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The cake rubs the lotion all over… The Slice of The Lambs Cake is brought to us by Annabel de Vetten of Conjurer’s Kitchen, and made to look like the skin dress created by Buffalo Bill from The Silence of The Lambs.
Even if Buffalo Bill and Hannibal Lecter gave you nightmares for weeks after you saw the movie, the craftsmanship and pure awesomeness of this cake cannot be denied. Now put the lotion in the basket!!!
It would seem that everyone and their grandmother is getting a Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream flavor these days. So why not create a frozen tribute to one of the greatest characters in cinematic history, The Big Lebowski?
And think of how good White Russian ice cream would be, surrounding The Dude’s balls. Wait, never mind.
[via Buzzfeed]
This morning on the Today Show, some of the cast of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory reunited to make us feel old.
The cast, most of which suffer a sweet and horrifying fate in the film, offer some behind the scenes info. Including Augustus Gloop’s stunning revelation, that the chocolate river he almost drowned in, was actually just brown water… and that he is actually very German.
Regardless of his impressive body of work, or whatever the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences might think, The Big Lebowski is by far Jeff Bridges’ crowning achievement — and the Blue Moose in Wisconsin abides.
The highly quotable movie has found a place on the convenience store’s coffee cups. Making reference to The Dude’s precious White Russians, “Careful, Man! There’s a beverage here!” will have fans of Lebowski giggling, and those not in on the joke indifferently shaking their head. Sort of like the movie itself.
[link, via our Colorado correspondent Sean Kerwin]
This stop-motion video, created by Alexandre Dubosc, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Annecy Animated Film Festival. The film contains a rather idealistic interpretation of cake-making—specifically Annecy’s anniversary cake—while providing plenty of eye candy.
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