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What’s On at Flavorwire: Links You Need to See

By Lillian Ruiz on

Some things, like this Great Gatsby/Mean Girls meme mash-up, are just perfect. There’s a Robocop statue going up in Detroit, because that’s just what the city of Detroit has been clamoring for. Astronaut Chris Hadfield is the best thing to happen to space travel in a long time; we celebrated his… Read More

Pop Culture

Casting Tina Fey's Broadway Musical Adaptation of 'Mean Girls'

By Julia Pugachevsky on

Last night on the SAG red carpet, Tina Fey delighted the world with the notion of writing a Mean Girls musical with her husband (who does all the 30 Rock music.) Being the modest goddess that she is, she hasn’t given much thought to her dream cast yet, aside from Mariah Carey as Mrs. George. Whether Mariah Carey can channel Amy Poehler is up for debate, but while Tina Fey works out the final details with Paramount and gets writing, all we have to entertain ourselves with until this momentous occasion of sheer joy is to dream up a cast ourselves. So, here’s Flavorwire’s ultimate fantasy cast for the teen comedy classic. … Read More

Fashion

Ranking Film’s Prom Dresses from Best to Worst

By Caroline Stanley on

This time of year always gets us thinking: You know one thing that we really don’t miss about high school? Prom. From finding a suitable date to scoring an invite to the best after-party, it was an all-around stressful experience. And don’t even get us started on the misery inherent in searching for the perfect dress — an epic quest which, looking back at photos over a decade later, appears to have been in vain. But we’re not the only ones who have suffered through this classic rite of passage; luckily, some of your favorite film characters have gone through this crazy dog and pony show, too. Click through to check out our ranking of their sartorial choices from best to worst, and let us know if you agree with our picks in the comments. … Read More

Television

20 TV Mean Girls We Secretly Love

By Michelle Rafferty on

From the tough ladies on Game of Thrones and Revenge to the recent additions of sardonic “gal pal” Jessa Johansson (Girls) and James Van Der Beek’s equally self-absorbed BFF Chloe (B—- in Apartment 23), audiences are quite taken with TV’s latest mean girl class. The “B” (of Apt. 23) has even been called “one of the first truly 21st century chicks on TV.” While we don’t endorse girl-on-girl hate in real life, striking that perfect balance of evilness and likability is a difficult thing for a character to do, and we’d like to give a shout out to the women who have done this with aplomb over the years. Click through to see the mean girls we not-so-secretly love, and please share your favorites in the comments! … Read More

Film

10 of Film History’s Meanest Bullies

By Scott Neumyer on

The ruthless bully character has been a movie staple for decades, but the limited theatrical release of the new documentary Bully on March 30 ushered in a new kind of example – the heinous, reprehensible real-life bully. While we certainly don’t advocate bullying in real life situations, we’ve got to admit that we don’t mind seeing a little fictional bullying take place on the big screen. So here’s our breakdown of ten of the biggest, and baddest, movie bullies of all time, from nightmare-inducing teen thugs like Scut Farkus and Biff Tannen to more recent (but equally vicious!) additions to the canon, like Regina George. … Read More

Pop Culture

Gay Best Friends in Pop Culture Who Need Better Friends

By Victoria McNally on

Despite some encouraging recent advances, gay and lesbian characters remain underrepresented in mainstream media, and the ones who do appear tend to have it pretty rough. Even in 2012, many still get assigned to the role of “Gay Best Friend Who Advises and Comforts the Straight Female Lead,” where they’re very clever and very supportive and don’t get to have personal lives of their own. The lesbians, meanwhile, always seem to be the characters that really terrible things happen to all the time. Here’s a list of some of queer best friends in pop culture who need to make some better friends. If you’ve got any you’d like to share, list them in the comments! … Read More

Film

A Selection of Invaluable Beauty Tips from Makeover Movies

By Jennifer Lewis on

There’s a lot to be learned from makeover movies — how to look cool, how to style hair, how to successfully fool your wife into thinking you’re a woman. Whether you’re itching to please your resident “Plastics” or hoping to land a gig as your children’s nanny, the key to success just might lie in a cinema-style makeover. Of course, oftentimes our favorite made-over protagonists come to conclude that they never quite needed their makeovers in the first place, but hey — we can still take their one-of-a-kind beauty advice, right? Check out 14 awesome fashion and makeover tips from 14 awesome makeover movies after the jump — or as Regina George would say, “Get in, loser. We’re going shopping.” Let us know how “fetch” you look in the comments. … Read More

Film

The 10 Best Talent Shows on Film

By Jennifer Lewis on

We’ve all been there — standing onstage, praying we don’t botch the random act of creativity we’re about to display. Sometimes a talent show’s audience will outrageously applaud our meticulously choreographed routine to the sweet grooves of Jamiroquai, and other times our Pirates of Penzance musical number will be sabotaged by our brother’s chants of “Brennan has a mangina!” Oh, that’s just in movies? Well, it could happen to anyone, right? Either way, talent shows are notoriously nerve-racking phenomena, and some of their most memorable and ridiculous representations have been immortalized in film. Kick back and read on for a roundup of jazz hands, noteworthy nerds, and uncomfortable silences; it’s talent show time. … Read More

Film

Movie Halloween Parties We’d Like to Attend

By Jason Bailey on

Happy Halloween, everybody! Since the ghoulish holiday falls on a Monday this year, we’re assuming many of you hit your Halloween parties over the weekend — and have had your fill of putting on a ridiculous costume and enjoying far too many adult beverages. So if, like us, you’re staying in for the night, we’d like to suggest a few cinematic All Hallows’ Eve celebrations that you might visit this evening instead. After the jump, join us for a look at a few movie Halloween parties we’d like to attend. … Read More

Pop Culture

Pop Culture’s Top 10 Mean Girls

By Judy Berman on

Have you heard the news? Mean girls are, like, so over. According to Lisa Sessions Stepp, the writer who coined the term “alpha girl” back in 2002, published a piece in the Washington Post over the weekend exploring what happens when mean girls grow up. And guess what? It turns out that “Girls, even mean girls, can — and do — mature eventually.” It’s not exactly a revelation — but it is a good excuse for us to count down our top ten mean girls from literature, film, and TV. Check out our picks after the jump and add your own suggestions in the comments. … Read More