happiness

Seth Abramovitch · 10/24/08 05:50PM

20 CCs Of Cuteness Stat. Because today has been an incredibly depressing Friday, we thought we'd offer a much needed injection of induced happiness, in the form of these photos of a baby deer and baby panda. We hope they help. (But please don't rush out and adopt a deerpie. They get really big really fast and crap all over the house.) [vainglorious, Daily Mail]

Inside A Pee Wee-Starring 'Happiness 2' and a Peter Gallagher- Retaining 'Center Stage 2'

Kyle Buchanan · 08/28/08 01:50PM

Undaunted by the poor reception accorded Hamlet 2, Hollywood is pressing on with two even more unlikely sequels: one likely to provoke an excited "Oh my gahhh!" the other, simply an "Oh my." We'll start with the latter: strange as it may seem, Variety reports that Todd Solondz is moving ahead with an "untitled part-sequel, part-companion piece" to his incredibly unsettling 1998 comedy Happiness. If the idea of a Happiness 2 makes you feel just this far from being completely hysterical 24 hours a day, why not meet its unlikely cast of Pee-Wee Herman, Demi Moore, and Emma Thompson! No, this is not a delayed April Fool's Joke, and there is thus far no word on who will be masturbating on, near, or about whom, but the project will begin shooting this October in San Juan, Puerto Rico (naturally). More wholesome sequel news, after the jump:As excitedly noted by PopWrap, the seminal dance troupe sleeper Center Stage is also getting a sequel, Center Stage: Turn It Up. No Paul Reubens or Demi Moore here, but there are two casting notices that should make many a former teen girl's heart jete: Peter Gallagher is returning as company director Jonathan, and OMG OMG OMG Ethan Stiefel is returning as the positively dreamy Cooper Nielsen OMG. The sequel is set to premiere on Oxygen before making its debut on DVD; no word yet on whether network buddies Tori & Dean will cameo.

Optimism!

Hamilton Nolan · 08/11/08 01:31PM

Who says that advertising is a cynical business? Not me. When I saw this spot from the Foundation For A Better Life (who can argue with that?), I must admit I cracked a smile. And you will too! I haven't been this choked up since the last Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints public service campaign. Click through to watch the clip; maybe you are the greatest!

DeAnna Pappas: 'Your The One'

Seth Abramovitch · 07/08/08 03:10PM

They say that every soul has their One out there somewhere—and after a false start that left her hunched over and coughing up blood on her Gazebo of Broken Dreams, DeAnna Pappas finally found hers last night on The Bachelorette's season finale. And who, we ask, is more deserving of legitimate and lasting happiness, having submitted herself to not one but two six-week-long cattle-call searches for true love? No one! Learn who DeAnna chose—the very same fellow who scribbled that spell-unchecked grocery list of proposal talking points above—after the jump!

Studies About Happiness Fail to Make Us Happy

Rebecca · 03/20/08 02:03PM

We humans are a fickle bunch. Take Eliot Spitzer: besides the receding hairline, the guy had everything going for him. And yet he threw it all away to make the career of some hot piece of Jersey trash. And we're always trying to figure out what makes us happy. There all always studies coming out about how religion makes us happy, how cats help your heart and whether cigarettes can do anything for your psyche. And that's just this week's batch of articles. Cigarettes, sex, and meaningless studies aren't doing it for us apparently. So what does make us happy?