What are the odds that three awkward dweebs with nerdy suits, greasy hygiene, and perverse social skills could get you out on the dance floor? With the right featured guest rapping on their hot new track, those odds actually go way up.
As the musical artist dropping by 'Saturday Night Live' this week, Nicki Minaj worked overtime on the episode, joining the creeps of 'The Creep' -- a.k.a. The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg with longtime comedy partners Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer) -- to launch the new club craze.
In a cameo, John Waters oozed sleaze while introducing the hapless hip-hoppers, as if to confirm: Only the uncoolest of the uncool invited.
"Get your knees flexin' and your arms T-Rexin'" was a fine rhyme on Minaj's part, but it was the Grammy nominee's adorable blond bookworm look, not to mention her skill at balancing nerdy sweetness and total ickiness (even dabbling in necrophiliac PDA for one crazy moment) that put the latest 'SNL' digital short over the top. Minaj told fans later she had a great time working with "incredible" people on set, and even tweeted the name of her 'Creep' character.
If you missed the broadcast and are taking in all the weirdness for the first time, don't worry if you don't get it at first. Let it grow on you...like a fungus.
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sundance goes crazy for 'Like Crazy'
A film about young lovers in a long-distance relationship called "Like Crazy" was awarded the grand jury prize for a U.S. drama at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Its star, Felicity Jones, also received a special jury prize for acting in the movie.
America Ferrera presented the acting award to Jones, who was not in attendance at the Saturday night ceremony, saying "the 2011 Sundance Film Festival will go down as the year of the actress."
Peter D. Richardson's film "How to die in Oregon" won the grand jury U.S. documentary prize. It follows terminally ill patients living in Oregon, the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
Also recognized were Mike Cahill and Brit Marling's sci-fi film "Another Earth," which won a dramatic special jury prize and the Alfred P. Sloan award.
Cahill, who directed and co-wrote the movie, said "this is the greatest week of our lives." The film is about two strangers brought together the night before the discovery of a duplicate planet Earth.
The Festival's Awards Ceremony was hosted by actor Tim Blake Nelson, who appears in the comedic bank heist film "Flypaper," which premiered at Sundance. Nelson told the audience, "If you win a prize today, that's fantastic. Congratulations. But if you don't, persevere because if you have made it this far, trust me, your film will find a home."
This is the 30th Anniversary of the Sundance Film Festival, which was founded by actor Robert Redford to promote independent filmmaking.
America Ferrera presented the acting award to Jones, who was not in attendance at the Saturday night ceremony, saying "the 2011 Sundance Film Festival will go down as the year of the actress."
Peter D. Richardson's film "How to die in Oregon" won the grand jury U.S. documentary prize. It follows terminally ill patients living in Oregon, the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
Also recognized were Mike Cahill and Brit Marling's sci-fi film "Another Earth," which won a dramatic special jury prize and the Alfred P. Sloan award.
Cahill, who directed and co-wrote the movie, said "this is the greatest week of our lives." The film is about two strangers brought together the night before the discovery of a duplicate planet Earth.
The Festival's Awards Ceremony was hosted by actor Tim Blake Nelson, who appears in the comedic bank heist film "Flypaper," which premiered at Sundance. Nelson told the audience, "If you win a prize today, that's fantastic. Congratulations. But if you don't, persevere because if you have made it this far, trust me, your film will find a home."
This is the 30th Anniversary of the Sundance Film Festival, which was founded by actor Robert Redford to promote independent filmmaking.
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