Viral video: cat watches horror movie, James Corden and Cyndi Lauper sing

Friday, 13 May 2016

Watch a kitten react to a scary Hitchcock soundtrack, plus the duo back equal pay with a parody of Girls Just Want To Have Fun

You know those moments when you’re watching a something scary but just can’t look away? That’s how it is for the cat in our lead video, whose eyes seem transfixed to a horror movie until the tension gets too much and it is forced to leap away. Perhaps the sinister strings on the soundtrack (which sounds like Hitchcock’s Psycho) got too much – or did it just spot a mouse?

Also leaping around this week are James Corden and his Late Late Show guest Cyndi Lauper, who sing a parody of the 80s star’s hit Girls Just Want To Have Fun. The song, which attacks the gender pay gap, features lyrics including “Guys, if she’s mad, it’s not PMS – it’s cause you do the same job, but she’s makin’ less.” But who looks better in the pink wig? You decide.

Our movie-related clips this week include a Screen Junkies “Honest Trailers” version of Deadpool – which, amazingly, features the movie’s star Ryan Reynolds. Another Ryan – Gosling – proves he’s a good sport by acting out a scene from his new movie The Nice Guys with a member of Jimmy Kimmel’s studio audience.

We also have vlogger Tom Syndicate sneaking onto the set of World of Warcraft – watch out for the bonus review of Captain America: Civil War (which he mistakenly calls “Avengers: Civil War”) at the end. And you can see footage of James McAvoy being transformed into his Charles character in X-Men: Apocalypse. It looks like having his head shaved was worth it – he’s a dead ringer for a young Patrick Stewart.