The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

If this doesn’t get you excited for "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", nothing will ’cause this is the last trailer being released for the much-anticipated sequel to the blockbuster 2012 original.

The clip shows Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen being her badass self as the President Snow voiceover ominously intones, “Miss Everdeen, you fought very hard in the arena. But, they were games. Would you like to be in a real war?” Quick-shot images of co-stars including Josh Hutcherson are then seen among the ensuing action and mayhem. (Liam Hemsworth fans shouldn't blink.)

"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" hits theaters Nov. 22, 2013, so close we can almost taste it!

Spent Life Savings On Surgery To Look Like Justin Bieber???

If you thought Justin Bieber had problems, wait til you get a load of this Justin Bieber wannabe. A fledgling songwriter blew his entire life savings on surgeries to look like the Canadian heartthrob … and ummm, it didn't work so well.

Toby Sheldon, 33, has spent the past five years and a whopping $100,000 to try to look like the ‘Beauty and a Beat’ singer.

Gawker reports that Sheldon admitted he was scared of aging, which spawned his attempts to resemble Bieber. And some of those were pretty horrifying. Sheldon, who says proudly that strangers call him “Toby Bieber,” underwent multiple plastic surgeries, injections, and hair transplants to get the teen heartthrob’s signature look. But, one procedure was even more insane than the rest.

Sheldon got “smile surgery” to extend the sides of his mouth. You know, like the Joker in ‘The Dark Knight,’ only performed by a doctor. Creepy! Sheldon insists that the surgery was crucial to achieving Bieber’s “youthful look.” “My smile surgery took more than a month to recover from,” Sheldon said. “And, after my eyelid surgery, I couldn't open my eyes for a week.”

No offense, but after seeing his photos, you'll wish your eyes were shut for a week, too. 

 

Teen With Fetus In Shopping Bag In Victoria's Secret

The results of an autopsy could determine whether two teenage girls are hit with serious charges after one of them was found carrying a dead fetus in a bag while shopping at a Victoria's Secret store in Manhattan.

Police were called to the store Thursday, October 17, 2013, after a security guard on the lookout of shoplifters searched the 17-year-old girls, discovered a strong odor coming from one of their bags and found the fetus.

The girls were arrested on charges of petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, police said. The teenager thought to have given birth was hospitalized, and the other was questioned by police.

One of the girls, who has a two-year-old son, told detectives she was carrying the remains because she had delivered a day earlier and didn't know what to do, authorities said. It wasn't clear whether the fetus was alive or dead when delivered.

The medical examiner's office was performing an autopsy on the remains, and more charges could follow depending on the results.

A person who answered the phone at the home of the girl believed to have given birth had no comment. No phone number was available at the address provided by police for the second teenager.

Government Shutdown OVER

Members of the House of Representatives depart after a late-night vote on fiscal legislation to end the government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 16. The Congress on Wednesday approved an 11th-hour deal to end a partial government shutdown and pull the world's biggest economy back from the brink of a
historic debt default that could have threatened financial calamity.
The federal government blinked back to life Thursday, hours after Congress swerved at the last minute to dodge a threatened economic catastrophe. Hundreds of thousands of furloughed workers were ordered back on the job after 16 days idle.

At the Capitol, where the House voted in the dead of night to end the standoff over the budget, tours — for a clearly frustrated American public — were set to resume, and the visitors center prepared to open its doors.

The U.S. Geological Survey, the people who map mountains and measure earthquakes, posted a simple message on Twitter at sunrise, 16 days after its last tweet: “ … and we're back.”

Tea party conservatives Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, right, walk to a meeting as the Senate prepares to vote on a measure to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial,
16-day shutdown on Oct. 16.

Barricades came down at national monuments. The Smithsonian museum said it would open again Thursday, but other institutions needed a little more time to get back to business. The gates of the National Zoo will open Friday, the halls of the National Gallery of Art on Saturday.

The zoo’s Panda Cam, which allows admirers to check in on Mei Xiang and her cub, was still blacked out.

The Office of Management and Budget, which oversees the executive branch, posted a notice: “Open. Employees are expected to return for work on their next regularly scheduled work day” — Thursday, for most of them.

The restart came after votes in the Senate, by 81-18, and the House, by 285-144, to end the shutdown and extend the government’s power to borrow money.

