December 10, 2012, 11:17 pm
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As the digital world becomes more and more important, social media is a vital way to get your message out. Fortunately for us, many companies are hilariously bad at it. This year saw an epic number of social media fails, as ad agencies, marketing firms and clueless interns collaborated to make their employers look terrible. In this list, we'll share ten of the absolute worst social media fails of 2012
#McDStories
Promoted topics on Twitter are always a recipe for disaster. It makes sense in theory: Get people talking about your brand and you'll plant a seed in their brains. But when McDonald's paid to have #McDStories hit the top of the hashtags in January, they got a very unpleasant surprise. You see, people don't often have good times at McDonald's, and the top tweets for the tag were people talking about getting food poisoning and finding fingernails in their Big Mac. The beleaguered fast food company ordered the promotion pulled after just two hours, but the damage was done.
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Patrick Stewart vs. Time Warner Cable
As any New Yorker can tell you, getting cable installed in your apartment is a terrifying ordeal that often results in you having to take several days off work, terrified to leave for fear of missing the service guy. For average Joes like us, nobody listens or cares. But when Sir Patrick Stewart moved to Brooklyn and had to deal with it, things got crazy. Stewart took to Twitter to voice his disgruntlement, and even though Time Warner responded (in two minutes, no less), they couldn't get the job done and Stewart got a dish instead.
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CelebBoutique
Understanding trending topics is integral to success on Twitter. You need to be able to tie your brand in cleverly, but unobtrusively. That technique didn't work for online fashion retailer CelebBoutique. In July, their social media staff posted "#Aurora is trending, clearly about our Kim K inspired #Aurora dress ;)" Clearly not - people were actually tweeting about the horrific massacre of 12 people in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Even Kim Kardashian isn't as horrible as that. The brand quickly deleted the tweet and apologized for the error.
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KitchenAid vs. Obama
You really need to be careful with who has the keys to your company's Twitter account. They need to be on-message at all times or else all hell can break loose. Case in point: KitchenAid. Their official Twitter page should be about cooking, baking and that kind of thing. Not politics. But when President Obama mentioned his dead grandmother during one of the debates, KitchenAid tweeted, "Obamas gma even knew it was going 2 b bad! She died 3 days b4 he became president'" Needless to say, the company quickly got rid of the person responsible.
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Woody Harrelson Owned By Reddit
It's kind of amazing how Reddit has grown into one of the most influential sites on the Internet, for good or ill. One of the best ways for a celebrity to engage with the Internet at large is to do an "AmA," or "Ask Me Anything," where Redditors pose uncensored questions. Everybody up to Barack Obama has done one, but when actor Woody Harrelson showed up on February, things quickly went very wrong. The star, promoting his new movie "Rampart," answered a grand total of four questions and pissed off the entire site in the process. Oh, and the movie bombed.
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Chick-Fil-A Facebook Fake
Fast food chain Chick-Fil-A ran into some controversy this year due to their donation to anti-gay organizations, and their social media strategy crashed and burned pretty hard on Facebook, as well. When the Jim Henson Company decided to cut ties with the restaurant over their political stance, Chick-Fil-A tried to spin it that it was their decision. On Facebook, a young woman named "Abby Farle" was a vocal supporter of the company - until it was revealed that Farle had joined Facebook just eight hours before her post on the Chick-Fil-A page and her profile pic was a stock photo. She was never conclusively connected to Chik-Fil-A, but it was damning all the same.
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Progressive Robo-Response
One of the most important ways to use social media is to directly interact with customers and improve your business. Dealing with criticism is an essential part of that. So, when a guy named Matt Fisher posted a blog that went viral about Progressive Insurance basically paying the legal costs to defend the driver that killed his sister so they wouldn't have to pay out on her policy, Twitter exploded with outrage. Progressive handled things in just about the worst possible way - by sending automated robo-responses to everyone who mentioned it. Needless to say, it didn't improve things.
