April 20, 2024

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These 22 People Are Secretly Dressed As Disney Characters

by 11 mins ago

Here’s a kind of surprising thing about Disney: When you go to one of the Mouse House’s theme parks, you’re not allowed to dress in costume. That’s right, Disney fanatics — leave those swords and tunics at home.

It makes sense when you think about it — Disney doesn’t want regular parkgoers confused for official park castmembers — but it’s still kind of a bummer if you’re a person who loves Disney and wants to sartorially express that love in the place where that love is geographically expressed.

Enter DisneyBounding.

As legend has it, blogger Leslie Kay was excited about an upcoming Disney trip and wanted to dress the part. Using characters’ costumes for inspiration, she began to pull together outfits from her own closet that would nod to the films she so loved without veering into costume territory. Closet cosplay? We like it.

We’ve gathered 22 of our favorite DisneyBounding looks from around the web.

1. Ariel from “The Little Mermaid”

2. The White Rabbit from “Alice in Wonderland”

3. Ursula from “The Little Mermaid”

4. Vanessa (Ursula’s human form) from “The Little Mermaid”

5. Peter Pan and Wendy from “Peter pan”

6. Belle from “Beauty and the Beast”

7. Snow White from “Snow White”

8. “The Great Mouse Detective”

9. Gaston from “Beauty and the Beast”

10. Elsa, Anna and Olaf from “Frozen”

11. Anna and Kristoff from “Frozen”

12. Piglet from “Winnie the Pooh”

13. Peter Pan from “Peter Pan”

14. Bernard and Bianca from “The Rescuers”

15. Prince Phillip and Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty”

16. Merida from “Brave”

17. Smee from “Peter Pan”

18. Mickey ...

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Anna Kendrick Is So Happy She Could Sing In First ‘Last Five Years’ Clip

by 4 mins ago

If the first clip from “The Last Five Years” has made one thing clear, it’s that this ish is a musical. It’s not a movie with an amped-up soundtrack, it doesn’t make excuses for characters bursting into song by placing them in the context of performances or daydreams a la “Chicago,” and it’s not shying away from letting us hear its characters sing before we pay for the ticket (“Into the Woods,” we just wanna hear you sing) — it is unflinchingly a musical.

The first clip from the movie is here courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, featuring Anna Kendrick (who’ll be singing a different tune in “Into the Woods” come Christmas) and Jeremy Jordan (“Smash”). We only get to hear Kendrick’s pipes this time around — the stage version of the musical the movie is adapted from has a unique chronology that seems to exclude most duets — but oh, what pipes they are.

Plus, bonus, she’s climbing all over a convertible for no reason that we can really see except that she’s so super in love with Jordan’s face, so. There’s that too. We like it!

“The Last Five Years” debuted over the weekend at Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired by The Weinstein Company. A Valentines Day 2015 release is planned for the movie.

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New ‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’ Trailer Is Fully Freaky

by 9 mins ago

The full, final trailer for “American Horror Story: Freak Show” is here, and mannnnnn, is it freaky.

We’ve gotten glimpses of the show in past weeks — a spooky claw, scary clowns, a sweet/scary lollipop, and a many-legged aerialist come to mind — but this is a great look at many more freaks. There’s a bearded lady, a two-headed Sarah Paulson, and the world’s smallest woman.

Suffice to say, we’re stepping right up. (With all the lights turned on and a non-haunted teddy bear close at hand, of course.)

“American Horror Story: Freak Show” premieres on FX on October 10 at 10 p.m.

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13 Things You Never Knew About ‘Forrest Gump’

by 7 mins ago

We’ve had 20 years now to get to know Gump, Forrest Gump, but surely we don’t quite know everything yet. In celebration of the twentieth anniversary and re-release of “Forrest Gump,” 13 things you probably didn’t know about the classic Tom Hanks movie.

1. Tom Hanks ad-libbed the line “My name is Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.”

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2. After the scene in which Forrest is told to “keep his eye on the ball” while playing ping pong, he never blinks in the ping pong scene.

3. But in every single picture of Forrest shown, his eyes are closed.

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4. After every time jump, Forrest is always wearing a blue plaid shirt.

