Kit Harrington Explains Why He Scratches His Balls Every Time He Sees an Ambulance: WATCH

Kit Harrington Explains Why He Scratches His Balls Every Time He Sees an Ambulance: WATCH

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Kit Harrington was on The Tonight Show last night and, it being Friday the 13th, Jimmy Fallon asked Harrington if he has any superstitions. Harrington told Fallon that he has many, and one of them is that he has to scratch his balls every time he sees an ambulance.

In case that leaves you scratching something else (your head), Harrington had an endearing explanation for why he does that. “Apparently it’s good luck for the person inside and I thought, you know, that was a nice thing,” he said. “It’s an Italian tradition, apparently.”

Fallon quickly disabused him of that notion. “It is not an Italian tradition at all. Someone lied to you!” Fallon said.

Watch and see what Kit does with his little finger when Fallon brings out a toy ambulance, below.

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Ellen Made a Cameo in ‘Lemonade’ (and Called Becky with the Good Hair) – WATCH

Ellen Made a Cameo in ‘Lemonade’ (and Called Becky with the Good Hair) – WATCH

 

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No matter how much you’ve been ‘shipping Beyoncé’s visual album, Lemonade, chances are you missed one very underreported cameo: Ellen DeGeneres.

On Friday, the funny lady shared a new spoof of Lemonade, particularly the song/video “Hold Up”, in which Beyoncé goes on a car-attacking spree spurred by a certain someone’s infidelity. In it, Ellen finds herself in one of the cars that’s in Bey’s path. She also makes a call to a certain Becky, who has been doing amazing things with her lately.

Watch all the way until the end for a surprise cameo, below.

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PHOTOS: Tea Bagging Like You’ve Never Seen Before

PHOTOS: Tea Bagging Like You’ve Never Seen Before

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Tea bags were first introduced in China as a method for preserving the flavor of tea during the Tang Dynasty in 618-907 A.D. But it wasn’t until the early 20th century that they were distributed commercially and used in place of traditional metal tea infusers.

Related: Tom Hardy Proudly Boasts About Tea Bagging Tom Hardy

Thomas Sullivan, a New York tea merchant who may or may not have been homosexual, began sending samples of his loose leaf teas in silk sachets. Customers mistakenly thought the sachets were supposed to be used in the same way as metal tea infusers, by dropping the entire bag into a cup of boiling water.

Related: Pour Yourself A Cup Of “Bitch Please” Or Other Gay Tea Blend

Realizing the genius in his customers’ mistake, Sullivan quickly patented the idea and, thus, it was by sheer happenstance that the modern tea bad came to be.

Scroll down for pictures of tea bagging like you’ve never seen before…

The Traditional Teabag

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Photo credit: Anders Adermark

The Dainty Tea Bag

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Photo credit: Olivia Townsend

The Prophetic Teabag

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Photo credit: MissMessie

The Passive Aggressive Teabag

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Photo credit: Matt Stocker

That Poor Teabag

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Photo credit: Simon Brass

The Pro-Choice Teabag

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Photo credit: Tweetspeak Poetry

The Tag Team Teabag

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Photo credit: JimmyMac210

The Broken-Hearted Teabag

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Photo credit: Peter Roberts

The That-Was-Fun-We-Should-Do-It-Again-Sometime Teabag

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Photo credit: Toshiyuki IMAI

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The Many Faces Of “Rocky Horror’s” Dr. Frank-N-Furter, From Tim Curry To Laverne Cox

The Many Faces Of “Rocky Horror’s” Dr. Frank-N-Furter, From Tim Curry To Laverne Cox

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This week, we got our first look at Laverne Cox’s Dr. Frank-N-Furter in Fox’s upcoming live musical remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. Cox says her version of the character, originated by Tim Currry—who appears in the reboot as the film’s Narrator—has been compared to Grace Jones and David Bowie. “It’s way more elaborate and couture,” she tells Entertainment Weekly. “[Director] Kenny Ortega had this vision that Frank was at this old theater and found these old burlesque costumes and is, like, using them and wearing them now but has altered them a bit.”

Here’s the full photo:

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It’s certainly a departure from the cult classic, immortalized by Tim Curry:

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The Orange Is the New Black star isn’t the first performer to reinterpret this sweet transvestite. Let’s do the “Time Warp” again and have a look back at the many faces of Dr. Frank-N-Furter:

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Casting Glee‘s aspiring soul diva Mercedes in Curry’s role in the show’s very special Rocky Horror episode was a little unexpected—but definitely not as unlikely as a high school production of the risqué musical.

Jim Parsons

7087b26b6ae256db3d5d38cac12c38d1In 2013, Parsons slipped into the requisite fishnets to play Frank-N-Furter alongside his Big Bang Theory co-stars in at A Night at Sardi’s benefitting the Alzheimer’s Association.

Anthony Head

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Probably best known as tweedy librarian Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Head was altogether less buttoned-up when he starred in the West End’s 1990-1991 revival of The Rocky Horror Show.

Related: PHOTOS: Lost Original “Rocky Horror” Polaroids Were Discovered In NYC Subway

Tom Hewitt

livingrockyhorror2_t440 (1)This Broadway star dispensed with the wig when he starred in the 2000 revival alongside Joan Jett and Daphne Rubin Vega.

The Divas of Drag Race

10696434_961506520529759_6750191153447619843_n (1)It’s pretty much become a tradition for RuPaul’s Drag Race alums and regulars alike to appear in San Antonio’s Woodlawn Theater’s annual staging of Rocky Horror. Everyone from Michelle Visage to Bianca Del Rio has done the “Time Warp” on the Lone Star stage. Alaska, Sharon Needles, and Courtney Act have all brought their own radically different interpretations to the character of Frank-N-Furter.

