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'Dark Knight Rises' Shooting Victims Sue Cinemark
Ben Stiller Sells Semi-Autobiographical Comedy to ABC
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This Week's Most Popular Posts: September 15th to 21st
September 21st, 2012Top StoryThis Week's Most Popular Posts: September 15th to 21st
Everything You Need to Know About iOS 6iOS 6 is out and ready for download. Here's everything you need to know, from how to update your device(s) to getting started with Apple's latest OS upgrade. More » Cover Your Desktop in Metal with These WallpapersSimple materials make for attractive hardware, so why not apply those same simple materials to our software? Here are ten great metal-based wallpapers for a simple, distraction-less desktop. More » Top 10 Ways to Modernize Your Old, Retro GadgetsNo gadget lasts forever, but that doesn't mean you can't turn it into something else and give your new tech an old school feel. Here are 10 awesome projects for bringing your old, retro gadgets into the future. More » How to Automatically Download Virtually Anything as Soon as It's AvailableThe internet really does have everything, and it's all available for download without lifting a finger. A series of helpful scripts, all installable in a few minutes, can transform your computer into an automatic media downloading machine. More » Five Best Domain Name RegistrarsWe've discussed the best web hosting companies, but if you have a brilliant idea for a web site, you'll also need a domain name to go with it. So when it's time to register that domain name, which domain name registrar do you choose? More » Vertical Storage, Save Shortcuts, and Washing DishesReaders offer their best tips for storing tea in the office, keeping yourself from saving over your work, and keeping your dishes clean. More » Things I've Quit Doing at My DeskWe do all sorts of things at our desks that aren't real work, or affect our ability to produce our best work. We need to start thinking of our desks as workstations. More » Get Paid to Ditch Your Carrier and Buy an iPhone 5Want an iPhone 5? Willing to leave your carrier? The Apple stock blog Bullish Cross found out that ditching AT&T, paying the early termination fee, selling their old iPhone, and getting a new one from Verizon effectively paid them $173.82. More » You Can't Be Effective When You're Too Smart for Your Own GoodCongratulations, smartypants, you've got the highest IQ in the room—too bad it'll make you a pain to work with. If you are one of these people, here is the trick: You can either be smart, or you can be effective. More » The Most (and Least) Common PIN Numbers and Numeric Passwords. Is Yours One of Them?Tech consultancy company DataGenetics has analyzed the popularity of numeric passwords. What they found confirms previous research that most of our four-digit PINs (e.g., for credit and debit cards) are way too predictable. More » Why Spotify and Rdio Aren't Ready to Replace Your Music LibraryEver since Spotify and Rdio landed on the scene, people have been lauding them as the future of music-that MP3s are a thing of the past, and a premium streaming account is all you need to get your music fix. More » How to Make Yourself LuckierLike it or not, we're all a little superstitious. It's not necessarily a bad thing-research shows that leaving things to chance and luck can enhance performance, increase productivity, and reduce stress. More » Get Google and iOS Living Together in Perfect HarmonyNo matter what kind of phone you use, a lot of us are pretty dependent on Google for organizing our lives. Luckily, you can actually get Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Voice, and other services working great with iOS-it just takes a little bit of setup. More »  |
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Blake Lively's Wedding: A Personal Response
September 21st, 2012Top StoryBlake Lively's Wedding: A Personal ResponseBy Caity Weaver
In case you have not looked at a supermarket magazine cover in the past few weeks, Lisa Whelchel from The Facts of Life got divorced, and Lively and Reynolds were married on Sunday September 9th in a ceremony that was so perfect, so comically perfect, it blusters out beyond the borders of comedy, right into tragedy, paradoxically making this flawless wedding one of the saddest and best things ever. It's like Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are playing a couple more famous than they in a movie about movie stars that will garner mixed reviews. The two were wed atop a pile of old slave bones at "America's Most Photographed Plantation" Boone Hall, just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. The Notebook was filmed there. Lively and her bridesmaids wore shoes custom designed by Blake's longtime friend Christian Louboutin. Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine provided music. So did Bette Middler. Martha fucking Stewart "did" the décor and the editorial director for Martha Stewart Weddings described the affair as "a truly enchanting celebration." God was going to put a rainbow in the sky for the event, but thought it would look cheap next to the majesty of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' wedding, so he just added an extra year to the lives of all the attendees, plus six bonus months for the happy couple. I have no strong opinion of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds as a couple, apart from appreciating very much the "Van Wilder"/"Van der Woodsen" symmetry-and yet I find myself unable to stop talking/texting/gchatting about their wedding. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' wedding is the most interesting thing they've ever done. The most striking thing about Blake Lively's wedding to Ryan Reynolds is its curious longevity. Not the longevity of the marriage itself, which may prove fleeting (Reynolds dated Alanis Morrissette for two years before becoming engaged for another three, and his three-year marriage to Scarlett Johansson ended just last year); the longevity of the story of the wedding. I first heard about the event late on the Sunday night it happened, and have heard about it every day since then. Details about the wedding are being released in a slow, constant morphine drip, at a pace which ensures there is always news about the wedding, even though the wedding itself has long ceased to be news. The event was shrouded in a cloud of secrecy thicker than the one that surrounds the early planning stages of a coup d'état—Florence Welch reportedly wasn't even allowed to bring her phone to the wedding, and pictures were forbidden. On September 8th, this would have surprised me: Does anyone really care that Blake Lively and Ryan Whonolds are getting married? On September 21st, it only enrages: BLAKE, I AM DYING TO SEE A PICTURE OF YOUR MARCHESA WEDDING DRESS, TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR MARCHESA WEDDING DRESS, BLAKE. (Martha Stewart Weddings has announced it will feature some images in its December issue, which could explain the secrecy.) The wattage of starpower lighting up the wedding's rather small (70 person) guestlist? Unreal. How are Blake Lively, 25, and Ryan Reynolds, 35, best friends with so many goddamn grand dame stars? Bette Midler, who initially denied reports she had attended the wedding (WHY?!?!?!?!!!), later admitted she not only went, she "brought down the 18th cent. house" with I Loves You, Porgy while there. Martha Stewart told E! News she and the couple "hang out" and described the "very gorgeous bride [emphasis in original]" as a "groovy cook" who once invited her over "for an ice cream soda party." Blake Lively invited Martha Stewart to an ice cream soda party. Bake Lively and Ryan Reynolds met on the set of The Green Lantern, a movie that was filmed and then released to the public in 2011. Blake Lively has never ever been on a date. Image via Getty  |
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