Massive linkspam catch-up

[cleolinda]

So... I had a shitty evening last night. My blood pressure still feels a little high today. Hurrah. Here was the one bright spot: I was at TV Tropes going through the Characters as Device list when I saw "The Littlest Cancer Patient" and went, "Aww, hey, that's like the thing I used in the... omg."

Presumably, the name of this trope is a reference to The Day After Tomorrow in Fifteen Minutes, which uses the phrase to great hilarity.

I have made my contribution to the world and can die happy. You think I'm kidding, and I'm not.

(Maybe I shouldn't say things like "die happy" after the High Blood Pressure of Fury last night. And the last time I had it checked, the nurse actually said I had very good, low blood pressure. Knocking on wood... now.)

(Before you ask: yes, I voted today. Now I'm going to go scrapbook something random until I feel mellower.)

Speaking of which, from entropy_and_me: "I was so inspired by your digital scrapbooking creations that I've gotten a bit, er, obsessively into it myself now. I made a digiscrapping resource post at my blog. You might be collecting links to do a digiscrapping linkspam yourself for all I know, but I thought my little resource post might be of interest to your readership."

Apparently Forest Whitaker was here in town campaigning for Obama.

WGA, studios reportedly moving toward deal; Striking writers reach deal with independents; Networks feeling the impact of strike; Time for writers to rethink strike (note: MSNBC obviously has ties to NBC, one of the biggest bads in the whole ordeal); Strike May End Soon, but Writers May Confront a Hostile Hollywood.

AT&T will help Hollywood spy on traffic, but Verizon says it won't.

Hollywood Stars Snub BAFTAs; Oscar Screener Piracy Less Of A Problem, Thanks To Regular Piracy; Shocking Report: Vanity Fair Oscar Party Canceled?

Britney’s elusive friend Lutfi has shady past; Lutfi accused of drugging, abusing Spears. Wow.

L.A. ponders law to rein in paparazzi. Yeah, you might want to "ponder" that.

Quarter of Brits think Churchill was myth. Yeah, so don't talk to me about American education. "A sample of 3000 people isn't even fair!" I'm just saying, remember that the next time some "scientific" poll comes out and claims Americans don't know what year the war of 1812 was.

Joran van der Sloot admits, on tape, that Natalie Holloway died on beach (Was Natalee Holloway Dumped Overboard While Still Alive?). He now claims he was "lying," but the really disturbing part is that, in the tape, he not only says he "hasn't lost sleep over it," but it's not even entirely certain that she was dead when they dumped her in the ocean.

(From the annals of badly-written headlines: Footage claims to solve Aruba mystery. Um, no. The footage itself is not claiming anything. There is no videotape hopping around going, "Hey! Hey, you guys! Hey!")

Heath's LA Memorial; Ledger's hometown mourns its biggest star; Nicholson Misquoted on Ledger Warning.

Facebook Outrage: Insurance Company Demands A Peek At Kids' Profiles.

Google issues statement on MSFT's hostile Yahoo bid; Yahoo may consider Google alliance, source says. AHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Navy Tests Incredible Sci-Fi Weapon.

Blu-ray winning studio war, but needs to sway consumers.

Blue roses to go on sale in Japan.

Holland to Become World's First Floating Country. Are we calling it Holland again? When I was in school, they spent most of geography class drilling "the Netherlands" into our young skulls.

Conan, Stewart, Colbert unite in mock feud.

James Frey Taking a Different Tack for New Novel.

Feature: The knights who say "nerd": 20 pop-cultural obsessions even geekier than Monty Python.

Vanity Fair's 2008 Hollywood Issue Cover Shoot; Behind the Scenes at the 2008 Hollywood Issue Cover Shoots; Behind the Scenes of the Hitchcock Portfolio; Renee Zellweger's 'Vanity Fair' Hitchcock Homage: Emoting Like You've Never Seen Before (okay, I am really interested in seeing the Hitchcock homages); Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue: 14 Years of Annie Leibovitz Covers.

From xander77: Steam Wars!

''Hannah Montana'' sets record; Miley's Movie Extended in U.S. Theatres After Big Debut; 'Hannah Montana's' Cyrus: 'It's like wow.'

New stills: Wanted; Prince Caspian; Funny Games; Horton Hears a Who; Julia; The Other Boleyn Girl; Mamma Mia!

J. K. Rowling Discusses Inspiration for Minister of Magic and More in New Interview; Gloucester Cathedral set #6; Gloucester Cathedral set-up #7.

John Maybury Goes From 'The Edge of Love' to 'Wuthering Heights'; Lohan & Knightley vying for the role of Catherine Earnshaw. I love how the accompanying picture on ONTD shows their Razzie- and Golden-Globe-nominated performances, respectively.

