That's the funny thing about the internet, because for some Jezzies, Russia is home. I know that the Gawker network leans annoyingly NYC, but that doesn't apply to the larger picture.

Dakota Johnson told Vanity Fair that Anastasia Steele is "kinda boring" because she's an English major.

Usually I can kind of understand why an American version might be made — more easily digestible by the audience, all that nonsense — but Utopia was so damned good that I can't understand why it wouldn't be shown as-is. There was something completely unique about it, and I'd worry that the actors aside, an American…

I agree that the beauty-required aspect is utter and unrepentant bullshit. But I don't see how smack-talking action dudes is any better than demanding action ladies have giant breasts and come-hither stares.

If we're doing fantasy casting, I want to do fantasy plotting as well, because this thing sounds like a piece of shit way below most actresses.

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It is a pretty horrible poem, but I speak as an amateur poetry fiend.

Will your current Bean boots get you through the season? If it's traction you're worried about with them, they sell rubber stabilizers that you attach to the boot sole, and it helps Bean boot traction immensely.

The spiteful part of me is gleeful that the rest of the country now understands how frustrating it is when shops haul out their spring/summer stock in... February and March. Bullshit.

Considering how often the Gawker network treats their site as a legitimate news source, it's hard to tell. Appreciate the clarification, though.

According to the sometimes-reliable Daily Mail

Ok, I don't know anything about this Lego movie because I'm a grown-ass person, but apparently Liam Neeson is in it and he plays an angry cop who is also a Lego.

They don't strike me as terribly different. Whatever there is, it's probably a combination of makeup contouring and Photoshop.

Et voila.

God, those are incredible. Thank you so much for linking to her work.

I'm going to assume that seeing the full shots will make me want to punch Richardson in the crotch. Cropped, though, there's a distinct lack of creepiness.

1. Wow, but Gaga looks stunning in those Harper's Bazaar photos.

Okay, thought experiment time: Name your favorite well-written romance novels.

The gentleman friend has to work, so my big plan mostly involves going home, not going back out in the snow, and enjoying a quiet night at home.

Hm. Despite my fondness for The Usual Suspects, and despite being a woman who did watch Superman Returns in the theater, I look forward to no longer seeing any of his movies. (Including the latest X-Men one, ugh. That thing looks like a shit-show.)