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Leona Lewis: Calvin Harris replaced me with Rihanna on We Found Love

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Leona Lewis has revealed she was the first person to record vocals for We Found Love, only to see Calvin Harris give the track to Rihanna.



It proved to be a smash hit on both sides of the Atlantic, cementing the Bajan singer's position among the music world's biggest stars and making Harris one of the most in-demand producers in the industry.

Despite the success of the track, the X Factor winner believes her version is better than RiRi's.
Lewis told the Daily Star: 'I worked with Calvin and we recorded We Found Love. But he went touring with Rihanna and she ended up releasing it.

'I didn't commit to it because I wanted Trouble to be my [next] single so I think that was another reason they went with Rihanna.
'It was the same version and production but mine's better.
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Lewis still has the tapes, but fans shouldn't expect to find the song appearing online in the near future.
'I'd never leak it. That's so unprofessional,' she said.

'It was a bit annoying to see how big a hit it was around the world but if I'd released it maybe it wouldn't have done as well.'
Lewis's third studio album Glassheart, which features Trouble, is out tomorrow and she will be hoping it follows Spirit and Echo in topping the charts.

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the hit that got away~

Homeland 2x04 Promo: "New Car Smell"

The Walking Dead 3x02 Promo - "Sick"

Liam Payne with lessers @ Funky Buddha

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liam looks REALLY good, imo. but please keep better company, child...



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mods, the site's gallery itself is flash so i couldn't link the actual album it's from

Queen CeCe of XFactor releases a music video of Part of Me

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I really hope she makes it through to the live shows! We find out this week and I hope Demi cuts Not-Rihanna. CeCe has been slaying.

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Dexter 7x04 Promo "Run"

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so I've been catching up on the seasons I missed since I'm loving season 7 so far.. and I don't get the season 5 hate. I actually really loved the Lumen plot line and thought it made total sense. Plus it gave us good Deb development.

q&a with anna kendrick in elle uk november 2012

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Her leading men may include George Clooney and Jake Gyllenhaal, but all Twilight star Anna Kendrick wants is a part in Downton Abbey



A one-time child star, Anna, 27, grew up in Portland, Maine, and cut her teeth on Broadway and in indie movies like Camp and Rocket Science before a part in a little film series calles Twilight. But it was her role as feisty, ambitious Natalie in 2009's Up in the Air, with George Clooney, that made audiences and critics sit up and take notice.

Since then she's starred in 50/50, What to Expect When You're Expecting and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (she dates the latter film's British director, Edgar Wright). This year she showcases her talents in End of Watch, a gritty LA cop film where she plays Jake Gyllenhaal's love interest, and the utterly delicious Pitch Perfect, about an all-girl college singing group.

ELLE: Pitch Perfect involves a lot of singing and dancing. Were there intense Glee-style rehearsals?

Anna Kendrick: [Laughs] Every take was the entire song, so by the end of a number I was so tired and wearing high heels, waiting for the director to shout, 'Cut!'

ELLE: Good for fitness levels, though...

AK: Yeah, once rehearsals stopped I had to stop eating so much – that was the greatest thing, getting to stuff my face all day because we were dancing all the time.

ELLE: But then End of Watch is at the other end of the scale, with Gyllenhaal's cop character targeted by a drugs cartel.

AK: It's the first thing I've done that's heavy and the first time I saw it, I couldn't believe that I was in this movie. It's so tense – I was just gripping the sides of my chair.

ELLE: The script was mainly improvised – was it overwhelming to film?

AK: I was completely out of my element. I've never done that much improvisation before. When we started filming we hadn't rehearsed anything. Jake kept things pretty light – it was like life imitating art. Just like with my character, he wanted to protect me.

ELLE: Your career's gone stratospheric. Do you think, 'How has this happened to me?'

AK: Yeah, most days! I feel like I'm going to have to get my mom to come to LA and look after me for a few years.

ELLE: How do you cope with the attention?

AK: I think people in my neighborhood in LA are too cool for school so nobody bugs anybody. I guess when I go to touristy areas I keep my head down. But I'm 5ft 2in, so keeping my head down means I disappear.

ELLE: What did you learn from being part of a franchise like Twilight?

AK: It taught me that you never know what's going to happen with a movie. I remember somebody saying, 'Do you think it'll be the same director fro the next one?' and thinking, 'Oh, is there going to be another one?'

ELLE: Do you enjoy the red-carpet action?

AK: Mostly I have no idea what I'm doing. I don't like photoshoots either, but I like them more as at least you're playing a character. It's very odd. I haven't mastered it.

ELLE: Do you like the dressing up involved?

AK: I appreciate that fashion is art. But once it's on me I think, 'Am I wearing this right?'

ELLE: Have you come to terms with spending huge amounts of money on clothes yet?

AK: Not at all. If you grow up a certain way, there's a mental block on paying that much money for a dress you wear once. Then I wonder, 'What would my mom say?'

ELLE: I hear you're a big PG Tips drinker. That's not very American...

AK: Every time I go to England the first thing I do is have tea. I crave it to the point where I panic, 'What am I going to do when I get home? I don't have a kettle!' But then the craving disappears – it's like something's pumped into the air.

ELLE: Do you visit England very often?

AK: Well, I have to catch up on The X Factor and Sherlock...

ELLE: You like The X Factor UK?

AK: Yeah. I loved that group who won last year, Little Mix. During their first performance I wanted to scream at the TV, 'Do you guys know that these are really good, really solid vocals?'

ELLE: What else do you like to watch?

AK: I just watched Game of Thrones and the first two seasons of Downton Abbey.

ELLE: There's a new series of Downton...

AK: Shut you face! [Laughs] I have the most inappropriate fantasies about being on those shows – there's not a part for a tiny American girl in either, but I can dream.

ELLE: What does the future hold then?

AK: When I think about the future, I'm mostly thinking about Christmas crafts at the end of the year. I wish that were a joke, but it's not. I don't have any other goals besides that.

End of Watch is out on 23 November and Pitch Perfect is out on 21 December


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Fresh Prince of Bel Air's Alfonso Ribiero Weds Angela Unkrich

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Did he do the "Carlton" dance with his bride?

Actor Alfonso Ribeiro wed love Angela Unkrich in Los Angeles on Saturday, a source confirms to Us Weekly.

41-year-old Ribeiro -- he played cousin Cartlon on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air -- exchanged vows with his love, 31, at a bash attended by his Fresh Prince costars, including Will Smith, who served as a groomsman alongside singerJoey Fatone and baseball star David Justice.

"Just married the man of my dreams today...happiest day of my life," the bride tweeted after the ceremony. On Sunday, she added, "1st morning waking up as Mrs. Ribeiro = AMAZING!!! So happy and blessed!"

The couple announced their engagement in July. It's the second marriage for former child star Ribeiro, who has a 9-year-old daughter, Sienna, with ex-wife Robin Stapler.

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Rihanna For Vogue: Full Spread & Interview

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Rihanna: The Unstoppable Artist

Backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles plays like a very expensive and absurdist version of high school. In a lower corridor of the Staples Center, musical cliques rush between dressing rooms, looking like underclassmen scrambling from homeroom to algebra. Popular girl Taylor Swift floats by in a cream-colored suit, pale, silent, almost an apparition. A Nashville twang rebounds along the hallway concrete—Miley Cyrus, greeting a friend and showing off her newly buzzed, blonde hair. There’s Katy Perry in a plunging black floral dress. There are the teen crushes One Direction. There’s the United States Olympic women’s gymnastics team, here to introduce Alicia Keys. Emma Watson, the actress. Pink, the person. At one point, there’s a commotion, and suddenly Lil Wayne spins by on a green-wheeled skateboard. He’s as tiny as a coxswain, a pair of red headphones clamped over his ears.

Then, through a silver set of doors, Rihanna appears. She’s wearing a sheer red Adam Selman dress with matching leather Balenciaga leggings, and as she steps into the hall, a thick crowd begins to part around her. Just days ago, Rihanna cut her hair pixie-short, like Audrey Hepburn’s in Sabrina, but to the public this is still just a rumor, and given the manner in which her stylistic evolutions are breathlessly followed, actually seeing the new ’do feels like a sneak preview of a yet-to-be-unveiled iPhone. “Spur of the moment,” Rihanna will tell me later. “My hair was supposed to be down to my ass tonight.”

Later that night she will bump into the actor Robert Pattinson. Recently there were tabloid reports that Rihanna was flirting by text with Pattinson. When I relayed this rumor to Rihanna before the VMAs, she expressed horror and pronounced it “the most bullshit ever,” but she also seemed amused. No two private lives in the universe are subjected to as much daily rumormongering as Rihanna’s and Pattinson’s, and watching their encounter in the hallway is like witnessing the collision of gossip planets. Pattinson lowers his head and smiles. Rihanna gives him an innocent hug and pushes on. The exchange is shorter than three seconds.

Rihanna opens the VMAs with a pair of songs—the frisky “Cockiness (Love It)” and her pulsating monster hit with DJ Calvin Harris, “We Found Love.” When her medley is complete, Rihanna whooshes back to the dressing room and changes into another Adam Selman dress, this one white with a plunging back that exposes the constellation of star tattoos running from her neck to her right shoulder blade. She’s about to take her seat in the front row, where she’ll join a childhood friend from Barbados, Melissa Forde, as well as Katy Perry, one of her closest showbiz pals. “We just people-watch,” Rihanna explains.

