In an interview with GQ Australia, 26-year-old Liam Hemsworth discussed boring things (his career) and more salacious topics (his former fiancée Miley Cyrus). Hemsworth, who is starring in Independence Day: Resurgence which comes out on June 24, first touched upon the couple's 2013 split.
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“Of course it was hard, man," he told his interviewer, Richard Clune. "But at the time we were going in different directions and it’s just what needed to happen. We were both super young and it was a good decision at the time – we both needed that.” At that point the engaged couple had been together for a few years, after meeting on the set of the 2010 Nicholas Sparks movie The Last Song (spoiler: it's a romantic tearjerker).
The loving couple in the days before everyone knew what a huge stoner Cyrus was.
Since the start of 2016, people have been furiously speculating that Hemsworth and the now 23-year-old Cyrus have reunited. Evidence (in the form of Cyrus wearing her engagement ring again and Cyrus dining with the wife of Hemsworth's older brother) supported the rumors of a rekindled romance.
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In the new interview, Hemsworth indirectly confirmed that Internet sleuths have finally gotten something right. “People will figure it out, they already have... They’re not dumb," he said.
Hear that? We're not dumb for putting two and two together.
On May 27, Sonia Ulrich posted a picture of herself and two friends doing the Charlie's Angels pose on Facebook, with the text "Don't Roofie Someone On Our Watch!" That's the sort of thing that tends to get people's attention—something her post definitely did.
Ulrich's post explains the whole story. Apparently, she and 2 of her friends, Monica Kenyon and Maria Saltzer, were having drinks at a Santa Monica restaurant called Fig, when Kenyon noticed a man at another table put something into a woman's drink. To the ladies, it looked like the couple's first or second date. After quickly debating what to do, Ulrich went and found the man's date in the bathroom to warn her: "Hey! Um, this is kind of weird, but, uh, we saw the guy you were with put something in your drink."
The woman was thankful, of course, but utterly shocked. Ulrich asked her how well she knew the guy, fully expecting her to say "we just met" or something along those lines, but instead she answered, "He's one of my best friends." Turns out they worked together and had known each other about a year and a half.
When Ulrich returned to the table, Saltzer was talking to the restaurant server,. Kenyon filled them in on the details of what exactly they'd seen:
He pulled her glass toward him, kind of awkwardly, then he took out a little black vial. He opened it up and dropped something in. Then he tried to play it cool, like checking his phone and hiding the vial in his hand and then trying to bring it back down slyly.
That was the point when the man noticed Kenyon and Saltzer watching him.
The server notified the restaurant's security team, who went and reviewed camera footage (so useful!). Meanwhile, the woman returned to her date and pretended she knew nothing about him putting something in her drink (the server brought her a water to drink instead). While the server stalled for time, telling the man that the computer was down, security called the Santa Monica police. The police showed up and told the man he had to go with them. Apparently, he didn't even seem surprised. The police took the glass as evidence, and asked the ladies for statements. The three women asked the woman on the date if she needed a ride anywhere—as it turns out, her car was back at dude's place. (That was probably part of the guy's plan, which had just been foiled by the observant women.)
Before they left, Ulrich claims a lot of people in the restaurant came over to thank for them for taking action, some of them relating stories of how the same thing had happened to them or their family or friends. She finished her post by writing, ". . . [T]hank you in advance to everyone who sees this and shares this and reminds each other that yes, you SHOULD say something. Even if it's awkward or weird or just uncertain if anything can be done."
What a great example of how being in the right place at the right time, and making the hard decision to get involved with strangers, might keep someone safe. Remember, if you see something, say something. Except if you see Hamilton, because then you're just trying to make people jealous.
It's been a while since The Officeco-stars BJ Novak and Mindy Kaling dated on the show and in real life, but Novak's psyche may still be reeling from the "purposeless lies" Kaling used to prank him with on set.
Mindy feeding BJ the lies.
During an interview with The Guardian about his new app Li.st (he's also an app developer as well as an actor/writer/comedian), Novak explained the psychological tax of Kaling's hazing.
