Study: TV ads trigger mindless eating. Good news! Mindless eating is my favorite part of watching TV. (0)
7/1/09
Vibe = gone. After 16 years. The August issue was going to feature The-Dream, but now apparently isn't coming out. (0)
7/1/09
Yet another cultural juggernaut Michael Jackson created: the Super Bowl halftime show. I forgot all about that one, but he was the first real star to do it. Producers say they had to explain to him what the Super Bowl was. (0)
6/30/09
The Pirate Bay got bought-- it's going legal. Here's the business model: all the movies and music will still be free for users, and internet service providers will pay. OK! At this point, why not. (0)
6/30/09
Transformers 2 hit Dark Knight-level opening weekend box office. Movie reviews have nothing to do with anything anymore, do they? (0)
6/30/09
Totally bizarre Variety article on the latest classic TV show porn spoofs. Gilligan's Island, The Munsters, and this is nuts, Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Some DVDs include sex-free versions. What is this, Criterion Collection? (0)
6/30/09
OK OK, wait a second. Sarah Palin: AC/DC and Van Halen fan. (0)
6/30/09
Alan Cumming is playing the Green Goblin in the Spider-Man musical on Broadway this fall. (0)
6/29/09
Cool, minimal Michael Jackson mural that popped up at 35th and 6th. In the Daily News. (0)
6/29/09
A.O. Scott says, "If The Hurt Locker is not the best action movie of the summer, I’ll blow up my car." Sounds like it's Kathryn Bigelow's best movie since Point Break. (0)
6/25/09
NY Times: Pastor Urges His Flock to Bring Guns to Church. "God and guns were part of the foundation of this country. Not every Christian denomination is pacifist." For once, I think "WWJD?" is the best response. (0)
6/25/09
You know, you can be the most unstable, unhealthy mad genius on the planet, but when you suddenly collapse and die, I'm still genuinely shocked. (0)
6/25/09
Director's Cut of Watchmen is coming out in July. It's 25 minutes longer! Ack. Could we get anyone else to play Silk Spectre? A yellow and black burlap sack, perhaps? (0)
6/25/09
The Academy will have 10 Best Picture nominees this year, instead of 5. Cool! This is how they did it in the 40's. President says of their decision, "I would not be telling you the truth if I said the words 'Dark Knight' did not come up." (0)
6/24/09
You couldn't make this up: David Fincher to direct a movie by Aaron Sorkin about the creation of Facebook. Dialogue will be sort of contrived and stiff, but it'll have a really cool opening title sequence. (0)
6/24/09
Clear, the service that let you get through airport security faster, went out of business. So if you used it, your fingerprints, iris scans, and other identity info is floating around in the ether somewhere. (0)
6/23/09
Anachronistic trend alert: snuff. (0)
6/22/09
There are THREE biopics about DeLorean in the works. The man does have a fascinating bio: cars, fame, obsession, cocaine, catastrophic failure. I'll watch all of 'em. (0)
6/22/09
Video: Triumph makes his return to Conan, at Bonnaroo. (0)
6/22/09
One gutsy con artist was doing the old "you made me drop my glasses now give me $20" trick, but with his crack pipe. In Washington Square Park, of course. [map] (0)
6/22/09
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