Wednesday night--wait, it's Wednesday already?
Reading Virginia Rounding's Grandes Horizontales and feeling kinda oogy. May be just because I took my meds late today, but I also have a little congestion and can't taste much, so who knows. (And what's with this crick in my wrist?) Still ought to put up a little linkspam, though.
Bhutto sent Blitzer security e-mail. "Conditions of use: only if she were killed." Militants, Bhutto aides allege cover-up; Three causes of death for Bhutto in 36 hours in an attempt to deny her a martyr's death; HarperCollins rushing Bhutto-written book; Unsurprising Announcement: They're Making a Movie About Benazir Bhutto.
Fans Line Up for ‘Late Night’ While Writers Picket; Nikki Finke Says Film Writers Very Unhappy About Letterman Deal; Studios: Writers' losses top amount sought; Awkward Encounters in the Hollywood Trenches; Fan Auction Supports Writers; Golden Globe Awards Seeks Deal with WGA; Golden Globes Might Not be Televised. Does this mean I won't be able to use my superabundance of Yahoo avatars in red-carpet gowns?
Nature's role in Arctic thaw.
Diners find rare pearl in plate of clams.
TSA to punish fliers for facecrime; Pilot to TSA: Let my people go!
In the Fight Over Piracy, a Rare Stand for Privacy.
Vandals rip into Robert Frost home.
Girl gets revolutionary note in package instead of iPod.
The Official Nancy Drew Handbook! Yes, I actually meted out an exclamation point for that one!
Robert Reed's angry Shakespearean critique of the Brady Bunch scripts.
Wikiffiti -- stickers that read [citation needed].
has you ever danced wif da devil in da pale moonlight? Also: Telekittehsis; Santa came! Get up, GET UP!!!!!1!; will that be first class or coach?; a fud is eatn mah fud; this puppy will cure all that ails you.
Jezebel resolves to make blog a female body critique-free zone.
Anne Rice goes nuts on the IMDB. As opposed to Amazon. On the upside, she loves Sweeney Todd, although that's not terribly surprising (both Neil and Maddy Gaiman both liked it as well).
Promising to do to Science Fiction What Gawker Did to Celebrity: "Just as a warning to Newitz, et al: The moment you start thinking you’re too clever for the room is the moment we set the hounds on you. And by 'the hounds' I mean the folks at Fandom Wank. Oh yes. They are so very ready." And there goes my first actual lol of the new year.
Best of '07: The stars' picks.
Universal Pictures 2008 Preview; Walt Disney Studios 2008 Preview; 20th Century Fox 2008 Preview; Warner Bros. Pictures 2008 Preview.
Burton: 'Studios Feared Sweeney Todd'; Depp’s weirdest shoot? ‘Sweeney’ flashback. " '(Burton) literally was sobbing. He left the set of his own movie. [...] That and having to soap up Alan Rickman's face were two of the scariest moments, maybe of my life,' joked Depp."
Second Harry Potter Generation Information Revealed:New Clip from J.K Rowling Documentary. Including George and Angelina's children Fred and Roxanne. ("Percy and Audrey"? I thought he was destined to marry his first love like everyone else with Penelope Clearwater.) Also, on her official site, JKR notes that Draco and "Astoria" are parents to "Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy."
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein,' 'The Hobbit' and 'Harry Potter.'
New 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' Pics, including the first image of Cate Blanchett as "the villainous (but still extremely sexy) Agent Spalko." Also, I'm not sure why Shia LaBoeuf is morphing into Colin Farrell on this comic book cover.
Tyler "Madea" Perry joins Star Trek; Trekkie claims auctioned prop was a fake.
'Bond 22' Shoots in London Next Week, Eon Silent on Gemma Casting; Shooting At Barbican Venue Next Week.
Mark Hamill ‘Can’t Wait’ To See Heath Ledger As Joker. For those of you wondering about this seeming non-sequitur, "Hamill, of course, is often credited with helping to craft the most definitive take on the character yet, in Dini’s Batman: The Animated Series."
Fincher's 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' Gets Some Good News, including a link to a first image of Brad Pitt on set.
First Look: Rachel McAdams in 'The Time Traveler's Wife.'
Poster and stills for "How To Lose Friends and Alienate People."
Penelope New Trailer + Poster.
Teaser Poster for Will Smith's 'Hancock.'
First Look at 'Death Race' (or, Jason Statham's Head Pasted in a Car).
Aussie Paper Says Natalie Imbruglia Has Auditioned for 'Wolverine'; Is Bailey Chase in Talks to Play Gambit in 'Wolverine'?
Hugh Jackman Is Vegeta? STOP THIS MADNESS!
Frank Darabont's Tokyo Rose Biopic Moving Forward.
The Coen Brothers Want a Little Spaghetti with Their Next Western.
A cut scene hints at subtext in 'There Will Be Blood'; we have finally located the one critic who hates this movie. Look, I don't know, I haven't seen it yet.
