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I love Harry Potter, you love Harry Potter, bloggers Jesse and Julia Galef love Harry Potter, we all love Harry Potter. The Galefs, who run what is self-professedly "possibly the world’s #1 brother-sister blog about rationality, science, and philosophy," Measure of Doubt, have created reading lists for the four Hogwarts' houses.
The Galefs' bookshelves, which they have also photographed, are extensive, accurate, and very involved. But, seeing as Measure of Doubt is a website dedicated to philosophy, they are also very serious. Take the Gryffindor reading list, for example, where A Game of Thrones and The Killer Angels are the closest you get to the bestseller's list — they are surrounded by the likes of Plato, Herodotus, and Thucydides. And things aren't any better for Ravenclaw, Slytherin, or Hufflepuff.
There are a smattering of whimsical titles in the list — including The Phantom Tollbooth for Ravenclaw, Watchmen for Slytherin, and The Princess Bride for Hufflepuff — but overall we'd say the lists are lacking in fun.
But don't worry, Jesse and Julia, Hollywood.com's resident Harry Potter fanatic and book nerd (me) is here to offer some additions, mostly of the fictional variety.
GryffindorA Wrinkle in TimeThe Wonderful Wizard of OzHatchetThe Hunger GamesCloud AtlasLife of PiEnder's GameThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThe OdysseyArtemis Fowl
RavenclawThe Golden CompassHarriet the SpyThe New York TrilogyGone GirlThe AlchemistCatch 22Fahrenheit 451Infinite JestJane EyreComplications
SyltherinThe Horned ManAtlas ShruggedThe Girl With a Dragon TattooToo Big to FailSteve JobsGuns, Germs, and SteelI Hope They Serve Beer in HellThe Tipping Point Heart of Darkness Macbeth
HufflepuffThe Complete Tales of Winnie-the-PoohThe Perks of Being a WallflowerThe Fault in Our StarsTuesdays with MorriePride and Prejudice Marley and MeTo the LighthouseOf Mice and Men Norweigian Wood The Giving Tree
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After pleading "no contest" on Monday to her misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and lying to the authorities, Lindsay Lohan was told she must submit to booking at the Santa Monica Police Department within seven days. Lohan complied, with days to spare. She was ready for her close up — sporting a full face of makeup and a sultry pout — when she arrived at the station on Tuesday.
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This is Lohan's sixth mug shot. That's a lot of mug shots for someone under the age of... well, for someone. You might even call it a whole... bunch.
...A whole Brady Bunch! With enough photos now to fill six of the famous Brady Bunch squares — and two left over for her parents, Dina and Michael Lohan — we present to you: The Lohan Lot, America's favorite family! (click image for larger version). Lohan's most recent mug shot is in the bottom right corner.
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How's this for meta? James Franco, star of Spring Breakers, has directed a music video for the St. Petersburg, Fla., rapper Dangeruss, the man on whom Franco's Spring Breakers character is based. To make things more post-modern, Franco and Dangeruss performed the song "Hangin' With Da Dopeboys" (the very same ditty for which Franco made the music video) in the film. Trippy, right? Where does reality end and fantasy begin?
Franco tells MTV that he credits Dangeruss with getting him through his first live rap performance and making him "feel like a gangster." Franco says, "Danger and I rapped onstage together for the film. It was a rush. We had an audience of hundreds on the beach, MTV style. It was my first live rap appearance. He led me through. I felt like a gangster," he says.
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"I didn't want the relationship with Dangeruss to end so I asked him if I could film him for a video," Franco continues. "I liked the idea of shooting him doing his daily routine, simple and autobiographical like his music. He watched basketball, he drove over to his friend's house, they smoked blunts, they freestyled. Later, I flew Dangeruss to L.A. and we filmed more in the old movie palace downtown where Chaplin's City Lights had premiered. He was epic. This video is the result."
So, basically, Franco wasn't so much the video's director as its cinematographer — seeing as Dangeruss (or Danger, as his friends call him) just went about his danger-prone life while Franco tagged along.
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Oh, and in case you're wondering, I don't think his afternoon with the dreadlocked rapper earned Franco any street cred. It takes a lot more than one music video and one rap performance to undo a PhD from Yale.
