Finn uses as candy-cane lightsaber to battle a candy-can stormtrooper in this amusing, ultra-quick short by Charlie Proctor and Alfredo Tognetti which was a submission for this month’s “Candy Canes” animation project by Greyscalegorilla. Oh, heck yeah, I would totally watch that!
via Geeks are Sexy
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2015 was chuck full with amazing things. Beyond Miss Universe becoming relevant again, Kirsten Dunst swept back into our hearts (to collect all the TV trophies) on FX’s “Fargo,” as indie films like “Tangerine” and big blockbusters like “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” both impacted the shift in the storytelling paradigm in their own ways. Here’s my favorite things for #WOWBestof2015:
1) KIRSTEN DUNST IN “FARGO”
I’ve talked about her A LOT, but Peggy Blumquist was easily the most exciting character – not just female protagonist – to come out of primetime television this (decade) year. Kirsten Dunst sparkles and shows us her full range (Bring It On, Virgin Suicides, etc.) as the nutty beautician from Luverne, Minnesota gon’ Bonnie and no Clyde badass. Give her all the awards!
2) CARLY RAE’S JEPSEN’S “EMOTION”
At the end of 2012, it would’ve been easy to write Jepsen off as a one-hit-wonder – largely because of a lil smash single “Call Me Maybe.” I don’t know if you’ve heard of it, but after teaming up with Blood Orange, Carly Rae came back this year delivering the most effervescent pure pop album I’ve heard this year. Don’t believe me? Get in your car after sunset and listen to the whole album from start to finish and drive around the Hollywood Hills and don’t tell me you won’t fall in love with your ears.
3) POODLE TOTE BY WACKY WACKO
Seth Boggart told me that this illustration was based off a ginormous-sized poodle sculpture he saw in Baltimore when he visited there last year. That story alone had me fork over the forty bucks to what has now become my game-changer weekend bag. No matter where I go, I get a compliment. Get yours here.
4) BKR BOTTLE
These lux (cute AF) glass water bottles will seriously change the way you get your eight-glasses-of-water-a-day. Plus, they come in every color to match any thirsty girl’s mood.
5) FILOFAX PLANNER
Ever wanted to feel like Rose McGowan in “Jawbreaker?” Me too. These tiny ass planners will get your shit together quick, while remaining chic. I recommend nude to match your newfound transparency to organization.
6) THIS PICTURE
It’s hard to believe that Solange got married this year, but like, she wins (instagram) wedding portraits.
7) TANGERINE
This dramedy shot entirely on iPhones about two trans women turning tricks is epic, heartwarming, and heartbreaking. It’s also streaming on Netflix.
8) POE AND FINN
My force was awoken the moment these two were gay for outer space for one another. I ship them so hard and I’m praying to the JJ Abrams’ gods that we get a make-out scene in Episode 8.
9) BOOBIE PLANTERS
I don’t actually have one of these, but like, I really want one. And my friend has one and whenever I go over I sorta stare at it for a long period of time. They’re also sold at the super cool Otherwild in Echo Park. You can get yours here.
10) GOOD TWIN CO CARDS
Katie Wilson makes timeless cards for every occasion. With impeccable design and color theory, be sure to stalk up for all your Secret Santas. Get yours here.
11) GLITTER TREES FROM TRADER JOE’S
These teeny little evergreens (sprinkled with literal glitter) will get you in the festive mood this holigay season. And at four dollars are tree, they won’t burn a whole in your gift-giving wallet!
12) CASEY JANE ELLISON
Painfully funny and so smart. I went from fangirl to friend (kind of). I think she followed me back on Twitter?
13) LITTLE PINE
This all vegan rezzie by the OG new age goddess Moby is affordable, non-pretentious, and so delicious. You have to try the “egg” salad sandwich.
14) BAGGU BAGS
Want to have a re-useable fold-up bag that looks like something Mindy Kaling would rock at Whole Foods?! Well now you can. These little babies come in at like, six bucks a pop, and will store all your produce on your walks home from Trader Joe’s.
