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Scarlett Johannson Cheers Self Up With Paris Trip, Burlesque, Kieran Culkin
“Johansson was spotted wrapping her arm around the younger brother of Macaulay Culkin before the two moved onto a strip club later that night.” Why does that sentence sound so wrong? More »
Amazing Best Buy ‘Burlesque’ Corset Combo Pack Pulled From Shelves
All of us here at Crushable got really excited when we heard that Best Buy was selling a “corset combo pack” of the Blu-ray release of Burlesque that included– you guessed it– a free corset. Burlesque! Corsets! Free! Awesome! But then More »
Video: Asian Kid In Drag Dances To ‘Burlesque’
We’re simultaneously charmed and disquieted by this child and his intensely serious Burlesque performance. Look at his wardrobe, good gracious! What’s the age cut-off for RuPaul’s Drag Race? Because this little guy has it in the bag. More »
Video: ‘Burlesque’ Blooper Reel
Yes indeed, it’s a Burlesque blooper reel. Which is somehow different than just Burlesque? More »
5 Facts About ‘Priest’ Star Cam Gigandet
During last night’s Superbowl, the first ads appeared for the new vampire vs. Catholics film, Priest. Ironically the film’s titular character is played by Cam Gigandet, an actor best known for his role as the evil James from the first Twilight film. Here are 5 more fun facts about Cam that may convince you to see yet another bloodsucker flick. More »
High On The Hill Was A Lonely Burlesquer…
Christina Aguilera at a Burlesque photocall in Germany. Someone should probably tell her that milkmaids and sheepherders are probably not going to see her campy movie with Cher, so there is absolutely no reason for her to be dressed like a Burning Man version of their culture. More »
Our New Dream Job: Christina Aguilera’s Deadbeat Boyfriend
You know what’s fun? Flying around the world, wearing designer clothes, and having sex with attractive people. You know what isn’t fun? Getting attractive people coffee, wearing walkie talkies, and running around trying to to get the angry gardener eight blocks away to shut off his leaf blower for just two minutes so we can get through a take, dammit — aka all the duties of an on-set production assistant. (We should know, we used to do that. Ugh.)
All that is to say, we envy Christina Aguilera‘s new beau, Matt Rutler, whom she met while he was a Burlesque PA. Matt went from gofering around the sets of movies like The Social Network and Surrogates to walking the red carpet at premieres on the other side of the world. We know the schedule of a PA is unforgiving — 12-hour days and if you don’t show up, you’re out. So does that mean Matt’s only job is being Xtina’s bf? More »
Sex On The Wire: Sasha Grey As Art Deco
• Artist Rubén B. has created some minimalist portraits of adult-turned-legit actress Sasha Grey. Still not abstract enough to send your parents as a holiday present, though. (Scanner)
• Our boy Kellan Lutz apparently wants more than just a brunette. (Celebuzz)
• Kim Kardashian is definitely pregnant with Kanye West‘s baby, and everything on the Internet is true. (Does that mean Donald Glover gets to be Spiderman?!) (Buzzfeed) More »
Star Shrinking: Christina’s Aguilera’s Rebound Relationship
Pop star Christina Aguilera has been making a lot of headlines lately. She’s got a new movie out: Burlesque. But mostly, she’s been getting a lot of attention because that’s where she met her new boyfriend, Matthew Rutler, a production assistant from the movie.
Xtina debuted the new relationship shortly after announcing the end of her five year marriage to producer Jordan Bratman. And the whole thing has got tongues wagging because of suspicions that Rutler is using the pop star for her fame. (There’s also that pesky rumor that she’s pregnant.) We decided to take the matter to our favorite celebrity therapist, Dr. Gilda Carle. And Dr. Gilda tells us, we shouldn’t get used to seeing Matthew Rutler around. More »
Get the Burlesque Look Without Learning To Sing Or Dance!
The following is a guest post from our friends at Luckymag.com:
You don’t even need to actually see Burlesque (although highly recommended for the semi-cheesy but deliriously fun dance routines) to tap into the movie’s glitzy, showstopping style. Just one look at the trailer or any of the promotional posters around town and you’ve got your new going-out look on lockdown. Now, I know the style can seem a bit risque at first, but the trick is to boil it all down to the essentials: gold, sparkle (but not too much), a touch of silk that evokes the word boudoir instead of bedroom, and some traditional dancing shoes.
Click through to get the key pieces. More »
Celebrity Lookalikes: ‘Burlesque’ Spirit Animals Edition
Here at Crushable, we have Burlesque fever — and one of our symptoms in an inexplicable need to figure out the spirit animal essence of each of the film’s actors. Pythons! Chimpanzees! While we’re getting our bed rest and drinking lots of fluids, check out the results of our Xtina-and-Cher-related fever dreams. More »
Chick Flick Check List: ‘Burlesque’!
