Friday, October 17, 2014

What's better than a great Halloween costume


What's better than a great Halloween costume? Two great Halloween costumes.

Whether it's with a significant other or a best friend, there's an art to coming up with the perfect couples costume set. It has to get people's attention, be easily recognizable and, perhaps most important, it needs to convey the personality of both parties.

Video: Are you still looking for a Halloween costume? Carson Daly is in the Orange Room with some creative suggestions. For inspiration, he looks back at photos of Matt Lauer and Al Roker dressed up for TODAY Halloweens past.

We asked TODAY viewers to share their favorite couples costumes, and it seems they have that formula down to a science.

Here are some of our favorites:

Wayne and Garth from "Wayne's World"
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Facebook via Melodie Alexander
My husband and I as Wayne & Garth.

Harry and Marve from "Home Alone"
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Facebook via Libby Marie Kimball
My husband and his best friend as Harry and Marve from home alone #orangeroom

Forrest Gump and Lieut. Dan
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Facebook via Jessica Wooten
Forrest Gump & Lt. Dan

Snow White and the Evil Queen
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Facebook via Stephanie Cobb Briggs
#OrangeRoom Snow White and the Evil Queen.

Lucy and Ethel
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Facebook via Lorian Meyer
Lucy & Ethel with my bestie! Debra Kennedy Sutton

Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia (with bonus R2D2)
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Facebook via Renee Hill
My nephew and family.

Roger and Jessica Rabbit
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Facebook via Lyndsay Paradise
Roger Rabbit and Jessica Rabbit 2013

Homer and Marge Simpson (and family)
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Facebook Lindsay Hill Kurrle
Our family of five enjoyed being the Simpson's in Vermont's Capital City!

Shrek and Fiona
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Facebook via Sandy Ritchie
Shrek and Fiona--I just couldn't get him to do the green facepaint, though. #OrangeRoom

Do you have a great Halloween couples costume photo? Send it to us on Facebook or Twitter using #OrangeRoom.


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Saturday, October 11, 2014

Dracula Untold is Universal and Legendary’s retelling

Dracula Untold is Universal and Legendary’s retelling of the Dracula story except this movie is not based on Bram Stoker’s book of the same name. It instead focuses on the Transylvanian prince Vlad the Impaler (Luke Evans). He is destined to protect his family and kingdom from the invading Turks, but to do this he must find a dark source of power that eventually turns him into Count Dracula. I consider myself a fan of the classic Universal monsters such as Dracula, the Frankenstein monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, etc. The more modern movies have definitely been hit or miss. I liked the remake of The Mummy a lot and even enjoyed the second one, despite it not being very good. I never saw the 2010 remake of The Wolfman and Van Helsing was a mediocre movie with a good concept hidden somewhere. This new Dracula movie feels the same way, a good idea that’s buried in a very mediocre movie. A lot of the dialogue feels more like exposition rather than building up a lore around this new version of Dracula. The characters are also very boring and there’s really no reason to care for them. Luke Evans does do a decent job as Vlad, but all of the other actors are pretty bad. Dominic Cooper plays the film’s main villain and it seemed like he had a difficult time keeping his Turkish accent. The action scenes are also messy. Sometimes the action is cool, but there are other times where it’s poorly filmed and edited. A key example is when some of the action is shown through the reflection of a sword. It’s a poor attempt to seem stylistic, and it’s almost impossible to make out what is going on in that reflection. However there are other times when the action is pretty cool, even if it seems like the writers make up Dracula’s powers in the process. I refer to the scene where he creates a flock of bats to attack an army as Bat Bending. Lover Fashion sexy club wear Stephen Collins’ talent agency has confirmed that they will no longer be working with the 7th Heaven star following the news that the actor is currently under investigation for child molestation. Agency for the Performing Arts confirmed to Entertainment Weekly, that they would no longer be representing the star after an audiotape, which allegedly shows Collins admitting to having sexual encounters with minors, surfaced online this week. The agency has not made any further comment. Since the news broke on Wednesday, Collins has lost his small role in the upcoming sequel to Seth McFarlane’s Ted as well as being dropped from an appearance in the hit series Scandal where he was set to play a TV reporter. Two networks have also confirmed that they will no longer be showing re runs of . In the tape, Collins is supposedly heard admitting to molesting on underage girl and exposing himself to two others between the ages of 10 and 13 during a therapy session with his wife Faye Grant. She has since filed for divorce from the actor, confirming in divorce records that she was disgusted by her husband’s actions and even calls him a pedophile. Stephen Collins dropped by talent agency (WENN) "I'm sickened by Stephen's actions,” she says. “I have urged Stephen multiple times to seek treatment for pedophilia, but he has refused to seek proper help or hospitalization for the predilection toward children." However, she insists that she did not leak the tape to the media. LAPD confirmed this week that they are investigating into Collins and will be reviewing their own 2012 investigation with New York authorities.