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4 Well-Known Body-Swap Movies, and 5 You Haven’t Heard Of
It’s that time again: Magical movie where two people switch bodies and learn that the grass is not always greener and that they should value their own existences, no matter how uncool/directionless they are! The latest offering is The Change-Up, where family man Jason Bateman and stoner playboy Ryan Reynolds wish for each other’s lives. Drugs! Divorce! Naked Olivia Wilde! But before we get to all that, here are nine other movies (compiled by myself and our intern, Molly Horan) that use the same trope, with varying results. You may know more than a few of these, but we guarantee that you haven’t heard of Sex, Drugs, & Natalie Portman! More »
Celebrity Lookalikes: Stars and Their Stunt Doubles/Stand-Ins
In The Devil’s Double, Dominic Cooper had to play two very different men: Uday Hussein (the son of Saddam) and his body double, Latif Yahia. Although Cooper took on both roles, even he had to rely on the saving grace of many actors: A stand-in who would hold the other character’s spot in scenes that featured Uday and Latif, as Cooper then recited the opposite lines.
Even in movies where the star plays only one character, he or she uses stunt doubles for fearsome action sequences, and stand-ins for the long hours between shots. We’ve found the professional doubles for Kate Beckinsale, Robert Pattinson, Lea Michele, and others… and the resemblance is quite uncanny. More »
Questionable Choices: 9 Actors Who’ve Gotten Awful Haircuts for Big Movie Roles
The reasoning behind Ben Affleck‘s awful Justin Bieber (circa 2009) haircut has finally been revealed: It’s for a movie! Specifically, for a project called Argo, which is set during the Iran hostage crisis of 1981. (Fun fact: That means the Biebs used to sport a cut from thirteen years before he was even born.)
Sadly, Affleck is not the only one to compromise his pretty hair for a plum role. I’m not talking about actors who suffer under itchy wigs — these are the ones who took razors and scissors to their award-winning locks and went temporarily ugly for the chance of big bucks at the box office. More »
13 Celebs Who Chopped Off All Their Hair
Do you ever get tired of your hair? Do you ever reach that point where you think, “Man, I really just want to chop everything off and have done with it?” These 13 celebs certainly did. Summer is as good a time as any to ditch your long locks, so why not follow one of these stellar examples?
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Video: ‘No Strings Attached’ and ‘Friends With Benefits’ Really Are the Same Movie!
I know, I know — your first reaction is probably the one that I had. “This is old news! We already know these movies are dealing with the same best-friends-sleep-together-then-fall-in-love story.” But neither of us is as awesome as The Blind Film Critic, who mashed up the two trailers to show that even the perspective shots are the exact same. (OK, so he probably didn’t make it himself, but he had someone combine the trailers to show the truth.) More »
10 Music Videos With Celebrity Cameos for When You’re Sick of Katy Perry
For everyone who’s enjoying Glee stars Darren Criss and Kevin McHale alongside Crushable’s spirit animal Rebecca Black in Katy Perry’s new video Last Friday Night (and that should be everyone), but needs something new, we have just the thing: more celebs popping up in music videos. But music video cameos are far from a new invention – these classic videos feature some of our all-time favorite random appearances. More »
As-Yet-Unused Celebrity Baby Names for Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman seems to be a little more sane than her Hollywood counterparts, but based on the celebrity track record there’s always a chance Portman will go off the deep end. Here are some suggestions of as-yet-unused crazypants names: More »
The Daily WTF: Black Swanson
Parks and Recreation‘s Ron Swanson as Natalie Portman from Black Swan? Yes, please! Now if we can only get Adam Scott into the Mila Kunis role we’d really have something special. More »
The Crushable Team Predicts the MTV Movie Award Winners
The MTV Movie Awards airs this Sunday. There are plenty of the usual suspects – Twilight and Harry Potter – but also some unexpected nominees. So who will go home with the coveted golden popcorn? Here are our official office predictions.
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Crush Links: Kim Kardashian’s Boobs Make Someone Else Money
• Kim Kardashian‘s naked boobs (from her W magazine cover) made their way to an album cover. (Celeb Dirty Laundry)
• Why aren’t the mistresses who spill all embarrassed? (Betty Confidential)
• The mechanics of catching a glimpse of Robert Pattinson on-set. (Lainey Gossip)
• Sarah Palin claims she isn’t trying to mess with the media by not revealing the stops on her “One Nation” tour. Suuure. (MyDaily)
• Natalie Portman runs into fiance Benjamin Millepied‘s ex-girlfriend Isabella Boylston, but there’s no catfight. Nice job, ladies. (YourTango)
Crushable Quotable: Robert Pattinson Would Be “Terrified” To Lose Best Kiss — Luckily He Doesn’t Have Much Competition
Maybe Reese Witherspoon‘s comments — that her kissing scenes with Robert Pattinson in Water for Elephants were lackluster — are getting to the Twilight star, because he told MTV News that he’s feeling the pressure to nab Best Kiss for the third year in a row at the MTV Movie Awards on June 5.
