Since I missed last night's linkspam

[cleolinda]

... because I was doing something secret that may or may not turn out awesome. I'll tell you if it comes to fruition.

Oh, whoa: Comedian/actor Bernie Mac dies at 50.

Paul Newman says he will die at home.

Freeman Thanks Fans And Hospital Staff. It's becoming more and more obvious that Morgan Freeman really, really dodged a bullet called "the year 2008" there.

Vampire bats suspected in Venezuela deaths.

Beyoncé's L'Oréal ad: You can't do that in advertising! Somewhere, Michael Jackson is wondering how they bleached her so evenly.

Katy Perry ties Beatles record for No. 1 single. Sigh.

Lucy Liu Models "Olympic Fashion."

Matthew McConaughey to plant placenta in orchard.

Montauk Monster In Secret Mutant Army?; Monster In A Hall Of Mirrors.

Cirque du Soleil Heads to Theaters via The Hot Ticket. Whoa, is that Dr. Manhattan in the picture? I didn't know he did stage shows.

What book-turned-movie are you most looking forward to? I don't think I even need to fill this poll out, y'all.

Images: First 'Dorian Gray' image; 'Appaloosa' and 'The Road' pics (huh... Jeremy Irons as a cowboy. That's... not something you see every day); 26 New Pics from 'RocknRolla'; New 'Max Payne' and 'Day the Earth Stood Still' Photos.

Trailers and clips: New Images and Character Videos from 'Burn After Reading'; The Domestic Trailer for 'Happy-Go-Lucky'; Exclusive Trailer: ‘The Haunting Of Molly Hartley’; 'Mirrors' ' R-Rated Opening Scene; 'Babylon A.D.' Site and TV Spots Online; New 'Friday the 13th' Behind the Scenes Video.

trailer_spot: The Good the Bad and the Weird, Happy-Go-Lucky, Ballet Shoes, Fireflies in the Garden, Madagascar 2.

The Dark Knight: Early Joker Concept Art (I Watch Stuff: "Hey, is that Scott Weiland?"); Will 'Dark Knight' Choke on 'Pineapple'?; Friday Box-Office Insinuates 'Pineapple Express' Can't Dethrone 'Dark Knight'; 6 Records the Dark Knight Won’t Break.

Twilight! More Prissy Edward IM conversations! omg, I love Capslock Frat Emmett so very, very much. There is a point where I actually spit out half a mouthful of tea, choked on the other half and nearly died. And that point would be "DUDE YOUR KID IS MARRYING THE DOG." Also: 'Twilight': Stephenie Meyer lets her inner fangirl loose at the 'Breaking Dawn' concert series; Stephenie Meyer: A candid chat; So You’ve Read ‘Breaking Dawn,’ Now What?

The backlash begins, that's what: EW's review (score: D) review; Out For Blood, 'Twilight' Fans Bite Back at the New Book (EW); Love Bites: The final book in a mega-selling series sucks the romance out of teen vampires (Washington Post, and is fantastic. A must-read); Disappointed Breaking Dawn fans organize protest; Twilight Lexicon's New Breaking Dawn Manifesto (love Breaking Dawn or GTFO, basically); Twilight Lexicon is then hacked (and completely deleted? More at the latest FW entry on the Sparkledammerung); 'Breaking Dawn' Exclusive: 'Twilight' Author Stephenie Meyer Reacts To Harsh Reader Complaints -- 'It Hurts' (MTV). From that last one:

And other readers are giving Meyer grief about the fact that Bella does get a "happily ever after" without having to make any major sacrifices.

"I think she worked for it pretty hard," Meyer countered. "It doesn't always work out that way. Sometimes you make a decision about what you want and you pay for it and you suffer for it and it doesn't work out. Those types of stories always leave me horribly depressed. I'm not going to live in a world for a year at a time where that's going to be the ending. If people wanted a really depressing, tragic ending, I gave them a lot of hints that it wasn't going to be that way. They really shouldn't have been surprised!"

Narrative conflict: ur doin it wrong. I'm just saying.

EW Cover Story: "'Tropic Thunder': Boys Gone Wild!"

The 1st cut of the new Trek film is done, remains sexy while doing so.

Four More Join 'Inglorious Bastards': Pitt, Pegg, Novak, and Kinski.

Has 'Jennifer's Body' Removed the R-Rated Areas On Jennifer's Body?

Holy 'Iron Man' DVD Details!

'Dracula Year Zero' Writers Sign for 'Flash Gordon' Update.

Joan Allen Hopeful For ‘Bourne 4′ But Currently Uncommitted.

A positive review of 'Valkyrie'?

Sam Bayer Heads for 'Fiasco Heights.'

Brick's Rian Johnson Going Sci-Fi Next With 'Looper.'

James Cameron Is Making Gadget-Heavy 'Avatar' With One Eye On Future.

It's a Bird! It's a Boy! It's a Franchise! ('Maximum Ride')

'Mirrors' Press Screening Cancelled.

Horror Bites: 'Molly Hartley,' Restricted 'Dance,' '[REC]' Directors Talk Remake.

