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Link Time! Sam Worthington to Play Flash Gordon?

BuzzSugar — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:16:09 PST

Sam Worthington is rumored to be taking on the role of Flash Gordon - Cinematical
Is Alcide going to be a romantic interest for Sookie on season three of True Blood? - The Ausiello Files
Watch the trailer for the New Zealand-set indie Boy PopWatch
Harold Ramis says that Ghostbusters 3 should release in Summer 2011 - Vulture
Sounds like Comedy Central is going to cancel the Jeff Dunham Show - Movieline
See what the Rotten Tomatoes editors picked as their favorite movies of the year - Rotten Tomatoes
Did you want to see Jersey Shore's Snooki punch recreated with dogs? OK - Best Week Ever
Exciting - the 5,777 Oscar ballots have been mailed out! - HitFix
The unhealthy habits of the Sex and the City ladies - FitSugar

If You Gave Birth to a Baby Boy, Would You Have Him Circumcised?

DearSugar — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:00:00 PDT

My mom said that when I was a kid, it was pretty common to circumcise your son when he was born. Times were different back then though - my mom also said it wasn't "proper" to whip your boob out in public, so instead of breastfeeding, the nurse put ice packs on her breasts.

Nowadays, we know how important breastfeeding is to the baby's health, and circumcision - well, some people are starting to disagree with it, calling it immoral, and against the baby's wishes (you can't really ask a baby boy if he wants his foreskin removed or not!).

In the 1960s, nearly 90% of American baby boys were circumcised, and in the 1970s, that rate began to drop. In 2004, it was reported that only 57% of baby boys were circumcised. So there has been a definite decline in the amount of newborn males having this operation.

Still many parents do agree with circumcision for many reasons - some want their baby to look like their father, others are following Jewish tradition (boys are circumcised during a ceremony called a bris), and others feel that it's cleaner and may help prevent certain infections, STIs or types of cancer.

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Surfing Safari! 9 Pairs of Boardshorts For Your Little Boy (Surfboard Optional)

Lisa Horten — Sat, 26 May 2012 07:27:14 PDT

While your toddler may be a little young to start his surfing career, there's no reason he shouldn't look the part. These nine pairs of stylin' shorts should have him saying "hang ten!" in no time. Click through to find your favorite style.

Witherspoon and Matthew McConaughey Reconnect in Cannes

Katie Henry — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:57:53 PDT

Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaughey were all smiles posing side-by-side today at their Cannes photocall for Mud. During a press conference earlier today, Reese talked about her supporting role in Mud, saying, "I grew up with my brother in a creek, riding dirt bikes, dirt fishing, everything you see the boys in the movie doing. When I read Jeff's script, it felt like home. It's a beautiful story about the place I'm from." Reese and Matthew are expected at tonight's red carpet premiere, but until then you can catch up on all the hot photos you may have missed from Cannes!

Kate Upton Kisses at Cannes, Princess Estelle Is Christened, and Zara Phillips Carries the Olympic Torch

Tara Block — Sat, 26 May 2012 04:00:00 PDT

This holiday weekend, we look back at the week that was, and boy, was it a fun one. London has been bustling with exciting events leading up to the Olympics and Diamond Jubilee celebrations. More than one gay celebrity came out of the closet, and Cannes has been bursting with glam celebrities as the film festival wraps up this weekend. As we ready for Summer's unofficial start on Memorial Day, let's check out the highlights with our week in pictures!

What to TiVo: Saturday

Maggie Pehanick — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:59:15 PDT

8:00 NBC Playoff Semifinal (new)

8:00 How to Be a Gentleman (new)
8:30 How to Be a Gentleman (new)
9:00 NYC 22 (repeat)
10:00 48 Hours Mystery (new)

8:00 MLB Baseball (new)
11:00 The Finder (repeat)

8:00 Harry's Law (repeat)
9:00 The Firm (new)
10:00 The Firm (new)
11:35 Saturday Night Live (repeat, with host Josh Brolin)

See Rihanna's Latest Hairstyle: Dreadlocks

Jessica Cruel — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:08:00 PDT

Rihanna wore dreadlocks on the American Idol finale - People StyleWatch
Learn the truth about cellulite, including how to treat and prevent it - Real Simple
Are you shaving your legs the wrong way? - Stylelist
Paris Hilton set to premiere her 15th perfume - HuffPost Style
See the celebrity hair and makeup looks from the amfAR Gala - Styleite
There'a a new boy in town on ANTM: Bryanboy, that is - The Cut
Prepare for beach season with these must-try trends from hair to nails - Refinery 29
Topshop makeup is going bright and glittery thanks to designer Louise Gray - Racked
Six strange beauty products - The Fashion Spot
Understand the new FDA sunscreen rules with this handy infographic - Temptalia

Hysteria Director Tanya Wexler Talks Vibrators, Faking It, and Duck Sex

Tara Block — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:00:15 PDT

Don't be shy . . . It's time to talk sex toys! And Hysteria director Tanya Wexler is writing us a prescription for pleasure. Tanya's film - what she calls "the vibrator movie you can bring your mom to" - is in limited release and stars Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Rupert Everett. When working on a romantic comedy that centers around the invention of the vibrator, you end up with some entertaining and embarrassing situations along the way, and lucky for us, Tanya spilled all the hilariously dirty details. From teaming up with the film's partner Jimmyjane for a drive-by vibrator drop-off to a certain female Oscar-winner to trying unsuccessfully to get ducks to shag on command, Tanya was bursting with great stories from working on this very unconventional film. And while Tanya isn't ashamed to discuss the sexy subject matter of her latest film with us, the mother of four and her partner of 21 years did have a tricky challenge telling her preteen kids what her movie was about. (She eventually gave them the script and let them figure it out themselves!) Check out our interview with the fun-loving director now, and we dare you not to have a girl crush on her by the end!

