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Vulture —
... Robert De Niro a Dead Ringer for Yak Face: L.A. Weekly's Topless Robot blog makes the convincing case today that many Star Wars action figures unintentionally look like other celebrities. It's true, Princess Leia looks exactly like Christian Bale. [Topless Robot via ...
Via our friends at BoingBoing, we bring you ... [Star Wars]
Gawker: defamer —
... , we bring you The 10 Star Wars Toys that Unintentionally Look Like Other Celebrities, a highly amusing gallery of action figures and their accidental doppelgangers that's guaranteed to entertain. Meanwhile, fanboy memorabilia collectors who can't wait until the end of spring for The Dark Knight merchandising to hit store shelves might finally be tempted to crack open that mint Slave Leia specimen and slip her into something a little more black-latexy. [toplessrobot.com] ...
Christian Bale as Princess Leia
SpoutBlog —
Funny: The 10 Star Wars Toys that Unintentionally Look Like Other Celebrities, via BoingBoing. Number 6: Slave Leia/Christian Bale. “To be fair, Carrie Fisher was not the daintiest of leading ladies, and Christian Bale is not the most rugged of leading men, so the fact that their action figures would kind of look alike isn’t so surprising. The fact that we’ve seen Bale naked and not Fisher? Not so much surprising as gravely disappointing.”
There's nothing worse than a mannish Leia
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This feature is so odd I just have to share it: " The 10 Star Wars Toys That Unintentionally Look Like Other Celebrities ." The crazy thing is, that General Rieekan toy really is the spitting image of John Kerry ! And wow, I hate to say it, but Slave Leia does resemble Christian Bale . Ick. Thanks to Karen E. for the tip.
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Film Experience Blog —
... are a deadly epidemic. They continue to multiply... which is so weird since they're rarely truly successful. What motivates Hollywood to make them? Is it only the Oscar appeal? Jew Eat Yet? remembers character actress extraordinaire, Thelma Ritter Little Gold Men could Michael Clayton win the screenplay Oscar? Low Resolution is also digging into Tony Gilroy's story MTV Movies Blog Taraji P Henson is Brad Pitts mama! Topless Robot Ten Star Wars toys that look like celebrities. Really fun (thx, ...
Breakfast Links
YesButNoButYes Stories —
- I'm John McCain and I'll be here all week. Tip your waitress and try the veal.
- Shaq goes to Suns to annoy Kobe. Can you find him in the Sun's locker room?
- Does McNamee have a DNA-covered needle, and how will Clemens look in stripes?
- Those Topps baseball card folks...always the kidders. Now Rudy is their target.
- And in the world of Star Wars action figures, Princess Leia looks like Batman.
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Eye of Nute Gunray
Thighs Wide Shut —
... Franklin Institute Science Museum's Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imgination eggzibit animated Clone Wars to hit theaters? Warwick Davis in ShortFellas The Star Wars Vault: Thirty Years of Treasures from the Lucasfilm Archives, With Removable Memorabilia and Two Audio CDs 9 ways Star Wars can inspire you to save money R2-D2 Peppermill The 10 Star Wars Toys that Unintentionally Look Like Other Celebrities [Defamer/BB] ...
