A sleepy day, not much to say

[cleolinda]

But much linkspam:

From shadefell: "meopta has breast cancer, the kind that usually kills you fast. She made it to remission, although she's still getting treatment. She's got two little girls who are pretty freaked out by OMG THE CANCER. She's one of those people the world needs more of: strong, out spoken, fair, awesome, passionate. She's currently doing a cancer walk in support of another patient seen by her oncology center, and I was wondering if you could help in asking people to donate to it."

From lady_moriel: "counteragent's little sister-in-law, Jenny, is very sick. It would be so wonderful if you could take a quick moment (just like 3 minutes) to check out her family's blog and see if you think you might know anyone like Jenny. They are looking for 'comparables' (people who have similar symptoms) that may have had success with treatments Jenny's docs haven't yet tried."

3 Internet providers agree to block child porn.

What the hell is going on at EMI? "This means that as Coldplay releases 'Viva La Vida,' the biggest album of its career, its American record label will have no one running it. This also means that the Beatles will have no one directly representing them. Neither will Katy Perry, who has the No. 1 single in the country with 'I Kissed a Girl,' or any other Capitol acts. And the funny part is that none of them knows it."

"The Three Best Bits of Relationship Advice I've Ever Been Given."

No can talk. In time-out. Stoopid hoomans. Couch looks better on fire; Ma, da ceiling cat witnesses r here; minions of basement cat is BSOD ur dissertashun; An Ceiling Cat Banisht Basement Cat To Teh Bowels of Hell; Hey, u hav perty eyez; Her eyes not down here.

Francis Capra joining 'Heroes'?

Does Science Fiction Speak to Our Condition More Than Fancy Literary Writing? I don't know, although I'm inclined to agree generally that books that are about people doing tangible things speak more to our condition than vague existential meebling about how hollow life in this modern, over-commercialized world is. I mean, ideally you have the tangible storylines, which may or may not include people having awesome adventures, and the existential depth.

Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy, Unveiled!

Friends throw Diddley a rocking 4-hour funeral.

Grim Reports Have Paul Newman Diagnosed with Terminal Lung Cancer. ETA: His rep denies reports.

Stuntman killed while shooting John Woo film.

Charity run by Anne Hathaway's boyfriend investigated.

Images: Images from Alex Proyas' Sci- Fi Thriller 'Knowing' Hit the Net (I can't remember if I posted these before or not); 'What Just Happened?' Poster Premiere; Exclusive Poster: ‘Righteous Kill’; 'Miracle at St. Anna' Poster Premiere; First '[REC] 2' Teaser Poster Revealed.

Clips and trailers: The new 'Hulk' TV ad reveals a very special, not-so-secret guest star; 'The Incredible Hulk' Goes Unscripted; New Red Band 'Wanted' Trailer Hits; Quantum of Solace Bond Girl Featurette: Olga Kurylenko; Extended Clip From 'WALL•E'; 'The Duchess' second trailer; Six new 'Edge of Love' clips; 7-Minute 'Get Smart' Sneak Preview on iTunes; Must Watch: Badass 'Transporter 3' Teaser Trailer; Must Watch: Official Trailer for Vin Diesel's 'Babylon A.D.'; Two New Awesome 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' TV Spots; "The Wackness" Theatrical Trailer + Free Screenings; Teaser for Steve Martin's 'Pink Panther 2.'

trailer_spot: Transporter 3, Valkyrie, Madagascar 2, Elegy, Express, Wanted.

'Twilight' Tuesday Exclusive: Stephenie Meyer Announces 'Breaking Dawn' Tour Dates With Blue October's Justin Furstenfeld; Stephenie Meyer and cast of Twilight to be at San Diego Comic-Con. I'm tempted to ask Sister Girl's boyfriend--you know, the Barnes-a-Million buyer--to take my copy and ask Robert Pattinson to sparkle on it a little ("Look, man, she said sparkle. I don't know what that means. I just know I'm sleeping on the couch if you don't"), except that it may be too soon to clue him in that his potential future sister-in-law is a total weirdogeek.

(Oh, I almost forgot--laurelin_kit pointed out a post on Stephanie Meyer's blog [scroll down] where she reveals that the unnamed CD in the first book--you know, the one that Bella's stepfather gave her, and that she and 110-year-old sparklepire Edward bond over--was supposed to be Linkin Park. LINKIN PARK. Really? REALLY?)

Ledger’s family to attend new Batman premiere; Go Vote for Harvey Dent! 'The Dark Knight' Viral Returns!

New Harry Potter Prequel Sells for 25,000 Pounds ($48,855) at Charity Auction; Warwick Davis Excited About Extended Role In ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows’ (Davis plays both Hitlerwick Flitwick and Griphook); J.K. Rowling on the power of failure, which is kind of what I needed to read right now.