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Toyota Camry Effect
Let's face it, most of us aren't on Twitter to interact with brands. But that doesn't stop brands from trying to interact with us. For this past year's Super Bowl, Toyota rolled out a whole campaign based around "The Camry Effect," complete with a whopping nine Twitter accounts. If you used a Super Bowl-related hashtag, you'd get a spam tweet from one of them promoting a contest to win a car. It was one of the worst uses of the platform ever, and within days Toyota had shut down all of the accounts and apologized for their idiocy.
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StubHub Friday
Running a corporate Twitter account can be a thankless job, usually relegated to underpaid interns. So, it's not surprising when one of them goes a little nuts. In October, the official Twitter account of StubHub, an online ticket-selling site, posted: "Thank f*ck it's Friday! Can't wait to get out of this stubsucking hell hole." The Tweet was deleted in less than an hour and replaced by an apology from the company, but the damage was already done. They never fessed up to who was actually responsible for the profane outburst.
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Next: 2012's Unforgettable Photos
Lindsay Lohan vs. Hurricane Sandy
Li-Lo is legendary for her moronic Twitter behavior, but nothing made her look like a spoiled rich idiot quite as much as a tweet she let fly in October right before megastorm Sandy hit the East Coast. "WHY is everyone in SUCH a panic about hurricane (i'm calling it Sally)..? Stop projecting negativity!" Needless to say, the thousands of people preparing to have their houses destroyed didn't really care for the sloshed starlet's idiotic laissez-faire attitude, and she was ripped to shreds by the gossip blogs. She has bigger things to worry about now, though.
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December 10, 2012, 11:28 pm
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A picture might be worth a thousand words, but this gallery of funny photos is worth, like, a million LOLs (sorry, I'm no good at math.)
And for even more LOLs, follow us on Google+ and Facebook.
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Party Baby needs someone to drive him home.
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In case this makes no sense to you, a monkey was found wandering around an Ikea over the weekend. And yes, he was wearing that awesome jacket.
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Anthony Davis' unibrow is a bird. Your argument is not valid.
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This sounds like my wife. (I was going to say it also looks like my wife, but sometimes she reads these.)
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The 22nd is going to be a pretty shitty day.
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Just another day at the orifice.
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Jewbacca. There's really nothing else I can add to this awesomeness.
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Just going to leave this here.
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It's fun to move Hallmark cards around.
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One day, construction companies will figure out how to make their signs hack proof. But I hope it's not too soon.
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Looks like someone is taking this Rasta thing a little too seriously.
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Tequila is a magical beverage.
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December 10, 2012, 11:35 pm
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Victoria's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo has gained some extra popularity this year, especially since she walked the runway during the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City. The Namibian-born model has also been dating Maroon 5 frontman and "The Voice" coach Adam Levine for awhile now, so expect to see a lot more of her in 2013. Here are some sexy photos of the gorgeous Prinsloo from last month's fashion show, as well as a few more for good measure.
For more, follow Behati Prinsloo on Twitter.
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Victoria's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo has gained some extra popularity this year, especially since she walked the runway during the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City. The Namibian-born model has also been dating Maroon 5 frontman and "The Voice" coach Adam Levine for awhile now, so expect to see a lot more of her in 2013. Here are some sexy photos of the gorgeous Prinsloo from last month's fashion show, as well as a few more for good measure.
For more, follow Behati Prinsloo on Twitter.
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Victoria's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo has gained some extra popularity this year, especially since she walked the runway during the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City. The Namibian-born model has also been dating Maroon 5 frontman and "The Voice" coach Adam Levine for awhile now, so expect to see a lot more of her in 2013. Here are some sexy photos of the gorgeous Prinsloo from last month's fashion show, as well as a few more for good measure.
For more, follow Behati Prinsloo on Twitter.
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Behati Prinsloo with fellow Victoria's Secret Angel Lily Aldridge.
