Last Friday, Gerard Butler visited Camp Pendleton in San Diego, where the 46-year-old Scottish actor promoted his latest movie, London Has Fallen. In addition to giving the Marines a special preview screening, Butler met withsoldiers...
...and, of course, showed a couple of marines how to do King Leonidas’ badass Spartan kick in 300:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeGaFrnWRS0
The short clip features a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program demonstration where Butler was invited to do the front-kick. The soldiers egged Butler on with a big applause, so he got up and kicked one of soldiers to the ground. Butler should've yelled "This is Sparta!!!" while doing the kick, but all in all, it was epic to the see the actor lay it down.
The movie will dropkick this Friday, March 4th, in theaters nationwide.
After coming under fire for falsely declaring himself to be the first openly gay man to win an Oscar, Sam Smith tried to clear things up. Referring to Dustin Lance Black's tweet and the public ire over Smith's claim, Smith essentially tweeted "I won, whatever, it's not about me, sorry."
While Smith made no reference to Black's suggestion that "it may be time to stop texting my fiancé," his tweet to Black can be read as passive-aggressive enough to fuel some claims of drama between Smith, Black, and the fiancé—British diver Tom Daley.
After tweeting in an attempt to clean up his PR mess, Smith Instagrammed some joyous photos:
Today's calendar was not a typo, it is indeed February 29. That's right, 2016 is a leap year. Shocking. This so-called holiday comes only once every four years, like the Olympics or an emotional breakdown. Hopefully, you've made the most of your extra time by complaining about never having any extra time. Here are the funniest tweets about Leap Day that will have you jumping for joy (or at least silently laughing at your phone).
This past Friday, Reddit user Ajl5991 shared some images depicting a customer’s instructions to a delivery man and what hilariously followed. The customer simply requested that the parcel be left at the front door and to “please put [the package] under doormat.”
Even an amateur thief would tell you not to place anything valuable under a doormat, but fair enough.
However, that reasonable instruction had some not-so-reasonable consequences:
A job well done.
According to The Huffington Post, "It's unclear exactly where the photographs were taken, or even if the screenshot of the cell phone corresponds to the picture of the doormat." But if these images are from the same incident, the delivery man definitely did his job.
Last week, Baltimore shelter posted a video of a veterinary surgical assistant comforting a 3-month-old puppy named Meesha after she underwent surgery to get spayed. Fair warning: the sight of the grown man rocking this crying dog like a baby might tear your heart into a million little pieces. The video has over 8 million views on Facebook, probably because, in this scary world, everyone wants to be held exactly like that dog.
The last year has had a lot of nail trends: Bubble nails. Broken glass nails. Even, God help us, furry nails. Now comes a trend that's both adorable and kind of horrifying: pom-pom nails. It's a great way to show that you've got spirit, yes you do—and also that you never, ever wash your hands:
Some dogs are highly trainable, others struggle to learn to sit, but Alex Schulze's labs Lila and Maverick have learned how to catch Caribbean lobsters off the sea floor—and even though it's pretty unlikely that you'll actually follow through on his advice, his how-to video is gosh darn fascinating. Alex's dogs originally went viral on his Devoted to the Ocean channel, but he made this video for the Huffington Post. Sure, it's a pretty basic demonstration of how to train a dog to do anything—incrementally, and with lots of rewards and praise—but he taught his dogs to catch lobsters. LOBSTERS. Most dogs try to catch squirrels, and there's no amount of butter and lemon that makes squirrels as tasty as a lobster tail.
The fine people at Mental Floss made the observation that the Oscar statue looks a lot like C-3PO, although hopefully the Oscar statues don't all have a small Anthony Daniels stuck inside. So the publication tasked its illustrator, Mike Rogalski, to make a picture puzzle that utilizes this similarity. Once you get past how annoying a room full of C-3POs would be (constantly jostling each other among a deafening chorus of "Excuse me!" and "How rude!"), it's quite enjoyable (and difficult) to try to find that sneaky Oscar statue hidden inside:
If you like driving yourself insane, you can also try to find the animal on this bed, find the panda hidden among snowmen, or find a quiet place to cry because you're sad that you can never figure these puzzles out.