President Barack Obama speaks in the briefing room of the White House after the Senate passed the bill to reopen the government on Wednesday.
President Barack Obama said between the votes: “We'll begin reopening our government immediately and we can begin to lift this cloud of uncertainty from our businesses and the American people.”

Independent economists and the treasury secretary had warned that, at an undetermined point as early as Thursday, the government was at risk of running out of money and defaulting on its bond payments.

World investors hold more than $12 trillion in American government debt and were watching the deadline closely. The stock market staged a big rally Wednesday after it became apparent that a deal was in the works in Washington.

Michael Douglas Comes Clean About "Throat" Cancer

Michael Douglas is coming clean.

On October 10, 2013, in an interview with Samuel L. Jackson on the U.K. talk show "This Morning", the 69-year-old admitted that the type of cancer he battled in 2010 was not stage four throat cancer.  He was actually diagnosed with tongue cancer.

"This was right before I had to go on a big tour for 'Wall Street,' so we kind of said, 'There’s no way we can cancel the tour and say we don’t feel well,'" he explained. "So you know, I said, 'You've just got to come out and just tell them I've got cancer and that’s that.'"

Douglas revealed his diagnosis in August 2010, but decided to keep his tongue cancer a secret after his doctor, who'd found a walnut-size tumor at the base of his tongue, revealed the surgery could impact his appearance in a major way.

"The surgeon said, 'Let's just say it's throat cancer,'" Douglas said, explaining that the doctor told him that if they had to do surgery for tongue cancer "it's not going to be pretty" and that he faced losing part of his jaw and tongue. So Douglas kept his secret, just in case he had to go under the knife.

The actor, who's currently separated from his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, underwent aggressive chemotherapy and radiation treatment and was declared tumor-free in January 2011.

Fifty Shades of Grey DROP-OUT!!!

Sorry ladies ... Charlie Hunnam has just dropped out of the big screen adaption of "Fifty Shades of Grey",  and it's all because of his role on "Sons of Anarchy."

According to reports, the decision was made because Hunnam wasn't able to "adequately prepare" for the role due to his "immersive" TV schedule.

Makes sense, since filming was supposed to begin on the movie later this month.  But just days ago, Hunnam was talking up how seriously he had been taking the role.

Ian Somerhalder, your move!

 
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Who Is The Smallest Government Spender Since Eisenhower? You Won't Believe Who It Is!

It’s enough to make even the most ardent Obama cynic scratch his head in confusion.

Amidst all the cries of Barack Obama being the most prolific big government spender the nation has ever suffered, Marketwatch is reporting that our president has actually been tighter with a buck than any United States President since Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Who knew?

Check out the chart –

 So, how have the Republicans managed to persuade Americans to buy into the whole “Obama as big spender” narrative?

It might have something to do with the first year of the Obama presidency where the federal budget increased a whopping 17.9%, going from $2.98 trillion to $3.52 trillion. I’ll bet you think that this is the result of the Obama sponsored stimulus plan that is so frequently vilified by the conservatives, but you would be wrong.

The first year of any incoming president term is saddled—for better or for worse—with the budget set by the president whom immediately precedes the new occupant of the White House. Indeed, not only was the 2009 budget the property of George W. Bush—and passed by the 2008 Congress—it was in effect four months before Barack Obama took the oath of office.

Accordingly, the first budget that can be blamed on our current president began in 2010 with the budgets running through and including including fiscal year 2013 standing as charges on the Obama account, even if a President Willard M. Romney were to take over the office on January 20, 2013. 

So, how do the actual Obama annual budgets look?

Courtesy of Marketwatch-

• In fiscal 2010 (the first Obama budget) spending fell 1.8% to $3.46 trillion.
•  In fiscal 2011, spending rose 4.3% to $3.60 trillion.
• In fiscal 2012, spending is set to rise 0.7% to $3.63 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate of the budget that was agreed to last August.
• Finally in fiscal 2013 — the final budget of Obama’s term — spending is scheduled to fall 1.3% to $3.58 trillion. Read the CBO’s latest budget outlook.

No doubt, many will wish to give the credit to the efforts of the GOP controlled House of Representatives. That’s fine if that’s what works for you.

However, you don’t get to have it both ways. Credit whom you will, but if you are truly interested in a fair analysis of the Obama years to date—at least when it comes to spending—you’re going to have to acknowledge that under the Obama watch, even President Reagan would have to give our current president a thumbs up when it comes to his record for stretching a dollar.

