Oh My God!

Holy crap! We're so sorry it's been so long! Exciting life things do tend to get in the way of blogging, but we promise to try and make it up to you.

So much has happened, though, that we feel the need to acknowledge a couple of pop culture-related items (in no particular order) so you know we haven't totally slipped:

• All hail Prince George! (But we actually we mean this Prince George. Oh, Canadian humour!) Hopefully the little one will inherit his mother's shining head of hair and not his namesake's speech impediment. Fingers crossed...
• Angry, horny Kanye = love from Pitchfork
• Mad Men, what exactly was this last season? We're still puzzled.
• Catching Fire trailer omg Katniss + Peeta 4-eva11!!

More to come from us in the days to come. Until then:

Weekday WTF

What do Lindsay Lohan and Reese Witherspoon have in common?

A mugshot.

We never thought we would say the following words: Reese Witherspoon got arrested over the weekend. For disorderly conduct, after frontin' a cop who pulled over her husband for suspicion of driving under the influence. Turns out Mr. Witherspoon's blood alcohol level was off the charts--and Ms. Witherspoon had also imbibed.  Like you, we always suspected Reese was a teetotaler who lived off cucumber sandwiches, lemon water and rainbows.

So to recap: America's sweetheart  was ARRESTED. Let that one sink in. At least Elle Woods won't be representing herself?

He's Just Being Nikolaj...

Which means Sexy. Seriously, if we were Stephen Colbert, we would tell our Nation to get on Urban Dictionary and expand the definition of "Sex" to include Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

Everyone's favorite medieval fantasy porn, Game of Thrones, returns to HBO on March 31st. And we thank God for that, not because we watch it (although, seriously WE NEED TO START), but because its premiere has brought a media onslaught of our boy Nikolaj. Thank you, HBO!!  And to you, gentle readers of good taste, we present our curated collection of the Best of Nikolaj, under the cut!

Media Double Standards: Justin Bieber Edition

When we first started Half and Half, writing posts about Justin Bieber was never exactly high on our list of priorities. (Case in point: while writing this post Mocha consistently spelled his name wrong. Maybe that grammatical rule can be revised to say "I before E, even after B". Or... something).

But, Katie Heaney at Buzzfeed has a thought-provoking article up about His Royal Bieberness and media double standards:

"Would Bieber's “Rough Week” Be Called A Meltdown If He Was A Girl?"

We think it probably would, unfortunately. And now that Katie Heaney mentions it, it does seem like Bieber has been treated relatively well by the media. But why does he get the chances that so many young women in similar spotlights are denied?

Half and Half: using pop culture to bum you out since March 2013. 

Post-Oscar Post

So, the Oscars were on Sunday night. The show was pretty awful, everyone's talked about it already, and Mocha's heart really isn't in it since Latte decided to go on vacation on Sunday. [It's not the same without you, boo!]

But everyone also knows that all the good stuff happens after the actual ceremony, like JLaw flipping the bird in the press room, Ben Affleck shaving off his beard in the hallway of an afterparty, and Daniel Radcliffe leading the charge to find an after-after party (attaboy, DanRad!)

With this in mind, here's a video of Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum on Jimmy Kimmel's post-Oscar show. They're got a movie together coming out in the summer, and it looks like they'll make a pretty great team.

With that being said, watch Jamie sing a song that could become the next "Dick in a Box" as Channing grinds on a piano. For real.

How is This Even a Question?

We love Celebitchy. It's hard hitting journalism at its best, asking the difficult questions other established news forums shy away from. Ok, just kidding. It's a brilliant celebrity gossip website that's fun to peruse in your downtime.

One of Celebitchy's recent queries involved the "tapability", or "tap quotient", of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who recently starred in 'Mama' and plays the most decidedly messed up Jaime Lannister on HBO's 'Game of Thrones'. He was even Paul Bettany's BFF in 'Wimbledon'-- for realsies.

All we can say to Celebitchy's query is... you're kidding, right? (I mean, a good portion of our own review of 'Mama' was about how hot he is.) The answer is most definitely in the affirmative.

The Cult of "Hathahaters"

The Daily Beast's Kevin Fallon has a great article up about the recent surge in Anne Hathaway hate, which seems to only grow in magnitude as the Oscars approach.

"It’s hard not to wonder whether the girl who was a lock to win is now talking her way out of the Oscar."

The "publicity nightmare" of the public's attitude towards her, says Fallon, has spun so out of control that it's become downright "spoofable."

And thus, dear readers, we give you this:

No matter what your opinion about Ms. Hathaway, this is one brilliant video.

And for what it's worth, we see nothing wrong with her ambition or drive. We just wish she'd OWN the fact that she is totally thirsty for that Oscar. There's nothing wrong with wanting something, or being proud of yourself for a job well done, but for God's sake, embrace it! The whole "gee-shucks" schtick gets old, especially when we know it's all an act. Pun totally intended!

What do you guys think?