Sacha Baron Cohen Cast as Abbie Hoffman in Spielberg's Trial of the Chicago Seven; Cohen retiring Borat, Ali G.
David Cross Defends His Participation in 'Chipmunks.'
Bhutto sent Blitzer security e-mail. "Conditions of use: only if she were killed." Militants, Bhutto aides allege cover-up; Three causes of death for Bhutto in 36 hours in an attempt to deny her a martyr's death; HarperCollins rushing Bhutto-written book; Unsurprising Announcement: They're Making a Movie About Benazir Bhutto.
Fans Line Up for ‘Late Night’ While Writers Picket; Nikki Finke Says Film Writers Very Unhappy About Letterman Deal; Studios: Writers' losses top amount sought; Awkward Encounters in the Hollywood Trenches; Fan Auction Supports Writers; Golden Globe Awards Seeks Deal with WGA; Golden Globes Might Not be Televised. Does this mean I won't be able to use my superabundance of Yahoo avatars in red-carpet gowns?
Nature's role in Arctic thaw.
Diners find rare pearl in plate of clams.
TSA to punish fliers for facecrime; Pilot to TSA: Let my people go!
In the Fight Over Piracy, a Rare Stand for Privacy.
Vandals rip into Robert Frost home.
Girl gets revolutionary note in package instead of iPod.
The Official Nancy Drew Handbook! Yes, I actually meted out an exclamation point for that one!
Robert Reed's angry Shakespearean critique of the Brady Bunch scripts.
Wikiffiti -- stickers that read [citation needed].
has you ever danced wif da devil in da pale moonlight? Also: Telekittehsis; Santa came! Get up, GET UP!!!!!1!; will that be first class or coach?; a fud is eatn mah fud; this puppy will cure all that ails you.
Jezebel resolves to make blog a female body critique-free zone.
Anne Rice goes nuts on the IMDB. As opposed to Amazon. On the upside, she loves Sweeney Todd, although that's not terribly surprising (both Neil and Maddy Gaiman both liked it as well).
Promising to do to Science Fiction What Gawker Did to Celebrity: "Just as a warning to Newitz, et al: The moment you start thinking you’re too clever for the room is the moment we set the hounds on you. And by 'the hounds' I mean the folks at Fandom Wank. Oh yes. They are so very ready." And there goes my first actual lol of the new year.
Best of '07: The stars' picks.
Universal Pictures 2008 Preview; Walt Disney Studios 2008 Preview; 20th Century Fox 2008 Preview; Warner Bros. Pictures 2008 Preview.
Burton: 'Studios Feared Sweeney Todd'; Depp’s weirdest shoot? ‘Sweeney’ flashback. " '(Burton) literally was sobbing. He left the set of his own movie. [...] That and having to soap up Alan Rickman's face were two of the scariest moments, maybe of my life,' joked Depp."
Second Harry Potter Generation Information Revealed:New Clip from J.K Rowling Documentary. Including George and Angelina's children Fred and Roxanne. ("Percy and Audrey"? I thought he was destined to marry his first love like everyone else with Penelope Clearwater.) Also, on her official site, JKR notes that Draco and "Astoria" are parents to "Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy."
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein,' 'The Hobbit' and 'Harry Potter.'
New 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' Pics, including the first image of Cate Blanchett as "the villainous (but still extremely sexy) Agent Spalko." Also, I'm not sure why Shia LaBoeuf is morphing into Colin Farrell on this comic book cover.
Tyler "Madea" Perry joins Star Trek; Trekkie claims auctioned prop was a fake.
'Bond 22' Shoots in London Next Week, Eon Silent on Gemma Casting; Shooting At Barbican Venue Next Week.
Mark Hamill ‘Can’t Wait’ To See Heath Ledger As Joker. For those of you wondering about this seeming non-sequitur, "Hamill, of course, is often credited with helping to craft the most definitive take on the character yet, in Dini’s Batman: The Animated Series."
Fincher's 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' Gets Some Good News, including a link to a first image of Brad Pitt on set.
First Look: Rachel McAdams in 'The Time Traveler's Wife.'
Poster and stills for "How To Lose Friends and Alienate People."
Penelope New Trailer + Poster.
Teaser Poster for Will Smith's 'Hancock.'
First Look at 'Death Race' (or, Jason Statham's Head Pasted in a Car).
Aussie Paper Says Natalie Imbruglia Has Auditioned for 'Wolverine'; Is Bailey Chase in Talks to Play Gambit in 'Wolverine'?
Hugh Jackman Is Vegeta? STOP THIS MADNESS!
Frank Darabont's Tokyo Rose Biopic Moving Forward.
The Coen Brothers Want a Little Spaghetti with Their Next Western.
A cut scene hints at subtext in 'There Will Be Blood'; we have finally located the one critic who hates this movie. Look, I don't know, I haven't seen it yet.
Sacha Baron Cohen Cast as Abbie Hoffman in Spielberg's Trial of the Chicago Seven; Cohen retiring Borat, Ali G.
David Cross Defends His Participation in 'Chipmunks.'