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1 – Should we refer to it now as 9021 – 1? Hilary Duff has crushed teen dreams by denying that there is any involvement between her and the upcoming CW tentpole show. It was about to be a triple threat, Full House + 90210 + Lizzie McGuire, but now it shall never be. I hope they don’t try to fill the void with My Two Dads, or something drastic will have to be done. [via IMDB, 3rd one down]
2 – Put a zippered door and a lightweight plasma TV inside this thing and I think I’ve found my new apartment. [via JoshSpear]
3 – The White Wizard is back and all you demons should duck and cover, beyotches! Ian McKellan has officially signed on for the Hobbit films, soon to be directed by Guillermo Del Toro. No word yet on any of the other cast that actually appear in these prequel stories, but honestly, who cares. Old dude, white hair, big stick. That’s all the army you really need to fight any battle. [via FilmDrunk]
4 – I’m a big fan of Jonah Hill, but I’m not sure if this new rumor about him co-starring against Shia in Transformers 2 is a good thing or not. He could be funnier than what they tried in the original with John Turturro, but don’t try and make me choose between him as a sidekick and more Megan Fox footage, because you don’t want to see me get angry like that. Grrr… [via Coming Soon]
5 – With the taste of the WGA strike finally beginning to leave our mouths, SAG is getting ready to show that actors can do anything the writers can and they’ll look better doing it. The current contract negotiations between SAG and the AMPTP are going nowhere and their contract ends on June 30. So watch all the TV you can right now, people, we might be back to game shows and reality debauchery before the summer is over. [via Variety]
6 – I might actually drink tea is it was made in this futuristic kettle of coolness. Or I would put hot cocoa in it with the marshmallows so I could watch them float around inside. Hours of enjoyment, seriously. [via uncrate]
7 – Marylin Manson helps develop a new brand of Absinthe. It actually wins an award at the 2008 San Fransisco World Spirits Competition. Hell may not have frozen over, but they are all certainly drunk and hallucinating now. [via uncrate]
8 – No one believed me when I said puppies were the root of all evil, but now this article about lesser known addictions proves me right. Take that, naysayers. 
[via GorillaMask via Cracked]
9 – Ever want to just sit back and watch tidbits of text float by telling you what people in the interweb either loved, hated, felt, wished for, etc.? Of course you did, well, here you go. Welcome to Twistori. [via Erin]
10 – For those of you tired of seeing all the insane ways people have found to play the Super Mario Brothers theme song, i’ve mixed things up for you and found people with way too much time on their hands and an unspoken love for Tetris. [via Pandachute]
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Posted 2 years, 3 months ago at 9:17 am. 2 comments
1 – Could my dream come true? Could 90210 and Full House be combined into one magical TV experience? The answer is YES! Lori Laughlin, who many remember as Uncle Jesse’s way-too-attractive-for-him girlfriend on Full House, has signed onto the 90210 spinoff show. If the momentum continues and they do sign pop/media sensation Hilary Duff, Lori will be playing her mom. If we don’t get an Uncle Joey cameo in there somewhere, i’m going to be very perturbed. [via Variety]
2 – The kids who played Final Countdown by Europe on their cellos just got served. [via GorillaMask via afrojacks]
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3 – I’m digging the poster campaign here. Making it feel like the Joker is trailing right behind Batman on the promotional tour and screwing around. Nice touch, marketing gurus. [via Film School Rejects]
4 – USB jump drives are getting weirder by the second, but leave it to a Japanese company to combine creepy with cute into something that you just can’t stop yourself from wanting. Personally, the pirate USB drive is calling to me in my sleep. After the jump, you’ll find there is actually a contest to win some of these little geek toys. Yaaarrrrr… [via JoshSpear]
5 – As many suspected, the intensely awaited film Blindness is going to open the coming Cannes Film Festival. Hopefully it will not take long to get from there to the local theaters because I am already dying to see it. [via Variety]