She would lie to me. She would make up these — just out of nowhere — purposeless lies that I believed. Like saying that Allison Jones, the casting director of 'The Office,' was also an actress who had been the third lead in 'Cold Mountain.' And so I just thought that.
The lies were all infuriatingly harmless like that, until they began to affect his work.
...there was this director, this older woman who directed a couple of episodes, and Mindy told me I couldn’t tell anyone, but Greg Daniels, the show runner, used to date this woman in college. And then Greg asked me what I thought of her cut and I lied to Greg and said I thought it was great, because I was nervous to insult his ex-girlfriend, so he didn’t make the edits that I wanted.
And later I asked him about it and he was like, ‘What are you talking about? She’s 20 years older than I am, we didn’t go to college together!’ I realized that Mindy just made it up and it actually affected my work life!
Dunder Mifflin employees generally seem to have a knack for treading the fine line between workplace harassment and well-executed pranks.
The couple's romantic relationship is long over, but it will live on in the form of a $7.5 million book deal they scored last year.
IKEA makes it pretty easy to put together their imported particle board furniture. You open the box, find the instructions, grab the tiny wrench, and go to town. Three hours and several beers later, you're done. Until you realize that the bookcase defies gravity, or that table legs generally don't point upward. It's a common struggle, and while some of us would never think to share our shame, some people love posting their IKEA fails online.
1. So much shame.
Or it's one of those weird ergonomic desk chairs.
2. Step-by-step.
It's some kind of stepladder. Right?
3. A little short.
Or…free nightstand.
4. So metal.
So wrong.
5. Sofa king disastrous.
It's fine if you don't lean on it, sit on it, or walk near it.
6. Pegged.
They're probably not supposed to come all the way through.
7. Reversible table.
But it's much easier to slide around the room.
8. Just a little bit off.
She's laughing because she meant to buy it in beige.
9. Things don't line up.
There might be a part or two missing.
10. Full tilt boogie.
Some shelves just don't want to be shelves.
11. This might be art.
This is definitely art, and it's worth $4 million.
Memorial Day! The three day weekend that marks the unofficial start of summer and the official start of backyard (or rooftop or empty lot or backseat or wherever you are) grilling season. And also an important day to remember the soldiers who gave their lives so you could spend the day accidentally drinking sunblock and dropkicking toddler relatives into the pool. To help get you in the spirit, here are 20 tweets about celebrating the holiday, American-style.
Somebody started early.
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Memorial Day...time to throw some fruit roll ups on the grill and crack open an ice cold bottle of brake fluid.
Reddit user DoubleAJB posted a terrifying note that was left on a soldier's windshield. The user is a sergeant in the Army Reserve, and said the note was left on a windshield while they were on drill. The note includes nearly ever major conspiracy theory, and fears about a new world order.
No conspiracy note is complete without some love for the Illuminati, and their influence on the design of the one dollar bill:
According to the note there's lots to fear, but not aliens. They don't exist. Also NASA is a hoax:
18-year-old Paris Jackson has done a lot of growing up recently, going through the 2010s coming-of-age traditions of accumulating tattoos and taking down her online haters. In her journey towards becoming an adult, the only daughter of the King of Pop recently suffered through another important teen ritual: prom. Paris shared a photo of herself and her date, an unnamed friend, looking very blue at pre-prom.
When Disney released the new trailer for Finding Dory, viewers couldn't help but notice one scene where two human women stood near a stroller, which could only mean one thing: lesbians. The first open lesbians in a Disney movie, to be specific.
Disney has yet to comment on these ancillary characters' sexual preferences, but that hasn't stopped people from cheering for Pixar's big (speculative) step forward in LGBT representation.
This comes on the heels of other recent campaigns in which fans have pushed for fictional characters to take on non-canon genders or sexual traits, like #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend.
