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Did Justin Bieber Celebrate Thanksgiving? Pop Stars Share Holiday Wishes & Turkey Pix
11.23.2012
Did you celebrate Thanksgiving this year? Did you Instagram your turkey? Sure you did. And now you have a lot more in common with your favorite pop star than you think. Across Twitter, Instagram and all those other places we put evidence of our celebrations, pop stars are also sharing the the things they're thankful for and the requisite pictures of drumsticks.
Britney's always on the job. The X-Factor host posed with her boyfriend Jason Trawick and this random dude dressed up as a turkey.
Who let this jive turkey near my dressing room!!! instagram.com/p/SWu8zMm8IL — Britney Spears (@britneyspears) November 23, 2012
Katy Perry and her adorable grandmother, Ann, post with new baby Kai. Katy's baby? Unless she got fully pregnant andgave birth this holiday weekend, we suspect that Kai belongs to someone else.
Hope everyone is having a lovely Tday. Most thankful for my friends & family & welcoming Kai to the group, 1st bab twitpic.com/bfjm7w — Katy Perry (@katyperry) November 23, 2012
Taylor Swift did not eat turkey, but she did force her band and crew to watch her babble on forever and what she's thankful for. (Perhaps all the famous boyfriends she's dated and the songwriting material they've given her?)
Last night my band, crew, and I ate Japanese food and went around the table saying what we're thankful for. I could've gone on for an hour. — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) November 22, 2012
Alas, everyone's favorite Canadian pop icon Justin Bieber did NOT celebrate Turkey Day yesterday, but he's still thankful for you.
Hope everyone has a great day today. Canadian Thanksgiving already passed but Im thankful for all of you. Have fun. thanks — Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) November 22, 2012
But his on-again, off-again girlfriendSelena did. Maybe Justin just wasn't invited to the Gomez table this year.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!! — Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) November 22, 2012
But wait, fellow Canadian Carly Rae Jepsen didcelebrate Thanksgiving? Not only did she celebrate, she was allowed the honor of performing on a Thanksgiving Day Parade float! We call blasphemy.
Getting all bundled up for @macys parade!!! I'll be the girl dressed in blue with 5 layers of mittens and scarfs! Wave to me! #macysparade — Carly Rae Jepsen (@carlyraejepsen) November 22, 2012
Moving on. P!nk poses with her mom and her kid. Three generations of P!nk!
Three generations... I'm thankful xxx instagr.am/p/ST_6_3PWDg/ — P!nk (@Pink) November 22, 2012
While Nicki Minaj grabs early Thanksgiving at an Indian spot. No turkey?
Early Thanksgiving dinner courtesy of My fave west Indian spot w/the crew. I can literally feel the lbs bein packed on rt now. #ohwell — Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) November 21, 2012
One Direction's Harry Styles doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving (Sorry about that, England!) but he does wish that yours is great.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates it!! Hope you have a great day .xx — Harry Styles (@Harry_Styles) November 22, 2012
Meanwhile, coincidentally, Joe Jonas is thankful for Harry's hair.
Happy Thanksgiving. I'm thankful this year for Family, Friends, Music, Fans, Whipeout, Coffee Sleeves, 007, Harry Style's Hair,And Mustaches — joe jonas (@joejonas) November 22, 2012
While Hurricane Sandy hero Aaron Carteris thankful for trending topics.
#MentionSomeoneYourThankfulForAll my beautiful fans! Everywhere around the world. Even though some of you might not celebrate thanksgiving. — Aaron Carter (@AARONCARTER) November 22, 2012
Lady Gaga's fans are spending their Thanksgivings hiding out in her garage.
thanksgiving story: woke up for leftovers in kitchen (naked)- stumbled on security camera revealing 35 monsters in my garage #why #iloveu — Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) November 23, 2012
And Diddy's caught posing with a turkey we have a feeling he didn't prepare.
TIME TO EAT!!!!!! instagr.am/p/SWl4uxpl9q/ — iamdiddy (@iamdiddy) November 23, 2012
Mariah Carey and hubby Nick Cannon are practically an old married couple in celebrity years.
Prepping the day before! #HappyThanksgiving instagr.am/p/SW9GGHreAV/ — Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) November 23, 2012
And Miguel and his pops are practically identical.
