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Monday, December 14, 2015

The 100 Greatest Lost Hits of The 80’s Part 2: The New Batch

#64

“You Came”

Kim Wilde

Kim only hit the U.S. top 40 twice, with the Certified Snicks 80’s Classic “Kids In America,” and her #1 remake of “You Keep Me Hanging On.” But she almost had a third Top 40 entry with “You Came,” which hit #41 in October 1988.

In 2006 Kim remade “You Came” with a rock edge.

Academy Award for Best Actress

2007

Marion Cotillard

Édith Piaf

La Vie en Rose

Marion Cotillard (French pronunciation: [ma.ʁjɔ̃ kɔ.ti.jaʁ]; born 30 September 1975) is a French actress, singer-songwriter, environmentalist and spokesperson for Greenpeace. She has garnered worldwide acclaim and awards for her performances in films such as A Very Long Engagement (2004), La Vie en Rose (2007), Nine (2009), Inception (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), Rust and Bone (2012), The Immigrant (2013) and Two Days, One Night (2014). In 2015, she stars as Lady Macbeth in Justin Kurzel's Macbeth, a new film adaptation of William Shakespeare's acclaimed play.

In 2007, Cotillard starred as French singer Édith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, for which she received critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, César Award, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She is the first and (as of 2015) only actor to win an Academy Award for a performance in the French language. In 2010, she received a Golden Globe and a Critics' Choice Award nomination for her performance in the musical film Nine.

In 2012, she received critical acclaim for her performance as an amputee orca trainer in Rust and Bone and received nominations for the Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and the César Award. She received rave reviews in 2014 for her lead performances in The Immigrant and Two Days, One Night, scoring her second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the latter, which was also her second nomination for a French-language film and also the first time an actor was nominated for a Belgian film.

Cotillard's other notable films include Chloé (1996), Furia (1999), Lisa (2001), Pretty Things (2001), Big Fish (2003), Toi et Moi (2006), Dikkenek (2006), A Good Year (2006), Public Enemies (2009), Contagion (2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and The Little Prince (2015). In 2014, Cotillard was named "The Most Bankable French Actress of the 21st Century", her films accumulating more than 37 million ticket sales in France from 2001 to 2014.

Show Off Selfies

Scott Hogan and Chad Knight

Five Dumbass Antigay Activists Who Unintentionally Helped Our Cause This Year

From: Queerty

Governor Bobby Jindal

Never interfere with an enemy while he’s in the process of destroying himself. This political truism certainly applies to some of our own worst enemies, many of whom had awful, self-inflected wounds in 2015. And the world took note, punishing them by heaping loses upon them.

Check out the five anti gay activists whose over-the-top shenanigans actually helped advance the LGBTQ cause…

Senator David Vitter

Governor Bobby Jindal and Senator David Vitter

Oh, how the mighty of Louisiana have fallen.

Failed “religious freedom” fighter Gov. Bobby Jindal’s crappy leadership skills led to his funders finally cutting him off and resulting in his withdrawal from the 2016 presidential race. Now he’s back for a bit in the governor’s office, where his approval ratings have fallen to a historic low of 20 percent. (Ouch!) Even the state’s Republican voters disapprove of their governor, who has slashed education, health care and environmental funding to service the state’s massive deficit, triggered primarily by GOP tax cuts for oil companies and the wealthy.

Meanwhile, the bad bedroom behavior of “family values” politician and admitted prostitute patron Sen. David Vitter resulted in the state just electing a Democrat for governor to replace the aforementioned horrible Jindal. John Bel Edwards is set to take office on January 11, and he’s already pledged to issue an executive order protecting LGBTQ government employees and contractors from workplace discrimination as soon as he gets there.

Jindal and Vitter’s hypo-crazy was too much even for the solidly Republican state voters.

Thanks, fellas!

You can now buy sliced chocolate in Japan—sandwiches will never be the same!

From: Rocket News

Sliced ham? Sliced cheese? Sorry, but sliced chocolate is about to make everything else you can put on bread seem like chopped liver in comparison.

Despite its alcoholic-sounding name, Japanese company Bourbon actually specializes in chocolate. Still, its latest product seems like the kind of so-crazy-it’s-brilliant idea born out of a flash of heavily inebriated inspiration.

Behold: sliced chocolate!

Each pack contains five two-millimeter (0.08-inch) thick slices of what Japan calls “nama chocolate,” a rich, creamy confectionary that’s not as sweet as fudge, but more intense in flavor than ordinary milk chocolate. The unique shape allows Bourbon’s inventive new treat to be used in a variety of ways.

Bourbon offers a variety of recipes on its website, including chocolate banana rolls…

and super simple crepes.

For extra visual appeal, you can grab a cookie cutter and stamp out accents to add to chocolate-layered crackers…

…or sliced fruit.

And if you want to serve your next group of houseguests something even fancier, the sliced nama chocolate’s flat form makes it easy to employ in preparing fruit truffles…

…or beautiful chocolate roses.

But while this chocolate is of course great for when you’re entertaining company, we know what you’re all thinking: Can I slap a slice on a piece of bread for an instantaneous dessert sandwich?

Is this how peanut butter and jelly’s reign as Sandwich King comes to an end?

In addition to being sold in super markets, sliced nama chocolate is available through Bourbon’s online shop here. Online orders can only be placed for bulk bundles of a dozen five-slice packs (which cost 3,240 yen [US$27]), but somehow we imagine customers will have no trouble finding 60 occasions on which to enjoy this clever new take on chocolate.

Tom Brady Walks on Water (in UGG Boots)

From: kenneth in the (212)

He's so f**king hot that I can't even make fun of this "media advisory" from one of his endorsers:

BOSTON, Dec. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

WHO: New England Patriots' Quarterback Tom Brady

WHAT: Tom Brady was spotted in high spirits wearing the UGG(R) Neumel while leaving the Ritz-Carlton in Boston, Monday morning. The UGG(R) brand ambassador kept his look classic and casual while wearing the brand's hottest style this season with jeans, a grey sweater and a navy winter coat.

WHEN: Monday, December 7(th)

WHERE: Ritz-Carlton, 10 Avery Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111

Completing his off-field look, the Neumel is proving to be yet another way to experience UGG(R) love beyond the comforts of home. The ankle-length, lace-up styling of a traditional chukka pairs effortlessly with the plush lined comfort of UGGpure(TM) wool in this fall favorite.

The UGG(R) Neumel is available online at uggaustralia.com and UGG(R) concept stores nationwide while supplies last. Sales of the Neumel within the brand's e-commerce and concept stores have increased more than 500% in the past year creating a virtual sell-out in most channels and backordered inventory online.