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Victoria's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo has gained some extra popularity this year, especially since she walked the runway during the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City. The Namibian-born model has also been dating Maroon 5 frontman and "The Voice" coach Adam Levine for awhile now, so expect to see a lot more of her in 2013. Here are some sexy photos of the gorgeous Prinsloo from last month's fashion show, as well as a few more for good measure.
For more, follow Behati Prinsloo on Twitter.
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Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
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Victoria's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo has gained some extra popularity this year, especially since she walked the runway during the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City. The Namibian-born model has also been dating Maroon 5 frontman and "The Voice" coach Adam Levine for awhile now, so expect to see a lot more of her in 2013. Here are some sexy photos of the gorgeous Prinsloo from last month's fashion show, as well as a few more for good measure.
For more, follow Behati Prinsloo on Twitter.
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Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
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Victoria's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo has gained some extra popularity this year, especially since she walked the runway during the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City. The Namibian-born model has also been dating Maroon 5 frontman and "The Voice" coach Adam Levine for awhile now, so expect to see a lot more of her in 2013. Here are some sexy photos of the gorgeous Prinsloo from last month's fashion show, as well as a few more for good measure.
For more, follow Behati Prinsloo on Twitter.
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Victoria's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo has gained some extra popularity this year, especially since she walked the runway during the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City. The Namibian-born model has also been dating Maroon 5 frontman and "The Voice" coach Adam Levine for awhile now, so expect to see a lot more of her in 2013. Here are some sexy photos of the gorgeous Prinsloo from last month's fashion show, as well as a few more for good measure.
For more, follow Behati Prinsloo on Twitter.
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Victoria's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo has gained some extra popularity this year, especially since she walked the runway during the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City. The Namibian-born model has also been dating Maroon 5 frontman and "The Voice" coach Adam Levine for awhile now, so expect to see a lot more of her in 2013. Here are some sexy photos of the gorgeous Prinsloo from last month's fashion show, as well as a few more for good measure.
For more, follow Behati Prinsloo on Twitter.
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Bryan Bedder/Getty Images
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Victoria's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo has gained some extra popularity this year, especially since she walked the runway during the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City. The Namibian-born model has also been dating Maroon 5 frontman and "The Voice" coach Adam Levine for awhile now, so expect to see a lot more of her in 2013. Here are some sexy photos of the gorgeous Prinsloo from last month's fashion show, as well as a few more for good measure.
For more, follow Behati Prinsloo on Twitter.
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Next: Hotties from Around the World
One more of Prinsloo and Aldridge at the end of last month's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
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December 11, 2012, 7:23 am
Created by mixologist Eric Tecosky. Photo by Rick Williams.
A light, fresh mix of rosemary and pear, the Rosencranz is sure to please even the most picky of palates. Give it a try this holiday season, and you'll find it's a refreshing new option for party cocktails.
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Ingredients:
2 oz
Beluga Vodka
¾ oz fresh pear juice
½ oz Rosemary Syrup*
Preparation:
Muddle ⅓ of a pear until mostly liquid. Add vodka and syrup. Shake well with ice. Double strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with two cocktail cranberries stabbed with a rosemary sprig.
*Rosemary Syrup:
In a skillet, heat 1 cup of water with 1 cup of sugar. Stir gently to dissolve sugar. Add three rosemary stems. Right before boil, turn off heat. Let cool. Remove rosemary and keep syrup in the fridge until needed.
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December 11, 2012, 5:42 am
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Ariana Leigh is an American lingerie and glamour model. Check out a gallery of this exotic beauty.
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Ariana was born in 1985 in Richmond, Virginia.
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She is a mix of Native American, Puerto Rican, German, Irish and Scottish ancestry.
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She was Playboy's January 2012 Cyber Girl.
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She has been a competitive dancer since she was only two years old.
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She says she has a very strong sexual appetite.
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Her measurements are 32D-24-32.
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She is also related to the Indian princess Pocahontas.
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She calls her loyal Twitter followers her "Tweetourage."
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December 11, 2012, 10:21 am
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Holly Madison is an American showgirl, model and former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner. Check out our collection of her sexy pics.
