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[cleolinda]

For those of you just joining us this afternoon: JKR WON THE LEXICON CASE.

As much linkspam as I could pull together given that I have 130 146 158 unread Lexicon-related emails (and counting):

2008 MTV Video Music Awards Red Carpet Arrivals / Pre-Show pics; Russell Brand's VMA hosting gig: Career suicide or star-making turn?; Brand Forced To Apologise For Purity Ring Jokes at VMAs; John Legend Wants None Of What God Warrior Jordin Sparks Is Selling; VMAs: Top 10 Most Hideous Looks; Go Fug Yourself fugs the VMAs; The top 10 things you didn't see at MTV awards; VMAS in 2 minutes; The Hater: The VMAs: A Quarter Century Of Uselessness.

If you didn't see the show (my quick recap), ONTD has pics of various performances: Rihanna (my favorite for pure WTF factor); Christina Aguilera; Pink. (MTV has clips as well.)

And remember last night, when I said that somewhere all the Twihards are writing angry emails to MTV (no, I'm pretty sure they actually are) ? Yeah. I've known Swiss clocks that were less predictable than this fandom. Pro tip: Don't ask the crazy fans to watch the show and tape their reactions if the host is going to talk over their favorite actor. And then it hit Fandom Wank. ("CHAGRIN! DEEP MOTHER FUCKING CHAGRIN!") Twilight Tuesday is going to be SO MUCH FUN tomorrow.

And then the Harry Potter fandom flexed its biceps and said, "That's nice, kids, BUT RARRRRR RULING IN THE LEXICON CASE ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR."

(Voldemort Hath No Fury Like Angry Harry Potter Fans: Studio Delays Movie, Gets Death Threats; 'I Hope You Choke on Your Own Saliva.')

Toronto: Toronto Film Fest kicks off Oscar season; Feature: The A.V. Club At TIFF '08: Day 3; TIFF journal: from Monaco to Mississauga; TIFF Interview: Ed Harris, Director and Star of 'Appaloosa'; Toronto Film Festival: No Internets, but Viggo shares chocolate!; Toronto Review: The Coen Brothers' 'Burn After Reading'; Toronto 2008: Greg Kinnear, Peter O'Toole, and show tunes!; TIFF Interview: Don McKellar, Screenwriter and Co-Star of 'Blindness' (Live from TIFF: 'Blindness' Gets a Major Post-Cannes Reboot); Live from TIFF: Tim Blake Nelson and Ed Norton Talk 'Leaves of Grass'; TIFF Interview: Bill Maher of 'Religulous'; 'Zack and Miri' Make Great Buzz in Toronto; TIFF Review: Paris 36.

Venice: Mickey Rourke film takes top honors in Venice (Fox Searchlight Acquires 'The Wrestler'; Springsteen's Song from 'The Wrestler' Boots Up Online;
New Looks at 'The Wrestler' and a Preview of Mansell's Score).

Silent screen siren Anita Page dies at 98.

'Glory Road' coach dies at 78.

World may or may not end on Wednesday; Time travellers from the future 'could be here in weeks.'

News of the weird: Polar bears turn green after dip; Greek postmen beat zombies to win oddest book title; Cops: Burglar wakes men with spice rub, sausage; Fish flies out of lake, breaks teen's jaw; Colbert To Live Forever In Space.

Droppin’ Science: The World’s Nerdiest Rap Songs.

Looks like someone just got around to reading House of Leaves.

Alan Moore Explains Why He Is the Comic Book Messiah. Because... he is. Even Death is afraid of him, y'all.

Tommy Lee Jones sues makers of 'No Country.'

Gary Coleman Runs Down Annoying Fan [Celebrity Justice]. "Coleman refused, Rushton would not back down, and it ended like it always ends when some fool steps to Gary fucking Coleman: with the perp flat on his ass."

Images: Check Out the Poster for 'Milk'; Wolverine preview.

Trailers and clips: Strap In For A Red-Band Taste Of James Marsden In SEX DRIVE! ... Suddenly I find myself wishing he was the Marstersden in Dragonball, poor guy.

Detailed Report from "Half-Blood Prince" Test Screening in Chicago; Details on Cave Scene, Astronomy Tower from "Half-Blood Prince" Screening; More from the Half-Blood Prince test screening; WAIT...YOUNG!SNAPE IN...HALF-BLOOD PRINCE? SAY WHAT?; Harry Potter's Rabid Response Team Is Ready For You, Book Banning Dementors!!!!; Ralph Fiennes: It’s Easy Playing Mean. Voldemort, on the Other Hand…

Watchmen Video Journal: The Look of Watchmen; New Watchmen Diary Almost Flashes Us Dr. Manhattan's Goods.

Second 'Quantum of Solace' Trailer Due Online Tomorrow (so hang on for an ALERT ALERT ALERT post, I guess); 'Another Way To Die' Music Video Shooting In Toronto This Weekend; James Bond has changed his profile picture.

Caine Confirms Depp and Hoffman as Riddler and Penguin?; No TDK sequel?; The Dark Knight To Become An Annual Event?

(Related: Michael Caine is 'Harry Brown.')

