Why Hello, Kate Upton’s DirecTV Commercial (And Morning Links)

Written by Brandon Stroud / 04.02.12

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I’ll be spending Monday sitting at an airport/sitting on an airplane back to Austin, so please be exponentially less bored than me by perusing the morning links and/or watching this commercial on loop for the next 20 hours.

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Kate Upton DirecTV commercialThe Official WWE Wrestlemania 28 Weekend Predictions/Open Discussion Thread |With Leather|

Poll: The Eternal Deschanel Debate Continues: Zooey and Emily? |Warming Glow|

9 Reasons Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s “Batman” is the Best Bat-book in Decades |Gamma Squad|

The Cats Of Memes Greatly Improve Famous Movie Scenes |UPROXX|

Your full plot breakdown of Step Up 4 based solely on the trailer |Film Drunk|

Birdman Talks The Handrub, Cash Money’s 100 Album Goal |Smoking Section|

These Student Election Posters Will Make You Wish You Were In High School Again |UPROXX|

Meme Watch: Bad Luck Brian Destroyed All Known Copies Of This Photo |UPROXX|

Did Diggy Simmons Just Diss J. Cole On “What You Say To Me”? |Smoking Section|

The new Superman logo is, surprise, *DARKER* and *EDGIER* |Film Drunk|

Presenting ‘Magic Johnson: The Gathering’ |With Leather|

Hey Game of Thrones Fans — There’s Also a Game of Thrones RPG Coming Out. Here’s a Trailer |Gamma Squad|

James Van Der Beek: ‘Who Doesn’t Love BJs?” |Warming Glow|

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Kate Upton Completely Nude In Muse Magazine, Because God Loves Us

Written by Brandon Stroud / 02.24.12


Before this morning, Muse magazine greatest contribution to my life had been Lindsay Lohan’s greasy hipster freckles and cigarette orgy photoshoot. Also before this morning, the best thing a phony Marilyn Monroe spread had contributed was … well, every other Lindsay Lohan photoshoot.

This morning, everything changed.

Behold, Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and With Leather cultural icon Kate f’ing Upton channeling Marilyn Monroe (and a heavy dose of retro eyebrows) in Muse. In the process, she finds a way to wear less than a swimsuit and complete the artsiest spread she’s pulled outside of a pair of Guess jeans.

We’re about a month from Terry Richardson stumbling upon a pic and deciding to shoot her against stark white with eight garden hoses spraying her in the face. Enjoy Art Kate while you can. (And click the pics to make them as big as I could find.)

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Guess What Blake Griffin Was Good At Doing In High School

Written by Brandon Stroud / 02.09.12

I almost said “jumpshots”. Whew!

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Event Recap: NY Giants Super Bowl XLVI Victory Celebration - The best part was when Mark Sanchez showed up. At least that’s what I assume happened. [Smoking Section]

Funny, Sexy And Awesome Cosplay Of The Week - Be sure to check out my cameo in yesterday’s cosplay gallery. Yes, I am nerdy enough to be Hooded Justice for Halloween. [Gamma Squad]

Lindsay Lohan Is Taking This Modeling Thing Seriously - … or at least she’s settled into a nice position as “lady with big boobs who smokes and people take pictures”. There are entire fetish tubes for that. [Smoking Section]

Ten TV Relationships That Should Never Happen. Ever. - I don’t agree with this list. I think Jim absolutely SHOULD cheat on Pam with Vanilla False Pam and become the Big Bad of the show. [Warming Glow]

Trailer: Bourne’s Legacy Gets Renner’d - One day America’s gonna wake up and say “oh my God, Jeremy Renner’s face“. [Film Drunk]

10 Morphing GIFs That Will Have You Seeing Double - This gallery has really spot-lit the fact that Orlando Bloom’s head is the size of a lima bean. [UPROXX]

25 Animals Who Think They’re People - Be the baby, kitty. BE THE BABY! [Buzzfeed]

The Funniest Anti-Gay Counter-Protests - If you hate gay people enough to make a condescending posterboard sign about it, stop picketing funerals and go to a pro wrestling show. [HuffPost Comedy]

Movies That Should Get the 3D Treatment - This should be a link to a blank white page. The only movies that should exist in 3D are Hugo and that Jaws movie coming out in 2015. [Adult Swim]

Nazi Moon Film More Popular Than Angelina Jolie - That’s a solid headline if I’ve ever read one. [Moviefone]

The Best Films You Never Want To See Again - Sorry, Pajiba, I want to see The Godfather at least several more times. Part II as well. Part III I could live without. [Pajiba]

The Phantom Menace Sucks, But These Posters Don’t - They didn’t finish the headline: “…Do Anything To Make Me Want To Pay To See It Again”. [Unreality]

The Girl Who Loves to Eat Plastic Will Haunt Your Dreams - /glares [Brobible]

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Tim Tebow: America’s Neighbor

Written by Brandon Stroud / 12.28.11

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He’s won the Heisman Trophy, two BCS National Championships and had his pants sell for $5,000 on eBay, but now Denver Broncos sorta-quarterback Tim Tebow is winning the awards that really matter … like the fifth annual Zillow Celebrity Neighbor Survey. Yes, that is a thing. It “asks Americans which celebrities they would most like to have as their neighbor, as well as celebs with whom they wouldn’t dare share a fence” and Tebow is on top. The Jersey Shore people are on the bottom, as usual.

