Don’t want to don a pair of lacy underpants and a busty corset this Halloween? EmotiStyle comedians Shamikah and Molly feel you — they even wrote a song about it, featuring Project Runway’s Tim Gunn (Mark Douglas).
In the video they rap about all the things you can be this Halloween (Bill Cosby, Hillary Clinton, Blue Man Group) that aren’t slutty. For example, you can be a nurse — you don’t have to be a sexy nurse.
While the video was intended to point out alternative costumes for ladies who don’t want to have their “tits out,” commenters are accusing the duo of slut shaming: “There’s so many things you could learn from this song (use your head not your tits) like, keep your clothes on, keep it classy,” they sing.
Ultimately women should be free to wear what they want (regardless of the day/season) without fear of judgement. There are strong commentators from both camps!! What do you guys think?
Also, shameless self-advertising here, but ANDPOP came up with an awesome list of Halloween costumes you guys should consider!
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Do you wonder why women yearn for the fedora-wearing men of the 1950s, who presented fresh red roses at the beginning of dates and who whispered sweet nothings about eyes looking like moons and holding your hand?
Somewhere around 1994 it all went to hell when Boyz II Men started singing about making “love,” which promptly led to muchos songs about f*cking, licking you from head to toe and doing things that can only be described with undecipherable symbols like %$@*$-ing.
While there are definitely some romantic modern tracks out there that collectivecadenza is forgetting (try the James Blunt, Jason Mraz crew), I think they hit the nail on the head. Romance is dying.
It goes both ways though people! So if you’re opting for a homemade, candlelit dinner, forget about Enrique Iglesias “Tonight (I’m Fucking You)” and go for Justin Bieber’s “Die In Your Arms” instead. It will be appreciated.
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Screw Nicki Minaj and Justin Bieber’s “Beauty and the Beat,” let’s bring it back to Disney. Controversial American Idol contestant and Broadway veteren Todrick Hall spoofed Beauty and the Beast in a modern day parody of a bougie Belle living in the hood, called Beauty and the Beat.
Belle leaves her French-country home in the morning with a basket of hopes and dreams, making her way to the salon where she unofficially adopts a child. Then she bumps into a persistant Gaston who’s after her for the wrong reasons. The parody features American Idol stars Katie Stevens and Vonzell Solomon as well as YouTube stars GloZell and Antoine Dodson.
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We were all inspired by Noah’s bluesey and soulful version of LMFAO’s electronic track “Sexy and I Know It.” The 18-year-old managed to strip the song bare and take it to a new organic place. Unfortunately, we can’t all be as sexy as Noah — that’s when the parody covers come in.
Here are three hilarious covers of LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It” and “Party Rock Anthem.”
“Sexy and I Know It” — Brett Domino Trio
Brett Domino and Steven Peavis cover LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It” using only a MicroKORG, Mini Kaoss Pad II, and Kaossilator II. I don’t really know what those things are but the track is hilarious. Brett sparkles in his glasses and completely buttoned-up collared shirt. Plus his accent adds an extra class and blasé attitude to the track, kind of like he’s singing the song for a Wes Anderson movie about a guy who wears dad jeans a pursues music in his basement.
“Gassy and I’m Bloated” — Eric Schwartz Read more…
We all fell in love with Isaac’s adorable live-lip dub proposal. Unfortunately, it’s inspiring a bunch of other live-lip dub proposals, but for less pleasant subjects than engagements.
Try the live lip-dub DIVORCE. That’s right, this is what might happen in ten years when Isaac’s wife realizes he pees on the toilet, snores at night and has wild boys weekends in Las Vegas. The best way to get back at him? Take that sweet live lip dub proposal and turn it into a divorce proposal.
Here’s the description on The Second City Network’s YouTube page: “On Tuesday, June 5th 2012, Tonya told her husband Isaac that she was taking him out special for their anniversary. What he got instead was a big surprise.”
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Turns out Zooey Deschanel has a little brother named Jooey and he’s just as quirky as our favourite indie songbird. He has the same blunt bangs, wears flannel PJs and has a weird country twang.
He also stars in his very own commercial for Siri on the iPhone 4 S and has a lot of questions. Some include: Is it raining? What year is it? And of course, do you want to take a soup bath?
Zooey Deschanel can pull of the quirkiness a lot more than her pyjama-wearing brother, who premiered his commercial on Funny or Die. He kind of reminds me of 30 Rock’s Kenneth. I’m eagerly awaiting the premiere episode of New Guy.
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In the meantime, Siri has been acting kind of b*tchy lately. When asked about Zooey Deschanel she acted like she didn’t even know the chick. Check it out below:
Instead of playing boring old Scrabble on your next game night, why not opt for Skillex: The Boardgame instead? It’s educational and fun for all ages. Plus, it includes all the elements that make a chipper night. It tests your music knowledge and of course, your ability to withstand intense pain. The pain in question is Skrillex’s music, which (duh) we all love, but you have to admit when it’s turned up at full blast it can be a little rough on your eardrums.
One of the challenges in the Speed Round is to name 10 things that AREN’T Skrillex, which is apparently difficult: phone, computer, comberbunds, pummelo, Skrillex. Damn. I lose.
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Titanic 3D is currently in theatres but what you might not have known is that Ellen Degeneres’ small part in the original movie was cut out. Fortunately, James Cameron made the critical decision to edit it back in for the movie’s re-release and Ellen showed an exclusive clip to prove it.
Ellen plays a painter who is commissioned to paint a nude portrait of Rose at the same time as Jack. I’m not sure how I feel about it. It takes away that romantic aura of the scene but the infusion of humour certain lightens the mood.
Watch the footage below:
These two ladies from NYC put a nerdy twist on Jay Z and Kanye West’s “N***as in Paris” by giving it a literary twist. In “Bitches in Bookshops” they rap: ”Nerdy boy, he’s so slow. Tuesday, we started Foucault. He’s still stuck on the intro. He’s a no go.”
Fact: strong knowledge of literary classics is the true test of a man. The video has received over 200,000 hits on YouTube this week. While I’d also encourage everyone to go to the library, I know that some unnamed libraries in a certain city Toronto are closed due to a strike.