Horror fans react with disgust to Sweeney Todd - because it's a musical. I've said it before and I'll say it again: the two big negative reactions to this movie were "Ewww, gore!" and "EW, MUSICALS!" I personally view it as the best of both worlds, but...

Depp film ['Public Enemies'] to shoot in Richland Center.

What happens when the Cloverfield monster hits the dating scene (warning: monster spoilers. Chibi monster spoilers. Kind of).

Full Spoilage For J.J. Abrams' X-Files Ripoff! [Morning Spoilers].

Possible 'Quantum of Solace' Opening Sequence Details; Further Details On Panama Shoot For 'Quantum of Solace'; Neil Jackson Is 'Mr. Slate' In 'Quantum of Solace.'

New ‘Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull’ photo; Indiana Jones' Crystal Skull Revealed.

Wolf Man Replacement Director Named: Joe Johnston; Will Brett Ratner Ever Escape Internet Jail?; Should John Landis Be Released from Director Jail?

David Bowie in Talks to Join 'Will.'

trailer_spot: Happening, Flawless, Taken, Sex and Death 101, Mongol, Quantum of Solace.

Exclusive Trailer: Naomi Watts In ‘Funny Games’; 'Iron Man,' 'Wall-E' and 'Leatherheads' Superbowl Trailers; Wall-E Gets Friendly With A Vacuum Cleaner [Roboerotic Asphyxiation]; Trailer Blazer: 'The Happening,' 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall,' 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?'; 'Taken' Trailer Looks Creepy; The Hater: M. Night Shyamalan's New Movie Will Make You Want To Kill Yourself.

Kristen Stewart Wants A ‘Twilight’ Series That Sucks… In All The Right Ways.

‘Simpsons’ Sequel? All Strike And No Work Make Homer Something Something.

Jim Henson Biopic in the Works.

First Look at James Franco in "Milk"; Sean Penn and James Franco as lovers in 'Milk'; New Photo of Emile Hirsch in 'Milk.'

Friel Gets Lost With Ferrell.

Emily Blunt is 'The Girl.'

Jim Carrey Suits Up As Santa For Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Christmas Carol.’

Englund Not Among New Nightmare Plans.

Rumor: Venom Getting a Spin-Off Movie?

Tons Of Spoilers For Hellboy 2, Plus Terminator, X-Files Pics [Morning Spoilers].

McG wants Daniel Day-Lewis for Terminator sequel. Okay, you got Bale--let's not get crazy here. Or, as the ONTD poster concludes, "I believe his holiness DDL ain't got time for that shit." Hee!

Comments

[sucrelefey.livejournal.com]

Pffft blue roses. Its the same colour as Lavondes and Bluebird breeds which we florists have used since the 90s without DNA splicing. They fell out of fashion for having a short vase life, incredible perfume.
Make a rose the same colour as Monkshood then you can declare victory on the blue tone.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wasn't very impressed. Make something the color of a delphinium--or even a blue iris!--and call me back.

[library-of-sex.livejournal.com]

Where on earth do you get all those links from? You must check a million sites a day!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I have a ton of feeds on Google Reader, and I just skim the headlines--you do it long enough, you get used to doing it pretty quickly. : )

[dreamingreader.livejournal.com]

Holland is actually a small region of the country The Netherlands (and they are called the Dutch. All quite simple isn't it? ;-) ) . And I think a floating city, suburb, country whatever is the coolest thing I've ever heard

[xander77.livejournal.com]

Try going to Venice?

[koritsimou.livejournal.com]

Re nerdy obsessions: Whither Mystery Science Theater 3000?

[everstar3.livejournal.com]

I know! I was like, "Hey... you forgot something."

[sturmclan.livejournal.com]

Very glad to hear that you're feeling better. High blood pressure can be a terrifying thing - keep yourself mellow.
And show me those scraps. You KNOW I want to see what you're working on....and I'll put together a preview of what I've got for the steampunk kit so far & you can tell me what I'm missing.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, definitely (yay steampunk!). I probably won't post this LO here, although I'll probably tuck it away in the Cleoland wiki.

Everytime someone links TVtropes I lose three hours...

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

Wait, Christian Bale in Terminator the what now? When did this happen?

Dammit, I wish the msnbc video player wasn't so crappy and would actually, y'know, play something. Is any of the Late Night Fight stuff on youtube? And I hope Craig Ferguson gets involved somehow, though I think he still has his writers.

Englund Not Among New Nightmare Plans.

That sound you just heard was countless horror geeks, howling with rage.

God, that facebook article pisses me off, first with this:

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey denied benefits to two minors because they have eating disorders. Eating disorders, the insurance company claims, are emotional, not biological.

RAGE. Then there's this:

Horizon has demanded access to the kids MySpace and Facebook accounds, to "shed light on the causes of the disorders, which determines the insurer's responsibility for payment." (i.e. deny them coverage)

KILL. Christ, I hate how fucked up the medical system in this country is.

