April 2010
75 posts
“A dance-off between two guys turned into a fight and spilled into the street...”
– News quote of the day
“3-D is a waste of a perfectly good dimension. Hollywood’s current crazy stampede...”
– Roger Ebert, making a pretty airtight case for why 3-D movies suck (via newsweek)
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“It’s just a myth, it’s like the white alligator in the sewer, you...”
– Bill Murray on the highly anticipated “Ghostbusters 3”
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WatchWatch as this dog has the best week ever.
For the second day in a row a black dog ran down Chicago’s Eisenhower expressway while traffic lurched next to him.
The dog, which appears to be a black pit bull, evaded a pair of IDOT trucks that tried to corral it. A traffic helicopter trailed the pooch for the majority of his 25-minute run down the westbound Ike that ended at Wolf Road.
At on...
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“We had already been…relegated each year to the depths of the Shanghai...”
– La Perisien responds to France’s placement on S. Pellegrino’s list of the 50 best restaurants in the world
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Boy Scouts Introduce a Video Games Badge →
File this one under “sign of the times” — the Irving-based Boy Scouts of America are now offering scouting awards for video games.
Scouts can earn a “belt loop” award for completing requirements like explaining why the video game ratings system is important, scheduling game time amongst activities like doing homework and chores, and learning to play a new game under...
““The vitriol was so intense that at first I didn’t think they were serious,” Mr....”
– On the Twitter Patrol - NYTimes.com (via urlesque)
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Dilemma Of The Week: What To Call Conan’s New Talk... →
From Drew Magary:
In all this hubbub over Conan O’Brien’s move to TBS, and his national tour, and his upcoming spot on “60 Minutes,” there’s been one bit of information that hasn’t made its way to the surface. Namely, what is this new Conan show going to be called?
A few suggestions:
-Up Loco With Coco
-Not An Atlanta Braves Telecast With Conan O’Brien
-Not Really That Late, Particularly In...
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“People always want you to link your real life to acting. I actually think that...”
– Lauren Graham in an interview with NBC Philadelphia
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"Hope" Artist Shepard Fairey Not Pleased With... →
goozennogoo:
“I’m very proud of the Obama poster … because it’s an image that showed that someone outside of mainstream politics, outside of corporate lobbyists could do something that affected what’s going on in politics.”
“The ultrasound gel makes her double over and rub her belly and ears vigorously,...”
– Mei Xiang Likes to Play With Ultrasound Gel | NBC Washington
I’m really glad this is a description of a Panda’s behavior, and not a person’s.
(via ausdenbergen)
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How the Wayans Brothers and the Bible Could Save... →
If those 500 hours of taped phone calls don’t produce the “smoking gun” of innocence that Rod Blagojevich is promising, his attorney, Sam Adam Jr., may have another argument up his sleeve: it wasn’t really Rod on that tape.
Adam used that argument — successfully — for R.Kelly.
During Kelly’s child pornography trial, jurors viewed a videotape that allegedly showed Kelly violating the...
“On Tuesday, the DMV recalled a plate that read “14CV88.” The decision to recall...”
– “Hitler” License Plate Recalled in Virginia | NBC Washington
(via ausdenbergen)
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The World's Richest Imaginary People
In the real world, you’re worth more than everyone on Forbes’ latest list of the richest people in the world.
The venerable magazine has put together a roster of the world’s wealthiest fictional characters, with imaginary magnates like Thurston Howell III, Scrooge McDuck, Richie Rich and “Twilight’s” Carlisle Cullen boasting bogus bankrolls.
Scrooge McDuck is...
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“We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid and they will...”
– A posting on RevlutionMuslim.com that lead to cuts from last night’s “South Park” episode.
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“I don’t drink. I don’t like bars, I don’t like drunk people....”
– Sarah Silverman answers a question about her favorite New York bar
Work With Robert Pattinson: Casting Call →
Work With Robert Pattinson: Casting Call
I know that 82% of you would sell your own mother and kidney on the black market to get the chance to run your hand through the unicorn meadow that is Sparklepants’ hair so here is your chance…
There is an open casting call for the film “Water for Elephants” starring Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz and Patti-Cakes. You can audition for a role in the...
SEC Slaps Goldman with Fraud Charges on Subprime... →
The government has accused Goldman Sachs & Co. of defrauding investors by failing to disclose conflicts of interest in mortgage investments it sold as the housing market was faltering.
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday civil fraud charges against the Wall Street powerhouse and one of its vice presidents. The agency alleges Goldman failed to disclose that one of its...
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“Fatwa on your head? Is your family or community threatening you? Leaving Islam?...”
– The text on a Miami-Dade bus ad that has since been removed.
The ads were sponsored by Stop the Islamization of America, a New York-based religious freedom group, which said they were a response to ads which promote Islam.
Miami-Dade Transit said that they don’t always screen the ads that...
