The photo dates back to 1870, so I’m going to guess he’s 181 years old, minimum. More »
Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t is a series that explores modern urban legends, bringing you a new tale each week.
At 24” x 30”, it is a large painting, and a peculiar one. It depicts a boy. The boy stands in front of a window. He is clad in shorts and a blue t-shirt. Beside him is a girl—though she looks more like a doll than a human—who holds an angular object in her hands. The window behind them both reveals that it is nighttime: A crescent moon hangs in a black sky. But it is what is reaching out of the darkness that is truly unsettling. Outside the window, a number of disembodied hands reach towards the window, some rapping on it, some pressing themselves against it, and some merely held up as though seeking recognition. The boy, however, does not see the hands. He faces the viewer head-on.
The painting is called “THE HANDS RESIST HIM.” More »
Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t is a series that explores modern urban legends, bringing you a new tale each week.
In June of 2003, an auction appeared on eBay. This (naturally) was not an unusual occurrence. Nor, at first glance, was the object up for auction itself unusual: A small wooden cabinet, old, measuring 12.5″ x 7.5″ x 16.25″, intended for the storage of wine. The contents of the box, however, were somewhat less mundane: Inside the box were two locks of hair, one granite statue, one dried rosebud, one goblet, two wheat pennies, one candlestick– and one dybbuk (alternately spelled “dibbuk”), a malevolent spirit believed in Jewish folklore to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. Thus, the item’s name: THE DYBBUK BOX. More »
The Woman Of Ebay – Best new Tumblr to make you feel good about your life choices since People of Wal*Mart. But why limit it to chicks? (Urlesque)
Adam Scott Wants YOU. On His T-Shirt. We’re not sure why Parks And Recreation/Piranha 3D/Party Down actor Adam Scott is auctioning off a trip with him to the grocery store of your choice. But with the bidding at $800 right now, it’s pretty much a steal. (Ebay)
Win a Lunch Date with Allison Brie – The Mad Men and Community star is being auctioned off for an exclusive, two-person lunch engagement on Ebay. The bidding so far is up to almost $1,600, and there’s 10 hours left. Creepy? *Places bid* (Ebay)
Sometimes it’s nice to browse the Internet and remember that there are other things going on in the world besides Shrek fish and Snooki sombreros. We mean, those are the most important things, obviously, but there is other stuff out there. So enjoy the top 10 posts on our sister site TheGloss.com from last week.
1. Gallery: Fashion Lessons I Learned From 90210
2. “Real Housewives of New Jersey”: The Reunion
• Jesus Christ, Lindsay Lohan. We knew we shouldn’t have given you your license back. How many days has it been since your last “incident” before you clip a mother walking her stroller with your SUV? (RadarOnline)
• Tiger Woods divorce is finalized and Elin Nordegren takes $100 million… (NYDN)
• Just as mistress Rachel Uchitel buys herself a $2 million New York condo. (TMZ)
• How much would you pay for Pittsburgh Steeler Troy Polamalu‘s hair? Cuz one strand is currently for sale on Ebay. (Lemondrop)
• Wait…was it Kate Bosworth who cheated on Alexander Skarsgard? Apparently she wasn’t quite over former flame Orlando Bloom. (Perez Hilton)
• Right before her hosting of the VMAs, Chelsea Handler has split from Animal Planet’s Dave Salmoni.
• Breaking Bad star (and Malcolm in the Middle dad) Bryan Cranston will be hosting Saturday Night Live this season. (Wall Street Journal) More »
Look, we get it. “Twenty two hundred?” “No, twenty two thousand!” is totally the new “You can’t handle the truth!” Aaron Sorkin loads up so much of his signature dramatic dialogue in the preview for the movie about Facebook, The Social Network (a film that literally has some of the lowest stakes ever to be taken seriously), that there were bound to be a billion parodies before the movie even hit the big screen. Youtube, MySpace, and Twitter have all been targets for different Network spoofs, but the latest concept from Urlesque is to just change the music behind famous memes to the music from the trailer (Radiohead’s “Creep” in a capella).
