall Street live video feed. And the music was STRANGELY SUITABLE. (What this says about my country, I have no idea.)
So? What do we think? Admit it: the song is a little snappier than you thought it would be....
The latest episode of Saturday Night Live was kind of weak, which is too bad, because mothergrabbing Emma Stone was the host. Emma Stone! (She hosted a year ago, too, but still! Emma Stone!)
So none of these clips is laugh-out-loud riotous, but you might hook your thumbs into your pants pockets, nod like a hipster at a Steve Malkmus concert, and just kind of mutter "That's cool, that's cool."
I'm not sure whether "Technology Hump" is safe for work, because it's pretty unsubtle. It's probably OK to watch over in the IT department...
Ha! Check out Jennifer Love Hewitt's dewy-eyed rendition of "Don't Give Up." Those bangs!
It's pretty common knowledge that Jennifer Love Hewitt began her showbiz career with a role on "Kids Incorporated," right? And then, by the tender age of 12, she was a Japanese pop star, to boot.
Back then, though, she was just Love Hewitt, which brings an entirely too literal meaning to the lyrics "I've changed my face, I've changed my name."
I admit I never watched much "Kids Incorporated" back then, even though I fell pretty squarely into their primo demographic (musical theater and beginner's jazz!), but now I remember why. This is a pretty uncomfortable video.
(Just for fun, you can also watch Fergie shimmy her way through a slightly sanitized version of "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" over here.) />
Ha! Check out Jennifer Love Hewitt's dewy-eyed rendition of "Don't Give Up." Those bangs!
It's pretty common knowledge that Jennifer Love Hewitt began her showbiz career with a role on "Kids Incorporated," right? And then, by the tender age of 12, she was a Japanese pop star, to boot.
Back then, though, she was just Love Hewitt, which brings an entirely too literal meaning to the lyrics "I've changed my face, I've changed my name."
I admit I never watched much "Kids Incorporated" back then, even though I fell pretty squarely into their primo demographic...
The Internet, with all its promises of Diego Luna, just tricked me into watching the new Katy Perry video, "The One That Got Away."
Don't get me wrong---this is not a great music video. It's silly. This isn't a very good song, either (to adapt something my friend Matt once said about Rihanna, "She's really good at riding one note"). When she's "acting," Katy Perry is given to melodrama, and ugh, the old-age makeup she's wearing is just terrible.
But Diego Luna…! Real, actual-good-actor Diego Luna…! So handsome and artistically tortured, with his leather jacket and his hair all wild! Leaving Katy Perry in a fit of indignant ire! Oh, no! Now they'll never grow old together! Oh, no!
It's as credible a romantic scenario as any, and then there's all that wistfulness and that Johnny Cash song, and in spite of myself, I may have gotten the sniffles. (Or maybe I bawled uncontrollably and rolled around the floor for awhile.) Damn you, Perry! Damn you! />
The Internet, with all its promises of Diego Luna, just tricked me into watching the new Katy Perry video, "The One That Got Away."
Don't get me wrong---this is not a great music video. It's silly. This isn't a very good song, either (to adapt something my friend Matt once said about Rihanna, "She's really good at riding one note"). When she's "acting," Katy Perry is given to melodrama, and ugh, the old-age makeup she's wearing is just terrible.
But Diego Luna…! Real, actual-good-actor Diego Luna…! So handsome and artistically tortured, with his leather jacket and his hair all wild! Leaving Katy Perry in a fit of indignant ire! Oh, no! Now they'll never gro...
"I read somewhere that Abercrombie & Fitch offered to pay The Situation not to wear their clothes---but who am I to say who should be wearing mine? I do remember someone saying that… what's Paris Hilton's sister called? Isn't it Nicky or something? Anyway, she apparently talked to someone about my first collection, and was like, 'I don't get it.' I was like, Good! I'm glad she doesn't get it. It's not for her. Besides, what's there to get with clothes? So if Snooki wants to wear my clothes, go ...
I have a quick story. It doubles as a cautionary parable, though, so stick with it:
When I was 18 and away at college for the first time, I was thrilled to finally be outside my parents' reach. So, as many incoming college freshmen do, I went out of control. I pierced my ears! I ate ice cream for breakfast sometimes. And sometimes---don't tell my mom!---I played Atari before I did my homework.
That same autumn, Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream came to theaters. I was so excited! I could...
Lately Madame Tussauds has been losing its touch, I think. Ah, well: that didn't stop the legendary museum from premiering its newest waxwork in London today.
Just at a glance, can you tell who this figure is meant to be? (I think I may have already given her identity away, if inadvertently. Oops.)
Still, I don't know. I will say that this girl is one of my favorites. She's talented, she's mouthy, and she's a Serial Naked---she will always strip down for her art---and I so want to love th...
Whoops! I see, now, that it is difficult to fit Brett Ratner's entire head on just one website. My apologies.