15) TRANSPARENT SEASON 2
Maybe it’s because I was a background actress on an episode:
Or because it’s just a solid, well-written, deeply profound, prolific, and moving, must-tell story, you have to (binge) watch this sophomore season by Jill Soloway. To close out the year, this was the last thing I glued my eyes to my macbook for (since finishing Fargo) and you should too!
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RuPaul’s DragCon is coming May 7th and 8th! And with more than 40 amazing panels and dozens of meet-and-greets, it’s going to be THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE! Do you have your tickets yet?
Every day between now and then, we’re going to be highlighting the wowlebrities that will be in attendance! Today, let’s take a look at two of my favorites:
Serena ChaCha was born on September 17,1990 in the Republic of Panama, the land of “Butterflies, Trees, and Fish.” Growing up in Panama, Serena always had a deep-rooted passion for the arts propelling her to the top of her class. At the young age of nineteen, she undertook the challenge that drag presented while also pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Florida State University. In 2012, she graduated from Florida State University while also graduating to a new level of drag by acquiring a coveted position in the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Serena describes her experience in the competition as a culmination of her past exposure to diverse artistic and cultural muses, ultimately personified into a singular movement: DRAG! Her determination to evolve motivates her to keep immersing herself in all aspects of drag, be it the artistry of makeup, fashion as a form of sculpture or theatrics through performance. It is at MAC Cosmetics that Serena was able to hone her competitive makeup skills and grow under their direction for nearly five years. Refusing to settle, her skills grew and flourished into other ventures and soon expanded her brand. Serena owns and created a hand-crafted wigline, ChaCharina Hair, where armed with her gifts from God, she can continue to make people beautiful. From working at the makeup counter helping women look their best to transforming Queens into their fiercest selves, Serena is a goddess among men.
Follow her on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
Watch Serena on Ring My Bell:
And the Official Serena Chacha Music Video for “Cha Cha”
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It used to be a holiday tradition, but these days you’re lucky if you even get an email. Well, the royals LOVE tradition so, Prince Charles and wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, have sent out their 2015 holiday card, and the couple was photographed by a friend on a private estate in August. The pic of Kate, Prince William, and cutie kids George and Charlotte was shot in October by Chris Jelf, a former soldier, who said in a statement;
“I thoroughly enjoyed photographing a very lovely family, although you have to be sharp as you don’t have long when there are two young children involved! I hope everyone enjoys this photo and I am honored that The Duke and Duchess have decided to share it with the public.”
And ginger hottie Prince Harry used this photograph with Battle of Britain veteran Tom Neil for his Holiday greeting. Aww, sweet. Could we love him any more?
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Everyone wants to look good in their family Christmas photos. Well, as they say, people in hell want ice water. Merry Christmas.
(via Sad and Useless)
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Joe Kohlhofer, a radio DJ in Austria, went a bit off script when he locked himself in his studio and played Wham‘s ubiquitous holiday classic “Last Christmas” 24 times during his breakfast show, while his co-host watched helplessly through the glass partition. HA! The phone lines immediately lit up, as the station fielded dozens of calls from listeners pleading with him to stop. Two hours later, he finally relented when his 4-year-old daughter called in to say she didn’t like it. The station says his stunt wasn’t sanctioned. Deputy director Tommy Schmid told the Kurier newspaper he would face “consequences.”
However, Kohlhofer has posted multiple clippings of the media coverage on his Facebook page, saying he felt “proud.” The Huffington Post reports the station has since made the most of his infamy, and covered the incident in great detail on its own website. So it seems unlikely he’ll be taken off air anytime soon.
Listen to “Last Christmas” as many times as you like below.
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Have a little extra money this holiday season and want to give back? Looking for a charity that needs your help? We’ve got a daily list charitable donations for you to make this Christmas a special one. Today, we highlight the work of Heifer.org, a fabulous organization that helps impoverished families achieve self-reliance by providing them the livestock and tools they need to sustain themselves. This year, I gave a goat in my mother’s name (MERRY CHRISTMAS, MOM!), so that a family in Africa (or Central America or the Middle East) could have milk and cheese FOR YEARS to come! It was only $120! FOR A FREAKIN’ GOAT! How great is that?