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Lindsay Lohan appeared in court on Monday for the umpteenth time, wherein she accepted the prosecution's plea bargain and agreed to 90 days in a locked treatment facility, a number of fines, and a possible 180 days in jail (for breaking the terms of her probation). But more upsetting than the harsh sentence was Lohan's outfit.
While, at first glance, Lohan appeared to be properly covered up, a closer look revealed that her ensemble was almost entirely sheer. You think those are solid white pants she's wearing? Think again.
But, shockingly (or maybe not, this is Lohan we're talking about) this is hardly the most inappropriate outfit Lohan has worn in front of a judge. For your education and your entertainment, we have ranked all 24 of Lohan's courthouse ensembles from most to least appropriate for court.
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This post contains some pretty major spoilers for Spring Breakers. Read at your own risk. I'm not joking, I give away the ending.
Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers is an assault. It is an explosion of neon and Skrillex, of sex and drugs, of young women and Aliens. But, most importantly, it is a metaphor for Britney Spears' total breakdown.
As the film's four heroines' fun and fancy free seaside romp descends into a black hole of corruption and filth, as skipping down their dorm's hallway gives way to drive-by shootings and drunken three-ways, you can't look away. And as your eyes stay glued to the caustic images of coed debauchery (and far, far beyond), tabloid headlines of Spears' unraveling float to the forefront of your memory. The parallels between Faith, Candy, Brit, and Cotty's (Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine, respectively) journey to complete corruption and the doomed paths pop superstars — most notably Spears —travel can't be overlooked.
There are two explicit references to Britney Spears in the film — first, when the four girls sing "… Baby One More Time" in the parking lot of a seedy Florida convenience store and second, when Alien (James Franco) serenades the spring breakers with Spears' "Everytime" — but the entire film is a dark homage to the star. Most obviously, Bible study-loving Faith acts a stand-in for the young, innocent Spears. She's the Britney who grew up in Louisiana, who celebrated her Baptist faith, and who appeared on Disney's Mickey Mouse Club.
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But the Spring Breakers as Britney metaphor doesn't work as a simple one-to-one transaction. Faith is only a part of Spears' persona, and all four of the young women combined — with their varying levels of hedonism — stand in for Britney, a woman who has always been equal parts naiveté and promiscuity. And their seduction by Alien and Florida's criminal underbelly is representative of Spears becoming swallowed by the fame machine. Indeed, with its cyclical, repeated lines of dialogue — "Spring break forever" and "I want to be better" among them — the film itself acts like the mesmerizing hum of one of Spears' earworms.
We first hear one of Spears' songs in Spring Breakers from the lips of the four girls themselves. They have successfully made it to Florida, a trip funded by the fruits of a successful heist of a local diner, and burst into the chorus of "… Baby One More Time" in a dark drugstore parking lot. As the singing draws to a close, Brit, Candy, and Cotty recount their misadventures to Faith, who wasn't present for the robbery. "My loneliness is killing me" hangs in your ears as the true violence and horror of the event is revealed to both the audience and Faith, who is realizing for the first time that her spring break might not be quite the "spiritual" revelation she intended.
The song's placement at the beginning of the girls' spiral into chaos corresponds perfectly with Spears' timeline. "… Baby One More Time" was Spears' first single, catapulting her from near-obscurity to superstardom when she was just 17 years old. The media loved Spears' innocent, girl-next-door look — and indeed, her label packaged her as a sugary sweet, wholesome all-American girl — yet the song (and its schoolgirl-themed video) are shockingly sexualized. Spears wouldn't sing "I'm not so innocent" for another two years, but the idea was already there, bubbling to the surface. Similarly, by the time that they sang Spears' lyrics, our spring breakers had gotten their first taste of corruption and (Faith excepted) were hooked. There was no turning back.
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If Florida and spring break act as stand-ins for the wilds of the music industry and showbiz, then Franco's Alien is the fan and media frenzy that unrelentingly followed Spears. "I like you so much. I like you so much. I really do," Alien says to Faith, stroking her face as tears roll down her cheeks. His adoration of her is shallow ("You're so pretty," he says) yet unwavering, and Faith is terrified — just as Spears was overwhelmed by the intense scrutiny of the public eye. As the girls get more deeply embroiled with Alien's gang, Faith becomes rattled. You can imagine Spears using Faith's words, "I thought if we came here we could just be free and have fun," to describe her own disillusionment of the fame machine.
