Thursday evening, breezy

[cleolinda]

Much quieter today. Tried to get some rest today so that I can annotate tonight--fewer distractions at night, plus I'm not away from the internet (which I need for many of the notes and citations themselves). Last I heard from Sister Girl, she was at the Vosges store in NYC, but it was too loud to hear her over the phone. Not much else going on, really.

Linkspam:

‘Raven’ scream queen Hazel Court dies at 82.

Legendary Disney Animator Ollie Johnston is Gone.

Feds to collect DNA from every person they arrest. I think a younger me would have just retorted, "Fine--don't do anything wrong and you don't have anything to worry about." But given the way things have been going since the Patriot Act... this really disturbs me, even as I can see how it could, let's say, save the lives of innocent people mistakenly put on death row.

Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory, dies.

French aghast at new English incursion to their language; Sacrebleu, a Eurovision scandal!

Earth's Hum Sounds More Mysterious Than Ever.

Feds warn of candy-flavored cocaine.

Flocke-splosion! Welcome to my new desktop wallpaper.

Canadian Author Mad at Publishing, Eh. To be fair, I don't think I would have published something called "So Dark the Night," either.

What Do Authors Think Of No-Advance Publishing?

Pat Strachan On Publishing's Last Days Of Disco.

Those of you with tickets to the VIP Neil Gaiman experience (Experience?) will get a gift bag including "a beautiful [Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab] pouch that includes Orange, a new fragrance made for the occasion of the reading, as well as a scent locket, and imps of three Gaiman perfumes."

Tucker Max Hopes They Serve Beer in Hell.

Jennifer Weiner's TV deal.

Why Koreans, Diggers And Stephen Colbert Are TIME's Most Influential People, or, Stephen Colbert finally defeats his K-pop rival. For now.

The Spirit of '50s Sci Fi Returns to Comics [Will Eisner].

Ethan Coen’s playwrighting debut is ‘loopy.' No!

New Tonner dolls: Yule Ball Cho Chang; "reimagined" Snow Whyte (at FAO Schwarz).

Scientology Prince May Lose His Princess.

MTV Movie Awards Announces Movie Spoof Contest.

Helen McCrory on Narcissa's Wardrobe in "Half-Blood Prince"; Actor Jim Broadbent Talks Role as Professor Slughorn.

Reelz Channel Inteviews Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian); 'This is Home' by Switchfoot to be on the soundtrack.

The Real Reason Iron Man Will Crush The Hulk At The Box Office [Cold War Superheroes]; Cribs-Style Look at 'Iron Man', Future of Personal Transportation; Wildly Popular 'Iron Man' Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film.

See Tony Stark's House, Wolverine's New Claws, And Adrien Brody's Mutant Girl [Morning Spoilers].

Winehouse Spokesperson Denies Rumours that she'll do the Quantum of Solace song. Haven't we already been through this cycle at least twice before?

Ford, Spielberg and Lucas Talk 'Indiana Jones'; includes new still.

X-Files Secrets Hinted On Set.

Nimoy Couldn't Resist Latest Star Trek; Abrams Gets Roddenberry Stamp Of Approval.

New Set Photos From 'Australia' -- and Podcasts!

Behind-the-scenes footage and an interview from 'Twilight'; MTV Article Concerning 'Twilight.' Good Lord, Pattinson's hair is huge!

Cloverfield DVD Variants Set to Spread Like a Virus; IGN Cloverfield Monster Exclusive Video; Best Buy's Exclusive Cloverfield Bonus Preview.

Ridley Scott to Helm 'The Kind One.'

Emilie De Ravin joins 'Public Enemies.' Yeah, I'd be smiling too. Also: Depp Gracious After 12 hours of Filming, which also has a De Ravin picture.

Ewan McGregor may or may not have paid attention to the last role he played.

Thurman, Driver and Edwards in 'Motherhood.'

Johnnie To Wants Orlando Bloom. I had a really hard time parsing this sentence at first.

Meagan Good Joins 'Saw V.'

Warner Buys 'The Rapture.'

