Stoker International Poster Promises There Will Be Blood

December 4, 2012, 9:22 pm

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With the much-celebrated Vengeance Trilogy to his credit, South Korean filmmaker Chan-wook Park is a director that critics and cinephiles around the world are keeping an eye on. As follow-up to his vampire drama Thirst, which won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, Park is unleashing his first English-language feature Stoker. Written by Chloe scribe Erin Cressida Wilson and Wentworth Miller (yes, of Prison Break fame), this chilling mystery movie centers on a deeply dysfunctional family unit. And we couldn't be more excited to meet them.

Mia Wasikowska stars as India Stoker, a girl whose mother is cruel and father is dead. Nicole Kidman plays Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker, India's malevolent matriarch, and Watchmen's Matthew Goode portrays the mysterious Uncle Charlie, who moves in with the feuding family of two shortly after his brother's death. But far from a story of a family coming together in their grief, Stoker's trailer teases something far darker, and profoundly twisted. Following suit, the latest promotional international poster gives us a disturbing look at the film's central figures.

Giving a more deliberate nod to the feature's deranged narrative, the title translated from the Spanish above reads "perverse ties." Something another of the production's international posters hinted at with its gnarled and cluttered family tree. It being December, movie fans are being flooded with buzz about all of this year's Academy Award contenders, yet Stoker's strange and enchanting marketing already has us eagerly looking ahead to 2013.

Stoker will open in limited release in the United States on March 1st, 2013. Preceding that, it will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

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Homeland Round-Up: Vulture Review, A Video Montage of Chris Brody & Showtime Holiday Party

December 4, 2012, 9:23 pm

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The first season of Homeland was a pristine ode to TV greatness. There was action and intrigue, plus a compelling romance. A crazy wall! A beard! America! Claire Danes and Damian Lewis won acting Emmys, the show won for Best Drama — there was no stopping it. Until "State of Independence," the second season's third episode, which found Brody enmeshed in a baffling scheme to kill the bomb-building tailor, which ended with him in the woods, talking to his wife on a cell phone while murdering an old man. It was a weird stumbling block for a show that had been so efficient and aggressive up to that point — but the following week's "New Car Smell" seemed to get everything back on track. All was forgiven; sometimes there's only one person who can go into the woods and kill an old man, maybe.

Until this week.

"Broken Hearts" doesn't seem to be anyone's favorite episode of Homeland. New York Magazine critic Matt Zoller Seitz found it unsatisfying but not deal-breakingly so ("I had misgivings about it, and about the episode as a whole — which isn’t the same thing as disapproving of it," he wrote). Others found it completely disastrous. But a lot of the outrage — or at least a lot of the bellyaching on Twitter — isn't just about Homeland.

It's about every show that ever disappointed us, particularly great ones. The shows we TV obsessives raved about, dissected — and then stuck with as they unraveled. "Give Homeland the benefit of the doubt," people say. But I can't, because I'm completely out of benefits of the doubt. I have distributed all of my get-out-of-plot-jail-free cards over the years, and I learned to regret it. I have seen Fire Walk With Me. I kept watching Prison Break after the first season. I stuck with 24 through way too many resurrections. I tried to invest in Agent Spender on The X-Files, and I really gave Nikki and Paulo a shot on Lost. I know better now, I think. Fool me once, television, shame on you. Fool me many times over the course of adolescence and adulthood, even though this is supposed to be an avenue for pleasure and entertainment? Shame on me for not having a more full life, I guess. But also, never again. (I mean, I'll still watch every episode with hope in my heart. But not as much hope and not as much heart.) When things seem like they're going south, they usually are.

"Broken Hearts" is only the show's 22nd episode; that's only one season's worth of network TV. It's way too soon for this show to start to suck. And to be fair, it doesn't suck suck. Carrie, Brody, and Saul are three of TV's more interesting characters, and Abu Nazir's slowly enunciated Nhee-koo-laaahs belongs in the TV-bad-guy hall of fame. But Homeland was supposed to aspire to more than not suck sucking. It was our Next Great Show, the one the Internet would devote itself to post–Breaking Bad, with the alluring action and violence Mad Men tends not to provide. It says something about America and the world! And then … this. It's season two of Twin Peaks all over again. The post-BOB part.

On top of "State of Independence" and Dana and Finn Walden's horrendously conceived hit-and-run story line, "Broken Hearts" is another surprising shortcoming in season two. But it's also a more important one, and a more damning one because it rejects the show's fundamental premise. Homeland is a show about surveillance more than it's a show about crime-fighting or terrorism or love, even. It's a show that explores what happens to us when we observe people, how surveilling Brody changed Carrie, say, or how Dana accidentally observing her father praying affected their relationship in ways neither would have predicted. It's a show that references constantly how much surveillance we're all under, on security cameras in stores, on the subway, at traffic lights, at hotels, and how there's an observer effect at play in modern American life. But "Broken Hearts" relied on a shocking lack of surveillance: Brody, a known former abettor of terrorists whom the CIA plans to kill, not only had his phone tap removed, but nobody followed him when he went to talk to the vice-president at his residence, which was shockingly unmonitored. The plot holes and leaps of logic drop the show's central conceit.

That's why this is not Tyra and Landry in the second season of Friday Night Lights, though that comparison has been floating around a bit. FNL was a show about manhood and maturity, about the social contracts under which we protect each other, about being a teenager and being a parent and being a family. As tonally off-base as the murder cover-up was, that didn't fundamentally violate the worldview of the show. (And I will say that the story line seems way, way less egregious upon repeated viewings of the series; a misstep, sure, but not a catastrophe.)

Plenty of great shows have off episodes, or episodes that seem pretty unrealistic. Take the train-heist episode on last season's Breaking Bad, "Dead Freight." Plausible? Jeez, not really. But BB has built up five seasons of impenetrable good will, and it's in its swan-song phase. "Freight" closed with Todd shooting a random child — shocking, yes, but totally in keeping with the show's through line that everyone you meet is both more evil and more complicated than you expect. Carrie running back into the warehouse at the end of "Broken Hearts" played into the through line that she's reckless to the point of stupidity. There's a certainty to where Breaking Bad is going, and there's far, far less certainty about where Homeland could be headed. Can you build a successfully suspenseful show that goes for years on end without either completely reinventing itself or completely dropping the ball at some point? Sure. But no one has yet.

