Culture Buzz Jenna Talackova, born a man and nearly disqualified from the pageant, dominated the swimsuit and evening gown portions of the Miss Universe Canada competition. The winner will be crowned on Saturday night.
Music Buzz In a weird way, this makes so much sense. (via danishprinciple.tumblr.com)
Culture Buzz Simply fabulous.These outfits are larger than my apartment.
Music Buzz Freddie Mercury must be rolling in his grave right now. A former “American Idol” contestant is the new lead singer of his most epic band. (via rollingstone.com)
Politics Buzz Presumptuous much? Romney campaign blasts Queen anthem at Florence, SC event.
Culture Buzz The 19th century British monarch was quite a talented doodler. Here are sketches by Queen Victoria, only recently released to the public, of Her Royal Highness' family.
Celebrity Buzz This is the other Snow White movie. I'm leaning on the side of the one starring K Stew to be the victor.
Music Buzz Set phasers to Uncanny Valley, Captain! Much like most of Shatner's career, this video careens straight through creepily awful and punches through to cult classic.
Marc Martel was making an audition tape for a Cirque de Soleil-type show about Queen. If this is any indication he should probably get cast. (via gawker.com)
Just ignore the hipster glasses. I promise, it's worth it. Happy birthday, Freddie. (via albotas.com)
Politics Buzz There's been a recent flap over Whole Foods promoting halal food as part of a Ramadan marketing campaign, and most of said flap stems from one post by a crazy-pants blogger who thinks Muslims are “savages.” Here is that blogger's post, called Anti-Israel Whole Foods Wishes You a Happy Ramadan, boiled down to the nuttiest soundbites and paired with the Michele Bachmann cover of Newsweek.
BUZZFEED WORLD PREMIERE! The Asian Shower Dudes return, this time with more midriff, more mustache and more Queen's “I Want To Break Free.” Their previous hot jams, here and here.
Culture Buzz Perhaps the only way to make this thing tolerable. God save the Queen and your liver if you adhere strictly to these rules. But no, congratulations William and Kate. Many happy returns, and may you get as pissed as anyone who plays this game. That's what the Brits say, isn't it? “Pissed”? “Bangers and mash”? “Metric system”?
Brian & Eileen persuaded all their friends and family to participate in this wonderful “lip synch” version of “Don't Stop Me Now” by Queen. Makes me feel like getting married again!
Now this is interpretive dancing, Black Swan. Fast and Loose is an improv comedy show on the BBC, which features David Armand to perform a hilarious mime to Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now' , whilst guests try to guess the song. Amazing.
Don't cha want a, want a Fantasy? Okay, okay. Think that fills today's quota for bad puns.
Celebrity Buzz Christina Aguilera blowing the lyrics to “The National Anthem” hath wrought a new meme. There's a template at the bottom, so get to mutilating those songs and posting them in the comments!
Katie “Jordan” Price stuns Comic Relief with her take on the classic Queen video. She even puts an interesting twist on the idea of men in drag.
Self-designated “America's Toughest Sheriff” Joe Arpaio was heckled off stage at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism last night via a modified version of Bohemian Rhapsody. Arpaio is, by all reports, exceedingly unpleasant, which makes more sense than ASU students just really liking Queen.
Celebrity Buzz In the 56 years Elizabeth II has been the Queen of England, 11 separate men have held the presidency of the United States, and all have been photographed with the her. She has aged very gracefully, but I have to admit that she was kind of a fox back in the 1950s.
The Queen hit Don't Stop Me Now recreated in Super Mario World using a computer to automatically play through the level on four different screens. This seems like an admirable use of modern computer technology.
Presenting the long-awaited take on Queen's classic by everyone's favorite felt-and-googley-eyed friends (and, no, we don't mean Adam Lambert's back-up dancers). Our only complaint: more ROWLF!
Someone in Hungary posted a mashup album of 50 Cent and Queen, accompanied by fake cover art that is - somehow - one of the funniest things we’ve ever seen. Freddie Mercury mustache + violet background = 50 Cent gay rumors confirmed.