What’s Sign Language For Whoops?

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It seems that Paul McCartney’s music video for My Valentine is rubbing some people the wrong way. Yahoo UK says that some of the signs were (hilariously) wrong.

In the black and white video for ‘My Valentine’, also directed by McCartney, the actress, makes the sign for the word ‘tampon’ instead of the word ‘appear’ as intended.

Meanwhile, Johnny Depp, who also appears in the video, signs ‘enemy’ instead of ‘valentine’.

The blunders were picked up by deaf viewers, who believe that confusion between American and British sign languages could be behind the gaffes.


That’s one theory, but Jezebel heard from the Sign Language Company in LA, and they coached Natalie and Johnny for the video. Their reasoning is a bit different…

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WWD Interview

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All hail, Fanatical, who has managed to find the elusive WWD interview. By now we've read most of it via other sources, but there are a few interesting items still…

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Not Faking It

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The LA Times has an article about the special premiere event for Paul McCartney's new music video. It doesn't seem as if Natalie was in attendance, although plenty of other…

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Natalie And Jane

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Kitten found some snaps of Natalie attending a screening of Chimpanzee, a Disneynature film. Natalie is photographed with one of her heroes, Jane Goodall, whose organization co-produced the film. You…

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Tidbits

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We've got some good stuff for tomorrow, so a little deck clearing today in the form of some mini updates. - There were a handful of Natalie NYC sightings on…

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