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Holly Madison was born in 1979 in Astoria, Oregon.
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Holly Madison's real name is Hollin Sue Cullen.
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She appeared on "The Girls Next Door" and "Holly's World."
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She has admitted to having rhinoplasty and breast augmentation.
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In 2011, Holly Madison said she insured her breasts for $1 million.
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She said she would not want her daughter to pose for Playboy. "You think it's this glamorous thing until you realize how much you're judged for it."
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Her favorite movie is "City Lights" with Charlie Chaplin.
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December 11, 2012, 9:38 pm
British model
Lily Donaldson does a cutesy dance to "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" for Love Magazine. The holidays just got a lot more festive having seen that. Oh, who are we kidding? We'd watch this in July.
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December 11, 2012, 10:23 pm
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The holidays are upon us! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Saturnalia, you're no doubt going to spend some time bustling around some relative's crowded house trying to avoid the most heated fights and the crankiest uncles. Most of you will end up in front of the TV where some variety of "It's a Wonderful Muppet Christmas Miracle Story on 34th Street" for the thousandth time, but if you're clever enough to bring a few of your own DVDs, you may be able to celebrate the inherent weirdness of the holiday season in style (and possibly alone-some of these are too gory, freaky, or incoherent for the family to enjoy). Here are ten of the weirdest Christmas movies around.
JINGLE ALL THE WAY (1996)
A bizarre relic of the time when Arnold Schwarzenegger was an actor, Phil Hartman was alive, and Sinbad was employed, "Jingle All the Way" was a weird mixture of Christmas satire and futuristic jetpack adventure. The story of two desperate dads (Schwarzenegger and Sinbad) vying to purchase the very last Turbo-Man action figure, the film was hastily rewritten by producer (and "Home Alone" director) Chris Columbus to focus more on the crass commercialization of Christmas and to feature more of an anti-consumerism vibe (primarily represented in the scene where Arnie beats the crap out of a gang of toy counterfeiters, lead by sinister mall Santa Jim Belushi). Unfortunately, the newly written segments failed to jibe well with the rest of the story's madcap antics, and the movie writes itself into a corner that it can only escape from by dressing Sinbad and Arnold up in tight spandex Turbo-Man costumes and strapping them to jetpacks. While a few reviewers gave the film points for at least halfway trying to discuss the cheapening of Christmas and the dangers of consumerism, most people couldn't fail to notice the numerous Turbo-Man toys and action figures released in concert with the movie and gave it a pass overall.
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JACK FROST (1996)
No, not the syrupy Michael Keaton vehicle from a couple years later, although the two films have an eerily similar "origin story" for the titular character. Jack Frost (in this movie a serial killer, in the other, a neglectful father and bluesman) suffers a car accident, smashing into a "genetics truck" on the way to prison and becomes an animate snowman with incredible powers. Instead of using said powers to reunite with his estranged son, however, serial killer Jack Frost naturally embarks on a deadly path of revenge, mayhem, and carrot-rape. This movie is actually a good deal more notable and popular than the bland and forgettable Michael Keaton film, if only because it features one of Shannon Elizabeth's first on-screen performances as a naked lady in the shower, but make sure your copy of Jack Frost comes with the seal of quality on the cover-a hideous grinning icy skull.
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HOME ALONE 4 (2002)
1990's "Home Alone" was and is one of the best family comedies and Christmas movies ever written, a product of comedic genius John Hughes at his creative peak. 1992's "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" wasn't nearly as good, but was arguably better than it had any right to be and featured almost all of the original cast. 1997's "Home Alone 3"...existed, and featured no real connection with any other films other than a phoned-in John Hughes script and director Raja Gosnell, editor of the past two films. Nobody liked the third movie (except Roger Ebert for some weird contrarian reason) and it was assumed that the franchise had finally been milked for all its worth.