From People, with a hat tip to Sportress Of Blogitude:

U.S. adults would most like to be neighbors with Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, whose unshakable attitude and consistent displays of faith during games (a.k.a. “Tebowing”) has bolstered much media attention during the last year. The survey showed the 24-year-old athlete’s popularity was significantly higher among males (14 percent) compared to females (7 percent).

Celebrity super couples Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux received 10 percent and 9 percent of the vote, respectively.

He’s a kindhearted gentleman and you get an endless supply of footballs lost in your yard!

Also, how funny is it that Justin Theroux is considered one-half of a “celebrity super couple”? I get that he’s dating a lady who was on ‘Friends’, but damn, being Leslie Knope’s worst boyfriend for four episodes and playing a cowboy in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion don’t make you an A-lister. I agree with most of the rest of the list (including Nancy Grace ranking on both lists, because whatever, people are stupid in both directions), but I would love to have Lindsay Lohan as a neighbor. She’s never home, and when she IS there’s a chance she’ll be naked and falling all over me. Also, it would mean I’m rich enough to live in Lindsay Lohan’s neighborhood.

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A Very Calvin & Hobbes Morning Links

Written by Brandon Stroud / 12.19.11

We really do.

[via High Definite]

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The Ten Most Ridiculous Skyrim Bugs and Glitches So Far - I’m still bummed about losing Lydia in that battle with Malkoran. Thanks for teleporting me through the door she can’t unlock, you stupid lightbulb God. I tried waiting forever and fast traveling but she was nowhere to be found, and eventually it told me she got tired of waiting and left. Frown. [Unreality]

This Is Why You Don’t Propose Marriage on National TV, Doofus - Poor guy. You’re supposed to propose beforehand, then stage it to look like a real proposal so you can be on TV. [Warming Glow]

8 Pop Culture Droste Effect GIFS That Will Blow Your Mind - I haven’t been this happy to learn a term since The Venture Bros. taught me “the Valsalva maneuver” [UPROXX]

10 Terrible Pieces of Merchandise Angry Birds is Pushing Its Luck With This Christmas - Remember when South Park was like this, and every store had like TIMMY UMBRELLA CARTMAN INFLATABLE PLUSH CANOE MR. GARRISON BEAN BAG CHAIR FILLED WITH GAK and we thought it’d last forever? [Gamma Squad]

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Poster Is Cool, I Guess - I’m really, really tired of crap like this. I’m more excited for the actual Abraham Lincoln movie. [Film Drunk]

The Most Terrifying Celebrity Faces Of 2011 - Ali Lohan is terrifying. [Buzzfeed]

No One Is Buying Lindsay Lohan Edition Of Playboy - And speaking of Lohans, “she didn’t show enough pussy” is the funniest and worst complaint about Lindsay Lohan’s Playboy spread. Have you ever SEEN a Playboy? Did you expect a lot of DP shots? [FARK]

Beetles Dressed As ‘Jurassic Park’ Characters Could Be the Weirdest Thing on the Internet - It makes me laugh, it makes me confused AND it makes me want to watch Jurassic Park again. Win win win. [The FW]

We’re Never Going Back. 8 Sh*tty “Lost” Knock-Offs - Nothing better than clues to a mystery that nobody intends to solve, am I right? There’s got to be a happy medium between Lost and Modern Family. [Pajiba]

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Get Connected With Our Morning Links!

Written by Brandon Stroud / 12.13.11

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Direct Messaging For UPROXX Commenters Is Here! - I’m still not 100% on why this is necessary, but hey, new feature! [UPROXX]

The Best Of #Troy And Abed - Cool. Cool cool cool. [UPROXX]

Re-Take: 25 Celebs Playboy Should Have Spent A Million Bucks On - Some of these are great, but come on, Christina Hendricks? She’s pretty, but the Playboy Photoshoppers would break their hands. [Smoking Section]

If Your 5 Favorite Memes Offered Online Degrees - None of these are as funny as the Education Connection Girl. “I WENT on the inter-NET!” Fantasy threesome: me, Flo from Progressive, the Education Connection lady. [Gamma Squad]

James Franco Reviewed Twilight - So did I. “Twilight is terrible, everybody knows that, right? Okay, the end.” [Film Drunk]

Game of Thrones Teaser Trailer: Needs More Tyrion Bitch-Slapping Joffrey - I was going to watch season one of ‘Game Of Thrones’, but then I took an arrow in the knee. [Warming Glow]

This Jim Henson Tribute Art Show Rainbow Connects With Our Hearts - Argh, my heart. Seriously, even pictures of Jim Henson make me want to burst into tears now. [UPROXX]

The Best And Horrifically Worst Of The 2011 Air Sex World Championships - In case you missed it yesterday, here are a few of the bravest people in Texas making love to ghosts. [With Leather]

Plastic Bag Turns Boring TV Interview Into Must-See TV - This is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. [The FW]

Friendly Waving Bear Is Friendly, Waving - I don’t know if Reddit knows it or not, but YouTube is FULL of videos of bears waving. I’m surprised this isn’t a thing already. [High Definite]

Game Over: The Greatest Video Game Maneuver Ever Accomplished - Like every story you’ve heard someone tell a cashier at Gamestop come to life. Let’s get the Mythbusters or whoever to see if somebody could do this in real life. [Unreality]

25 Things You Didn’t Know About Three Amigos - haha I didn’t know there were 25 THINGS about Three Amigos. [Moviefone]

The 10 Most Bad Ass Movie Posters of 2011 - Somehow “Harry Potter looking at Voldemort” got called “bad ass”. We have weird standards. [Pajiba]

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