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While You Were Sleeping, Jon Hamm Told The World To Lay Off His Penis

Here are some things that happened overnight. Featuring Jon Hamm's penis, a new Wolverine trailer, and a real life dire wolf.

by Steph Harmon 28 March 2013

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**New Wolverine trailer!**

After the super goofy Wolverine film that came out in 2009, the producers behind this new chapter in the ever mutating (pun very intended) X-men saga seem to have made something a little more sensible (as far as movies about super powers go). Apparently going to Japan is something that Wolverine does in the comics. That sounds nice! Maybe that nice young lady will take him to karaoke and they can both forge a deep, though ethereal, friendship. [Update, 12:50pm: If that bar scene which starts at about 0:20 is bringing on nostalgic pangs, it’s because it was shot at the Hopetoun.]

Wolverine is out in Australia on July 26.

Jon Hamm’s penis finally breaks its silence:

After close to three years of terrible ham puns, overwrought anthropomorphisation and invasive photos, Jon Hamm’s enormous penis has had enough. The penis was back in the limelight last week, after an unnamed insider at AMC told New York Daily News’ gossip columnist that during season one and two of Mad Men, it had to be photoshopped out. There have been whole tumblrs devoted to it, endless galleries, and headlines like ‘Jon Hamm’s Penis Takes Its Owner Out For A Walk’. But through the talking head of Jon Hamm, his penis told Rolling Stone to “lay off”.

“Most of it is tongue-in-cheek … but it is a little rude. It just speaks to a broader freedom that people feel like they have — a prurience,” he said. “They’re called ‘privates’ for a reason. I’m wearing pants, for fuck’s sake. Lay off. I mean, it’s not like I’m a fucking lead miner. There are harder jobs in the world. But when people feel the freedom to create Tumblr accounts about my cock, I feel like that wasn’t part of the deal.”

Which, actually, is totally fair enough. Sorry Jon Hamm. And your enormous penis too. (via Rolling Stone)

Pain And Gain doesn’t look terrible:

Speaking of buff dudes and enlargement, Michael “Transformers” Bay continues to shock and awe by seeming to have made an actually good-looking film. The new body building and crime flick, Pain and Gain, released its red band trailer (which we guess means swears?) today. Hyper everything, this explodey caper looks set to really capitalise on the amazing (we’re serious) comic timing of Mark Wahlberg and The Rock. Finally.

Bonus points for the Rebel Wilson cameo, and not using Sleigh Bells in the trailer.

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Get yer dire wolf ‘ere:

Dire wolfs, the endlessly loyal and handsome companions given to each child of the Stark family in the first episode of Game Of Thrones, were apparently a real animal. Canis dirus went extinct about 10,000 years ago, but breeders are working on bringing them back. Sort of. There’s no surviving genetic material of the original, but the Dire Wolf Project of the American Alsatian Breeders Association have been working on an American Alsation that looks like a wolf, is loyal like a dog, and is calm like the summer night sky.

There’s a huge waiting list and they cost $3000 each. Because, you know, Game Of Thrones. (via Wired)