Whee!

[cleolinda]

I HAVE A GOLDEN BATMAN TICKET, YAY! We're driving out to Trussville for a 9:30 am showing on Saturday, so it will be an adventure. An adventure with a lot of caffeine.

However, I was dying of a horrendous headache most of the afternoon. I stepped up from 150 mg Lamictal to 175 mg on Monday, and immediately got a headache. Like, within half an hour of taking my meds. Today: same thing, only worse. Obviously, I need to step back down for a while. But there's another possibility: when I cut my Zoloft in half at the beginning of this whole process, my mild, daily headaches immediately stopped. Once again, I'm wondering if this is not Zoloft bringing out the worst in potential Lamictal side effects, and that maybe if I dropped the Zoloft down again--from 50 mg to nothing? I'm already cutting pills in half, I'd reduce them to dust if I cut them into quarters--and kept the Lamictal at 175, I'd be fine. I think I'd have to call my doctor before I tried that, though. I've got to do something, though, because I've been wandering around moaning dramatically all afternoon.

The official Rock Band 2 set list!

New Tonner dolls! Lara Croft! Lee Scoresby! Black Canary! Red dress bitchface Scarlett O'Hara!

Neil Gaiman Celebrates ‘Sandman’ Anniversary With New Comic And More.

Nick Hornby Hates E-Books!

Are There Any Perfect Novels?

Playboy's The Girls of... The Olive Garden?

Stuffed animals told pics would be 'artistic.' AHHHHHHH.

ur bag has an angry; IZE SORRY I ENDANJURED U.

A Very Brady Bitchfight.

Are you a pop-culture bully?

Kline Death Scene Ruined By Cellphone Chatter ("Yeah, no, I'm still here... He's lying down. It's going to be over soon. Yeah, it's Jennifer. Yeah, Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner. Yeah, no, he's dying. I'll be a couple more minutes. I'll be there. I'll be there. Just wait. You can order for me. Yeah. Okay. He's dead. He's dead. Oh, the curtain came down. Okay. I'll be right there." And somehow, this woman was not clubbed to death in the lobby).

Join my Slow Movie movement... eventually.

'Heroes' Webisodes Feature Hugs Of Death.

Images: 'Eagle Eye' poster; 'Duchess' Poster Wins Academy Award for Best Costumes (Puffy Dresses); another 'Duchess' still; USA Today's First Look Max Payne Photo.

Trailers and clips: New Trailer for 'The Spirit'; Get your fill of glowing blue crotch before 'The Dark Knight' (Watchmen).

trailer_spot: Lucky Ones, Ghost Town, High School Music 3, Ping Pong Playa, Man on Wire.

Gallery: 'The Dark Knight' Gotham City Premiere!; Just How Big Could The Dark Knight's Box Office Be? (I have to admit, "200 million weekend" crossed my mind earlier this week as well. Dude, seriously, they are selling out showings from midnight to midnight around the clock); First Negative 'The Dark Knight' Reviews Ding Impenetrable Bat-Armor; ‘The Dark Knight’ Debate: Who Should Be The Villain In ‘Batman 3′? (Catwoman! CATWOMANNNN); Gary Oldman likes being the good guy (aww, I like that he's so cuddly now); Fan Made: Dolls for 'The Dark Knight.' (Aww! The Joker one is really cute... "There are even dolls from other features -- the shop also includes Edward Cullen (Twilight) dolls, plus Yoda, Pride and Prejudice, and other goodies." Oh shi--)

Twilight Tuesday: Yay! Weekly Cleo-Hating Sockpuppet Visitation Time! I made tea for y'all and everything. MTV: OME! Go Behind-The-Scenes With Robert Pattinson! That's "Oh my Edward," for you rookies. Also, Larry Carroll actually calls him RPattz in the article. I'm pretty sure Twilight Tuesday is now a weird little fan-run vortex in the middle of a respectable, professional movie blog. Run, Sparkleson.

(Also, from spectralbovine: 10 magazine covers that shook the world. Including... yeah. It will never not be funny.)

'Tropic Thunder' Charges Forward Two Days; Three new 'Tropic Thunder' websites.

Jason Isaacs Comments on Potter Seven, Due to Begin Filming 'Brotherhood' Here in US; HBP Trailer Watch: Latest Reports of a Teaser Attached to 'The Mummy'? (OMG STOP PUTTING IT IN FRONT OF MOVIES I WOULD RATHER EAT GLASS THAN SEE. THAT MOVIE IS DEAD TO ME WITHOUT RACHEL WEISZ IN IT); Auction Block: Harry Potter Currency!

Wanted 2 Already in the Works.

Danny DeVito Making 'The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle,' "starring Morgan Freeman, Pierce Brosnan and Saoirse Ronan, reports Variety."

Malkovich, Mandate Making 'Broken City.'

Keanu Reeves and Wachowski Siblings Reunite for 'Plastic Man'?

Louis Leterrier Explains How He Took on 'Clash of the Titans'

What's the Deal With: French Thrillers in 2008.

Finally! 'Wicked' to Get a Movie Makeover. Yeah, I was wondering how long this was going to take.

Want To Star In ‘Spider-Man: The Musical’? Here’s Your Chance!