6 – OK, this has been going on for a couple days now, but it’s time to let it go. Miley Cyrus took what many consider to be a risque photo for an upcoming issue of Vanity Fair. The photo was taken by visual arts legend Annie Leibovitz. As you can see from the photo (scroll to the bottom to see the final photo) there is a lot of skin showing and the subtext is to make it look like she’s naked, but the issue comes to bear when you remember that Miley Cyrus is 15 years old. So, was Annie wrong for setting up this photo? Were the editors of Vanity Fair wrong for printing it? Were Miley and her parents wrong for agreeing to it? Personally I think it was a little bit of all of the above, but the truth remains none of this would be an issue if some of the more outspoken and vocal members of society didn’t get all in a huff over it. Now it’s turned into another case of everyone pointing fingers at each other to blame and Miley being whisked out of the spotlight to try and force people to forget as quickly as possible. Disney execs have already stated that she will not be appearing at any events or public signings for four to six months. The only thing I am worried about is that she seems primed and ready to turn into the next Britney-trainwreck-fallen superstar-VH1 special-cliche. That’s just one thing we really don’t need to go through again. [via Defamer via The Superficial]
7 – Proof once again that there is a bright side to everything, even a nuclear explosion. [via College Humor]
8 – My only real question about this video is: Was the trombone really necessary? [via GorillaMask via unibrow]
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9 – I posted this video a long time of a teacher drawing an actual perfect circle on his blackboard, but it resurfaced and still has the power to creep me out. Even creepier is the other, harder to find video, of him drawing a perfect BLT sandwich in the same amount of time. [via Pandachute]
10 – I hope you all realize that this video game is the first step in us being able to draw things that will instantly come to life. Here’s comes the Super Giant Robot Panda!!! [via swissmiss]
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Posted 2 years, 3 months ago at 9:54 am. Add a comment
1 – If only they had better geometry and math teachers when Mario was in school, he would have known what he was in for. [via the art of taking of your sunglasses]
2 – The Harry Potter superfans are now going to have yet another way to confuse their reality with the one J.K. Rowling created. Warner Brothers announced they are planning a traveling Harry Potter Exhibition to descend on around 17 major cities. No word yet on what it will entail or what the tickets will cost, but I imagine both answers will be something extraordinary. [via ComingSoon]
3 – Why can’t the right half and left half of our brains just get along? This is why. [via College Humor]
4 – Is it too much to ask for me to have one of these on the roof of my apartment building? Seriously. [via Film School Rejects]
5 – In what could be a major boost to the buzz on the 90210 spin-off sequel, the execs are reported going after teen singing and movie sensation Hilary Duff. I’m not sure I see her making the jump back into TV land, but this could turn into a major project, so it remains to be seen. I predict right now though, if she does get on the show, you will see a musical performance at the Peach Pit by episode 3. [via IMDB, last item on the page]
6 – Now there is a new duke in the political arena. Welcome the one commentator who pulls no punches, bends to no will but his own, and still has to ask for rides to the movies…it’s Sexman. [via FilmDrunk]
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7 – The perfect gift for your photography addicted friend, who just also seems to be a fashionista-in-training. [via swissmiss]
8 – Yet again, beyond my own capitalistic desires for people to buy novelty t-shirts from me, I have to bow down to the chuckles this Rock Band parody shirt brought me. The only thing I might add is some text on the back that read, “Same song again? Here we go!”. [via militant geek via think geek]
9 – 6 our of 8 in this weeks Filmwise Quiz. I feel a little spiffy right now. [via Filmwise]
10 – Finally, simple easy to follow diagrams for pregnant women who might be finding their decision making skills a little on the fritz. [via sexyandfunny]
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Posted 2 years, 3 months ago at 9:19 am. Add a comment
“Wait, wait, shhh… I’m having a vision!”
“I think I see it too. It’s in your ear.”
