There was a remarkable disconnect happening this year between pop culture and political culture, with the former getting kinkier (the ubiquitous 50 Shades of Grey on bookshelves, the Presidential handjob-heavy Hyde Park on Hudson on movie screens) while the latter threatened to get more prurient and Victorian. Points for trying, but good luck — movies were plenty sexy this year, and after the jump, we’ve assembled ten of the year’s hottest moments. … Read More
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The Fug Report: Highs and Lows from the Week in Fashion
Editor’s note: Welcome to The Fug Report! Each week our fashion blogger friends Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the sartorial geniuses behind Go Fug Yourself, will feature some of the most memorable looks of the week in this space. We hope you enjoy it!
This week on Go Fug Yourself, we checked in… Read More
Watch Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone Sing a Spider-Man Song
When Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield decided to become a real-life couple while shooting The Amazing Spider-Man, some of the more jaded among us might have written it off as a well-timed publicity ploy, something for the weekly rags to obsess about in the months leading up to the film’s July 3rd premiere. But after watching this adorable video that was unearthed by BuzzFeed, we’re convinced that it’s the real deal — or at least we really, really hope it is. How cute are the two of them singing this made-up theme song together? Frankly, it’s enough to permanently erase upside Tobey Maguire from our memory. … Read More
Trailer Park: Of Spies and Spider-Men
Welcome to “Trailer Park,” our regular Friday feature where we collect the week’s new trailers all in one place and do a little “judging a book by its cover,” ranking them from worst to best and taking our best guess at what they may be hiding. We’ve got eight new trailers for your Friday viewing enjoyment; check ‘em all out after the jump. … Read More
Trailer Park: Superheroes, Ghosts, and Orgies
Welcome to “Trailer Park,” our regular Friday feature where we collect the week’s new trailers all in one place and do a little “judging a book by its cover,” ranking them from worst to best and taking our best guess at what they may be hiding. This week, we’ve only got six new ones — perhaps due to last week’s trailer overload — but there are two very big superheroes among them. Check ‘em all out after the jump. … Read More
The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. Check out a full list of last night’s 2011 Golden Globe winners here. Sadly, Laura Linney — who won the award for best performance by an actress in a TV series, comedy or musical for her role on Showtime’s The Big C — missed the ceremony because the day before the show,… Read More
What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds In Our Office
Today at Flavorpill, we got our first glimpse at Andrew Garfield in his Spidey getup. We found out that we have an entirely new astrological sign. We tried to imagine a musical version of Fight Club. We read some incredibly cute letters from little kids to Hogwarts.… Read More
Which of 2010′s New Celebrities Will Make It Through 2011?
Each new year brings with it a flood of brand-new celebrities, from breakthrough musicians and actors to viral video stars and upstart politicians. The question is, whose renown will stick, and who will disappear completely as soon as their Warholian 15 minutes are up? We’ve taken a look at ten of the year’s biggest new names to predict who we’ll still be interested in this time next year and who will already be over by the time the ball drops on New Years Eve. … Read More
Andrew Garfield Is The Next Spider-Man
Variety reports that after hundreds were considered for the part, 26-year-old Andrew Garfield was awarded the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the upcoming 3D reboot of the comic-book franchise. Others close to earning the part were Jamie Bell, Josh Hutcherson, and Alden Ehrenreich. Director Marc Webb had this to … Read More
Rate-a-Trailer: Never Let Me Go
Fans of Kazuo Ishiguro’s twisted sci-fi novel Never Let Me Go, have been worried that Mark Romanek’s film adaptation wouldn’t do the work justice. Judging by this dark, melancholy trailer, it could be Oscar bait, if he doesn’t muck things up, and critics enjoy being seriously depressed. … Read More
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