It seemed for a minute there like Homeland was maybe going to be that show. And maybe it still will be, and this episode was just intentionally contrived and it's actually all part of the plan. I hope that's true! I hope there's something completely and shockingly redeeming on the horizon, and I hope Homeland gallops through its next few episodes on a golden beast of dramatic wonders. But what's that called when you do the same thing and expect different results? Oh right. Being a TV fan.

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Watch As Homeland’s Sad Chris Brody Is Always Asked to Leave the Room

While Homeland fans viciously debate the plausibility of recent plot events from this season and the likeability of world champion eye-roller Dana Brody, we've been paying attention to her little brother, Chris, a character with even less screen time than Max or Galvez. It seems that whenever Chris is in a scene, he is promptly asked to get out so that the grownups can talk about affairs, terrorism, the CIA, the dead person weighing on his sister's conscience ... you know, the usual. With all his exits laid end to end in this video, it's clear that Chris is the real victim on this show, not the vice-president.

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How Abu Nazir Found Christmas

A scary thing happened at Showtime’s Holiday soiree up in the hills. After bingeing on turkey, I was enjoying a cup of hot cocoa (topped with little marshmallows, of course) when I spotted a good-looking gent by the pool. We made eye contact. I smiled, he smiled and we both nodded cordially to one another. Why did he look so familiar? I took a sip and then wiped the marshmallow fluff off the end of my nose. Sweet, fancy, moses. I got the goose bumps—and it wasn’t from the fake snow that was being pumped in from the trees.

I was face to face with Abu Nazir.

There was the terrorist leader who turned Sergeant Nicholas Brody into a would-be suicide bomber—the one the CIA was looking for—right there by the pool. And he was wearing … a Christmas sweater? If you watch Showtime’s Homeland, you know what I’m talking about. If you don’t, you should (boatloads of Emmys) because Navid Negahban (24, Lost) is superbly spooky in his role as terrorist mastermind Abu Nazir. Everyone at the to-do kept coming up to him and patting him on the back and someone hollered to no one in particular, “Nicest guy … ever!” Carrie, Brody, and Saul (Claire Danes, Damian Lewis and Mandy Patinkin) were no shows but Brody’s wife Jessica (Morena Baccarin) did show up for a mingle.

I look forward to Showtime’s party each year. It reminds me of (let’s get into the way back machine) the end of the 1985 movie Rustler’s Rhapsody (a parody of Westerns starring Tom Berenger and Sela Ward). At the end of the flick all the cowboys get together for a bbq, even the ones who have been shot and killed during the course of the movie. Like Rhapsody, most of the actors from each Showtime program are usually in attendance at their Holiday party, even the ones who have met their demise on their respective shows. So you find yourself eating bread pudding with Isaak (Ray Stevenson), who dramatically bled to death aboard Dexter’s boat this season. Also in attendance: Oliver Stone, William Macy, and Michael C. Hall. Thanks for the invite Showtime. Two more episodes of Homeland before the season ends. Now I just need to hang up and call the CIA and inform them that Nazir was last spotted at a home in Beverly Hills drinking cider.

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Jimmy Fallon, Mariah Carey & The Roots sing "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

December 4, 2012, 10:03 pm

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Backstage before the show, Jimmy, Mariah Carey, and The Roots grabbed some instruments you'd find in an elementary school classroom and stopped by the Late Night "Music Room" to sing Mariah's holiday classic, "All I Want For Christmas Is You."

Jimmy Fallon - wood block, tambourine, bass drum, kazoo
Mariah Carey - vocals
Questlove - wooden clacker w/ afro pick
Mark Kelley - Fisher Price xylophone
Kamal Gray - recorder
James Poyser - melodica
Captain Kirk - ukulele
Tuba Gooding Jr. - kazoo
Frank Knuckles - bongos
Black Thought - sleigh bells

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Sons of Anarchy Creator Kurt Sutter talks about finale

December 5, 2012, 12:51 am

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EW talked to Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter about tonight’s action-packed finale. But first, A SPOILER ALERT! Don’t read if you are one of those rare — and arguably, insane — SAMCRO fans who prefers to delay enjoyment of the top-rated FX drama.

Why did you choose To Sir, With Love, the very dated theme song from the 1967 movie of the same name that starred Sidney Poitier?

The period we play with is usually the 60s and the 70s. it’s kind of ironic. And the lyrics are really beautiful, sad, existential. It set a nice tone for the beginning. Katey (Sagal) sang it.

That was quite a special effect when you — as Otto the incarcerated — bit off your tongue and spit it at the window

Yeah, we worked with a prosthetics house on that! My tongue was modeled in a full-on prosthetic. We made a bunch of them so I could do it a few times. I was literally gnawing my teeth to break it. It’s a rubber tongue but the material is hard enough so you have something to chew through. I’ve been saying I don’t want any more arcs for Otto. This way, I won’t have any more lines. He’ll probably still be part of the Tara arc in the new season. He’ll just be scribbling sh– on pads. FX President John Landgraf joked that the only thing left on Otto was his middle finger.

Who knew that you would end season five with some fans actually feeling sorry for Clay!

In doing research on these guys, you discover that guys that don’t die, they don’t get killed off or end up in jail. They sort of burn out. They can’t do another round of the game. I wanted to get Clay to that place. He started off trying to be the old Clay, trying to get back the seat at the table, but when Roosevelt’s wife was killed, it was a turning point. He just couldn’t do it anymore. At the end of the day, he is a survivor. He wants a piece of the pie, which is why he was setting up the gun business. But the only thing he wants is Gemma. He is sincere with that. You kind of wish Jax was like that. All he should want is Tara, to get out. But he’s adopting some of character traits (that Clay used to have).

Did you know for a while that you’d let Tig live to see another season?

