Pop star and SWAG ‘bag Justin Bieber purchased his pet capuchin monkey, “OG Mally Bieber”, back in March, just in time for the launch of his European tour. But when you’re 19-years old, you tend to forget things like the proper paperwork for bringing wild animals from country to country, so poor Mally was confiscated by the German government within days of Bieber getting him. The country’s officials gave the singer until May 7 to present them with the proper paperwork so he could reclaim his "beloved" new pet and continue about his tour. Except a funny thing happened on the way to the monkey detention center – Bieber never responded and just left Mally in Germany for good. Fortunately, the German officials have found a new home for the young monkey and he’s already the king of the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen.
RED 2 premiered this week, and while I don't share Burnsy's level of enthusiasm, I do love me some Helen Mirren. And seeing as how on summer Fridays I only require the slightest shred of a reason to put a GIF collection together here we are paying animated tribute to my favorite Dame. Or "Liz Lemon's Lady Wizard" as she's known in my circles. Pro tip someone told me about that I haven't verified myself: You'll find lots more 20th century Helen Mirren GIFs by doing a something search, no filter. But before then, let's take a moment to remember that she awesomely pretend shoots people and occasionally makes out with Paul Rudd.
It’s a killer combination: Florence Welch, knocking down shots, with a bar band, at a party, singing Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” whipping her hair, while wearing a sun dress. According to the British band Sourberry, via HyperVocal, Welch, sans Machine, was in attendance for their annual summer party, and she “hopped up on stage during our sound check and rocked out a couple of numbers with us while we warmed up.” Not only did she impressively slur her way through “Get Lucky,” she also managed to belt out the Gossip’s “Standing in the Way of Control.” Welch is seriously giving Jenny Lewis a run for her Best Red-Headed Songstress title.
Pacific Rim may have finished third at the box office this weekend, but that doesn't mean we can't continue to enjoy the silly names of the giant robots (Jaegers) in the film. With names like Gipsy Danger, Striker Eureka, and Crimson Typhoon, these robots would be right at home in Key & Peele's "East/West College Bowl" sketch.
To promote Pacific Rim, the Warner Brothers website has a Jaeger designer app which lets you create your own giant robot design, name it, and stick it in a poster. But could fans come up with names as unique as the film’s robots Gipsy Danger, Striker Eureka, and Crimson Typhoon? Oh yes. Kris Straub (via Angelophile) came up with the picture above, the perfect use of a promotion like this. Straub’s other designs were just as magnificent:
We'll have to wait till early next year for more episodes of Game Of Thrones and Portlandia, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy a single-serving Tumblr mashup of Game Of Thrones and Portlandia. Now we have Game of Portlandia to help us kill time until next year. All of the pictures below (except for one we had to make) comprise our favorites from Game Of Portlandia, which takes lines written by Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein and superimposes them with relevant screencaps from Game Of Thrones. And it's local!
Bill Hader dropped by Conan last night ostensibly to promote The To-Do List and the many other projects he has his fingers in (like writing full-time for freaking South Park), but instead spent almost his entire visit talking about a Tumblr dedicated to how poor his clothing choices are and doing an impression of his wife that is essentially him doing an impression of his wife doing an impression of Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation With At a Party. I’m sure Mrs. Hader was none too pleased, but oh man it is ludicrous and great. I take way too much pleasure in other people haphazardly making fun of their significant others in what is sure to be an act of self-destruction. Oh yeah, Bill also always wears the same shirt to everything apparently, as evidenced by the image above. No regard for wardrobe or wife retaliation? Bill Hader gets all the respect.
Have you ever found yourself wondering what it would be like if Sterling Archer captained the USS Enterprise? Of course you have! Well now the inspired folks behind Starcher Trek have made those musing a reality by melding audio from Archer on FX with animation from Star Trek: Than Animated Series from the 70s. The first installment below (with hopefully lots more to come). Skip ahead if you don’t want to be spoiled on cast correlations, because: Sterling = Kirk (obviously), Lana = Uhura (obviously), Ray = Sulu (obviously), Cyril = Spock (fairly obviously), and Krieger = Bones (correction: Scotty, not so obviously). No Pam, Cheryl, or Malory sightings just yet, and I’m curious to which Star Trek characters they’ll align with, but hopefully all of that is tackled in the second installment. Oh, and Barry as Kahn or GTFO. Until then, please enjoy Kirk ripping from Deliverance and Bones refusing to recognize your authority.
