It's hard to explain, sometimes, why something is beautiful. But this video of a single flame lighting 6,000 matches just is. The matches all flame up quickly, and then wilt away surprisingly slowly. By the end of the fifteen-minute video art film, the block of matches looks like a bombed out battlefield in miniature.
Also, this appears to be filmed on a wooden surface, so what the hell?
Dr. Pimple Popper—that is, Someecards hero and dermatologist Sandra Lee—calls this extraction of three back cysts on top of a tattoo "the Bermuda Triangle." The Bermuda Triangle is, of course, the area in the Caribbean where a large number of ships and planes go missing. Those ships and planes could also presumably go missing inside these cysts, because these things are huge.
Lee calls this particular extraction "one of [her favorites]," in part because of the challenge of removing a cyst this large without messing up the man's tattoo. A surprising amount of thought had to go into this, she wrote on a YouTube video caption:
Some viewers have asked why I didn't place my incision line directly next to and parallel to the tattoo lines.. well this would actually distort the line of the tattoo, pulling it towards the incision line and creating a curve in what is supposed to be a straight tattoo line. Therefore, I opted to place the incision in a 90 degree angle to the tattoo, and I made sure to meet up the tattoo line edges when I sutured the edges of the wound closed. When it fully heals, I think it will be tough to see any cyst had ever been there in the first place.
Dr. Pimple Popper is truly an artist.
Celebrities love their pets just like other humans do. And just like regular people, some of them are so in love with their pets that they can't help posting picture after (adorable) picture of them on their Instagram accounts. Or even giving them their own accounts, thereby making them actual "celebrity pets." Here are some celebrities whose photo streams are filled with the pampered loves of their lives: their fur-babies.
Amanda Seyfried regularly posts pictures of her Australian shepherd, Finn, on her Instagram, but he's actually got his own account, too. He's such a big part of her life, they even starred in a Vogue Original Short together.
Have you ever starred in a Vogue Original Short? Didn't think so. They've probably got an incredible craft services table. You'd have to ask Finn.
Bella Thorne is so into her cats, she made them their own Instagram account. First there was Siamese Louis.
But because it's no fun for one cat to enjoy the good life alone, in February Thorne and her boyfriend Gregg Sulkin upped the cute factor by adopting a Scottish fold kitten named Lola.
Plus, Bella Thorne starred alongside Steve Carell in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. That means there's an off-chance these cats got to poop in Steve Carell's shoes. What a privilege.
Taylor Swift makes no secret of the fact that she's a cat lover. And also a TV lover—she named her two Scottish fold cats after characters on her favorite shows: Detective Olivia Benson (played by Mariska Hargitay) on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and Dr. Meredith Grey (played by Ellen Pompeo) from Grey's Anatomy.
Imagine the life of Taylor Swift's cats. They get to sleep in every day—with an owner that rich and successful, there's no way they need jobs. Unless they choose to work outside of the home, of course.
Taylor Swift's cats are more famous than 90 percent of celebrities.
Martha Stewart's dogs are a big part of her perfect life. She's particularly fond of Chow Chows, a breed known for its independence and aloofness. She may be fond of Mongolian warlords, too. Stewart's first Chow Chow, named Ghenghis Khan, died in an heart-breaking kennel accident in 2009, but she got another one and named him Ghenghis Khan II, who won Best in Breed at Westminster in 2012.
Ghenghis Khan probably has his own room in Stewart's mansion. Maybe he has his own mini-mansion to himself. But he's not allowed to leave it messy, because you know Martha's a stickler for the rules.
First she had black French bulldog Asia, who has her own Instagram account, filled with all the fanciness a celebrity pup of this caliber expects. Asia even models for Coach. Then Gaga and fiancé Taylor Kinney got another Frenchie, and named him Koji, which means "little one" in Japanese. Because of how tiny he was. Judging from their Instagrams, the two dogs have settled in together pretty okay.
Here the dogs are just pretending they need to share a bed. In reality, they probably each have four beds of their very own, their own private gym, and a little recording studio off the main floor.
How celebrity pets really live: champagne and tuxedos.
Another pet with its own Instagram account (which currently has over 80,000 followers) is Karl Lagerfeld's long-haired Siamese, Choupette, the official cat of Chanel (for which Lagerfeld is the head designer and creative director). And you know this cat is pampered like nobody's business—she eats her meals side by side at the table with her dad/owner/peon Lagerfeld and even has two personal maids. Apparently she's just too much kitty for one human to handle.
Oh, and in case you weren't jealous enough already, Choupette makes about $4 million a year through her various high-end modeling jobs. Again, Choupette is a cat.
