Prince William is officially engaged to Kate Middleton.

Well, there goes that marriage prospect! And here I was, expecting him to call me up any day. ;-)

Congrats to the lovely couple!

Unrelated, but equally awesome: The Beatles are now on iTunes!

My friend sent me this video, and it's kind of funny so I thought I'd share (Plus the dog in it is completely adorable!).  From Comedy Central's Important Things with Demetri Martin:

In celebration of Gary Oldman's return to malevolence in the movies, ScreenJunkies.com has created a very cool chart showing Gary's Ranks of Villainy. It's ranked in order of his characters' professional titles (starting at Satan and going all the way down to Pimp!). There's also a corresponding key to show the type of bad guy each character is ( ( Read more... )

I cannot concentrate on taking notes in preparation for my last full class day of the semester(!), so here's a roundup of some interesting news articles from the last couple of days:

On the media/entertainment industry front --
GE Agrees to Sell NBC to Comcast (from The New York Times)
GE, Comcast Announce NBC Universal Joint Venture (from CNN ( Read more... )

The Pulp List's Top Ten Short Leading Men (short = under 5'10")

Gary Oldman (5'9") is number six, and Michael J. Fox (5'4.5") is number one.

It's actually a well thought-out list, so check out the above link to see the whole thing (My only complaint is that Tom Cruise is on it...bleh.).

It's time for the Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year!

Unfriend - verb - To remove someone as a 'friend' on a social networking site such as Facebook.

Here's a link to the Oxford University Press blog post announcment, and here's a related article from MSNBC (with a tiny shoutout to LJ ( Read more... )

Here are 13 Facts about Friday the 13th.

Things I learned from this article:

1. I share a birthday with infamous train robber Butch Cassidy.
2. I do not suffer from paraskavedekatriaphobia, friggatriskaidekaphobia, or triskaidekaphobia.
3. Woodrow Wilson and I have the same lucky number.

Hmm...good to know.

Happy Friday the 13th, everyone!