Like our friends at Big Other, we are literally obsessed with watching videos of celebrities doing the same things over and over and over again. Somehow, even though it’s based in repetition, it never gets old, so as long as people keep making them and putting them on the internet, people will keep watching. But, further than the mere fleeting pleasure we get from the montages, we think they say something about each actor as a person — after all, if you get cast in a million movies where you cry, kill yourself, or have a panic attack, those directors must see something in your personality to support that. Or they’re just really, really uncreative. After all, as Albert Einstein said, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Check out some of our favorite (and most insane) montages and see if you agree with our character judgements after the jump. … Read More
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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. Lou Reed has directed Susan Boyle’s music video for her cover of his song “Perfect Day” — the same track that he was wrongfully accused of refusing to allow her to perform on America’s Got Talent. [via Vulture]
2. Hugh Jackman was asked to host this year’s Academy Awards, but he… Read More
10 ’80s Film Characters in Need of a Revival
The idea of Hollywood rebooting ’80s classics is nothing new — just look at the recent appearance of familiar franchises like The Karate Kid, Terminator, and Indiana Jones in theaters. But with today’s announcement that Paramount has made offers to both producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott to work on a sequel to Top Gun, with Tom Cruise on board to reprise the role of Maverick, we might be seeing something new — the idea of a star returning to a beloved character in the name of career rehab. With that in mind, we’ve rounded up 10 other actors who would benefit from embracing the ’80s classics that they’re known for. Add to our list in the comments. … Read More
The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. After hearing about a potential suicide jumper on an Atlanta radio station, T.I. drove over to the building and talked the man down with this video phone message: “Nothing is that bad. Believe me, I know.” [via E!]
2. Neil Patrick Harris will direct Emma Roberts in a romantic comedy called… Read More
Photo Gallery: John Waters’ Wonderfully Warped World
John Waters is a serious artist with a wicked sense of humor. Although he’s best known as a filmmaker of cult classics, he has had nearly 50 solo art exhibitions at some of the best museums and galleries around the world, including New York’s New Museum, Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris, and the LA branch of Gagosian. Back for his fourth one-man show at San Francisco’s Rena Bransten Gallery, Waters offers offbeat sculptures of enlarged Combat Roach Killers, La Mer Moisturizing Cream, and Rush Liquid Incense — a.k.a. poppers — and continues his series of satirical, sequential photos of movie star legends. … Read More
The Morning's Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. For the first time ever, Americans would rather be surfing the web than watching TV in their free time. Is that because they’re watching TV on the Internet? [via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
2. This is strange: Pixar director Brad Bird (Ratatouille, The Incredibles) is in negotiations to direct Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible… Read More
The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. Paramount Pictures has clinched its deal with Tom Cruise to reprise his role as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible 4. He’ll co-produce with J.J. Abrams, and they’re shooting for a Summer 2011 release. [via
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This Was Bound to Happen: Alien Celebs as Na’vis
Oh boy. When we read this morning that there’s an online application inviting users to Avatar themselves, we started feeling a bit wicked. Unsatisfied with seeing our own mugs in Na’vi form, we compiled a mess of celebrities whose antics, features, or religious affiliations have always seemed to exist in a dimension once removed. Holla, James Cameron, because we’ve got some ideas for the Avatar sequel. Our blue-est findings after the… Read More
What’s on at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
Today at Flavorpill, we were excited to learn that Elizabeth Banks will be playing Alec Baldwin’s love interest on 30 Rock — but does she really have to channel Sean Hannity? We discovered that Tom Cruise was the original voice of Captain Planet. We wondered why anyone would be curious enough to drop… Read More
The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. Tom Cruise’s Cocktail is being adapted as a Broadway musical by legendary producer Marty Richards — and could feature Katie Holmes. [via NYP]
2. Morrissey will resume his tour in London after an onstage collapse/overnight hospital stay. [via NME]
3. 61-year-old British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, but expects to be back at work by the year’s end. [via THR]
4. After announcing that Amazon is releasing a Kindle reader for Windows, the company has said that they’re also working on an app for Macs. [via Fast Company]
5. Andy Warhol’s Michael Jackson portrait will go up for auction at Christie’s on November 10th. [via USA… Read More
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