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend I see people thinking that this is a bad idea, but apparently him dating his dead girlfriend's niece is fine
Jennifer Lopez hosted the Carnival del Sol bash Sunday at Drai's Beachclub, a party venue on the rooftop of The Cromwell Hotel in Las Vegas. It was a three-day hip hop and dance music party, which is pretty impressive. What's more impressive is that J. Lo still looks as good at 46 as most people hope to look at 26. You'd think she cut a deal with a witch so she'll never age, though she likely just takes very good care of herself.
Hats off to Chris Brown for only being accused of a very lame, almost charmingly quaint offense. Brown is being sued by a fan who claims Brown stole his hat at a Dallas concert. Yes, that's right, the presumably wealthy rapper is accused of taking a random dude's hat. Brown has been accused of lots of things during his career, and some countries think he sucks so much that they won't let him in to do tours. This, however, is the first time he's been accused of hat theft.
Marq Stevenson attended a Chris Brown concert in Dallas last year, and claims he did not receive his hat back after passing it to Brown's entourage for an autograph. The hat was worth a whopping $25. He's suing Brown for $2,500, which includes the cost of his ticket and damages for being bullied by Brown's entourage.
Maybe he needed a hat to cover up his clown hair.
Although there's no testimony to prove it, it really makes you imagine a situation where Stevenson yells "give it back!" as Brown's entourage tosses the hat back and forth. He should have rounded out the bullying lawsuit by saying they took his backpack and lunch money too.
But still, if Brown can keep up this rate of self-improvement, by next year he'll only be in the news as the lead suspect in the case of a cookie missing from the cookie jar.
According to the Express, Brad Kearns is a 27-year-old father of two from Australiawho has just learnt what women have known since the birth of birthing: being a mom is hard. (So is being a dad who's the primary caregiver, please don't yell at us in the comments.) Kearns—who plans to chronicle more of his journey on the Facebook page DaDMuM—was schooled on the responsibilities of motherhood after his wife, Sarah, suddenly fell ill. Kearns had to leave work to tend to his two kids, Knox (2) and Finn (six weeks). Quite quickly, Kearns figured out that kids take a lot out of you.
Today I had to be the mum...
You know when your wife always says "I wish I could be the dad" and you're like ... It's the same thing...
Well sit back, relax, grab a drink, some popcorn, clear your schedule and hold onto your bootlaces because I'm about to take you on a ride that could only be likened to a backwards 100mph roller coaster that takes you through waterfalls of vomit, shit and lots of tears. And once you're finished with yours you will move onto the children's.
It all started yesterday when I had to rush out of work. Because I'm a dad... And dads get respite for 40+ hours per week under the socially acceptable provisor 'supporting the family' while mum continues doing what women seem to so effortlessly do. "My liver has failed" read the text message from Sarah. And that's when I became the mum. It's now been 24 hours...
I feel like the Law & Order scene change beat would be appropriate about now.
5:00pm arrival at home - The Eagles Land 5:01pm... Initial scans of the house: 1. Living quarters trashed 2. Rations reduced to tiny teddies, gravy stock, tea bags and a clear lack of defrosted meat 3. Knox (2yo) limited speech ability wants to watch a DVD and communicated this by roaring at me. Finn (6wks) communicates only by way of the hot and cold guessing game, crying for hot and emphatic crying for cold
I put on the dvd which buys me time with Knox. Finn still making his same original request, I don't seem to be getting any warmer. A bottle reduces him to a mere wimper. I'll take it.
Who remembers Aristos The Surprise Chef? The bloke that can look at a bare ass pantry consisting of canned food and half rotten vegetables and create a 3 course meal fit for a King... Well Knox had 2 minute noodles so FUCK YOU ARISTOS!