Then came "Home Alone 4," a made-for-TV mess featuring the legendary starpower of French "That Squinty Guy from that Space Alien Show" Stewart as chief antagonist and absolutely nothing else worth talking or thinking about. Hughes didn't write, produce, or really have anything to do with the noisome flop, a tired rehash of the formula centering around the McAllister family's messy divorce (Merry Christmas!). While intended to launch a Home Alone TV series, HA4 ended up almost killing the franchise for good until yet another made-for-TV installment (featuring Malcolm McDowell and Ed Asner at possibly the lowest moment of their professional lives) was released this year.
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DON'T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS (1984)
Did you know that in England, they say "Happy Christmas" instead of "Merry Christmas?" And that every year around Yuletide, razor-wielding serial killers stalk the streets of London butchering everyone they see wearing a Santa outfit? It's a weird tradition, I know, but it was documented on film in the British holiday-horror film "Don't Open Till Christmas," the perfect film for anybody who is seriously sick of all the Christmas crap and for anybody looking for an excuse to get kicked out of the house. The story, such as it is, follows blandly attractive Englishwoman Kate and her sleazy flute-playing boyfriend (remember ladies-never trust a flautist) as they half-assedly try to figure out who killed Kate's Santa-loving dad and went on to horrifically murder any Londoner wearing anything like a Santa outfit-even sexy ladies! A grim and grisly movie that uses dim lighting and ugly set design to accurately convey the horror of living in Britain in the '80s, this film is objectionable enough to draw all the negative attention away from anything else at the family get-together.
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The Sins of Cinema
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CHRISTMAS EVIL (1980)
Like "eve," get it? Returning to America, we get maybe the first of many films where people dressed up as Santa Claus are killers (as opposed to people dressed up as Santa Claus getting killed). "Christmas Evil" starts with the origin of main character Harry's homicidal insanity: one time when he was a kid, he saw his dad (dressed as Santa) going down on his mom (insert your own "under the mistletoe" jokes here)! Not a fun thing to see on Christmas Eve, I think we'd all agree, but sort of flimsy justification for adult Harry's murderous Santa obsession, which leads him to steal toys from the naughty, chop up preppies, and confront torch-wielding mobs of suburban New Yorkers before a truly bizarre twist ending that shows us all that Harry was the real Santa after all, meaning that the real Santa is in fact a hatchet-wielding sexually repressed spree killer. Fun fact: John Waters is such a huge fan of this film that he got it reissued in 2006 as a DVD, complete with his own commentary track. Additional fun fact: Harry is played by small-time actor Brandon Maggart, whose only other significant accomplishment was fathering enjoyably weird musician Fiona Apple out of wedlock. What traumatic Christmas secrets could have inspired the album, "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do?"
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BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)
The most terrifying and influential thing to come out of the Canadian film scene since William Shatner, "Black Christmas" is commonly considered one of the first "slasher" films. All the major criteria like POV shots from a mysterious killer's perspective, a remote house full of nubile victims, and (duh) slashing were all big parts of "Black Christmas," although to modern viewers it may seem oddly tame with its single-digit body count and shocking lack of nudity. A success in Canada (it was actually based in part on a series of Christmastime murders in Quebec), it flopped in America, where it was lamely retitled "Silent Night, Evil Night" after producers worried that potential audiences would dismiss it as yet another blaxploitation film. American reviews at the time concentrated on the gore and the alleged misogyny (the Christmas tie-in didn't help either) but modern critics consider it an overlooked cult classic and a triumph of atmospheric '70s horror.
