Philip Seymour Hoffman in a publicity still from The Talented Mr. Ripley
Image: Paramount Pictures
Fans of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman were floored and saddened when the actor died of a heroin overdose in February of 2014. It inspired some to go back and review the titles from his impressive film career, which spanned from 1991 until the year he died.
Beginning as a scene-stealing character actor and ending up as a commanding presence who often carried the movies and theater productions in which he starred, no one could say that, as an actor, Hoffman was a "one trick pony."
As such, Hoffman played widely varied character types: from a gay crew member of porn films in Boogie Nights to a privileged, preppy snob in The Talented Mr. Ripley. From a secretive Catholic priest in Doubt to a lonely obscene phone caller in Happiness.
Refresh yourself with every film title from the late actor's body of work and see how a writer from Vulture ranked each with his opinions of worst to best here.
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Ah, Barbarella. How many ideas sprung from its seminal influence (Dr. Durand Durand, anyone)? Roger Vadim's 1968 film based on the French comics was the flop that launched a thousand concepts. Now a cult favorite, it starred Vadim's one-time wife and American acting dynasty family member Jane Fonda as a sexy star traveler.
This iinked collection of behind-the-scenes photos from the set of Barbarella catches Fonda, Vadim and the easy-on-the-eyes, mostly French cast at the height of their glamour and beauty. See photos of Vadim and Fonda together, with his son, her about to spacesuit malfunction out of being dressed, a video clip of the opening titles, and more here.
Image credits: unknown (Via Dangerous Minds)
Vadim cuts Fonda into (or out of) her costume
PlayMID and Eduardo Cajal's production Porta Estel·lar (catalan for "Star Gate") was created using the fuselage of an old airplane as container and stage for a light show made more immersive by the close quarters. The show makes great use of the contours of the fuselage such as the windows and rounded body.
The creators intend Porta Estel·lar to be suggestive of
"the idea of interstellar travel, audience flies to outer space in an intense trip, from departure and takeoff to the sighting of comets, planets, galaxies and alien worlds, until finally returning safe to earth."
Via Gizmodo
Every major pop culture phenomenon ends up having some strange official merchandise, but the stuff that truly resonnates with fans ends up having some even more bizarre unofficial merchandise, much of which is available for sale on Etsy.
That's particularly true when it comes to The X-Files. In fact, Flavorwire did a quick roundup of some of the strangest X-Files merchandise available on the crafting site and it really does come in all varieties of strange and wonderful creations -from the Saint Mulder candle above to the punk rock jacket below.
Of course, if you prefer your fun merchandise in fun t-shirt form, we have plenty of great X-Files tees available in the NeatoShop.
Looking for something truly special to impress your loved ones this holiday? How about sending a custom message on a potato to his or her address thanks to the wizards of Annonymous Potato. Best of all, the gift, which is already great value of $13, is available on Groupon for 50% off! So now you can send a heartfelt potato for only $6.50 (plus shipping and handling). Who could afford to pass up such a great offer? And, since it stays anonymous, it makes a perfect present for Secret Santa.
What more is there to say about this picture than hey, it's freaking adorable and perfectly seasonal. You can also buy a version of it on a card from Avanti Press if you want to send it to your loved ones.
Via PetsLady
A person who's high on cocaine, heroin, or marijuana may not realize how impaired he is. That's why the Ford Motor Company created this suit that simulates the effects. Jalopnik reports that it has goggles that induce tunnel vision, headphones that play distracting noises, vibrators that induce hand tremors, and weights that throw off balance.
The result is that even professional drivers, let alone everyday amateurs, become very dangerous on the road. In this video, Ford placed the suit on two drivers. They found it impossible to perform simple tasks, such as catching a ball, let alone driving a car safely.
Go ahead and step through the ropes into the ring. It's completely safe, even though this sideboard is designed to look like a boxing ring. Emmanuel Gonzalez Guzman, a Chilean designer, calls his eye-catching design Cuerda (translation). The ropes hold inside and partially conceal whatever is stored there.
-via Contemporist
(Photo: Kasey-Samuel Adams)
If a man goes out with his guy friends to an all-you-can-eat buffet, he'll eat to satiate his hunger. But if he's with a woman that he's trying to impress, then he's likely to overeat as a way to demonstrate his virility.
This is the conclusion of a study conducted by Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab and published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology Science. A press release from the university explains:
Men who dined with at least one woman ate 92% more pizza and 86% more salad than men who dined with only other men. The amount that women ate didn’t differ when eating with other women or with men. When they ate with men, many women indicated feeling that they overate and were rushed through their meal.