I meet her for the first time at Giorgio Baldi, an Italian restaurant in Santa Monica, not far from the Pacific Ocean, that serves as Rihanna’s unofficial kitchen when she is home in Los Angeles. Jay-Z, who signed Rihanna when she was a sixteen-year-old named Robyn Rihanna Fenty, introduced her to the place. (Beyoncé told her to try the calamari.) Rihanna walks in, on time, at 9:00 p.m.

On the sidewalk, photographers have already gathered, waiting for her departure. Last night one of them asked her if she was texting Robert Pattinson.

She says she is single. “I have not been on a date in forever,” she says. “Like two years. Haven’t gone to the movies, to dinner. Zero.”

Come on. If someone wanted to go on a date with you—

“I would love to go on a date,” she says. “You don’t think that? I’m a woman. A young woman, vibrant, and I love to have fun. And I have too many vaginas around me at this point.”

She takes a sip of wine. “Seriously, all I want is a guy to take me out and make me laugh for a good hour and take my ass back home. He doesn’t even have to come up. All I want is a conversation for an hour.”

So what gives?

“No one asks. Trust me on that. I’m waiting for the man who’s ballsy enough to deal with me. I’m going to wait, though. You always find the wrong shit when you go looking.”

Rihanna’s iPhone sits on the table, politely turned upside down and ignored. At the moment Rihanna has almost 26 million Twitter followers. That is nearly six million more than Barack Obama, more than CNN, MTV, and ESPN combined. This is hilarious to her. She had to be persuaded to tweet for the first time. “I just thought, Who cares? Do I say, ‘Getting in the car. Getting on the plane’? I was so distraught by the whole idea.”

Now she cannot be stopped. Rihanna’s Twitter feed is a real-time portal into her sometimes wild life. Occasionally she overshares. Rihanna sparked a brief controversy last spring when she sent out a photograph of herself sitting on her bodyguard’s shoulders at the Coachella music festival, rolling what appeared to be a marijuana cigarette on his head. She was upset by printed insinuations that the photo from Coachella might have depicted harder stuff, possibly cocaine.

“They knew what it was,” she says now. “They knew it was marijuana. It was completely clear to them. I just thought it was uncalled for. I don’t do cocaine. I don’t like being associated with anything that’s untrue.”

Rihanna used Twitter to go on the offensive. When MTV zinged her (tweeting “Yikes”) for the Coachella pictures, she zapped them right back, telling the network she “ran out of fucks to give.” MTV, admonished, quickly took down its comment. “I got over it,” Rihanna says of her tiff with the music network. “We’re friends again.”

What’s uncommon about Rihanna’s career is just the relentlessness of it. There used to be a standard formula for popular musicians—record, promote, tour, go away, hide. The belief was too much music would overexpose the artist, squish the golden goose. But Rihanna and Brown, her manager, think differently. She has released six albums in seven years. And here comes another.

“If you have a new iPhone every year, why can’t we give them new content?” Brown asks. “But I don’t think she’s thinking of it like that. She’s thinking, I love to make music. I want to keep going.”

And yet, no matter what Rihanna does as an artist, her story always winds its way back to February 2009, when she was assaulted by Chris Brown. The abuse was shocking, and Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault. Though a cloud lingers over his name, Brown and Rihanna have become friendly. Controversially, she collaborated with him on a remix of a raunchy track from her last album called “Birthday Cake.” Over the summer, she did a tearful interview with Winfrey in which she said she still loved Brown and hoped he “finds peace.”

At dinner I ask her if she thinks she’s going to be talking about Brown for the rest of her life. “To the world, I feel like there’s no closure,” she says. “There’s some obsession that’s continued even throughout when we weren’t friends or couldn’t be friends at all. Hated each other. The world hasn’t let go. They haven’t seen any progress in our friendship, because they don’t see anything, really, besides the song.”

It was shocking, and there was blowback. “So now it’s a bit of a fascination, I guess,” she says. “I don’t know if people will stop soon, but I feel like as soon as they have closure to it, they will.” She doesn’t expect she will win everyone’s understanding. “But they’re not on the inside. They can’t see what I see, unless they’re sitting in my point of view. I guess I’ll learn to accept that.”

There’s only about a half hour left in tonight’s VMAs show, and inside Rihanna’s dressing room, we’re treated to balloons and food and an open bar. The scene is relaxed. Mostly the stylists and friends and record-company people just watch the VMAs on a TV. At one point Rihanna appears to use the ladies’ room and admonishes all of us for standing there and staring at the monitor screen.

“Why y’all look like you’re high on mushrooms?” she asks.

Then she wins, the last and biggest prize of the night, Video of the Year.

She does not party into the California night. A few hours later, Rihanna is at an airport in Van Nuys, boarding a private Gulfstream IV jet. A flight attendant has assembled a bed for Rihanna at the front of the plane, stacking two pillows neatly against the cabin wall.

A couple of hours later, I’m summoned to Rihanna’s bed. The plane is dark, but she is awake and sitting up. Her legs are crossed under the covers, an Isabel Marant jacket pulled tight around her shoulders. Her Air Jordans are off and on the floor. There’s not a lot of room, so I take a seat on the bed. She looks sleepy. I feel like I should read her Goodnight Moon.

“Fun night,” she says of the VMAs.

Then she talks a little about the first time she went to an awards show like that, how intimidating the room felt, how nervous she felt being around the seasoned pros. She says the nerves never really go away. She talks about spending time at the show with Katy Perry, how the two of them understand what it means to “go through personal things in a very public way” and “genuinely care if each other are OK.” She says the presence of Brown and Drake wasn’t a big deal. “It was easy. No problems.” As for their nightclub fight—and the suggestion the two men were feuding over her—she brushes it off. “I wasn’t even there. It had nothing to do with me.”

She looks around the sleek interior of the plane, where the people she loves are in deep sleep. “Every time we come on one of these things, it’s unreal,” she says. The perks of her young life are abundant, even if its demands can get overwhelming. “I’m in a positive space, but I do have my days,” she says. “Everybody has their days.”

The plane starts to descend. We are due to land in Minot, North Dakota, for a refueling stop. This is where I get out. In an hour I will catch a commuter flight to Minneapolis, and then another one on to New York. Rihanna is going on to London, where she will perform at the closing ceremonies for the Paralympic Games with Coldplay and Jay-Z. She will also get an elaborate tattoo underneath her breasts, a rendering of the goddess Isis she says is a tribute to her grandmother, who died in July. She engages in a Twitter fight with CNN interviewer Piers Morgan, who has the temerity to suggest that Rihanna should “grow her hair back. Fast.” Rihanna snaps at Morgan: “Grow a dick . . . FAST,” and you can’t help imagining Morgan’s stomach twisting in embarrassment. (Or maybe not. He and Rihanna soon are making up in public and arranging an interview.) Her world tour is announced, the biggest of her career. No matter where you live, Rihanna is probably coming to a city near you.

That all happens in the next 72 hours.

It’s true. Rihanna is having so much fun.

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Michelle Dockery for Interview Magazine

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There is, of course, a lot to talk about when it comes to Downton Abbey, the compulsively watchable but frequently soapy British period drama series from writer-creator Julian Fellowes. The show, which is set in and around an English manor in the early part of the last century, features more than 20 characters—and at least as many story lines. But there is one character around which the others seem to circle: Lady Mary Crawley. Mary, who is played by actress Michelle Dockery, was introduced in Season One as the beautiful, imperious, and marble-cold eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Grantham; she mostly occupies herself with parlor games such as callously destroying her younger sister's proposal, brazenly flirting with one man in front of another, and trying to avoid scandal after being seduced by a houseguest who then dies in her bedroom. But by the end of Season Two, Mary had evolved into a heroine to millions of impassioned viewers when, with the devastation of World War I and one conveniently dead fiancé behind them, Mary and her distant cousin, Matthew Crawley, finally realize that they're meant for each other.

Through it all, Dockery has expertly captured the uncertainty of a young woman navigating the decline of the British aristocracy. But almost predictably, the actress's own life has hardly resembled her character's corseted Edwardian beginnings. Born in Essex, she trained as a singer and dancer, and, in her career thus far, has tackled everything from theatrical productions of Shakespeare to police crime dramas. Following her roundly praised performance as Eliza Doolittle in a 2007 stage production of Pygmalion, she was cast in the Red Riding trilogy, and last year, also appeared in the Joe Wright thriller Hanna. But it's her role in Downton Abbey that has made her one of the most chattered-about women on television.

Season Three of Downton Abbey is set to air in the U.S. in January (the show started up again in the U.K. in September). Dockery also recently got back into a corset for Wright's new film version of Anna Karenina, which stars Keira Knightley and Jude Law, and, for a change of pace, she donned a pair of bell-bottoms for the forthcoming BBC miniseries Restless, which is set partially in the 1970s. Elisabeth Moss, who stars as Peggy Olson in that other obsessed-over TV show set in the past, Mad Men, recently spoke to the 30-year-old Dockery.


ELISABETH MOSS: I feel like you and I sort of had similar careers in the sense that we've both been working for a very long time, but it wasn't until Mad Men or Downton Abbey that we got the kind of recognition that comes from being in people's homes. It's interesting because my show is very American but has done quite well in the U.K., and your show is so British and has been incredibly well received here in the States. What do you think is the thing that makes your show appeal to people in the States and makes it so universal?

