Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
You say it's your birthday! It's my birthday, too, yeah!
I share my birthday today with Roger Ebert and Paul McCartney. Paul even wrote a song about our birthday! LOL
The Women
This film is written by Diane English of Murphy Brown fame, and stars an amazing cast. It's a remake of the George Kukor film from 1939 and has taken English a tortuous 15 years to get to the screen. Even though the film was only made for $16.5 million, it is slated currently for only a limited release on September 12. Why isn't the studio capitalizing more on the wave of Sex and the City? Nikki Finke thinks it's because Warner Bros is run by a woman-hater:
Jeff Robinov (who keeps maintaining he was just joking when he said he didn't want to make any more motion pictures with women as the leads) recently screened The Women and didn't like it. "It's not Sex In The City. It's just not that kind of movie," a studio insider insisted to me. Puh-leeze, who indeed wants a low-budget $16.5 million chick flick written, directed and produced by one of the biz's greatest women's comedy writers of seminal Murphy Brown fame... That stars quality "name" actress like Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Bette Midler, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Debi Mazur, Joanna Gleason, Carrie Fisher, Lynn Whitfield and Cloris Leachman... That reworks the original so it takes place in the broadcasting world and an ashram-like retreat where Meg plays a fashion designer and wife and mother, Eva the skanky mistress, and Annette the deliciously two-faced BFF and so on...
I think this film looks like fun, and what a cast!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Crying Men
Andrew Sullivan tipped me off to this incredible series of portraits by Sam Taylor-Wood, all showing Men of Hollywood crying. There are several more portraits here. He said some men started crying before he had his camera ready, and some found it very difficult.
Luke Russert on Today
I just started crying watching this. Tim Russert must be so proud of his son, Luke. I can't believe he held it together doing a wonderful 15 minute interview with Matt Lauer, since I couldn't watching it. Tim Russert's memorial service will be tomorrow and televised on MSNBC from the Kennedy Center.
First Look at Gerard Butler in Game
This is the first picture out on the internets of Gerry in Game. It doesn't look like a nice press still to me. Meh. Call me unimpressed till we see some good pics. I'm still looking forward to the film!
I am damn unsatisfied to be killed in this way!
From List of the Day Blog:
These are actual English subtitles from movies made in Hong Kong, and this list is probably one of the funniest things I've read in a while.
1. I am damn unsatisfied to be killed in this way.
2. Fatty, you with your thick face have hurt my instep.
3. A normal person wouldn't steal pituitaries.
4. Take my advice, or I'll spank you without pants.
5. Who gave you the nerve to get killed here?
6. Quiet or I'll blow your throat up.
7. You always use violence. I should've ordered glutinous rice chicken.
8. I'll fire aimlessly if you don't come out!
9. I have been scared shitless too much lately.
10. I got knife scars more than the number of your leg's hair!
11. Beware! Your bones are going to be disconnected.
12. The bullets inside are very hot. Why do I feel so cold?
13. This will be of fine service for you, you bag of the scum. I am sure you will not mind that I remove your manhoods and leave them out on the dessert flour for your aunts to eat.
14. Yah-hah, evil spider woman! I have captured you by the short rabbits and can now deliver you violently to your gynecologist for a thorough extermination.
15. Greetings, large black person. Let us not forget to form a team up together and go into the country to inflict the pain of our karate feets on some ass of the giant lizard person.
Monday, June 16, 2008
The Latest Political Viral Video
Some choice reasons for supporting the GOP:
"Because all other countries are inferior to us. And we should start as many wars as we need to keep it that way."
"Because women just can't be trusted to make decisions about their own bodies. Never, ever, ever."
"I just don't feel I deserve health insurance."
YouTube spotlight - HappySlip
One of my favorite YouTubers is HappySlip. She makes very inventive videos where she plays all the members of her Phillipino family. She has been collaborating with another famous YouTuber, KevJumba, a high school kid who is one of the top watched comedians on the site. Here's their latest collaboration:
And the original Boypren video:
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