Re: Everytime someone links TVtropes I lose three hours...

[eleigh.livejournal.com]

Youtube has this video of the Conan vs Colbert and Stewart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLfvf-L8pXc) "feud" but the Daily Show and Colbert Report websites also have videos up from last night's episodes ("Late Night Tangle" on the Daily Show and "Conan and Jon" on the Colbert Report). And I doubt Ferguson will get involved since the "feud" began over who "made" Mike Huckabee, Conan or Colbert.

[msilverstar]

The thing about Churchill is so funny!

But the insurance company intruding into journals (of minors, CHILDREN dammit) is ugly as hell. *kicks them hard*

[viorica8957.livejournal.com]

Didn't they make a Wuthering Heights movie a few years ago? And seeing as how the Twilight series already sucks in a bad way . . .

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

The Ralph Fiennes-Juliette Binoche version was wonderfully awful 1993, and I don't think it even ended up in American theaters. After the rash of Jane Austen movies, the time's probably ripe for a new WH.

[stefficus.livejournal.com]

you is my hero! i just spent several hours (uh, yeah, hours) at tv tropes... how did i miss a mention of you?

that. is. ...awesome!

(also, have ya seen the sawyer nickname generator (http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/02/the_10_star_wars_toys_that_look_like_celebrities.php#more)?)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Dude, I've spent entire days there and never come across that bit before!

[kiandra-fire.livejournal.com]

I read an article about the Lohan-and-Knightley-vying-for-the-role thing and noticed that it kept saying Lohan and Knightley are both on a long list of possibilities. I think it was just a slow news day, so that's what people picked out. I think the report on ONTD left some stuff out, because that way they can bash Lohan and Knightley all the more.

If this doesn't make sense, I apologize. I am still a little tipsy from the White Russian I had a while ago, and I think the keys have moved since I was last on the computer (it's taking me a while to type). Hope it's comprehensible!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee! No, I know what you mean.

[graydown.livejournal.com]

According to most of the style guides we use at work, it's The Netherlands with a capital The. The AP might have a different story, of course.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET film without Robert Englund as Mr. K is one I won't be seeing. And it's going to be made by the folks who did the dire "re-imagining" of the awesome Eighties HITCHER? What, was Michael Bay playing "How many Fred-heads can I piss off in under 60 seconds?"

I just saw SWEENEY TODD last night and loved it, chiefly *for* the Grand Guignol grue and the songs. That final shot! I'm currently driving my household batty by singing "My Friends" every time I shave of a morning...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

That final shot, seriously. Wow. Also, I totally went around my house singing "A Little Priest" and "By the Sea" for about a week. "It's fop! Finest in the shop...!"

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

Presumably, the name of this trope is a reference to The Day After Tomorrow in Fifteen Minutes, which uses the phrase to great hilarity.
yay!

[bandersnatch42.livejournal.com]

Blue roses?

...

Glass Menagerie, anyone?

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

A Littlest Cancer Patient died in "Angels and Blimps", an episode of Ally Mc Beal, but he was played by Haley Joel Osment so it wasn't really that sad.

HaHA! </Nelson>

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee--yeah, I laughed at that too.

[sibilantwretch.livejournal.com]

Lutfi accused of drugging, abusing Spears.

Hm, you know, I don't buy that.

[tabbyclaw.livejournal.com]

My fingers are crossed so hard for a strike resolution that I can't hold my knitting needles properly.

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

I am so with you on the "best of both worlds" thing! Sweeney Todd was AWESOME.

[palmetto.livejournal.com]

*fangirls your icon*

[quasar360.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! I hope you don't come down with death flu / plague again! *sends e-vitamin C your way*


Is it wrong that the Steam Wars page made me drool? Yes, drool? That was so beautiful! I now want to make a steampunk-y lightsaber... I'm never going to study again, am I.

[eruvadhril.livejournal.com]

Have you ever been on TV Tropes, just continuously following links from one page to the next, and then looked up and realised that it was five in the morning? That site is addictive, dammit.

[coneycat.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for shoutouts! Also, that Tropes site has some very useful stuff!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Woohoo Littlest Cancer Patient!

[daemonnoire.livejournal.com]

Re: The knights who say "nerd"

That's my renaissance fair! Squeee! And the barbarian they interview is the guy I intend to get my tat from, when I work up the money and the courage.

As for Sweeny Todd? Horror + Music = Awesome. I am never to be convinced otherwise!

[sapphires13.livejournal.com]

Englund Not Among New Nightmare Plans.

...have they gone stupid?

[celticangel76.livejournal.com]

This sort of goes along with the info about the strike but - are we to get new LOST eps after all?

According to a blog on Crave (http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9763176-1.html) Michael Emerson (Ben) was spotted at a record store in NY on Friday and was "doing some last-minute shopping before going off to Hawaii to start shooting new episodes."

*crosses fingers*