"The Avengers" continues to break records left and right. It just made another $103 MILLION at the box office over the weekend, making it the first movie EVER to make more than $100 million in its second weekend.
The previous record was held by "Avatar", which made $75.6 million in its second weekend in 2009.
"The Avengers" has made $373 million in North America alone since last weekend. But it opened internationally a week and a half before that, and has made an incredible $629 MILLION overseas.
That means when the final numbers are released later today, "The Avengers" should officially break the $1 BILLION mark...after just 19 days in theaters.
TWITTER GAUGE
I guess this is the new way to gauge the status of a celebrity relationship: RUSSELL BRAND has unfollowed KATY PERRY on Twitter.
Katy unfollowed Russell soon after he filed for divorce in December. The divorce doesn't become official until July.
NEW CARS ARE MORE EXCITINGAccording to a new survey, buying a new car gives people more pleasure than a NEW RELATIONSHIP...or even having a new BABY.
I would like to point out that....I don't see why this is surprising or a bad thing?
Seriously. 92% of people surveyed said they get a lot of pleasure out of a new car...only 48% said they get a lot of pleasure from a new relationship (why are you IN that relationship then?), and 48% said they get a lot of pleasure from having a new baby (100% were men).
The main reason? Relationships and babies are incredible...but they also take work. A new car doesn't take any work...you just put in some gas and drive.
The survey also found that people say a new car gives them more pleasure than a new house, new technology, a major home improvement, or a new pet.
Again, it's probably because those things take more time and effort than a new car.
SHOCKING (NOT REALLY) STUDYA survey by a British car retailer called Carcraft found that women spend more time worrying about how they look, while men spend more time on their car's appearance.
55% of women say they don't clean their car each week, compared to 45% of men.
But 13% of men say they spend NO time on personal grooming, which is more than triple the number of women.
Women are three times more likely to spend an hour grooming. Most men spend less than 15 minutes.
FACEBOOK IS CHARGING!!!
Maybe. And it would be optional.
See, on FB, you don't actually see all your friends' status updates. Some of them get shoved into the ticker in the upper-right corner. Which means if you have big news, there's a chance not everyone's going to see it.
So, apparently Facebook is testing a new system that would let you PAY to make sure your status update gets seen. For around $1 or $2, you could guarantee it would show up on all of your friends' timelines.
The website Tumblr...which is a blogging site where people have followers, like on Twitter...recently rolled out this same thing. For $1, you could make your posts highlighted for all your followers.
There's no word on when Facebook could make this a feature, or even if they'll decide to do it...but it could end up being another revenue source for them as they get ready to go public.
FACEBOOK OVER-SHARE
It's funny, I was JUST talking to a friend yesterday who doesn't do much with facebook, and she doesn't understand why some people post the things they do.
A survey by Intel found that nine out of 10 people think their friends overshare on Facebook, and it's the biggest pet peeve people have about the site.
One in four people post information about themselves every day, and HALF of us feel overwhelmed by all the information everyone else posts. Here are the three most common ways people overshare:
#1.) Constantly complaining about their lives: 59% of people say their friends do that.
#2.) Posting inappropriate or explicit photos: 55%.
#3.) Sharing information that should be kept private: 53%.
GOVERMENT ANNOUNCES A NEW STUDY TO STUDY A STUDY ON WHETHER IT PRODUCES TOO MANY STUDIES...LOL!
This is the kind of government insanity and wastefulness that makes you want to slam your head into a wall.
Back in 2010, the Pentagon felt it was overrun with studies. So to find out if they were running too many studies...yep, they commissioned a study on whether they were running too many studies.
It gets worse. Now it's two years later and the Government Accountability Office wanted to review that study on studies. But they felt it needed a deeper investigation.
So THEY ran a study on the study to see if we run too many studies. Which REALLY should've answered their question.
Their conclusion was that the Pentagon's study on studies was incomplete and poorly executed...it only reviewed nine studies, lost the findings on six of those, and didn't actually figure out the costs behind the studies.
The GAO didn't release how much money has been blown on studies or studies on studies...but, like everything with the government, you can assume it's nauseatingly high. Ladies and gentlemen, your tax dollars at work.
TOO MUCH 'AXE'? CAREFUL!
Let's call this ANOTHER side effect of OVERDOSING on Axe Body Spray. Besides alerting the world that you're a d-bag...apparently, you also qualify as FLAMMABLE.
On Thursday afternoon, around 3:00 P.M., a student at Middletown High School in Middletown, Connecticut was in the gym locker room just DOUSING himself in Axe Body Spray. And he put on SO MUCH, it set off the FIRE ALARM.