“These findings suggest that men tend to overeat to show off – you can also see this tendency in eating competitions which almost always have mostly male participants,” explains lead author Kevin Kniffin, PhD, of Cornell University. The study was conducted by Kniffin, Ozge Sigirci, a former visiting scholar at the Cornell University Food, and Brand Lab and Brian Wansink, professor and director of the Food and Brand Lab.
Well, guys, now you know what it takes to get the ladies interested. Get to it.
-via Jonah Goldberg
(The Stupid t-shirt on sale at the NeatoShop)
What does it mean to be stupid? That's not a dumb question. In fact, it's important to know what, precisely, is stupidity. Psychologists Balazs Aczel and Bence Palfi of Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary and Zoltan Kekecs of Baylor University in Waco, Texas decided to find out.
They compiled a list of 180 stories of people acting stupidly, then asked 154 undergraduate students to read 15 of these stories. The participants then rated the stupidity of the actor in the story from 1 to 10 and explain why the action was stupid.
From the study results, the scholars formed a comprehensive definition of stupidity and published their findings in the journal Intelligence. Real Clear Science quotes their article:
The first situation in which people call an action stupid is when the actor takes high risks while lacking the necessary skills to perform the risky action. A typical story for this is when burglars wanted to steal cell phones, but instead stole GPS navigation devices. They didn't switch them off so the police were able to track them easily. We named this category ‘Confident ignorance’. The second cluster consisted cases of ‘Absentmindedness – Lack of practicality’... A typical story here is when someone inflates more air in the car tires than allowed. Here the person either forgot to pay attention to the action or he or she doesn't know something essential about tire inflation. The third category is ‘Lack of control’. Cases here are thought to be the result of obsessive, compulsive or addictive behavior. For example, one of the stories in this category described a person who canceled a meeting with a good friend to instead continue playing video games at home.
-via Jonah Goldberg
Ellen DeGeneres has truly enjoyed her time in the spotlight, bringing an infectious energy and loose fun to every project she's involved in, especially the day time talk show she's been hosting for twelve years now.
One of the most fun bits from her show is the scaring of celebrities, and to celebrate her 2,000th episode she shared a hilarious montage of her greatest celeb scares.
Tony Hawk is the undisputed king of sk8, and the fact that he's still creating then crushing tricks people never thought possible proves he's truly worthy of his skateboarding royalty status.
And even though we don't need further proof of his awesomeness Hawk keeps coming up with fun new ways to show off his amazing skills.
His latest feat of awesomeness is featured in this video: the gravity defying horizontal loop.
This video obviously also doubles as an action packed commercial for the Sony Action Cam, which seems like a great idea because who better to help you sell your sports oriented camera than a skating superstar like Tony Hawk?
-Via Laughing Squid
Awwww, what a cute little...AAAGH! What the heck is that thing?! It looks like Frankenstein's dog, it's kinda cute and kinda disgusting, but what is that smell? Well, now that I've had a moment to realize this nightmare is real that weenie from before ain't so bad after all, but that bony fellow on the right is sending a chill up my spine! You could say that water goes right through a skeleton dog, but a ghost dog must have a thirst that can't be slaked! The fact that they're surrounded by Christmas presents makes zero difference, because one looks like it's made of scraps, one is scary as sheet, and the bony one won't stop grinning at me!
Share your love of cartoon dogs both living and deceased with this Creepy Dogs t-shirt by ManuelDA, and prove that even creepy dead dogs are still kinda cute somehow!
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Everyone on the interwebs loves a wacky linguistic visualization, aka a funny pun pic, but when people try to bring puns to life with an illustration the funny tends to fall apart.
However, an illustrator who goes by the name Arseniic has begun drawing on her years of experience using pencils and pens to bring puns to life, and her punny little works of art are out of this world!
You can find Arseniic's bright and punny pieces on her Tumblr site Pundemonium, where the puns flow like turkey soup...
Hopf Fibration by Henry Segerman
If you're the kind of person who hates when people stare at your t-shirt then this isn't the tee for you, but if you enjoy blowing minds by wearing an amazing work of art on your chest then you'll love owning this shirt! This design is for the mathematically minded, for those who appreciate the beauty of a geometric figure generated using Python scripts rendered in Rhino then processed and printed out through Illustrator. It's also just a good way to get people to stare at your chest all day!
Share the wonder of geometry with the world by wearing this Hopf Fibration t-shirt by Henry Segerman, it's a sure fire stunner!
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