A nice night to curl up somewhere warm

[cleolinda]

So today it rained not men, but icy slush. I don't think it's going to get quite cold enough this week to snow (and stick), but people are running around screaming and rioting in the grocery stores anyway, which means that I should be fully prepared to see Cloverfield on Friday (huzzah!).

Oh, and I finished Girl Sleuth last night, which was great. I should talk about it--and a ton of other books--more later, but suffice it to say, I want to read both the old-school Nancy Drew pre-rewrite originals and Mildred Wirt's Penny Parker books now.

(Omg roffle.)

Lexicon update: JKR Files Full Request for Injunction of HP Lexicon. The reason might surprise you.

Cassie Edwards update: The Many Faces of Plagiarism, which now include Longfellow. "Hiawatha." Seriously. Also, from particle_person: "The other ferret researcher (the one who didn't write the Newsweek article) has responded. His take seems to be 'no harm no foul.' Also, apparently this has really helped the black-footed ferrets, particularly Nora Roberts' $5000 matching-grant."

Troubled actor Brad Renfro dies at 25; Brad Renfro, Former Child Movie Actor, Dies at 25 (NYT); Remembering Brad Renfro.

Apple Officially Announces Their Movie Rental Plan; iTunes to offer movie rentals.

Possible van Gogh sketchbook found.

1-ton rodent remains discovered.

Flesh-Eating, Sexually-Transmitted Bacteria Hit San Francisco and Boston.

Love Stuff store in Hoover appeals ruling on sexual devices. Oh, Alabama.

Nigerian Scammer Scambaited to Re-Write Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets By Hand.

Half a million rubber balls down the Spanish steps in Rome--"Like the Bravia commercial, but for real." (Note: the Bravia commercial was real.)

Report: Scrabble wants Scrabulous off Facebook.

Ultradark Material Is Thirty Times Blacker Than Black. Could it be any more black? And the answer is none. None more black.

'American Idol' Premiere Ratings Lowest In Four Years, Delivers Slightly Less Brutal Ass-Kicking To Competition.

Johnny Depp's £1million gift for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, which saved his daughter's life in the middle of Sweeney Todd's filming last year. "And on November 29, unknown to the public, Depp spent four hours at the hospital telling bedtime stories to patients dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow after having his Pirates Of the Caribbean costume flown over from Los Angeles."

Tom Cruise: "Why ask permission? We are the authorities"; Church of Scientology Claims Copyright Infringement.

Katie Holmes Marathon Mystery Deepens With New Questions About Unidentified Runner #6074.

Musical 'Rent' Foreclosed After 12 Years.

DGA Deal With Studios: Almost Done?; Is The Writer's Strike Bad (Or Good!) For Fashion?

Official Oscar Poster Tries To Distract Public From Looming Awards Show Disaster With Bright Lights, Shiny Object; 'Atonement' Dominates British BAFTA Nominations;
BAFTAs to atone for low-profile Globes (ah, I see what you did thar).

VFXWorld Previews Prince Caspian.

1-18-08 - Photo # 10 - Chum; New Cloverfield Video Clips; First Reaction to Cloverfield - They Have Created a Classic; Early Reactions: 'Cloverfield'; Where Did Fake Cloverfield Spoilers Come From?; One Last Piece of 'Cloverfield' Viral Marketing: The Manga.

Lost in 8:15.

Bond 22 Shooting At Lago Di Garda In April.

Guess Who's Back In 'The Dark Knight'? [spoilers]; Does Katie Holmes Regret Turning Down ‘Dark Knight’?

David Wain Talks ‘The Ten,’ And Winona Ryder Puppet Sex.

'Doomsday' Trailer Now Live; 'Doomsday' is a Stereotypical Post-Apocalyptic Prison World.

More Photos From David Mamet's 'Redbelt.'

Interview: Jess Weixler, Star of 'Teeth.'

Viggo Mortensen gets award for Russian accent.

trailer_spot: Bank Job, Doomsday, Watching the Detectives, CJ7, Taxi to the Dark Side.

Sundance Trailers: Goliath, Bottle Shock, Downloading Nancy.

Dragonball Set Videos, Photos and More.

Harold and Kumar Go to SXSW.

More 'Fanboys' Rumors Hit.

Undaunted by Reality, Uwe Boll Starts Another Movie.