I want to be like him when I grow up. Love you Dad. Thank you. instagr.am/p/SXRAPBC14M/ — Miguel (@MiguelUnlimited) November 23, 2012
Be careful "Animals", Ke$ha might prepare you with a side of glitter-dusted mashed potatoes.
happy thnxgiving animals! im so SOthankful for having every one of you in my life.... i wanna kiss you all right on the mouth; ) — ke$ha(@keshasuxx) November 22, 2012
And last but not least (Well, maybe a little least), Fergie gives her fans a big Thanksgiving smooch. *wipes lipstick off cheek*
Happy #Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for u. xo instagr.am/p/SWHSOgkDHU/ — Fergie (@Fergie) November 22, 2012
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Kamala Harris Will Be Joe Biden's Running Mate
Give us your best meme of Kamala destroying Pence at the debates: GO!
08.11.2020
After months of deliberation, Joe Biden has picked Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate.
Harris became nationally recognized after she surged to prominence in the 2020 Democratic primary season. Notoriously, she called Biden out about racial issues during the first Democratic debate. "There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public school, and she bused to school every day," she said in a speech that has now become famous. "And that little girl was me."
55-year-old Harris is currently the only Black woman in the Senate. She served as California's Attorney General prior to being elected in 2016.
Harris was born in Oakland, California; her father is from Jamaica and her mother from India. She studied at Howard University and then at University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. She worked as a prosecutor in Alameda County and San Francisco before running for district attorney and then attorney general.
As a Senator, Harris was on the Intelligence Committee which interrogated Trump about Russia, and she also made waves through her interrogations of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Attorney General William Barr and Brett Kavanaugh.
This is how Kamala Harris handled Barr. Now imagine how she’ll handle Pence. #BidenHarris2020 https://t.co/UbRcW4vzpy— Rantt Media (@Rantt Media)1597179179.0
Since her 2020 presidential campaign concluded, Harris has focused on the Senate's response to the coronavirus crisis, as well as their response to systemic police brutality and racist violence. In the past, Harris worked closely with Joe Biden's late son, Beau, on challenging big banks in the wake of the housing crisis.
Biden announced the decision via email and text messages to his supporters. "You make a lot of important decisions as president. But the first one is who you select to be your Vice President," he wrote Tuesday afternoon. "I've decided that Kamala Harris is the best person to help me take this fight to Donald Trump and Mike Pence and then to lead this nation starting in January 2021. These aren't normal times. I need someone working alongside me who is smart, tough, and ready to lead. Kamala is that person."
If elected, Harris would be the first vice president to be female or a person of color. "I think that she will help bring a strong voice on issues of immigration and racial justice," said Rep. Ro Khanna, a Fremont Democrat who backed Harris' opponent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the primaries. "Given her life story, to see someone like her selected ... it will be encouraging to so many young people of different backgrounds."
Harris's mixed record as a prosecutor and her vacillation on progressive policies like Medicare for All has come under fire from many progressives' but in this scenario, even the most radical progressives seem to agree that Biden must be elected in order to oust Trump.
Immediate reactions to the Biden-Harris ticket on social media indicated how much supporters were looking forward to seeing Harris face off with Pence during the debates: The match-up seems to be made in meme-heaven.
I will take EXTREME pleasure watching Kamala Harris eat Mike Pence alive in a debate. JUST SAYING.— Adam Rippon (@Adam Rippon)1597180224.0
Kamala Harris waving goodbye to Mike Pence’s wig after the first VP debate https://t.co/ZYplRfTG4E— Joey Nolfi (@Joey Nolfi)1597178245.0
mike pence on his way to the first debate against kamala harris https://t.co/A1PBV94fiI— chase (@chase)1597177622.0
Perhaps meme culture is the best response to the Biden-Harris ticket, as Democrats must support Biden as the only way to oust Trump–though Biden is far from ideal. "Biden is very problematic in many ways, not only in terms of his past and the role that he played in pushing toward mass incarceration, but he has indicated that he is opposed to disbanding the police, and this is definitely what we need," said civil rights activist Angela Davis.
