Even if your name is normal, getting it butchered is a part of life. Somehow, having your name mispronounced also happens to super-famous celebrities, even though their names are broadcast to millions daily. Here's how to properly pay homage to your idols by getting their names right, once and for all.
1. Bjork.
You've seen that swan dress photo plenty of times. Enough is enough.
She’s the most famous and beloved Icelandic person in the world. They speak a whole different language there, called Icelandic, which might be why English speakers can’t get the nuance of her name right. It’s not “bee-YORK”—it’s “bee-YERK.”
2. Dr. Seuss.
Would you, could you… with a cat?
There exists a musical called Seussical, a musical based on the works of Dr. Seuss. The title is designed to cleverly rhyme with musical. Except it really doesn’t. The world’s most notorious green eggs/ham pusher was born Theodore Seuss Geisel. “Seuss” doesn’t rhyme with “juice” or “loose,” but it does rhyme with “Joyce.”
3. J.K. Rowling.
Expecto pronouncecorrectly!
The first syllable of the surname of the acclaimed author of The Casual Vacancy and The Cuckoo’s Calling doesn’t rhyme with “pow” or “brow.” It rhymes with “Poe” or “Jo,” as in Joanne, Rowling’s full first name.
4. Matt Groening.
Actually, it's pronounced "Mott."
He created Futurama, and also The Simpsons. So you may have assumed that the "Groe" in his name rhymes with "D’oh!" But it's actually pronounced more like "graining."
5. Steve Buscemi.
He's America's Gary Oldman.
This one is complicated. Buscemi actually pronounces his name as “boo-semm-mee,” but it's much more commonly pronounced "boo-shemm-me,” both by his fans and by other Buscemis. (So if you say it that way, you're not completely wrong.)
6. Shia LaBeouf.
Or you can just call him "Shy Beef." He loves that.
Surprisingly, LaBoeuf's commonly-mispronounced name is not part of some weird performance art piece. The star of Even Stevens would actually like you to call him Shia “Luh-buff” and not “Shia “Luh-boooooooof.”
7. Maya Angelou.
Get it right. She's a national treasure!
America’s finest poet, Angelou is an idol to millions who can’t pronounce her name correctly. Her last name isn’t pronounced “ann-jell-ooo,” it’s “ann-jell-oh.”(As in I KNOU Why the Caged Bird Sings.)
On June 22, Channing Tatum weighed in with his thoughts on sex, feminism, porn, rape culture, and the incredibly short sentence Brock Turner received after being convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on the Stanford Campus. You know, just a bit of light conversation.
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Speaking to Joanna Coles, the editor-of-chief of Cosmopolitan (via FacebookLive), Tatum said of rape culture:
I think it's tough. I think that rape culture is a very real thing. . . I think it's a horrible, horrible idea to let someone off because of possibly what they're gonna be capable of doing. Because if you start doing that, where do you end? Where does that stop? Where does that line actually quit? I don't think it's right. I think [Turner] should've been punished, personally, but I also don't know what the answer is to protect women, to keep you out of those situations.
Brock Turner received a jail sentence of just six months, of which he'll probably only serve three, angering just about everyone in the world other than Turner's immediate family. Asked what he thought of the sentence, Tatum replied:
I just couldn't believe it. That is like if you killed someone, if you got caught red-handed murdering someone, and then just because you went to a nice school and you were a good swimmer, you somehow get a lesser sentence than what you would've for cold-blooded murder. I mean, that just doesn't make any sense.
Nope, it sure doesn't, other than the fact that Turner was white and a star athlete at the university.
So how do we fix the problem? Well, first we probably should be asking people other than actors, but Tatum's answer is just about as good as any:
I think we need to use education and we have to be comfortable talking about [sex]. Look I’m uncomfortable talking about it and I’m saying we should be comfortable talking about it. But it is, it’s an awkward thing to talk about, it’s an awkward thing to talk about especially probably with your kids. And how do we do that better? Like ow do we actually come up with a plan to be able to communicate about sex and what do we need from each other and what are the lines and how do you even know where the lines are if you’re not strong enough to say, okay, I’m not comfortable with this anymore . . . The only way to get to what you want is communication.
And in case you didn't love Tatum one hundred thousand percent already, a woman in the audience asked him his definition of feminism in three words, to which he replied, "I can do it in one. Equality."