It’s been a little while since I wanted to rally around a film, wanted to wave the banners high and drag people in off the street to make sure it gets the attention it deserves. This, my friends, is on of those special moments. I actually went into a free screening of this without knowing anything at all about the story. I only had a brief assumption that there was a level of comedy involved from the poster showing a small child in goggles and the name “Rambow” being spelled wrong. What I found inside that darkened theater was heart, longing for friendship, loyalty and a level of childlike innocence not seen since Stand by Me. It whisks us all back to those days when those images on the screen spawned not just a “willing suspension of disbelief” as we are told to have, but it was full on belief itself. Pedal to the metal, bear hugging belief.
The story surrounds an odd pairing of two boys, Lee Carter (played by Will Poulter) and Will Proudfoot (played by Bill Milner). Lee is the school hellion, kicked out of class on a daily basis, while Will comes from a Plymouth Brethren family and is not allowed to watch television, so he is also sent out into the hallway from class and there he gets roped into the tornado that is Lee Carter. Their friendship starts out only as a means for Lee to finish a film he wants to enter into a young filmmakers competition, but during the making of their masterpiece they end up building much more than a fictional world, they construct a lifelong friendship. Along the way they do hit bumps in the road, including the dashing and dynamic French exchange student Didier (played by Jules Sitruk) who adds himself as the main actor of their film under the codename “The Wolf”.
As well written and well directed this film is, it’s true power and charm come from the performances. Out of those three main boys, only Jules had ever done any acting whatsoever before this movie. Will and Bill brought that unattainable innocence and youth to the film and it reaches out and touches each and every audience member. I was actually lucky enough to see a Q&A with the writer/director Garth Jennings (greatest work to date: Son of Rambow, but deserves a special mention for the The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and his directing/producing partner Nick Goldsmith, who when they work together go under the production banner Hammer & Tongs. Seeing the youthful exuberance of Garth Jennings and his barely contained glee at getting this story to the screen only helped to bolster it’s appeal. One of the many notes he mentioned was the two lead boys became great friends during the shoot and now go on holiday together with their families. That kind of art imitating life moment cannot be planned, it can only be witnessed and when you are lucky enough to see that bond forming on camera (as we all witnessed with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Mr. & Mrs. Smith) that film will go down in history.
Grab your coat, get a ticket and sit your ass down in the theater when this is released on May 2. If a smile doesn’t sneak it’s way onto your face and into your heart by the end of the film, well, you should schedule a doctor’s appointment immediately, I think you might be one of the walking dead.
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Posted 2 years, 3 months ago at 9:30 am. Add a comment
1 – There are few things I want in this world more than being somewhere where I wake up to streets full of foam. Is that really to much to ask for? [via swissmiss]
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2 – As reported all over the wire yesterday, word is Jimmy Fallon, ex-SNL skit killer, is going to be tapped for the open Conan O’Brien slot on Late Night. There was talk that Carson Daly was hoping for the nod, but Fallon seems to have major network support. I actually think this could be a good spot for him because now he won’t have to worry about those silly things like lines, looking at the camera too often or trying to steal the scene, because it will already be all about him. [via Perez Hilton]
3 – Yesterday I showed up two hours ahead of time for a performance at Amoeba Records in Hollywood by the comedy genius of Flight of the Conchords, but it turns out I hugely underestimated the drawing power of Norwegian Folk/Comedy Duos because they hit max capacity with hundreds of people, including my sad self, still waiting down the block. Ah well, at least I know they are going to have a second season of their HBO show and a new album just came out. If you have funny bones, go wake them up again with their new material.
