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wry_bred
05/27/09

In reply to Heigl Is High Maintenance; Stars Speak Out On Prop 8
Hugh Jackman's nine-year-old son uttered the following: "Hey dad, 2 o'clock, hot chicks."

And Dad said, "Er... yeah... chicks... I love those..." while blinking away tears.
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ihateyourescalade
05/27/09

In reply to Heigl Is High Maintenance; Stars Speak Out On Prop 8
How can Elizabeth Taylor Twitter with all those giant diamonds on her fingers?
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brendastarlet is on it
05/27/09

In reply to Heigl Is High Maintenance; Stars Speak Out On Prop 8
Blind item: Stephanie Seymour?
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Breamworthy
05/27/09

In reply to Heigl Is High Maintenance; Stars Speak Out On Prop 8
Seriously, Cockney accent ≠ unintelligible. Amy Winehouse seems pretty sober in that clip. I'm not even English, and I didn't find it pretty easy to understand what she said: "Dad, I've got something for you. Watch me play drums on this. You'll like this. I'm not as good as you." and then she says "Hello, Ducky" to the woman who's with her dad. Not rocket science.
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Breamworthy
05/27/09

@Breamworthy: Um, I *found it pretty easy*. Gah.
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rhymeswithfeather
05/27/09

@Breamworthy: Double negatives ftw! :)

Seriously though, it's not just cockney. I keep catching these American reality shows where any native English speaker with a hint of an accent gets subtitles to "translate" what they're saying -- the Brits, Aussies, South Africans, etc. It's English, people. Aside from obvious differences in slang, it's not unintelligible.
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cactuswren
05/27/09

@Breamworthy: Nobody said anywhere that she wasn't sober...but you're right, it is far from unintelligible. She is talking pretty fast, though. And it is boring.
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Breamworthy
05/27/09

@heatherwritesstuff: True fact: They do this for my mother-in-law. (She can't understand someone speaking even the mildest Indian or Caribbean accented English. Which is their first language.)

Seriously, though, it's ridiculous. In the US (but not in Canada that I've seen) they also do it for French Canadians.
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Breamworthy
05/27/09

@cactuswren: No, I guess you're right that it wasn't stated. But when you write "here's a video of Amy Winehouse saying something unintelligible," I think the implication is that she's wasted, when in fact she's just English!
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Ratinski
05/27/09

In reply to Heigl Is High Maintenance; Stars Speak Out On Prop 8
One of the directors in my company is named Peter Howson and he is, in fact, British.

...Is this how he's paying for his sabbatical?
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mbot says Spock yeah!
05/27/09

In reply to Heigl Is High Maintenance; Stars Speak Out On Prop 8
Scenes from Valentine's Day:

-girl walks into door, cutely

-girls commiserate over breakup whilst sharing ice cream straight from the carton

-girl leaves series of increasingly embarrassing (but cute!) voicemails on boy's phone

-girl giggles in kitchen with best guy friend; suddenly make out

What am I leaving out?
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OurLass
05/27/09

@mbot says Spock yeah!: Girl wakes up, trips (cutely) up some steps, gets caught (picturesquely) in the rain, misses (comically) a bus and lets herself into her apartment by herself, sadly, to feed her cat and wear fluffy cardigans. Phone rings.
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mbot says Spock yeah!
05/27/09

@OurLass: Also: career girl spends too much time focusing on her career! Hair is let down and groove is reacquired.
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AuntPenny
05/27/09

@mbot says Spock yeah!: John Cusack standing in the rain.

John Cusack should be in this movie.
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tea'n'biscuits
05/27/09

In reply to Heigl Is High Maintenance; Stars Speak Out On Prop 8
who is the BI?
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ElleL
05/27/09

@tea'n'biscuits: Katie Price?
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bleedingmouths
05/27/09

@ElleL: ooh, not bad, taking into account that it's supposed to be him who chucked her out... but is 'beauty' a good description of her? I mean, she is pretty in her own way, but surely... 'glamourous beauty' or... surgery fan... or something would suggest her more strongly.
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ElleL
05/27/09

@bleedingmouths: Good point, I missed the 'beauty' part, haha.
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IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel
05/27/09

In reply to Heigl Is High Maintenance; Stars Speak Out On Prop 8
It's ok Katharine Heigl, I would have walked away from that movie as soon as I saw Ashtons name. Has he been in a hit movie since 'Dude Where's My Car?'.
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GeorgeFayne
05/27/09

@IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: He was in that abortion of a Guess Who's Coming To Dinner remake, and for that, he is dead to me.
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tailfeather
05/27/09

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A Jew named Jesus? What?
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BabyJane
05/27/09

In reply to Heigl Is High Maintenance; Stars Speak Out On Prop 8
That portrait of Madonna and Guy Ritchie is just the thing for over my fireplace mantel. What a joy it would be to gaze upon it every day.
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AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
05/27/09

@BabyJane: indeed. it's stunning. And by stunning, I mean causes a deer-in-headlights reaction.
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BabyJane
05/27/09

@AtomiClash:It really is lovely. And by lovely, I mean I want to bleach my eyeballs.
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AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
05/27/09

@BabyJane: you think we were the only two to read that stupid enough to click through and see it? It was way too early for me to see that and now it's seared into my memory.
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BabyJane
05/27/09

@AtomiClash: Ha, I'm starting to think so. let us be a cautionary tale for the others.
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Breamworthy
05/27/09

@BabyJane: Haha. I still had Dodai's "It doesn't look exactly like her" in my mind when I clicked on it, and I laughed when I saw it.
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Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
05/27/09

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Please forgive my ignorance, but: Brazilians aren't Latino?
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stacyinbean
05/27/09

@Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): I think it has to do with Brazil being colonized/settled by the Portuguese while the rest of Latin America was colonized/settled by the Spanish?
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Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
05/27/09

@Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): I always thought speakers of romance languages in the Old World were Latin and speakers of romance languages in the New World were Latino/a. This would make the Portuguese Latin and Brazilians Latino. But I could have just made that up in my own head.
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CurtCole
05/27/09

@Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): I had to read a really boring book called Hispanic/Latino Identity for a survey course on the history of Latin America. It basically argued that Hispanic is an umbrella term for everyone in Mexico & South America. But, if you know what county they come from, you should probably use that name. Despite the books thesis, Latino would work because it refers to Latin America.
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shnuguel
05/27/09

@CurtCole: WTF? Oh my god I think my head just exploded. In latin america brazilians ARE just as "LATINOS" as the rest of us. Though WE don't call ourselves LATEENOUS, we call ouselves LATINO AMERICANOS and it's because we all live in AMERICA and are speaking a romance language, based in LATIN, you know, like, french, italian, romanian. Oh and by the way, we call people from the USA Estadounidenses, not Americans, something you guys should also start doing, since, you know, the continent is not just YOURS.
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GeorgeFayne
05/27/09

@shnuguel: Your angry caps have inspired me to refer to myself as a United Stater from now on.
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save jinger
05/27/09

@Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): I was under the impression that "Latino" refers to people from Latin America (so Brazil would count), but Hispanic refers to people who speak Spanish (so Brazil wouldn't count). But that's just going off what a Spanish teacher told me. It seems like the terms have some fluidity.
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rhymeswithfeather
05/27/09

@save jinger: Agreed. I am sadly not Brazilian (or Hispanic or Latino) but I worked for a non-profit cultural society that put on "Expo Latino" every year -- and this included performers from Brazil. My Brazilian friends refer to themselves as Latino, but not hispanic, because that implies Spanish-speaking.
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CurtCole
05/27/09

@shnuguel: I was just refering to what the book said...I'm not saying it is the bible.
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shnuguel
05/27/09

@CurtCole: Sorry, I didn't mean your reference to the book, it was intended for the whole conversation, not you in particular, sorry if it came across like that.
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CurtCole
05/27/09

@shnuguel:
Hispanic
1: of or relating to the people, speech, or culture of Spain or of Spain and Portugal
2: of, relating to, or being a person of Latin American descent living in the United States ; especially : one of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin
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CurtCole
05/27/09

@shnuguel: That's okay. I'm gay so I am super-sensitive as to what people call me as well.
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Rosaxé
05/27/09

@Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): I know this has already been said, but Brazilians are Latinos.

@Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): Yes, that's correct. Portuguese, Italians, Romanians...

I've wondered about people such as Haitians or Bajans, etc. I know they typically refer to themselves as Caribbeans, but do they think of themselves as Latinos too?
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cwisto moweina has got yer goat
05/27/09

@Rosaxe: no, they weren't colonized by the Portuguese or Spanish. Therefore not Latinos.
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Sputnik_Sweetheart
05/27/09

In reply to Heigl Is High Maintenance; Stars Speak Out On Prop 8
You know, I do have a soft spot in my heart for Lady GaGa and I think she is much more talented than people give her credit for, but for the love of Elvis, Ziggy Stardust, and Freddy Mercury, amazing and raw artists don't have to constantly remind people that they are ARTISTS! Just sayin.
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VioletBeauregarde: Party Pooper Extraordinaire
05/27/09

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Katy Perry and John Mayer might just work out. Maybe they'd both get sick of the others constant yammering and STFU once and for all, for the sake of all humankind.
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AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
05/27/09

@VioletBeauregarde: Party Pooper Extraordinaire: I like the way you think.
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AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
05/27/09

In reply to Heigl Is High Maintenance; Stars Speak Out On Prop 8
Could someone please explain why they're remaking The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3? I like Denzel Washington as much as the next girl, but seriously, Hollywood, stop remaking my favorite films from childhood.
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Fate'sBitch
05/27/09

In reply to Heigl Is High Maintenance; Stars Speak Out On Prop 8
I cannot stand when Americans use European slang,

shite, arse, shag and snog among others.

You are from Santa Barbara Katy Perry, don't use use the word shag and especially don't use it when you're talking about John Mayer.
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IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel
05/27/09

@Fate'sBitch: I do it. And I'm gonna keep on doing it forever and ever. Sorry.
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CurtCole
05/27/09

@Fate'sBitch: It's kind of fun calling someone a slag though.
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tailfeather
05/27/09

@Fate'sBitch: I use all of those, because I dated a Brit for three years, worked for a British company for five, and finally moved to the UK.

And I will say it all with a proud Southern accent. It's just part of my vocabulary now. I'm assimilating! More importantly, they are terrific words.
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Breamworthy
05/27/09

@Fate'sBitch: I see your point, but the Brits (especially younger ones) are using more and more American slang, so shouldn't it go in the opposite direction as well? It's globalization, y'all!

Related side note: A while back I was in the Hebrides. There were some teenagers hanging out on a corner, talking. Half the time they had the same accents as their parents, but half the time they sounded totally American. In the fucking Hebrides!
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rhymeswithfeather
05/27/09

@Fate'sBitch: Dudes, it's a British pub. She didn't actually say "shag" -- she probs said "bang," "fuck," "rail," what have you, and the quote was de-Americanized for clarity. Happens ALL THE TIME.
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Fate'sBitch
05/27/09

Reply Everybody: It's a personal pet peeve, I cannot stand it, it just sounds sounds so pretentious coming out of an American mouth.

Plus why do we need European slang, we have such great slang of our own.
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