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ELVES (1989)
"Elves" is a movie suffering from a significant number of artistic and technical difficulties, perhaps the most striking of which is that there's only one elf in the entire movie. Summoned by a pagan "Anti-Christmas" ritual performed by bored hottie Kristen and her two interchangeable hottie friends, the Elf starts the holiday hijinks by literally stabbing the balls off of a pervy mall Santa. Soon the motive behind this and other elfin murders: the elf was bred by Kristen's grandpa, who is a Nazi wizard (and also Kristen's dad, ick) so that it would impregnate the virgin Kristen and found the beginnings of the new Master Race. A simple enough plan, but the Nazis hadn't planned on the intervention of non-pervy mall Santa and washed-up detective Dan "Grizzly Adams" Hagerty, a tough-as-nails cigarette-puffing man who's not willing to take any mystical Nazi incest lying down. Will Kristen be able to unlock the secrets of Grampa's magical "elfstone" or will America fall beneath the tromping boots of thousands of three-foot-tall foam-rubber elves? There's only one way to find out (Tip: You might be able to convince your family it's the prequel to Will Ferrell's "Elf," which is a disturbing movie in an entirely different way).
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RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE (2010)
Finnish people spend their time doing one of two things: defending themselves from Russian invaders or defending themselves from bloodthirsty elves. Finnish cinema is full of classic films about the Russian invasion ("Talvisota" is particularly recommended) but so far the high point of Finnish bloodthirsty elf fiction would be "Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale," a 90-minute feature based on the two earlier "Rare Export" shorts about the traditional Finnish practice of capturing and taming wild Santa Clauses. "A Christmas Tale" is sort of a prequel to the shorts, detailing the origin of the wild Santas and a young boy with a very justifiable fear of that right deadly old elf. The uniquely weird and threatening Finnish and Scandinavian Christmas traditions play a big part in this movie-Santa and his elves (brainwashed and aged humans capable of incredible speed and resistance to pain) are shown as being able to whip the naughty to shreds with a bushel of twigs, to sense the presence of children in order to hunt them down and make them into "Christmas stew," and to be appeased only by grisly slaughter or gingerbread cookies. Although the plot sort of wanders a bit, the movie manages to be both hilarious and genuinely frightening (sometimes simultaneously) and the gorgeous Lapland countryside helps distract from the occasional low or no-budget special effects.
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Schuster at the Movies
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SANTA WITH MUSCLES (1996)
The answer to the ancient question, "What could be better than Santa with bones and skin and a nervous system?" "Santa With Muscles" is one of a possibly infinite number of terrible decisions made by Hulk Hogan. In this film, the Hulkster plays an egotistical millionaire (no stretch there) who, in the course of escaping the police, hits his head while disguised as a mall Santa, leaving him no logical choice but to believe he's the real Santa Claus. Like any other buff amnesiac wearing an ill-fitting Santa suit, Hogan finds himself battling an evil scientist (played by neutral-to-good scientist Ed Begley, Jr.) determined to shut down an orphanage to dig out the magical crystals commonly found beneath many financially destitute orphanages. One of the vanishingly few reasons this movie is still available is that it marked the film debut of a twelve-year-old Mila Kunis, ironically appearing with fellow future "That 70s Show" actor Don Stark (who plays Hulk Hogan's primary elf).
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Next: Hilariously Awkward Holiday Photos
SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS (1964)
A sci-fi kidnapping caper filmed in SPACE-BLAZING COLOR, "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" may be one of the reasons why everybody in the late '60s was on drugs. The Martian aristocracy, a race of mildly green humans wearing poorly-designed scuba masks, determine that the only way to guarantee the survival of Martian culture will be to abduct Santa Claus and have him introduce the concepts of fun and Christmastime to Martian youth. Evading the hapless Air Force, the Martians unwittingly bring two Earth children along as stowaways. These apple-cheeked youths work together with the children of Mars to defeat the robots and bears of the evil Voldar, a fun-hating Martian traditionalist with an unsettling resemblance to Frank Zappa. Will conservative Martian society be upended by Santa Claus' bold reforms? What role will Dropo, the laziest man on Mars play in the new Santaist government? The only way to make sure is to try to track down a recording-it's probably easiest to find it in the form where it earned the most infamy, as part of season three of cult TV hit "Mystery Science Theater 3000."