From the Heifer.org mission statement:
Heifer International’s mission is to work with communities to end world hunger and poverty and to care for the Earth.
Dan West was a farmer from the American Midwest and member of the Church of the Brethren who went to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War as an aid worker. His mission was to provide relief, but he soon discovered the meager single cup of milk rationed to the weary refugees once a day was not enough.
And then he had a thought: What if they had not a cup, but a cow?
That “teach a man to fish” philosophy is what drove West to found Heifer International. And now, nearly 70 years later, that philosophy still inspires our work to end world hunger and poverty throughout the world once and for all.
HOW IT WORKS
We empower families to turn hunger and poverty into hope and prosperity – but our approach is more than just giving them a handout. Heifer links communities and helps bring sustainable agriculture and commerce to areas with a long history of poverty. Our animals provide partners with both food and reliable income, as agricultural products such as milk, eggs and honey can be traded or sold at market.
When many families gain this new sustainable income, it brings new opportunities for building schools, creating agricultural cooperatives, forming community savings and funding small businesses.
Such a great idea. And you don’t have to just get a goat! You can buy a flock of geese, or a water buffalo, or an alpaca… the list goes on and on. Or you can partner with other people and go IN ON a water buffalo together. It’s all really simple.
Go HERE to learn more about what you can do to help inspire change and transform a family.
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HAS SCIENCE GONE TOO FAR? Terrifying robotics lab Boston Dymnamics (who created the RUNNING ROBO-DOG and RUNNING HUMANOID that will one day hunt us down – 1st Law be damned), has a video of three robotic reindeer hopping in sync as they pull Santa’s sleigh across a lawn, in what is surely a nightmarish vision of Christmases to come. Seriously, if those headless reindeer start flying over MY HOUSE, and landing on MY ROOF – that’s it for me. I’m checking out of this planet. And when Boston Dynamics makes a robot SANTA? It’s OVER for mankind. Just sayin’
Watch the beginning of the robocolypse below:
From TIME:
The robots resemble Boston Dynamics’ dog-like Spot model, but dressed up with antlers and Christmas decor. Spot grabbed the Internet’s attention last February when Boston Dynamics posted a video of it jogging alongside a human, showing a surprising level of speed and agility. The robotic pup even braced itself and was able to remain upright on its four legs after being kicked.
Boston Dynamics, which Google acquired in 2013, is known for creating large animal-like robots. Its Cheetah robot is capable of running 28.3 miles per hour, as the company showcased in 2012.
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Photo by Thairin Smothers
We get a lot of holiday gift baskets this time of year, but the most adorable gift came into WOW Headquarters yesterday: Noah from Denmark!
Our very own Jake Thompson‘s nephew – a half-Filipino, half-Danish elf – who answered some calls dressed in his Nisse (Santa) hat.
Noah wishes you all a Glaedelig Jul (“Merry Christmas”)!
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Kyle Krieger has created the cutest version of “Santa Baby” ever with his adorable dog Luna! The video features an original version of the song and some hunky, shirtless elves (Sachin Bhatt, Anton Gutierrez, Zach Graves, Jonathan Paul, and Donald Romain) and Krieger himself as a super studly Santa!
Watch!
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Day 3 of OUR FAVORITE THINGS! All week we’re asking WOW contributors to list the things they couldn’t live without in 2015. Check out my list below!
RANDY’S FAVORITES:
– Favorite TV Star of the Year: Trevor Noah
– Favorite Movie Star of the Year: Emory Cohen from Brooklyn
– Favorite TV Show of the Year: Rupaul’s Green Screen Christmas
– Favorite Radio Personality of the Year: Sandra Bernhard “Sandyland” (on Radio Andy)
– Favorite Color of the Year: Red Dahlia
– Favorite Pop Star of the Year: Alabama Shakes Brittany Howard
– Favorite Saturday Night Live Cast member: Leslie Jones
– Favorite Newsletter: Bob Lefsetz http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/
– Favorite Instagram: Mathuism
You’re actually stronger than you allow yourself to be. pic.twitter.com/71vrnyfLYt
— RuPaul (@RuPaul) December 18, 2015
– Favorite Twitter: @Rupaul
– Favorite Acai Bowl in LA: Naturewell (Silver Lake)
– Favorite Documentary: TOO MANY!!!