As the night rolls on and my patience wears thin; I reduce myself to keeping Knox quiet by allowing him to place stickers on my (very hairy) legs. He was being quiet... "It's okay, I can shave them off in the morning" was the thought. "Just don't wake Finn"
It's amazing how babies sleep the way they do. You know what I mean hey... When you change and finish feeding them, and you gently pick him up to burp him, and he burps, and you rub his back to make him comfortable. And his eyelids become heavy, and he breathes heavily through his nose as the comforting warmth becomes too much for him to be able to keep his eyes open. It's really beautiful... And then you wrap him ever so gently, bring him up to your face and kiss him on his forehead, and sway as you walk into the room, as if you're doing the slowest no partnered waltz you can do, and you're wiggling your hips that bit extra because you're the fucking man because the kid's asleep, and you gently lay him in his bed, and cover him, and tuck him in, and tap the dummy for whatever the fuck reason we seem to do that shit for. It's beautiful. It's such a nice and serene moment you get to share with them... Right up until the part where he FUCKING SCREAMS FROM THE HIGH HEAVENS... As if I've thrown him at a wall by his legs!
At least it's only once a night right??? I mean, why wouldn't I want to do it all again at 10:30....12:00....1:45....3:30.... I was so excited to know the trend would continue at 5:00 except it was actually the beginning of the new day. Did you know sleep deprivation is a form of torture???
So there I was... At 5:30am sitting on the lounge with Finn alert as an 18yr old Mt Druitt chick at Stereosonic... Just sittin... When Knox enters the room and says "Hi". That's the moment I realised I would rather be the dad.
So I got the kids ready for the day and planned my attack on the domestic duties. And by that I mean I spent the next 2 hours in the lounge room holding Finn, in a spiral of insomnia induced hallucinations allowing Knox to help himself to an assortment of fruit sticks, K-Time Twists and Sa-Ka-Ta's until he eventually retreated to his train set. Texting Sarah "really good night babe"...
Then there was a Knock at the door... Have you ever been in a situation where someone walked in on you doing something you shouldn't be? That's the feeling I got when I opened the door to my mother in law. So there I was; Unshaven, hair a mess, wearing the pants and socks from the day before and a hoodie covering up the fact I had no shirt on. Hadn't showered, not yet brushed my teeth, Knox comes running out in his sleeping bag asking for a new Yoghurt muesli bar to be opened. I open the door to her to reveal the fact that knox's noodles were still in a bowl on the table, stickers stuck to the goddamn lounge, the house an absolute mess.
It was in that moment I knew I was defeated. It was also in that moment I knew she knew I knew I was defeated. A vulnerability we try our best to keep from our in laws. That was only 16 hours of being a mum. And I failed.
I have not even mastered the ability to keep my own personal hygiene as a mum let alone the ability to keep a house, educate children, prepare meals and even venture outside for activities.
Sarah's still in hospital... Get well soon babe :) and stay tuned for day 2 of ... DaDMuM
On the one hand, good on him for coming home and helping. On the other... Kearns couldn't last 16 hours—is any woman (or single father) who's made it through 18 years gonna have sympathy for this guy?
Poor Kearns (who's wife is sick, so he gets some points there) is looking forward to the day when he's a dad "again," instead of thinking that maybe his wife could use some more help. Perhaps in another 16 hours (or when he finally gets some sleep), Kearns will come to this realization.
Members of the East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service recently rescued a baby fox that had fallen into a drain in Bexhill, England. The cub's mother anxiously watched from afar, probably mortified about everyone judging her parenting skills. It's the uplifting animal reunion video you need to get this week started.
Rescue manager Chris Riddington explained the mission:
At first we were unsure where the cub was as there were multiple pipes leading in different directions. We used a mobile phone to film inside the pipes, as well as drainage rods, hose pipe and insulation for pipes to try checking the pipes and potentially push the cub to the drain entrance 2.5ft underground. We were amazed that the vixen turned up whilst we were trying to find the cub and it was almost as if she knew we were trying to rescue her cub...
...within minutes of us returning mum appeared and walked straight over to a pet carrier which we had placed the cub in. As soon as the cub realised mum was there he was so excited and desperately wanted to get out the carrier. With some help from mum he managed to climb out and mum escorted him back home again. It was unbelievably emotional for all of us.
In the same press release, the rescue organization's founder, Trevor Weeks, detailed their struggle in returning the cub to safety, as well as the relative frequency of this event in the Bexhill area.