Favreau Not Keen on 'Iron Man 2' Release Date; Jon Favreau Might Not Direct Iron Man 2 - It Can't Be?!; Will 'Hancock' and Marvel Ruin 'Iron Man 2'? Yeah, the first one was just the breakout hit of the summer; let's make sure we fuck the sequel up.

TV News: Fifteen-part 'Little Dorrit' adaptation on the way.

Grant/Zhang are 'Lost for Words.'

Harrison Ford to Star in 'Crowley.'

Sir Ian McKellen To Play The New Number Two In 'The Prisoner' Remake Miniseries?

Stiller and Witherspoon in New Crowe Pic.

Atom Egoyan Studies 'Seven Wonders.'

Neil Jordan Goes Back to Fantasy with 'Ondine.'

F. Gary Gray Helming Other Marvin Gaye Biopic.

'Wall-E's' Andrew Stanton Writing 'John Carter of Mars' Movie.

Christensen Up for 'Jumper' Sequel, although I think he may be the only one.

Tim Roth Talks 'Inglorious Bastards' and 'Pulp Fiction' Spin-Off.

The Smurfs Are Headed for the Big Screen; Casting the new 'Smurfs' movie.

'The Happening' Finally Screens For Critics And The Results Are Not Pretty; Fan Rant: Why M. Night Shyamalan Has Nothing to Apologize For; The Science Behind 'The Happening' Is Jesus? (Note: This is not actually the plot of the movie or a spoiler. However, from what I know of the movie, there are spoilers in the article itself.)

Fan Rant: In Defense of Ang Lee's 'Hulk.'

'Brokeback Mountain' to premiere as opera in 2013.

Crappy Movies Are Destroying Your Brain, Say Scientists.

Let's observe a moment of silence for Mike Myers' sense of humor.

Comments

[eu-splinched.livejournal.com]

D'oh. I will be attending Comic Con on Saturday only. I guess I'll just hear about the sparkle 2 days after.

First I'll miss John Barrowman (attending Thur & Fri only), now this. I think I'd feel better about the whole thing if the Saturday single ticket wasn't higher-priced. =/

[lesamalie.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks for the The Three Best Bits of Relationship Advice I've Ever Been Given, as someone who is in an icky...thing (?) right now (if one can even call it that) those were so pleasant and a lovely perspective.

I also wanted to share with you something that a member in a another comm sent out: 28 Days to a Bikini Mind (http://kateharding.net/2008/05/20/guest-post-28-days-to-a-bikini-mind/).

Anyway, thought I'd share.

Re: Relationship advice

[dzurlady.livejournal.com]

I am also confused! I can't tell if it's meant to be that she's just talking on and on and on, or if she's suddenly realised that they're the person for her and either run off to be with them or is just sitting in silent contemplation of this.

[caerbannog.livejournal.com]

Does Michael Jackson still have rights to the Beatles catalogue? Paul McCartney has been trying for years to buy it back.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

From the third Iron Man link:

Then, IESB dropped the bomb that the reason Marvel hadn't signed Favreau yet was because he wanted more money and they didn't feel he deserved it. (emphasis mine)

WAT. Yeah, I mean he and RDJ only made over five hundred million bucks (so far!) for you guys. Jesus Marvel, get your heads out of your asses. Is there some sort of Fan Outrage petition I can sign, or letter campaign? 'Cause I'll do it! Or maybe RDJ will dig his heels in, or something (though I don't know how much power he would have over something like this; hasn't he already signed the contract for 2?).

[tabbyclaw.livejournal.com]

"Meebling" made me snort chicken curry. This is not an experience I recommend to anyone.

[melayka.livejournal.com]

Wait. So why are people surprised about the Linkin Park reveal? I don't have the book in front of me ATM it can't enter a house unless you invite it in! but when I read the part where Bella listens to it in bed, the description Meyer gave seemed to really suggest them to me.

Like, in the same subtle way she suggests Edward is attractive.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

Even if Iron Man II looks terrible, I will still probably go see it. =P RDJ is just a badass.

[glyphs.livejournal.com]

I don't mind Linkin Park. They're one of those bands where some of their songs are pretty good, but most of them are kinda "eh.." I always found it interesting though that Ms. Meyer pictured them as the band Bella listened to to first just drown out her thoughts and ended up liking the cd after listening to it over and over. I always thought that Meyer would have gone with a Muse cd considering how much she loves the band and was inspired by their music throughout the books. I know for me personally, the first time I listened to Absolution I thought it sounded kinda weird...like it could be Halloween music. However, by the third listen, I was hooked and now don't drive anywhere without my five Muse cds in my car in case the radio sucks. That seemed to me to be a fitting comparison to her description in Twilight of Bella's reaction to Linkin Park. And I could picture Edward throwing in a Muse cd way before a Linkin Park cd. I mean, c'mon, it's Muse...they are made of awesome!

