Archive for January, 2007
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One of the biggest headlines today has involved the bomb scare in Boston that closed several bridges and highways. Now we know the whole thing was a hoax — but who would’ve guessed the Cartoon Network would take responsibility?
AquateenYep, that’s right: It turns out the suspicious electronic devices were part of a publicity campaign for Adult Swim’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force. If you look closely at the photos, fans will be able to tell the image on one of the devices is that of a “mooninite” from Aqua Teen.
“(The devices) have been in place for two to three weeks in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Austin, San Francisco, and Philadelphia,” a Turner Broadcasting spokeswoman said in a statement. “Parent company Turner Broadcasting is in contact with local and federal law enforcement on the exact locations of the billboards. We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger.”
As you may know, an Aqua Teen movie arrives in theaters March 23. I think it’s safe to say this flick has now received far more publicity than it originally intended — especially for something that cost only five figures to make.
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Hmmmmm? Donate money to help veterans and be entered to win a role on ?Veronica Mars? (and get to meet Kristin Bell!!!)
Veronica Mars has provided a walk-on role opportunity in support of U.S. VETS. This role will be on one of the final episodes of Season 3 of Veronica Mars, filmed in San Diego, CA. The role is guaranteed to have direct interaction with Veronica, and you will get to meet the cast and crew. This opportunity will be available for as many tickets ($25/each) as you want to purchase, until 2/16/07. All proceeds go to support the mission of U.S. VETS. The winner will be notified, as well as posted on this website.
An airline round-trip ticket will be provided from any city in the continental U.S. that is served by Southwest Airlines. The winner will be picked up at the airport in San Diego and taken directly to the set.
That?s right. I already mailed off a check.
Remember that time on ?The Office? when Jim put Dwight?s stapler in jello? How about the time Jim put Dwight?s desk in the men?s room? Oh! Oh! Oh! Remember the time that? errr wait. I can?t remember. Well good thing I found this website which tracks every prank that ever appeared on ?The Office.?
The Will Eisner website launched today. I noticed a few bugs, but I think that was because I use firefox. I just recently got ?A Contract With God? and so far I?m really enjoying it.
In last week?s New Joe Fridays Joe Q. released a one page art preview of the ?Marvels? sequel. In it there is a panel of the main character smoking. This sort of caught me off guard because Marvel (the company) under Joe Q?s watch has been so anti-smoking. “Marvels 2″ is set for a release in 2008.
Will ?Watchmen? actually be turned into a movie? Haven?t bloggers been posting about this since before blogs were invented? Well now Variety reports that Zack Snyder, director of ?300? just signed a deal with Warner Bros?
Snyder, who made his feature directorial debut with horror remake “Dawn of the Dead,” is in pre-production on “Watchmen,” based on Alan Moore’s DC Comics comicbook, for Warners.
I loved ?Meet the Parents? but it didn?t do too well and there almost wasn?t a sequel. So when ?Meet the Fockers,? which I hated, did well I should have realized it wasn?t going to be long before another sequel was put into place.
CNN has an article about ?The Oscar Curse.? In it they talk about how people like
It’s awards season in Hollywood, with all red carpets leading to the Oscars. But winning that prestigious award can sometimes lead to nothing more than bad roles and even oblivion.
“It’s known as the curse of the Oscar, which is very real. The actor’s ultimate dream can turn out to be the ultimate nightmare,” said movie pundit Tom O’Neil, awards columnist for the Web site The Envelope.
Personally, I don?t believe in the curse. I think the Academy is stupid and awards stupid people. The reason winners get bad roles after winning is because society gets bitter that someone like Alec Baldwin wins over Steve Carnell or Zach Braff (ok ok? I know that was the Golden Globes, but it?s the same principal).
The main headline yesterday at CNN was “Village was found at Stonehenge.” Then once you start reading the article they let it be known that the village was really found several miles away at a place called Durrington Walls.
Eight of the houses, with central hearths, have been excavated, and there may be as many as 25 of them, Mike Parker Pearson said Tuesday at a briefing organized by the National Geographic Society.
The ancient houses are at a site known as Durrington Walls, about two miles from Stonehenge. It is also the location of a wooden version of the stone circle
The village was carbon dated to about 2600 B.C., about the same time Stonehenge was built. The Great Pyramid in Egypt was built at about the same time, said Parker Pearson of Sheffield University.
That?s so uncool! The headline should have said NEAR Stonehenge not at Stonehenge.
My first class yesterday, Radical Image, was put on hold so that Josh Rushing could speak to us. Rushing was in a documentary called ?Control Room? which was about the war in Iraq. He was a marine and a spokesman for the military for 15 years and was one of the main people involved in starting AlJazeera English (the television station).
He basically spoke to us about his own experience in the war and about the freedom of press and all this journalism stuff. Then he talked about how AlJazeera the station is different from AlJazeera.com which puts articles that wouldn?t even make it into a tabloid.
Rushing was very well spoken and his arguments were reasonable. I?m not a news-person, but it was interesting and I didn?t fall asleep.
Things got exciting afterwards when a woman filming a documentary about Rushing for Japan asked to interview me. Below is a transcript of the conversation. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is badass. My Masters Screenwriting class is being taught via satellite because our professor is in a working professional in LA. So we get to sit in an auditorium and watch him on the screen while a small camera is pointed at us. Its so freaking cool!
Last night gave us two new characters on Heroes, but nothing dramatic or things we didn?t already know. Thank goodness I?m here to give you a real fix!.
Greg Beenman, one of the show?s producers, has updated his blog.
Tonight?s episode pushes the HEROES story forward on several levels. Peter meets a mentor, invisible man Christopher Eccleston http://imdb.com/name/nm0001172/ Hiro meets ?The Big Boss? who may be behind it all! (And fans of sci-fi synergy get a major treat!) One of the series regulars is revealed with a new power (one which may seem small now but will play out in a big way at the end of the season!!!) And Claire makes contact with her birth mother (Who is pretty hot!!! )
A new comic has been posted on the NBC website.
Don?t forget that episodes now come with cast-commentaries. This week’s features Greg Grunberg and Hayden Panettiere.
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What? You?re a geek and you?ve still been hating ?Battlestar Galactica? this year? Well I have exactly what you need. This 13 minute gag reel is from the current third season of ?Battlestar Galactica? and is fraking hilarious. I loath gag reels because they are rarely funny, but this gag reel practically made me pee myself.
TV Guide reports that Lauren Graham will now be billed as a producer on ?Gilmore Girls.? This is a good sign for fans who want the show to come back for an eighth season.
How much clout does Lauren Graham have over at Gilmore Girls these days? You’ll find out in the opening minutes of tomorrow night’s episode, when the Emmy-shunned actress receives a perk that has long eluded her: a producing credit.
Warner Bros. and the CW declined comment, but one of my deeply imbedded Stars Hollow moles confirms that Graham will be listed as a producer beginning with Tuesday’s episode. My spy says the promotion was most likely a precursor to formal contract-extension talks with Graham. (Her deal with the show ends this season.) “It’s a step in the right direction,” says my source.
Rumors have been swirling that after the whole Dr. Burke (Isaiah Washington) faggot thing? that T.R. Knight would be leaving the show. Well E! says that those rumors are false and for know, George is staying:
As I posted in the boards on Friday, this rumor is not true. I have spoken with reliable sources connected to the show, as well as T.R.’s personal publicist and the show’s ABC rep, and can tell you that T.R. is staying on the show. In fact, the ABC rep “irrefutably denies” the rumor. (And trust me, this kind of strong language would not be used if there were even rumblings of T.R. leaving.)