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5. Haley Joel Osment played the role of Forrest Gump, Jr.

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6. Tom Hanks’ brother, Jim Hanks, was actually filmed in many of the running scenes.

7. When young Forrest tries to find a seat on the bus, one of the girls who denies him is Tom Hanks’ real-life daughter, Elizabeth Hanks.

The first boy in the clip is Alexander Zemeckis, director Robert Zemeckis’ son.

8. Dave Chappelle was originally offered the role of Bubba and turned it down because he found it racially demeaning.

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9. Sally Field, who played Forrest’s mother, is actually only 10 years older than Tom Hanks

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10. Winston Groom, the original novel’s ...

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Share A Coke With WHERE ARE MY DRAGONS

by 24 mins ago

It was bound to happen eventually.

In the midst of the Coke “share a Coke with” marketing campaign madness, what with all the Mambo Number 5-ing and Sherlock-ing going around, it was only a matter of time before we got the (dragon) mother of all #shareacoke photoshops.

Behold, tumblr user thelordberic‘s tribute to the Khaleesi herself.

Share a coke with her, why don’t you? She’s got enough problems, what with the dragons and bazillion names and everything. Girlfriend could use a soft drink, probably.

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Joan Rivers On Dying: ‘I’m Not Afraid’

by 25 mins ago

As the world absorbs the death of legendary comedian Joan Rivers today and remembers her legacy, archives and old appearances are revisited.

You won’t have to look too far back, however, to find Rivers facing the issue of death head-on and saying that she’s not afraid.

In a March 2014 appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Rivers made her statement, loud and clear, no mention of Beyonce-esque wind tunnels at funerals or a guest list including Meryl Streep.

“You’re not afraid of death,” Fallon said. “You’re not afraid of death and getting older.

“Well, too late for getting older,” Rivers quipped immediately. “On my bucket list, number one is wake up. No, I’m not afraid. My father was a doctor, so I was around death all my life. I was very used to it because he was a f**king doctor.”

The segment was cut short for time, but the sentiment is clear.

Watch the full interview below.

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9 Joan Rivers Clips That Prove She Was Everything

by 21 mins ago

Sharp-tongued comedian Joan Rivers, who has been in and summarily mocked the public eye for more than 50 years, died today (September 4) following complications with a throat surgery.

“Maybe you take the worst thing in the world and make it funny, it’s a vacation for a minute from horror,” Rivers once said in an interview with CNN (before famously giving the anchor the what-for and leaving the interview early).

That’s exactly what she did, making us laugh about everything. In the following nine clips spanning her career, she cracks wise about everything from sexuality, her boobs, marriage and death.

1. The Author Spot

In this 1986 interview, the comedian jumps from jokes about aging (a theme that would continue through the next nearly three decades of her career), marriage and her early career. “I went to buy sexy underwear, and they immediately gift wrapped,” the then-53-year-old said.

2. Right Back Up

In 1974, appearing on the “Carol Burnett Show,” Rivers showcased a bra “made of all rubber” which would allow her to “fall down, bounce right back up,” and joked that she was “such a dog, to get me down the aisle they threw a bone” when she got married.

3. A Royal Upset

In an interview with MTV Act, Rivers spoke about her memoir, her charitable work and pissing off Queen Elizabeth.

4. “My Vagina Is So Dry”

It wouldn’t be a Joan Rivers interview without a few :O-worthy off-color jokes, so of course her triumphant return to Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show ...

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Say Hello To Your Couch And Check Out All These Netflix New Additions

by 2 mins ago

The sun is going down earlier these days, and, let’s face it, your couch kind of misses you. That butt-groove you worked so hard on building last winter isn’t looking as spritely as it used to, and what it really needs is a little TLC.

Netflix knows what’s up, so they’ve gone ahead and released a massive list of new movie and TV shows they’ll be adding throughout the month of September to make it easier for you to reunite and bond with your living room furniture.

Did someone say “Cool Runnings”? UM, YES, THEY ABSOLUTELY DID.

