All the feels.
Costello with some of the New England Patriots.
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This Story Of A Boston Marathon Survivor Meeting His Future Wife In The Hospital Will Melt Your Heart
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The Most Powerful Quotes From LGBT Icons And Allies In 2013
Inspiring words from the people who helped make history this year.
Basketball player Brittney Griner came out just before she was drafted into the WNBA.
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"The Civil Rights Agenda and our team is behind you and is working our little butts off to make sure that Illinois is the next state that recognizes all of our families," said LGBT rights activist Rick Garcia at a rally in January. Watch full speech here.
Tony Merevick / Via chicagophoenix.com
Musicians Tegan and Sara Quin made a statement on marriage equality while participating in the NOH8 campaign.
Roger Kisby / Getty Images for iHeartradio / Via advocate.com
Edith Windsor spoke out in the lead up to her case in The Supreme Court against the Defense of Marriage Act, a fight which she would win.
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster / Via buzzfeed.com
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Stop Saying "Die Hard" Is Your Favorite Christmas Movie
Yippe-ki-yi-NOPE.
"What's my favorite Christmas movie? Well, heh heh, actually, it's something you wouldn't expect. It's a little flick called..."
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Die Hard is a good movie. A great movie, even! And yes, it takes place at Christmas time. But this madness needs to stop.
In the last few years, I've heard people refer to Die Hard as their favorite Christmas movie with increasing frequency. There's a certain smugness of sneaking by on a technicality: well, technically the movie takes place on Christmas Eve, so it counts as a Christmas movie. Most prized among people of this opinion is not a lifetime membership to the Alan Rickman fan club, but the transgressive act of selecting a violent action movie over Home Alone or more classic fare. We get it. You're too cool for regular Christmas movies. I imagine most people make the Tim Allen grunt after espousing this opinion.
But more than anything, I suspect that people think this opinion is unique. It's the betcha didn't see this answer coming that gives it it's oomph. You'll see this opinion trotted out by people who normally claim a psychical inability to pick a favorite film or album or artist. It is important to remember that not only is it wrong (Love Actually is the greatest Christmas movie starring Alan Rickman) but it is extremely commonly held.
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Katy Perry Was Stopped In The Middle Of A Performance For Lip Syching And Sound Malfunction
An extremely awkward moment from the NRJ music awards in Cannes over the weekend. At least she powered through?
dailymotion.com / Via celebitchy.com
So what exactly happened here? It's unclear, but certainly seems like Katy's performance started without her the first time — before she was interrupted — and the second try sounds like Katy's actually singing. Either way...
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22 Amazing Hidden Gems To Uncover In Hawaii
It’s not just long walks on the beach…
The Surfboard Fence
Why It's Awesome: Donald Dettloff's surfboard fence started in 1990 when he heard a hurricane was approaching and wired his boards together to keep them from blowing away. Instead of taking it down when the weather had cleared, he decided to keep it up and continue adding boards. Now he has 647 different surfboards, displayed around his property in Haiku, Maui, which earned him a Guinness World Record for the largest collection of surfboards.
Accessibility: The fence is on Kaupakalua Road and can't be missed.
Moiliili Underground Caves
Why It's Awesome: The neighborhood of Moiliili, Oahu, sits over cavernous limestone caves, which are said to be dark, cramped, and filled with water. The limestone base was formed from an old coral reef, and rainwater caused it to erode creating caves.
Accessibility: The caves are accessible, but good luck getting anyone to tell you where there's an entrance. Additionally, the quality of the air and water in the caves is poor and possibly hazardous.
Redwood Trail
Why It's Awesome: Over the course of three decades beginning in 1927, the USDA Forest Service planted 130,000 redwood trees across the Hawaiian Islands. The trees were planted to reestablish watershed ruined from logging in the 1800s, and were used before native conservation was prioritized. Even though the trees are not as tall as those in California, their growth in the warm climate, cool mists, and high elevations of the islands is still awe-inspiring.
Accessibility: Redwood Trail is accessed from Maui's Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area.
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The 19 Most Romantic Things That Happened In 2013
For everyone who loves love.
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Sarah Pizzaruso / Via Make A Wish
The story of Jesse and Kelly.
Jesse Cottle was serving in Afghanistan when he stepped on an IED, losing both of his legs. He met Kelly during his recovery, and they fell in love and eventually married. Jesse says: "If I hadn't stepped on that IED I wouldn’t have met her. I wouldn't take it back ever."
facebook.com / Via yourtango.com
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What It’s Like To Be 35 And Single
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. But maybe that’s not a bad thing?
Does female freedom have an expiration date?
Meet Paula Schargorodsky. Thirty-five and single, Paula is no stranger to that silent question, "When will you settle down?"
She's never been one to dream of her wedding day, instead choosing to trade white dresses and babies for a gypsy life and a demanding career.
Not that she hasn't met her fair share of men. She spent her twenties like many women, free to do whatever she wanted. She had boyfriends, lovers, one-night stands- all while working and going to school.
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15 Times Legolas Was The Best Part Of LOTR
The one and only.
LINK: Based on: 12 Times Background Legolas Was The Best Part Of LOTR
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How To Dress Like Beyoncé From Every New Video
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“Community” Season 5 Feels Like An Old Friend Has Finally Come Home
The long-awaited return of the NBC comedy — now back under the watchful eye of creator Dan Harmon — distances itself from its disappointing fourth season. Gas leak year, people.