We didn't want to give up, and we knew that if the cub was left it was die. After spending 90 minutes trying to get to the cub we came to realise we had no choice but to play the waiting game. It is common for cubs to make their way back towards the entrance they came in from, so we decided to back off take a break and then try again. We returned to WRAS’s Casualty Centre for a break for a couple of hours to sort out other rescues and check on casualties. On our return to Cooden Beach a couple of hours later, I laid on the ground with my arm down the hole. Suddenly I could feel the cub touching my hand, twice he reversed into my hand by not far enough for me to grab hold, on the third occasion I was able to grab his tail, and gently lift him out of the drain.
This is the third technical rescue of a fox cub in three days. Sunday saw rescuers rescue a fox cub stuck in a trench and return it to the wild, Monday saw rescuers rescue a cub stuck between two walls and Tuesday was this rescue of a cub stuck in a drain! The last two rescuers we were really not sure whether we would be successful, so for both cubs to have been returned to their families is amazing. It really makes the long hours and stress so well worth it.
If you'd like them to continue rescuing adorable baby foxes, make a donation here.
Judith Martin (a.k.a. Miss Manners of the Washington Post) tackled a parent's question regarding their daughter and her decision to not make an appearance at her own graduation party. The parent wrote to Miss Manners and explained that along with her daughter's father, they had planned a high school graduation party for 30 friends and family members.
Graduation party = boring family time, but money.
As the letter writer explained, parties aren't really this kid's thing:
My daughter does not like parties, so we asked her the week before to please let us know if she was feeling uncomfortable and we would call it all off, no problem. She said she would be okay with it, and we told her she could just come for a bit to say hi and thank her guests.
However, the daughter never showed, and instead stayed away from home all day. "On top of it all," the letter to Miss Manners added, "her grandparents flew in from out of town, and she was extremely rude to them and didn’t spend any time talking or thanking them for coming."
Grandparents got burned.
The letter ends with the parent wondering if she should return the cash and checks people gave as presents, which the daughter didn't even open.
The question of gift returning isn't the main concern in Miss Manner's response. "It seems to Miss Manners that this is the least of your problems, considering that you have a thoroughly rude and callous daughter," the response opens. Damn. According to Miss Manners, returning gifts is normally rude, but since this high school kid has already insulted guests, it'd be OK to give people their money back.
While Miss Manners calls out the daughter, she has some opinions about the parents, too. "Leaving aside your duty to teach your daughter manners and consideration for others, there is the question of why you even considered giving a party for someone who hates parties and your willingness to allow guests to make plans that you offered to cancel a week before." Miss Manners holds no punches.
When did etiquette get so scary?
There is no consensus on this letter writer (known in the comments as LW) and how she should handle this situation.
I won't get into the details of LW1 and how rude and ungrateful their daughter behaved. I'll have to really think about that one. But what also bothers me, is how the parents coddle this spoil brat and the final straw?! Is that this mother CONTINUES to wonder if she should keep the money to pay for this brat's tuition! Are you kidding me? LADY, DON'T LIFT A FINGER TO PAY FOR TUITION OR A STICK OF GUM FOR HER! She continues to defecate on everyone around her and she still expects to be catered.
So can I just say that there is absolutely no context on the daughter's side of this? From the parents' point of view this is extremely rude, however, we have no idea what the daughter's mental state is. She could suffer from agoraphobia (she left the house but that doesn't mean she left to party; it's perfectly possible she went to a quiet place like a park or library or just drove around) or have autism. The fact that her parents had to ask if she was comfortable with it makes me think that she has some sort of anxiety issue. IF YOU KNOW YOUR KID HAS ANXIETY AND IS UNCOMFORTABLE IN THOSE SITUATIONS, DON'T TRY AND FORCE THEM INTO PARTICIPATING. People who have anxiety issues do not know how they will be feeling a week out, much less a few hours from now. They could be fine one day and the next they cannot breathe due to whatever is bothering them.