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Meanwhile, Manila Luzon’s gave us a spikier interpretation of Frank on this 2011 Next Magazine cover:

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Megyn Kelly Grills Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Transgender Bathroom Rights – WATCH

Megyn Kelly Grills Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Transgender Bathroom Rights – WATCH

 

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Megyn Kelly confronted Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick on Friday over his blustery opposition to the Obama administration’s guidance on transgender students in public schools.

 

Throughout her interview, Kelly tried to steer Patrick towards answering her questions rather than just spouting off talking points based on lies and dangerous myths about alleged transgender bathroom predators. He repeatedly veered off course, but Kelly held his feet to the fire.

RELATED: Josh Earnest on TX Lt. Gov Dan Patrick: This Is ‘The Risk of Electing a Right-Wing Radio Host’ – WATCH

When Patrick touted his role in defeating HERO, the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance that in his words would have “allowed men in ladies’ rooms”, Kelly was quick to challenge him. “Allow men in ladies’ rooms or allow trans women in ladies’ rooms?” she asked.

Patrick then attempted to mansplain, saying, “Megyn, you’re missing this.” But Megyn wasn’t having it. “I don’t think I’m missing anything,” she quipped.

When Patrick then suggested that granting transgender people equal rights would lead to predatory ‘men in women’s bathrooms’, Kelly interjected, “Do you have a big problem with that? Is this a problem? With men intentionally donning women’s clothing so they can sneak into–”

But as he did throughout the interview, Patrick then cut her off. The interview ended with Kelly finally cutting Patrick off from spewing more nonsense.

 

Watch, below.

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Bill Maher: Don’t Blame Liberals for the Rise of Donald Trump – WATCH

Bill Maher: Don’t Blame Liberals for the Rise of Donald Trump – WATCH

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On Real Time with Bill Maher Friday night, host Maher blasted both the media and Republicans who are attempting to blame liberals for the rise of Donald Trump.

Said Maher to conservatives, “If we have to own the man-bun, you have to own the Donald.” Maher went on to cite articles (a number of which were not from conservative news outlets) that push the thesis that liberals’ smug obsession with facts and so-called ‘political correctness’ “Forced otherwise reasonable people into Trump’s hateful embrace.”

Maher wasn’t having it. “That is their thesis, really, that Trump voters are perfectly nice if left alone–like raccoons. They just want to eat garbage and crap in your hot tub.” Of the fact-free bubble that many Republicans live in, Maher quipped, “It hurts their feelings when we insult their values with our facts.”

He wondered how he “as a liberal fact-knower, can both not insult you but also tell the truth.” In other words, how are liberals supposed to respect Republicans’ views when they so often espouse views based on Looney Tunes-rewriting of factual evidence?

Said Maher,

“I can’t honestly say I respect your view that the world is 5,000 years old because it’s 2016. If Sarah Palin claims nighttime is when Jesus puts a blanket over the sun and I disagree, does that make me smug? I’m sorry you find it irritating when liberals point out that global warming exists, or that racism exists, or that gay people exist. But here’s the thing. You guys were wrong about all that. Really. Check the climate science. Check the dashboard camera on the police car. Check your pastor’s internet history.”

He adds, “Trump is your problem. But somehow the party of personal responsibility doesn’t want to take responsibility for this one.”

Watch, below.

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Anti-LGBT Extremist Stumped Over Which Bathroom a Transgender Person Should Use: WATCH

Anti-LGBT Extremist Stumped Over Which Bathroom a Transgender Person Should Use: WATCH

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On Friday’s Hardball on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews stumped a guest from the anti-LGBT group Family Research Council about what bathroom transgender people should use.

That guest was Travis Weber who joined transgender rights activist Jennifer Finney Boyland to talk about bathroom rights for transgender Americans with Matthews. Throughout the program, Matthews tried again and again to get Weber to answer one simple question: which bathroom should Boyland and other trans women like her use?

The exchange was classic Chris Matthews, who is known for not letting a guest get off the hook.

Via Media Matters For America: 

CHRIS MATTHEWS (HOST): Travis, tell Jenny what bathroom she should use.

TRAVIS WEBER: Well —

MATTHEWS: Which one should she use?

WEBER: Yeah, I mean I’m not sure, um —

MATTHEWS: Well just answer that question.

WEBER: I think people should be —

MATTHEWS: She said she would not be comfortable or not cause such problem if she walked into a men’s room. Should she walk into a men’s room?

WEBER: I think we can do things the way we’ve done them for decades, and people could use bathrooms according to biological sex with specific accommodation made for people who have a genuine issue. If we look at the North Carolina law, it made an accommodation. People are not happy with that, however. And now the Obama administration —

MATTHEWS: Let’s just talk about transgender people. What should a transgender person who identifies as a woman do? What bathroom should they go to? Just keep it simple.

WEBER: Yeah well there’s an issue of privacy concerns.

MATTHEWS: See no, you can’t answer the question, can you? What should they do?

Matthews continually returned to the question throughout the segment, at one point asking Weber, “What should Jenny do if she was visiting North Carolina right now? Should she go to the men’s room? Should she? You’re dodging the toughest question, which is what do you want people to behave like?” He then asked, “Can you answer the question? Should Jenny go to the men’s room or the ladies room?”

Trying to understand what Weber’s position is, Matthews asserted, “It just seems odd to me that you’d want Jenny to show up in men’s room you go to. You think that would be appropriate? You think that would be appropriate? It’s a simple question, should Jenny go to your men’s room? Yes or no.” When Weber again did not answer the question, Matthews said, “See, you’re dodging this question.”

Watch the segment, below.

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