EW – Alan Rickman 1946-2016
1000 points from Slytherin, universe! Sigh. This week has not been kind to fans of music, and now film. Whether you were a fan of his roles in Die Hard, Love Actually or Harry Potter, Alan Rickman was a fantastic actor with a rich voice that could make you swoon and a sneer that would cause you to shrivel up and die. My first introduction to Alan Rickman was Sense and Sensibility, a film where you didn’t feel like a total creep for shipping an old dude and a teenager. Share your favorites Rickman roles in the comments.
Deadline – 2016 Oscar Nominations
Get ready for arguments round the water cooler, and start checking Gold Derby so you can beat your cubicle mate (who overshares about STD scares and loudly slurps his food) in the office pool this year. I’m stoked about Mad Max: Fury Road (because that movie was awesome!) but I’m bummed about Ex-Machina getting shafted in the Best Picture and Acting categories.
YouTube – Saoirse Ronan Tries to Teach Stephen Colbert an Irish Accent
Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan (who is adorable) gives Colbert a lesson in pronouncing Gaelic names. Since my name is on one of the flash cards and I’ve gone through years of mispronunciation hell, this segment speaks to me on a very deep and bitter level. Seriously, Irish names are like a game of drunk Scrabble and they just use whatever random letters are left at the end of the game. Yes, Caooijlkmnsoihse is a legitimate name, now give me a triple word score.
TMZ – Nick Carter Arrest – Drunker Than Life…Fought Bouncer, Lost
I love that headline “Drunker Than Life,” that right there is the title of my autobiography “Drunker Than Life, and NO That’s Not How You Fucking Say My Name!” If I were the bouncer I would have been “Quit playing games…oh you want it that way?” BAM. Stay away from the Pina Coladas, Nick. They will leave you Inconsolable, Drowning, Incomplete but hey at least the Backstreet Boys will trend on Spotify for at least another forty minutes.
Lainey Gossip – Liam “Stepped Back” For Miley
More like Liam stepped away from Miley and her huge inflatable dildo. I love that US Weekly makes it seem like Liam was being the bigger man and allowing Miley to work through her issues which include midgets, penis-shaped pool floaties and the fur of dead muppets. This isn’t some epic love story, it’s just a dude that likes to bone crazy chicks.