The actors live with the reality that they may have to take a bullet. With Opie going away, it was very much in the forefront of the actors’ minds, if their time was coming up. I knew that I wanted to take Tig on this journey. But when Opie went away, I made it clear that no other series regular would be departing this season, just because they worry and make assumptions. They should not have to live with that burden.

That was a nice touch, giving Tig the pit bull.

It was coming full circle, giving him something to love at the end of the season. He lost Dawn in the beginning of the season. I’ve been asked if the dog will be back. It would be back, as long as it’s not too expensive. It may be a facsimile. Or suddenly, it may be a chihuahua.

It was also a great moment when Gemma stood over Jax at his kitchen table and struck the same pose that Tara did at the end of season four.

Sometimes it’s dangerous holding onto those ideas. I didn’t know I would be able to do it, but then we came around to this last episode and I realized I could logically make it happen and have it feel organic. Gemma is a cockroach. She is a survivor!

When will season six pick up? The next day? Months from now?

I traditionally don’t put a lot of time between seasons. My guess is that it will probably start weeks later.

Seems like the door is open for a Jimmy Smits’ comeback.

I would love Jimmy to come back. I wrote it open-ended. We’re in the process of trying to make that happen. It depends on his availability.

Talk about what you accomplished this season.

I love the idea that Jax executed this plan as an outlaw masterfully, almost without a hitch. But everything in his family unraveled and crumbled in regards to the promise he couldn’t keep to Tara. The club has all these external pressures removed … they are out of drugs, guns, RICO has been lifted, they have new business opportunities. And yet internally, the club is more fractured than it’s ever been before. It’s sort of like a reckoning is going to happen.

(Sutter and his writing team will reconvene in early February to begin penning season six).

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introducing imposters, your new fave web series

December 5, 2012, 12:53 am

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Imposters, which uses two different series to tell it’s story, is truly unlike anything else you’ve experienced.

"The King" series follows Olivia King, a lower-middle class scholarship student, as she struggles to fit in with the wealthier students at her prep school. Olivia gets very creative with her methods of income and takes on a very... unconventional afterschool job.

"The Queen" series tells the story of Juliet Walker and her band of highly trained female con artists. This woman preys on young runaways and if you’ve ever felt devastatingly alone; if you’ve ever felt hopeless; if you’ve ever felt like you are not enough, you are Juliet Walker’s perfect target.

At the end of each series, we'll get to see how these two seemingly separate worlds collide.

STARRING:

Renee Olstead, from the Secret Life of the American Teenager

Lindsay Pearce, from Glee and The Glee Project

James Kyson, from Heroes

and Drew Osborne

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Demi Moore parties like Lindsay Lohan

December 6, 2012, 10:37 am

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She has hit headlines over the past few months with her increasingly erratic behaviour.

So the latest pictures of Demi Moore are likely to cause concern among her family and friends, as the actress was seen exhibiting some very bizarre behaviour at a party with Lenny Kravitz on Wednesday night.

The 50-year-old actress played up to the photographers present at the Chanel Beachside Barbecue held at Soho Beach House Miami, leaving friends including Kravitz and George Clooney's girlfriend Stacy Keibler bemused by her antics.

The mother-of-three was seen lifting her arms and bumping and grinding while in her seat, as Kravitz appeared embarrassed and looked away.

While Demi's new beau American art dealer Vito Schnabel, 26, was at the event, the pair didn't pose up together, but were rumoured to have indulged in a passionate PDA inside.

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Classy. Vito is friends with Paris Hilton which explains everything. Is this a cry for help? I'm not one to make fun of one's decline but she needs to get herself together. A 50-year-old mother partying like she's 20? It's one thing to date a 26 y/o, it's another to be seen out acting like a 26 y/o.

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ONTD Roundup

December 6, 2012, 10:38 am

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Vanessa Hudgens Covers 'Harper's Bazaar Arabia'

December 6, 2012, 11:01 am

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Vanessa Hudgens takes the December 2012 cover of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia.

The 23-year-old actress showed off an edgier side inside the glossy mag, chatting about Spring Breakers, Gimme Shelter and more. Check it:

On Spring Breakers:“I’ve never been on spring break, I’ve never gone to college or had this group of girlfriends to go away with. So this is kind of like the opportunity to do it. I became very, very close with these girls. We had such an amazing experience together; it felt like it was our own little spring break. We allowed ourselves to let loose and push each other and see how far we could take it.”

On getting in the mindset of a pregnant teen on Gimme Shelter:“It was a lot of fun after I got past those initial feelings of shock at the environment and I could just hang out with the children and the moms. They were completely cool with me, they were very welcoming and they really opened up to me which was really, really sweet. They let me pick their minds and get inside of their heads. It was definitely devastating, but it’s the reality of what happens to them.”

On looking up to Meryl Streep: “She has such an amazing, long career, and that’s the goal – a long career! She has done everything there is to do under the roof, and been brilliant at everything she does. She’s the master of her craft – and that’s her priority – her craft. She is just astonishing.”

Cute pics from her website!

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After over 6 years, Fefe Dobson's "Sunday Love" FINALLY gets released!

December 6, 2012, 11:01 am

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After 6 and a half years, Fefe Dobson's album "Sunday Love" is FINALLY being released. It was cancelled a day or two before the release date because she was dropped by Island records. Well, they are finally releasing it. It will only be a digital release and will be out on December 18th.

Selena Gomez and Jordin Sparks have both used songs from this album on their own albums:

As A Blonde:

Fefe's original version:

Selena's version:

Don't Let It Go To Your Head:

Fefe's original version:

Jordin's version:

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2012: The Year of the Penis

December 6, 2012, 11:01 am

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More actors are seen going commando and full-frontal: Is this a sign they're relinquishing their masculinity?