– Favorite Movie: Inside Out
– Best Supporting Actor: The Bear (The Revenant)
– Best Fashion Blog: Fashions By Blog http://fashionsbylily.weebly.com
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Crowned RuPaul’s Drag Race queen Bianca Del Rio‘s Rolodex of Hate comedy special is available, and would make a fabulous digital gift for all your squirrel-friends!
For those of you who didn’t make it to see the stand-up show in person, the hilarity has been released on Vimeo for purchase or to rent. YAAASS! This show is not to be missed!
Bianca Del Rio, season 6 winner of Rupaul’s Drag Race, is hilariously hateful in this stand-up comedy special. The self-described “clown in a gown” takes the audience on a journey through her childhood, pointing out the experiences that created the “Rolodex of Hate” in her brain. Along the way she takes a few detours to interact with the audience. No one is safe from her lightening quick lashes, but her victims hardly have time to feel the sting before she zips on to the next topic.
This show is not for the faint of heart, so leave the prudes at church. Bianca is foul mouthed and unapologetic, but she points out that she’s the biggest joke of all. The NY Times calls her “The Joan Rivers of the Drag World”, and Joan Rivers herself called Bianca’s humor “So funny! So sharp!”
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Quentin Crisp was born Denis Charles in Sutton, Surrey on Christmas Day in 1908. I didn’t meet him until about 75 years later in New York City, through my ex boyfriend’s girlfriend. I was working at Vogue at the time and I “courted” Quentin non-romantically, who was 50+ years my senior.
As a young designer at Vogue, I got loads of invitations to screenings, plays and various events and Quentin became my defacto date. (Once we were watching a series of short movies at an avant-guard Gay Film Festival at the Anthology Film Archives and after a particularly obtuse little film had ended, the lights came up, I turned to Quentin. He looked at me and said one word. “Why?”)
I wasn’t aware of it but we must have made a pretty cute pair back then and over the years, after countless “dates”, we became, what I considered, friends. But, I felt, as many times we ate dinner together, chatted, gossiped and talked on the phone together, he was a bit of a sphinx, an unknowable entity, really. One of the sweetest memories of him was eating dinner at his favorite Second Avenue diner, practically in silence – we were at that comfortable stage where he didn’t need to have his Quentin “on”.
I threw a 90th birthday party for him that turned out to be quite the event… John Waters, Rufus Wainwright, Simon Doonan, Penny Arcade, Lauren Hutton, Amanda Lepore and many others – they all came and paid their respects to the great man, whom they truly loved. Allegra Huston penned new words to God Save Our Queen and we all sang it to him. But, sadly, he was gone before he turned 91. I miss him, as though we were actually related – like he were my great gay uncle, on the English side of my family. (Ironically, my mother’s last name after she remarried is CRISP.)
Anyone ringing him up on the phone, the dialogue intro was always the same…
“Oh, YEEESSSSS!
Hi, Quentin. It’s Trey.
Oh, hello, how are you?
I’m fine. How are you?
Oh, I’ve gone on living, in spite of everything…”
I can still hear THAT voice – and so can you, if you listen to the audio of this reading of Twas The Night Before Christmas. So, listen, and look at the style, and soak in one of THE most interesting characters of the 20th century.
Happy Birthday, Quentin.
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Drag legend Jackie Beat sure is committed to this bit, and it works. It really works. I remember Michael Musto once (spontaneously, walking down the street) sang the words from “Total Eclipse of the Heart” to the tune of “The Greatest Love of All” and it was pretty amazing. But this tops even that.
Also classic: Gillgan’s Island to “Stairway to Heaven.”
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WeHo legend Bobby Trendy sings a poignant ode to the crass over-commercialization of Christmas. Probably my favorite holiday song of ALL TIME.
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WARNING: Not for everyone. But, here’s the set-up: Over the course of two days in December, cutie-patootie Sam Briggs ran a gift-wrapping stall raising money for charity. Over that period, he took acid, K, and what appears to be a shit-ton of coke. The people who ran the stall had no idea about his drug taking, and the money raised was genuinely for charity. “DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME,” the video warns. Not at Christmas. Not ever.