Comedian Aziz Ansari wrote an op-ed for the New York Times on Donald Trump that, unlike all the other stuff he makes, is really not funny. Ansari, who is the son of Muslim immigrants, spoke candidly about how Trump's platform hinges on fearing people like himself and his family. (Although those who have watched Master of Nonewould probably agree that they seem like the most harmless/most hilarious family ever.) The piece is called "Why Trump Makes Me Scared for My Family," and in it, Ansari talks about the ramifications that Trump's hate speech has on Muslim Americans:
Being Muslim American already carries a decent amount of baggage. In our culture, when people think “Muslim,” the picture in their heads is not usually of the Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or the kid who left the boy band One Direction. It’s of a scary terrorist character from “Homeland” or some monster from the news.
With Trump's racist immigration policy at the forefront of his Presidential platform, the 3.3 million Muslims living and practicing peacefully in the United States are feeling more and more misunderstood and attacked because of how the Republican talks about them. Ansari notes:
I asked a young friend of mine, a woman in her 20s of Muslim heritage, how she had been feeling after the attack. “I just feel really bad, like people think I have more in common with that idiot psychopath than I do the innocent people being killed,” she said. “I’m really sick of having to explain that I’m not a terrorist every time the shooter is brown.”
Even though Trump has no qualms about pointing fingers at Muslims, he seems to be ignoring that white males are also responsible for many of the nations recent mass shootings:
According to reporting by Mother Jones, since 9/11, there have been 49 mass shootings in this country, and more than half of those were perpetrated by white males. I doubt we’ll hear Mr. Trump make a speech asking his fellow white males to tell authorities “who the bad ones are,” or call for restricting white males’ freedoms.
You're right, Aziz. That will never happen. Ugh. :(. You can read the entire op-ed here.
A news crew filming a group of religious protestors at London's Gay Pride parade on Saturday happened to spot actor Jesse Eisenberg (who's in London performing in a play) walking his bicycle through the crowd. Eisenberg stopped briefly to glance at the protestors' signage, as a man speaking into a microphone preached, "It's all very well saying God is a God of love. We would agree, God is a God of love. But he's also a God of justice. God has his laws."
As Eisenberg shook his head in disbelief and disgust, one of the protestors holding pamphlets asked him, "Is your mind closed?" which, when you think about it, is a slightly odd way to ask someone if they're "open" to being hateful, judgmental, and homophobic. Eisenberg simply responded, "So sad. That's so fucking sad. . . Is my mind closed, dude, you're so fucked up" and continued on his way.
Eisenberg, best known for playing real person Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network and, more recently, not-real person Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman, is currently performing in a play he wrote called The Spoils in London's West End. In an interview with The Guardian, Eisenberg explained that social causes were an important part of his upbringing, saying, "It was totally understood, growing up, that we should support people who are struggling. This was not debatable."
Well, it looks like Johnny Depp has not banished himself to his private tropical island after all. On Sunday night, Johnny Depp apparently made an appearance at the Los Angeles Comedy Store, when he got on stage in the middle of comedian Mat Edgars's set. Perhaps Depp was looking to buy some comedy? Or could this be some research for a new role of "heckler"?
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Nope, Depp was just hanging out with his buddy, comedian Doug Stanhope. If you'll remember, Doug Stanhope is the man who wrote the op-ed saying that Depp's estranged wife Amber Heard's claims of abuse are made up.
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According to People, Depp's mid-set interruption wasn't (terribly) awkward, because Depp made a joke about Edgars's time being up, and because he's Johnny Depp and can pretty much do what he wants. So what's next for Depp? Who knows. But keep your eyes peeled for him next time you're checking out Louis CK at the Comedy Cellar.
It is hard to believe that Teen Mom OG star Farrah Abraham only gave birth to her daughter Sophia seven years ago, especially when you see pictures of Sophia now. She definitely looks pretty mature for her age.
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Farrah has been talking about how her daughter has wanted to get into modeling, and it looks like she finally got around to talking a few shots. However, many people on the internet found the pictures to be little too provocative, and called out Abraham on her Instagram account. Commenters said the pictures were "disgusting" and that Abraham is teaching her daughter "how to be a slut like you."
Wait. Isn't saying that stuff worse than a little girl posing for the camera?