This may go down in history as the year the penis became omnipresent. A symbol of power since the Greco-Roman era, the phallus’s prowess in America’s post-fig leaf society has resided largely in its invisibility. But this year the penis suddenly became visible even when it wasn’t. Last month, from within his trousers, Jon Hamm’s bulge upstaged his campaign for Obama. In October, New York’s Mayor Bloomberg appeared turned on, in more ways than one, as he held a Hurricane Sandy press conference. And who can forget the Boner Rower whose Olympic bronze medal appeared to be crowned by a public happy ending? The recent swell in penises on the big screen has served to dismantle the symbolic power of the phallus and, in a time where reality and entertainment are blurred, it is little wonder that celebrities’ off-duty members are commanding our attention as much as Judd Apatow’s penile punch lines – and shedding their masculine mystique at the same time.

A year after the sex addiction film “Shame,” people are still talking about star Michael Fassbender’s member with actress Cameron Diaz most recently giggling about the actor’s “confidence” in the December issue of Elle U.K. She is the third actor to size up the Irish star based on what hangs between his legs. After winning a Golden Globe for “The Descendants” in January, George Clooney thanked his fellow nominee “for taking over the frontal nude responsibility that I had.” “Really, Michael, honestly, you can play golf like this with your hands behind your back,” he said. Then, in March, Charlize Theron joked about her “Prometheus” costar’s package once again at a Human Rights Campaign gala while accepting her Ally for Equality Award from him. “Your penis was a revelation,” she said. “I’m available to work with it any time.”

Michael Fassbender in Shame

Despite initially enjoying the attention, this year Fassbender appeared to be chafing under the objectification. In GQ’s June issue, in which the magazine called him a “full-frontal phenomenon,” the 35-year-old thespian expressed concern at being judged on his penis alone. “It’s fun to a point and after a certain point you worry that it kind of detracts from the movie,” he said. Despite well-endowed “True Blood” star Joe Manganiello, who may have flashed more than his chest muscles in “Magic Mike,” claiming earlier this year that “there’s no such thing as male objectification,” Julieanne Smolinski’s November 2011 article in GQ, “XXX Men,” seemed to side with Fassbender.“Since women are now finally allowed to make fart jokes (thank you, ‘Bridesmaids’!), studios must believe that it’s high time to start letting men play sex objects,” she wrote, adding that the rise in metrosexuality may have helped to smooth the transition.

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But back in 1990, in the New York Times article “Bodies Go Public: It’s Men’s Turn Now,” writer Lena Williams had a different explanation for the penis’s expanding presence in ‘80s pop culture – from crotch-focused Gap jeans ads to “Live’s” Regis Philbin discussing a kidney stone procedure involving his member. She pegged the rise in cock party conversation on sexually progressive youths, the ’80s “fitness craze” and “the influence of gay styles that celebrate the male physique,” not to mention more frank conversations about male health.

But frank conversation was one thing: The big question at the time was why actors were so rarely getting their frankfurters out for the cameras (Richard Gere’s revealing performance in 1980’s “American Gigolo” being an exception). In “Masculinity: Bodies, Movies, Culture,” Peter Lehman theorized that penises have largely been kept off U.S. film screens for three reasons: to maintain the symbolic power of the phallus, to avoid judgment and because of homophobia. Or, as Barbara de Genevieve so eloquently put it in the magazine Camerawork in 1991, “To unveil the penis is to unveil the phallus is to unveil the social construction of masculinity. And that is a real taboo.”

When Hollywood members were given their close-ups, it was generally in two ways.“At one pole, we have the powerful, awesome spectacle of phallic masculinity, and at the other its vulnerable, pitiable, and frequently comic collapse,” wrote Lehman. With the release of “The Crying Game” in 1992, a third category, that of the melodramatic penis – “neither the phallic spectacle nor its pitiable and/or comic collapse”– set the stage for Fassbender’s balls out performance in “Shame” (despite his penis’s spectacular size, that was not the point of the film). But with it came the judgment that Lehman had predicted.

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One way around that judgment was for the actor to deride his dick. In her 2009 Slate article “The Limp Dick: Hollywood’s Latest Obsession,” TV critic (now at Salon) Willa Paskin claimed that art films like “The Crying Game” and “Boogie Nights” initially shocked viewers, but, once that wore off, filmgoers realized the flaccid penis “doesn’t convey power or eroticism” but instead “looks like a finger puppet.” She believed the naked wrestling scene in “Borat,” in which Sacha Baron Cohen (who has flashed us in every one of his movies) and his manager fight nude, “inaugurated a golden age in cock-related sight gags.” Sure enough, a year later, Judd Apatow inserted a gratuitous goolie shot into “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” and vowed to “get a penis in every movie I do from now on.” In 2008’s “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” he kept his promise, stripping a blubbering Jason Segel down to his birthday suit.

“Flaccid penises are more than just another body part to Apatow; they’re the perfect metaphor for his characters: sissy men and overgrown boys who willfully avoid growing up and pay for it with their inability to get it up,” Paskin wrote.“Erections are what men have — limp dicks belong to the stoners, virgins, and perpetual adolescents that populate (very charmingly) Apatow’s universe.”

In the March issue of Vanity Fair, James Wolcott lamented over what these flaccid funny men meant for the male gender. “It’s phallic authority that’s being displaced by all these actual penises, male power that’s being symbolically deflated,” he wrote, going so far as to claim their wilted wangs were “caution flags,” harbingers of a national loss of power. But his statement only betrays the sort of macho attitude that has kept penises out of the spotlight all these years while breasts and vaginas freely dance across our screens.

Now the phallus is even making its way onto the boob tube. Cable TV shows like STARZ’ “Spartacus” and HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and “True Blood” have all peddled their performers’ private parts. Not to mention music videos, which have moved off public television and onto the Internet, where actors like Shia LaBeouf can transform into nudists for the likes of Sigur Ros’ “Fjögur Píanó.” In fact, the Internet has become the chosen place for celebrity dick moves. Last year a slew of male stars like Chris Brown, Michael Stipe, Tito Ortiz and Anthony Weiner, as well as a number of athletes, “inadvertently” posted photos of their formerly private parts online. In November, Soulja Boy apologized for posting a photo of his little soldier on Tumblr.

