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Mind-Blowing Hidden Relationships You Never Noticed In Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins’!

12 Dec

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**UPDATE**

With Mary Poppins Returns hitting theaters Dec. 19, I figured this was the perfect time to update and recirculate my (very well-supported and some-might-say-overly-well-documented-and-long) fan theory about the secret, hidden character connections in the original Mary Poppins! 

ALSO — After Emily Blunt was cast as Mary, Huffington Post asked her about my fan theory (which is weirdly exciting), and she said it was “a lovely notion” and “a very lovely possibility.” I kind of freaked out about how awesome that is.

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On August 27, the Disney classic Mary Poppins turns 50! It’s the story of a magical nanny, two precocious children, a stern father with the capacity for love just beneath the surface, a socially progressive mother, and the most charming chimney sweep/kite salesman/one-man-band in history.

You know you love him.

You know you love him.

The film won 5 Oscars out of an astounding 13 nominations, and was the only Best Picture nomination Walt Disney ever received. Mary Poppins is also one of the rare films to have a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Unlike these movies, which all have less than 100%

Unlike these movies, which all have less than 100%

Basically, it’s a great film and everyone loves it. However, despite all the times you’ve likely watched it, I have a theory that there were a number of hidden connections that you probably didn’t even realize!

Connections like:

1. Mary Poppins was Bert’s nanny!

2. Mr. Dawes Sr. – the Bank Owner – is Bert’s father

3. Uncle Albert is Bert’s Uncle

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8 Awesome Moments of Miniature Badassery From the New Ant-Man Trailer

14 Apr

The newest trailer for Marvel’s highly anticipated Ant-Man is here, and we finally get to see Paul Rudd kick some ass in miniature form!

With a lot more humor and action than the previous trailer, this awesome new promo also introduces us to a number of Ant-Man’s impressive powers and gives us a look at the film’s villain Yellowjacket — played by The Strain‘s Corey Stoll.

So what are Ant-Man’s powers? He can change size, he’s super strong (when he’s small), and he can control an army of ants. Also, when he gets bored he can make playing with children’s toys way more fun.

So let’s take a look at the eight most exciting miniature moments from the new Ant-Man trailer!

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Celebrity Showdown: Will Smith vs. Kevin Costner

1 Mar

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After disappearing from the screen for a few years, Will Smith and Kevin Costner have both been enjoying career resurgences recently. This year alone, Costner has already starred in two releases – Black or White and McFarland, USA – and Focus hit the big screen this weekend, marking Smith’s return to movies for the first time since the disastrous release of his 2013 sci-fi bomb After Earth.

So, with both stars in the middle of making powerful comebacks, and with films in theaters at the same time, what better way to see who the real star is than by pitting their careers against each other’s in a brand-new installment of Celebrity Showdown?!

Who do you think will win between Smith and Costner? For fun, take a guess, then check out our totally scientific results.*

*Results not actually scientific.

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Celebrity Showdown: Bradley Cooper vs. Colin Firth

16 Feb

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With Bradley Cooper’s American Sniper sitting comfortably at fourth place at the box office after four weeks in wide release and eight weeks in theaters, it’s clear that his role as “the deadliest sniper in history” resonates with many people — but can he beat a British Oscar winner?

This weekend, audiences everywhere got to see Colin Firth kick major a** as a James Bond-esque super spy in the amazingly entertaining Kingsmen: The Secret Service. So which acclaimed actor would win in a fight between their acting careers? We’re here to get a definitive answer in another installment of Celebrity Showdown!

Who do you think will win between Cooper and Firth? For fun, take a guess, then check out our totally scientific results.*

*Results are not actually scientific.

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11 Weird Things You Notice When Binge Watching ‘Friends’

2 Feb

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By Meredith Lee – Contributing Writer

On New Year’s Day, Friends finally became available on Netflix and fans everywhere rejoiced by not leaving their houses for a few days. They stayed in pajamas, drank pots of coffee and powered through eating unhealthy snacks in order to keep up momentum while binge watching every episode starring six fictional friends that fans know as well as they know their own. From those first moments when Rachel runs into Central Perk in her wedding dress after having left her fiancé at the altar to those final minutes when the gang leaves Monica and Chandler’s empty apartment behind to begin the next stage of their lives, not a second was wasted.

 

Yet through those binge watching moments, you start to pick up things. While you smile at the old-school telephones and VHS tapes, you start to notice plot holes and Matthew Perry’s drastic weight fluctuations. The time lapse between season six and season seven is really only supposed to be about an hour yet he looks about 20 pounds thinner from one episode to the next. Personalities also change drastically over time. People become less intelligent, they like to yell more and it somehow seems like they all become different people with no recollection of things that have happened in their lives.

 I shall now list those things because that is what people do to the things they love: try to ruin them for themselves and others… but in a fun way.

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The 14 Best Sketches (So Far) From ‘SNL’ Season 40

2 Jan

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Let’s just get this out of the way right off the bat: SNL’s 40th season started off a little shaky – despite an admirable hosting job by the endlessly entertaining Chris Pratt – and it seemed that the cast, as it stood, was going to take some time to gel. As it turned out, they gelled much faster than anyone anticipated and as the show reached its final episode of 2014 it found its stride in a way that had been missing for quite a few seasons.