Finally, Faith has had enough. "This wasn't supposed to happen," she says, "Come home with me." But the other girls are having fun. They are enchanted with Alien — who, with his cornrowed hair and burly physique, looks remarkably like Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline — and aren't ready to leave spring break behind. So Faith (Spears' innocent superego) hops a bus back to Nowheresville, U.S.A., while the others (Spears' ego and id) remain firmly in Alien's and Florida's grasp. The foursome, much like Britney, has lost it's moral compass, and will therefore never be quite the same again.
"Play us something sweet. Something uplifting, Something f**king inspiring," the remaining girls beg Alien, seated at his shiny white baby grand piano. Alien's choice of a sweet, uplifting, inspiring song is none other than Spears' "Everytime." "One of the greatest singers of all time, and an angel if there ever was one on this earth," Alien says by way of introduction before launching into his serenade. Cotty, Brit, and Candy, clad in pink My Little Pony ski masks and sweatpants emblazoned with "DTF" (Down to F**k, for those of you unfamiliar with the young persons' lexicon), begin a shotgun gun waltz to the tune. As the song transitions from Alien's vocals to Spears' we are shown a montage of the three girls and Alien robbing other spring breakers at gunpoint.
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Spears' 2004 music video for "Everytime" is similarly violent. After being chased through a convenience store (ring any bells?) by the paparazzi, Spears suffers a head wound, drowns in her bathtub, and is taken to a hospital where she fails to be resuscitated. Her fame has literally killed her – and we can't help but feel that our three spring breakers are headed for the same fate.
The next time we see Alien at his piano he is speak-singing the haunting words, "One little chicky went back to the farm. One little chicky got shot in the arm." Cotty, during a drive-by altercation with Alien's rival gang, was indeed shot in the arm, signaling the first time one of the girls has suffered a physical wound. And this moment, therefore, correlates with Britney Spears' huge, head-shaving breakdown of 2007. Cotty's gunshot wound – caused in no small part by Alien, our motif for fame — and Spears' shorn head are both outward symbols of their interior pain; they both broadcast to the world the dangers the women have faced and the harm they have endured. Cotty soon finds herself on the same bus back to oblivion Faith rode days earlier, just as another small part of Britney has disappeared forever.
Ultimately, we are left with just Brit (who even shares a variation on Britney's name) and Candy, the most daring, adventurous, and open to Alien's corrupting influence of the four. And they, teamed with Alien, head out to seek revenge on Alien's nemesis Archie (Gucci Mane). Earlier in the film, Archie says to Alien, "Just like I made you, I'm going to break you." The music industry speaks through Archie's mouth in this moment, threatening to destroy the very celebrity it created... and the life that goes along with it. Eerily, Spears' mother used those very terms to describe her daughter's breakdown. Lynn Spears writes in her memoir Through the Storm, "Clearly something inside of her had broken and needed to be healed." But will the girls be able to heal and rise again as Spears has seemed to in recent years?
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In the final moments of Spring Breakers, the girls leave Alien for dead and go on a killing spree of their own, shooting up Archie and his gang. The bloodbath is intercut with shots of Candy and Brit after the attack, on the phone with their mothers, mimicking the same words Faith used at the beginning to speak with her grandmother. They're meeting so many sweet people, they say, and spring break has really changed them. But, most importantly, they are filled with a renewed wish to "be better."
In these final moments, as the neon lights give way to a sunrise over the ocean, the girls seem poised to rise from the ashes. But the question remains: In killing Archie's gang (the personification of show business), have they triumphed over the corruption, or have they themselves become the corrupters? The ending of the film is a question mark. Just as we don't know where Britney will go from here, the fate of Candy and Brit remains hazy.
"Spring break forever," Alien croons repeatedly. But of course, spring break — like fame, success, and all good things — must come to an end. And when it does, what will remain?
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Carnival Cruise Lines, you've really got to get your s**t together. That's probably a poor choice of words, but come on.
Late Thursday, Carnival announced that their ship the Legend had to cut short its seven-day voyage. Somewhere off the coast of Honduras, the ship suffered a technical problem that made it unable to sail at optimal speed, ABC News reports. The issue forced the ship to skip its final port in Grand Cayman and return to Tampa Bay, Fla.
