It's been a big year for alleged sexual assaulters—one is about to be president!—and the streak continues as Casey Affleck appears to be on his way to an Oscar for his performance in Manchester By the Sea.
Ben's baby bro was sued by two women for sexual misconduct and sexual harassment on the set of his mockumentary film, I'm Still Here. He settled them both back in 2010.
Brie Larson, an advocate for victims of sexual assault, who won the Golden Globe (and the Oscar!) last year for her role as a survivor in Room, was tasked with announcing Affleck's win, and did a good job responding to the win.
Twitter applauded how she did her very best under the spotlight and the circumstances.
brie larson: *reads casey affleck's name on the card* brie larson: i'd like to be excluded from this narrative
So glad Brie Larson found a way to be professional but keep her distance from having to reward Casey Affleck at the Golden Globes. pic.twitter.com/9dTYYxrXe7
Odds are we're going to have to see this play out again at the SAG Awards, and the Oscars, but Larson being there for the handoff makes the moment somewhat palatable.
Take a look at this image of a girl that has been confusing people since before #thedress.
Does this girl have three legs?
...'cause it looks like she has three legs.
According to the 2012 date, this picture has been confusing people for years, but it resurfaced after imgur user AMassiveTRexHoldingaBaby posted the pic with the caption, "Legit had to stare at this pic for a full minute before my brain told me what was going on."
Our culture's recent obsession with optical illusions drew thousands of commentors freaking out about this three legged-girl, and when you get that many eyes on that many legs, you're going to draw out the truth.
Have you figured it out yet?
It's not a leg.
This girl is actually holding a vase that freakishly matches up with her legs. The top of the vase is the color of her dress and the bottom looks like a an additional limb. Even the shadow on the right side of the vase looks like a could-be leg crease.
Its one of those things that, once you see it, you can't believe how you ever couldn't. And yet, it took us five years to figure out.
When asked about her choice to wear a suit instead of a gown, the 29-year-old Westworld star said:
This is my third nomination and I’ve been to the Globes six times, and I’ve worn a dress every time. And I love dresses, I’m not trying to protest dresses, but I wanted to make sure that young girls and women knew they aren’t a requirement. And that you don’t have to wear one if you don’t want to, and to just be yourself because your worth is more than that. So this year I said I’m going as an homage to Marlene Dietrich and Victor Victoria, and David Bowie because it’s his birthday.
She also posted this tweet, just to extra make her point:
Wood also wasn't the only woman fighting the dress code last night. Octavia Spencer rocked a killer cobalt-blue suit, and also looked amazing:
SINCE EVERYONE IS SO HYPE ABOUT EVAN RACHEL WOODS WEARING A SUIT HERES A TWEET TO APPRECIATE HOW CUTE @octaviaspencer WAS IN HER SUIT THANKS pic.twitter.com/Sg2rTUC6sC
Not only do they both look amazing, they probably enjoyed perks like being able to comfortably walk around, use the bathroom, and wear a regular bra (instead of the dreaded strapless).
If Lady Gaga can wear a meat dress or a giant egg (she loves her protein!), and this lady can wear a dress made out of pubic hair, Evan Rachel Wood can wear a slamming suit to the Golden Globes. And I can stay home in my pajamas.
Maybe this will finally put all the shaming of moms breastfeeding in public to rest: The pope encourages it. In church, no less. At the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord celebration in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged women to breastfeed their babies if they needed to.
The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, and on Sunday, the pope baptized 28 babies in the Sistine Chapel.
"The ceremony is a little long, someone's crying because he's hungry. That's the way it is," he said, according to Agence France-Presse. "You mothers, go ahead and breastfeed, without fear. Just like the Virgin Mary nursed Jesus," he continued.
The pope has long been a supporter of breastfeeding mothers, and has invited nursing mothers to feel free to breastfeed at the same ceremony in the past.
So the next time you're feeling hesitant about breastfeeding in public, just remember: Pope Francis says it's cool.
Redditor Swagged_Out_Custar recently uploaded a screenshot of what must be one of the all-time great Facebook shutdowns, and now the whole internet is saying, "Oh snap!" In this comment war, an Obama detractor proudly shares an article about the Senate's recent vote to repeal Obamacare. After one of his friends posts a rebuttal, everyone gradually realizes that this guy has a basic misunderstanding of what the Affordable Care Act is. And that makes his disdain for "Obamacare" especially ironic.
No matter your politics, you have to admit this is dumb. This is really dumb.
Redditor PictureIt-Sicily, who manages AirBnB properties, had a guest with an itch he really needed to scratch. An itch on his penis.
Having not packed accordingly, the guest reached out for some info on getting supplies, which resulted in this gross conversation.
We got into a fierce debate in the Someecards office over whether or not this could actually be real. There are "masturbation truthers" among us.
Someone on Reddit asked for further details, and PictureIt-Sicily added an epilogue: After talking to Airbnb customer service, the horny man has been evicted.