SNL’s 40th season, hiccups aside, has had some truly brilliant, fascinating, and insanely funny moments, and I’ve decided to cherry pick my very favorite 14 (in honor of 2014, get it? It’s not arbitrary… I promise) sketches of the season (so far).

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7 Disney Movies Based On Deeply Disturbing, Horrifying Books

3 Dec

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[NOTE: I originally wrote this story for ETonline.com, where it was first published]

 With the live, musical stage production of Peter Pan airing on NBC on Thursday, and the recent release of the trailer for the upcoming adventure drama Pan – a re-imagined live-action version of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale – it seems that America is once again experiencing full-blown Peter Pandemonium.

And why not? It’s fun for the whole family, right? On the surface, Peter Pan is about a young boy leading his friends on the adventure of a lifetime. Like most children’s stories, it’s a cherished morality tale that teaches kids a lesson while keeping them entertained.

And, like most beloved children’s stories, the familiar tale of Peter Pan is based on a book full of horrible murder and deeply traumatizing acts of depravity. Seriously, children’s stories are messed up. To show you what we mean, here are seven beloved (Disney-adapted) tales of fun and adventure that are based on some of the most shocking, horrifying stories imaginable…

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The Totally Crazy Ways Hollywood Uses Fire To Sell Movies

13 Nov

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[NOTE: I originally wrote this story for ETonline.com, where it was first published]

In the newly released poster for Insurgent, we see a brave, stoic Shailene Woodley standing on top of a cube-shaped building which is on fire. It’s also floating in mid-air through the middle of a post-apocalyptic cityscape, but that’s beside the point.

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While admittedly the poster is a bit surreal, what really seems to set the tone is the blazing inferno raging beneath Woodley’s feet, pouring out of the windows.

It’s almost as if the poster designers were worried that the strange image of a warrior woman on a floating building wouldn’t be eye-catching enough. However, like sex and the color red, fire is used all the time by poster designers for a whole multitude of reasons – and with an equally large variety of insane results.

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13 Mind-Blowing Moments From the First ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Trailer

24 Oct

[NOTE: I originally wrote this story for ETonline.com, where it was first published]

In a move that is likely to set a bad precedent, Marvel Studios released their extended teaser/trailer for Avengers: Age Of Ultron a whole week earlier than planned after a low-res version leaked online early Wednesday.

According to Deadline, acting quickly, and wanting their fans to get a good, solid look at the film’s massive explosions, Marvel released this incredibly exciting sneak peek.

Oh wow, this movie looks amazing. Dark, somewhat bleak and a little nihilistic, but amazing. Check out the trailer above, and then let’s dive in with the 13 best moments!

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10 Surefire Ways To Tell If She’s Cheating

12 Jun

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By Jeremy Cooper

I recently read this article called ‘24 Signs She’s A Slut.’ I appreciated the author’s detailed guide to banging sluts, but I thought it might be useful to create a slightly different guide. Recently, I ran into a little marriage trouble, and I figured that writing this would be a better way of dealing with my feelings, and helping men avoid having feelings, than just talking to my estranged wife. So, without further ado, here are 10 Sure-Fire Ways To Tell If A Girl Is A Cheating Whore

1. If her name is Marjorie Cooper.

2. If she lives at 361 N. Waterson St. in a house YOU own, but somehow YOU’RE the one living in a hotel room.

3. If she dyes her hair blonde after you get married because she’s feeling “adventurous.” And she goes to your friend Jake’s house because he knows how to dye her hair. But then stays there for three hours. It doesn’t take three hours to dye hair!

3. If she spends way too much time hanging out with your friend Jake, then tells you it’s because, since you’re married, she figures your friends should be her friends too. But she only makes friends with Jake, the only one of your friends who sexually intimidates you. It’s just because he spends a lot of time working out. I’d spend more time working out too if I wasn’t so busy WORKING AT A JOB I HATE TO KEEP A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS!!!

4. If she says that your penis is “totally enough” to satisfy her, but you know she’s lying! 5 ¼ inches is the national average! I know because I’ve googled it. Hundreds of times, just to make sure it hadn’t changed… I mean… you did. You googled it.

5. If she tells you to calm down when you accuse her of cheating, and then tells you that Jake is gay, and she’s not cheating at all.

6. If she gets mad at you when she finds all those long-distance photos of her and Jake hanging out while you were supposed to be at work. She doesn’t realize you quit your job three months ago! Idiot.

7. If, when you accuse her of cheating, she denies it and then brings up all those times she caught you cheating on her a few years ago, as if that mattered!

8. If she “simply can’t deal” with how paranoid and jealous you get simply because you’re “so uncontrollably insecure about your own masculinity.”

9. If she calls you out on your folder full of what she called “gay porn.” But it’s not gay porn. It’s just lots of photos of other guy’s cocks. But it’s not a gay thing, you just can’t stop comparing them to your own, and the sadness turns you on for some reason, and then you masturbate with your own tears. It’s totally normal.

10. Oh, god… I’m sorry Marjorie. I’m so sorry! *uncontrollable sobbing* I just… I just can’t stand myself. I love you so much. Oh god. I’m sorry. *more sobbing.* Please forgive me. I’ll… I’ll go see a therapist. We can go to marriage counselling. I’m sorry! *Just an impossible amount of sobbing*

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