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4 – It’s time to go back to Middle Earth! Del Toro has officially signed on to direct the back-to-back prequels of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit stories. No word yet on casting or anything else like that, but his official signing is a huge step for this seemingly perilous production. I wouldn’t expect to see a finished product out of this until 2010 or so, but we’ll be hungry for it by then. Hmmm…when should I get in line for tickets. Next week? [via Defamer via Variety]
5 – I actually thought this case was over, but it seems I was way off. Wesley Snipes was just sentenced to three years in jail for tax evasion charges in FL. This was the maximum sentence allowed and it truly feels like the judge was trying to send a message to the rich and the famous. No word on any type of sentencing appeal, but I would be more worried about that judge waking up with Blade standing over his bed growling at him. [via Starpulse]
6 – Is this badass? Yes, why yes it is. [via Film School Rejects]
7 – The first half of the final Harry Potter movie has just gotten a release date of Nov. 19, 2010. At first I was angry because that is such a long time away, but I quickly remembered that there is still one more movie in between that will reach the screen and keep the palettes happy. When this whole thing comes to a close in 2011 I might have to actually go back to reading or something. Sad days… [via ComingSoon]
8 – Two of my favorite things are coming together, like a multi-media peanut butter cup, Christian Slater and Stephen King. Slater is headlining, along with Wes Bentley, the movie adaptation of Dolan’s Cadillac. Murder, mob men and old cars. It’s a King triple threat. [via ComingSoon]
9 – Here’s the movie poster for what is one of the most powerful and terrifying books I have read in years, Blindness. I’m fully expecting my chest to seize up at some point during the movie, so if someone goes to see it with me you must be fully trained in all appropriate life saving techniques. [via IMDB]
10 – There are tactless people in this world and then there are those who are just plain ignorant. A man who runs an online gun shop, the very same one that sold the guns to the shooter at the VA Tech massacre, chose to give a speech yesterday on that very same campus about holding onto the second amendment right to bear arms. He argued that students on college and university campuses should all be allowed to carry concealed weapons since they have the right to defend themselves, but let me just ask, who the hell are they defending themselves from?! The people they are afraid of being shot by are the very people you sold the guns to first! The abuse and retardation of the second amendment exists now solely as a black hole of violence and pain that feeds on itself and draws more and more people into its grips by the day. [via CNN]
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Posted 2 years, 3 months ago at 9:22 am. Add a comment
There was another hole in this shirt, I swear it…
With a title like this gracing the front cover, you might get the impression that this is a tale of wrong choices, longing for the good ole’ days and trying to figure out how it all got away.
You’d be mostly wrong…mostly.
This is a tale about Antoine, who feels forever burdened by his astounding intelligence and natural curiosity about the world he inhabits. The weight of his knowledge is stifling and he longs to become one of the drolling, ignorant masses he sees around him every day. His goal by whatever means necessary is to dumb himself down into apparent nothingness in a crowd. Only then, he thinks, or deduces rather, can he find true happiness. He tries various methods and over-complicated ways to end up in places most people find themselves without thinking at all. This sarcastically comic journey follows these brave attempts to limit the reaches of his mind and the effects it has on those who know him, before and after his inclusion into the world of the stupid. Antoine is a wanderer, a rover, a vagabond of the mind, yearning for a place where his mind doesn’t run free because it sees nothing and nowhere to run to.
Martin Page, a French author, created Antoine almost as a reaction and retribution of the world of today. We cling to evolution and parade around preening in front of all other creatures, but not with our feathers or our fur, since we lost those long ago, but we preen with our minds and our reason. As a race we lord our cognitive thought over all other organisms, but Antoine shows us it comes with a hefty price tag. Martin’s novel gives us a glimpse into the mirror, a vision of someone we all hide deep in the closet who judges other people, overthinks each and every detail of the life before his eyes and who has a problem taking anything at face value. The eternal question posed by the book is whether there is a way to tone down that voice in our mind? Reel in the ego and superego and just become one with the mass consciousness, oh, and don’t forget to enjoy it as well.
This was a quick and enjoyable read, laced with wry wit, sarcasm and unique characters, people who would have to be incredibly singular just to stand hanging around Antoine in the first place. I felt the lesson I took away was you can never run away from who you really are and to be truly happy you need to start with acceptance of that fact. A tall tale indeed, but one that can be accomplished with a little time, energy and possibly a nice, creamy bar of dark chocolate.
(p.s. Thanks to Nikki for sending me the book! 
