Jane Seymour as Solitaire, Live and Let Die, 1973 | Image: United Artists

The James Bond movie franchise is now 53 years old. Thus the concept of the "Bond girl" has played a longstanding role in film culture. These beautiful women, with screen names that were a mischievous mixture of sheer sex, thanks to many of them being double entendres, played the embodiment of allure and seduction. The linked article features 31 Bond girls then and now. How well have their gorgeous looks fared? Check it out here. 



Claudine Auger as Domino Derval in Thunderball, 1965 | Image: MGM/United Artists

Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in Dr. No, 1962 | Image: United Artists

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Warner Bros. has just released the Suicide Squad trailer that they presented this weekend at Comic-Con San Diego. Here we get a better idea of The Joker According to Leto, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and Will Smith’s Deadshot.

The film also features Adam Beach as Slipknot; Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang; Karen Fukuhara as Katana; Cara Delevingne as Enchantress; Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg; Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Killer Croc and Jay Hernandez as El Diablo. The release date is August 5, 2016. 

Who says being a mute, thoroughly furry being with a smaller brain than that of other U.S. Presidential candidates is a disadvantage in the race? One Democratic Party candidate from Louisville, Kentucky, specifically, feline Limberbutt McCubbins, has legally filed and been approved for the race. Though he can't debate or give rousing speeches, his promise as a figurehead is exciting, to say the least. 

A friend of his human suggested McCubbins run for the office. He said to NPR that he thought Limberbutt would be perfect for the job. McCubbins has since received support far and wide regarding his candidacy.  

Learn more about Limberbutt on his Facebook page and website; there you can visit and tell him what you believe to be the pressing political issues of our time (and see if he seems to give a nip about them). 

Yesterday the race for Dem presidential nominee was shaken up by Limberbutt McCubbins #Limberbutt2016 #Limbermentum pic.twitter.com/jEh9Hjr94h

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) May 7, 2015

 

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The video above, produced by io9, includes their selections of Hall-H highlights from the Star Wars panel at Comic-Con 2015, featuring Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford, among others. The clip below is Lucasfilm’s video, which captured reactions from JJ Abrams, Harrison Ford and more. Via i09

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Some of the most frequently heard voices on television, film and others we experience in our everyday lives courtesy of advertising, customer service recordings or electronic devices belong to people we'd not recognize if we saw them on the subway. This article links to videos of the faces behind popular and often heard voices, from those of airport announcements and movie trailers to that of Siri, Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob, Mario, a beloved Muppet and more.

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According to the Washington Post, a telegram that changed the course of World War II and prompted Adolf Hitler to commit suicide was recently sold at auction. The document sat in a safe in South Carolina for years, allegedly due to the original owner's inability to read German and failure to consult with a historian or obtain a translation that might have emphasized its historical importance. The telegram, written to Adolf Hitler by Nazi second-in-command Hermann Goering, sold at auction for $55,000.

Read the history of the document changing hands, learn how the issue of true ownership is clouded, and see the translated text of the telegram here. 

James Spader in Pretty in Pink | Image: Paramount Pictures

Ah, James Spader. In the 1980s, he was quite the pretty picture of aloof, callous privilege. And many of us loved to hate him (and hated to love him). Over the years, the actor has become a bit wider in the middle and more than a bit lovably eccentric.

But did you know that Spader was dead serious, even "obsessed" with acquiring the gooftastic part of intellectually challenged weatherman Brick in Will Ferrell's popular comedy Anchorman? According to this Mental Floss collection of facts about the film, the part went to Steve Carrell once it was decided by the principals that Spader was “too good” of an actor to be in the movie altogether.

Don't miss the opportunity to take Brick up on his exclusive invitation to the Pants Party and follow the link above for more Anchorman facts.

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Melanie the raccoon may not necessarily be — as her human bills her — the "smartest raccoon in the world," but she's certainly bright enough to know that if she gets on these effeminately colored little wheeled vehicles and rides from point A to B, she's going to get some of her favorite chows. And that's good enough for her! Good onya, Mel!

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Porcine protagonist Otis nearly gets himself into a bind when opting to use the doggy door to gain entrance into his home. So what if, according to his human, he'd just snuck into the garage to scam for snacks? That's neither here nor there. Someone needs to show Otis some respect and install the piggy door his fluffy self so rightfully deserves! See more adventures of Otis and his friend Bella the Pug at their YouTube channel. -Via Laughing Squid

Ben Palmer, a comedian from Atlanta, is livening up corporate Facebook accounts left and right with his responses to mostly inane customer complaints under the account name "Customer Service." Often issued with a breezy "hope this helps" at the end, his responses are guaranteed to give these generally clueless customers double-take moments of confusion. 

Take a look at some of Palmer's answers to these gravely serious customer service snafus here, and visit his website to see more. -Via Dangerous Minds 

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Now that Comic-Con International is happening in San Diego, the bonuses are being tossed. One such bone throw was at the Game of Thrones panel, in which this audition tape of various cast members was presented. Never has a carrot been so ingenius. Via BuzzFeed

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This video from the "100 Years of" series serves up 100 years of men's fashion in this footage. Not only do we see the fashion of each decade in that time span, but we see dance steps and other movements evocative of those eras. The only thing I question is the mighty mullet on the man of the 80s. Was the mullet truly the haircut of that decade? And if so, couldn't they have casually omitted it so that we didn't have to see that whole "biz in front, party in back" monstrosity yet again? Ok, so I'm an M.D. (mullet denier). Via Laughing Squid

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This collection of funny desktop backgrounds beats up on the Internet Explorer experience in amusing ways. At this point there is more than one browser and plenty of other software on which to focus our frustration, thus one could actually replace its icon with many. The creativity of the joke is ultimately what wins. 

Beaker's browser recoil

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Johnny Depp surprised and delighted patients of the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, Australia with a visit to them dressed and acting as his character Captain Jack Sparrow. The actor, who has been in Australia working on the fifth film of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, put his time to especially good use, as anyone can see from the beaming grins and happy tears of the children in this heartwarming footage. -Via Twisted Sifter

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The pack of Tums marketers that KFC has locked in a basement somewhere churning out new menu items has struck again: this time with the Chizza, a fried chicken "crust" coated in tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, and all manner of pizza toppings. Get your passport dusted off: the Chizza is only available in the Philippines for now. -Via Uproxx