Not the best day I've ever had
I knew a third death was coming: Actress-dancer Cyd Charisse dies at 86.
Cinematical Seven: Stan Winston's Greatest Achievements.
The Associated Press: worse than merely foolish, now encouraging people to report "piracy" (remember: five words or more) and claiming that even if you pay, you can't use their words to criticize them. I'll be the first to invoke Godwin's (yay!) and ask when the AP became head of a police state.
How Canada's DMCA will criminalize everyday Canadians.
Jon Stewart v. Fox News [Video]. This is the "Baracknophobia" clip from last night's Daily Show, which I happened to see this morning, and is also brilliant.
Absinthe is Legal Again - 11 Things You Need to Know. Number 12, not listed, is "Only posers set it on fire."
Smithsonian magazine on synthetic diamonds that fool experts and piss the hell off the diamond cartels ("Linares was at a diamond conference a few years ago, he says, a man he declines to describe slipped behind him as he was walking out of a hotel meeting room and said someone from a natural diamond company just might put a bullet in his head").
Topless soccer: ‘Beautiful game’ gets bolder. But... doesn't it hurt?
'Lost' Chicago album released 15 years after recorded.
Isoceles Kitteh has acute nose; escape from Lolcatraz; Trixy Hobbitses.
Jonas Brothers Poised To Annoy, Baffle Adults. Who the hell are these tiny people, and why are their pants so skinny? I mean--I know who they are, and yet I don't understand, you know?
‘Star Trek’s’ George Takei gets marriage license.
Anne Hathaway Leaves Longtime Boyfriend In Search Of Someone Less Oily And Crook-Like; A Brief Field Guide To Raffaello Follieri, Dumped Swindler. Apparently the beneficent influence of Steve Carell showed Hathaway that there is more! more to life than this one asshat! And then Steve Carell laid hands on a bystander and cured him of scrofula. There is no doubt in my mind that this happened.
Please explain Forbes' new celebrity power list (Starring Ashley Tisdale!).
Watson not taking over Coco Mademoiselle for Keira?
Who Are the Difficult Actors Missing From the All-Strop Team? Heeeeee.
It's Alright [sic] For Leading Men To Cry: "The portraits include Tim Roth, Gabriel Byrne, Laurence Fishburne, Woody Harrelson, Michael Gambon, Jude Law, Hayden Christiansen [sic], Ryan Gosling, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Newman, Ed Harris, Benicio Del Toro, Willem Dafoe, and Kris Kristofferson." Pictured at the Gawker link: Christensen and Daniel Craig. AM I THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN SPELL AROUND HERE?
Who else remembers 'Krull'? Man, my mom loved that movie.
Images: The Edge of Love; First Look At Gerald Butler As A Video-Game Killer; 'Burn After Reading' Poster Premiere; Nicole Kidman Does Vogue, complete with pretty, pretty Australia-themed photos with Hugh Jackman; The 'Teeth' Poster You Didn't See.
Trailers and clips: New 'Wanted' Clip; Must Watch: Full Trailer for Woody Allen's 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'; Must Watch: 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' Trailer.
A ‘Harry Potter’ Mini-Movie? All Signs Point To…Maybe; Followup: More on New Harry Potter Mini-Movie Rumor for Theme Park.
Citizens for Batman Delivers Pizzas - Plus New Two-Face Clip Revealed! Also discussed here, but more importantly, the ONTDers spend most of the comments jokerizing each other's icons, which is how you know that the viral marketing has really taken hold.
It's Twilight Tuesday! Which means that MTV is going to get increasingly desperate to find some tidbit to throw up every week leading up to December! First Family Of ‘Twilight’ Unveils The Cullen Crest To MTV.
'Quantum of Solace' Title Theme Rumours Keep Coming.
Is A Visit To ‘Sin City 2′ In Angelina Jolie’s Future? She’s Curious.
Highmore Not Doing 'Eddie Dickens.'
Nick Wechsler Fuels Joe Hill and Stephen King's 'Throttle.'
No 'Dusk Watch' for Bekmambetov?
Len Wiseman to Direct 'Gears of War.'
World got 'Smart': Film's gadgets now exist.
Tidbits: Wahlberg disses Clooney's 'Ocean's' films; Mark Wahlberg Calls Max Payne The Most Complex Character He’s Ever Played.
Rest Of The World Prefers Green Message To Green Monster?
M. Night Shyamalan Talks ‘Indiana Jones’ Experience; Shyamalan: 'The Happening' is 'Best B movie ever.' ALLOW ME TO RETORT.