Shia LaBeouf in Sigur Ros’ “Fjögur Píanó”

But this online striptease is not uniquely the realm of celebrities – the media has been running its own male celebrity pee-pee show since as far back as 2010. Gawker diverted attention away from Christina Hendricks’ breasts with “Jon Hamm’s Salami: A Photographic Investigation,” a feature including various photographs of what appeared to be the “Mad Men” star’s visible underwear-less member beneath a thin layer of pant material. In September, the discussion around his not-so-hidden ham heated up again after he was photographed showing a very curvaceous bulge while shopping in New York with his girlfriend (so perfect was the imprint that Gothamist questioned whether the photo was fake, only to conclude it wasn’t with a link to the Tumblr Jon Hamm’s Wang).

And Hamm isn’t the only male celebrity with a spotlight on his crotch. This summer, U.S. Olympic “Boner Rower” Henrik Rummel was forced to deny he was erect when someone on Reddit claimed he was “particularly excited” by his bronze medal win. Awl editor Choire Sicha responded to the controversy on Deadspin with a humorous demystification of male members titled “No, Boner Rower Does Not Have a Boner: A Gay Man’s Remedial Guide to Penises for Straight Guys,” which also happened to reference Roger Federer’s “magic bulge.” Another athlete who has not been particularly shy about showing off his clothed penis is soccer star David Beckham, who proudly shows off his ample bulge in his new H&M BodyWear ads.

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Perrie out of Little Mix (for the month of December)

December 6, 2012, 11:02 am

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Little Mix's Perrie Edwards, 19, has canceled her December 2012 appearances with the group, due to a "recurring tonsil problem," according to a Little Mix spokesperson. On December 6, 2012, Edwards tweeted: "Getting your tonsils taken out sucks! #SORE Thanks for all the lovely messages & Im sorry to miss some of our gigs! Love u mixers Perrie."

The Little Mix spokesperson told The Sun: “Perrie is very disappointed to miss out. However, Leigh-Anne [Pinnock], Jade [Thirlwall] and Jesy [Nelson] do not want to let down the fans coming to see them so will perform at the upcoming shows, including Capital FM’s Jingle Bell Ball at the O2 this Saturday [December 8, 2012] without her until she is well enough to return.”

In 2011, Little Mix became the first group to win on "The X Factor" U.K.

However, her tonsil problem could be be a non-contagious problem that would not prevent her from socializing but would prevent her from singing.

Little Mix performed its first concert without Edwards at the radio station Key 103's Jingle Bell Ball in Manchester, England, on December 5, 2012. According to The Sun, "didn’t disappoint despite Perrie’s absence and made sure they still rocked the stage. Wearing their statement looks - baggy jeans, patterned tights and cropped tops - the girls gave it their all despite their missing bandmate."

Little Mix's Pinnock tweeted after the concert: "Performing at @key103 for the jingle ball was insane! So good to be back in Manchester! Loved it! :D x Leigh."

Little Mix has become an instant success in the U.K. and Ireland. The group's first post-"X Factor" single, a cover version of Damien Rice's "Cannonball," debuted at No. 1 in both countries. Little Mix's next single, "Wings," did the same.

Little Mix's first album, "DNA," debuted at No. 3 in the U.K., and so did the album's title track. The group has also had Top 10 hits in Australia with the "DNA" album and "Wings" single.

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The Writers Guild Awards: TV Nominations for 2013

December 6, 2012, 11:12 am

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Freshman series "Girls" has scored two nominations -- one for best comedy and one for best new series. The Writer's Guild of America has released the nominations for its 2013 awards.

DRAMA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire, Written by Dave Flebotte, Diane Frolov, Chris Haddock, Rolin Jones, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Andrew Schneider, David Stenn, Terence Winter; HBO

Breaking Bad, Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC

Game of Thrones, Written by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, George R. R. Martin, Vanessa Taylor, D.B. Weiss; HBO

Homeland, Written by Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Meredith Stiehm; Showtime

Mad Men, Written by Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jason Grote, Jonathan Igla, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Janet Leahy, Victor Levin, Erin Levy, Frank Pierson, Michael Saltzman, Tom Smuts, Matthew Weiner; AMC

COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock, Written by Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Vali Chandrasekaran, Luke Del Tredici, Tina Fey, Lauren Gurganous, Matt Hubbard, Colleen McGuinness, Sam Means, Dylan Morgan, Nina Pedrad, John Riggi, Josh Siegel, Ron Weiner, Tracey Wigfield; NBC

Girls, Written by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling; HBO

Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K.; FX

Modern Family, Written by Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Audra Sielaff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker; ABC

Parks and Recreation, Written by Megan Amram, Greg Daniels, Nate Dimeo, Katie Dippold, Daniel J. Goor, Norm Hiscock, Dave King, Greg Levine, Joe Mande, Aisha Muharrar, Nick Offerman, Chelsea Peretti, Amy Poehler, Alexandra Rushfield, Michael Schur, Mike Scully, Harris Wittels, Alan Yang; NBC

NEW SERIES
Girls, Written by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling; HBO

The Mindy Project, Written by Ike Barinholtz, Jeremy Bronson, Linwood Boomer, Adam Countee, Harper Dill, Mindy Kaling, Chris McKenna, B.J. Novak, David Stassen, Matt Warburton; Fox

Nashville, Written by Wendy Calhoun, Jason George, David Gould, David Marshall Grant, Dee Johnson, Todd Ellis Kessler, Callie Khouri, Meredith Lavender, Nancy Miller, James Parriott, Liz Tigelaar, Marcie Ulin; ABC

The Newsroom, Written by Brendan Fehily, David Handelman, Cinque Henderson, Paul Redford, Ian Reichbach, Amy Rice, Aaron Sorkin, Gideon Yago; HBO

Veep, Written by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche, Will Smith; HBO

EPISODIC DRAMA
“Buyout” (Breaking Bad), Written by Gennifer Hutchison; AMC
“Dead Freight” (Breaking Bad), Written by George Mastras; AMC
“Fifty-One” (Breaking Bad), Written by Sam Catlin; AMC
“New Car Smell” (Homeland), Written by Meredith Stiehm; Showtime
“The Other Woman” (Mad Men), Written by Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner; AMC
“Say My Name” (Breaking Bad), Written by Thomas Schnauz; AMC

