Global Film Industry Rocked as Germany’s Prime Minister Calls for Ban on Merkins
Posted: December 6, 2016 Filed under: Breaking News, Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Angela Merkel, Costume, Drudge Report, media, Merkin, news, Parody, Pubic Hair, Pubic Wig, satire, Wig Leave a comment
Japan: Nazi-Like Costumes Cause Backlash
Posted: November 8, 2016 Filed under: Asia, Health and Social Issues, Japan | Tags: Adolf Hitler, Antisemitism, Apartheid, Costume, Halloween, Japan, Nazism, Yasushi Akimoto Leave a comment
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Keyakizaka 46 girls group provoked an international backlash over their use of Halloween costumes looking like Nazi military uniforms in an event in Yokohama on Oct. 22.
The U.S.-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, which monitors anti-Semitism movements, issued a statement on Monday demanding an apology from Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., which the group belongs to, and its producer, Yasushi Akimoto.
The center called the costumes, including black cloaks and uniform caps with eagle emblems, “inappropriate and deeply offensive.” Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] The Answer to All Your Problems: Howling Wolf Mask
Posted: October 24, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Humor | Tags: Archie McPhee, Costume, Halloween, Mask, Wolf, Wolf mask Leave a comment
History of Halloween
Posted: October 19, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, History | Tags: 12-hour clock, Americanization, Autumn leaf color, Bonfire Night, Bram Stoker, Costume, Halloween, Jack-O-Lantern, Pumpkin Leave a comment
Halloween is the season for little ghosts and goblins to take to the streets, asking for candy and scaring one another silly. Spooky stories are told around fires, scary movies appear in theaters and pumpkins are expertly (and not-so-expertly) carved into jack-o’-lanterns.
Amid the silly and scary antics, Halloween is much more than just costumes and candy; in fact, the holiday has a rich and interesting history.
Halloween, also known as All Hallows’ Eve, can be traced back about 2,000 years to a pre-Christian Celtic festival held around Nov. 1 called Samhain (pronounced “sah-win”), which means “summer’s end” in Gaelic, according to the Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries.
Because ancient records are sparse and fragmentary, the exact nature of Samhain is not fully understood, but it was an annual communal meeting at the end of the harvest year, a time to gather resources for the winter months and bring animals back from the pastures…(read more)
Source: archaelogicalnews
[VIDEO] ‘Pirate Cat’ Goes Viral
Posted: October 21, 2015 Filed under: Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Animals, Cat, Cat Videos, Cats, Costume, Cute Animals, Funny Videos, Pirate Costume, Pirates, video Leave a comment
[PHOTO] Best ‘Day of the Dead’ Costume
Posted: October 14, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Costume, Day of the Dead, Dress, Halloween, Paper Plates, Plastic Utensils, Wedding dress Leave a comment
Check out this amazing Day of the Dead costume…The dress is skillfully made of “cups, plates, and plastic utensils.” (more here)
Source: Goli Mohammadi – MAKE magazine
[PHOTO] Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, 1960s
Posted: April 9, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: 1960s, Batgirl, Batman, Comic Books, Costume, fashion, Glamour, Superhero, TV, Yvonne Craig 1 Comment
Captain America #138, June 1971: Stan Lee, Tony Mortellaro, & John Romita Sr.
Posted: March 6, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics | Tags: 1970s, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Comic Books, Costume, design, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, Illustration, Jack Kirby, John Romita Sr, Lettering, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, Spiderman, Stan Lee, typography, vintage Leave a comment
Captain America #138 (June 1971)
Art John Romita Sr. & John Romita Sr
Words by Stan Lee
Who Says Ebola Can’t Be Sexy?
Posted: October 28, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Health and Social Issues, Humor | Tags: ABC News, Breaking Bad, Costume, Goggles, Hazmat suit, hoax, Snow White, Twitter 1 Comment
Ebola Nurse Halloween Costumes Arouse (Concern)
Sexy cop, sexy Snow White and sexy corn have new, topical competition in the skimpy Halloween-wear section: Meet “Sexy Ebola Containment Suit,” the most awkward and arguably insensitive of them all.
“The fact that there’s a sexy ebola nurse costume proves the sexy costumes have gone out of control.”