Davis continued, "The election will not so much be about who gets to lead the country to a better future, but rather how we can support ourselves and our own ability to continue to organize and place pressure on those in power. And I don't think there's a question about which candidate would allow that process to unfold."
You know those movies that have been parodied, memed, and referenced so much that you feel like you've seen them–but you never have and, honestly, why would you bother?
You know that at the end of Taxi Driver Travis Bickle may or may not hallucinate a violent episode, and you've seen people dress up in Robert De Niro's utility jacket, black shades, and weird Roman soldier haircut at every Halloween party you've ever attended. You know that Scarface's Tony Montana screams, "Say hello to my little friend" while wearing a suit with giant lapels and holding a machine gun.
How do you know this? No, you've never seen the movie; the fact is that the sheer masterpiece of a few key scenes capturing the climax of a film can overshadow the entire production. Sure, you want to sit down to watch them "one day," but you just never get around to it.
<p>You're not alone. From action flicks to war movies, some of the finest pieces in cinema history have embedded themselves into the masses' brains without even needing to be viewed in their entirety.</p><p><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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</script></center></p><p>It's not that we skip them because they're not worthy; on the contrary, they're almost <em>too </em><em>good, </em>making such an indelible impression on our minds with a few core scenes that we feel culturally enriched by watching them. We breakdown the greatest movies you've never seen and the classic scenes that create the reputations that literally precede them.</p>
<p><br/></p><p>Does it matter that you've never seen these iconic movies? Will your life change if you ever sit down to actually watch them? Nope. But there's no denying these are some great, memorable scenes.<br/></p>
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1. Scarface (1983)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2e3d6533a219b62d01192639798edfc4"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a_z4IuxAqpE?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p><br>Look at those gold accented chairs, the blood-red carpet, the dramatic drapery: This scene is everything I ever want from an Al Pacino cartel movie. Any more would simply be overwhelming!</p>2. Old Boy (2003)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a359bf27a806d35fed7206059cded7e0"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VrqdbBZqT7U?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p><br>It's one of the best fight scenes in movie history, and because of that countless people have walked away feeling satisfied that they love Park Chan-wook's entire film–without actually seeing the entire thing.</p>3. Schlinder's List (1993)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a6d92d8bc7367ff62a0ed1384f669be8"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j1VL-y9JHuI?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>That f*cking little girl in the red dress haunts all our dreams. (Also, masterfully done Holocaust movies are tough to watch since they, you know, bring the incredible cruelty of a mass, systemic genocide straight to your screen).</p>4. The Godfather (1972)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b04897e9bd4af6faefe493e9496b2e2f"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8vwsu4-jFBw?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>If you've ever jutted out your chin because you felt like a badass, you have channeled the power of Marlon Brando as Don Corleone as he says, "You come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married and you ask me to do murder - for money."</p>5. Casablanca (1942)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="dc83f689757de3a1e6b3a8c7742b2992"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rEWaqUVac3M?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Yes, we know, it's very sad when Humphrey Bogart (Rick) tells Ingrid Bergman (Ilsa) to get on a plane and leave him for her own safety. It's so sad, in fact, that it's been on cultural repeat for the last 78 years.</p><p><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Popdust Mobile Banner 320x100 --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4301469008561137" data-ad-slot="6952751205"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center></p>6. Citizen Kane (1941)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b6ecf27775fb481b9f307b5906172772"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/47l_q4YjSc4?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span>A terrific example of a boom shot and dissolve edits.Citizen Kane - Rosebud Scene (10/10)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="99d7f41bdce0e8f33d6c68e3cbfbf445"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fr93wwtiKQM?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>This single transition is a quintessential example of a boom shot and dissolve edits, proving that it's rightly called one of the greatest movies of all time. (Be warned that this next clip has a spoiler for when you, you know, totally eventually watch it one day).</p>7. Deliverance (1972)
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3c896d0c5fd77eb358cef09ee6416ef6"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gsC4kf6x_Q0?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Who isn't won over by a boy with a banjo. With Ronny Cox as Drew and Billie Redden as Lonnie, a lonely "mountain kid" who communicates best through music, this John Boorman gothic thriller changed the way we see banjos.</p>From Your Site Articles
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