He has to be gone by my checkout time which is half an hour from now. My boyfriend is over there right now monitoring to make sure he doesn't cause problems on his way out.
The BEST part is that I get to keep his full payment! I'm not sure if Airbnb is refunding him themselves, but they said specifically that his payout to me won't be clawed back. He was supposed to stay another 4 nights so I expected them to take back the amount for those 4 nights but nope, I get paid and the room is now open for a new guest to book.
Unfortunately because the reservation was canceled, I can't leave him a scathing review. I really hope AirBNB bans his account because even besides this, he was a shit guest.
Next time you need to masturbate in an Airbnb, make sure you're prepared.
Here's a picture of the 26-year-old Mozart in the Jungle star looking fabulous and flaunting her unshaved underarms:
In addition to making a statement about women's bodies—our body hair, our choice!—she wore a pin on her dress that made another strong statement about female autonomy.
So what's it like getting ready for the Golden Globes when you're a chill, no-fucks-giving actress who doesn't conform to Hollywood standards? Pretty effing fun, from the looks of it:
Of course, Instagram commenters had words. Because what women should and shouldn't do with their bodies is one of the internet's favorite things to have opinions about.
Like a gentleman named stonerb55 (red flag #1), who's just "keeping it 100" (red flag #2) by offering some unsolicited advice:
But many others rushed to Kirk's defense, and made some good points:
charnash_@stonerb55 lol, if men don't shave women shouldn't have to either. Simple 😘
bluescluespunk@stonerb55 just a friendly reminded that it is their body and they are free to do what they want with it.
Kirke, who seems like the kind of person to not bother reading online comments, is keeping the family tradition alive. Her older sister, Girls star Jemimah Kirke, unabashedly rocked armpit hair at the CMFA Fashion Awards in 2015.
Hairy armpits may not be appealing to everyone. And that's fine! You don't have to like it. But until men start shaving their entire bodies, including their pits and private parts, they can STFU about what we should do with ours.
Thanks to Twitter, it's never been easier to get in touch with a company's customer service team (for example, Wendy's). This is especially helpful when you find yourself caught in the dilemma of buying donuts to put on your penis so your girlfriend can eat them off, only to find out that the ones you've purchased actually have no holes. Oops!
@Morrisons oi there's no ring in my donuts how I'm I supposed to put these on my willy and get my girlfriend to eat them off now 😡😡😡😡pic.twitter.com/ZFCOfKUwHn
This is exactly the situation a UK man going by "silverfox" on Twitter (@PeeWeeMFC75) found himself in recently. So he sent a tweet to Morrisons, the supermarket where he purchased the donuts, asking how he was supposed to put these hole-less donuts on his "willy." Lo and behold, a Morrisons employee named Cam tweeted back the following advice: "Improvise."
@Morrisons I did I'm now in a&e with burns from the onion rings
The next part is almost almost definitely fake, because no one could be this stupid). The dude responded to Cam at Morrisons saying that he improvised and he was currently in A&E (emergency department) with burns from rings. "Cam" (if that is his real name) replied again, and the two proceeded to get involved in a very silly Twitter conversation.
@PeeWeeMFC75 You didn't wait for them to cool down? - Cam
A Twitter user put together screenshots of the whole exchange between donut guy and supermarket person, and sent the whole thing out into internet land, where it went insanely viral, because come on, dude bought donuts to put on his penis.
But silverfox (if that is his real name) got roasted by another account altogether in the end.
Apologies. However your girlfriend informs us the hole was pointless anyway. "His little fella doesn't make it to the end" were her words https://t.co/IqGTPHTB98
After dying laughing at last year's Chewbacca mom video, Katie Curtis decided to wear the same mask while she went into labor. Instead laughs, the mask's Chewbacca voice is used to more accurately depict the pain of childbirth.
"Just because I'm about to be a mom doesn't mean I have to grow up!" 32-year-old Curtis wrote on her video that was originally posted to Facebook, and then she followed it up with some VERY grown up information on how to license her whimsical video.
Just because I'm about to be a mom doesn't mean I have to grow up! Bwahahahahs never take life too seriously! Best Christmas gift ever! #havingababy #pregnancyhairgrowth Jukin Media Verified (Original) * For licensing / permission to use: Contact - licensing(at)jukinmediadotcom
Of course, it makes sense to get on that media train, as Curtis's Chewbacca birth instantly went viral. Since being posted January 2nd, the video has already been viewed over 100,000 times and gained hundreds of comments from other inspired Chewbacca mom wanna-bes.
So did Katie Curtis just exchange her baby's first fifteen minutes of life to get fifteen minutes of fame? After being accused of this in the comments section, Curtis swears that wasn't her plan. Curtis says she accidentally posted this, and that it was originally intended to be texted to her brother to make him laugh.
you know what's funny is if I was trying to copy someone wouldn't you think I would do a video longer than 10 seconds lol it was a video text meant for my brother to make him laugh which it clearly did lol and its hilarious
And then a few comments further down she writes:
People have no clue. I def have better things to do than try to go viral on the internet. I have other connections If I wanted to have some spotlight but this is kinda cool lol
Whether or not it was intentional, once the Chewbacca glory rained down on Katie Curtis, she definitely bathed in it.
