I lived abroad for a while with people from all over the world and had the hardest time resisting my natural urge to mimic their accents for fear of them thinking I was making fun of them. I would sometimes accidentally parrot words that I found particularly interesting back at them, and they almost always thought it…

My ex attempted (and, I imagine, is still attempting) to do that. He's training as a barrister and was concerned that people wouldn't take him seriously with his accent. He had a boss named Mathew while we were together and he hated having to say his name in front of people because it always came out Maffew. It became…

As an American who lived in London for a few years and irrationally loves the current popular usage of innit, it took me a long time to use it "properly." I would naturally use it as the good people of Yorkshire do, in place of "isn't it," but in observing my London friends (and, let's be honest, my bff television), I…

That's because "innit" is hilarious and everyone should use it. I lived in England for a few years and would sometimes find myself mimicking someone's accent, but only by parroting words back to them. It drove my ex crazy as he has a very unique accent and is therefore the most fun to repeat, and his only retaliation…

"I think it looks frightening when it's cut off. It's a Doberman- let it have its ears."

Re: point 2 (sort of)- There is a band called Harry and the Potters that only sings songs about the books. They frequently play shows in libraries and bookstores. (Or at least they did several years ago, which was the last time I checked. But the music still exists even if the band doesn't!)

I just commented on another thread that I'm exactly the same way and love that someone people listen to finally said it. It takes a lot of work to just be average.

This is the most truthful thing ever spoken. For years and years I went to the gym five days a week and primarily ate salads just to maintain being 30 lbs overweight, and well-meaning friends and doctors would suggest "going for more walks" or "eating less meat" to help me out. Bitch, I don't sit around eating burgers…

That is terrifying. That sounds even worse to me than what celebrities go through, because at least they, to some extent, knew what they were getting into and could mentally prepare themselves, and they probably have body guards around for some extra assistance. But you're just out there being a person with the hair…

Wow, really? I'm very impressed by that. So this was Coriolanus, then? That kind of stuff must be such a bummer. You just want to go out and do good work in a serious role and then you have to deal with that nonsense. Ben's doing Hamlet at the National Theatre next year and I thought about popping over to see it, but…

These kinds of fans-harrassing-celebrities videos usually make me really uncomfortable, but this was mesmerizing. He's so calm and in control. I'm... turned on? No, that can't be...

There was a comment on another of these articles describing him and Benedict as "starved for attention try-hards" and it hit me like a smack in the face. I love Ben an insane amount, but he always seems so desperate to be liked, and I enjoy some Hiddles as much as the next gal, but there was always something 'off'…

After seeing the Wolf of Wall Street with some girlfriends, I walked out of the theater and was like, "Where were all the dicks?" There are an insane amount of naked women in that movie (and not just boobs naked, but full-frontal-hairless-vagina naked) and the only dick we see is Jonah Hill's, and it's not even real!…

I felt the same way about American Hustle but was concerned I wasn't "getting it" since it was nominated for every award in existence and everyone else seemed to love it. I've realized now that it has some great performances, but the movie itself was super blah. Glad to finally see I'm not the only one who didn't like…

Yes! My mom read the book a few months ago and we had a long debate about what actually happens at the end of the story. Although I think we both know what didn't happen- Jonas and the baby getting sucked up into a Hunger Games plane! What the hell, Hollywood?! Stop ruining things I love!

WTF was that garbage with the hover plane?!? It's been a while since I read the book, but I'm pretty sure that never happens. And the motorcycles? And it's in color and Jonas is basically an adult- uggghhhhhhh I have so many problems with this.

YES. In my rage, I just wrote almost the exact same comment before bothering to read others. It's one thing if the studio felt they needed an older actor to portray a role that's as emotionally complex as Jonas (not saying they did, it's just the only thing I can come up with to justify the age difference), but with…

"It's hard to see where it could go wrong"? Have you read the book? Jonas should be 12 and everything should be in black and white, for starters. Not excited about this, as it looks as if it's gone about as wrong as it can go.

And he's posh as fuck... without being posh as fuck. It's amazing.

I've seen it referred to a Cumberbombing, which I quite enjoy.