MICHELLE DOCKERY: What it boils down to is the writing. Julian [Fellowes] is incredibly talented. He's created 18 lead characters, each with their own story lines. And it's beautiful to look at—the costumes are stunning. The audience gets a nostalgic feeling for the period. It's a time without the Internet, without mobile phones. It was an easier sort of period that people look back on and find very heartwarming. (op note: bless her soul for being grateful)

MOSS: What's brilliant about it, though, is that despite all the cultural and historical differences, what I connect to as a viewer are the stories that are completely relatable at any time--the Matthew and Mary story, the unrequited love, the complications.

DOCKERY: It's something that everyone can relate to. I find that Mary is quite a modern woman, really, because she's got her own mind and she won't be told what to do. But she's incredibly indecisive when it comes to her relationships with men. There's also the struggle of women at the time because they're kind of longing to do something. In the first season, we see the three sisters, and pretty much all they do is change clothes three times a day—once for breakfast, once for lunch, and then again at dinner. And they're bored. What was wonderful about the second season is that because of the First World War, women became far more practical and useful. The character of Edith, for example, who helps care for wounded soldiers. But once the war is over, she finds herself at loose ends. In the third season, Edith really comes into her own. Another thing that I find relates to Mad Men is that a lot of the time, the show is very much about the women.

MOSS: One thing that was pointed out to me that was interesting—and I didn't realize it—is that both Peggy and Mary harbor sex-related secrets. There's Peggy with her secret pregnancy and Lady Mary with her little incident. They both carry around these very modern secrets that influence their lives.

DOCKERY: Watching the Peggy and Mary characters develop, and become far more vulnerable as people, the audience is in on their secrets. And apart from Don Draper on Mad Men and Cora and Anna in Downton, not everyone knows those secrets. And with Mary, she started out as this very cold, spoiled teenager. I'd never played a character like that, and when I first read the role, I assumed that that's the way she would stay—a not very emotional, very tough aristocrat. And then, episode by episode, her character just softens, particularly in Season Two, because she discovers that she's actually deeply in love with Matthew and is devastated to find that he's engaged to someone else. By the third season, she's a little bit more settled, and she and Matthew are finally together. But there are still some thrills and spills. It's not all plain sailing with Matthew and Mary. It never is.

MOSS: I know that there's a lot of anticipation for the Matthew-Mary wedding. What was it like dealing with all the attention while you were shooting and the paparazzi trying to get photos?

DOCKERY: The dress is so beautiful, and it may not be what people are expecting. I feel very strongly that people should see it when the episode airs. I wanted to save it, the producers wanted to save it, and so that day we were in this carriage, me and Hugh Bonneville [who plays the Earl of Grantham, Mary's father], and the windows were all blacked out and there were paparazzi climbing trees trying to get a glimpse. I would have been really disappointed, actually, if someone had managed to get a snap of it. As much as the world wants to see it beforehand—

MOSS: But we don't really. As a viewer, you want to be surprised.

DOCKERY: Yeah. It's like your story line on Mad Men with Peggy leaving the agency. When I saw that, I called our mutual friend and I was in tears on the phone going, "No! Peggy can't leave!"

MOSS: That was Episode 11. I didn't know about Peggy leaving until [Mad Men creator] Matt [Weiner] called me while we were shooting Episode 10. He wanted to tell me before I read the script so that I knew that I wasn't being fired. How much prior knowledge do you all have of what's going to happen? What is the working relationship like with Julian and how much input do you have?

DOCKERY: When you're working with such a great writer, you just have absolute trust in them. I get so excited about reading a new script. I'm sure you feel the same. But as far as input goes, I can call Julian on the phone if I need a bit of advice about a scene, and there is a bit of negotiation when it comes to big story lines, but it's not collaborative, and I'm not a writer.

MOSS: That's exactly how I feel. What I always say is, "Who am I to try to come up with this stuff?" Whatever they come up with is going to be far better than anything I could ever think of. Something happens that you could never have anticipated.

DOCKERY: I can be so blown away by story lines. Sometimes I'll think, Oh, it could go this way or that way with Mary and Matthew. But then Julian writes something that I never would have thought of. I think it's wonderful for an actor not to kind of anticipate a story line.

MOSS: The costumes in Downton Abbey are spectacular. I didn't realize how quickly the time passes on the show until I saw this incredible arc of fashion. Are you enjoying the move into the 1920s, fashionwise, on the upcoming season?

DOCKERY: The third season is my favorite because the shapes are really changing. We've moved out of corsets, the waist drops—there's a looser feel and it's more adaptable to modern day. There are some things I wear on the show that I could actually get away with wearing today. There's quite a leap from the second season to the third. I think everyone will notice that, particularly with the hairstyles. In the early '20s, with the war over, there was a period of celebration, and you can see it in the fashion. But in the second season, most of which took place during the war, there was less jewelry and the eveningwear wasn't as elaborate. Susannah Buxton, our fashion designer, really paid attention to that.
MOSS: Everything was much more muted and almost utilitarian—you know, like what you can wear when nursing a soldier.

DOCKERY: Exactly. Now tiaras are featured far more, and diamonds. What's interesting about the new season is that some characters can't quite adapt to the rapid changes that occur after the First World War. There are certain characters, particularly Lord Grantham and, of course, Violet [Dowager Countess of Grantham], who are struggling with the new era. They find it difficult to adapt, whereas Mary goes along with the changes quite well in the third season. (op note: Flopbert needs to gtfo)

MOSS: I want to talk about what else you've been up to. I know Anna Karenina is coming up. I'm a big fan of Joe Wright, and I worked with Keira Knightley for a few months on a Lillian Hellman play. I wanted to ask you about your experience on that film.

DOCKERY: I've worked with Joe before--I did Hanna with him. He's such a fantastic director. Hanna was very modern, a thriller. But Anna Karenina was something very different. We worked with incredible dancers for some of the scenes.

MOSS: Had you ever danced before?

DOCKERY: Actually, I'm trained in dance.

MOSS: That's so funny, I trained as a ballet dancer from age 5 to 15.

DOCKERY: Did you ever think you'd go into dance?

MOSS: Absolutely.

DOCKERY: I did, too. It was going to be either that or musicals, because I sing as well.

MOSS: I read that you were recording an album with your Downton Abbey co-star, Elizabeth McGovern. What's happening with that?

DOCKERY: I've done a few gigs with Elizabeth. On set we discovered that we were both interested in music and we'd kind of jam out together in our trailers. It was quite a scene, us in our period costumes playing guitar. She asked me if I would sing backing vocals for a gig or two with her band, Sadie and the Hotheads. For their upcoming album, I recorded some vocals.

MOSS: You were talking about recording an album of your own stuff, weren't you?

DOCKERY: Maybe eventually. I love singing live, actually. And I'm dying to sing in a role, whether it's in a musical or a biographical film about a singer. It's always been one of my aspirations.

MOSS: Your show has become one of the great staples of television in the U.K. and America. Is it something you ever anticipated?

DOCKERY: As with anything, you hope it carries to an audience at home. We all hoped the British audience would enjoy it, but I would never have imagined the success it has become elsewhere, particularly in the States. It's quite overwhelming in some ways. Downton Abbey has become this huge thing, and I really enjoy the success of it, but I sometimes find myself on the outside looking in, which is sort of a healthy way to look at it, so you don't get too caught up in it.

MOSS: We feel the same way because Mad Men is a show that we never really anticipated would be what it is— it's like a little family that you go back to and film with every year. Do you feel like there has been a different reaction to your show in the U.S. than in the U.K.? Or has it been similar?

DOCKERY: Most of the time, it has been the same. I think it depends on where I am in the States, though. If I'm in L.A., people are far more confident to approach me if they see me. I think it's something about Americans, that they're not shy about coming over. I mean, people are just so genuine and so warm about the show. On Sundays, they sit down to watch it. It's a lovely feeling that you're part of people's lives.

MOSS: You mentioned a little bit about Lady Mary's arc and how she's more settled, but is there anything else that you can share with us about the new season?

DOCKERY: I can't, Lizzie. Is there anything you can tell me about Mad Men?

MOSS: No, obviously. Of course not. I can't believe you would ask me that.






She's such a good actress i'm glad she's getting more attention now.
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Listen To III

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Shiny Toy Guns newest album, III is now available to listen to here. Arguably the best electronic album of the year, III has Shiny Toy Guns returning to the euphoric synth-rock sound of their Grammy award nominated debut album, We Are Pilots. III delivers like We Are Pilots, but with a much more sophisticated and matured edge, taking Shiny Toy Guns to wondrous new heights. III is officially released October 22.

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Liam Payne doesn't want to get "too serious" with Leona Lewis

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One Direction hunk Liam Payne is said to be wary of “jumping into a relationship” with crush Leona Lewis as he fears the X Factor star will become a victim of jealous Twitter trolls who abuse any girl going out with a member of the chart topping group.
The 'Live While We're Young' star broke up with girlfriend of two years Danielle last month and has since then been seen hitting the town, as well as fitting in a few sneaky dates with Leona. But the couple are said to be cautious about rushing into a public romance.


“It’s true to say that Liam and Leona have been out for a few drinks lately,” a source told Star magazine.
“They are really good friends and definitely attracted to each other. But they are wary of jumping into a relationship when they’ve both recently only become single.”
“Liam will be much more cautious from now on. He would hate for any other girl to get treated the same way.”
Looks like Liam is following in the footsteps of fellow bandmate Harry Styles for his fetish for older women as Leona is eight years older than him. While some girls might be bothered, the 'Trouble' star reportedly said age didn't matter when it came to romance.
She told The Mirror: “Dating someone younger depends on their maturity and it depends on the person. Guys date girls who are younger than them but I feel that girls are normally more mature. Maturity is the main thing for me."