TrèsSugar: What were some of the challenges to getting a movie made about vibrators?
Tanya Wexler: Getting the script right was tricky because if you just make a movie about the invention of the vibrator, it's actually a really short movie: you go "bzz" and it's done. And we had a kind of light romantic comedy. I say I made the vibrator movie you can bring your mom to. But some people wanted it to be raunchy or some people wanted it to be more serious and about feminism. People project a lot onto this movie of what they want, because there isn't a lot out there about vibrators and women's pleasure, and we still don't really deal with that topic very well, or we're overly antsy around it. And as a result, people have a lot of ideas of what the movie could and should be, and you can't please everyone. [laughs]

TS: Ha, good one.
TW: It's nonstop!

TS: Do you find sex toys inherently funny or something to be seriously celebrated?
TW: Yes!

TS: Both?
TW: Yes! Yes. I think they make me laugh, and I think that the inner kind of Beavis and Butt-head in all of us goes "[laugh]." You know, that inner 13-year-old, like, "Hahaha vibrator . . . " and yet they're awesome and fun.

TS: What shocked you the most when researching the movie?
TW: That ducks are the rapists of the bird world, and you'll see when you see the movie, because there's a little bit of questionable duck behavior - or awesome duck behavior - in the movie. It's totally a sidebar, but you cannot make ducks shag on command. I'm just saying.

TS: What about the whole history of hysteria being a medical condition?
TW: When I first heard the idea, I was like, "What do you mean it was invented in Victorian times?" I knew about hysteria, but the idea that the treatment was manual [British accent] massage deparaxism - which is what they called it - and, of course, the denial. The most shocking thing is the denial, that they didn't think it was sexual.

TS: Do you think they were really in denial?
TW: No, I don't think that some people were. My college roommate was with her high school boyfriend for two years and she had never had an orgasm. I think there's all kinds of denial, especially with women's sexuality. So the fact that there are young women today who haven't had an orgasm, whether self-induced - which is insane - or with a partner, then why wouldn't we think back then that women wouldn't know what orgasms were?

They would get a massage, and the doctor's saying, "Without a penis, this isn't sex, because sex is about procreation," so what is this? The best physical therapy you've ever had. So once you don't think of it as something other than what the doctor's supposed to do to cure your uncontrollable crying or uncontrollable laughter or whatever, then it's just an awesome muscle spasm. If you don't think women have their own inherent sexuality, then you're not thinking about it like that.

Keep reading for Tanya's thoughts on Fifty Shades and more!

Shawn Johnson Talks Weight Loss and Learning to Love Her Body

espnW — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:05:26 PDT

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from espnW here on FitSugar!

By Shawn Johnson

Shawn Johnson is blogging for espnW throughout her training for the Olympics in London this summer. Follow hers other Olympic hopefuls' journeys on espnW.com.

Four years ago, I was standing on an Olympic podium, wearing a gold medal, and still thinking to myself how I could have been better. It had nothing to do with my performance - it was all how I looked. Back then, I always felt like I could have been a few pounds lighter. But the irony is, when I look back at the pictures, I look unhealthy and too thin. It's easy to get into a trap as an elite athlete, because you're made to feel that you're never perfect, that you can always be better. That's how you improve in your sport, but it's also tough because you aren't satisfied with yourself ever - it's second nature not to be. I'd always think, "Just get a little stronger, a little lighter," until it was completely ingrained in my mind.

Shawn Johnson takes us inside training camp

It's easy for people to blame gymnastics for this mentality, but I feel like the sport has improved a lot. The horror stories we heard from generations ago (think Joan Ryan's infamous book Little Girls in Pretty Boxes), you don't hear at all anymore. But I do believe it can improve further and that good nutrition could be a key to all of this, if it were only taught at a young age. Many gymnasts go into the elite level at 13 or so, and a 13-year-old isn't going to go to the library to read some book on nutrition! She needs to be given the right information on how to eat well. Otherwise, it's not until she's out of the sport that she realizes the damage she's done to her body by not eating enough over the past 20 years.

Shawn Johnson in the driver's seat

I see all the success we have as a country where the gymnasts aren't 100 percent healthy, and I imagine how amazing we could be if we were doing it in the healthiest way possible. I don't think it's a failure on anybody's part; the education just isn't there right now, and it's just not thought about in our sport. My parents have told me since I was little, "You're given your body for a reason. It's OK to be different. Being unique is a good thing." But I always struggled to believe it. I'm stocky, muscular and short, and I wanted to be thin and flexible so bad! My mom would say, "You're not made that way, and you're not going to become that, so you have to learn to accept and love the body you're in." Well, some people are born with that appreciation, and some people have to work really hard to get there. Put me in that second camp.

Read on for more on what Shawn Johnson has to say about body confidence and how she feels in her gymnastics leotard.

Victoria Beckham Takes Her Boys to Watch the AI Finale

Lauren Turner — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:58:07 PDT

Victoria Beckham brought her boys to check out last night's American Idol finale in LA. Dad David didn't join his family since he was busy playing with The Galaxy in a match against the San Jose Earthquakes. David's team took home a loss, but there was still plenty to celebrate with the announcement of AI's season 11 winner, Phillip Phillips.

The whole Beckham crew was together over the weekend, when they stepped out for the annual Sports Spectacular benefit. David was honored at the event and shared his excitement about working with kids during his time on stage.