After decades in the biz, Steve Martin knows the drill: Be charming on a talk show to promote your new project, and, more recently, do bits that go viral the next day. But at this point, Martin has used up all his stories and ideas. On Monday night's Tonight Show, he lamented (in song, of course): "I've got plenty to promote/but I've got no anecdotes." Watch as he delivers a Broadway-worthy musical soliloquy, just when he happens to be promoting his Broadway show.
One of the well wishers is Justin's equal in a life of childhood fame marked by a tumultuous transition into adulthood. Or as she's better known by her fans, "MIIILEYYY QUEEN."
Hannah Montana shared the following nightmare fuel on Instagram:
If Cyrus just grew a little mustache, it'd be almost too challenging to tell the two apart. Do they share a stylist? An orthodontist? And if so, why isn't there a reality show called "Justin And Miley Flip Through People Magazine While They Wait For The Tooth Doctor?" Title subject to change.
And if you hate that photo, you'll really hate this one, too.
Lena Dunham is very outspoken about her body and her journey to a positive body image, so it's fitting that she doesn't take kindly to magazines photoshopping her form for their covers. As such, when Girls creator Lena Dunham noticed a seemingly photoshopped picture of herself on the cover of El Pais's magazine supplement Tentaciones, she threw them under the bus and left them no option other than to comment. And thus began a fun installment of the blame game.
Oh hello El Pais! I am genuinely honored to be on your cover and so happy you licensed a pic by @ruvenafanador, who always makes me feel gorgeous. BUT this is NOT what my body has ever looked like or will ever look like- the magazine has done more than the average photoshop. So if you're into what I do, why not be honest with your readers? Much love, Lena.
After having their cover shot questioned, Tentaciones (which translates to Temptations) released a statement on their website claiming they didn't retouch the image, part of which translates to:
Of course, we are aware that any magazine is responsible for what it publishes, but this photo was previously approved by the agency, the photographer, and your publicist. For this cover, we used a photo that was taken in a 2013 session with photographer Ruven Afanador, published at the time in Entertainment Weekly. For TENTACIONES, we acquired the photo through Corbis agency and used the original that was sent to us without applying any type of retouching. Those who know and follow our magazine know we don't use Photoshop or other digital tools to change the physical appearance of people on our cover or the articles within. On this occasion, we only cropped the original image to fit it to our cover format.
Tentaciones included the full image and demonstrated their cropping technique as evidence in their favor.
There's no denying some retouching, in the form of cropping, occurred.
Well, BuzzFeed reached out to the photo agency, Corbis, and a representative pointed the blame right back at the source of the controversy. “I can confirm the magazine have used the photo as supplied by Corbis. In line with standard practice, all retouching would have been cleared through Lena’s PR before being made available for syndication.”
Sure, Corbis named Dunham's team and it's quite unlikely that Dunham okays every picture of herself, but it's still a little awkward that Corbis blamed the photoshopping back on her side of things.
Plus, the photo is nowhere near the most egregious example of photoshopping by a magazine or agency. At least it strongly resembles Dunham. Here she is in a photo from her own account, presumably definitely not photoshopped:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BAVPA2zC1OX/
Even though it didn't go exactly as planned, it's nice that Dunham had the courage to say something.
In August, Kylie Jenner reportedly began an application to go the route of Cher, Beyoncé, and other famous talented stars by trademarking her name and first name only. KYLIE™—has a pretty nice ring to it. At the end of February, singer Kylie Minogue legally opposed young Jenner's application.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBYYDDiHGky/
47-year-old Minogue's filing lists three reasons for why Jenner should not be allowed to trademark "KYLIE" for advertising use: "Priority and likelihood of confusion," "Dilution by blurring," and "Dilution by tarnishment." The notice of opposition goes on to explain that Minogue has various similar trademarks (like Kylie Minogue Darling), and that she's been an industry star for decades.