Twilight Cast possibly at NY Comic Con? (SECURITY UPGRADE REQUIRED); 'Twilight' Star Robert Pattinson Wonders Why You're So Afraid of His Chest Hair.

Rumor: Will Smith Cast as Captain America?!; Will Smith is 'The Last Pharaoh.'

Mark Strong Joins 'Sherlock Holmes' -- Russell Crowe Still In?

Ramis Confirms 'Ghostbusters 3' Talk and Apatow Connection.

Darren Aronofsky Hints ‘Robocop’ Will Take Place In ‘Unrecognizable’ City.

'The Duchess' and Diana Comparisons are Raising Comments in the UK. Note: Georgiana Spencer Cavendish actually was an ancestor of Diana Spencer's; IIRC, she even had a cousin named Diana Spencer. The comparison is tacky, but not completely out of the blue.

Emily Blunt joins the cast of 'Wild Target.'

Val Kilmer to Star in 'Fake Identity.'

Borin to Direct 'The Butcherhouse Chronicles.'

Paramount Will be 'Spanking Shakespeare.'

One More Child 'of the Corn' Cast.

Brad Dourif to Provide the Voice for Chucky ... Again. Aw, bless.

Comments

[divadeanna.livejournal.com]

ROFL THAT VIDEO OF RPATTZ. That's hilarious that EW apologized to him for that cover. "It's like early pubes." *dies laughing* Oh Rob. Never stop being awesome.

[rosetapestry.livejournal.com]

BEST INTERVIEW EVER.

But why in the world is New Moon his favorite book? *ponders*

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

ALERT ALERT ALERT post
I find these quite adorable.

[this-ismy-story.livejournal.com]

Well the fangirls should be damned lucky his chest hair doesn't reflect the hair on the top if his head.

[wanderlustlover]

I keep wanting to make a j-fen journal to follow the fandomwank and it keeps tell me Temporarily turned off while we deal with the bots. Please check back again another time. Thank you.

*pouts*

I want in on the fun!

Rpattz and Midnight Sun

[sashieg.livejournal.com]

Did you hear the audio interview where Robert is asked about whether he leaked Midnight Sun? He pretty definitively denies any involvement in the leak and seems sympathetic to Stephenie Meyer. Interesting interview...can be found at Robertpattinson.org (I think MTV Canada is who did it). Sound quality kind of poor, but you should check it out.

[snowwhite2421.livejournal.com]

I feel kind of bad for Sparkleson... He seems like one of those guys who had NO IDEA what he was signing up for. At least he maintains his wtf sense of humor about it all.

Should have punched that drunk chick, though.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

FRESNO, California - Authorities say they've arrested a man who broke into the home of two California farmworkers, stole money, rubbed one of the men with spices and whacked the other with a sausage before fleeing.

I love how inappropriate that sounds -- and it is! But not in the way it sounds.

[batmaz.livejournal.com]

I still can't believe Russel Brand apologised. Russel Brand, the same guy who turned up for work on September 12th 2001 dressed as Osama Bin Laden. He said sorry for teasing some kids about purity rings? He's turning daft.

Kerry McGee is my hero. She sent 30 motherfucking Howlers to Warner Brothers, you guys!

[pygmymetal.livejournal.com]

Technically, he said he was sorry then followed it up with another joke about the whole thing, like the cheeky bugger he is.

[missmp.livejournal.com]

I am now in love with John Legend.

I wonder if Britney was sitting there thinking, "Yeaahhhh...good luck with that, guys!"

[schnuggleme.livejournal.com]

Re: the Wall Street Journal article about angry Potter fans vs. WB - this is something you've probably already seen, but just in case, it's too good to miss. This hilarious video parody (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXnt8_okeRA) of the general fan reaction was mentioned in the WSJ article. The hook? It stars Hitler as the Angriest of Angry Fans. With subtitles, and that is where the genius lies.

[therecklesslady.livejournal.com]

OMG I love you. Thank you for linking this!

[misachan.livejournal.com]

The Cap fans freaking out need to remember that even if Will Smith plays Captain America, that doesn't mean he's playing Steve Rogers. The Steve Rogers Cap was the official, public Captain America, but it's Marvel canon that the first Cap was Isaiah Bradley because the army first tested the super soldier formula on black soldiers.

Casting Will as Bradley would be a cagey move by Marvel, especially if the movie is supposed to be set in WWII as rumored. It would give the movie some star power while letting them cast an unknown as Steve.

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

Sorry but I want to watch a Captain America movie about Steve Rogers. Isaiah Bradley was not the first Captain America btw (Steve designed the fracking uninform for crying out loud), though he did missions as Captain America during the same time Steve was Captain America.

[silly-cleo.livejournal.com]

This is OT in the extreme but...OMFG JEM ICON! You're another Cleo with a Jem icon! O.o

[latenightcuppa.livejournal.com]

Russell Brand pissed off lots of silly fangirls who didn't understand his humor. Something tells me that he'd be downright pleased by that.

[venusad.livejournal.com]

I found myself giggling at a lot of his comments.
I don't think I heard one laugh in the audience though. -.-

coming out of lurkerdom...