Since Karl Lagerfeld is such a fan of pets (well, cats, at least), it's not surprising that his good friend Cara Delevigne brought her dog, Leo, with her in January to Chanel's spring/summer 2016 show. Her cute pup features prominently on her Instagram account, because look at him.
Maybe next year Cara will find a way to get Leo onto the runway. Maybe he'll even have his own fashion line. With an owner like Delevingne, the sky's the limit for Leo.
Julianne Hough's two Cavalier King Charles spaniels, Harley and Lexi, go almost everywhere with her. That's no surprise, because she's really attached to them. Like, really, really. Hough toldPeople: “They’re my kids. They’re my babies.”
In the same People interview, Hough also said that her dogs, as well as her sister's, get Christmas presents every year. What she didn't mention is that the gifts are usually Lexuses.
Girls' actor Allison Williams adopted Golden retriever mix Moxie on National Puppy Day (awwwww) in March of 2015 and it's been nothing short of a love story on her Instagram ever since.
Moxie also has the benefit of living in a world where Brian Williams is not a disgraced news anchor, but a man like any other, doling out pets and treats with nary a lie about Katrina.
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend seem like a wonderful, adorable couple, so it makes sense that they'd have some wonderful, adorable dogs. As of last count, they have three: Puddy, an English bulldog; Pippa, a French bulldog; and Penny, a three-legged Frenchie. Hopefully they left enough room in the house for the human baby that will be joining them soon.
And they get to watch this happen all freaking day.
You may have heard the objective truth as proven by science that climate change poses an existential threat to the planet, and in the future it's going to hit humanity where it really hurts—the wine glass. Start stocking up your cellar for the end times, because a winepocalypse is nigh.
Wine producers in Western Europe—particularly France and Switzerland—are enduring droughts that actually contribute to a current Wine Boom. According to the Huffington Post, "Droughts are crucial in great wine." They "reduce surface moisture, dry the soil and bring on the harvest." But ever-increasing heat is unsustainable.
“So far, a good year is a hot year,” said Elizabeth Wolkovich, an ecologist at Harvard University. However, she continues, “If we keep pushing the heat up, vineyards can’t maintain that forever.”
Wolkovich and fellow ecologist Benjamin I. Cook studied 400 years of data from France and Switzerland, analyzing harvest times between 1600 and 2007 (woah). Cook notes that climate change is already affecting production, and could force wine growers to use different grape varieties. Cook wrote in The New Republic that with droughts forcing harvests to happen earlier, "There is likely a limit... to how much earlier the fruit can mature and the harvest occur and still have this translate to higher-quality wines."
This means that climate change affects both quantity and quality of wine production.
You're going to need a lot of wine to help cope with a wine-less world.
Hollywood is known for its passionate, yet short-lived romances, so much so that it's noteworthy when couples stay together for a very long time. (Certainly more noteworthy than when there's a huge age difference.) Here are some famous couples whose marriages didn't even last a year. Can the wedding guests get refunded for the gifts they bought?
August 20, 2011 - June 3, 2013 (legally speaking)
When professional rich person Kim Kardashian married professional basketball player Kris Humphries in a televised wedding after dating for less than a year and a brief three month engagement, no one could have foreseen their sacred union not lasting. But after just 72 days, Kardashian filed for divorce (although the divorce would take almost two years to be finalized). Humphries then issued a statement saying, “I love my wife and am devastated to learn she filed for divorce." Sad these two couldn't make it work, given how well they seemed to communicate.
May 9, 2005 - December 2005
Renée Zellweger met country singer Kenny Chesney in January 2005, at the Concert of Hope tsunami relief benefit. After a "whirlwind" romance (those always work out so well), the couple got married in the Virgin Islands. But four months later, Zellweger filed to have the marriage annulled, giving the reason as "fraud." She later sort-of-but-not-really clarified this by saying that "fraud" is "simply legal language and not a reflection of Kenny's character." The pair issued a joint statement, saying, "the miscommunication of the objective of their marriage at the start is the only reason for this annulment. Renée and Kenny value and respect each other and are saddened that their different objectives prevent the success of this marriage." It's unclear what fraud was perpetrated or what the different objectives were, but it could have something to do with Renée Zellweger suddenly realizing she married a country singer she barely knew.
August 10, 2002 - May 16, 2004
What? Nicolas Cage involved in something impulsive, you say? No way. Nicolas Cage (a rabid Elvis Presley fan) married the King of Rock 'n Roll's daughter Lisa Marie Presley in Hawaii in 2002. Cage had been married once before, to Patricia Arquette, and Presley had been married twice. One of those times was to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Yes, that Michael Jackson, remember?