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Still not feeling the Christmas spirit? Let Greg Scarnici‘s “Christmas on the Dance Floor” (featuring Cazwell, JoJo OrangaTang, Eric Alan, Onna Rampaige and Peppermint) get you in the mood.
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Here’s a Christmas Eve video treat to put under your tree – Damiana Garcia and her legendarily shelarious gal pal Tanya Roberts (the brilliant Drew Droege) are back with their brand-new lady adventure, “Tanya Roberts’ Christmas Carol”! During Damiana’s Christmas-time visit to Tanya’s home, the ladies are stricken by a gas leak from an unlit stove pilot. In their carbon monoxide poisoning-induced delirium, they see visions of Tanya’s Christmas Past, Present and Future, which may or may not motivate Tanya to pay Damiana the money she owes her. Merry Damianamas and Happy Tanyakah!!! Be sure to subscribe to the Michael Lucid Presents channel to see more of Damiana’s videos!
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Because sometimes you just want to drive a screwdriver into your eardrums if you hear “All I Want for Christmas Is You” one… more.. time. Here’s a playlist of holiday songs that AREN’T on a constant loop at Forever 21 and Home Depot, and haven’t been run into the ground. In fact, I’m going to pour myself a nice Theraflu-and-vodka and enjoy these seldom-heard holiday gems RIGHT NOW.
Fear’s 45-second Christmas punk classic “Fuck Christmas” from 1982.
Pansy Division’s fabulous “Homo Christmas” with its unforgettable lyrics “Licking nipples / Licking nuts / Putting candy canes / Up each other’s butts.”
Here’s The Monkees singing the 15th century Spanish villancico “Riu Chiu” live from their 1967 Christmas special.
“Jingle Bells,” re-interpreted by that retro-Space Age hipster Esquival.
Beck “Little Drum Machine Boy.” From BangItOut: “In 1996, Beck was asked to put a track on KROQ’s annual Christmas tape in Los Angeles – instead of delivering a Christmas track, he released a Chankuah version of “The Little Drummer Boy” called “The Little Drum Machine Boy” Mixing a robot version of “Boruch Atah Hashem..” and funny Hanukah Pimp lyrcis to the tune of the Christmas favorite “Little Drum Boy.”
Robert Erle Keane’s white trash Christmas anthem “Merry Christmas from the Family”
Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December” about being laid off at the factory, and figuring if the family survives until spring they can move someplace warmer. A real upbeat ditty.
Harvey Danger’s melancholy yet rousing “Sometimes You Have to Work On Christmas (Sometimes)” – one of may favorites.
“Snoopy VS the Red Baron (Snoopy’s Christmas)” – based on the famous World War I Christmas day battlfield armistice. I’ve included this as an alternative to the near-ubiquitous Vince Guaraldi Trio’s “Charlie Brown Christmas” album, because PLEASE JUST MAKE IT GO AWAY.
Wizzard 1973 hippie/glam-rock classic “I wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day”
And speaking of glam, here’s T-Rex with “Christmas Bop.”
And the now-thoroughly disgraced Gary Glitter singing “Another Rock N Roll Christmas.”
“The Night Santa Went Crazy” by Wierd Al Yankovik
Culturcide’s “Depressed Christmas” (sung to the tune of “White Christmas” with a slurred voice mumbling, “My slit wrist glistens…as I listen…to the last Christmas song I’ll ever hear.”)
Red Swan’s story of jealousy, revenge, and arson over the holidays: “You Son of a Bitch, You Stole My Woman, Now I’m Gunna Burn Down Your Christmas Tree Farm”
Alice Cooper’s version of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”
The Smashing Pumpkins strangely underrated holiday ballad “Christmastime.” Seriously, why is this song NEVER played? It’s one of the best Christmas songs EVER WRITTEN.
Sonic Youth’s “Santa Doesn’t Cop Out on Dope”
The Jacobites “Teenage Christmas”
Wendy and Lisa haunting and “The Closing of the Year” – from the Robin Williams movie “Toys.”
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