[zooeyglass.livejournal.com]

How wrong is it that when I read the name "Robert Patterson" in the JKR article that my brain initially read it as "Robert Pattinson"?

Re: coming out of lurkerdom...

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

No worries, mine did too. :-) Cleo's got us brainwashed. *nods*

[sunni-sideup.livejournal.com]

I love all the Rob interviews from the VMAs. They are fantabulous.

No TDK sequel??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

And sign me up for young Snape in HBP. YES.

[venusad.livejournal.com]

Wow, just when I thought Twilighters were definitely out-scarying Potter fans...

Still, it's almost equal. Twilight fans physically assault RPattz (clearly his fault for being so damn dreamy)...and Potter fans make death threats.
Between rape and murder I think it's fairly even.

The whole VMA thing is dumb. RPattz made an "ooo, mysterious" comment that was clearly an addlib and Brand played to it..interrupting him in the process. He tried to say his line after, but someone must have cued Paramour off camera, because the singer started talking before they even cut to her.
Brand didn't suck THAT bad. I mean...he was a little overly talky but the fault of not letting Rob get his line in was MTV's. It's the producers that cut him off.

The were probably trying to keep him from saying anything too damaging....again.

Awww, Rob, my favorite book was New Moon too. Until Bella's crazy "Edward is yelling at me in my head" thing turned out to be her own crazed delusions....which just doesn't make any friggin' sense...unless she's schizophrenic.
...what's wrong with chest hair? Silly silly pubescent girls.


I love your linkdumps. It saves me from browsing and looking for news myself...I just don't have the attention span for all of that. ^^

[carolpent.livejournal.com]

High-five! I probably would have never actually gotten into the case if not for your reports.

[celticwitch99.livejournal.com]

I used to think Whitney Matheson's Pop Candy blog for USA Today was the best...

...but I've graduated to your linkspams now. Better, and with bonus snarky commentary!

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

Nooo!! Will Smith can't be Captain America. I want Steve Rogers damnit, and I don't want Steve Rogers via Wild West. If the Captain America movie is supposed to be about Cap in WWII it just won't work unless you turn it into a comedy and why would Marvel do that to themselves after the success of Iron Man.

[prncssaurora.livejournal.com]

Oh geez, the RPattz videos... why is it that anytime I see an interview of him I can't help giggling like I am 12? HE IS JUST SO AWESOME. I think part of it is that I know that the majority of the time he's just thinking "WWWWWTTTTTFFFFFF" and I love him for that. Oh RPattz, don't ever change.

[ipomoea.livejournal.com]

I could not believe it when I saw that f_w post about the VMA's today, I was just like "... but I thought that was a JOKE". I seriously do love how Twilight is this year's wank that keeps on giving. I also kind of love Pattinson for seeming to think it's as hilarious as the rest of us do.

Re: Georgiana: she was a great-times-whatever aunt of Diana's, her brother George was Diana's direct ancestor. The other Diana was a painter, there's a published biography on her but I haven't read it yet. Just if that clarifies anything somewhat. I just hope this film comes with a trigger warning, though, after what I read in Keira's Tatler interview about it.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I could not believe it when I saw that f_w post about the VMA's today, I was just like "... but I thought that was a JOKE".

I was absolutely not joking. I mean, I thought it was hilarious, but I knew the moment it happened that someone out there was already putting a petition together or something.

I just hope this film comes with a trigger warning, though, after what I read in Keira's Tatler interview about it.

Yeah... I wasn't too happy about that part, because the book did not indicate that anything like that ever happened. He was emotionally shut off, not... that. If you mean what I think you do.

[aka-paloma.livejournal.com]

"Dear Mr. Horn," she scrawled in red marker. "You will forever be known as 'The man who changed Harry Potter's release date.' Are you happy now?"

Wow. Well, I know if I'd been Mr Horn, I would certainly have been told and would have struggled to get a good night's sleep. *falls out of chair from rolling eyes so hard*

They're just movies, people. Yeesh! The movies aren't even all that great. I mean, let's be honest here. They're no Lord of the Rings.

Ow, my brain hurts. I think I'm going to go lie down now and read a book. Sadly, I don't have enough booze the strength to face Fandom_Wank at the moment. With new Twilight Wank, Torchwood Wank and Lexicon Wank all popping up within the last 24 hours or so, it's just too much. I'm not drunk strong enough for this. Woe! *rummages for booze*

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Brad Dourif returning as Chucky? Now *THAT'S* how you do a remake. The makers of the Robert Englund-less NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake could learn a thing or two.

Robert Pattison just gets more awesome every day. It's a shame that the TWILIGHT tinhats will inevitably lynch him *g*

James Marsden, yaaay!

[mamak11285.livejournal.com]

The Sex Drive trailer made me giggle until I got a good look at the kid playing the younger brother, and then I started wondering what chick Trent Reznor knocked up in the mid 80s.

[alexthedevil.livejournal.com]

I'll let you know if the world ends over here in Australia. If not, you're all safe.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah... do that, because... I am actually worrying about this more than I should. I mean, I know they explained why it would not actually happen. I just... it'd just be our luck, you know?