In an interview with ABC News, Presley described both herself and Cage as "emotionally dramatic people." For example, before getting married, they once had a huge fight on a boat trip that ended with Presley (dramatically) flinging the $65,000 engagement ring Cage had bought her into the ocean. Sure enough, in November 2002—just four months after they got married—Cage basically flung their marriage into the sea by (dramatically) filing for divorce. The divorce wouldn't be finalized until 2004.
August 3, 2006 - February 1, 2007
Pamela Anderson described her yacht wedding to Kid Rock, to which she wore a white, virginal string bikini, as "the best most romantic wedding of all time." The couple's on-again/off-again relationship began in 2001, and the trip to the (boat) aisle was bumpy. They'd been broken up for three full years when they ran into each other in Saint-Tropez in 2006, but according to Rock, "It was like we'd never been apart." They got married later that same month. In keeping with the tumultuous nature of their relationship, Anderson filed for divorce four months later in November 2006. Presumably, it was "the best most romantic divorce of all time."
October 6, 2007 - March 24, 2008
January 11, 2014 - April 29, 2015
Pamela Anderson married poker player Rick Salomon for the first time in October 2007 (the same year she divorced Kid Rock) in Las Vegas, but they divorced shortly thereafter in March 2008. Then, because it had worked out so well the first time, they got married again in 2014. And then they divorced again a few months later. Listen up, you two: third time's the charm.
October 11, 1993 - November 7, 1994
When 90210's Shannen Doherty married actor Ashley Hamilton (son of George Hamilton) in 1993, she was 22 years old and he was 19 and they'd known each other fortwo weeks. Their wedding was described by People as "a spur-of-the-moment, no-parents-invited, B.Y.O.B. wedding." Sure, it seems like the perfect recipe for a lasting marriage, but surprise! They filed for divorce five months later, in April 1994.
January 25, 2002 - May 16, 2003
Hello, who's this? Oh, just the same Rick Salomon who would later marry Pamela Anderson twice. Apparently, he got a taste for short-term marriages when he married Shannen Doherty in January 2002 after knowing her for just two days, and then had the marriage annulled nine months later. Doherty, for her part, told Details magazine, "I haven't made the best choices in men." You think?
November 14, 1998 - April 6, 1999
Carmen Electra met basketball player Dennis Rodman in 1998, right after her mother had suddenly died, and they eloped to Las Vegas in November of that same year. Less than a year later, they split up. She told Oprah Winfrey's Where Are They Now?: "Our relationship was very passionate. When it was good, it was amazing. And when it was bad, it was the worst."
April 24, 2004 - May 8, 2004
In April 2004, after six years of dating, former Miss USA Ali Landry married Saved By the Bell's Mario Lopez, even though she'd heard just a few days earlier that the actor hadn't been faithful to her. She asked him about the rumors of affairs, and he denied it (strange), so the wedding proceeded as planned. Then, two weeks after getting married, Landry had the marriage annulled. Lopez did finally admit to cheating on Landry—seven years later. Real nice, buddy.
January 3, 2004 - January 5, 2004
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Unless it's marriage, in which case, you're screwed. In 2004, Britney Spears shocked the world by marrying her childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander totally out of the blue. After watching Texas Chainsaw Massacre at their hotel, Spears and Alexander decided to get married (don't laugh! It's a very romantic movie). Alexander explained: "We were just looking at each other and said, 'Let's do something wild, crazy. Let's go get married, just for the hell of it.'" So they did, at 5 a.m. on January 3, 2004. The wedding cost $70 and Spears wore the traditional bridal baseball cap and ripped jeans. The owner of the chapel, Charolette Richards, said she "thought it was a marriage that would last forever." Close—it lasted all of 55 hours before being annulled.
90s kids rejoice! Since 2016 is 1996 all over again, it only makes sense that Nickelodeon's The Splat is putting together an All That reunion. According to E! News, Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, Josh Server, Lori Beth Denberg, and Danny Tamberelli are all back (on the big orange couch) to appear in one to three minute videos that will play over the course of an All That marathon coming April 16 and 17.
In case you're not a millennial or you were extremely deprived as a child, All That is a kid friendly sketch comedy show that premiered on Nickelodeon in 1994.
And what a good time it is to be a 90s kid. Last year, the iconic comedy duo (well, iconic if you were a kid between '94-'99) Kenan and Kel did a whole new "Good Burger" sketch on The Tonight Show.