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Posted 2 years, 3 months ago at 9:34 pm. Add a comment
1 – Author and Entrepreneur Tim Ferris created a book/sensation called The 4-Hour Workweek, where he details out ways to become part of the “New Rich” by correctly maximizing your time. Well, as productive and beneficial as that sounds, the true test comes from what you do with all this new time and money. Tim has made a nice step in the right direction by starting up fund raising efforts to build schools in places like Nepal (click here to donate to this worthy cause). Hopefully this new trend where we blend the definitions of “the fortunate” with “the generous” will continue for years and generations to come. [via Tim Ferris]
2 – David Blaine has lost some of that mysterious luster he had back in the day, but he is going to attempt to regain some of that when he tries to break the world record for longest time holding one’s breath. His attempt at the record will be during his upcoming appearance on Oprah. What he doesn’t know is audience members on Oprah have already broken that record numerous times in order to win Burberry Coats and free Prada handbags. [via Perez Hilton]
3 – It’s ok, Jon. We’ve all had those mornings. I recommend a quick dose of Orange Chocolate Chip Sherbet and a Battlestar Galactica marathon. [via Garfield Minus Garfield]
4 – I’ve yet to see the new documentary from Ben Stein titled, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, but now I am even more interested in donating my ticket money to it because it has become the latest victim in the suing spree from Yoko Ono. She is suing based on the fact John Lennon’s Imagine is used in the movie without her permission. Something about the history of John Lennon tells me that he wouldn’t mind his music being used to help open discourse on the subject of faith and censorship. Something also tells me he would dead set against Yoko’s addiction to lawsuit and money grabbing control stunts. Maybe it’s just me. [via FilmDrunk]
5 – In space, no one can hear you get pulled over. [via Film School Rejects]
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6 – It took me a good ten minutes to come down from a rage after reading this claim by Hillary Clinton that she now leads in the popular vote. My tolerance for her double speak, political spin doctoring and blatant lying (how many snipers were shooting at you during that visit, Mrs. Ex-First Lady?) has reached an all time low. Her popular vote claim is only based on the addition of the votes in Florida and Michigan. She seems to think we will all ignore the fact that Obama didn’t campaign in Florida since he knew their delegates were not going to be allowed at the convention and the even better fact that Obama was not even on the ticket in Michigan. Counting those votes in her favor is as bad, if not worse, than the claims of voter tampering and racial blocking that took place in 2000 by the Bush campaign. Once again she is proving that she is bringing no change, no betterment of the political process and proving only one thing, women can lie and scheme just as good as men. Well played. [via CNN]
7 – When I have a cold and have to stay inside, I never make anything this creative. I kinda wanna get sick now just to do this. [via pouringdown]
8 – An inflatable IPod chair. Just what the doctor ordered for my cubicle. Do you think my desk-neighbors will mind when my mix of Disturbed and Color Me Badd plays all day? Nawww… [via swissmiss]
9 – As cool as this special edition of the board game Clue is, it is one step closer to that day when they release one with real weapons inside. Then, only then, will the dinner party start to get really exciting. [via uncrate]
10 – The moment I saw this I only thought one thing: “Two dogs enter, One dog leaves!”. Welcome to Doggy Thunderdome. [via uncrate]
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Posted 2 years, 3 months ago at 9:41 am. Add a comment
1 – Unfortunately, Clinton won just big enough for her to stay in the race and claim logic and reason. Many polls showed Obama losing by 5% – 6%, but in the end it was a 10% victory for Clinton and she needed that to be able to claim a “double digit win”. Now we are going to be subjected to anoter two weeks of word twisting, over-hyping and sparkling illusions from her camp claiming that she is the only candidate able to beat McCain, which flies in the face of every major poll showing Obama winning in the general election, if only by a slight margin. I find it ironic that the Democratic party kicked and screamed eight years ago about the popular vote being the voice of the people and that is what we should listen to and now one of the most powerful members of that party is saying exactly the opposite, that we should ignore the fact she is losing the popular vote and elect her solely based on the fact she wants to win really bad. If McCain wins in November, history will look back on this race and blame Clinton for doing the impossible, handing the Republicans another Presidency. [via CNN]