No one should have to apologize for their anxiety. I'm sure if their daughter had asthma they wouldn't force her to compete in triathlons and they wouldn't publicly shame her for her physical weakness. Mental disorders are a real thing. They can be just as crippling as any physical illness. Shame on these parents for not getting their daughter help OR AT THE VERY LEAST trying to understand what she's going through.
The parents were, in fact wrong for planning the party. If they knew the daughter didn't like situations like that, they chose to run the risk.
Not that the daughter is off the hook. It was completely rude of her to back out at the last minute after saying she would attend.
We have a daughter that has anxiety issues, but I make it clear "You WILL be there" when it is absolutely necessary that she be somewhere. There are very few things that she "must" attend. Personally, I would NOT have planned a graduation party for her.
Return every gift given with a sincere apology and let little Miss "Anxiety" work for everything she gets from now on. She's going to have to learn that the world just won't care and won't indulge her.
Jen Rice doesn't want people to confuse mental illness with being a diva.
As the mother of a son with schizophrenia and the wife of a brilliant man with schizophrenia, for heaven's sake please stop blaming every rude, immature, and entitled act on mental illness! It does not promote true understanding of anti social behaviours stemming from illness, and that is something we desperately need. It only makes it more difficult for those who need that understanding the most.
While people disagreed on the responsible party (the blame game is fun) and what to do with the gifts, nobody questioned that the graduation party was not a good time.
5. Donald Trump, because Edward Snowden is clowning on him.
Not an easy guy to mock.
If there's one thing Donald Trump hates, it's being made to look ridiculous. Or maybe foreigners. But he definitely doesn't like being made to look ridiculous. So it must have hurt his mighty feelings to see this tweet from noted traitor/freedom fighter Edward Snowden, making fun of him for refusing to debate Bernie Sanders:
Who would have imagined Donald Trump's greatest fear was an economic debate?
Ouch. Nothing stings quite like being zinged by an enemy of the state currently exiled in Russia. What's worse, Snowden is right—by agreeing to the debate with Sanders and then backing down, Trump revealed that he's afraid of what would happen if the two actually faced off.
But is it the billionaire's greatest fear? No, of course not. His greatest fear is moths eating all his wigs.
4. Ariana Grande, because doctors just won't let her sing.
Save your strength, girl.
Singer/social media impresario Ariana Grande was forced to cancel a concert in Portugal over the weekend because of a nasty throat infection. She shared the sad news with a heartfelt apology on Instagram:
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She shouldn't be so hard on herself. Sinus infections are nothing to mess around with, especially if you're five feet tall and spend every day belting out tunes at the top of your lungs. Take a breather, Ariana!
Unless this illness is something she picked up by licking strange donuts again. In that case, she should be sorry.
3. Kanye West, because somebody stole his gear and it was an inside job.
Last week, somebody broke into Camp Yeezy and made off with the heist of a lifetime. (Camp Yeezy refers to Kanye West's Calabasas, CA office, but nobody besides us has ever called it that.) Law enforcement sources told TMZ that during the night, some daring thief pried open the door, got inside, and made off with $20,000 in stolen laptop and desktop computers. Maybe he can ask Mark Zuckerberg to buy him new ones.
Don't steal Kanye's stuff! He loves stuff!
What's worse, West's people say that the robbery looks like it was the work of someone who knew the space—an inside job. Could one of Ye's people be disenchanted enough to betray him like that? Yes. He's a nightmare.
2. Johnny Depp, because the whole world is smelling his dirty laundry.
If you haven't been following the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard divorce saga, then this article must be the first thing you've looked at on the Internet in a week. So, thanks! And also sorry, because this one is a bummer.
Don't look so shocked.
It all started when Heard filed for divorce from Depp after a year of marriage (and three days after his mom died). Just when everyone was feeling bad for Mr. Scissorhands, Heard came forward with accusations and evidence that Depp had abused her. Celebrities are still coming out of the woodwork to lend their support to both parties in the contentious split, and it doesn't seem like it'll be cleared up anytime soon.
