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A nice batch of mini updates for you guys today. Let's get straight to it... - Firstly, it looks like the sign language confusion in the My Valentine video, might…

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New Poll + Selfish Results

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It was obvious that we were going to do a poll about the My Valentine video. The reason it took this long is I couldn’t decide what to focus on. The Natalie only version? The mixed version? Or how about the controversy?

In the end I chose the middle option. Based on the comments, the results should be very positive, but let’s see just HOW positive…

The My Valentine poll

The previous poll was a little simpler. Films or charity. It’s no surprise that films won (hey, that’s what I voted), but there was a significantly saintly portion of fans who voted for charity.

Luckily we’re in a world where, for now at least, we get both. Full results are after the jump.

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HQ Signs

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We've added two HQ versions of the behind the scenes photos of Natalie on set for the music video, as well as a third slightly bigger version of the other…

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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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