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Even though child modeling is totally a thing, people are quick to judge Farrah because of her past. After appearing on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom OG, Abraham made a sex tape and released a line of sex toys. Though she is a grown woman who can make her own choices, people took issue with it and now spend their time telling her she is a whore on Instagram. But don't worry, they are the good, moral ones. Right?
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Do you have to agree with Abraham's life choices and parenting choices? Of course not. Is cyberbullying a mom and her seven-year-old the best way to handle your feelings toward a complete stranger? Probably not.
Jon Snow's already come back from the dead, but if you're looking for more signs that he's truly the Prince That Was Promised/Azor Ahai reborn, a redditor named hatchman88 is pointing out a detail from the season six finale that has hundreds of redditors upvoting their approval. It's all based on this image:
Focus on the hilt.
Before running up the Tower of Joy, Ned took the sword "Dawn" from a dying member of the Kingsguard, Ser Arthur Dayne. He then leans it on what you have to assume is the bed where Lyanna Stark just gave birth to Jon Snow. This makes for a perfect connection to a prophecy about Westeros's promised savior.
The prophecy, often mentioned by Melisandre, says:
When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone.
Keep an eye particularly on the bolded text in the quote above. Nerds already think Jon's resurrection fulfills the "born again" part, naturally. And that the "smoke" can refer to the steam from his wounds when he was stabbed to death in the cold and the "salt" to the tears of his friends. Almost everyone thinks Jon's father is Rhaegar Targaryen, so you can twist some words around to fulfill the "dragons" part, but obviously it starts to get a little stretched.
But here's the latest evidence that the prophecy refers to Jon Snow:
So, the sun emblem on the hilt is the star and the blood on the blade is the, uh, the blood. Bleeding star.
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
Depending on how literally you and your maester choose to interpret the prophecy, you can see how this helps Jon's case as Azor Ahai reborn.
Only George R.R. Martin knows the truth. But Melisandre needs it to be true so Davos won't cut off her face.
EveryoneEverypun loves a good pun, the jokes often associated with dads, because they're so bad that they become so good. Two bros recently went on a field trip to hunt for puns, running around stores Snapchatting each other jokes. These young men have a glorious dedication to the art form; it's jokes like these that make an unnecessary app like Snapchat worthy of existence.
They even took things beyond the food aisles.
The boys also applied their joke formula to appliances.
While this seems like it was a very fulfilling trip to the market, here's hoping that the guys also remembered to pick up a few groceries between puns.
Chrissy Teigen and her husband John Legend love themselves some social media. They post a lot of pictures, especially now that they've got baby Luna Simone. On Sunday, Teigen posted a picture of Legend holding his daughter as she stares up at him, captioned, "She is innnnnn love!"
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When Luna was first born, she looked a lot like her father. But now she's starting to look just like Chrissy's mini-me.
Legend also posted a few pictures on Sunday, including this one of his mother-in-law Vilailuck Teigen holding little Luna (and their Frenchie Pippa sitting nearby, because Pippa wants everyone to see how pretty she is, too). Look how much that baby looks like Chrissy. It's almost as if they share DNA.
What cheekbones this kid is gonna have! With parents (and grandparents) as good-looking as hers, Luna's going to have no trouble at all in the attractiveness department. The only thing that baby really has to worry about is people trying to nom her cheekbones. There's nothing tastier than baby cheeks (except, of course, baby toes).
On June 23, Jennifer Kiss-Engele, whose son Sawyer has Down syndrome, posted an open letter on Facebook to the parent who invited every single kid in the class to her kid's party—except Sawyer. The letter was reposted by Facebook group Love What Matters, where it's been shared almost 4,000 times in one day. You might want to grab a tissue or two (or the whole box).
An open letter to the parent that thought it was OK to invite the entire class to their child's birthday except for my...
Here's an excerpt from the letter, which you can read in full on Kiss-Engele's Facebook page:
Hi there, I know we don’t know each other well but my son Sawyer and your child are in the same class. I understand that your child recently delivered birthday invitations to the entire class except to Sawyer, who was not invited. I also understand that this was not an oversight on your part, that it was an intentional decision to not to include my son.