2 – Marketing for the new Indy film goes above and beyond. No longer just new wrappers for candy, but actually new versions and flavors of the confectionery standards like Snickers and M&M’s. I don’t know what they mean in the description for the new Snickers bar about “exotic spices” inside, but if I open one up and a bright white light shoots out and turns me to dust, I am requesting my money back. [via Film School Rejects]
3 – Some things are just funnier when said through the mouth of old men, like this video about an “Anti-Earth day” holiday. If he just adapts his message a little from “eating rocks” to “eating rock candy”, I think I could sign up for this. [via GorillaMask]
4 – Britain’s Got Talent, the show that already launched the opera career of one unassuming cell phone salesman, now seems on the brink of doing it again, but this time with a shy, bullied-too-much, thirteen year old boy. Watch the video and I dare you not to get chills from the kid’s voice. [via Pandachute]
5 – This is hopefully just another media blitz illusion by Trump the Puppetmaster, but people are beginning to talk about O.J. Simpson being on the next season of Celebrity Apprentice. I could rant and rage about how wrong and unethical this would be and a black mark on NBC, a company fighting to gain fan appreciation and respect once again, but I’m sure my fingers would spontaneously combust from typing to fast and being fueled by the burning ridiculousness of the proposal. [via The Superficial]
6 – It’s amazing that the common level of intelligence in our society has prompted the need for a “smart toaster“. Following nicely on this will be the “smart water boiler”, “smart blinking machine” and “smart smart machine creator” which will indeed take over the world. [via Uncrate]
7 – It takes serious balls to call your movie Young People F*cking and I am sure that somewhere in the film we will be shown that very pair of balls. Oh, the end of the trailer is precious. [via Film School Rejects]
8 – If I were sitting in my office one day, thinking to myself, “Now that I have populated the world with such fine cinema as Showgirls, Starship Troopers and Hollow Man (among other random good films), what should I do now?” If that were me I can be fairly sure my answer would be nowhere close to this one provided by Paul Verhoven: “Make a movie saying the Virgin Mary was raped and that’s where Jesus came from. Oh, and Judas was a cool dude too.” [via FilmDrunk]
9 – This is surely one of those times when the meaning is lost in the translation, right? [via GorillaMask]
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10 – Life lesson: Curious George should probably be just a little less curious because in the real world his antics would probably rank somewhere in the billions of dollars of damage. Crazy monkey.
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Posted 2 years, 3 months ago at 12:49 pm. 1 comment
1 – It does seem you can push the envelope too far, at least when you’re attending an Ivy League school. The Yale student made infamous by her claim to have done her senior art project by artificially inseminating herself, then taking all-natural supplements to force homegrown abortions, has now been told by the authorities of the University that her project will not be shown under any circumstances unless she comes forward to admit that it is a hoax. If this girl wanted to spur discussion, she’s done it, but I think she missed the mark since most of the talking is about how unethical and retarded she is. Whoops.[via Perez]
2 – Time for the comedy crush to set in. Amy Poehler talks to Letterman about peeping window washers and their disdain for “her work”. [via Defamer]
3 – Honestly, this is exactly what happens when I try to grow a beard. I was just not meant to be an English professor, Mountain dweller or Harley bike rider. [via Garfield Minus Garfield]
4 – Some people talk about becoming a parent in poetic terms like, “It felt like a baby just fell into my arms.” Well, this postal carrier happens to be a tad bit more literal minded, since a baby really did fall into her arms out a second story window. [via CNN]
5 – Are you sitting there wondering, “Man, I want to play Rock Band, but I can’t choose which instrument to play. What oh what can I do?” Worry no more, this t-shirt named Rocktopus shows you the way to the promised land of solo Rock Band bliss. [via iloveyourshirt]