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The fan-favorite gender-flipping episode "Adventure Time With Fionna and Cake" has a sequel inbound this season with the 2013 episode "Bad Little Boy" while Adventure Time returns to Cartoon Network in November. After the jump, find out what other character is getting the gender switch along with some of the other guest stars appearing over the next season.

Joining Harris' returning Prince Gumball will be Community star Donald Glover as Marshall Lee, the male counterpart to Marceline, the Vampire Queen. Glover and Harris aren't the only guest stars this season: actor and comedian Donald Faison, CHiPs star Erik Estrada, Andy Milonakis, comedian Emo Phillips, actor/filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait, and Curb Your Enthusiasm actress and comedian Susie Essman will also be lending their voices to the show.

Among some of the plots playing out this year: the possible redemption of Finn's crush Flame Princess and the birth of Jake and Ranicorn’s pups. Plus, Irish filmmaker David O'Reilly will be directing an episode--O'Reilly has directed videos for U2 and the Venetian Snares while providing animated sequences and props for films like Son of Rambow and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

The two-part Adventure Time series premiere is Monday, November 12 at 7:30 on Cartoon Network.

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Time to get your stan on: the 25 most devoted fan bases

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25.  Mad Men
24.  The Real Housewives
23.  Lil B
22.  Stephen Colbert
21.  Phish
20.  Kevin Smith
19.  Insane Clown Posse
18.  Neil Gaiman
17.  Bruce Springsteen
16.  True Blood
15.  Oprah
14.  Star Trek
13.  Community
12.  Joss Whedon
11. Tyler Perry


10. Arrested Development
POPULARITY: Never a ratings hit, yet in three seasons picked up four Emmys and inspired countless catchphrases. Repeat streamed viewings so intense that Netflix funded new episodes six years after cancellation.

FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS: 1.6 million (plus hundreds of thousands of likes for the cast)

TWITTER FOLLOWERS: N/A

FAN NICKNAME: Analrapists. Just kidding; they don't have a nickname.

MAIN HANGOUTS: Mash-up Tumblrs that combine AD quotes or scenes with other shows: Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Mitt Romney, Downton Abbey,The Hobbit. And on and on and on.
AVERAGE DEMOGRAPHIC: Anyone who wants to go on an Internet date is legally required to list Arrested Development among their favorite shows.

DEVOTIONAL PROFILE: It's one thing to like a canceled show and wish it would come back. AD fans are the type who would take it straight to thepresident of the United States. The critically lauded Fox comedy had "cult favorite" stamped on it from day one and seemed endangered from day two. The Save Our Bluths campaign kicked into gear during the show's second season (a year-one Emmy win brought few new converts), and fans spent the entire shortened season three agitating for more support from Fox. AD was finally canceled, but then — like Family Guy before it — word of mouth finally kicked in through DVD viewings, and the posthumous cult grew.
After some Patient Zero in the cast or creator Mitch Hurwitz first floated the idea of a reunion movie, an endless feedback loop began thanks to the fact thatAD counted among its fans nearly every single entertainment journalist, who all wanted a movie as bad as anyone. They acted as representative interrogators for the people, and so every interview with every cast member for an unrelated project brought up the question of a possible film — and recall that for a time there, you couldn't swing a hooded sweatshirt without hitting a Michael Cera profile. The more the idea bubbled in the press, the more realistic the idea seemed, and in turn, fans upped their own agitation. Fan posters flooded the Internet, quote blogs popped up all over the place, Jason Bateman amassed 700,000 followers on Twitter, and rather than a handful of obscure performers reuniting at a minor convention of sorts, the entire cast gathered at the behest of The New Yorker. (Which led to the cast being asked about this mythical movie even more often.) It took six years, but eventually Netflix, seeing just how many people were re-watching the original 53 episodes via streaming, realized that there's always money in a banana stand and green-lighted a fourth season. (Thereby jump-starting the hopes and dreams of Party Down fans: All things are possible!) Now that they've brought the show back from the dead, ADfans have turned their attention to bringing back one of their favorite characters, Mr. Steve Holt. (Steve Holt!) Once they save Steve Holt, everything will be right in the Bluth universe.




9. Doctor Who
POPULARITY: Holds Guinness World Record as world’s longest-running science-fiction television show, having debuted in 1963; currently broadcast in about 50 countries; current run launched in 2005, has won 30 BAFTAs, and six Hugo Awards; most downloaded series in the U.S. on iTunes in 2011.

FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS: 2.7 million

TWITTER FOLLOWERS: 263,000

FAN NICKNAME: The term “Whovian” has been in use since the eighties.

MAIN HANGOUTS: It can take an hour to sift through just one labyrinthine, 30-page thread on the message boards of Gallifrey Base. For more daily updates, there’s the Base’s sister site, the Doctor Who News Page.

AVERAGE DEMOGRAPHIC: In the U.K., Doctor Who was always a family program. However, in the U.S., the show's earlier incarnations were mostly embraced by sci-fi-loving men who discovered it on PBS in the eighties. But since its 2005 revival, it has steadily continued finding a wider and larger audience; it now has a notably large female following, compared to other long-running sci-fi properties.

DEVOTIONAL PROFILE: From fan-run conventions (Gallifrey One in Los Angeles has staged an event yearly since 1990), to myriad fanzines (the Doctor Who Club of Australia has published more than 200 issues of Data Extractsince 1980), and the stylish production of numerous fan films (the third and final part of a reimagining of the lost 1966 serial “The Power of the Daleks” was recently released online), the Doctor Who fan appears to be as resourceful as the series' time-traveling protagonist.
In fact, it was fans who kept the Doctor alive in the U.K. when the BBC canceled the show in 1989 until its reboot in 2005: The TV network, seeing no value to its defunct character, let fans write a series of novels starting in 1991 and, further down the road, permitted a former Doctor Who Magazine editor to produce further audio adventures for CD and download, voiced by old cast members. Both of these enterprises continue today with many of the same fan players behind the scenes, and with each brand counting their numerous releases well into the hundreds. While they’ve become viable arms of Doctor Who, what’s noteworthy is how both were key to keeping the Whoniverse alive and in the public consciousness for the sixteen lean years the series wasn’t on the air. The line between Doctor Who fan and professional has, in modern times, frequently been a blurry one. One of the writers of that initial series of novels? None other than Russell T Davies, the man who so successfully reenvisoned Doctor Who in 2005 for modern TV audiences.
So, as the fans continue to commune, create and debate (as with the undying question of the ages: Which of the eleven actors who have played the Doctor is the best?), it's clear that this vibrant community will keep on doing so well after the series has someday ended. And then, just as a new actor has always emerged to take over the TARDIS, perhaps an enterprising fan will step forward to revive and reinvent the Doctor for TV once again.


8. Lady Gaga
POPULARITY: Estimated 23 million albums and 64 million singles sold worldwide; the Monster Ball Tour was the fifteenth-highest-grossing tour ever and highest-grossing tour by a debut headlining artist, grossing about $227.4 million over 200 shows. Has 174,103,423 YouTube channel views.

FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS: 53 million

TWITTER FOLLOWERS: 30 million

FAN NICKNAME: Little Monsters

MAIN HANGOUTS: LittleMonsters.com, GagaDaily.com, LadyGagaNow.Net

AVERAGE DEMOGRAPHIC: Though her songs appeal to moms, too, the core Monsters are gays and younger women.

DEVOTIONAL PROFILE: On a 2011 episode of SNL, Lady Gaga was in a sketch with Justin Timberlake called “What’s That Name?”, a game show in which the two singers had to remember various people's names. The main joke was that the aloof Timberlake didn't know the names of Chris Kirkpatrick or a girl with whom he recently had sex, yet Gaga not only instantly recognized Alphonse, a random fan who went to her “monster show,” but she then offered to pay for his sister’s medical bills. The point was simple: Lady Gaga is a megastar woman of the people: She’s Mama Monster but also one of them.
Her willingness to be open with her insecurities cements her bond with her fans, many of them high-schoolers going through the most insecure time of their lives: Recently, they rallied around her en masse on her site when she opened up about her history of struggling with anorexia and bulimia, commiserating and empowering her and each other with their own experiences with the disorder. The perception is she'll do anything for her Little Monsters (whether through donating to charities that matter to them or dancing until she throws up), but her frankness about her own issues cues her fans that she needs them as much as they need her: This isn’t just about idolizing a pop star — they’re all in it together. So, they follow — her every word on Twitter — where she has by far the most followers; bring her very personal gifts at arena shows; spend hours Photoshopping her into a fabulous unicorn; and dress up like her atconcerts, pride parades, and Halloween. She has been the most popular Halloween costume consistently for the past three years, selling in the millions. Not to mention the many who fabricate their own. It's not an easy costume to make (where will you find all those Kermits?) but, to her fans, it’s less of a costume than a uniform.


7. Hunger Games
POPULARITY: Suzanne Colllins’s book trilogy is Amazon’s best-selling series of all time, while the 2012 film counterpart had the fifth-biggest opening weekend in history ($152.5 million domestic) and became the thirteenth-biggest-grossing domestic movie of all time ($408 million). Has inspired countless tie-ins (a cookbook, a sports club workout, a $999 Mockingjay pin).

FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS: 7.8 million

TWITTER FOLLOWERS: 657,000

FAN NICKNAME: Tributes

MAIN HANGOUTS: Mockingjay.net, Hunger Games Tumblrs

AVERAGE DEMOGRAPHIC: Female, teen, or teen at heart. Thanks to better writing and kid-on-kid violence, the franchise attracts a wider following than its vampire counterpart, Twilight, but the core audience is still young women.