And there was even an update on Zooey 101 from the show's creator Dan Savage.
Those weird stretchy choker necklaces are back, you can watch the Tanners on new episodes of Fuller House, and you can even vote for a Clinton if you want to!
So sit back and immerse yourself in that sweet 90s culture and enjoy seeing the All That cast all grown up.
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An Oxfam charity store in South Wales appreciates the well-intentioned donations of 50 Shades of Grey people have given them, but will no longer be accepting the abysmally written book, according to The Mirror. That's simply because too many people are dumping their old copies of the soft-core erotica at the local charity shop. The store has so many that they've been able to build impressive displays and forts with all their donated copies of the trilogy.
Being surrounded by a wall of text detailing the sexual relationship between a young woman and a predatory billionaire doesn't sound like a pleasant way to spend an afternoon.
In lieu of old copies of the erotica—which is a little weird to buy second-hand, no?—the store would love vinyl records.
"There are a lot of people obsessed by Fifty Shades of Grey, we get people bringing in new copies coming in all the time. Enough is enough," said Phil Broadhurst, a worker at the store.
The Oxfam store is so over the novels that they're shipping them off to Goldstone Books, which will either try to sell or recycle them. Based on the sheer number of books the Oxfam store has received, it's looking like a good amount of 50 Shades will find new life.
The movie adaptations is trying to give just that to the second film, 50 Shades Darker, which comes out February 2017.
People had many issues with the first film.
Everything would've gone so much better if Matt Bomer had been Christian Grey.
Actress and sloth-lover Kristen Bell stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live where the topic of Frozen came up, because people still can't get over the 2013 movie in which Bell voiced Anna. Lincoln, Kristen Bell's older daughter (who is about to turn three) was recently ill and treated to a viewing of the animated film. Little Lincoln did not enjoy the movie. At all.
"Mommy I think you should turn this off," Bell's daughter said.
Funny, that's exactly what parents have been wanting to tell their Frozen-obsessed kids for years. Looks like Lincoln's little mind was not blown. As for Delta, Bell's one-year-old child, she gets a pass for not enjoying the movie since she only recently became a human.
Wednesday night, Brie Larson posted a pic of her and her on-screen son Jacob Tremblay making their final toast to Room in honor of its premiere in Japan. The movie Room is so frickin' sad, that it is a relief to see them laughing and smiling, and so moving to know that the strong mother-son bond the movie is about extends off screen. Larson posted the pic along with an adorable glimpse into their friendship and a tribute to the journey that changed both of their lives.
She writes:
28 weeks ago(according to Instagram) @roomthemovie premiered at the #telluridefilmfestival. After the screening @jacobtremblay and I toasted. He had chocolate milk and I had red wine. I remember feeling so vulnerable after sharing this movie with the world for the first time; unsure of what was to come. Last night marked what may be our final toast to this film . He had a soda and I had sake. We are in Japan. Together we have traveled the globe, spent almost two years hanging out, playfully arguing about things like who can hold their breath longer and talking at length about Room. At its core, every step of the way has been taken with love. We were generous and patient with each other. We laughed a lot, especially when it was hard. We picked each other up, answered for the other when one was tired and always kept silliness alive. Thank you Room for bringing us together. Thank you Room for uniting us with the rest of the world. Thank you to everyone who shared this journey with us. I will never ever forget it.
Here's the first toast, to which she refers:
Their constant cuteness is a theme on both of their social media accounts, chronicling their journey from filming to press to the Oscars.
Here are other moments that warm your heart and make you forget how devastating the movie is:
They should definitely do another movie together, and it best be a comedy.
On Wednesday night's episode of Late Night, Seth Meyers had John Stamos, Henry Cavill, Keri Russell, and John Goodman give valuable life advice to their younger selves. The stars' words of wisdom will resonate with anyone who wishes they'd known to kill that duck, or get a haircut in the second season of Felicity when they were young.
Ah, to be young and able to kill a duck again!
Remember way back in time, before a post about a Kardashian inspired the furor of the masses, when Khloé Kardashian was arrested for a DUI and her family accompanied her on the way to serve a whole three hours in jail?
The arrest happened in 2007 and Khloé hung out in jail in 2008, both simpler years with fewer viral nude selfies. The two events were documented on Keeping up with the Kardashians, which, despite being a played-out reality show even then, managed to captivate its audience. As many might recall, Kim Kardashian supported her soon-to-be-jailed sister in the only way she knew how: by taking selfies. Eight years later, Kim has shared those selfies with the world.
For those who recall, Kris was not pleased Kim was taking pictures.