And this just a day after the Carnival Dream had a mechanical problem with its backup generator, stranding passengers in St. Maarten. According to CNN, over 4,000 passengers will be flown back to Florida. Carnival spokesperson Vance Gulliksen tells ABC News, "Since it is unclear when the Carnival Dream will be departing St. Maarten."
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He adds, "Guests have the option to return to Orlando — the closest air gateway to Port Canaveral, where the voyage began — or their originating city … Guests began disembarking the ship [Thursday] morning to board flights scheduled for today, and will continue to do so throughout the weekend. We are working to try to accommodate special requests from guests, including those who asked to remain on board longer."
And that just days after the Carnival Elation pooped out on its voyage from New Orleans. While Carnival says the ship's passengers were not affected by the problem — food service and facilites services were uninterrupted — a minor issue with the units used to steer and propel the ship did prompt a tugboat escort.
And who can forget the infamous s**t ship, the Carnival Triumph, which lost power and was stuck in the middle of nowhere for five days?
If I were a Carnival Cruise Lines passenger, I'd start looking into whether their free cruise vouchers are cash-redeemable. I mean, come on, the company is one exploded tire away from following in the footsteps of the Fung Wah bus (RIP).
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Charlie Sheen has racked up a list of deplorable choices longer than FX's episode order for Anger Management. Between the strippers, cocaine, Two and a Half Men, and bizarre friendship with Lindsay Lohan, we didn't think things could get much worse for Sheen. And yet, on Thursday he managed to top himself.
Sheen took to Twitter — the very best place for expressing one's ire — to goad his followers into sending canine excrement, litter, and spoiled perishables to his daughter's former school, where she was reportedly the target of peer bullying.
The charming text in full, which so far exceeded Twitter's 140 character limit that it had to be posted on TwitLonger, reads: "This is a legitimate call to arms. my daughter Sam was bullied out of Viewpoint school and then called a liar. it's on! if you have a rotted egg a roll of toilet paper or some dog s**t; I urge u to deliver it with "extreme prejudice" to their KamPuss run by trolls and charlatans. make me proud. we will not tolerate this level of abhorrent disrespect towards the child of your favorite Warlock. And if your feeling the "show and tell" of it all, smear the s**t to spell one name on the front door; VICTORIA. eat that loser."
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According to TMZ, in March of last year Sheen's nine-year-old daughter Sam was indeed picked on by a classmate for her appearance, as well as for her father's termination from Two and a Half Men. Following the incident, Sheen and Sam's mother Denise Richards met with the school three times. Feeling they were getting nowhere with the administration (the parents of Sam's bully reportedly maintained that Sam was lying about the abuse), Sheen and Richards pulled their daughter from the school.
In response to Sheen's tardy attack, Viewpoint School, which is located in Calabasas, Cal., told E! News on Thursday, "Viewpoint School's highest priority is the safety, security and education of our students. Like all responsible schools across our nation, we are concerned when any individual uses a social media forum to encourage actions that may risk the safety and security of any school."
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"The parent of a former Viewpoint School student who has not attended Viewpoint School since March 2012 has made certain accusations in the media. Viewpoint School first became aware of these accusations last year," the statement continues. "Our administrators addressed the issue appropriately at that time. Our School takes accusations of bullying very seriously. For over 50 years, Viewpoint School has provided a safe and nurturing environment for our students to thrive, and we will continue to do so."
On Friday, Sheen continued to stand by his call to arms, telling TMZ, "There's no statute of limitations on bullying … The [Viewpoint officials] needed a visual reminder not to forget the epidemic of bullying."
Sheen's steadfast protection of his daughter is, in a way, commendable. Or, that is, it would be if it wasn't done in such an inflammatory fashion or at a time that is so clearly devised for self-promotion. As we see it, there are three reasons why this may just be the most vile thing Sheen has done to date.
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1. The incident happened last March — so then why are we talking about it now? It seems rather fishy that both Scary Movie 5, in which Sheen has a small role, and the Season 2 finale of Anger Management are just under a month away. What better way to garner buzz surrounding your name than to drag your nine-year-old daughter into it?
2. Promoting violence and vandalization against an elementary school is nothing short of disgusting.
3. Sheen call Sam's bully by name. While it may be true that young Victoria did Sam an injustice, there is never an appropriate time for a 47-year-old man to harp on a nine-year-old. Haven't you heard the one about picking on someone your own size?