[floatingpencil.livejournal.com]

Re: Tom Lefroy. I don't get it. Hasn't that picture been about for years? It's in one of my Jane Austen books, can't remember whether it's the biography or letters.

Anyway, he looks sort of wicked. Cute, though.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh. I had just assumed she was using an imaginary band, which was why she hadn't named it in the first place. (I probably would have made up a fictional band, myself. But then, I collect would-be band names.)

[leucocrystal]

Yeah, the first one was just the breakout hit of the summer; let's make sure we fuck the sequel up.
FLAMES. On the side of my face! (I don't usually get like this about summer action flicks, but Iron Man was too good for me to resist. COME ON.)

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

SERIOUSLY.

I can honestly say that if Favreau isn't involved, I won't go and see it.

Unless they pick, like, Mel Brooks or something. Just for the sheet "...wait really?" factor.

A BLACK IRON MAN?!

[leucocrystal]

I can honestly say that if Favreau isn't involved, I won't go and see it.
Same here, pretty much. Especially after the Making Of featurette I saw on YouTube; directors that have that kind of respect and love for the material they're working with should NOT be swapped out.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

filkertom, a/k/a Tom Smith, a/k/a The World's Fastest Filker (tm), is a professional filk musician and very, very funny. His website can be found here (http://www.tomsmithonline.com/main1.htm), and you can check out some of his music for free (http://www.tomsmithonline.com/freestuff.htm). He's done something pretty nasty to his left leg, which is going to lay him up for months of post-surgical rehab. Which, for a professional musician, means no travel, no gigs, and a serious reduction in income. So this would be a great time for interested people to buy downloads of his music (http://www.tomsmithonline.com/dl.htm) from the website, or, if they're already fans and feel inclined to make a little donation in his Open Virtual Guitar Case (http://www.tomsmithonline.com/buystuff.htm), that'd be pretty darned helpful to him.

[mokeyhokey.livejournal.com]

Oh shit, I completely forgot about that! In that case, their music is slightly more safe. I mean, Crazy Michael Jackson still owning it sucks, but it's a little bit better than an imploding record company, you know?

I hope Radiohead can buy all their music back, though their back catalog showing up in iTunes may indicate that they did.

It's also kind of funny that this is happening only a couple of years after a bunch of the more successful indie bands signed to major labels - The Decemberists and Interpol in particular are signed to Capitol.

[bigeyedrabbit.livejournal.com]

Wow, apparently that "J.K. Rowling on the power of failure" link was just what *I* needed, too, because it made tears well up in my eyes (in a good way). I sure didn't expect that!

[polly-moopers.livejournal.com]

My planet was destroyed in a tragic Death Star-related accident.

Star Wars speaks to my condition. :(

[angelene.livejournal.com]

I mean, ideally you have the tangible storylines, which may or may not include people having awesome adventures, and the existential depth.

*nods* Which is to say that, ideally, you have Battlestar Galactica (http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/). ;)

[jenny0.livejournal.com]

My band name collection is huge - my favourites, Ninja Kazoo Orchestra and Ana Lucia and the Revolving Band of Mexicans come from a friend's hilarious story about Savannah and an episode of Lost, respectively.

[jenny0.livejournal.com]

I think it's in the news because it just went up for auction?

[summersdaughter.livejournal.com]

*falls over laughing*

[nilchance.livejournal.com]

LINKIN PARK. Really? REALLY?

Sure. It was that line about "SPAAAAAAAARKLING IN MY SKIIIIIIN!!!!"

[batmaz.livejournal.com]

Reading your linkspam makes me feel cool ^_^

Man. Coldplay is actually number 1 in the UK already and their album isn't released until tomorrow. And in two weeks they're going to have nobody representing them (and nobody told them)? Craziness.

Also, how were they allowed to be number 1? Since Monday? I don't know.

The Hitlerwick reference made me snort. *The rest of this comment has been cut for time*

[holding-pattern.livejournal.com]

Crappy Movies Are Destroying Your Brain, Say Scientists.

Except. Er. They don't say that. Not in the io9 article, although I suppose one could infer it from the intro paragraph, and certainly not in the NS one to which it links. They say that Hitchcock gets more similarity in the responses across an audience, and at no point make any value judgements about the content :).

Smurfs on film - I'm not sure whether to be delighted or alarmed :D.