Justin Lubin / NBC
I'll admit that I was somewhat wary when three episodes from Season 5 of NBC's Community surfaced on my desk last week. After all, the fourth season of the Dan Harmon-created gonzo comedy — which was Dan Harmon-less, after all — left a lot to be desired. I choose to look at it as an alt-reality version of a show that I had cherished in its first three seasons: The characters vaguely resembled that Greendale study group with whom I had spent so many virtual hours, yet they didn't feel quite right. Something was off — the plots felt too contrived, and the show wandered into a broadness of comedy that it had previously adamantly avoided.
Given that, there is quite a lot riding on the Jan. 2 premiere of Community, which sees the return of Harmon as the showrunner of the comedy he created. Fortunately, the three episodes provided to press — Episodes 1, 2, and 4 — go a long way to reassure fans that the show is once more back in the hands of its true caretakers. (Warning: minor spoilers ahead.)
The fifth season premiere ("Repilot"), written by Harmon and the also returning co-executive producer Chris McKenna, attempts to reestablish Community's identity after the flawed efforts of Season 4, much of which are explained away as a "gas leak year." In fact, the episode — which both comments on the efforts of Scrubs to "repilot" itself in Season 9 and utilizes a similar formatting — distances itself entirely from Season 4, intellectually and creatively. As such, the episode has a lot to accomplish in a relatively brief running time, which might be why "Repilot" feels a little overeager and fraught: It needs to not only bring the study group back to Greendale and back together, but it also has to engineer a reason as to why they decide to stay. Bridges, both literal and metaphorical, are broken and mended.
Justin Lubin / NBC
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Someone Actually Walked Off A Pier Because They Were Too Busy Checking Facebook
A tourist in Melbourne, Australia, fell off a pier because she was on her phone checking Facebook.
A female tourist accidentally walked off St. Kilda's Pier in Melbourne, Australia, because she was too busy checking Facebook on her mobile phone to notice that she was about to fall into the ocean.
Thankfully someone noticed that she had fallen, and raised the alarm to alert police.
She was taken to the hosptial straight after for examination, but the police say she didn't suffer any injuries. They also said that the woman "kept hold of her mobile phone throughout the entire ordeal."
After being rescued, police say the woman apologised, saying, "I was checking my Facebook page on the phone and I've fallen in."
Australian Broadcasting Corporation quoted Senior Constable Dean Kelly also saying: "She was still out in the water laying on her back in a floating position because she told us later that she couldn't swim."
Via Flickr: jonolist
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26 Times ESPN Made You Say WTF In 2013
The Worldwide Leader in SMH.
When they sold the most arrogant shirt ever made.
When they thought they were the E! Network.
When they thought they were the E! Network for a second time.
When they asked Kevin James about Fireman Ed.
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If Buddy The Elf Had Facebook
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15 Children's Books Re-Envisioned For College Students
Harry Potter and the Chem 101 Curve.
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Ian McKellen Crashed A NYC Midnight "Hobbit" Screening
And was perfect and flawless as per usual.
LOL at Peter Jackson's review in particular.
Via blastr.com
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15 Sexy Pandas, Otters, And Forest Animals
Thanks to The Colbert Report for the hot post idea.
"Oh hey there, mister. You come into this joint often?"
"I'm coy in the tree but a freak when I'm roamin' free."
"I'm red hot, it's as simple as that."
"Yoooo hooooo!"
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33 Delicious No-Cook Dishes To Bring To A Holiday Party
‘Tis the season to be incredibly short on time. Doesn’t make it OK to show up empty-handed (and wine isn’t actually a food).
Pimento Cheese and Crackers
Never had pimento cheese? You should fix that. Recipe here.
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Smoked Salmon Tea Sandwich Canapés
OK, this one calls for you to toast bread; if that's too much, feel free to substitute crackers or rye melba toasts. Recipe here.
Cranberry Almond Rum Balls
Recipe here.
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24 Fierce Gowns That Scream World Domination
Be the Khaleesi you want to be.
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Lady Gaga And Christina Aguilera Duetted On "The Voice" Last Night And It Was All Kinds Of Amazing
Why hasn’t this happened before?
Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera sang "Do What U Want" on America's The Voice finale last night. And it was just the best.
At first it was just Lady Gaga on the stage. Being all Gaga and stuff.
She was loving it.
The audience were loving it.
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How Penguins Huddle To Keep Warm And Cosy
So toasty.
It's cold down in Antarctica, so penguins have to huddle together to keep warm.
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Now scientists have modeled how emperor penguins stay so close together in their cosy huddles.
It only takes one penguin to move 2cm in any direction for the surrounding penguins to move too. This has a knock on effect, sending waves throughout the huddle.
The waves also mean that smaller huddles can eventually become much bigger.
2cm is roughly double the thickness of a penguin's insulating feather layer. That suggests penguins in a huddle are just barely touching each other, allowing each penguins' outer feathers can still do their job properly too.
Emperor penguins are the only vertebrate species that breed in the -50C temperatures of the Antarctic winter, so keeping warm is a priority.
Male penguins are solely responsible for keeping their single egg warm throughout the winter, when females go out to sea to feed.
They hold the egg in a pouch above their feet. Luckily, a penguin's body temperature in the middle of a huddle can reach 37C.
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