Spinner.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Movies According to Jethro Tull 's Ian Anderson , every major British band from the '70s insists it was the inspiration for the band Spinal Tap . Naturally, the frontman is pretty sure his band actually was an inspiration for the mockumentary rockers. "There's lots of little elements in there we think happened to us and was about us," he tells Spinner. "But...
The Finer Things (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Continuing with our Holiday gift guide series, today's post contains a selection of presents perfect for preschoolers. From plush circus puppets to storybook DVDs, these gifts are sure to be loved by your little ones. Let them put on a show with these plush circus puppets -- Restoration Hardware This customizable play station can be transformed from a doctor's office to a kitchen and then to a workbench...
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I know what you're thinking -- because the story of Apple's greatness over the past decade is not just about one man, there were loads of people responsible and I don't want to claim all the credit for myself. But, um, no. It's not that. If it were just that I'd have no problem at all. Or maybe you're thinking that it's because I simply feel I don't deserve the award, considering the way I was perhaps...
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
In the clip you're about to see, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-il lock lips to the theme song of an erotic video game. That's sort of the punchline. Here's how we got there: " My Boyfriend Is the President " is a risque video game (or eroge) out of Japan. Of course, the game has its own trailer and whiny theme song, seen here: Naturally, dating a president is a rich theme full of narrative...
Petrelis Files (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
We Have Milk Day Thanks to 'Meathead' Reiner? File this story under the header "Only in California." This is the only state in the union where the Governor, a former steroid-pumping actor, can be successfully lobbied by a leftist film director who first came to prominence playing a character nicknamed "Meathead," to give the good citizens a gay Harvey Milk Day. From the SF Chronicle's...
The Plank (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Even as Neil Patrick Harris's star continues to ascend--and polls capture the ongoing sea-change in public acceptance of homosexuality--putatively pro-gay Hollywood continues to maintain the celluloid closet. In a fascinating piece on the subject, LA Weekly reports : Only a year ago most of Hollywood was publicly appalled by Proposition 8, the anti–gay marriage ballot measure that passed in...
<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Shades of Rock Hudson : Only a year ago most of Hollywood was publicly appalled by Proposition 8, the anti–gay marriage ballot measure that passed in November. Heavy-hitter Pitt and Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg contributed $100,000 checks to the “No on 8” campaign, and dozens of Hollywood big shots, like Rob Reiner and Barbra Streisand, attended an A-list “No on 8”...
Jamespeak (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
There are spoilers throughout. Stanley Kubrick's liberal adaptation of Stephen King's novel, The Shining downplays the book's supernatural element and makes it more about a recovering alcoholic becoming crushed by isolation, despair and failure, and falling off the wagon in the most spectacular way imaginable. I'll be honest: The Shining isn't a movie that grabbed me when I first watched it. It's a...
The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
USA Feature Film Director: Rob Reiner Writer: William Goldman Cinematographer: Adrian Biddle Composer: Mark Knopfler Cast: Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, Fred Savage, Peter Falk, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Mel Smith Managing to be both an excellent example of and a winning pastiche of the fantasy genre, Reiner’s...
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
The Envelope's Pete Hammond reported last night that Sacha Gervasi's Anvil!: The Story of Anvil has become the first 2009 film to be mass-mailed to the nearly 6000-person Academy membership. The Anvil! team has been hustling hard since last spring, and this shows they haven't relented. It also seems that a belief in Anvil! being one of the best docs of the year has gradually sunk in...even if Hammond...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
As Sacramento County's district attorney, it's not enough for Jan Scully to find justice. She has to find the money to pay for justice. The county has no funds to pay for medical exams of children removed from their homes by Child Protective Services. In the last fiscal year – in cases involving 829 kids under the age of 6 removed from their homes for reasons other than physical abuse –...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
Weekly First Look: Candidates set the stage for high-profile donors -- Less than a day after California attorney general Jerry Brown declared that he's forming an exploratory committee to run for governor, he set Nov. 18 for a high-profile Hollywood-centric fund-raiser. Meanwhile, his chief rival, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom , already has enlisted Ben Silverman, Ari Emanuel, Eric Paquette and...
Macsmind - News, Conservative Comme (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
As expected John Podesta being appointed to look into ACORN's corruption is about as worthless as screen doors on a submarine. His Center for Communist American Progress is all about blaming the right, when the problems with ACORN have originated and continue with the philosophy of the left. But why stop with ACORN? That Podesta, who ran Barack Obama's transition team, is in charge in looking into...
as good as it gets (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
After Jay (aka Cynical Bastard) wrote about his 10 favorite movie characters, I thought it'd be fun to post some of my favorite movie moments and/or quotes. Here they are in no particular order: Ben Affleck in "Chasing Amy" ( His "I Love You" speech , especially the part where he tells his lesbian friend he doesn't want his love for her to queer their friendship) Jack Nicholson...
Boxwish (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
It’s that time of the week again Boxwishers, when we here at Boxwish HQ open up about our movie tastes and share with you some of the cine clutter that occupies our time and energy. And today we truly are admitting you into our confidence as we discuss that most sensitive of subjects – movies that make us cry. Obviously for the males among the Boxwish contingent, there’s no such...
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