“It’s almost worse than if you stop winning, like, acting awards or whatever. If you can’t kiss anymore, it’s like, ‘What?! I’m still good at kissing!”
For the last two years, he and co-star/girlfriend Kristen Stewart have won over preteen voters with their steamy human-vampire smooches, perhaps made hotter because Edward won’t let Bella do anything beyond necking. More »
Crush Links: Chelsy Davy Doesn’t Want to Be a Princess
• Katie Holmes‘ newest apprentice at her Holmes & Yang label? Stepdaughter Isabella Cruise, according to dad Tom. (Lainey Gossip)
• Eight celebrity babies who have it made once they come into the world — especially Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied‘s kid. (College Candy)
• Katy Perry tweets a photo of her new accessory on the set of her “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” video: Braces! (BuzzFeed)
• Royal insiders say that even though Prince Harry has brought up marriage, girlfriend Chelsy Davy said, “There’s no way we are getting married. It’s not a life for me.” (YourTango)
• It was only a matter of time before Lizzy Jagger, daughter of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, posed for Playboy. (Celeb Dirty Laundry)
Happy Earth Day! Here Are 15 Environmentally-Conscious Celebs
Global warming, deforestation, polluted water, endangered species… Celebs like Selena Gomez, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Alexander Skarsgård do it all, and though their work with various organizations (iincluding some foundations named after them) are highly publicized, they don’t seem like attention-grabbing photo ops. More »
A Look Back At Sean Penn’s Dating History
Sean Penn sure has had an interesting date life, eh? There were those two drama-filled marriages and all those hookups with supermodels. What a stud! Take a look back at Sean’s dating history, from his 80s romance with Elizabeth McGovern to his current fling with Scarlett Johansson. More »
What’s the Deal with Movies Like ‘Your Highness’–Medieval Settings Plus Modern Humor/References?
Fantasy flick Your Highness, from Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green, actually seems a lot like a stoner comedy set in the woods. And while the movie — starring James Franco, Danny McBride, and Natalie Portman — had a few snicker-worthy moments, the most interesting element was this incongruous combination.
Highness, written by McBride, isn’t the first movie to ground its characters in the familiar medieval setting of castles and warlocks’ towers, arm them with bows and arrows and formal speech, but then pepper every interaction with anachronistic pop culture references. More »
Crushable Quotable: Natalie Portman Is No Longer a Vegan
It’s not as if Natalie Portman, expecting her first child with fiance Benjamin Millepied, will be ordering rib-eye steaks anytime soon. But the Your Highness star admitted that she’s put aside her vegan lifestyle to listen to her body’s cravings for eggs and dairy, thus making her vegetarian for the next few months. More »
The ‘Black Swan’ Dance Double Controversy By the Numbers
What’s more interesting than the grueling details of an actor’s process of getting into character? Discovering that that Oscar-winning performance may not have been as difficult as previously thought. Once Sarah Lane, Natalie Portman‘s dance double for Black Swan, brought to light the fact that she wasn’t properly credited for her extensive work in the film, defenders and opponents rose up on both sides to argue her claims. As Dlisted points out, it’s become something of a numbers game. More »
Gallery: 13 Celebrities Who Have Been Falsely Declared Dead
Last week, performer Jaden Smith was rumored dead when a report that he’d had a fatal snowboarding accident in Switzerland hit the Web. The thing is, these death hoaxes have been going on long before young Jaden was born in 1998 — check out our gallery of celebs, well-known and obscure, who are still alive and kickin’ despite all reports. More »
Crush Links: Charlie Sheen Says We Must Bombard Denise Richards with Warlock Napalm
After reports came out that claimed that Charlie Sheen is an animal abuser, Charlie tweets that ex-wife, Denise Richards, is a “loser whore,” among other insults. (Pop Eater)
Beyonce‘s father is no longer her manager. Awkward. (Dlisted)
Natalie Portman‘s dance double for Black Swan, Sarah Lane, allegedly earned about $2,000 per week, plus a little overtime, for over six weeks. (Speakeasy) More »
Darren Aronofsky Denies ‘Black Swan’ Body-Double Controversy
Last week a minor controversy rose up around Black Swan, when Natalie Portman‘s body double Sarah Lane claimed that Fox Searchlight had prohibited her from doing interviews before the Oscars so that voters would believe that Portman had done the majority of her dancing in the film. Portman’s fiance/baby-daddy Benjamin Millepied responded to the original article, claiming that the Academy Award winner had done “85%” of her dancing. Now, director Darren Aronofsky has issued a statement defending his star and himself. More »