DEVOTIONAL PROFILE: Mere hours after Jennifer Lawrence was cast as the big-screen Katniss in 2011, the forums were rumbling: She's not skinny enough! She's too fair-skinned! Her hair is (gasp) blonde! The immediate outrage over Lawrence — a 20-year-old Oscar nominee and an obviously talented actress — was about fidelity; Collins's books enthralled young readers (and the elders who read along with them) because of their precise, horrifying detail. So cue the ever-vigilant Hunger Games fan Tumblr, which monitors casting notices and opines daily about which actors meet the exacting specifications of the source material for the upcoming sequels. They post set photos and analyze costume and makeup decisions. They speculate endlessly about which minor characters will or will not make it into the movie.
And though it is young adults (read: teen girls) who participate most enthusiastically in this online behavior, the Hunger Games phenomenon has overtaken their elders, too. It is hard to find a parent without an opinion on the franchise's violence or a twentysomething female without an opinion on Gale versus Peeta. Most crucially, it is near-impossible to meet anyone who has not seen the movie: The widespread book-to-movie obsession resulted in an astounding opening and toppled all previous Twilight records. Should there be any doubt about continued interest, just consult the fan sites, where a never-ending war rages on about the physical embodiment of Finnick Odair and whether Sam Claflin is fit to play him. (Spoiler alert: He is probably not. But a record number of moviegoers will buy tickets to find out.)


6. Lord of the Rings
POPULARITY: Saga considered the third best-selling novel ever written (J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is fourth), with more than 150 million copies sold; films grossed more than $2.91 billion worldwide and garnered 30 Academy Award nominations, winning seventeen, including Return of the King’s Best Picture win.

FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS: 10.4 million

TWITTER FOLLOWERS: N/A, but this random J.R.R. Tolkien Twitter has 32,700 followers

FAN NICKNAME: For fans of the books: Tolkienites or Tolkiendils. Movie fans: Ringers.

MAIN HANGOUTS: TheOneRing.net is the main fan site. The Lord of the Rings Fanatics Plaza is the main location for LOTR role-playing games and forums. The e-mail list Tolklang, active since 1990, focuses on the books’ languages, while two active newsgroups also from the early nineties,alt.fan.tolkien and rec.arts.books.tolkien, continue.

AVERAGE DEMOGRAPHIC: Fantasy aficionados introduced to the books at a young age and who have followed its family tree down as they have grown up, touching on role-playing games (both dice- and CPU-based), or similar sprawling literary series (perhaps Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time, or, of course, Game of Thrones).

DEVOTIONAL PROFILE: With the original novels released in 1955, Lord of the Rings had a dedicated fan base decades before Peter Jackson ever said “action” on the movies. The LOTR fan was not and is not a passive one; they're scholars, studying and eventually teaching college courses about the books. Then the movies came out in the early 2000s and the fan base grew exponentially. Some went back and read the books, some didn’t, but they were equally obsessive. It was at this time that the fans split into factions: new fans, old fans who liked the movies, and the Purists or the Old Guard who disliked Peter Jackson's work. As a result, a big part of being a fan nowadays is participating in the debates over decisions the filmmakers made about ambiguous parts of the books, like: "Do Balrogs have wings?" That being said, though the Old Guard prefers new fans read the books, deferential new fans are given respect within the community and play LOTR-themed role-playing games along with the Purists. The movies also led to a surge in LOTR vacationing from new and old fans alike. Since the first film's release, millions of fans have made the very expensive flight to New Zealand just to see where the films were shot. After shooting The Hobbit, Jackson helped make the Hobbiton set a permanent attraction, which will likely only increase visits.
Fans followed Jackson's filming of The Hobbit as carefully as they did the previous three films, with the director again working with TheOneRing.net to supply fans tidbits and updates, and acolytes are beside themselves with anticipation for the first movie, An Unexpected Journey, which opens on December 14. However, though Jackson is a hero to the community for his allegiance to Tolkien's epic source work in the last three films, there is some trepidation amongst the flock about his decision to turn what is a 310-page children's book into three films. But just as the Star Wars prequels did not have grown Jedi fans disavowing Empire Strikes Back, if the Hobbit trilogy proves disappointing, it won't taint the Tolkeinites' devotion to the books or earlierLOTR movies. For many of them, LOTR was their definitive entry point into a world of fantasy that they have been mesmerized with ever since: They play role-playing games and read/watch other fantasy because it shares a vocabulary that LOTR pioneered. Tolkien's work is elevated in their mind above all else because it was their first love. And when they find the soul mate who shares their first love, they can both drop more than $4,000 on two One Rings to seal the deal.


5. Justin Bieber
POPULARITY: At age 18, has released three straight No. 1 albums (My World 2.0, Under the Mistletoe, Believe) and sold 15 million copies since 2010; racked up 786,712,923 (and counting) YouTube views of “Baby” since 2010; and made a 3-D concert film that earned $73 million domestically (and $30 million on its opening weekend). Sold $60 million worth of his two perfumes.

FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS: 46.8 million

TWITTER FOLLOWERS: 28.8 million

FAN NICKNAME: Beliebers

MAIN HANGOUTS: The Bieberhood, Justin Bieber Tumblrs

AVERAGE DEMOGRAPHIC: Girls under the age of 12 who are not ashamed to make videos crying about how they will never marry Justin Bieber. They love him above all else.

DEVOTIONAL PROFILE: Once upon a time, adolescent girls papered their walls with Tiger Beat posters, memorizing the studio-approved factoids and quotes (JTT is going to Harvard! Devon Sawa likes macaroni and cheese!) that constituted a teen heartthrob's public personality. Imagine if you could apply that infatuation to a walking, talking, singing celebrity — someone who actually comes to life with one click of the YouTube "play" button. The result is Justin Bieber, the first teen idol of the Internet era and the first love of millions of American tweens.
They will scream through the entirety of his sold-out shows; they will mob his promotional appearances (to the point that Bieber regularly finds himself trapped in hotels while the local police attempt to disperse the crowd). "Boyfriend," his most recent music video, was viewed 17 million times within a week of its release; "Call Me Maybe," the (genius) Canadian pop song that Bieber tweeted out to his 28 million followers, spent nine weeks on the top of the Billboard Hot 100. All major pop stars have an army (or navy, in Rihanna’s case) of Twitter followers; Katy Perry and Rihanna sell millions of albums, too. But the difference is in the quality of worship. Justin Bieber is not just a singer; he is an imaginary, ever-present boyfriend to millions of tween Americans. Remember how you felt about your first crush? Exactly.


4. Harry Potter
POPULARITY: Seven Harry Potter books are best-selling book series in history, with 450 million books in print; final installment Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows holds Guinness World Record for fastest-selling work of fiction in 24 hours (11 million copies in the U.S. and U.K.). Books are published in 73 languages, making J.K. Rowling one of most translated authors in history; eight films have grossed 7.7 billion dollars, making it highest-grossing film series of all time. Potter brand in its entirety is worth more than $15 billion.

FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS: 50.7 million

TWITTER FOLLOWERS: 728,000

FAN NICKNAME: Potterheads, Potterites, Muggles (though some believe "Muggles" is a term for nonfans). The very vocal subset of fans who believe Harry and Hermione should have ended up together call themselves Harmonians.

MAIN HANGOUTS: Rowling's own Pottermore for interactive reading;Mugglenet and the Leaky Cauldron for news and forums; Fiction Alley for fan fiction; the Harry Potter Companion for fan art; Mugglecast, Pottercast, andPotter Pensieve for podcasts.

AVERAGE DEMOGRAPHIC: Although nominally children's fiction, the books have attracted a much broader readership — a fact the publishers have acknowledged by releasing separate covers for child and adult readers. Both the books and the films "age" with Harry, growing progressively darker as the series continues (thus the PG-13 ratings for the later films). But unlike most fantasy series (except those that focus on romance), the convention scene skews more female.

DEVOTIONAL PROFILE: Outsiders predicted there would be a post-Potterdepression following the release of the last book and the last film, and yes, there might have been a slight slump at first, but the fandom quickly bounded back before you could say, "Accio wand!" Potter love has transcended the story's completion, especially with a new generation of converts discovering the books for the first time (which is why J.K. Rowling is still careful to avoid spoilers when she speaks). And while HP fans are happy to read (and reread) the books, part of the magic is feeling like they're part of Harry's world. They go to Pottermore to get assigned their house and wear their colors with pride, even if they've been put in Slytherin. They might have a wand at the ready, just in case. And robes. For the more elaborate props not available for purchase, fans make pilgrimages to museum exhibits, places featured in the films, and the HPamusement park in Orlando, where you can drink Butterbeer in Hogsmeade. But that's all if you're just kinda casual about it.
Serious fans aren't content to play tourist; creating something new, or placing Rowling's work in a new context, is what keeps the fandom's blood pumping. Fanfic for HP surpasses that of Star Trek, and it can get pretty pornographic — a lot of the slashfic involves pairings such as Harry/Draco, Hermione/Snape, even Dumbledore/Fawkes (and need we remind you Fawkes is a bird?).Parodies thrive, and there's much wrocking out to wizard rock — an indie underground innovated by the HP fandom that boasts some 500 bands. Rowling and Warner Bros. allow the bands to perform and sell CDs so long as they remain not-for-profit, which limits the growth of the genre, but that hasn't stopped other fandoms (Twilight, Hunger Games) from adopting the practice. Fans also play a real-world version of Quidditch — a bruising mash-up of rugby, basketball, and dodge ball, with brooms, of course, but no flying — and it's become an international sport, with 798 teams in the U.S. alone. That not dedicated enough for you? How about fans who have lightning bolts tattooed on their foreheads? Or who have legally changed their name to Draco? Fans may grumble that Pottermore isn't satisfying enough (too many technical hiccups!), and they debate whether Rowling shouldn't write another book after all — because loving Harry Potter is not something you grow out of.