"Kim can you stop taking pictures of yourself? Your sister is going to jail," Kris said on camera. Off camera it may have sounded more like, "Kim, never stop taking selfies. Our lives depend on it."
To see the final selfie that perfectly captures a pissed-off Kris, check out Kim's website.
While Jennifer Lawrence continues to steal (and lose) people’s hearts with her stunning movie performances, the Internet is going to town altering a completely random photo of the onscreen goddess. In a Reddit Photoshop battle, users —both amateur and professional—are transforming a candid photo of Jennifer Lawrence in which she is seen struggling with measuring tape. Classic J-Law.
According to MTV, the photo of Lawrence was captured during a Spanish TV show last November. J. Law, along with Hunger Games co-stars Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth took part in a series of ridiculous games in the show called El Hormiguero. One game involved who could expand a tape measure the longest.
Since the photo was shared on the subreddit, folks are filling the forum with their hilarious renditions. Whether it's John Travolta creepily caressing J-Law or the actress taking a huge pull from a bong, take a look at some of these epic photoshopped pics below.
Photoshopped J-Law is giving you a run for your money, T-Swift.
Martha Stewart made a trip to Qatar for the Qatar International Food Festival, according to Curbed, and aside from foreign food she sampled the delight of the hoverboard. The 74-year-old queen of home decor jumped on the hoverboard of young Aziz, son of Qatari diplomant and former UN General Assembly president Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser. Because this is Martha Stewart, a wealthy DIY master and prison survivor, Stewart had no trouble riding the hoverboard even after guzzling some champagne.
That may be the most privileged tweet the Internet has witnessed in some time.
Stewart didn't completely hog Aziz's hoverboard.
She's a share bear, with a fabulous lifestyle.
Hoverboards, horses, and champagne. The life.
Apparently, Madonna felt that her $40 million Upper East Side townhouse didn't come with adequate parking. According to TMZ, Madonna (well, not Madonna personally, just, you know, "her people") just got caught putting up very official looking but completely fake "No Parking" signs on the block around the building in order to deter anyone from taking parking spaces she wanted to use for herself. They supposedly went so far as to have "No Parking" embossed into the cement in one place, and then having the curb painted yellow. WOW, ballsy move.
A neighbor caught onto her scheme, though, and contacted the NYC Department of Transportation about the mysterious signs. On March 23, an official visited and told Madonna's people that the signs had to be removed immediately. You almost got away with it, Madge! If only it hadn't been for that meddling neighbor.
Still, gotta admit—as sleazy a move as hoarding parking spaces and lying to your neighbors is, her plan was not too shabby. Parking spots are precious in NYC. Respect.
10-years-ago, Hannah Montana premiered on Disney with a fresh-faced child in a blonde wig named Destiny Hope Cyrus. Now that girl is legally Miley Cyrus, and she loves smoking pot. And even though Cyrus has vocalized her distaste for the character by announcing Montana has been murdered, she had enough good humor to pay respects to the character on the tenth anniversary of the hit show's premiere. Cyrus did so in her own special way: On Instagram, suggesting fans get wasted.
@realdukeofearles understands the insanity of it all..... Sending love to all my cast members on this anniversary .... To the world it's a celebration of 10 years but for us the journey began way before the world had any clue who the fuck any of us are ..... There was a very long auditioning process, and many chemistry reads which really is what sold the show to the producers and channel because no matter what went on over the years (which none of you have any clue about but It was like the real world but more hormonal teenagers) our love for each other was unquestionable.... Even though I feel disconnected to who I was at that time I will always feel eternally grateful for the opportunity and platform I was given .... None of it would have been possible with out every single person who ever contributed to the series .... From regulars , to special guests (and there were many magical ones @dollyparton) to creators, crew , directors..... I am where I am because of loyal fans that I am thankful for and of course love dearly all the new angels who support me now..... Even though HM is chopped up into little tiny pieces and buried in my backyard she will always hold a very special place in my heart! Celebrate this day with us! Get real drunk and remember #HM4EVR send pics gettinnnnn buck wild in honor of this special day! #letsplayadrinkinggame watch HM and every time someone says her name take a shot! Yiew hew!
Montana Cyrus texted the picture of herself in a wig for Woody Allen's upcoming Amazon series to Jason Earles, the perpetually young-looking man who played her brother on the Disney show.
While Cyrus suggests watching some Hannah Montana and taking a shot every time her character's name is spoken (a recipe for disaster, surely), one can also celebrate the anniversary by enjoying some of Hannah's classic songs.
So much swaying on bleachers.