EPISODIC COMEDY
“The Debate” (Parks and Recreation), Written by Amy Poehler; NBC
“Episode 9” (Episodes), Written by David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik; Showtime
“Leap Day” (30 Rock), Written by Luke Del Tredici; NBC
“Little Bo Bleep” (Modern Family), Written by Cindy Chupack; ABC
“Mistery Date” (Modern Family), Written by Jeffrey Richman; ABC
“Virgin Territory” (Modern Family), Written by Elaine Ko; ABC

LONG FORM – ORIGINAL
Hatfields and McCoys, Nights Two and Three, Teleplay by Ted Mann and Ronald Parker, Story by Bill Kerby and Ted Mann; History Channel
Hemingway & Gelhorn, Written by Jerry Stahl and Barbara Turner; HBO
“Pilot” (Political Animals), Written by Greg Berlanti; USA

LONG FORM – ADAPTED
Coma, Nights 1 and 2, Teleplay by John McLaughlin, Based on the book by Robin Cook; A&E
Game Change, Written by Danny Strong, Based on the book by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann; HBO

ANIMATION
“A Farewell to Arms” (Futurama), Written by Josh Weinstein; Comedy Central
“Forget-Me-Not” (Family Guy), Written by David A. Goodman; Fox
“Holidays of Future Passed” (The Simpsons), Written by J. Stewart Burns; Fox
“Ned and Edna’s Blend Agenda” (The Simpsons), Written by Jeff Westbrook; Fox
“Treehouse of Horror XXIII” (The Simpsons), Written by David Mandel & Brian Kelley; Fox

COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES
The Colbert Report, Writers: Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Dan Guterman, Peter Gwinn, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Meredith Scardino, Scott Sherman, Max Werner; Comedy Central

Conan, Writers: Jose Arroyo, Andres du Bouchet, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Conan O'Brien, Matt O'Brien, Jesse Popp, Andy Richter, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney; TBS

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Writers: Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Richard Blomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, Elliott Kalan, Dan McCoy, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart; Comedy Central

Jimmy Kimmel Live, Writers: Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Bess Kalb, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Bryan Paulk, Danny Ricker, Rick Rosner; ABC

Key & Peele, Writers: Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Keegan Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Sean Conroy, Colton Dunn, Charlie Sanders, Alex Rubens, Rebecca Drysdale; Comedy Central

Portlandia, Writers: Fred R. Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Karey Dornetto, Jonathan Krisel, Bill Oakley; IFC

Real Time with Bill Maher, Writers: Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Mike Larsen, Bill Maher, Billy Martin; HBO

Saturday Night Live, Head Writer: Seth Meyers, Writers: James Anderson, Alex Baze, Neil Casey, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Shelly Gossman, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Joe Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Christine Nangle, Mike O’Brien, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Marika Sawyer, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker, Additional Sketch By Emily Spivey, Jorma Taccone, Additional Material By Frank Sebastiano; NBC Universal

A Complete List of the Nominations can be found here.

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First THOR: THE DARK WORLD Footage Details Emerge

December 6, 2012, 11:12 am

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Marvel's International Vice President, Nigel Cook, took to a convention in Italy, dubbed the “Professional Cinema Days in Sorrento,” to present the first bit of (raw) footage from next year's much-anticipated Thor: The Dark World film. And roughly-translated descriptions, courtesy of @Thor2Fans and @vingadoresdepre via Lavik Web Magazine, ScreenWEEK and Primissima, have surfaced dishing out a few spoilers for the Alan Taylor-directed Marvel sequel. Check them out!

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“In the preview, a voice-over is heard with the oath of the God of Thunder as the new supreme ruler. We see a clash between Thor and the enemy army, in a world that is neither Asgard let alone the Earth. We see Chris Hemsworth wielding his hammer and Tom Hiddleston as Loki first wounded without a helmet, with long, loose hair and then imprisoned; his anger increasingly desperate and irrational. Then there's a scene later in which he is free again, but still furious.

Against the backdrop of a forest, in the middle of a clearing, among the dust, we in fact face off anthropomorphic creatures, but also a big "gorilla" krosan tusker: a rather alien fauna varies so, although not extreme in size (there are also some envoys/ambassadors of a people mysterious, with oval face and black eyes, elongated and sunken)

The rest of the images show glimpses of Asgard, with Anthony Hopkins as Odin and Natalie Portman in clothes that seem more like a princess; an Asgardian princess. In between, there are images of an epic battle on horseback, who seems to have left an epic cloak-and-dagger. The threat to the Asgardians is certainly a new alien race pale (now identified as the dark elves).

A black spaceship shaped irregularly looks like a serious threat to Asgard. More sequences show Natalie Portman then alongside Thor lying on the ground, probably overwhelmed in a clash.”

After the clips were shown, Nigel Cook reassured the audience that Thor: The Dark World begins and ends on Earth. And he added that the sets built for the sequel were the largest ever built for a Marvel Studios movie. Cook apparently also expressed concern that the film may not receive the same attention as Marvel's first outing next year, Iron Man 3, which the executive says takes place a year after the events of Marvel's The Avengers. What do you think?

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Drew Barrymore on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

December 6, 2012, 11:13 am

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During a Thursday appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, new mom Drew Barrymore gushes about motherhood and opens up for the first time about her 10-week-old daughter Olive.

“I never would have guessed that would of been the name,” Drew says of naming her daughter Olive. “But I was reading a book with my husband, and I was three months pregnant. They said your baby is the size of an Olive and that was it. We never looked back.”

Always the funnylady, Ellen joked that “it could have been the size of a peanut or a grapefruit” or even “a kidney bean.”

“It could have been. It was a lot of fruits and vegetables,” the first-time mom, 37, laughed. “Kidney’s not such a fun name.”