Cinematical Seven: Stan Winston's Greatest Achievements.
The Associated Press: worse than merely foolish, now encouraging people to report "piracy" (remember: five words or more) and claiming that even if you pay, you can't use their words to criticize them. I'll be the first to invoke Godwin's (yay!) and ask when the AP became head of a police state.
How Canada's DMCA will criminalize everyday Canadians.
Jon Stewart v. Fox News [Video]. This is the "Baracknophobia" clip from last night's Daily Show, which I happened to see this morning, and is also brilliant.
Absinthe is Legal Again - 11 Things You Need to Know. Number 12, not listed, is "Only posers set it on fire."
Smithsonian magazine on synthetic diamonds that fool experts and piss the hell off the diamond cartels ("Linares was at a diamond conference a few years ago, he says, a man he declines to describe slipped behind him as he was walking out of a hotel meeting room and said someone from a natural diamond company just might put a bullet in his head").
Topless soccer: ‘Beautiful game’ gets bolder. But... doesn't it hurt?
'Lost' Chicago album released 15 years after recorded.
Isoceles Kitteh has acute nose; escape from Lolcatraz; Trixy Hobbitses.
Jonas Brothers Poised To Annoy, Baffle Adults. Who the hell are these tiny people, and why are their pants so skinny? I mean--I know who they are, and yet I don't understand, you know?
‘Star Trek’s’ George Takei gets marriage license.
Anne Hathaway Leaves Longtime Boyfriend In Search Of Someone Less Oily And Crook-Like; A Brief Field Guide To Raffaello Follieri, Dumped Swindler. Apparently the beneficent influence of Steve Carell showed Hathaway that there is more! more to life than this one asshat! And then Steve Carell laid hands on a bystander and cured him of scrofula. There is no doubt in my mind that this happened.
Please explain Forbes' new celebrity power list (Starring Ashley Tisdale!).
Watson not taking over Coco Mademoiselle for Keira?
Who Are the Difficult Actors Missing From the All-Strop Team? Heeeeee.
It's Alright [sic] For Leading Men To Cry: "The portraits include Tim Roth, Gabriel Byrne, Laurence Fishburne, Woody Harrelson, Michael Gambon, Jude Law, Hayden Christiansen [sic], Ryan Gosling, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Newman, Ed Harris, Benicio Del Toro, Willem Dafoe, and Kris Kristofferson." Pictured at the Gawker link: Christensen and Daniel Craig. AM I THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN SPELL AROUND HERE?
Who else remembers 'Krull'? Man, my mom loved that movie.
Images: The Edge of Love; First Look At Gerald Butler As A Video-Game Killer; 'Burn After Reading' Poster Premiere; Nicole Kidman Does Vogue, complete with pretty, pretty Australia-themed photos with Hugh Jackman; The 'Teeth' Poster You Didn't See.
Trailers and clips: New 'Wanted' Clip; Must Watch: Full Trailer for Woody Allen's 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'; Must Watch: 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' Trailer.
A ‘Harry Potter’ Mini-Movie? All Signs Point To…Maybe; Followup: More on New Harry Potter Mini-Movie Rumor for Theme Park.
Citizens for Batman Delivers Pizzas - Plus New Two-Face Clip Revealed! Also discussed here, but more importantly, the ONTDers spend most of the comments jokerizing each other's icons, which is how you know that the viral marketing has really taken hold.
It's Twilight Tuesday! Which means that MTV is going to get increasingly desperate to find some tidbit to throw up every week leading up to December! First Family Of ‘Twilight’ Unveils The Cullen Crest To MTV.
'Quantum of Solace' Title Theme Rumours Keep Coming.
Is A Visit To ‘Sin City 2′ In Angelina Jolie’s Future? She’s Curious.
Highmore Not Doing 'Eddie Dickens.'
Nick Wechsler Fuels Joe Hill and Stephen King's 'Throttle.'
No 'Dusk Watch' for Bekmambetov?
Len Wiseman to Direct 'Gears of War.'
World got 'Smart': Film's gadgets now exist.
Tidbits: Wahlberg disses Clooney's 'Ocean's' films; Mark Wahlberg Calls Max Payne The Most Complex Character He’s Ever Played.
Rest Of The World Prefers Green Message To Green Monster?
M. Night Shyamalan Talks ‘Indiana Jones’ Experience; Shyamalan: 'The Happening' is 'Best B movie ever.' ALLOW ME TO RETORT.