6 – As humorous as this is, this video showing the current Democratic race as a running montage of scenes from the Rocky films actually still ends up being inspirational. I think Obama should pick it up and use it today in the PA primary. Time for Hillary to go down for the count. [via GorillaMask via MilkandCookies]
7 – Ever wanted to make a fake commercial and get it played on the big screen? Well, Zack Snyder is giving you the chance to do that. The winners of this contest will get their commercials played on the TV screens in the background of his new movie, The Watchmen. [via ComingSoon]
8 – I always wondered what vampire hunters would hunt if there were no vampires around. Now I know (and that’s just half the battle…). [via CollegeHumor]
9 – When the Presidential candidates start pandering to the professional wrestling voting block, not only have you jumped the shark, but you’ve yanked it out of the water, punched it in the nose and forced it to watch reruns of Family Matters for three days in a row. None of those are nice things to do. [via Starpulse]
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10 – This is not a link or a tidbit of pop culture phenomenon, this is a warning. Facebook is a drug. There, i’ve said it. One step down, eleven more to go…
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago at 10:19 am. 1 comment
1 – I’ve seen a lot of people who are for or against the multimedia powerhouse which we refer to as Oprah, but this video takes the cake for absolutely inane and possibly slanderous connections promoting the idea that Oprah is single handedly trying to destroy the catholic church. Somehow I thought there were bigger fish to fry in this world (religious radicals, terrorists, waves upon waves of hatred, etc…) but evidently I missed the fact Oprah was the tip of that deadly and dangerous spear. [via Perez Hilton]
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2 – Since the ratings for How I Met Your Mother skyrocketed on the episode featuring Britney’s triumphant return to TV, there are rumors of her coming back once again as the same character. I’m all for this since she seems to be on the right track once again, which would be the track not including sleeping with paparazzi, running over paparazzi, attacking paparazzi with umbrellas and generally going insane. [via IMDB, 3rd entry down on the page]
3 – When that one same continuing, repeating, brain numbing dance beat gets to be too much for you, now you can just hop on over to the newest pop-art trend, Silent Raves. I want to find one, slide my way into the crowd and bop around, all while no one else knowing my IPod would be playing various episodes of Kevin Smith’s smodcast. Snickity-snack! [via Perez Hilton]
4 – As expected a long time ago, it fell out of the mouth of Joel Silver, uber-producer, that the Justice League of America movie has been “tabled” or known to the common folk and “tossed out the window, landed in the rainwater, washed into the sewers and is now getting touch ups down by the mole people”. Maybe in another five years, just maybe. [via FilmDrunk]
5 – I posted this video up a long time ago on my other blog, but some things deserve a re-introduction. Here’s a video of Travis Barker, drummer from Blink-182, adding his own musical stylings to Flo_Rida’s Low. [via Gorilla Mask via EJB]
6 – I only wish we will someday get to a three party system and we can have debates with this type of blunt and open honesty. [via CollegeHumor]
7 – The beginning of this article about Un-tooning cartoons was cool, but then the picture of Homer Simpson as a real person showed up and my soul got frightened and quickly retreated from my body, not even leaving a forwarding address. Damn lousy no-goodnik soul. [via Film School Rejects]
8 – Ties for the true geek. If I actually wore ties on a regular basis, I would definitely wear these on alternate Tuesdays and Thursdays. [via militantgeek]
9 – 32 people were shot over the weekend in Chicago. I don’t know about you, but I have to believe someone over there is keeping score in a very dangerous game. I would hope there is going to be some police reaction to such blatant violence in their city, but more likely is a plane from Hollywood landing in Chicago to start scouting for Judgment Night 2. I wonder if Emilio Estevez is available…[via CNN]
10 – I had to look twice when i saw something about a Universal Soldier 4 being made. There was a second one? There was a third one? How could I have missed such obviously classic film sequels? If they do follow through and get Van Damme with Lundgren for the fourth movie and this hits theaters, let me just say, my cheers will be heard on the moon. [via FilmDrunk]
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