The E.T. star added: “We were work shopping a few [names], as all people do who are so blessed to get to do this do. And then once the light was shed, there was just no turning back.”

Speaking of Olive, the 10-week-old tot is “a good baby,” according to her proud mama. “I count my lucky stars every day because she is . . . really interactive and happy and like nice to people. She’s a nice person.”

“She is selling it,” the actress said of her baby’s cuteness. “She is working it! It’s so great.”

The proud new mom — who wed Will Kopelman, 34, in June 2012 — went on to gush about baby Olive.

“I have met babies who are screaming and they’re crying and they’re trying to convey all these things and you get so terrified and overwhelmed. I’m very grateful to her,” she said. “She really has it together! She’s really impressing me.”

And it seems the 50 First Dates star is adjusting well to married life as well.

“I’m so lucky. It’s amazing!” she said of marriage. “I never take it for granted.”

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Katt Williams Has Unretired Ya'll and Misses His Court Hearing

December 6, 2012, 11:27 am

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Just like Michael Jordan, Jay-Z, Evander Holyfield and Brett Favre ... comedian Katt Williams is officially UNRETIRING ... just four days after retiring.

Earlier this week, a very emotional Katt announced his retirement on a street corner in Seattle ... insisting that he was, "kinda done."

But now, Katt's management team says he's undone ... telling us, "Katt is definitely NOT retiring. He will be moving forward with the tour ... Friday is Texas, Saturday New Orleans, and on to Alabama."

Management adds, "The reason why he made remarks was due to him feeling totally disrespected by all the things that happen to him in the city of Seattle. He had a moment where he felt very unappreciated. He now just wants to move forward from those unfortunate events and give his fans outstanding shows from this point forward."

Katt has also not retired from dealing with court ... TMZ has learned Williams was just charged with 2 counts of 4th degree misdemeanor assault in Seattle stemming from a bar fight this past weekend.

As we reported, Katt was arrested Sunday after allegedly threatening the bar manager with a pool cue and refusing to leave the establishment ... then later throwing a cigarette at a woman's eye.

Police claim Katt also threw a rock at the woman's car as she left.

Of course, this is just one incident in Katt's long string of bizarre behavior recently, including slapping a Target employee and leading Sacramento police on a wild three-wheeled motorcycle chase.

Stand-up comedian Micah ”Katt” Williams was a no-show at his arraignment this morning in Seattle Municipal Court.

Williams’ attorney, Thomas McAllister, told the judge his client was under the impression that he did not have to appear at the arraignment and has returned to California. McAllister said that Williams read a Seattle Times story in which a spokeswoman for the City Attorney’s Office said that he did not have to personally appear if an attorney was in court on his behalf.

Municipal Court Judge Willie Gregory agreed that there appeared to be some confusion. He rescheduled the arraignment for Tuesday.

Williams spent an eventful weekend in Seattle that included several alleged run-ins with people and a brief stay in the King County Jail.

Assistant City Attorney Jennifer Miller said she plans to charge Williams today with two counts of fourth-degree assault.

After Williams performed Friday night at the Paramount Theatre, some fans called police, saying Williams had attacked them when they tried to take a photograph with him, according to an item posted on the Seattle Police Department’s online blotter.

Williams told officers the fans had tried to force their way into his dressing room and denied assaulting anyone, the blotter item says. No arrests were made.

Though Williams told officers he planned to cancel his Saturday show and leave town, he stuck around and got into a dispute with a patron of the World Sports Grille on Westlake Avenue North in the South Lake Union neighborhood on Saturday night, according to a police report.

Sunday afternoon, he returned to the World Sports Grille, where he allegedly screamed at patrons, threatened a bar manager with a pool cue, flicked a cigarette in a woman’s face and threw a rock at a car window, police said.

He also is accused of being aggressive with officers, who briefly took Williams to the ground before getting him into the back of a patrol car, according to a police report.

Williams has generated a lot of police attention in recent weeks.

On Nov. 15, Williams was arrested by Oakland, Calif., police after allegedly hitting a man in the head with a bottle on a tour bus parked outside a hotel, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. He was booked into jail on investigation of assault and was released the next day.

Two days after his Oakland arrest, Williams was sued by a concertgoer who said he and hundreds of fans were cheated when Williams took off his clothes and challenged people to fight during a concert in Oakland earlier in November, The Sacramento Bee reported.

On Nov. 25, Williams led a California Highway Patrol officer on a pursuit, driving a three-wheel motorcycle on a sidewalk and running several red lights in Sacramento. The pursuit was called off because of safety concerns, but police identified Williams as the motorcycle driver, The Bee reported.

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Gold-digging Druggie Porn star and Millionaire Senior Citizen couldn't make love work

December 6, 2012, 11:38 am

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Today Page Six Magazine published a lengthy interview with Calvin Klein's former boytoy, Nick Gruber, who is about to publish a tell-all account of their relationship. An excerpt:

Gruber claims, Klein's jealousy started to sour the affair. That spring, the designer left town, and Gruber invited a male friend to sleep over at Klein's Perry Street residence for, he says, entirely innocent reasons. When Klein returned, the housekeeper tattled about his lover's overnight guest. Despite Gruber's denials, the designer assumed the worst-and that's when things got ugly, he says. "[Calvin] picked me up in his car, drove me down to the Holiday Inn in Chelsea, and we went downstairs in the basement of the hotel," he says, furrowing his brow. According to Gruber, another man was waiting there with a lie detector. He said he was an ex-detective, and presented a business card bearing the name "Dr. Love." Gruber, indignant that Klein was accusing him of cheating, says he agreed to be hooked up to the machine and interrogated for about two hours. "He made me take a lie-detector test," Gruber says in disbelief. "I passed it. And then, you know, things were much better. But I mean, what kind of partner would make you take a lie detector test? I was like,'Did you ever cheat on me, Calvin?' I never cheated on him."

Gruber also complains that Klein took back his $250,000 Bentley after they broke up. His book is due early next year.