Let's all catch up: a short while ago, X-Men 3 director Brett Ratner was doing press rounds for his new flick Tower Heist, which reportedly is not a good movie. (Surprise! Sorry, guys, I know you were excited.) And in the course of a Q&A, he actually managed to utter the phrase "Rehearsal is for f*gs."
And on the one hand, Oh! How edgy and off-the-cuff, Mr. John Mayer! And on a...
Check out this photo Oprah tweeted of herself last week (via Celebritology). More specifically, look at her face! Ha ha!
I'm not sure you can altogether make out what's happening here, so let me just unpack it for you: Oprah is firewalking. (She looks like she's pretty serious about getting from one end of that carpet of coals to the other, too.) Next to her, in the Madonna headset? That's famed motivational speaker Tony Robbins, encouraging Oprah to walk harder. Man, I always knew there was something culty a...
Sorry, everyone. Emily mused yesterday that Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries might yet put aside their differences and give their marriage another shot. And I had halfway extended hope! Because I am a hopeless romantic!
We were all so, so wrong, you guys:
Kim Kardashian is trying to find closure in her short-lived marriage to Kris Humphries.
Despite speculation that reconciliation was on the horizon, the 31-year-old reality star's reason for flying to Minnesota over the weekend to see Humphries, 26...
Around 1:00 AM in downtown New York City, police cornered protesters who have been camping in tents in Zuccotti Park (AKA "Liberty Park") for the last two months as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Police, acting on an order from Mayor Bloomberg---the legality of which was specious---gave protesters only minutes to pack up and move, promising that the demonstrators would be able to return once police had "cleaned up" the area.
Then, for the next several hours, NYPD loaded protester...
The latest episode of Saturday Night Live was kind of weak, which is too bad, because mothergrabbing Emma Stone was the host. Emma Stone! (She hosted a year ago, too, but still! Emma Stone!)
So none of these clips is laugh-out-loud riotous, but you might hook your thumbs into your pants pockets, nod like a hipster at a Steve Malkmus concert, and just kind of mutter "That's cool, that's cool."
I'm not sure whether "Technology Hump" is safe for work, because it's pretty unsubtle. It's probably OK to watch over in the IT department...
"I read somewhere that Abercrombie & Fitch offered to pay The Situation not to wear their clothes---but who am I to say who should be wearing mine? I do remember someone saying that… what's Paris Hilton's sister called? Isn't it Nicky or something? Anyway, she apparently talked to someone about my first collection, and was like, 'I don't get it.' I was like, Good! I'm glad she doesn't get it. It's not for her. Besides, what's there to get with clothes? So if Snooki wants to wear my clothes, go ...
I have a quick story. It doubles as a cautionary parable, though, so stick with it:
When I was 18 and away at college for the first time, I was thrilled to finally be outside my parents' reach. So, as many incoming college freshmen do, I went out of control. I pierced my ears! I ate ice cream for breakfast sometimes. And sometimes---don't tell my mom!---I played Atari before I did my homework.
That same autumn, Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream came to theaters. I was so excited! I could...
Lately Madame Tussauds has been losing its touch, I think. Ah, well: that didn't stop the legendary museum from premiering its newest waxwork in London today.
Just at a glance, can you tell who this figure is meant to be? (I think I may have already given her identity away, if inadvertently. Oops.)
Still, I don't know. I will say that this girl is one of my favorites. She's talented, she's mouthy, and she's a Serial Naked---she will always strip down for her art---and I so want to love th...
Whoops! I see, now, that it is difficult to fit Brett Ratner's entire head on just one website. My apologies.
Let's all catch up: a short while ago, X-Men 3 director Brett Ratner was doing press rounds for his new flick Tower Heist, which reportedly is not a good movie. (Surprise! Sorry, guys, I know you were excited.) And in the course of a Q&A, he actually managed to utter the phrase "Rehearsal is for f*gs."
And on the one hand, Oh! How edgy and off-the-cuff, Mr. John Mayer! And on a...
Check out this photo Oprah tweeted of herself last week (via Celebritology). More specifically, look at her face! Ha ha!
I'm not sure you can altogether make out what's happening here, so let me just unpack it for you: Oprah is firewalking. (She looks like she's pretty serious about getting from one end of that carpet of coals to the other, too.) Next to her, in the Madonna headset? That's famed motivational speaker Tony Robbins, encouraging Oprah to walk harder. Man, I always knew there was something culty a...
Sorry, everyone. Emily mused yesterday that Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries might yet put aside their differences and give their marriage another shot. And I had halfway extended hope! Because I am a hopeless romantic!
We were all so, so wrong, you guys:
Kim Kardashian is trying to find closure in her short-lived marriage to Kris Humphries.
Despite speculation that reconciliation was on the horizon, the 31-year-old reality star's reason for flying to Minnesota over the weekend to see Humphries, 26...