When the fire department got there, they figured out what had happened. The fire marshal says, "It was some kid in the locker room using body spray and it created a cloud of mist right underneath the sensor.
"The mist could trip the fire alarm...it looks like he used an overabundance, and they said it was Axe Body Spray."
The alarm was ruled an accident, so the kid won't be facing charges or anything...he'll just be known forever as the guy who set off the fire alarm and made international news because he was ODing on Axe.
PARENTS OF EMO KIDS...BEWAREWe didn't think there were any REAL side effects to your kid becoming 'Emo,' other than wasting money at Hot Topic and writing lame poetry. But apparently, there's actually a MEDICAL risk.
It's because of the emo HAIRCUT. You know...long dark hair hanging down over half your face, covering one eye completely. You've probably noticed it on a few of the baristas at Starbucks. Or at the last Fall Out Boy show.
Well...an optometrist in Australia named Andrew Hogan says that haircut could actually cause kids to develop a LAZY EYE.
Hogan says the haircut forces one eye to do all the work, and the other eye to do nothing. So if a kid keeps that hairstyle for too long...especially when they're young...it can cause a lazy eye.
SEEMS LIKE A NO-BRAINER...
Came across this list today, for you ladies...
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His Package: Brag Away As long as you're talking about how big it is, 73 percent of dudes are more than okay with you sharing that info with your girls (and, really, the world) His Kissing Skills: Brag Away A whopping 87 percent love when you tell you friends what a great kisser he is. We're guessing a neck-nibbling report is also fair game. Pet Names: No Way You can call him Snickerdoodle all you want-just don't tell anyone. Gifts: Brag Away Eighty-six percent say if they buy you a present, feel free to tell your friends about it. (The other 14 percent must give really lame gifts.) Dirty Talk: No Way He may be all 50 Shades of Grey in the sack, but he'd rather keep his public persona a little less, uh, grey. Date Details: Brag Away Come on, do you really think he'd object to getting credit for having a romantic moment and actually planning a date? Course not-88 percent say go ahead and dish. Orgasms: Brag Away He gave you an orgasm. Go ahead and describe the whole thing... in detail. Use hand gestures if you need to. We repeat: He gave you an orgasm. Manscaping: No Way The votes were pretty split on this one-but do everyone a favor and keep the pubic hair off the table. Do your friends really want to hear about that over brunch anyway? Post-Sex Cuddling: No Way Another close one, but a lot of guys say they don't want you telling anyone he was the little spoon last night. We think they just have a problem with the word "cuddling." How Long He Lasted: Brag Away Finishing too soon is his No. 1 sex fear, so clearly an Olympic-level-stamina night is worth repeat mentions to anyone who will listen. His Sweet Side: Brag Away Nearly 85 percent have no problem with you sharing anything that polishes their nice guy image (accept anything having to do with cuddling, it seems). So if he brings you soup when you're sick, go on and tell your friends. And your mom while you're at it. Compliments He Gives: Brag Away Even if he's telling you your hair smells like grass (is that good?), he thinks he's being poetic. Which, according to 86 percent of guys, is worth bragging about. DATING TIPS FROM YOUR MOMNot mine, yours. 1. Be yourself. This is the most important piece of advice when you are single and dating. If you can't be yourself, then who can you be? 2. You can be anything you want to be ... unless, of course, you want to be inauthentic. Inauthentic is the worst thing you can be when you're single (or a human). 3. Make the best of it. A smelly or boring date is another chance for you to get clear on what you don't want. 4. Never learn to clean a fish or you'll be doing it for the rest of your life. Slow down your walk, because if he doesn't open the door for you the first time, he probably never will. 5. Never go out in dirty underwear. Need I say more? 6. When you're in a relationship, keep your friends. You don't want a man to become your whole world, just a nice, tasty piece of it. 7. Learn something new every day. Read an article about the way men think. It will do you worlds of good. 8. Turn off the lights. Light a candle. Not only will you save on your electricity bill, but the shadows will do you both wonders. 9. Keep it simple. This means hair, make-up, and your brain. Don't overanalyze every little detail of your date. 10. Follow your heart. If you trust your heart instead of your brain you will be more emotionally available and vulnerable. This is a great path to follow. The path of love is much more fun. CELEBS WHO SUCK IN BED
Who else does? and who DOESN'T? Hit the list: http://www.thefrisky.com/2012-05-08/kiss-tell-we-know-which-celebrities-suck-in-the-sack-and-which-ones-dont/ |
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