Of course, the Heritage Foundation is having none of it, attempting to counter the actual numbers by pretending that the spending initiated by the Bush Administration is the fault of Obama. As I understand the argument Heritage is putting forth —and I have provided the link to the Heritage rebuttal so you can decide for yourself—Marketwatch, in using the baseline that Obama inherited, is making it too easy on the President.

But then, with the Heritage Foundation being the creator of the individual mandate concept in healthcare  only to rebut the same when it was no longer politically convenient, I’m not quite sure why anyone believes much of anything they have to say any longer. With their history of reversing course for convenience, I can’t help but wonder, should they find themselves reviewing the spending record of a President Romney four years from today, whether they might be tempted to use the Obama numbers as the baseline for such a new Administration.

Paying It Forward for Over 6 Years!

This guy has been using Starbucks coffee to pay it forward since way before CEO Howard Schultz said it was cool.

Dan Dewey, 67, of Oakland County, MI, has been making coffee runs twice a week for the staff and patients of his local cancer centers since January of 2007, Mlive.com reports.

The ritual began while Dewey was taking his father to Wednesday chemotherapy appointments to treat his prostate cancer.

"He gets in the big blue chair and I go, 'I'm going for a coffee,'" Dewey told Mlive.com, "and down the road a half a mile was Starbuck's. I'll never forget, I stood up, and here's all these other people hooked to needles. So I go, 'Anybody want anything else? I'm going for coffee. I've got his wallet...' That was the attitude that took off, you know, here's this goofball willing to buy a total stranger a coffee."

Even after his father's two 8-week chemotherapy sessions were complete, Dewey continued his weekly runs for the remaining patients, and his small gesture turned into a big phenomenon. Dewey now serves three local centers, St. Joseph's Cancer Center, the Rose Cancer Center and CARE House of Oakland County, every Wednesday and Thursday. He spends nearly $200 to deliver upwards of 90 coffees a week, according to Mlive.com.

After 7 years of giving, Dewey is now running low on funds to keep up his weekly trips, but many have been inspired to share his story and help him get the donations he needs.

Reddit user Wtfarubberduck helped his story go viral by posting it to the site on Thursday. The post prompted another user to share a personal experience with Dewey's kindness:

My parents were two of the many people that kind, generous man brought coffee to during my father's struggle against multiple myeloma (a blood borne cancer). He lives somewhat humbly, giving much of his own money in his effort to bring some joy to sick people. I want to thank Dan for the moments of happiness he brought to my parents with a simple cup of coffee during some of the hardest moments of my father's life.

Keep up with Dewey with his Coffee-Run Facebook Page or make a donation to his efforts at the Dan's Coffee Run Website.

Woman Allegedly Suffocated Puppies In Cooler

A New Jersey woman allegedly suffocated four puppies by locking them in a cooler after she had a fight with her boyfriend, who breeds American bulldogs, police said Tuesday.

Kimberly Matthews, of Linden, N.J., now faces four counts of animal cruelty. Authorities found the 5-week-old bulldogs in a cooler Sunday.

Linden Police Department Capt. James Sarnicki told The Star-Ledger that the 26-year-old asked her neighbor to watch the puppies and gave the portable cooler full of dogs to the acquaintance. It wasn't until later, when the neighbor touched the puppies, that he realized they were dead.

As The Associated Press notes, Matthews denied any wrongdoing and told investigators the puppies were alive when she handed them over.

Matthews was initially arrested on outstanding contempt warrants in two other New Jersey counties. She was later charged with the multiple counts of animal cruelty.

Under New Jersey law, animal cruelty charges carry a $500 to $2,000 fine and maximum jail sentence of six months.

York County PA Prison Guards Arranging Fights

Three York County Prison corrections officers have been charged with official oppression and suspended from work after allegedly arranging fights between two inmates, and in some cases between the inmates and guards, in exchange for coffee and food.

David Michael Whitcomb, 28, of Hellam Township; Mark Andrew Haynes, 26, of Jacobus; and Daniel H. Graff, 37, of York, were charged after a state police investigation into the allegations, discovered when prison officials were conducting an unrelated investigation into acts of minor vandalism.

The fights, and other stunts, were part of what one of the inmates described as the "Retard Olympics," in which the officers asked the inmates to do "stupid stuff for coffee and food," state police reported Friday.

All three officers have been on unpaid administrative leave while the investigation was conducted, the prison said in a news release. Warden Mary Sabol declined to elaborate on the charges.

Graff said the abuse "never happened" and described the inmate's allegations as "a get-rich-quick scheme."

"They've been telling other inmates that they're going to sue the York County Prison for millions of dollars," Graff said. "Personally, I think this is what this is."

Whitcomb said, "This is crazy."

He called the allegations "complete fabrications."

"I did not participate in any of it, and I did not witness any of this," he said. "There is no physical evidence, no medical records. They didn't file any complaints when it was supposed to have happened. This is all on the word of an inmate. It blows my mind."

The abuse was alleged to have occurred between Jan. 31 and July 1. Graff said he and two other guards were suspended just more than three months ago.

According to state police, the investigation began when officials investigating graffiti in the prison's south block saw on video Haynes grab inmate David Michael Wright, 27, of Red Lion, from the back and grab the inmate around the neck.

Wright, in a written statement given to prison officials, wrote that Haynes, Whitcomb and Graff arranged for him to wrestle another inmate named James Williams Hicks Jr., 27, of Dover, in a closet near the guard booth. Wright said they had rules - no punching in the face, and whoever got his opponent "to tap out" would get extra food and coffee.

Wright wrote that he won the match, and because of that, Hicks' work duties were reassigned, police reported.

Wright also wrestled Graff in the storage closet, reporting that the officer "cut off my air supply so I dropped him on the ground and he said enough enough," police reported.

Wright wrote that Whitcomb offered him food if he would allow the officer to punch him in the leg and give him "a dead leg," according to police. He also reported that Haynes offered him food if he could take a punch in the arm without falling.

Wright reported he allowed the officer to punch him but did not receive any food. He also said Graff offered him extra coffee if he allowed him to spray pepper foam in his face. He did, he reported, and later did not receive any coffee.

Hicks reported that among the stunts he was asked to perform for food and coffee were drinking a gallon of milk in an hour, eating a spoonful of cinnamon, snorting spicy vegetable Ramen Noodle powder and crushed candy, drinking a bottle of water with pepper foam sprayed in it and eating fruit with the peels intact.

He reported that he received food and coffee after performing the stunts.

Later, he reported, the "challenges," as they were called, became physical, and he had to wrestle Graff and Whitcomb and allow them to punch his arms and legs until they became numb.

Once, Hicks reported, Whitcomb "choked him out."

He told investigators "it was all consensual," police reported.

Graff and Whitcomb, interviewed Friday, said they had "developed a rapport" with Wright and Hicks and would offer them extra food when they performed tasks around the cell block, such as help mop floors or other duties. The two had been "problem" inmates in the past.

"They had continuous problems with other inmates and the staff," Whitcomb said. "They have been proven to be habitual liars in the past. ...These aren't typical inmates."

Graff and Whitcomb said their union, Local 776 of the Teamsters, had filed a grievance objecting to their suspensions and had scheduled a hearing for Friday morning. The union had objected that the officers had been suspended for three months without any resolution of the allegations. The hearing was canceled when the criminal charge was filed.Those charges had not been signed by a district judge Friday.

"The worst part of this is our names are being dragged through the mud for no reason," Whitcomb said.

Wright, whose court record goes back to 2004, had been in jail on escape charges and other offenses, including theft, possession of drug paraphernalia and making false reports to authorities.

Hicks, whose record dates to 2006, had been sentenced in April to 11 months to 23 months in prison on child pornography charges transferred to York County from Juniata County. His record also includes charges of theft, corruption of minors and burglary.

York County Commissioner Doug Hoke, president of the prison board, said he received a call from the warden several months ago about some questions she thought needed to be investigated.

He told her to do it right away. An internal investigation was done and turned over to the state police. He said officials now will wait to see the outcome of the legal proceedings.

"I'm satisfied it was handled correctly," Hoke said.

'Misconduct...is not tolerated'

In a news release issued Friday, the York County Prison stated: "Each day, hundreds of corrections officers work diligently to maintain the security of the prison and ensure the safety and well-being of inmates and fellow corrections officers. The actions alleged by Pennsylvania State Police in this case run counter to the professional behavior county and prison management expect and require of all staff. Misconduct within any county agency is not tolerated."

David Henneberry, Man Who Found Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect, Gets New Boat Thanks To Strangers

Good karma, and kindness, wins again.

David Henneberry, the man who found the Boston Marathon bombing suspect in his boat, can finally set sail again, thanks to the generosity of strangers.

In April, after the Watertown, Mass., lockdown was lifted, Henneberry discovered 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in a boat in his backyard. He immediately called the police.

"He didn't try to be a hero. He didn't yell.," Robert Duffy, Henneberry's stepson, told 'Today' in April. "His mind instantly did the right thing."

After a two-hour firefight, Tsarnaev was captured, but Henneberry's boat was severely damaged in the process.

Kind strangers decided to take care of that.

A man named Craig Dunlap started a campaign on the fundraising site Crowdtilt. He appropriately named it "Let's Fix David Henneberry's Boat That Got Ruined in the Boston Bomber's Standoff!" and set a goal of $50,000.

The campaign closed on April 30 and surpassed that goal by $597.50.

On Thursday, Henneberry told ABCNews.com that he and his family were finally able to purchase a used boat, which he named "Beth Said Yes" after his wife.

"We did accept the $50,000, and we did also request that anything over that went to the One Fund," Henneberry said. "It just seemed right to do."

The One Fund Boston was created to assist victims and their families affected by the marathon bombing.

"You just want to ramble on you feel so grateful," Henneberry added. "After such a bad thing happened to us and the people of Boston, it was wonderful to see that. It was humbling. It restores your faith in people. They don't know me."

Casey Kasem's Family Battling Over Ailing Host

Casey Kasem's children have issued an ultimatum to their step-mom, Jean Kasem.  She has one more chance to let them see their ailing father and if she doesn't, she'll lose control over his life.

The former, long-time host of "America's Top 40" is very ill with advanced Parkinson's and his kids have been trying in vain to see him for the last 3 months, but they say Jean has blocked them.

So Kerri, Julie, and Mike have hired a lawyer to negotiate with Jean, and here's the bottom line... if she doesn't let them see their dad, the lawyer will go to court and ask a judge to create a conservatorship for Casey and make THEM the conservators.

They've tried everything else.  As we first reported, they staged a protest earlier this week in front of the house, but Jean called the cops on them.

And apparently, it's not what you think.  We're told the kids are not beneficiaries in Casey's will.  They just want to see him before it's too late.

Jean was unable to be contacted for a comment.

Best Buy Drops Price of iPhone 5c to ONLY $50 ~~ This Week ONLY!

Just two weeks after hitting the market, Best Buy will begin offering a discount on Apple's iPhone 5c. From today, Oct. 3, to Monday, Oct. 7, the iPhone 5c will be available for $50.

According to Best Buy, customers will get a $50 gift card with the phone and apply that to the $99.99 device, bringing the phone cost down to $50. Best Buy will also offer the deal on Samsung Galaxy smartphones, including the $199 Samsung Galaxy S4, bringing the cost of the phone to approximately $150.

Best Buy has offered similar deals on Samsung and Apple handsets before, but not on Apple's latest iPhones. When asked about the reasons for the price drops, Best Buy said it was intended to drive traffic to those specific products.

"We view ourselves as a company that offers consumers something they can't get anywhere else -- all the phones, all the plans, all the carriers -- and look for any opportunity to delight our customers," read a statement by Shandra Tollefson, a Best Buy official.

However, Best Buy isn't the only retailer to drop the price of the 5c. Walmart launched the phone at $80, $20 less than Apple's set price of $100. Target has also offered the same discount on the new, colorful phone.

In contrast, the higher-end iPhone 5s, which has a better camera, processor and fingerprint sensor, has remained at a starting price of $199 with a two-year contract and has been sold out at various locations.

"I think the 5c has gotten overshadowed and, given that the 5s isn't available everywhere, this is a way to get people excited about the latest and greatest Apple product," Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD, told ABC News.

iPhone 5s Review: A Great Phone With Some More Forward Thinking Needed

Apple did not respond to ABC News' request for comment on the Best Buy promotion or on the specific sales numbers of the iPhone 5c. The company said last week that it sold 9 million iPhones in the opening weekend, but did not identify the breakdown of sales for each model.

Baker believes that the price drops fly in the face of the analysts who criticized the 5c's higher-than-expected price after Apple's release in September.

"When you really look underneath all of that chatter about the 5c being too expensive, costs are really fungible in smartphones," Baker said. "Smartphone end user pricing is never based on cost. It is reasonable to believe that Apple always intended the 5c to be their entry-level device but wanted to control when, where and by whom the product was discounted."