Comments

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, someone's cellphone would have been stuffed somewhere very unpleasant if I'd been there.

[nocowardsoul]

No more creepy than me loving you for saying that. :D

[therecklesslady.livejournal.com]

oh good! If it were left up to me I would end up being all "Okay! Lets go....that way! Towards more...water!"

You know, I think that's one of the few books where I wasn't mad that I was tricked into learning things. I've used it as a quick reference before to remind myself of nautical terms, even.

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

I HAVE A NEW FRIEND IN HISTORICAL FICTION. :D

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

It's really good at that! It was all like, "learning good, but also BE FIERCELY INDEPENDENT WHILE BEING AN AWESOME GIRLY GIRL."

It was just a brilliant book.

[nocowardsoul]

Oh boy, historical YA is like my crack.

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

Just about anything YA is my crack, these days. A lot of adult fic has gone to pot. :/

That doesn't mean I'll ever touch Twilight, though.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

YES, PLEASE, IDINA AND KRISTIN FTW! They can shove a few stars into supporting roles if they must, but surely both of those ladies are well-known enough--especially Kristin Chenoweth, *the* breakout star of Pushing Daisies.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

and I've been getting 'server is busy' messages since 9AM!

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

Danny DeVito Making 'The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle,' "starring Morgan Freeman, Pierce Brosnan and Saoirse Ronan, reports Variety."

*GASP*

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fallingmallorn.livejournal.com]

Wicked movie = Hell to the Yes! Idina and Kristen and Defying Gravity with kickass sound and delicious visuals and I'm getting all faint just thinking about it so I'd better stop. Still - :D

[elbales]

They can. But you'll have a better chance if you can find an actual manager and not some underpaid little college student who is going to be all "Yeah RIGHT, I don't want to get punched in the FACE." But technically the ushers are supposed to take care of the rude annoying people on cell phones. (See icon.)

[elbales]

HAHAHAthat's awesome. But still.

My husband and I saw Wanted last weekend and someone took a phone call right at the climactic scene. Which luckily involved lots of noise and yelling. But still.

[elbales]

I would have been ready to kill her. DEAD. Seriously, why did no one near her lean over and whisper, "Shut. The fuck. UP"?

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

If I’d been at that performance of Cyrano, the headline would have been “Kline Death Scene Ruined by Real Thing,” because I either would have had an aneurysm or I would have killed that woman with the power of my mind.

More seriously, I’ve always considered the end of Cyrano one of my personal Voight-Kampff tests, so apparently we have at least one skinjob on the loose and attending plays.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

If they put Anne Hathaway and Emmy Rossum in the movie version of Wicked I will throw up and subsequently undoubtedly shoot the producers. And then I'll have to go to the big house. But it will be worth it. NO HATHAWAY/ROSSUM. Anyone, even frickin' RENEE ZELLWEGER, WHOM I HATE, WOULD BE BETTER.

Bleah - I'm just waiting for the hammer to fall.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Alas, both ladies are far too old for a movie version. And unfortunately, I have a horrible, sinking suspicion that they'll cast Anne Hathaway and Emmy Rossum, over which I will never stop throwing up.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Neither will be cast because both are pushing 40, the kiss of death for actresses in Hollywood. The roles will go to actresses in their 20s, who will probably be horrifying.

[killer-penguin.livejournal.com]

speaking as someone who has the entire wicked soundtrack memorized, but has never had the timing or money to see the production... OMG YAY!

[gornishka.livejournal.com]

Didn't De Vito do the Matilda movie? I adore that movie so much (me too!) Yes, yes, he did. Given that it was such a good movie/book adaptation, it seems fair to hope that this will follow suit.

[ladyvoldything.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I'd like it better if they adapted the book. It was so dark and psychological, I absolutely adored it. I never had a huge interest in the musical, though.

[endril-lei.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure if you had written about this already (I missed it if you did and am sorry in that case), but Joss Whedon's new internet project, http://drhorrible.com/, with Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day is about a wanna-be super-villian who is also just trying to get the girl. (free to watch online for a week, I think?)

[azuresquirrel.livejournal.com]

Also, Sweeney Todd = written by most respected living musical theatre composer who would not people fuck up his shit. Wicked = while being a decent musical, has become teenage fangirl bait on the same level as High School Musical. I don't see it getting the same reverential treatment. (You just know they're going to cast Avril Lavine as Elphaba and Ashley Tinsdale as G(a)linda. *shudders*)

[azuresquirrel.livejournal.com]

OY. To clarify, that's "LET people fuck up his shit", and using "shit" to mean "stuff" because Sweeney Todd is never shit in any form but is always made of win.

[azuresquirrel.livejournal.com]

Anyone else quaking in fear at the thought of Wicked fandom getting larger and stronger by feeding on the inevitable movie wankage? The Wicked people are, to me, as scary as the Twilighters, what with their Idina vs Eden vs Shoshanna wars and assorted other shenanigans.

I am HIDING when the movie comes out, because while I am a fan of the musical EVEN THOUGH THE BOOK'S TOTALLY BETTER the fandom competes with Harry Potter for sheer batshitery. No matter what happens with it, the wank will be EVERYWHERE.

And Eden Espinosa is still the best and way better than Idina. *is hunted down*