Burlesque is the story of a young girl who leaves a small Iowa town to become a star in Los Angeles. She steps off the bus with an impeccable voice (and perfect breast implants). But no one notices the voice part because the first thing she does in LA is meet Cher and Stanley Tucci and decide to become a burlesque dancer in their club, aptly named Burlesque. She’s not so good at this, but she makes up her lack… More »
Jennifer Grey Wins DWTS, Christina Aguilera Previews A ‘Burlesque’ Disaster
Last night on Dancing With The Stars, Jennifer Grey took home the fabled mirror ball, as the 11th season winner of the show. Which means that Bristol Palin did not win (in fact, she came in third) and the angry anti-Palin contingent did not need to revolt. As far as we could tell, Bristol’s mama Sarah Palin didn’t even make it to the final performance. Maybe the Palinites could tell her heart wasn’t in it.
But more importantly, Christina Aguilera performed a song from Burlesque, her sequin clad movie that debuts today. The result? It was rather scary. (Video after the jump.)
Nadine Haobsh, author of Beauty Confidential, was at the taping and tells Crushable: “Christina took half hour between takes and then performed Burlesque twice.” More »
Crush This: Replace Awkward Family Dinner Silences With Disney Movies
Crush This is your weekly guide to what’s coming in music, movies and TV in the week to come. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows finally hit theaters today, and we’ve already made you a list of reasons to go see it. But if you can’t think of anything to do between now and Thanksgiving, don’t fret. Thanksgiving isn’t a holiday to stress about. It’s time to relax, watch TV, go to movies, and potentially drink…I mean eat too much. More »
Get Your Own Crotchless ‘Burlesque’ Sequined Jumpsuit
One of our favorite things about Burlesque (so far) is the absurd, over the top costume design. The Christina Aquilera/Cher vehicle has more sparkles, sequins and Stanley Tucci that we know what to do with. And for those of you worried that you would have to cover yourself in glitter to replicate these looks, a website called SeenOn has something exciting for you. They are putting actual costumes from the movie on sale starting this Sunday at 9P. Even better, you can enter to win a private screening of the movie for you and 100 of your closest friends.
How do we convince SeenOn that this is something Crushable NEEDS? More »
The Creepiest Photo From The ‘Burlesque’ After Party
Is it just us or is there something a little off-kilter about this photo of Christina Aguilera and Cher after the Burleque premiere? Christina’s getting all cuddly and vamping it up while Cher just looks vaguely uncomfortable about the whole thing. They’re like an ancient Greek sculpture built to honor the God of therapy.
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Video: Christina Aguilera In Her Undies For ‘Burlesque’
We probably could not be more excited for the Christina Aguilera/Cher vehicle “Burlesque.” It has everything that a girl could want in a campy, ridiculous singing romp.
The film premieres Thanksgiving weekend and will likely make our family gathering much more entertaining, if not classier. Today, our friends at celebuzz found a new video of Xtina performing “I’m A Good Girl.”
What do we get this time – in addition to Stanley Tucci being fantastically queeny? Pole dancing! Xtina in her skivvies! A feathered mini! And… a butt flower! Enjoy. More »
Sex on the Wire: Ron Jeremy Is a Jealous Lover
• Ron Jeremy gets freaked out if he sees another man’s cologne in your bathroom. (Betty Confidential)
• When it comes to breast cancer, all awareness is good awareness except for the kind that comes with confederate flags and Justin Bieber singalongs. (Videogum)
• You know how they did that poll where a bunch of women said they’d use sex to get ahead in the workplace? Well, it’s worse in China. (The Frisky) More »
Video: Yesss. There’s A New Burlesque Trailer
Guys! Are you excited for Burlesque yet? It only promises to be the best bad movie since 1995′s Showgirls. Just look at all that’s on offer: Cher! Stanley Tucci as her gay sidekick! Christina Aguilera playing an earnest wanna be burlesque singer! And now we’ve got a second trailer. Anything interesting in there? Oh, just Stanley Tucci goosing showgirls. And exploding glitter guns! Alright, I’ll stop with the exclamation points. Oh wait. Alan Cumming looking like a gay Charlie Chaplin!!! (Sorry.) More »
Video: Christina Aguilera, Kristen Bell, and Cher In ‘Burlesque’ Trailer
Oh weird, for a second there we were having flashbacks to 1999′s “Lady Marmalade” and Moulin Rouge. But this is a completely different movie being hyped by Christina Aguilera strutting around and showing off her lungs: Burlesque seems a lot more like Chicago-meets-Showgirls, with Cher playing the role of the crusty old dame who doles at wisdom and pithy one liners. A story as old as time, or at least the oldest profession. More »