It's a confusing time for Depp's fans, who don't know whether to feel sympathy for him or tear up their 21 Jump Street posters. As for the man himself, he drowned his sorrows in music over the weekend, performing some therapeutic rock-and-roll with Alice Cooper and his band the Hollywood Vampires in Germany:
Oy.
1. A woman who tried to smuggle meth by disguising it as burritos.
Everyone loves a spicy burrito, but a few drops of hot sauce is enough. Filling your dinner with more than a pound of meth is overkill.
That fact came as a tough lesson to a 23-year-old Arizona woman who attempted to cross the border from Mexico on Friday. She was carrying a bag of burritos, which didn't seem too suspicious to the border agents until one of their narcotics dogs showed an interest in the bag. (A dog interested in burritos? Who ever heard of such a thing?) Upon further investigation, one of the burritos was discovered to be nothing more than a tortilla wrapped around slightly more than a pound of meth—worth roughly $3,000 on the street.
The world's only $3,000 burrito, unless you order extra guac at Chipotle.
After she was arrested, the woman told officials she was supposed to hand the stash over to an unnamed person in Tucson, for which she would receive $500. Instead, she'll be eating nothing but prison burritos until her trial. And those things are dry af.
In an interview with Fault magazine, surprise sex symbol Matthew Lewis discussed things like his face and, on a more poignant note, the passing of beloved actor Alan Rickman. Lewis was actually on the set of Fantastic Beasts when the news broke about Rickman. He described the "surreal" day to Fault, as well as sharing a bit about Rickman's last day on the Harry Potterset.
I was at Leavesden Studios the other day, visiting the set of Fantastic Beasts and I was with the producer who did all the Harry Potter films. He was taking me around the studio when the news came through. We were both just completely stunned. But also, to be in the studio when that came through, suddenly every room that I went into, every corridor that I walked down on, I suddenly remembered a story or an image of Alan. It got a bit odd. It was quite surreal. But also, powerfully moving as well. It was quite nice to be there. All those happy memories came flooding back and I got quite nostalgic actually. I went back home last night and just watched loads of interviews with him. It’s hard to describe. On his last day, I had a cup of tea with him in his trailer and we just sat and chatted about the future of my career and what I should do. He just offered me advice in where I should go and he said some things to me that filled me with a lot of confidence. And when you hear those sorts of things from someone of his stature, his ability, it means a lot.
From all the stories, there's no doubt that Rickman got along much better with his young co-stars than Snape did with their characters.
On a lighter note, Lewis refused to accept the truth about his sex symbol status during his interview.
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"Oh come on, that’s just a lot of make-up and good lighting. I’m not a sex symbol, Jesus, no," he said. "I’m just a weird looking bloke from Leeds who keeps getting jobs on telly for some reason." Not just on the telly—Lewis is currently appearing as Patrick in the adaptation of Jojo Moyes's Me Before You, starring Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke.
Britney Spears sent some Memorial Day love out to her fans the only way she knows how—by posting a sexy bikini Instagram. It might not have anything to do with the holiday itself, but the 111,000 people who liked the post aren't complaining.
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In case you're not up to date on what's going on with Spears these days, she's basically living her best life. She's got a standing gig in Vegas, a great relationship with her kids, and as far as she's concerned, men can suck her toe.
In honor of Memorial Day, we thought we'd run a list of the funniest tweets we could find about life on deployment, life on base, life in latrines, etc. Support the troops, and remember the gross and wacky stuff they go through, with the 16 funniest tweets about serving in the military!
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Went to Subway today and forgot what it was like to make decisions on my own. #Armylife
It says something about how crazy Season 6 has been when an episode where a Stark is brought back from the dead (even if it happened a while ago, offscreen) is still probably the third-most mind-blowing so far. The plotlines jump through time and space almost as fast as Bran does, which makes Snapchat the perfect vehicle for summarizing this hectically amazing show. (Regular recap here.) This was an episode of characters standing up for themselves. Gilly stood up for Sam, Benjen stood up for Meera & Bran, Arya stood up for herself, and Jaime stood up for his very disappointing son (to no avail). At least no one died or had to be naked.