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Venomous Black and White Caterpillar

 The hickory tussock moth begins its life as a white caterpillar. It is not a fully white caterpillar, however, as it has an attractive design of black tufts along the middle of the back, with black spots down the sides of its body and a black head.

The hairs on the caterpillar are long and bristle-like and spread out in tufts down the sides. Two long, sharp, black pencil-like hairs protrude near the front and rear of the creature, and these hairs are connected to poison glands, which excrete venom on contact.

Contact with the venom does not generally cause too much of a problem. A nettle or poison ivy-type rash often occurs, which can range from mild with slight reddening of the skin, to burning, swelling and pain, none of which should keep you away from your gardening duties for too long. Hypersensitive individuals may, of course, experience more severe symptoms that could include swelling and nausea. Washing the infected area with soap and water, taking antihistamines, or using ammonia, calamine lotion, or an ice pack can help to alleviate most minor symptoms fairly quickly. People who do experience more severe reactions, however, should seek expert medical advice as soon as possible.

The eggs are laid in large groups on the underside of leaves, and the caterpillars are commonly seen from around June to September. Hickory moth caterpillars, like most caterpillars, have rather insatiable appetites, and can grow to around 1.5 inches (3.8 cms) in length. They are very partial to nut trees, such as pecan, hickory, and walnut, but will also eat a variety of other things, such as ash, oak, willow, apple, elm, raspberry, corn leaves, vegetable plants, and various shrubs.

Although the hickory tussock moth caterpillar can cause destruction at times, such as defoliating individual trees, the problem doesn't usually escalate to the point that they cause too much long-term damage. There are, of course, a variety of ways of exercising caterpillar control, which will help to slow these greedy individuals down and prevent them from attacking your prize plants and trees. The best way to do this is in an environmentally friendly manner, so that no nasty chemicals are introduced unnecessarily into the garden.

Pesticides should only ever be used as a last resort, and great care should always be taken when using them. Always read the label instructions properly, heed any warnings, and wear suitable protective clothing, gloves and safety glasses at all times.

First, you can try picking the caterpillars off the area, but obviously this can be tricky due to their stinging hairs. The best way to perform the task, therefore, is to use a pair of protective gloves. Another way of removing these pests from your garden is to introduce and encourage a host of predatory animals, such as lizards, frogs, wasps, and birds. Although some of these predators may not touch a poisonous caterpillar, others will, and some may even eat the eggs before they get chance to hatch.

Finally, practicing good organic gardening methods, such as exercising crop rotation and not planting your vegetables in rows, will help to ensure that all your plants are strong and healthy and able to fight off unwanted caterpillars.

11 Lies Disney Movies Told Us About Love

Listen sister, if a guy saves you from a dragon, you marry him.

Nope, your toys do not come alive as soon as you step out of the room. And sorry, even if you looked like Gisele, forest animals would still not help you get ready for any stinkin' ball.

Disney movies have been lying to us our entire lives, and in the real world, there aren't fairy tales. Except for you, Kate Middleton. You are the only one. It's not to say we don't enjoy these movies, or still sing along with Ariel and Belle, ahem. But damn, Disney gave us some high hopes when it came to true love and soulmates. 

11 lies Disney movies told us about love, thereby forever screwing up our dating expectations. 

1. Love at first sight is a super normal thing that happens. All. The. Time.

2. Disobeying your parents to sneak around with a guy you just met will inevitably end with you two getting married.

3. Every girl should dream that a stranger's kiss will be the key to waking her from an endless slumber (or hangover).

4. Bestiality means finding your soul mate—and it won't get you arrested.

5. You'll find The One during your first dip into the dating pool. And you two will live happily ever after.

6. Wishing on stars is what makes dreams come true—not hard work.

7. If you need to pretend to be someone you're not to get his attention ... do it!

8. It's only when you hit rock bottom that you'll meet the love of your life. And he'll be the one to pull your co-dependent ass off the floor and fix all your problems.

9. Don't plan on living any sort of exciting or fulfilling life—until that someday when your Prince will come. He'll find you. Not the other way around, sister. Get it straight.

10. Giving up that characteristic/talent/skill that makes you special in order to be with a guy is totally OK. He doesn't care how dumb you are as long as you're pretty.

11. All it takes is one simple kiss, dance or duet to know if this dude is The One.