I want you to know that we don’t have an expectation of being invited to every birthday party. In fact, when Sawyer celebrated his birthday last year we only invited a few close friends as we wanted to keep it small, since it was over the Christmas break. But in your case, this is not the same reason. In fact, you have invited all 22 other children from the class except for my son. I know it’s not because he’s mean, you couldn’t meet a happier child. I know it’s not because he’s not fun, he has a great sense of humour and an infectious laugh. I know it’s not because your child and him don’t get along, he’s brought up your child’s name on several occasions. The only reason why you decided it was OK to not invite my son to your child’s birthday party is because he has Down Syndrome.
I am sorry that you are not informed, maybe scared, or uncertain about what it means to have Down Syndrome. I know if you knew more about Down Syndrome you wouldn’t have made this decision. I am not mad at you. Rather, I think this is an opportunity for you to get to know my son better. You see, having Down Syndrome doesn’t mean that you don’t want to have friends. It doesn’t mean that you don’t have feelings. It doesn’t mean you don’t like to go to birthday parties. People with Down Syndrome want the same things that you and I want. They want to have close relationships, they want to feel love, they want to contribute, they want to have meaningful lives, and they want to go to birthday parties. It may be more difficult at times to understand my child. But the laughter and love that you share doesn’t need interpretation.
It’s only until this happened that I realized myself that Sawyer hasn’t been invited to hardly anyone’s birthday party this past year. The kids are getting to that age where they often only invite a few children to their parties and he hasn’t made the cut. Other parents I know that have children with Down Syndrome have often started the school year by educating the class and I haven’t done that. He’s always just been Sawyer to me and I haven’t felt the need to talk about Down Syndrome to his class until this moment. I realize now that I have let him down. I have let a year slip away where I could have done more to educate families. Perhaps then we wouldn’t be in this situation. I realize that it’s my obligation as his parent and advocate to educate people more about what it means to have Down Syndrome and how they are more like you than different. I now know how important it is to talk about it and it’s something I am committed to doing a better job of.
Please know that I am here to talk if you would like. I may be a mama bear but I am not a scary person. I recognize that we all make mistakes and at the end of the day, I think we both could have done better.
Thank you, Jennifer (Sawyer’s Mom)
Kiss-Engele updated her post with some good news:
I want you to know that there is a happy ending to this story. The parent read my letter, spoke to their child about Sawyer, and the child created a special birthday invite for Sawyer. Of course he's been beaming ever since and can't stop talking about it.
I'm really proud that my letter has reached so many people because it's not just this birthday party and its not just Sawyer. There are so many kids with special needs (and without of course) that just don't make the cut. I think as parents we all need to do a better job of fostering these relationships, myself included.
I hope that parents who read this will help open that dialogue with their own child and perhaps make that one 'extra' invitation.
Just like some famous guy once said, "All's well that ends well." Here's to more parents working together and educating each other to ensure their kids have happier childhoods. Nobody should ever be the only person not invited to a party.
Lena Dunham posted her thoughts on Kanye's controversial new music video in a well-crafted essay on Facebook. In the Tidal-exclusive music video for his song "Famous," Kanye features a sort of Madame Tussauds orgy as he lies naked with his wife, Kim Kardashian West, and celebrities like Taylor Swift and George W. Bush. The camera lingers on the waxy breasts of Fake Rihanna and Fake Amber Rose, the shock value obscuring any sort of artistic statement.
Here's a clip of the video, and it's very NSFW.
Kanye's New Music Video For Famous. This man is a lunatic, I have come to the conclusion.https://t.co/4tcZMQq9f4
Dunham "joined the party" by saying how this crass, gratuitous nudity treats women's bodies as objects, much like famous rapists Brock Turner and Bill Cosby did with their crimes.
Peeking From Between My Fingers: some disjointed thoughts on the 'Famous' video
Like many pop culture addicted...
After stating her pop culture credentials, Dunham dives into the issue:
Let's break it down: at the same time Brock Turner is getting off with a light tap for raping an unconscious woman and photographing her breasts for a group chat... As assaults are Periscoped across the web and girls commit suicide after being exposed in ways they never imagined... While Bill Cosby's crimes are still being uncovered and understood as traumas for the women he assaulted but also massive bruises to our national consciousness... Now I have to see the prone, unconscious, waxy bodies of famous women, twisted like they've been drugged and chucked aside at a rager? It gives me such a sickening sense of dis-ease.