Not to mention the fact that bullying the bully is never the solution. We would never deign to call Sheen a role model, but you would think he would try a little harder to send the right message when his kid is involved. Silly us, what were we thinking?
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Welcome to Pawnee, Indiana. We are located 90 miles from Indianapolis and we are the state's seventh-largest city. We are a city of kind citizens, green places, and a deep love and respect for the land. For the care and protection of these public outdoor spaces, we turn to the Parks and Recreation Department, headed by the honorable Ronald Ulysses Swanson. In order to ensure that the parks, pools, and public spaces of Pawnee remain in their tip top condition and able to provide good, clean fun for the citizens of Pawnee and their guests, the Parks and Recreation Department asks you to follow the following pertinent rules and regulations. Please and thank you, rest in peace L'il Sebastian.
Sometimes, a friend in need deserves a bailout in deed. Whether the problem is personal (like wanting your ex-boyfriend to father your child) or professional (is your coworker lazy, or is your friend's business closing?) we all sometimes need a little help to get by from our friends. And we Pawneeans are kind, helpful people, always ready to lend a hand. But when doing so, be sure to follow these 10 guidelines to ensure your friend safely gets the help he or she requires.
10 Rules and Regulations for Bailing Out a Friend
1. Does your friend seem upset? Ask yourself, what can I do to help out? What do I have that they need? Maybe your friend is trying to get pregnant, and just needs a friend to listen. Maybe your friend owns the snobbishly depressing Pawnee VideoDome and will go out of business without your financial help. Maybe your friend wants your sperm. Regardless, the first step is the same: Look deep inside yourself and determine what you can do to make his or her life happier.
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2. Sometimes, your friend will come to you. She will be forthright and forthcoming with her needs. If this is the case, play along! If, say, someone you haven't always particularly liked (because she dated and lived in a romantic way with your husband before he was your husband) asks you to be her friend — even if it is in exchange for something you need in return, like a recommendation for veterinary school in Bloomington — go along with it. You never know, she may be hurting behind her beautiful tropical fish eyes. She may be looking for more than a pedicure partner, something greater than a scary Charlotte to her Carrie.
3. Get a team behind you. Not all problems can be solved tete-a-tete, some require help from a larger group. Take, for instance, the example of Dennis Lerpiss and the closure of his VideoDome. You can't single-handedly fix that one up! To keep that sad little video rental store going you'll have to turn it into a historic landmark and bail it out with government funds. The place is a relic anyway — you can download movies on the Internet now; I'm watching zoolander on my phone right now! — might as well make it official.
4. Prepare for the opposition. Not everyone will think bailing out your friend (and his business) is the right thing to do. Expect resistance from the libertarian with the mustache, but remain strong in your convictions if you think what you are doing is right.
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5. Channel your own needs in order to better to help your friend. Perhaps you are yourself struggling with a dilemma. You can't help but wonder, Will you make a good father? Do you want to donate your sperm to a friend? Are you ready for that kind of responsibility? Will raising a kid infringe upon your strict exercise regimen? The best way to work out your issue may be to offer your assistance to someone else.
6. Say yes. After spending time pretending Tom Haverford — who is struggling with his drunk, brash, skanky (Jean-Ralphio's words, not ours) employee — is your son, you may learn something. And that thing may just be that your paralyzing fear of negatively affecting anything is something you can overcome. So go ahead and say yes to your friend. Help yourself by helping her. Now, doesn't that feel nice?
7. Don't be afraid to help yourself. Listen to your helpful friends, think about what they say, and then do what feels right for you. Stand up for yourself, lay down your own law. But at the end of the day, if you want to begin a sexual relationship with your employee, Jean-Ralphio's twin sister Mona Lisa, then do what you need to do.
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8. Listen. This is the most important rule, so we'll say it a few more times for good measure — listen, listen, listen! And really listen; like, read between the lines listen. Maybe your (new, sort of pretend) friend seems like she is happy to just sing karaoke in her office — because, let's face it, "Time After Time" really does cure all woes — but if you are really there for her you'll know that what she needs is companionship… and a baby names book with a bow.
9. Know when to stop. Because sometimes — okay, all the times — the libertarian with the mustache is correct, and you need to let your friend fight his own battles. You can always start a government-funded movie night of your own to make up for the new lack of video store in Pawnee, one where you can feel free to show The Sound of Music instead of Paths of Glory.