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December 11, 2012, 11:16 pm
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Despite being largely useless, "As Seen on TV" products often sell pretty well, perhaps because they promise a quick fix to problems we're too lazy to tackle head on, like reducing our muffin top or locating a bathroom. Alternatively, we could just be a dumb species. We're not here to judge... but we are here to make you laugh, so we found 20 of the silliest, stupidest, nonsensical infomercial products for your personal enjoyment.
Kush Support
The weight of one massive jug on top of the other has been plaguing big-breasted side sleepers for ages. Or so the makers of this item claim.
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The Better Marriage Blanket
Protect yourself from deadly farts with "the same fabric used by the military to protect against chemical weapons."
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The Backup
A bedside gun rack so you can shoot an intruder without hesitating long enough to notice it's just your girlfriend.
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Bed MadeEZ
If your sheets aren't tight enough to suffocate you, achieve asphyxiation with this hand-replacing tool.
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FIR-Real Portable Sauna
Leave a little bit of your ball sweat every place you visit with this traveling torture chamber.
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The GoPilot Portable Urinal
This product for the prostate challenged was recently included in a Father's Day Gift Guide ... written by the worst son ever.
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Long Reach Comfort Wipe
Do you really want to live past the point when you can't wipe your own ass? Contemplate this before buying.
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Robocut
As Wayne Campbell so nicely put it (see below) this product "certainly does suck."
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The Slob Stopper
Ted Striker could have used this to help with his drinking problem (see below).
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The Tush Turner
A lazy Suzan for your fat ass that's guaranteed to make it even fatter.
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The Cami Secret
This boob apron has the potential to eradicate one of man's few everyday joys: cleavage.
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The UroClub
Douse your friends in urine when you accidentally swing this pee-filled tube instead of your three iron.
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Sauna Pants
May reduce your thighs. Will definitely increase your jock itch.
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Fanny Bank
A penny saved is a penny farted with this toot-producing bank.
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Musical Holiday Necktie
A tie that plays Christmas carols... because we're just not hearing enough of them in the stores these days.
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Skinnies Instant Lift
Pull your muffin top up to your manboobs and adhere that flab down with this glorified packing tape.
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December 11, 2012, 11:22 pm
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December 11, 2012, 11:41 pm
The next couple weeks make up prime office holiday party season, which means a lot of booze and a lot of bad decisions among co-workers. In order to keep people from losing their jobs due to poor behavior, we threw together this helpful chart that will make sure you are acting appropriately at your office holiday party at all times. Drink wisely, friends.
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December 11, 2012, 11:49 pm
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Doctors say laughter is the best medicine. If that's true, then you'll probably be found dead of an overdose if you click through today's gallery of the Internet's funniest photos. We'll let your family know.
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Tyra is really covering the hard-hitting issues.
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Someone might want to call the art teacher.
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Literal meaning is literal.
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This should have been the plot to Taken 2.
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The Ikea Monkey story is by far our favorite story this week. (Hint: There is another Ikea Monkey photo in this gallery.)
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I bet the bear on the right is a lot more fun.
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Someone's really taught this kid the meaning of jealousy.
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The elf ears are a nice touch.
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The Lakers really beat the crap out of the Thunder.
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Yep, this looks about right.
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It would be worth dying to pull this prank off.
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December 12, 2012, 4:29 am
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Marion Cotillard is a French actress who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in "La Vie en Rose." Check out a gallery of this foxy Frenchwoman.
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She was born in 1975 in Paris, France.
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Her father is an actor and former mime.
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She has appeared in "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Inception," among other projects.
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She has played bass and keyboard with the French band Yodelice.
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In 2008, she stirred up controversy when she doubted the official explanation for the 2001 terrorist attacks and implied the World Trade Center towers was an intentional demolition.
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She gave birth to a boy, Marcel, in 2011.
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She has said, "I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings."
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She lives in Paris, France.
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December 12, 2012, 4:51 am
Created by Scott Fitzgerald, Mulberry Project in NYC. Photo by Alice Gao.