Because no celebrity feud exists until it comes to light on social media, Kylie Minogue also tweeted a few ambiguous statements.
9-year-old Room star Jacob Tremblay didn't just steal the Oscars ceremony with his super cute pre-show interviews on Sunday. The actor also reunited with actress Sofia Vergara, his co-star from Smurfs 2. Once inside the Dolby Theatre, Jacob rushed over to greet the 43-year-old Modern Family belle. Later, on Instagram, he paid her a wonderful compliment. Take notes, fellas, this how a real gentlemen greets a lady:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCYm8xTnqLe/
"I have aged SOOO much, but @SofiaVergara hasn't aged a day! #Oscars #TB #regram #myfirstmovie," Jacob captioned the throwback photo collage.
The collage included photos from when the two acted together in The Smurfs 2. It also shows Jacob gazing at the actress as she posed on the red carpet.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCWjv4qrpQr/
Stop it, Jacob. You’re making all these beautiful people cry with your smooth moves.
Trump rallies have grown violent (and downright eerie) before, and the candidate's event in Radford, Virginia yesterday produced yet another brawl, this time between a credentialed photographer and a Secret Service agent. Congressional reporter Joe Perticone caught footage of Time photographer Chris Morris fending off a pummeling from one of the rally's security guards.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the rally had been interrupted by a group of Black Lives Matter protestors, who Morris allegedly tried to leave the press section to take photos of when the Secret Service agent approached him.
You can see the actual choke-slam in this Instagram video by Radford University's Celeste Chorniak.
The video also shows Morris putting his hand to the officer's neck after the confrontation, which the photographer claims was a demonstration of what the agent had just done. Morris explained to NBC News what happened following his release from Secret Service detainment.
I just, I stepped 18 inches out of the pen then they grabbed me by the neck and started choking me and slammed me to the ground. I never punched him, I never touched him.
Morris continued his explanation in a statement through Time.
The rules at Trump events are significantly stricter than other campaigns and make it very difficult to work as a photographer. I regret my role in the confrontation, but the agent's response was disproportionate and unnecessarily violent. I hope this incident helps call attention to the challenges of press access.
Rest assured, Trump probably apologized to Morris personally and ensured him this kind of senseless violence wouldn't happen again. Just kidding. A spokesman for the Secret Service did say the following:
Our local field office is working with their law enforcement partners to determine the exact circumstances that led up to this incident. The Secret Service will provide further details as warranted once additional facts surrounding the situation are known.
As you can see below, the security most likely learned that move from Trump himself.
A woman took the stage at an Adele concert and made her boyfriend an offer he couldn't refuse—because he wasn't allowed to. According to Irish tradition, a man who is proposed to on Leap Day must accept (the premise of a 2010 romantic comedy starring Amy Adams!)
At Adele's concert in Belfast, Northern Ireland on February 29, a woman took the stage to propose to her boyfriend, with hopes that the added pressure of Adele's personal need to play a sort of coercive Cupid in front of an arena full of people would work in her favor. Things got awkward when it was revealed that the guy, Neil, hadn't given his girlfriend an answer when she proposed earlier that day.
Adele herself got the audience to chant "Come on, Neil!" and added, "You need to say a proper yes, bruv."
Finally, Neil acquiesced.
May they live happily ever after. Or, worst case scenario, the lady will have Adele songs to help her through the breakup.
Following a string of wins at the Academy Awards, Mad Maxjust earned the Seth Meyers treatment. The late night host parodied the adrenaline-fueled action flick as Reasonable Max, in which Meyers plays a War Boy who sucks all the fun out of riding to eternal glory in Valhalla by offering pragmatic suggestions about conserving resources.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p04QUDzBEaQ
Luckily for us, Immortan Joe loves gasoline far too much to think about whether flame-throwing guitars are a rational use for it.
Facebook is a place where you can talk to your friends about anything. You can even use it to describe your medical ailments in excruciating detail. But why would you do that? Nobody wants to hear about that stuff. Here are 14 people who didn't think better of it, with disgusting results:
