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    Don't you feel bad now?

    Justin Bieber takes on his haters and God: This pop star needs sleep

    Jennifer Patterson
    Jan 6, 2011 | 11:49 am
    • Will Bieber transform into adulthood with the grace of Justin "Bringing SexyBack" Timberlake?
    • Ryan Gosling unwinds feeding the ducks.
    • Miley Cyrus seemed far from stressed when she took a hit of salvia, ashort-acting legal hallucinogen.
    • Maybe Bieber could catch more z's if he slowed down on the sugar.
    • The raccoon isn't the only nocturnal creature in this photo.
    • His haters keep him up at night.

    Even baby-faced Justin Bieber has his problems. In the February issue of Vanity Fair, the 16-year-old singer dishes about his worries and confesses that he suffers from insomnia, an ailment he attributes to a hectic lifestyle with little downtime.

    "I just turn over all night and think. My mind races," he says. "I think about all the things I didn't have time to think about during the day — like family and God and things that should be more important but you don't have time to think about, because you just get caught up [in everything else] during the day."

    One surprising concern for Bieber? Haters. He fears that his male onlookers eagerly anticipate his failure, just waiting for him to make a mistake. If he does, he worries, "they're gonna jump on it."

    He isn’t all woes, though. A hopeful Bieber tells the magazine that he’s confident he’ll enter adulthood with that trademark Bieber smile. He claims he’s learned from watching other young stars mire their careers in social scandal (Lindsay Lohan and Disney star Demi Lovato come to mind).

    "I know I'm not going to make a life-changing bad decision, as some people have," he says. "I've seen it happen too many times. I could be my own worst enemy, but I don't want to mess this up."

    But back to his haters — Bieber believes he'll win over some of them in a few years, perhaps in the same way as Justin “Bringing Sexy Back” Timberlake. (Do you remember when Justin was a mere boy band star singing bubblegum harmonies? Or had you blocked that out too?)

    Bieber doesn’t mention it, but it seems their hate stems from jealousy. While sugar-sweet pop songs from Miley Cyrus might evoke eye rolls from teenage boys, Bieber inspires all-out rage.

    One thing worry not keeping Bieber up late at night: his luck with the ladies. He doesn’t think it’s all due to stardom, either.

    "Not trying to be arrogant, but if I walked down the street and a girl saw me, she might take a look back because maybe I'm good-looking, right?"

    Still, it sounds like Bieber has a lot on his mind. Sleep is important to a teenager’s health, and CultureMap wants the star to conquer his insomnia woes.

    We present the following remedies for insomnia:

    - Smoke salvia. A giggling Miley Cyrus seemed far from stressed when she smoked the legal drug out of a bong last month.

    - Take a spa day! OK, it’s a bit on the girly side, but so are most things about Justin Bieber.

    - Drink until you black out. Holiday partiers know the merit of this forget-it-all technique. Just remember to sleep on your side.

    - Get punched in the head. Bieber could accomplish this easily with a few choice words when encountering his testosterone-charged haters in person. Bonus: A violent attack would evoke pity and make Beliebers out of the public.

    - Try Quaaludes. They may sound really 1950s but, trust me, these get the job done way better than any sissy Ambien or Lunesta

    - Feed the ducks at Hermann Park. Sometimes all you need to calm your mind is an evening tossing bread to our fine-feathered friends. Judging from recent photographs, Canadian musician and actor Ryan Gosling is a fan of the activity.

    Some even believe it’s what got Gosling through those painful teen years. Bieber would be well advised to follow in his footsteps. (Watch out for the geese, though — they bite.)

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    Movie Review

    Shaun the Sheep welcomes spooky season with PG-scary new movie

    Alex Bentley
    Sep 18, 2026 | 2:30 pm
    Shaun the Sheep in Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
    Photo courtesy of Aardman / Sky UK LTD / StudioCanal 2026
    Shaun the Sheep in Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom.

    Since his introduction over 30 years ago, the Aardman Animations character Shaun the Sheep has been almost as popular as the studio’s flagship characters, Wallace and Gromit. There is never a shortage of trouble Shaun can get into as he leads his flock and proves to be a thorn in the side of his farmer and Bitzer, the farmer’s loyal sheepdog.

    His antics lead everyone down some slightly spooky roads in the new film, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom. At first, things are only slightly awry as Shaun and the flock are growing a secret pumpkin patch to have their own jack-o-lanterns. But when the farmer accidentally destroys the pumpkin patch, Shaun tries to regrow it quickly with a Frankenstein-esque experiment.

    However, disaster looms when Shaun uses an old bottle of Hair-Gro as the container for the serum he creates. Naturally, the balding farmer uses it on his head, and everyone soon discovers how truly successful it is, with pumpkins growing out of control and the farmer sprouting hair all over his body. Through a series of mishaps, the farmer becomes the titular beast, creating mayhem while Shaun and others try to stop him.

    Directed by Steve Cox and Matthew Walker, and written by Mark Burton and Giles Pilbrow, the film goes down just as easy as every other Aardman project has. They get the Halloween vibes started from the opening credits, with things like the sheep doing the “Thriller” dance, and continue the fun throughout, referencing everything from Psycho to Friday the 13th in a nice, PG way.

    With no script — every character is mute save for reaction noises — the movie relies on sight gags for its humor, and the Aardman team is endlessly inventive in that respect. Sometimes it’s small things like a sheep using toilet paper rolls as binoculars, and sometimes it’s something like forcing the Bigfoot-like farmer to be shaped into a rectangle as he escapes through a window. But there’s a never-ending stream of such moments, so even if one doesn’t tickle your funny bone, chances are the next one will.

    The biggest benefit of the characters not talking is that there’s no need for deep character development. The filmmakers do a great job of giving the basic traits of each character, and then use those attributes to color everyone’s actions for the rest of the film. Shaun is the troublemaker, the farmer is a bumbling fool, Bitzer is preternaturally smart, and the town’s vet is empathetic, and the combination of those characters and others makes for a highly entertaining blend.

    Like all Aardman creations, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom is a fun lark that doesn’t make its audience think too hard. With just enough references to keep viewers engaged but not so many as to be overbearing, the film puts its well-worn characters to good use once again, delivering a Halloween season story that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

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    Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom is now playing in theaters.

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