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Alice Walker on winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1983
92y:
NBC New York Niteside blog on Alice Walker winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1983:
“…she didn’t want to pick up the prestigious award in person. ‘I think things like that should be brought to your door,’ she said…”
[92Y Lectures & Conversations]
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Israel Bans the iPad From the Holy Land →
Israel’s iPad complaint centers around an Apple design component. Apple designed the iPad to comply with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission Wi-Fi standards, which allows products to broadcast at higher power levels than in Israel. Israeli officials says the higher frequency could disturb the connection of other devices.
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Bruce Willis just signed a fragrance deal →
Big, big news for the fellows — finally you have something to test when your girlfriend tries to decide between Britney Sprears and Mariah Carey’s latest scents.
Laurel Pinson from The Thread is hoping to see a name like “Hoss” or “Diesel” — Thoughts?
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New Scott Stapp Song Probably Not Taking Marlins... →
Stapp wrote a song for the Marlins, which will be played on the scoreboard at home games. For a taste of the lyrics, here are the first few lines:
“Let’s play ball it’s game day, we want strikeouts, big hits, double plays. Take the field, hear the roar of the crowd. Come on Marlins, make us proud.”
It is worth listening to just to feel better about your own home team.
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Park Slope Food Coop Challenges Barneys Co-op Over...
This one should make all the New Yorkers out there laugh.
From The Thread:
Leave it to one of the borough’s most venerable institutions to strike the first major blow to Barneys Co-op’s plans to expand into Brooklyn this September, by stating that Barneys’ usage of the term “co-op” may actually be illegal.
Joe Holtz, the general manager of the members-only Park...
WatchFireball Lights Up Skies Over Midwest
The skies over northern Illinois lit up with a flash Wednesday night when what is believed to be a meteor streaked across the heavens.
At around 10 p.m. reports began flooding the National Weather Service offices from Milwaukee to St. Louis Missouri, as well as law enforcement agencies, that a fireball lit up the sky.
“A large meteorite could have...
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WatchWithout question, this is the cutest video you will watch today.
Chad Sher had the time of his 24-month-old life Wednesday night when he went one-on-one with his favorite player in the NBA, Dwyane Wade, before the Heat’s season finale at American Airlines Arena.
Sher’s imitation of Wade’s “This is my house” celebration became a YouTube sensation and the Heat star...
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What's better than Bill Cosby releasing a rap... →
k-troll:
acousticschwagg:
not a RickRoll, I promise.
DIAGNOSIS: AWESOME
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WatchConan covers “creep”
During the sound check before Tuesday night’s inaugural performance of his “Legally Prohibited” tour in Eugene, Ore., Conan O’Brien played Radiohead’s breakout single. The show was said to hearken back to his “Late Night” days. Could it also be a preview of what’s to come on TBS?
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“To call KFC’s new Double Down Original Recipe® creation a sandwich is an...”
– Brian Ries reviews the KFC Double Down
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“Twilight” Books New on 'Challenged' List →
Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight” series of books are now among the classics like “The Catcher in the Rye” and “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The book hit in at No. 5 on 2009’s list of “challenged books.”
The ALA says a “challenged book” is one with a “formal, written complaint filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness.”
“Vampire novels...
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Palin's Perks
State Senator Leland Yee still doesn’t know how much money California State University Stanislaus is paying for an upcoming speech by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, but he says he does know some of the promised perks. The list includes a promise of everything from First Class tickets to bendable straws.
The way the perks were found is straight out of Matt Drudge history. Leland says...
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WatchThe Colbert Report used a clip from our Bay Area team on-air last night, featuring a clip of a local anchor reporting on the increase in unpaid internships over the past couple of years.
Although that is awesome, the more interesting thing is considering just how the clip ended up on Colbert — the broadcast aired two weeks ago on a Saturday on Bay Area local news and it was never promoted...
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WatchIf y’all haven’t seen it yet — another Sex and The City 2 trailer is here. There are babies, camels, Abu Dhabi and last (but certainly not least) Aidan Shaw.
Bake sales are now a thing of the past -- a... →
Alpaca poo. Seriously.
“It comes in little pellets and it’s easy to work into the ground. It’s a great fertilizer,” said Booster club secretary Gudrun Dorgan.
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Watch“The Kids Are All Right”
Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star as a couple whose lives are turned upside-down when their two kids reach out to Mark Ruffalo, the man who donated the sperm to make them, in this Sundance favorite that’s out July 7.
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“You don’t have a right to censor art. You don’t have a right to say...”
– Erykah Badu’s take on the firestorm that followed the release of her video “Window Seat.”
“Now I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking it’s more of that Baaji...”
– From a letter to Sir Richard Branson at Virgin Airlines about the quality of his in-flight food (via aatombomb)
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Anna Wintour Offers Up a Vogue Internship for... →
Charitybuzz just posted yet another magazine internship auction, but this one’s a doozy: A week-long stint at Vogue, two tickets to fashion week, and the chance to meet Anna.
Proceeds from the Vogue auction will benefit the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights, a powerhouse organization that has done tremendous work for the post-earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti, among...
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Tina Fey SNL Promos with Fred Armisen| Just Jared