3. Twilight
POPULARITY: Books by Stephenie Meyer have sold well over 100 million copies worldwide; film adaptations are gigantic blockbusters in theaters and on home video; highest grosser Eclipse made $300 million domestically

FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS: 35.2 million

TWITTER FOLLOWERS: More than 1 million

FAN NICKNAME: Twi-hards, Twilighters, Team Edward, Team Jacob

MAIN HANGOUTS: YouTube, where Twi-hards like "nuttymadam3575" can post tearful reaction videos, and Twilighted, where fan fiction flourishes (50 Shades of Grey famously got its start as thinly veiled Twilight fan fiction).

AVERAGE DEMOGRAPHIC: Teenage girls and women in their twenties who like their romantic fiction to have some supernatural spark.

DEVOTIONAL PROFILE: Every so often, Hollywood gets a reminder that young men aren’t the only ones who go to the movies in droves. It happened in 1997, when Titanic became a cross-demographic blockbuster that nonetheless earned most of its cash thanks to repeat business from young women. Still, the lesson didn’t truly sink in until 2008, when the first Twilight film earned a staggering $192 million from an audience that was almost exclusively female. The first film was well timed, arriving at the feverish peak of popularity for Meyer’s book series, and it made superstars of its three leads; the next three sequels would do even better, earning around $300 million each. Studios that had formerly been on the hunt for the next Harry Potter franchise now modified their search: Maybe, if they tracked the avid reading habits of young women, they could find the next book-to-film phenomenon in its infancy.
What was it about the Twilight series that fans sparked to? Partly, it's the way the series flirts with sex (the bloody transition from human to vamp is a metaphor for the loss of virginity) while still remaining chaste enough that younger fans can be drawn in … at least until Edward and Bella have their honeymoon night. But Meyer was smart to stoke her fans' passions with the central love triangle between Bella and her beaus Edward and Jacob; when battle lines were drawn online between those who were Team Edward and those on Team Jacob, it only increased the bond between the reader (or viewer) and Meyer's story. Twilight fans are so ardent, in fact, that geek mecca Comic-Con had to start slotting its Twilight panels earlier in the convention to suit the Twi-hards, who regularly queue up days in advance for the film franchise’s panels, swamping the less devoted fans of Marvel movies and other comic-book blockbusters. Those boy-heavy fan bases bristled at the intrusion, but they’d better get used to it: The record-breaking success of Twilight on the best seller list, at the box office, and on home video is only the beginning of a femme-dominated genre force, not an anomaly.


2. Star Wars
POPULARITY: Seven Star Wars movies (two trilogies and the Clone Warsfilm) have grossed $4.5 billion around the world. Thirty-five years after the original movie came out, George Lucas’s spinoff industry includes toys, video games, CDs, books, TV series, cookie molds, Mr. Potato Heads, along with animated Clone Wars series, Dark Horse comic book, and seemingly ceaseless number of rereleases. Approximately 500,000 people around the globe listed Jedi Knight as their religion on official census forms.

FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS: 8.85 million

TWITTER FOLLOWERS: 269,000

FAN NICKNAME: Warsies.

MAIN HANGOUTS: Official site Starwars.com, fan Mecca TheForce.net

AVERAGE DEMOGRAPHIC: The question, really: Who isn’t a Star Warsfan? It probably skews a bit more malethan female, given the abundance of boy toys in the seventies and eighties (and the original trilogy’s single female character), but the Expanded Universe’s more gender-neutral cast has balanced it out a bit. And it is one of the few continually renewing fandoms, given the geek tendency to want to spread the love to their spawn.

DEVOTIONAL PROFILE: Much like Star Trek fans, Star Wars acolytes are everywhere, from the casual “May the Force Be With You”dropping guy, who occasionally pretends that he’s using the Force when the supermarket doors open, to the men and women of the 501st Legion, an international fan organization modeled after Darth Vader’s Stormtroopers, who have led the Rose Bowl parade and helped raise millions in charity. (Also, just head to your nearest search engine and peruse the approximately 4.4 million responses for “Star Wars tattoo.”) Lucas has encouraged the fans at every turn, lending his weight behind the Star Wars Celebration series of conventions, held since 1999, and fully supporting a robust fan-film community (provided no one charges money for people to view them), even holding an official Star Wars Fan Film Festival.
The ever-expanding universe through comics and TV shows continually gives fans new topics to scrutinize and debate, and Star Wars fans have a love-hate relationship with Lucas: For as much as he’s provided a formative, positive influence in their lives, the fact that he continues to “refine” the original trilogy with digital enhancements is a sore point: Just mention “Han Shot First” and strap in for a tirade that may or may not include the phrase “George Lucas raped my childhood.” However, the irony is that these apoplectic older fans usually have passed their Star Wars obsession to their children, who often prefer the prequels and tweaked originals that have so annoyed their parents. And so the two generations keep fan activity alive, whether through joy or disgruntlement.


1. Game of Thrones
POPULARITY: George R.R. Martin's award-winning book series A Song of Ice and Fire (which begins with A Game of Thrones and has spread through five novels so far) is one of the best-selling fantasy sagas in the last decade, selling more than 15 million books worldwide, having been translated into more than 40 languages. Emmy-winning HBO series based on books is third-most-watched series in the history of the channel, averaging 10.3 million total viewers per episode; most pirated show of 2012.

FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS: 4.2 million

TWITTER FOLLOWERS: 465,000

FAN NICKNAME: There isn't one umbrella moniker, but various fans dub themselves the Brotherhood Without Banners, the Bookwalkers (viewers of the TV series who have read the books), the Unsullied (viewers of the TV series who have not read the books), and the GRRuMblers (fans who wish George R.R. Martin would write faster).

MAIN HANGOUTS: Westeros.org and WinterIsComing.net for news, forums, and roleplay; ToweroftheHand.com, for rereading the books;Podcastoficeandfire.com for podcasts.

AVERAGE DEMOGRAPHIC: Despite a nerd-alert review by the New YorkTimes that said it only appeals to “Dungeons & Dragons types,” aficionados of both the books and the TV series extend well beyond the fantasy crowd. The show reaches a broad audience, and the reader-viewer combo fans tend to be literate, creative, and patient — because they have to be: The last book was more than 1,000 pages long, after a wait of six years. Who knows how long it will be until book six, The Winds of Winter, arrives?

DEVOTIONAL PROFILE: Star Wars may have wider anthropological permanence, more cottage industries, and a wider age range of fans. Twilightmay induce more screams and tears. And Harry Potter may be a new rite of passage for children everywhere. But Game of Thrones has the most devoted fanbase of all because of the sheer surging might and immediacy of its readers (and viewers’) obsessiveness over a story that is still in the midst of unfolding. The main arcs behind the other giant franchises have been told, even if fans are still immersed in the movie follow-throughs or ancillary side mythologies. ButGoT fans feel like they are in the midst of the adventure; they are as anxious for the coming of winter as the series’ characters. It has driven some to extremes; Martin partly avoids online GoT forums because if he does bother to blog or respond to fan queries, people assume he's wasting valuable time that could be spent finishing the next book. This came to a head as six years dragged on between the fourth and fifth installment, which finally came out last year; fans were driven mad over the wait, leading to an impassioned defense of Martin by Neil Gaiman (which spawned the catchprase “George R.R. Martin is not your bitch”). These are people who adore the saga so much that they often anticipatorily resent its creator for the possibility that it might not end satisfyingly. (Or end at all.) They have too much invested in this saga to implicitly trust its very creator. To satiate and perhaps calm these nervous followers, Martin has been reading sample chapters aloud from Winds of Winter.
Fans who don't read the books, however, are unconcerned with these developments; their primary issue is one of spoilage, because readers have a tendency to dissect events before HBO even has a chance to shoot them (the Red Wedding is not really a wedding — discuss). But the two factions have brokered an uneasy peace and learned to trade theories (Who is Jon Snow's mother? Was Ned Stark even his father?). Genealogy matters in GoT, which is why who has sex with whom is a big deal and the source of much fanfic. (Fans love to imagine Jon Snow getting some action, though Martin is famously opposed to fan fiction.) To keep themselves warm as winter is coming (and it is coming, eventually!), GoT fans also keep busy expanding and modernizing the medieval world of Westeros, beyond the usual fan art and mash-ups, as inventive as those may be. The most devoted get tattoos of the house sigils. They buy replica swords and engage in on- and off-line role-playing games. They figure out the recipes for the food, write cookbooks, and serve up whole feasts of Dothraki goat, pork pies, and lemon cakes. Speaking of Dothraki, some fans actually learn to speak Dothraki, which became an entire constructed language à la Klingon from Star Trek or Quenya from Tolkien — but so far, no Valyrian beyond a few phrases. In short, though the Most Devoted Fans may be dying for a sixth book, they definitely keep themselves busy without it.


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Lil B Tries Out For Golden State Warriors, Is Coming for Your Faves

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A few weeks back Lil B boldly announced on Twitter than he planned to try out for the Golden State Warriors and it turns out that he was serious about it...sort of. This weekend the Bay Area rapper actually tried out for the Warrior's D-league affiliate known as the Santa Cruz Warriors, and thankfully the local news was there to capture some of it.