— Individual on Twitter experiencing full-blown Halloween costume panic
Online retailer BrandsOnSale, which bills itself as a “Unique Costume Shop and more” unveiled the new ensemble days ago, featuring a short white dress, face shield, breathing mask, safety goggles and blue latex gloves at $59.99 per costume. A pair of bright yellow knee-high rubber boots can be purchased at an additional cost.
The Internet met the news of the costume with mixed responses.
“I’m in complete and utter disgust,” one Twitter user reacted, while another questioned the costume’s existence. Read the rest of this entry »
[PHOTO] かわいい！Lindo! Kawaii! Tokyo Disney Sea Día de los Muertos Skeleton Parade
Posted: October 24, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Asia, Entertainment, Japan | Tags: Costume, Dance, Day of the Dead, Disneyland, Festival, Halloween, Japan, Kawaii Cosplay, Mexico, Skeleton, Tokyo, Tokyo Disney Sea 2 Comments
Some truly colorful (and very kawaii!) festive images at Tokyoblings Blog, see them here:
It is Halloween which just possibly could be the highest point of the season at the newer one of Tokyo’s two different Disney parks, Tokyo Disney Sea. The whole park is decorated in a sort of hyper colorful Mexican Day of the Dead theme with fantastic looking skeletons entertaining the visitors throughout the park…(more)
[VIDEO] Reason TV: Comic-Con, Flesh, Fantasy, Cosplay, and Self-Expression
Posted: July 30, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Alter ego, Comic-Con International, Cosplay, Costume, Reason.tv, San Diego, San Diego Comic-Con International, YouTube Leave a commentReason TV ventured to Comic-Con International in San Diego to check out the booming culture of cosplay, in which people dress up as their favorite superheroes, literary figures, or fantasy icons. Why do cosplayers dedicate so much time, money, and energy to their alter egos? Its fun, they say, and its a powerful form of self-expression…(read more)
Best and Worst Costumes at Comic-Con
Posted: July 25, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Humor | Tags: Batman, Ben Affleck, Costume, costume-gala, distraction, San Diego Comic-Con International, superheroes, Variety Magazine 1 CommentThe Best and Worst Costumes at Comic-Con http://t.co/ycvWrw5Pfv pic.twitter.com/tq1ttxagcb
— Variety (@Variety) July 26, 2014
[VIDEO] LED BABY Halloween Costume Preview
Posted: October 24, 2013 Filed under: Art & Culture, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Baby, Cartoon, Costume, Halloween, Halloween costume, Light-emitting diode, Stick figure, YouTube Leave a commentJohn F. Kennedy in Oval Office with Kids in Halloween Costumes
Posted: October 24, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: Costume, Halloween, JFK, JFK Jr. Caroline Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Oval Office, Presidential History, White House Leave a comment
Trick or Treat! A concise guide to Halloween attractions in Japan
Posted: October 14, 2013 Filed under: Asia, Entertainment, Japan | Tags: Christmas, Costume, Halloween, Holiday, Japan, Opinions 1 Comment
Women in costumes pose for pictures during the Halloween Parade in Kawasaki. AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA
Halloween has become one of the three largest Western-influenced events celebrated in Japan following Christmas and Valentines’ Day. Though the spooky festival’s cultural origins are not the reason why the celebrations are observed, the Japanese do enjoy getting decked in themed costumes, thus making it a major commercial celebration for many.
The widespread popularity of the festival has resulted in confectionary makers rolling out Halloween-themed goodies, restaurants preparing Halloween-inspired menus, fashion outlets retailing Halloween-related costumes and accessories, and of course, entertainment facilities going all out with Halloween events.
We’ve put together a concise guide to some of the Halloween festivities taking place this year, so if you’re planning a trip to Japan during this season, here’s what you can expect!
VIDEO: Balloon Artist Creates Amazing Iron Man Costume
Posted: September 9, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere, Robotics, Science & Technology | Tags: Balloon, Balloon modelling, blinkBox, Buzz Lightyear, Costume, IronMan, Jeff Wright, Wright Leave a commentJeff Wright, known for the Buzz Lightyear costume he made in 2011, is at it again. This time, streaming service blinkbox challenged him to create an Iron Man costume in under 10 hours and using no more than 500 balloons. Obviously, he was up for the task. But apparently, the most difficult part was simply not knowing how it would turn out. Read the rest of this entry »