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Eight ways X-Men movie continuity is irretrievably fucked

December 6, 2012, 11:46 am

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With the news that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are in talks to reprise their roles as Professor X and Magneto, respectively, in the upcoming X-Men: First Class sequel Days of Future Past, Fox made a statement: That the X-Men movies are one continuity. They also made another statement: We are morons. In a mere five films, the X-Men movie-verse has managed to contradict itself multiple times, not just in little details, but key events, major characters and more. Here are the most grievous errors the X-movies have made… so far.

1) Professor X

In First Class, Magneto accidentally paralyzed his friend Charles in 1962, then abandoned him and his cause of peace between mutants and humans. They must have patched things up - literally - because the two are seen palling around together in The Last Stand's flashback, where they both walk into young Jean Grey's house at some point in the ‘70s. And in 1985, according to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Professor X is still standing when he's summoning all those kids out of the mutant prison - only to be in a wheelchair when 2000's X-Men rolls around (sorry about the pun). Guess Chuck must've slipped in the shower or something.

2) Emma Frost

In the ‘60s-set First Class, Sebastian Shaw's second-in-command is the pro-lingerie Emma Frost, who can turn into diamond (and acts almost as well as one, but whatever). Yet at the end of Wolverine, set in 1985, we clearly see a young girl who can turn into diamond at the mutant prison facility. Is she a relative of Emma's? Another girl with the same mutation? Well, the cast lists for both movies name each girl Emma Frost, so it's probably just a fuck-up.

3) Beast

In the ‘60s, Hank McCoy looks like a regular dude… who turns into a blue cat person. In X-2, he's fully human again (and played by Steve Bacic). And then in The Last Stand, he's blue and furry again and talks like Frasier from Cheers… but he's clearly a furry blue human, not a cat person. His mutation must be mutating!

4) The Summers Brothers

In First Class, Xavier and Magneto recruit Alex Summers, a.k.a. Havok, a.k.a. Scott Summers' brother. Since Cyclops is a main part of Professor X's 2000 team, that means his brother is about 40 years older than he is (although technically Havok is Cyclops'younger brother in the comics,). Except when Professor X uses Cerebro in First Class in the ‘60s, he sees a kid who is pretty clearly Cyclops - and he definitely sees a young Storm. Which means both Cyclops and Storm should be about 50 when X-Men starts in 2000. They aren't.

5) Sabretooth

When Wolverine meets Professor X and Sabretooth in X-Men, he doesn't know them. Of course, he was recruited by Xavier - very briefly - in the ‘60s, and spent most of the 20th century with his half-brother Victor Creed. I don't begrudge Wolverine not remembering someone he met (but didn't even look at) for 30 seconds in the '60s, and regarding Sabretooth, Logan has the excuse that someone shot a magic amnesia bullet into his brain (which is a plot device so stupid even the X-Men comics never used it). But even if we assume Professor X is playing it cool when Logan finally joins his team 40 years later, what the hell is Sabretooth's excuse for not recognizing his half-brother in X-Men? Also, why does he look completely different?

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So what do you guys think? Personally, I agree. It's one of the reasons why I could like the Marvel movies more, they have a proper timeline going on even after Banner's recast. I wish Marvel could acquire the rights back from Fox but I don't see that happening anytime soon. =/

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Elementary: Sneak Peek for tonight's episode 'You Do It To Yourself'

December 6, 2012, 11:48 am

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On tonight's episode of the CBS drama series ELEMENTARY titled “You Do It To Yourself”, Sherlock uses his trademark deductive reasoning skills to find the killer of a college professor, Meanwhile, Watson gets a call from a former lover who needs her help. The episode airs 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Get a sneak peek below!

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Ke$ha BJ Photo LEAKED

December 6, 2012, 11:50 am

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Well, well, well!

SOMEBODY's Twitter handle just got a whole new meaning!

While Ke$ha is more than open about her SEX-capades with undead spirits and silicone rubber appendages that she affectionately dubbed her "boyfriend," it appears that when it comes down to the nitty gritty, she likes her men with corporeal, all-natural private parts!

Well, maybe not so PRIVATE after all!

Ch-ch-check out an EXCLUSIVE, **** and VERY XXX photo of the pop star with her mouth full of more than just rhymes and glitter…AFTER THE JUMP!!

Sex post!?

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Shirtless Josh Hutcherson plays frisbee and dives into the ocean as he takes a break from filming

December 6, 2012, 12:00 pm

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He's been hard at work filming physically taxing scenes for the second movie in The Hunger Games franchise, Catching Fire.

And Josh Hutcherson made sure to make the most of a break from filming as he kicked back on the beach with his co-stars.

The shirtless hunk certainly seemed to be enjoying his tropical surroundings as he took some time out on location in Hawaii, using the short break to take a refreshing dip in the ocean.

The 20-year-old actor, who plays Peeta Mellark in the Hunger Games trilogy, was showing off his newly-acquired anchor tattoo, which he had inked on earlier this year, as he soaked up the sun in his black swimming shorts.

After enjoying a swim, Josh took to the sand for a game of frisbee with his co-stars, and seemed to be demonstrating his fair share of prowess at the sport as he darted about the beach in an expert manner.

In recent days, Josh and his co-star Jennifer Lawrence - who plays leading lady Katniss Everdeen in the adaptation of the Suzanne Collins novel - have been spotted eating fresh fish and brandishing a bow and arrow as they film the second installment in the series.

In a recent interview, Jennifer said she was looking forward to reprising her role as Katniss.
'The new movie will be very real, which is what I’m excited about,' she told 24 Frames of Catching Fire, to be directed by Water for Elephants' Francis Lawrence.

'I really like his take, which is a lot of what I liked in Gary Ross,' Jennifer added about the new director. 'It’s the realistic grasp of the story instead of all the details of the imaginary things.'

The film sequel also introduces several news characters and cast members including Philip Seymour Hoffman as head Gamesmaker Plutarch Heavensbee and Sam Claflin playing heartthrob tribute Finnick Odair

'He's wonderful. He's really sweet, a great, wonderful actor. He's got a great American accent,' Lawrence told MTV about Sam's addition to the cast.

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