But can we just call it quits now? We already went overboard with Inception this summer, lets not ruin The Social Network before it has a chance to ruin itself. That said, here are the five best parodies of the trailer.
But can we just call it quits now? We already went overboard with Inception this summer, lets not ruin The Social Network before it has a chance to ruin itself. That said, here are the five best parodies of the trailer. More »
How Much Would You Pay For a Lifetime Supply Of Doll Arms? – Right now, you could bid on $630 dismembered doll limbs for a song on Ebay…but honestly, don’t you have enough extra body parts lying around your garage right now as is? (via BoingBoing)
If you’re in the market for a new car, may we suggest you check out Rob Kardashian’s custom Range Rover, for sale now on eBay. The navy blue 2006 SUV is has custom wheels and exhaust, Pirelli tires and lots of other special luxury features — meaning it will probably go for much more than its current $40,000 bid.
If you want to ride around town like a Kardashian, you have 8 more days to put in a bid on Rob’s… More »
We don’t want to be too hard on Robert Pattinson for donating a drawing he made of a balloon with his self-portrait on it (yeah, it’s confusing…) to be auctioned off for PACT (Parents and Abducted Children Together), since it’s an organization dedicated to finding missing children, but come on. That is terrible art; there’s 7 days left on the PACT Ebay auction and it’s already fetching $1,350. That is ridiculous. There are 74 other famous people donating their sketches… More »
A desperate plea on eBay:
This is a service exclusively for BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE.
The paparazzi will be trying everything to get the first picture of Baby Brangelina…and it eventually will happen.
Don’t let them win!
I am a poor PhD student who would like the opportunity to take this first picture. I’m not a professional photographer, but have a point-and-shoot digital camera. The proceeds from a picture would fund the remainder of my doctoral education, pay off approximately $100,000 in student… More »
Related to Brad and/or Angelina – sort of:
New Lara Croft named – she’s got the Lara/Angelina thing going on, I think she will be good! Keep in mind, this is just the face of Lara Croft worldwide as opposed to a new actress in a new Lara Croft movie…
If you want to be like Brad, why not just go find yourself a hot chick and have lots of babies instead of beat up your friends?
Brad on his first kiss:… More »
People are so creative when they see an opportunity, don’t you think? Up for sale, with 3 days to go are these handcrafted Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Pez Dispensers (found via Brangelina.net). From the auction sales page:
Up for auction are custom-made PEZ dispensers of Hollywood’s hottest couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The heads have been sculpted from Sculpey clay over an existing PEZ head. Both dispensers are fully functional and still dispense candy just… More »
This press release makes no sense to me whatsoever:
Riding the major media wave resulting from the purchase of William Shatner’s kidney stone, internet casino and marketing innovator GoldenPalace.com followed up with another outrageous purchase, the alleged sonogram picture belonging to the world’s most popular fetus; Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s 5-month-old unborn baby.
Since Hollywood’s premiere celebrity couple announced their pregnancy earlier this month, the media, paparazzi, and general public have been all over the story. Always on the lookout… More »
Here it is, courtesy of a friend who caught it too (thank you!):
Whatcha think? Real or not?… More »
Court TV is on the case:
“We have pulled it off the site,” spokesman Hani Durzy told Courttv.com. “This listing was being marketed as coming specifically from Angelina Jolie. There was no indication in the listing that she had given agreement to this.”
The now-defunct auction, listed as “Angelina Jolie’s 4-5 month fetus sonogram picture,” was reported in the British press Tuesday as generating more than 50 bids in two days.
The accompanying photo, a grainy black-and-white fetal scan, was dated Jan. 3… More »
Leave it to Trent, at Pink Is The New Blog to get the goods that everyone wants! He has posted “the” ultrasound pic from eBay. Be one of the first to check out the ultimate beautiful baby. Maybe. Probably some stupid guy trying to make a buck or two. But maybe not!… More »