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, another delicious holiday cocktail! If you need a comforting drink to warm you up on a cold, wintery night, try The Silver Bell. It's a different take on a hot toddy, featuring
Brugal 1888 rum. Here's what you need:
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Ingredients:
2 oz. Brugal 1888 Rum
.5 oz Oloroso Sherry
1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
.5 oz Honey
1 dash Old-Fashioned Bitters
Heated Apple Cider
Preparation:
In a large mug, combine Brugal 1888, Sherry, juice, honey and bitters. Top with heated apple cider and stir for 15-20 seconds. Garnish with an Almond Biscotti.
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December 12, 2012, 7:04 am
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Kerry Washington is an American actress best known for her role in "Scandal." Check out a gallery of her hottest shots.
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She was born in 1977 in The Bronx.
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She was accepted into Yale University, but declined and instead went to George Washington University.
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She has volunteered with New York's Adopt-a-Classroom program.
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She spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
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She co-directed a music video for hip-hop artist Common.
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She is a huge Pilates fan.
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December 12, 2012, 7:08 am
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Taylor Cole is an American actress and former model. Check out her sexy pics.
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She was born in 1984 in Arlington, Texas.
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In high school, she traveled with the Junior Olympics volleyball squad.
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She has appeared on "CSI," "Hawaii Five-0," and "The Glades," among other shows.
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Her middle name is Quinn.
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She is interested in the martial arts.
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She began modeling in high school.
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Her stepfather is actor Shawn Christian, with whom she co-starred on the series "Summerland."
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December 12, 2012, 8:29 am
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December 12, 2012, 5:07 pm
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GIFs are endless loops of happiness. This gallery is an endless supply of GIFs. By the transitive property, that means you will be happy forever if you click through this gallery. Pretty easy route to eternal happiness if you ask us.
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December 12, 2012, 7:11 pm
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VisualFunHouse.com
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This odd-looking headless photo is pulled off by snapping the picture while someone is holding a mirror to reflect exactly half of his body. If you look closely you'll see a line where the mirror splits his body. Keep clicking to see more amazing optical illusions.
Via VisualFunHouse.com
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unfocused mike/Flickr
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This is what happens when you don't wear your retainer, kids.
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Li Wei is an artist based in Beijing, China who specializes in gravity-defying art projects. Wei does not enhance his photos with graphics programs, rather he constructs situations using mirrors, metal wires, scaffolding and acrobats.
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One of these guys is commercial chalk artist Julian Beever, the other is one of Beever's popular 3D chalk sidewalk drawings. You can see more of his art here.
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You better bring a pretty large bag to clean up on a walk with this dog.
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Dunkerque Photography/Flickr
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"Does this contact look cloudy?"
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eltendero [OFF]/Flickr
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Carpooling with Tony Hawk is totally extreme dudes.
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Behold, the rare two-headed zebra.
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No hallway that long should be without a moving walkway.
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It's all fun and games until he lifts his leg to pee.
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That's a lot of effort to go through just to play "Chopsticks."
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If you walk through this hallway you wind up on the other end of the space-time continuum and the universe folds onto itself.
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Just to be clear: when mom asks for a high school portrait, this is not what she wants.
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This train is fine until rush hour kicks in.
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They had to dispose of Kirstie Alley's violin somewhere.
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"The bathroom is down the stairs and to the left."
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Why save a baby from being devoured by a lobster when you can just snap a picture of it instead? See more of chalk artist Julian Beever's work here.
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"I think I found the leak!"
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"Little help, please? This thing is getting heavier."
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Spinal Tap's set pieces continue to be put to good use.
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Don't you hate it when someone else wears the same outfits as you?
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Some people never outgrow their toy cars.
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Can you tell which one is real?
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Look long enough and your head will start to hurt from trying to figure out how many buildings are in this picture.
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December 12, 2012, 9:31 pm
Amber Heard appears in a compilation of photo shoots, art films and sexy big screen appearances. All of this points to the obvious conclusion that she is one hot gal with a purse full of talent.
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