She makes a point to explain how it's not the nudity that bothers her, but the lack of consent:
I was raised in the art world by a dad who painted aggro scenes of sexuality and war and a mom who, ironically enough, has photographed some butt naked life-sized dolls of her own. I live for the nude rabble rousing of Carolee Schneemann and Hannah Wilke, for Kathy Acker's arty porn, for Paul McCarthy's gnomes with butt plugs and Vito Acconci masturbating under the gallery floor and Carrie Mae Weems shedding a blinding light on the pleasures and terrors of black womanhood. If it's been banned, I'll probably love it. Because I know that art's job is to make us think in ways that aren't always tidy or comfortable. But this feels different.
I'm sure that Bill Cosby doll being in the bed alongside Donald Trump is some kind of statement, that I'm probably being trolled on a super high level. I know that there's a hipper or cooler reaction to have than the one I'm currently having. But guess what? I don't have a hip cool reaction, because seeing a woman I love like Taylor Swift (fuck that one hurt to look at, I couldn't look), a woman I admire like Rihanna or Anna, reduced to a pair of waxy breasts made by some special effects guy in the Valley, it makes me feel sad and unsafe and worried for the teenage girls who watch this and may not understand that grainy roving camera as the stuff of snuff films. I hesitated a lot about saying anything cuz I figured the thinkpieces would come pouring in. But I didn't see this angle being explored as much as I had hoped. It's weird to feel like you're watching alone. I bet I'm not.
Dunham concludes by appealing to Kanye's coolness, calling on him to use his coolness for good.
Here's the thing, Kanye: you're cool. Make a statement on fame and privacy and the Illuminati or whatever is on your mind! But I can't watch it, don't want to watch it, if it feels informed and inspired by the aspects of our culture that make women feel unsafe even in their own beds, in their own bodies.
Y'all, I'm so sick of showing up to the party angry. But at least I brought cake.
The abusive undertones have been picked up by others, not to mention the fact that Kanye put Rihanna in bed beside Chris Brown, who plead guilty to assaulting her in 2009.
Kanye West is a sexist pig and a disgrace to the music industry. If you think his famous video is "art". Then gtfo.
While we all think we’re not “affected” by advertising, it’s simply not true. Ads work. You definitely shouted “waaaaaaazzzzzzzup” at somebody back in the day. That’s from a beer commercial. And during the 1984 presidential campaign, Walter Mondale asked Democratic VP rival Gary Hart “Where’s the beef?” in regards to his weaksauce social programs. Here are some beloved characters and songs that became such a part of the culture that most people have completely forgotten they were created for advertisements.
1. “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing.”
Can you spot the subtle product placement?
This song came back into public consciousness after being featured on the series finale of Mad Men. It’s implied that Don Draper came up with the idea of a Coca-Cola commercial in which a bunch of hippies on a mountaintop sing about peace, love, togetherness, and bubbly brown diabetes water. This was all a real-life ad and jingle of course, and “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” was such a popular campaign that the jingle was re-recorded by the folk group the New Seekers. In 1971 it hit the top 10 in the US and #1 in the UK.
2. Milhouse.
His mom says he's cool.
Before The Simpsons even became a regular series (spun off from The Tracey Ullman Show) Bart Simpson had already been enlisted in 1988 as a pitchman for Butterfinger candy bars. An ad called for Bart to have a friend at school who wanted to trade lunches, so Simpsons creator Matt Groening grabbed a nerdy little unnamed milquetoast he'd drawn for a failed Saturday morning cartoon. The character’s look and traits remained intact when The Simpsons went to series, but he needed a name befitting such a lame-o. According to a Simpsons DVD commentary, Groening named him Milhouse because it was the most “unfortunate” name possible for a child. (It’s based on Richard Nixon’s middle name, Milhous.)
3. “We’ve Only Just Begun.”
"Lord help the mister / that comes between me and my sister."
This song is a monster of soft rock, and was only the second single ever released by the Carpenters, the melancholy brother-sister duo were basically the Metallica/Beatles of easy listening. It was the group’s second hit single, and it’s a cover of a jingle from a ‘70s bank commercial. Roger Nichols and Paul Williams (who would later write “Rainbow Connection” for The Muppet Movie) composed it for a Crocker National Bank of California ad that depicts a wedding (and the financial needs that arise therein). It doesn’t reference the bank directly. While putting together the Carpenters’ album Close to You, Richard Carpenter saw the ad on TV, loved the song, and figured out that it was written by Williams, who like him was signed to A&M Records. Carpenter asked Williams if him and his sister could do the song, Williams agreed, and it went to #2 on the pop chart in 1970.
4. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Freak.
Rudolph, the flying reindeer with a genetically defective glowing nose he worked to his advantage, is now an accepted part of the official Santa Claus mythology. He's inspired a song and a stop-motion animated special, but he began as a way to get people in the door at the now-defunct department store chain Montgomery Ward. The store always gave away coloring books to kids at Christmas, but in 1939 they decided to save money by publishing their own in-house storybook instead of buying them from somebody else. A guy in the company's advertising department named Robert L. May was tasked with coming up with an original character to star in Ward’s coloring book. During the holiday season of 1939, more than 2.5 million copies of May’s Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer book were handed out.
5. Calvin Harris's "Let's Go."
"The desert, it's so hot. If only I had a cool, crisp, refreshing… Shasta!"
One of Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriend’s first hits in the U.S., “Let’s Go," made it to the top 20 in 2012. But in his native UK it was a #2 smash, even though it was initially released as the music for a soccer-themed Pepsi Max commercial. The lyrics even feature Pepsi slogans used around the world, such as “Live for now,” and “It’s now or never.”
6. Chris Brown's "Forever."
"Forever" is how long it takes to do 1,400 hours of community service.
Those lines "Double your pleasure, double your fun," in Chris Brown's huge hit (and tired wedding entrance dance choice) are not just some cultural reference to an old gum commercial. Wrigley's paid Brown to record a short, contemporary jingle featuring that famous tagline for its Doublemint Gum. Brown then made the song longer, called it "Forever," and released it as a single. (As soon as Brown plead guilty to assault charges for attacking Rihanna, the gum company dropped him.)
Talk about feeding anytime & anywhere. "That moment when you're getting married and your baby gets hungry ;) feeling SO proud of myself! Fighting that good fight! ❤️"
“I made it work... I had to!” Torino-Benton told The Huffington Post. Making the case for a small wedding, she adds, “The people at my wedding were not surprised with me feeding Gemma mid-ceremony because I’m always feeding her at some point or another in front of them."
The newlyweds.
Torino-Benton shared the picture with the Breastfeeding Mama Talk Facebook page. Her fellow mamas got a kick out of it, and started sharing their own bridal breastfeeding photos in the comments.
"This is during our bridal party photos, our little man 5 months at the time decided he was hungry. The photographer took this photo and I love how natural it looks.""Love this! This was on my wedding day, during the reception. He still loves to BF at 8 months as much as he did as a newborn. Wouldn't change this for anything.""Ten minutes before I walked down the aisle! It's one of my favorite photos from the day! We were on the way to him weaning so this was the last time we nursed and it's been just over a week now. I will always treasure this picture.""Love it! Me breastfeeding my then 6 Month old at my vow renewal! Wouldn't change it for the world.""Yessss!!! This is my 5mo old daughter and I - 2 weekends ago at our Wedding! LOVE this thread!!! #breastfeedingbride#breastisbest"
A round of applause for these moms for pulling double-duty and sustaining life on the most special day of their lives.
Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston, the newest celebrity couple to constantly demand your attention, were spotted together at the Colosseum in Rome on Monday. Many are calling the couple's trip a "honeymoon," presumably because it sounds much more important to say "Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston are on a 'honeymoon'" than "Hey guys, Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston took a trip." Plebes in love take trips. Celebs in love take honeymoons, no matter whether they're married or not.
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There's a chance these photos—and any of the other photos of the couple together—weren't necessarily meant to be photo ops. But as this paparazzo says, there's a good chance they were totally staged.
Ah, birthdays: that time when your old friends, co-workers, and elementary school classmates worm their way out of the woodwork and leave a comment on your Facebook wall. Well, Aubrey Plaza's Parks and Rec castmates are better co-workers than yours, because they actually made the effort to wish her happy birthday in person. On a recent episode of Anna Faris's podcast, Plaza's former castmates Retta and Chris Pratt surprised the birthday girl with cupcakes. She accepted them with her typical attitude:
