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Feminist Ryan Gosling

Em and Lo — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:00:57 +0000

We never really understood the whole Ryan Gosling thing - he seemed kind of like a pompous, pretentious ac-tor with zero sense of humor. That is, until we saw him on Ellen in onesie pajamas on a stationary bike. Boy, were we schooled then. Now we're on board - well, we're not on board the crazy train of Gosling fandom, but we're at the station admiring from afar. For example, we're not so gaga for Gosling that we could tell you exactly where the whole "Hey Girl" meme came from. (According to Jezebel: "Apparently, the basic concept...

I heart Kevin Smith

Em and Lo — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:00:40 +0000

Lo here: Em has always been a Howard Stern fan. As a staunch, man-hating feminist, I never got on board. Too many sad strippers willing to be reduced to body parts for love and attention - at least back in the K-Rock days. No, for provocative, foul-mouthed, sex-related audio content, I'll take Kevin Smith's Hollywood Babble-On with Ralph Garman any day. They're by no means above female objectification, but they believe in equal opportunity objectification. Take for example, their regular segment on Liam Neesson's infamously large endowment ("Liam Neesson's cock is so big..."). Smith will even admit on air to homoerotic urges without fear or shame (hello, Thor!). They do a show every week loosely arranged around all things entertainment industry-related, so if you're an US Weekly junkie like Em, you can get your celeb gossip AND your dick jokes all in one place! Plus, Garman is an amazing vocal impersonator: Sean Connery, Adam West, Harrison Ford, etc.

Naked news: Jim Carrey confesses his love to Emma Stone

Em and Lo — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:12:36 +0000

Kind of funny but mostly creepy: Jim Carrey confesses his love to Emma Stone via online video.
Speaking of weird celebrity confessions of love, Sinead O'Connor is apparently into anal and on the prowl. (Is this just some weird performance art project of hers? One hopes.)

Beyonce, who run the world? Not girls.

Em and Lo — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:00:22 +0000

Beyonce's latest hit "Run the World" is a girl-power anthem, sort of: "Who run the world? Girls" over and over. Maybe it's aspirational. Eh, probably not

Awesome people hanging out together

Em and Lo — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:00:40 +0000

How to Make a Blog 101: pick a theme that can be illustrated in pictures, cull (read: steal) images reflecting that theme from all over the web, caption each image (wit/irony/humor optional). Think Failblog, PeopleOfWalmart, MyBadParent, TooBigForStroller, etc. Some are more clever than others. In fact, success isn’t measured in cleverness, but in whether a [...]

A commemorative royal wedding “ring”

Em and Lo — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:00:00 +0000

You've probably heard of the royal wedding commemorative refrigerator, the one with the huge honkin' picture of William and Kate in an embrace emblazoned on the doors. Not exactly discreet. Well, now there's something a little more subtle, with more humor, if not more class: The Commemorative Royal Wedding Ring (as in love ring, i.e. cock ring):

Terry Richardson’s Tumblr is everywhere, including the Oscars

Matthew Rodriguez — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:22:45 +0000

If you’re a fan of pop culture, art, photography, or fashion and you don’t have Terry Richardson’s frequently updated Tumblr bookmarked, then do yourself a favor and do so. Whether it’s the recent opening of Ed Ruscha’s new show at Gagosian in LA or chilling out backstage at the Oscars, the man, his glasses and [...]

Fellini rides a low rider bike

Matthew Rodriguez — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:32:48 +0000

“Rides a Bike” is one of my favorite single serve Tumblr sites that updates with vintage photographs of stars and celebrities of days of yore on bicycles, such as director Federico Fellini rocking a low rider bike. Add this site to your RSS or bookmarks for your weekly bit of whimsy. I can’t wait for [...]

Naked News: Gagging over Lady Gaga’s new fragrance

Em and Lo — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:00:09 +0000

Ted Haggard reveals to GQ that he would identify as bisexual if it weren't for, you know, God. But wait, didn't God make him bisexual to begin with? Religion is confusing.
Ubiquitous James Franco to play porn star Linda Lovelace's former husband.
New research suggests are no differences between heterosexuals and homosexuals or between women and men in terms of the brain systems regulating romantic love.

Loving hating Gwyneth

Em and Lo — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:00:48 +0000

We always knew Gwyneth Paltrow was kind of annoying, but we didn’t realize it was “official” until we read the recent Time magazine review of her new movie “Country Strong,” which wasn’t so much a movie review as it was an account of how much people love to hate this privileged daughter of Hollywood elite [...]

Can best friends be sex friends?

Em and Lo — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:00:54 +0000

You gotta love a movie trailer with lots of swear words, nudity, sex scenes and menstruation references. We don’t think we’ve looked forward to an Ashton Kucher vehicle since “Dude, Where’s My Car,” but the “restricted” trailer (NOT one of the many sanitized-for-tv versions) for his next flick, “No Strings Attached,” co-starring the ever-present Natalie [...]

Fabio: the new face of the electric vehicle?

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:58:36 +0000

If challenged to do so, you'd likely have no trouble coming up with a short list of eco-celebs: Ed Begley, Jr., Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Woody Harrelson, and, oh yeah, Robert Redford may all to come to mind. But Fabio? Yep, the Italian superhunk who's graced the covers of many a romance novel, and pitched butter substitutes, is adding his look (if not his voice) to a green cause: electric vehicles.

Katy Perry’s cleavage can tell you how to get to Sesame Street

Em and Lo — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:00:15 +0000

Or rather, how to get kicked off Sesame Street. Perry shot a music video with Elmo for the pre-schoolers’ show featuring a version of her “Hot n’ Cold” hit, this one about playing dress up (natch). Sesame Street does this all the time — kidifying a pop tune with the actual artist; check out Feist’s [...]

To be young, gifted and black…

Em and Lo — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:00:41 +0000

…apparently means to be photoshopped by Elle magazine. Or at least, that’s the rumor that’s got ladies mag readers all abuzz. For their 25th anniversary issue, Elle just released 4 different covers featuring 4 different 25-year olds, “young women changing the world” they said, though they forgot to add “in Hollywood.” Let’s be clear, these [...]

The raw sex scenes of “Blue Valentine”

Em and Lo — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:00:56 +0000

One of the films we're most excited to see in the next few months is the indie-flick 12 years in the making, "Blue Valentine," starring Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling and out December 31st. It's an intimate portrait -- almost documentary style -- of a relationship/marriage over the course of several years, cross-cutting between different time periods. There was very little rehearsing, lots of time spent together in character before shooting, picking fights on the days they were filming fights. The two actors are on the cover of W magazine this month, with an interview by Lynn Hirschberg inside, in which they discuss, among other things, the very intense sex scenes:

Scissor Sisters “News” broadcast from US tour

Em and Lo — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:00:08 +0000

Scissor Sisters are in the middle of the US leg of their tour to support their new album, Night Work, so Scissor Sisters News just released this update: Katy Perry Watches Adam Lambert Make Out with [lead singer] Jake Shears. Check it out to see the silly backstage shenanigans and get some serious kissing tips [...]

Guess whose high school yearbook pic?

Em and Lo — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:00:50 +0000

Yep, Rachel Maddow's. Out and proud Rachel Maddow of MSNBC's kick-ass liberal politics show "The Rachel Maddow Show." Maddow, who wears as little makeup as the producers will let her get away with, who would never be caught dead in feminine jewelry (let alone pearls!), who's always in jeans and sneaks under her television desk, who gets her haircut with what looks like a Flowbee. Don't get us wrong -- none of that is a dis. We love, love, love that Maddow refuses to abide by the strict beauty rules set for women in our society, especially in our society's television media. Which is perhaps why this picture is so striking -- it's such a 180 for her, the epitome of the feminine ideal, even today: blonde, long-haired, tan, make-up-ed, and accessorized. We admit, our first reaction was: OMG! But why?

Sex degrees of separation

Em and Lo — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:00:22 +0000

We, Em & Lo, worked with and are friends with (and Lo was apt-mates with) Jessica Baumgardner, who married Irad Eyal, which is our connection to the new book "Sex Degrees of Separation." Irad has just turned his unhealthy obsession with celebrity hook-ups into an exhaustive encyclopedia that combines the idea of "six degrees of separation" and the game "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" with an emphasis on romantic ties and bodily fluids. Any "Us Weekly" subscriber (that would be Em) will be awed and amazed by the scope of this book, which includes extensively diagrammed connections between everyone from Paris Hilton to Diddy to, yes, Kevin Bacon. The graphic designers must be relaxing in a mental institution after this complicated project, which Irad compares to untangling a thousand iPod headphones that have been in your bag for a week.

Our favorite dandy, Sebastian Horsley, died

Em and Lo — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:00:19 +0000

After both of us were on vacation for a week, pretty much avoiding all news and headlines, we were shocked and saddened to receive an invitation to a funeral this morning for an acquaintance we didn't even realize had died: UK artist, writer, self-proclaimed dandy and all-around nut, Sebastian Horsley. For a second we thought this might just be another one of his twisted art projects (like being crucified in the Phillipines), especially since the funeral invitation came with the following footnote:

The funeral will be filmed, by attending you give permission for your image to be used for possibly future commercial purposes (i.e. documentary and/or the film planned about Sebastian's life).

That's so very Sebastian, the eternally shameless self-promoter. But alas, it appears there are too many news reports for it not to be true.

Perez Hilton says something smart

Em and Lo — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:00:32 +0000

We never thought we’d say this, but Perez Hilton has a point. We’re usually not fans, but he’s got a good bit on the importance of coming out on the fabulous site Big Think, which interviews hundreds of experts, from hedge-fund managers to neuroscientists, to help us plebs make better decisions and form more erudite [...]

Christina Aguilera replaces “vajayjay” with “woohoo”

Em and Lo — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:00:16 +0000

We're predicting the big pop hit of the summer is here -- and it's a going to be an anthem for girls nights out all over the country. For Christina Aguilera's new song "Woohoo" featuring Nicki Minaj (from her album Bionic out this June) is all about the joys of cunnilingus. Best line ever: "All the boys think it's cake when they taste my (woohoo), you don't even need a plate, just your face, ha." Ha indeed!

The Horrible Truth About Celebrity Tweeting

Michael Musto — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:20:51 +0000

As someone who follows celebrities for a living, I’ve found that they’re fascinating creatures who radiate excitement and sex appeal in everything they do—except tweeting! I know this because the second I joined Twitter a few months ago, I started “following” any celebrity I could track down there, anxious to eavesdrop on whatever stellar utterances were available to me thanks to this trendy form of techno-networking. But just as quickly, I was bored into submission by the fact that in this context, bold-face luminaries are every bit as trivial and fatuous as you and me!

More White Noise from the Narcissist Generation

Paula Froelich — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:15:11 +0000

Lady Bunny — Photo by Charles Eshelman/Getty Images I spent much of last week in three inches of make-up doing my best Lady Bunny impersonation. No, really. I ended up doing LXTV, Joy Behar, Fox Business, etc. and it’s amazing how much make-up they put on a person just so they are “TV ready.” It’s [...]

The wisdom of Corey Haim

Em and Lo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:19 +0000

We were too young to realize it at the time, but Corey Haim's LUCAS (1986) showed us exactly why the band geek makes a better boyfriend than the captain of the football team. Rest in peace, Corey Haim -- you may not have been the most eloquent cast member of the reality show The Two Coreys, but the wisdom of your characters continues to ring true. Here are our top ten favorite on-screen Corey moments -- heavily favored toward LUCAS, of course. What can we say? That kid was a hero: 1. From LUCAS (1986) Maggie: You know how wonderful you are? Lucas: Yeah, but it doesn't turn you on, does it? 2. From DREAM A LITTLE DREAM (1989) Bobby [Corey Feldman]: Dinger! Dinger, wake up for a minute. I gotta talk to you, Buddy. Dinger [Corey Haim]: Bobby, I'm asleep. I'm fast asleep, Bobby. I'm dreaming. Apache women. Mai-tais. Vanna White and a whip. Bobby: I'm in love. Dinger: That could be a problem. Bobby: I don't think you understand. Dinger: No, no, I do understand. I really do. Which hand is it this week, pal?

Somebody Feed James Cameron’s Wife. Seriously.

Paula Froelich — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:41:26 +0000

James Cameron with his wife Suzy Amis on the red carpet before the Oscars

Maybe I’m just getting too old and cynical for the Oscars. Heh. When you see Joan Collins out every night, you do start to wonder – what the sam hell is going on? This post will be briefer than the lasts as, well, baby is hungover. Yes, I know. AGAIN. There does seem something so wrong about Oscar week in LA. The abundant narcissism and back slapping is fricking hilarious (“Good Job! That movie you made was awesome! Forget curing cancer – you are the best person alive! Especially because you are so rich and pretty!”).

New Jersey vs. California: Which state is worse for sex?

Em and Lo — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:00:15 +0000

Remember when former Miss California Carrie Prejean got famous for (a) getting pageant-funded breast implants and (b) saying "I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there"? Well, suddenly No-Offense Prejean is looking like the picture of tolerance (after all, she did also say "I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one way or the other. We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage.") Enter Lauren Ashley, who will be representing Beverly Hills in the Miss California pageant this November. She was all like, I'll see your "marriage is between a man and a woman" and I'll raise you "punishment by death." No, seriously.

Top 10 sex tapes we REALLY don’t want to see

Em and Lo — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:00:19 +0000

When we read the horrifying news that there's a John Edwards sex tape out there, we wondered, yet again, when celebrities will realize that the only way to guarantee your sex tape won't leak is not to make it. But we guess that as long as egotistic, power-drunk celebs continue to think they can get away with cheating on their spouses, they'll also think they can get away with making private sex tapes. However, we'd like to speak up in defense of all the poor innocent citizens (like, um, us) who will have trouble sleeping tonight, just at the thought that we might someday accidentally click on a link that shows us John Edwards' O-face. For the love of god, please let us be spared that. In fact, while we're making our plea, here are the top 10 sex tapes -- whether real or imaginary -- that we really, really, really don't want to see.

John Edwards and his kooky toe-ring-wearing mistress Rielle Hunter.
Anything involving Hugh Hefner that was shot in the last four decades. Actually, anything starring Hef, ever.

FROM PARIS TO PRECIOUS (aka PUSH): Sundance switches gears

Paula Froelich — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:53:18 +0000

Main Street in Park City, UT during the Sundance Film Festival. I have two words for you: Lyle Lovett. My Mason-Dixon reared soul is all a flutter over this year’s Sundance Film Festival. I will be honest: I haven’t gone to Sundance in four years. I used to cover it when I was the deputy editor for Page Six at the New York Post. For a gossip columnist, it was like shooting ducks in a barrel. Celebrities abounded, bad behavior - thanks to alcohol consumption, high altitudes and a distinct lack of spousal companionship - was everywhere, and I was in heaven. I would see some great movies, interview some actors, and then go to premiere and agency parties, collecting information all along the way. It was fun and I got some good work done. Until 2006.

The Wisdom of John Mayer, Tweeted

Em and Lo — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:00:18 +0000

photo by Patty Keigan Say what you will about John Mayer's music -- here marks the spot where Lo censored Em's compliments about "Your Body Is a Wonderland" as a matter of principle -- his Tweets are some of the funniest in the biz. (Okay, so he doesn't have a lot of competition. Britney Spears: "How's everyone's 2010 going so far?") Anyway, love him or hate him -- or, most likely, a combination of the two -- we thought you'd appreciate some of his Tweet-wisdom (twisdom?) on the topics of love, sex, bodily functions, and other important stuff. Here are a dozen of our favorites from the last month or so -- you can follow him yourself at Twitter.com/JohnCMayer:

What 1 area of your body gets touched the least? I'm going to guess sub-scrotal flange, but it could also be knee cleavage.
If you call a girl 62 times and she's sleeping, does it read in the morning as one missed call or 62? Asking for a friend.

“Picturing the Past 10 Years” by Phillip Niemeyer

Em and Lo — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:00:25 +0000

It doesn’t have much to do with love or sex, but it being New Year’s Eve and all we couldn’t resist pointing out art director Phillip Niemeyer’s “op-chart” from Sunday’s New York Times called “Picturing the Past 10 Years” (especially if you missed fellow Sunfiltered blogger Matthew Rodriguez’s post about it a few days ago). Read [...]

Naked News: Sex-positive Streep, gay floral arrangements & safer sex toys

Em and Lo — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:00:33 +0000

scene from new movie "It's Complicated"

Meryl Streep, our new hero, on sex scenes between older people: ""The whole idea that you have to look a certain way and be a certain age to earn love is ridiculous. We love what we love. It doesn't matter what shape it is. It's thrilling to see real people on screen."
Canadians are one step ahead of us in the health department again: sex stores are game with regulating the adult toy industry to keep out harmful chemicals found in the plastics used in some toys.

A Feminist in Fox’s Clothing? Megan Fox in the NYTimes Magazine

Em and Lo — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:52 +0000

We weren't sure how or why the sex symbol with diarrhea of the mouth, Megan Fox, got an entire cover article dedicated to her in the New York Times Sunday magazine. Is she really such a cultural force? She's been in like a whopping two movies (we're counting TRANSFORMERS I and II as one)! Well, we guess a billion Google searches can't be wrong. We weren't expecting to be riveted by the article, but surprisingly there was a ton of fascinating stuff on sex and gender roles -- and not just out of skilled profiler Lynn Hirschberg's mouth. Here are some of the best bits (in case you just can't bring yourself to read a prettied up version of an US Weekly article):

Rihanna’s domestic abuse sells albums — so what?

Em and Lo — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Some people have been questioning Rihanna's choice to wait to talk about her domestic abuse right until the release of her new album. But that's just the way the magazine-TV-PR-celebrity-promotional circle jerk works: celebrities don't tend to chat to magazine writers or TV presenters just because they feel like it, they do it because they are contractually required to promote something. And magazines, TV shows, et al are more than happy to comply, because celebrity cover stories sell like hotcakes.

Naked News (10-13-09)

Em and Lo — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:00:27 +0000

Three days left till Marge Simpson’s Playboy centerfold hits newsstands. Now we’re justing waiting for Stewie’s cover story in “The Advocate.” Support for civil unions up to 57%; support for same-sex marriage still only at 39%. But would a rose really smell as sweet if we gave it another name? It’s sad enough that there’s [...]

Passport photos of the famous

Matthew Rodriguez — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:38:40 +0000

A collection of passport photos from the early half of the twentieth century of notable writers and artists, including Langston Hughes, Jack Benny, Walt Disney, and Edward Estlin Cummings better known as E.E. Cummings. I concur with the collector’s insightful comment: The quality is pretty gritty, but I find them interesting, not the least because [...]

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

Em and Lo — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:00:54 +0000

Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns Zach Galifianakis is one of those weirdo comedians you either love or you hate. We love him, mostly for his entirely inappropriate sexual humor. So if you haven’t checked out his Funny or Die series, “Between Two Ferns”, we recommend you blow off work for [...]

Happy birthday, Betty Dodson!

Em and Lo — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:00:02 +0000

There isn’t better proof that an active, healthy, happy sex life keeps you looking young and vibrant than Betty Dodson, the great American sex educator who basically invented sex-positive feminism and almost single-handedly made masturbation okay for women. She turns 80 today — and doesn’t look a day over 60! It could also be the [...]

Naked News (08-11-09)

Em and Lo — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:00:37 +0000

photo by dougwoods Wondering what’s the 2009 equivalent of “the dog ate my homework”? It’s “the cat downloaded my child porn.” Seriously. In the you’ve-got-to-be-f&#*ing-kidding-us department: South Korea paints parking spaces pink to designate them for women in heels. Kathy Griffin continues to endear herself to us by bringing Levi Johnston as her date for [...]

Gallery of photography assistants

Matthew Rodriguez — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:26:45 +0000

Light Test focuses its lens on the uncelebrated heroes behind the scenes at a photo shoot: the assistants. This is a fun and interesting collection of light test photographs for a wide range of professional, editorial, and commercial shoots, including some notable ones such as ones for Sarah Palin and Steven Spielberg. Others are goofy, [...]

Date rape is so funny we forgot to laugh

Em and Lo — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:00:57 +0000

We’re still not sure why Seth Rogen and Anna Faris are America’s comedic sweethearts. We loved KNOCKED UP just as much as the next guy, but haven’t the overweight stoner and dumb blonde jokes been done to death? Well, they are America’s comedic sweethearts, which we guess is why Warner Brothers, plenty of movie critics, [...]

Festival Updates: The Awards and After Party

Sundance Channel — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:34:47 +0000

The filmmakers, actors, and celebrities come out to congratulate and celebrate all films and participants of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Festival Updates Spotlight: Nightlife

Sundance Channel — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:27:14 +0000

Filmmakers, actors, and celebrities speak about the various happenings and emotions that define the collective experience that is the Sundance Film Festival.

Interviews With “the green book” Co-authors

Sundance Channel — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:00:00 +0000

Sit back and enjoy a view into the minds of two dedicated environmental consultants who explain some background info on “the green book” as well as some personal insights into the Green Movement at large. Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen are the subjects of this particular interview. We had a post introducing these two [...]