The tryouts were held at Aptos High School in California, where a confident Lil B told NBC's KSBW via Fader, “Just putting my skills to the test. Supporting Bay Area teams and, you know, spreading that love."

Video footage from the tryouts, plus comments from the Santa Cruz Warriors GM Kirk Lacob made it immediately clear that the changes of making the team were very slim, but the session was open to anyone willing to pay $100 including a 76-year-old man.

Either way, Lil B had a really good time and that's all that matters. "At the nba warriors tryouts right now just did a interview for the news, love to the whole golden state warriors staff i love yall," he wrote on Sunday (October 14)

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Hulk Hogan Files Lawsuit Against Bubba The "Love Sponge" Over Sex Tape

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Hulk Hogan just announced ... he's suing for more than $100 MILLION over his leaked sex tape.

Hulk's attorney spoke at a news conference in Tampa moments ago, announcing two lawsuits filed today by the wrestler -- one against Bubba the Love Sponge and his ex-wife for illicitly recording Hulk without his permission, and another against Gawker for publishing the tape.

Hulk's attorney says the wrestler is seeking $100 MILLION in damages from Gawker stemming from the leaked footage. It's unclear what he's seeking from Bubba and Bubba's ex Heather Clem.



In the suit, obtained by TMZ, Hogan claims he "had a reasonable expectation of privacy in his consensual, intimate activities in a private bedroom and reasonably believed that his privacy was safe and protected."

Hulk's attorney says Bubba and Co.'s actions were "illegal, outrageous, and exceeded the bounds of human decency."

In addition to forking over damages, Hulk's team wants Bubba, Gawker, and anyone else in possession of the sex footage to turn it over asap in order for it to be destroyed forever.

Hulk's other attorney David R. Houston also reiterated -- they will continue to go after anyone who republishes the footage with a vengeance.

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House of Geekery's Favorite Horror Movies

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October is the time to celebrate our love for horror and what better way to do that then to discuss each of our favorite movies from the horror genre. Presented here, in no particular order, is one favorite horror movie from each of our writers.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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In the 70’s and 80’s the slasher film exploded on the scene and among the holy trinity of slashers (along with Halloween and Friday the 13th) was A Nightmare on Elm Street. In 1984 Wes Craven created a slasher film with a unique twist that hasn’t been matched to this day. Instead of just a silent undead killer stalking teens we got Freddy Kruger, who did something entirely different; he killed you in your dreams. Kruger was a child murderer who the parents of Springwood banded together to kill. Years later Kruger came back to exact his revenge on the children of his murderers by killing them in their dreams.
A few things make ANOES movie my favorite horror movie. First, the originality and sheer terror of someone haunting you in your dreams. These teenagers force themselves to stay awake for fear of not waking up at all. Tina’s death scene is perhaps one of the most famous scenes in horror history. And of course, their parents don’t believe them. Which means heroine Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) must take matters into her own hands and fight back against Freddy. She’s the other reason why I love this movie so much. Nancy Thompson is the ultimate horror heroine (and proves it even more in ANOES 3 and New Nightmare). Her final face-off with Freddy is the perfect climax for what is, in my opinion, the perfect horror movie.
- Jamie Z.