Ashley Tisdale, 'Teen Witch'?

Exclusive Theatrical Trailer for 'Rogue.' Sadly, not a companion piece to Wolverine.

McWeeny, Swan Pen 'Bat Out of Hell.'

Film Clips: On Why the 'Atlas Shrugged' Film Should Be Canned.

Discuss: When Does Fandom Go Too Far?

Comments

[sunni-sideup.livejournal.com]

lol! I totally adore Robert Pattinson's hair. It's so big and fluffy... <3

[pinstripe-bindi.livejournal.com]

They're making ANOTHER Saw movie? JUST LET IT DIE ALREADY. And I liked the first one. And Julie Benz is in it? The little cred she managed to regain with me from Dexter (after years of of loathing her so much in BtVS/Angel that the very site of her name in the opening credits made me grind my teeth) is swirling the bowl.

[girlandetc.livejournal.com]

vosges is pretty much the most amazing stuff EVER. i LOVE IT.

[lilgoala.livejournal.com]

The fact that Tucker Max, loser extraordinaire, is getting a movie for being a drunken asshole only proves that for every stupid, ridiculous idea someone has, there is someone equally stupid willing to make a movie out of it.

[allie-meril.livejournal.com]

Sadly, not a companion piece to Wolverine.

Ah, and my heart gave an excited little flutter for a second. :(

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

You too? :(

[edda.livejournal.com]

Tell Sister Girl to have the Parisian cocoa for me and tell me how it is.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I really do think she told Mom that she'd bought some of the cocoa. So we'll see!

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

*sends good annotation vibes* GoF?

Can you believe, I'm still sick?? Whatever this thing is, it's tenacious. Blargh.

You know, there are some headlines where you don't even want to read them, because they probably aren't as amusing as you imagine. This is one: Ewan McGregor may or may not have paid attention to the last role he played. Hee.

[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

Ollie Johnston AND Edward Lorenz?

Me sad.

[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

Jennifer Weiner and I were at Princeton at the same time, and we both took creative writing classes with Joyce Carol Oates.

Which means I get a co-credit in anything she writes. :P

[falco-conlon.livejournal.com]

Emilie De Ravin is the luckiest girl in the world.

[msilverstar]

Orlando as a thief, Chow Yun-Fat and Liam Neeson -- sounds great to me!

Also, Emilie makes Johnny Depp look tall. She made Dom look not-short. She must be tiny along with being gorgeous.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

TEEN WITCH? Okay Hollywood, I think we can officially now say quit it with the remakes...


SAW V: THERE WILL BE A FEW MORE DROPS OF BLOOD WE CAN WRING OUT OF THIS FRANCHISE DESPITE EVERYONE BEING DEAD ALREADY

[caerbannog.livejournal.com]

this really disturbs me, even as I can see how it could, let's say, save the lives of innocent people mistakenly put on death row.

I'm not sure I would even trust it for that much. Here in Oklahoma there was a big scandal a few years ago where the chemist in charge of analyzing the dna was discovered to be falsifying the evidence.

[dives.livejournal.com]

Reelz Channel Inteviews Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian); 'This is Home' by Switchfoot to be on the soundtrack.

Wait. WHUT

I don't know if I like the sound of that (ugh pun). Not that I don't like Switchfoot, they're fine. But it just seems like a very Disney thing to do, "Hey, let's put a modern rock song in the middle of our fantasy movie to appeal to ~*the kids*~!" whatevz


Portland, OR is the greatest city on earth.*




*I may be exaggerating because it is my hometown.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, didn't they put out an entire CD of Christian music last time that never appeared in the movie at all? And there were a number of songs that only appeared over the credits.

[zigb.livejournal.com]

Ashley Tisdale, 'Teen Witch'?

Noooo!
I love the 80s one, why must everything be ruined?

[macbethchild.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. Much as I loved I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, I will absolutely not be able to watch that movie. The book is hilarious because of its graphic accuracy... if they impart that to a movie, it'll basically be porn.

I don't pay for a $10 movie ticket unless it's a really special occasion, and sadly porn does not count.