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Photos of 32 Famous Actors and Their Doubles

By Jennifer Lewis on

[Editor's note: In celebration of the holidays, we're spending the next two Tuesdays by counting down the top 12 Flavorwire features of 2012. This post, at #11, was originally published July 6th.] If you’re anything like us, you often find yourself struggling to catch tiny glimpses of stunt doubles’ faces in action movies. There’s no way Tom Cruise is capable of all those impossible missions in Mission: Impossible, right? Thanks to a post on good ol’ Reddit, we were recently graced with 17 fascinating photos of actors side-by-side with their stunt doubles. Some look exactly alike, while others — er, we’ll let you judge stuntman Will Arnett’s hairline and stuntwoman Jennifer Lopez’s gender for yourself. We did a bit of digging to bring you even more photos of actors with their stunt doubles and stand ins, so check ‘em out after the jump, and hit the comments to let us know who wins and loses the lookalike contest. … Read More

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Film

Watch Kevin Smith’s New Film Review Show, ‘Spoilers’

By Judy Berman on

We all know Kevin Smith has a lot of opinions — especially on film critics — so it made a lot of sense when we learned last month that he had an “anti-movie review” show called Spoilers coming to Hulu. What differentiates the series from, say, At the Movies, is that it relies on the opinions of average folks, 50 of whom Smith takes to a movie and then asks for citizen critiques. Now, Slashfilm has tipped us off that the premiere is live, and it certainly does democratize the film review experience, for better or worse. The episode centers on Snow White and the Huntsman, which didn’t win over much of the dude-heavy crowd, although Smith still found a few good things to say about it. Later in the show, he geeks it up with guest Carrie Fisher and gives a shout out to Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise — and, of course, Silent Bob gets a visit from the one and only Jay. Watch Spoilers after the jump. … Read More

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Books

10 of the Most Hilarious Memoirs You’ll Ever Read

By Emily Temple on

This week saw the release of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir), by internet-famous comedienne Jenny Lawson, whose tagline is “Like Mother Teresa, Only Better.” Well, we don’t think we’re quite ready to give an opinion on that, but the release of Lawson’s hilarious memoir got us thinking about how much we love a good true-to-life rib-cracking tale. In truth, many of the most successful memoirs are funny, if only because the trials and tribulations of any human life always tend to have a little bit of absurdity to them, and because any good memoir cuts the pain a little bit with a joke or two. But these go above and beyond the usual wry self-deprecation, and are guaranteed to have you giggling to yourself long into the night. Click through to read our list of the funniest memoirs we could think of, and be sure to suggest your own favorites in the comments. … Read More

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Celebrity

Celebrities with Awesomely Strange Twitter Pictures

By Jennifer Lewis on

Ah, the Twitter profile picture. Which do you prefer — a glamor shot or an action shot? An indoor shot or an outdoor shot? A chimpanzee or an eagle? For most celebrities, Twitter is yet another medium for sharing overly attractive professional photos with the public. For others? It’s an opportunity to boast about that time they sipped a smoothie with Chewbacca. Check out 13 amusing celebrity Twitter profile pictures featuring bears, monkeys, Wookiees, and unsettling mustaches after the jump, and let us know your other favorites in the comments. … Read More

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Theatre

Quote of the Day: Carrie Fisher Makes Us Laugh Out Loud

By Caroline Stanley on

Carrie Fisher talks to New York Magazine in about her one-woman show, Wishful Drinking, which played LA back in 2006 and opens at Studio 54 on October 4th. If it’s anything like the salacious memoir it inspired, we’re in for a tragicomic treat. Interviewer Amy Larocca is right: Fisher’s witty confessional musings make Courtney Love and Kanye West look like amateurs. Read her personal blog… Read More

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Web

On Flavorpill: Events Today in NYC, SF, LA, and CHI

By Lauren Hubbard on

If you’re in New York: Head to Under St. Marks to catch a showing of Under the Rainbow from the Real HBO Summer Film Series tonight at 7 p.m. It’s a great, early ’80s farce starring Chevy Chase and Carrie Fisher.

If you’re in Los Angeles: It could be your last chance to hear… Read More

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