Comments

[theonlykow.livejournal.com]

Cloverfield was really, really awesome, Cleo. I think you'll like it. Without spoilerizing anything, they did a fantastic job of character building via the "used tape" concept, the monster was awesome in a not-scary-but-not-cheesy-and-totally-destructive way, and Lizzie Caplan, who was the "dyke" Janice Ian in Mean Girls, steals the entire movie even though she's one of the lesser characters.

I was deeply satisfied, and I am hard to please, haha.

(P.S. Have you been keeping up on KoL? Did you play Crimbo this year?!)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I did hear that the "used tape" aspect--I won't say how, just in case--did become interesting. Good to hear that it's good!

I didn't actually play Crimbo this year--I checked the Advent calendar, but only after weeks of inactivity, at which point that I realized my two multi accounts had died. Woe.

[life-on-queen.livejournal.com]

Uh, I thought Katie Holmes was fired from Dark Knight.

I got the impression that WB was unimpressed with the BB junket becoming the Tom and Katie show and suddenly Katie wasn't coming back for DK.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Dude, that's what I thought.

[elendiari22.livejournal.com]

Aww, my respect for Johnny Depp was already high, but now it's increased tenfold. What a sweet thing for him to do.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

*seconded*

[auriatetsukai.livejournal.com]

1-ton rodent remains discovered.

askdjlf; I read this as "1-ton rodent is still discovered", and it took me so long to figure out what it really meant.

[gabsy.livejournal.com]

I know it's cliché to say "I love Johnny Depp", but it's true. I mean, he's very talented, obviously, but he also seems to be such a GOOD person. That's what I love the most.

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

I wonder if Brad Renfro knew how much people admired some of his work. Poor guy.

It don't think it's possible for Johnny Depp to be more awesome than he is.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Also, apparently this has really helped the black-footed ferrets, particularly Nora Roberts' $5000 matching-grant."

You know, that is not the most well-phrased sentence I've ever written. It makes Nora Roberts sound like a black-footed ferret.
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"Like the Bravia commercial, but for real."

I know you didn't write that, Cleo, but it bugs me, because the Bravia commercial was for real. It wasn't CGI or anything.

[tabbyclaw.livejournal.com]

*snerk* Just what I was gonna say.

[tabbyclaw.livejournal.com]

Or that she granted someone $5000 worth of ferrets.

[theonlykow.livejournal.com]

Crimbo was a bit of a letdown anyway, other than a few items revolutionizing Softcore speedruns and a new outfit / tattoo... So no big deal, haha.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

I'm seriously happy about the BAFTA nominations solely because The Lives of Others is so well represented. It's nice to see a non-English language film get recognised in best picture, best director, leading actor and original screenplay. Even if it will likely at most get best non-English language picture.

If Ulrich Mühe (leading actor) did win the award of course it would be awarded posthumously. I wonder how many times that has happened. And how many times of those it has been genuine, rather than winning almost as a memorial.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

...

Oh. Yeah. I see. Stupid English language.

Edit: By that I mean it's only on reading this comment that I realised it doesn't say "is still discovered".

[eofs.livejournal.com]

I haven't been able to access any boing-boing pages for the past week or more, so I completely forgot to comment on that. Every Bravia advert so far has been 100% genuine. That's kind of half the point.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Aaaaand I love Johnny even more now.

Also, that HP scambait thing is hilarious. I can't believe they copied out the book!

[froggimus_rex]

Me too.

Which leaves me wondering how exactly you undiscover a giant rodent...

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Both ferret researchers are classy guys. Really.

[enid-keaner.livejournal.com]

I don't even understand why The Lives of Others is a nom. Not that it isn't amazing - cause it was - but it won last year's Oscar, so I don't understand how it's even able to get BAFTA noms. It came out in 2006.

Did not not come out in Britain till '07?

[enid-keaner.livejournal.com]

So glad about Rent closing - I absolutely detest that musical. Although now every Rent fan I know will be in tatters.

The iTunes movie rental idea is kinda cool. Mostly cause I got a 80G iPod classic for Christmas and have 70G free. I need something to take up space.

If that flesh-eating, sexually transmitted bacteria thing is true - dang, the world is doing its level best to keep me a virgin.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it wasn't released in the UK until much later. I want to say April? Sometime around then certainly. Which makes me doubly impressed that people remembered it enough.

(Hmm, I vaguely recall nattering back and forth with you about it last year during Cleo's Oscar blogging. Or am I imagining that.)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

True--I read that as "in an uncontrolled environment" and didn't even think of it that way.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh shit! Oh shit! All I DO are softcore speedruns! What items?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

"Oh shit! Oh shit! It's still there! Close your eyes, maybe it'll be gone when we look this time!"