Culture Buzz You ever have one of those days where it seems like you're just spinning your wheels? Like some unseen force is holding you back? Like you're just a puppet in some cosmic farce? But, no, this is cute.
Culture Buzz Their puppet program seems to be much more advanced than their nuclear program. Here are photos of a rather elaborate (and apparently violent) puppet show based on the life of 14th century Persian poet Hafez. Looking forward to Spike Jones' “Being Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.”
Style Buzz In conjunction with the annual conference of eating disorders and brittle egos known as Fashion Week, Target has commissioned a 25-foot puppet named Little Marina to model its new Missoni line. Thank God Naomi Campbell's iPhone isn't that big. (via online.wsj.com)
Watch a weird baby puppet hump a guy's brains out starting at 1:30. Can this be its own competitive reality show? (via i-am-bored.com)
I want one of these now. I don't care if it ensures that I never am able to date again, I will keep this thing on my bedside table. It is amazingly cool. (via kotaku.com)
At one point in this video the puppet, Rico, says that Lindsay is “busy making the movies.” Is that New Zealand slang for “being under house arrest”? This is pretty sad. (via mashable.com)
And it makes fun of her for stealing jewelry. This is for a New Zealand show called “On the SkyCouch with Rico,” taped while Lindsay was still under house arrest. The horror…the horror…
This is Arthur, a ten foot puppet with a drinking problem. I want to see a drunken brawl between Arthur and Big Bird.
Equipped with the scariest dancing-clown driver. This is my worst nightmare. For some background information read this and this.
Fun celebrity paparazzi shot of the day, y'all: Mel Gibson runs with a beaver puppet on his hand. The Passion of the Beaver!
There's some sort of backstory behind this photo, but it's not important because this image is pretty awesome all on it's own.