'Rocky Horror' Remake Spurs Anti-New Rocky Horror/Anti-Keanu Reeves Petition.

Robbie Coltrane used on wanted poster in New Zealand.

Comments

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

YAY for sekrit Cleo-mission! Fingers crossed for you.

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

How the hell does anyone die of pneumonia at age 50 in these United States anymore? What's next, consumption making a comeback?

[seamonkey-mags.livejournal.com]

Oh, he's actually dead this time? I thought he was on Regis and Kelly last week, but I realized I got him confused with George Lopez.

[sleevesofsatin.livejournal.com]

Aughhh I can't believe the craziness of the Twilight Lexicon manifesto. Oppression, discrimination and violating the 1st ammendment, oh my!

[dives.livejournal.com]

Hooooooooly crap :-O Bernie Mac?! He was so young! Hasn't science advanced to the point where people do not die of pnuemonia?!





I think I must've read that McConaughey link wrong. It does not possibly say what I think it says.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, technically, the First Amendment only applies to censorship by the (American) government. They're perfectly within their rights to suppress opinions, because people still have the ability to express them elsewhere. I mean, it's still completely wanky of them, but it's not a First Amendment issue.

[laerwen.livejournal.com]

Re: Bernie Mac - Whoa. That must have been some really crazy awful pneumonia. Rest in peace, man. :(

As for Paul Newman... it's so sad, but it's a long time coming. He's apparently been very ill all year long. I just hope he's allowed some peace so he can pass on in as little pain as possible.

[ruffwriter.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahaha Maximum Ride. Never read it, despite my love for YA fiction, but when I was in high school, I won this writing contest and got to have lunch with James Patterson, and I remember him talking about it. "YEAH, IT'S JUST THIS THING. THE KIDS HAVE WINGS AND GO ON ADVENTURES. IT'S COOL."

OhmyGod, Iron Man DVD on September 30?! YAY!

...

Holy crap, Bernie Mac is dead? That was unexpected! D: I haven't seen him in that much since, like, Ocean's Eleven, but 50 is so young...

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

It's becoming more and more obvious that Morgan Freeman really, really dodged a bullet called "the year 2008" there.

No kidding, dude.

The Katy Perry thing makes me sad. So sad.

Best of luck on your secret mission! I hope all comes through and reaches its awesomeness potential!

[kopernik.livejournal.com]

I think his sarcoidosis must have made it hard for his body to fight off the pneumonia. If it wasn't caught early, and it sounds like it wasn't, that would have made it even more difficult.

Pneumonia's still serious business, especially when combined with any chronic condition.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I gave them a lot of hints that it wasn't going to be that way. They really shouldn't have been surprised!"

You forgot the "Tee hee! *childish giggle*" at the end there.

[hulamoth.livejournal.com]

consumption is still a very serious problem (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/issue.cfm?id=2404)

pneumonia is like a death stroke if your immune system is weakened by something else like cancer or AIDS (basically what kopernik says).

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Isn't pneumonia kind of opportunistic, though? Not that I know anything about medical information, really, but it seems to me like I see a lot of stories or obits where people who are already sick or injured due to something else end up succumbing to pneumonia.

[missnanna.livejournal.com]

Fancy meeting you here!

placenta

[hulamoth.livejournal.com]

fun fact! the Korean royalty used to bury them under a statue of a turtle :(


I'm so glad that Matthew decided to share that news with the world?

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

BUT FOR NOW I AM SENDING CHRIS HANSEN A STRONGLY WORDED EMAIL ABOUT THE DOG.


Ahahaha!

[cheapblackpens.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I live in Evanston...reading that when I woke up this morning was freaky as hell.

[sweet-pessimism.livejournal.com]

Matthew McConaughey to plant placenta in orchard.

!!!

D:

Also, the Washington Post article on the Twilight phenomenon is epic win, hitting the nail right on the sparkley head.

[lylassandra.livejournal.com]

They call it the 'old peoples' friend" because of that-- if you're dying in hideous pain of a chronic issue in old age, pneumonia tends to step in and end your suffering.

[newsong.livejournal.com]

I'm not a hippie at all, but I think the placenta think is kind of cool. People shouldn't be so squicked about birth stuff.

I loved the first comment on what next after BD: "I think people need to grow up. The book was awesome!" - Nuff said?

[divadeanna.livejournal.com]

I loved the first comment on what next after BD: "I think people need to grow up. The book was awesome!" - Nuff said?

Well, now that you put it that way, I'm sold! lol!

[sucrelefey.livejournal.com]

It is the great equalizer; it will take any and everyone. And yes consumption is making a comeback all the classic plagues are.

[revid.livejournal.com]

Over 1000 people die of pneumonia every week in the US alone. And sadly, MDR (multi-drug resistant) TB is a huge and increasing public health problem, in large part due to HIV infection.

[girlalmighty]

That Washington Post review was fantastic. I just kept nodding along as I read it.

That new Edward piece from saint_renegade and oxymoronassoc was AWESOME, too. I think what really killed me was EMMETTALIE BASEBALL CULLEN.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I also love the idea of Emmett calling him "Wardo" all the time.