10. Do not throw rocks at a hornet's nest!
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In today's corgi news, one of everyone's favorite short-legged dogs has been fired from her co-starring duties in the West End alongside Helen Mirren. Seven-year-old Lizzy was set to play one of Queen Elizabeth's famed canine companions in The Audience, which stars Mirren. After 16 failed attempts to hit her mark, however, Lizzy had to be let go.
According to The Telegraph, Lizzy was supposed to run across the stage on Mirren's cue — but over a dozen times during previews, she just sat in the wings. Fail to run onstage once, you're a dog who missed a command. Fail to run onstage 16 times, and you're a stubborn mutt who may not be set out for showbiz.
Stephen Daldry, The Audience's director, says of Lizzy's disobedience, "She was excited the first three times, and then I think she decided she didn’t want to be an actress any more. She decided to retire from the British stage."
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Lizzy has now been replaced by fellow corgi Coco, who managed a flawless debut on Saturday after only 20 minutes of rehearsal.
With her new replacement set, Lizzy is now happy to leave the bright lights for a more sedate lifestyle. “Now she’s back home, a resting actress, resting by the fire," Daldry tells The Telegraph.
But what could have caused Lizzy's sudden reluctance to act? According to trainer Des Jordan, of Animal Actors (Lizzy's agency — yes, she has an agency), Lizzy may have been put out by her co-star. Not, Mirren, but five-year-old corgi Rocky.
"Because Lizzy was older, she was not as fast as Rocky, so he was first to the treats," Jordan says of the dogs' ability to reach the rewards waiting for them in the wings. "There may have been a bit of jealousy involved," he adds.
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While we may be wont to shake our heads at Lizzy's sloth — what, was running 40 feet simple not worth it for fewer than five treats? — who knows what our most esteemed canine stars would do if faced with a younger companion? Did Lassie ever have to race some other collie to rescue Timmy from the well? Rin Tin Tin was never forced to battle another dog for screen time.
Somehow, however, Scooby Doo managed to make it work when Scrappy was introduced. Seems there were plenty of Scooby Snacks to go around.
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Today is March 13, and 13 is Taylor Swift's favorite number, so Taylor Swift decided to release a new music video today. Since the music video is for her song "22," I personally think it would have been wise to wait until the 22nd, but maybe that's just me.
When Swift is not getting called a boy-crazy harlot, she's criticized for being too young/innocent/naive/fairy princessy. And yet, with "22" she makes a pretty good case for being young and fun and free. Contained in a perfectly framed Instagram world, Swift and her friends — who are her real-life besties, she says — bounce around, wear great clothes, and generally have a fantastic time. And I can't help but be a little bit jealous.
Twenty-two has come and gone, leaving me a sad, cynical mid-twenty-year-old who is disillusioned with the idea of being "happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time." That's too many emotions! Can't we just pick one?!
Anyway, here's the video, and below are 22 things in this video that I want in my life. Now would be good.
1. Bangs. Boy, does Taylor Swift look good with bangs! They are so fun and fresh! Too bad I made five of my closest friends all pinky swear to say "No" if I ever ask them whether I should get bangs again.
2. That's a pretty great fedora, I'd take one of them.
3. Buttercream frosting… Mmmmm.
4. Friends! Baking with so many friends!
5. Those heart glasses are adorable.
6. Floral tank top blouse!
7. Confetti gun!
8. Dance skillz. Did you know T Swift could krump?
9. Beanie! That beanie looks awesome with her bangs. I think I need both (see No. 1).
10. UGH BEACH SUNSET. It's cold here in New York. Get here now summer.
11. That trampoline party looks like a great time.
12. Is that a private pool? I've always wanted a pool in my backyard.
13. Who's pickup truck is that? I want one of those, too.
14. Whoa cat ears. Is it Halloween? Or a themed party? Or did you just decide to accessorize with feline ears? If the latter, your confidence is pretty spot-on.
15. Are there twinkly lights on your swingset? I want that.
16. Oooh off-the-shoulder glittery sweater!
17. Sequined skirt!
18. Is Ke$ha your DJ? That's baller.
19. More confetti!
20. Nighttime bike riding — but this goes back to No. 6.
21. GIANT ICE CREAM CONE.
22. The boy rocking a burgundy velvet blazer could probably be my best friend, if he wanted.
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