And just in case you're wondering, the birth went fine. According to US Weekly, Curtis delivered a beautiful baby girl named Jayden. You can see pics of the baby here.
Ahh yes, one of the age old questions, after "why are we here?" and "what really happened with Mariah Carey?" Thankfully, Twitter is full of people who know everything. They just didn't all agree.
Some gave Seacrest hard and fast cutoffs.
@RyanSeacrest Sunday is VERY last day. Also day to take down decorations & Christmas tree. Vacuum pine needles...aaaahhhhh great smell!
Other's were a little looser with the "happy new years".
@RyanSeacrest All month long..because it gives us more time to think of how the heck we are going to keep those New Year Resolutions! pic.twitter.com/rnzTqLSwhn
Meet "sweater dude," the internet's newest sweater-wearing hero. His mission is simple: he knits sweaters that look like places all over the world. Then he visits the place, and photographs himself wearing the sweater that matches his surroundings.
Photos of sweater dude, aka Sam Barsky from Baltimore, and his hilarious sweaters were uploaded to Imgur and quickly went viral on Reddit. You can see why everyone is obsessed with this guy:
Like a sweater over troubled waters.A sweater that captures every New Yorker's worst nightmare.Sweaterhenge: the 8th wonder of the world.
Not all of his sweaters are based on historic landmarks. Like this one, which features the tail-end of a bear:
That bear must be a very patient model.
And this one featuring some power lines:
Electricity is important! It deserves a sweater too.
This one is probably not drug-induced. Or maybe it is. No judgment either way:
He's a fun guy!
Barsky has knit 103 different sweaters in total, since he started this project in March 1999. He told Mashable that he's photographed himself wearing 91 of them.
"To this day, I have pictures while wearing 91 of the 103 sweaters around the exact landmark or style of scenery or something quite similar, and I have a goal of doing this for all of them, though most of the remaining ones will require travel to other continents," he said.
Barsky seems to have more of a way with yarn than words. But that's because his sweaters do the talking for him:
Don't go chasing waterfalls, but if you do, wear this sweater.
Seriously, Disney, WYD??? Disney? Are you there? Please explain yourself.
Disney has not offered up any explanation. So we'll just have to assume that whoever designed this doll had it out for Emma Watson. Or they just really, really love Justin Bieber.
Because as more than one person pointed out, the resemblance of the doll to the pop star is uncanny:
they thought they made a nice emma as belle doll but instead they made a justin bieber doll pic.twitter.com/lbApA05pu0
the new Beauty and the Beast doll literally looks like Kristen Stewart when she was pregnant with a demon baby in Breaking Dawn pic.twitter.com/LsPxAjSTX2
Lord Farquaad, to refresh your memory, looks like this:
It's feasible that he was the doll's secret baby-daddy.
But despite the fact that this Bieber-doll is going to give me nightmares, I can forgive whoever designed it. Based solely on the fact that it made Zach Braff's day.
Neil Patrick Harris and James Corden have a lot in common. Both have won a Tony award, hosted the Tony awards, and talk about the Tony awards every chance they get. Additionally, these two thespians try to sing pretty much any time they are on TV. So when it comes to determining who the better showman is, it only makes sense that they would lay it all on the line in a "Broadway Riff-Off." What is a Broadway Riff-Off, you ask? Whatever the opposite of a rap battle is.
Yeah, if you have a nerdy theater kid living inside your soul right now, they're about to freak out.
After throwing down verses of songs from Guys and Dolls to Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the two leading men decided to call a truce and, in true musical theater fashion, buried the hatchet by singing a duet together. James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris seem like the last two people who should ever rap "My Shot" from Hamilton, but they nailed it.
It's only a matter of time before they costar in a big Broadway musical together.
PS, shout out to that ethnically ambiguous cappella group not only for sounding awesome, but also for having priceless facial reactions throughout the segment.
Monday night's College Football National Championship featured an instant-classic, upset victory by number two ranked Clemson over number one Alabama. Fox Sports called it "the best title game in college football history."
Twitter instantly latched onto referee Mike Defee, and it's a good thing he didn't latch back. Comparisons to NFL referee heartthrob/jacked ref (not a thing, right? oh wow it's a thing!) Ed Hochuli were swift.
If you don't think about how these arm movements are just his job, you can pretend he's showing off like a proud man who was furious that the dad-bod movement ever had traction.
In his first "A Closer Look" segment of 2017, Late Night host Seth Meyers took a look at President-elect Donald Trump's tweets, calling them “calculated distractions or the ramblings of an unhinged narcissist." Yep, that sounds about right.
Meyers points out that Trump is proud of his tweets, even bragging to the Washington Post that friends refer to him as “the Ernest Hemingway of Twitter. . . Seriously, if Ernest Hemingway heard you say that, he would kill himself again.”