Movies:

“A Price Above Rubies”
“A Simple Plan”
“Across the Universe”
“Addams Family Values”
“Alfie”
“An Officer and a Gentleman”
“Anaconda”
“Anastasia”
“Arachnophobia”
“Are We Done Yet”
“Audrey Rose”
“Babies”
“Becoming Jane”
“Blink”
“Blue Car”
“Bounce”
“Braveheart”
“Brian’s Song”
“Chinatown”
“Cool Runnings”
“Coyote Ugly”
“Crocodile Dundee”
“Days of Thunder”
“Deep Blue”
“Defiance”
“Detention”
“Elizabethtown”
“Flubber”
“Girl Rising”
“Girlfight”
“Good Morning, Vietnam”
“Guess Who”
“Hoodwinked”
“Jay and Sielnt Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie”
“Lords of Dogtown”
“Mirage Men”
“School of Rock”
“Small Apartments”
“Swiss Family Robinson”
“The Believers”
“The Blue Lagoon”
“The Unbelievers”
“All is Lost” (Sept. 5)
“Kid Cannibis” (Sept. 6)
“Le Week-End” (Sept. 6)
“Refuge” (Sept. 6)
“Your Sister’s Sister” (Sept. 6)
“Who Is Dayani Cristal?” (Sept. 9)
“Deadly Code” (Sept. 10)
“A Single Man” (Sept. 11)
“Dennis Miller: America 180″ (Sept. 11)
“Filth” (Sept. 11)
“The Moment” (Sept. 11)
“Grace Unplugged: (Sept. 11)
“Justin and the Knights of Valor” (Sept. 13)
“Beginners” (Sept. 16)
“One Day” (Sept. 16)
“Silver Linings Playbook” (Sept. 16)
“3 Days to Kill” (Sept. 17)
“The Double” (Sept. 25)
“Bad Grandpa” (Sept. 27)
“Lullaby” (Sept. 29)
“Killing Them Softly (Sept. 30)

TV shows:

“Californication”
“Chasing UFOs”
“Doomsday Preppers”
“Hinterland”
“Unsealed: Alien Files”
“Zero Hour”
“The Blacklist” Season 1 (Sept. 7)
“Crash & Bernstein” Season 2 (Sept. 10)
“Trailer Park Boys” Season 8 (Sept. 5)
“The League” Season 5 (Sept. 2)
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This Recut ‘Monsters, Inc.’ Trailer Is Less ‘Awww,’ More ‘Ahhhh!’

by 11 mins ago

Despite the fact that it’s called “Monsters, Inc.” and stars actual monsters, it’s generally accepted that the 2001 Pixar movie is actually pretty cute and cuddly. It’s about friendship, tolerance and overcoming prejudice. D’awwww.

This trailer of footage from the movie, recut to invoke the spooky and definitely not about friendship, tolerance and overcoming prejudice vibes of Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus.” More “ahhhhh!” than “awwww,” if you catch our drift. It’s monstrous stuff.

Check out the trailer, edited by The Unusual Suspect, below.

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9 Back-To-School Tips, As Told By Lindsay Lohan Movies

by 33 mins ago

As we head into the new school year, it’s time to take cues from that fount of wisdom that is pop culture. After starring in the definitive high school movie of the modern era (“Mean Girls,” duh) we decided to draw inspiration from the ouvre of Lindsay Lohan.

While we wouldn’t recommend that you take all of Lohan’s fictional or real-life choices to heart, here are nine tips, both big (follow your heart!) and small (uh, watch out!) to keep in mind as you hit the halls for the coming school year.

1. Embrace your flaws

As she says in “Life Size,” perfect gives us a serious case of the zzzs.

2. It never hurts to check in to your chill zone

When you’re freaking out, just take your cues from “Freaky Friday.”

3. A little choreographed dancing can go a long way

When in doubt, dance it out, “Mean Girls” style. The worst that could happen is that someone will get hit in the face with a boom box.

4. Be friendly!

Really! Say hi! You never know who you might meet.

5. Don’t be shy!

Do you, loud and proud, “Life Size”-style. If they don’t like it, well, you don’t need to befriend them anyway.

6. Remember that high school isn’t everything.

Just check the lyrics to “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen” — you can grow up from a wannabe to a star.

7. Hair grows back.

Thinking about changing up your style for the ...

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