Re-Animator (1985)
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From the moment I first heard about Re-Animator I knew I had to see it, with Jeffrey Combs as a mad scientist, I had to find it! And find it I did, however my first experience was with the longer rated version, containing no gore or anything of the sort. I finally managed to track down the unrated cut, and what I got was one amazing and crazy film!
Re-Animator upon that initial viewing of the unrated cut became my favourite horror film. It was so much fun, it had great actors turning in outrageous performances, the make-up and gore effects were top notch and still hold up pretty well today. This film introduced me to a successful horror comedy; something that doesn’t always work but when it does it really is fantastic (Dead Alive, Evil Dead II also come to mind). It also introduced to me to the works of Stuart Gordon, Brian Yuzna and my favourite Scream Queen Barbara Crampton. For me there is no better time to be had with a film than this one, I’ve seen it many times and I’ll be watching it many more times as the years roll by.
- Super Marcey
Haute Tension (2003)
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If you ask me what my favourite film of all time is, I’d automatically come to one response – the 2003 French horror film Haute Tension, directed by Alexandre Aja and starring the fabulous Cecile de France. I saw it when I was about 14 or 15 and this was my introduction to French horror. This wasn’t just a movie; this, for me, was an experience. Haute Tension is an intense ride from start to finish. The movie had me on the edge of my seat and scared me shitless, and for the gore fans out there, this movie has some great death scenes all with practical effects. No CGI in this film! A big part of what makes this film works is Aja’s amazing eye. He reminds me of a French John Carpenter, because not since Carpenter has a director really created such a suspenseful movie. Aja knows how to frame a shot beautifully and he isn’t afraid to scare you or play against the rules, plus this man loves his gore…and that right there gets my respect.
Not only is it a gory and entertaining movie, but also it is well written. People have claimed that the film doesn’t play fair but I disagree with that statement. I think the movie does play fair and it all just depends on how much you notice. The movie is all a flashback told from a certain character’s point of view…so this is all her story from her point of view. That is what makes this film so brilliant; it blurs fiction and reality. This movie proved that just because you’re a slasher film, you can still be smart and have interesting characters. I’d be stupid not to point out our tough heroine Marie. She watches the family of her best friend murdered and once her best friend is kidnapped she goes after her. She kicks ass and de France created a heroine to be remembered. For me she deserves to join the ranks of Laurie, Nancy, and Ripley as a truly great heroine. This is one movie I never get sick of and I have seen so many times, to the point I’ve learned how to speak each and every French line in the film. If you love your horror twisted, sick, scary, and smart seek out Haute Tension.
- Bryan E.
The Descent (2005)
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The Descent is not only my favourite horror film but it’s one of my all-time favourite films, securing a place in the top 10 easily. Following a group of girlfriends on a caving holiday the film takes a slow burn to start with, following these girls through the caves as things go wrong and the underlying sense of dread gets more and more evident. Things just slowly build up, from things moving in the dark to strange noises and even rusted old hooks still embed in the walls of a cave that’s never been explored. The horror is built up bit by bit so when it strikes it strikes hard and doesn’t let up until the end.
Neil Marshall does an amazing job, particularly through his use of light, there is no natural light in the caves, for most of the film the screen is covered in darkness with the only lights coming from the helmets of the girls, by using the dark like this Marshall is able to make the film more terrifying and more tense.The Descent is a modern day classic and it earns the title, with fleshed out and interesting characters, truly terrifying creatures, a liberal amount of violence and brilliant direction from Marshall, this is a great horror film that you all need to see. Although make sure you see the UK version with the proper ending.
- OldKingClancy
Halloween (1978)
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The original Halloween directed by horror master John Carpenter is nothing short of a classic for numerous reasons. It introduced us to a great actress in Jamie Lee Curtis. It brought us the iconic slasher Michael Myers and forever cemented the groundwork for the slasher film. While movies like Black Christmas and Psycho helped develop the idea of a slasher, it was Halloween that perfected it and ultimately made it into the cash cow to become in the 80′s and 90′s. It introduced the masked killer, the backdrop of the escaped mental patient, the introduction of a holiday (Halloween), and the teenage victims who are punished for their lack of morals. It certainly is one of the most important films in the horror genre along with cinema in general for how big of an impact it made to the genre.
However, legacy aside, it is one of the best horror movies ever made for a reason. Carpenter injects suspense into the movie and you immediately feel it from the eerie opening credits. There’s literally no gore in the movie and it relies on tension and suspense to frighten you. Carpenter shows at an early age how adept he is as a director with his use of shadows, sounds, and his iconic music for the movie. The cast is excellent as well with Jamie Lee Curtis playing the sweet Laurie Strode and Donald Pleasance as the “Ahab” of the movie Dr. Loomis. Michael Myers embodies the concept of the boogeyman perfectly as he quietly moves through the shadows looking for his next victim. Halloween has become such a iconic movie in terms of the Halloween season despite having been filmed during the summer in L.A. just shows how fantastic this movie really is and how it relishes in the Halloween spirit.
- Horrorphile23
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
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The concept of a movie that marries comedy with horror is not a new one even when this film saw release in 1981. Most horror/comedies take the approach of using the horror to produce laughs and while this works in rare cases (such as Bad Taste) it rarely hits the mark. In An American Werewolf in London director John Landis keeps the two genres on different sides of a fence and while this shouldn’t work it somehow fits together perfectly to create a brilliant and surreal piece of schlock. The scary scenes are suspenseful (the underground chase), gory (the zombies in the porn theatre) and fantastically choreographed (the traffic pile-up) whilst the goofball humour becomes it’s own beast. Strange, small town residents, cameos from the likes of Frank Oz and dealing with waking up naked in a public zoo make for fine comedic material.
Then there’s the surrealism that glues the horror scenes and comedy scenes together. The frightening dream-within-a-dream scene that sees our hero David arrive safely home only for demon Nazi’s to burst through the windows is a highly original sequence while the confrontations with his past victims is the perfect kind of black humour, especially when they all start goading him to kill himself. An American Werewolf in London is a completely unique experience, right down to the ground-breaking special effects, and any attempt to capture a similar tone has failed – especially the dire sequel.
- G-Funk
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
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Dawn of the Dead is the second in a series of movies made by the grand originator of the modern zombie movie, George Romero. The original Night of the Living Dead was a sleeper hit, not really gaining attention until years later. Dawn… after all didn’t debut until 10 years after the original. It picks up quite a while after the events of Night.., USA, and quite possibly the world, has been overrun by the zombie plague that was raising the flesh hungry dead. As the zombie horde grows and grows, 2 SWAT officers and a romantic couple take refuge in a mall. Dawn… is classic horror. The fear is completely based on the survival of our protagonists. The zombies do not have enough charisma to make us root against the heroes like so many slasher flicks do. It is full of excellent practical gore effects, finds a nice balance between drama and comedy, and even a rowdy biker gang.
What makes Dawn… really stand out is Romero’s use of social satire as a framing device for the thrills. As the zombie horde shuffles their way to the shopping center without any provocation, our heroes ponder “why?” They come to the conclusion that it is some kind of instinct or memory. The dialog kind of hits you over the head with a philosophy regarding our reliance on meaningless commodity, but it is starting to seem like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Romero luckily had the good sense to be a little more subtle as the plot progressed. That really obvious line of dialog becomes the set-up for the most brilliant scene in the whole movie where our heroes treat themselves to free luxuries from the mall while the world literally falls apart.
- SlamAdams
The Shining (1980)
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When it comes to horror movies these days I find myself searching for something cerebral that could lodge itself deep into the back of my mind and scare the living crap out of me. I’m not a slasher movie fan and haven’t gotten much enjoyment out of the big name horror franchises over the years, but there’s one movie that always stood out to me and cemented itself as a truly frightening experience, and that’s The Shining. Kubrick’s horror classic is one that helped bring the psychological thriller into Hollywood mainstream while doing its best to define that genre. The focus of the story centers on Jack Torrance, a writer who takes a job offer to stay at the secluded Overlook Hotel for the winter with his wife and child. However the place is not what it seems and slowly but surely Jack starts going restless as he slips away from reality falls deeply into pure insanity. The film takes a very simple setting of a man losing his mind in a secluded, demonic hotel and executes it in a way that few would be able to. There are two things that make this movie a triumphant staple of the horror genre, and they are Stanley Kubrick’s vision and Jack Nicholson’s performance. Nicholson really went off the deep end on screen here and completely sold his downward spiral into utter darkness. There are moments where he’s violently expressive and hamming it up for the audience and there are moments where he slowly and quietly builds towards the escalation of madness that we see transitioning before our very eyes. It’s a masterfully iconic performance and without it the movie would never become the revered and lauded horror film that it is today.
My favorite aspect of this entire movie is embedded in the way it’s shot and edited with that trademark Stanley Kubrick style in every single scene. Most horror movies today suffer from characters we barely get to know and a rushed pacing that throws the frightening moments in your face at lightning speed. Kubrick is the polar opposite of that and it’s the methodically slow build-up that makes the character transition all the more terrifying. We see Jack meticulously going through each and every moment of his transformation from loving father to deranged; butchering psychopath and we’re with him every step of the way. The movie is rooted in an atmospheric overload of drab colors, harshly cold surroundings and a very distant, off-putting reality that makes you awkwardly uncomfortable. You can’t possibly explain that feeling with every detail you see on screen but watching this movie is like teleporting yourself directly into the hotel with Jack as you follow alongside his spiral into chaos. There are prolonged shots of Jack sitting in the darkness with wide camera angles that show you just how easily one could get lost in this hotel, a metaphor for Jack’s shrinking touch with reality as he gets “lost” in the emptiness of his own mind. The film’s climax is chockfull of nerve-wracking chase sequence and one very iconic line that is now muttered at every single horror convention. All of these things and more make The Shining a unique and horrifying movie experience that is perfect for your Halloween viewing parties.
- Shifty
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)
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Before Bela Lugosi, before Dracula ever even appeared on screen there was Count Orlock in Nosferatu. The film was very much based on Bram Stoker’s novel, and without the permission of his family, which is the main reason for the change up in character names. Now I will divulge a terrible secret, one that may get me shunned by my fellow undead lovers, but I have never been a huge fan of Dracula, he was always just a little too frilly and overly romantic for my taste. However, Murnau and Galeen were able to change the image of the Count into something far more demonic, sinister and terrifying mostly due to the amazingly talented Max Schreck.
Now, I know you may be horrified by the very thought of watching a silent film, I know I was hesitant for a long time, but this is a film that needs no dialogue, no sound effects and can match up to any modern vampire film that has either. The music adds to every scene, creating suspense and horror when necessary, Murnau even controlled the pacing of the acting with a metronome, so the entire film is like a symphony beautifully choreographed. The reasons why Nosferatu is one of my all-time favorite horror films are twofold: the creepily fantastic Schreck and the special effects. Watching Schreck’s Orlock is like watching a snake slither around the screen, he is fluid and haunting without doing much at all, you understand him just through his movements and his eyes. As for the special effects, I am a huge fan of the practical effect and obviously that is what they were forced to use in early filmmaking and how I wish more films went back to that old style. The use of lighting to stretch and manipulate Orlock’s image around the set, the way mirrors and smoke, simple devices, create effects that would be done with big machinery or computers today, is stunning. Any fan of the vampire genre needs to take the time to understand where many of the original devices and themes come from, this masterclass in horror.
-Jes M.
Tremors (1990)
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Tremors will always hold a special place in my heart. It’s a celebration of B-horror movie monsters. It’s fun and original, and really made me love Michael Gross as an actor. It’s also a nice movie to throw into any Six Degrees from Kevin Bacon argument. Tremors is about a group of locals in the remote town of Perfection, Nevada. The town is in a valley ringed by mountains and cliffs, and has a single road connecting it to the nearest town. Through events in the movie, a rockslide closes off the road and traps the locals in the valley.
Residents that live outside the town proper begin to fall victim to large, subterranean creatures. Soon the remaining locals seek refuge in the town store as the Graboids (so named by the owner of the store) try to get to them. No help is coming and they have to get out on their own.
- Adam
Poltergeist (1982)
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A tree that eats you whole, a muddy pool with skeletons, monsters in your closet, deadly clowns under your bed, chairs that move by themselves, TV’s that kidnap you, spiritual mediums and an ancient burial ground. You can get all that in one of my favorite horror movies, Poltergeist; the epitome of haunted house films. Created through the colaboration of Tobe “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” Hooper and Steven “Seriously do I need to tell you what has he done?” Spielberg that resulted in the only film that managed to give me nightmares. It was the perfect mix of horror sensibilities with filmic fantasy magic.
There’s a whole debate on whether Hooper directed or not the movie, that it was all Spielberg’s doing while deciding not to take the credit because Universal didn’t allow him to direct anything since he was in the middle of making E.T. The fair version is that Tobe Hooper was a very laid back guy who just allowed Spielberg to give all the input he wanted and I can safely say that that’s what gave this classic film its spooky fantastic feel.
-Randy
Despite there being multitudes of memorable horror movies, we narrowed it down to just our favorites. So you tell us, what is your favorite horror movie and why?
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Please note that each author of the website chose ONE movie that was their favorite so obviously a lot of favorites will be missing. That being said...... What's your favorite scary movie ONTD?

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Dr. Paul Nassif --- I Did NOT Do This to Adrienne Maloof

Dr. Paul Nassif's lawyer tells TMZ, his client absolutely, positively did NOT inflict the bruises and marks depicted in disturbing photos released by Adrienne Maloof's personal chef.

Adrienne's chef Bernie Guzman -- who has appeared on several episodes of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" -- just posted the eight photos on his Facebook page, strongly insinuating Paul is responsible for the injuries.

Bernie wrote several messages on his wall as he posted the photos, saying, "ADRIENNE MALOOF WAS PUSHED TO THE GROUND. PUNCHED & BEATEN ... HE IS A BEAST."




Dr. Paul Nassif's lawyer tells TMZ, his client absolutely, positively did NOT inflict the bruises and marks depicted in disturbing photos released by Adrienne Maloof's personal chef.

Adrienne's chef Bernie Guzman -- who has appeared on several episodes of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" -- just posted the eight photos on his Facebook page, strongly insinuating Paul is responsible for the injuries.

Bernie wrote several messages on his wall as he posted the photos, saying, "ADRIENNE MALOOF WAS PUSHED TO THE GROUND. PUNCHED & BEATEN ... HE IS A BEAST."


Bernie goes on:  "THIS IS ABOUT SAVING THE LIFE. OF A MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN ... EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THESE PICTURES ... NOW!"

Dr. Nassif's lawyer, Marty Singer, tells TMZ, "Any suggestion that the photos show my client struck Adrienne Maloof is a complete fabrication."  Singer goes on, "No physical assault ever occurred."

As for how Adrienne suffered the injuries, Singer said, "I can't speculate how these marks occurred.  I know the woman does martial arts."

Teaser Trailer For "Carrie"

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The quiet suburb of Chamberlain, Maine is home to the deeply religious and conservative Margaret White (Julianne Moore) and her daughter Carrie (Chloe Grace Moretz). Carrie is a sweet but meek outcast whom Margaret has sheltered from society. Gym teacher Miss Desjardin (Judy Greer) tries in vain to protect Carrie from local mean girls led by the popular and haughty Chris Hargensen (Portia Doubleday), but only Chris' friend, Sue Snell (Gabriella Wilde), regrets her actions. In an effort to make amends, Sue asks her boyfriend, high school heartthrob Tommy Ross (Ansel Elgort), to take Carrie to the prom. After a cruel prank by her peers at the prom, Carrie is pushed to the limit and unleashes telekinetic havoc.

Carrie is set to be released on March 15, 2013

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