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Published 2:45 pm Friday, February 20, 2015
1. Jeep-ers! Check out this unintentional ice sculpture created when an SUV backed out of the parking lot of a hospital in Greenville, North Carolina:
It’s so cold (how cold is it?)….Look at what this Jeep left behind: http://t.co/rXbrXlhwXg #TODAYWeather pic.twitter.com/ftjUyM6L4T
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) February 20, 2015
2. Three snow days in a row spent with a Frozen-obsessed daughter? Aunt Boo can’t hold it back anymore.
“All day. Frozen. Elsa. What’s the snowman’s name? Olaf,” the comedian says in a video that’s logged hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube and Facebook in just two days. “If I ever could choke some cartoon characters, it’d be them.”
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3. For the second year in a row, a street art exhibit intended as a commentary on Hollywood’s drug culture has worked its way into pre-Oscars buzz.
On Thursday morning, street artist Plastic Jesus placed a life-size replica of an Academy Award statue Hollywood Boulevard near where the annual feting of cinematic achievement will be held. Only instead of holding a crusader’s sword, ol’ Oscar is on all fours appearing to snort cocaine.
@LAist Hollywood and la Brea Streetart pic.twitter.com/ntPPBGPdO3
— Plastic Jesus (@plasticjesusart) February 19, 2015
In 2014, weeks after the drug-related death of Academy Award winner Phillip Seymour Hoffman, a similar work–a life-size Oscar replica with a needle in its arm–was placed in proximity of the red carpet. The plaque at the base of the display read “Hollywood’s Best Kept Secret.”