Man, I am tired

[cleolinda]

So, first order of business: True Blood recap #2 went up earlier today, if you missed that.

Second: today's Journal Birthday flashback might as well be about the time Sister Girl made beignets.

Third: If you think Days of Our Lives was crazy, feast your eyes on Passions. Also: how the DOOL Salem Stalker/Bizarro Salem storyline ended.

Linkspam!

foresthouse: Age-Banding Books: Our Children Will Be Dumber For It.

Bookshelf Bailout: Read Free Books.

Interview: Meg Cabot.

Strippers, potato chips inspire Ig Nobel winners.

Chicken soup for stressed-out pandas.

Fire Peaches Geldof; Peaches Geldof's A 'Monster', Says MTV Boss.

How 'SNL' Plans to Cover Last Night's Debate (Without Having to Actually Hire a Black Woman); Candidate dolls cause controversy for retailer.

David Tennant May Never Leave Doctor Who, Claims Producer; David Tennant in 'Love's Labour's Lost' rehearsals.

Paul Newman on the cover of Entertainment Weekly issue #1015; Paul Newman: A legend and a life (EW).

Cheadle, Swinton And Frears To Be Honoured By BAFTA/LA.

Trailers and clips: The Devil Lives in 'House' Trailer and Poster; Another Horror Movie Full of Ghosts - 'The Uninvited' Trailer (Emily Browning! Where u been, bb?); Worth Watching - Amy Adams' 'Sunshine Cleaning' Trailer (not to mention Emily Blunt); Exclusive: Clip from Bill Maher's 'Religulous'; Exclusive Clip: Watch ‘Gossip Girl’ Star Chace Crawford In ‘The Haunting Of Molly Hartley’; 'Dragonball' Teaser Leaked on My Face, in My Eyes.

Game On! Two New Harry Potter Board Games Now Available; Rowling 'makes £5 every second' (and let it be noted that she then gives a sizable amount to charity); Emma Watson: Chanel Cutie (Hermione grew up to be a fashion plate. Huh).

More From Snyder's 'Watchmen' Sneak.

New Twilight trailer coming out next week; Questioning 'Twilight': Will It be a Box-Office Hit?; gang fangulation with the boys of Twilight.

2009 is the Year for Dracula: The Un-Dead. "ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew Dacre Stoker and award-winning 'Dracula' documentarian and historian Ian Holt have sold North American-English publishing rights of the Stoker-family-authorized sequel to Bram's classic novel "Dracula" to an alliance of Dutton U.S. (Brian Tart), Harper U.K. (Jane Johnson) and Penguin-Canada (Laura Shin)." I am not sure how to feel about this.

Johnny Depp Being Offered $55 MIL To Reprise Jack Sparrow Role. DAMN.

New 'Sleeping Beauty' Special Edition is Simply Aurorable. But--but--I just got a special edition restoration whatever a couple of years ago! Is this different? HAVE I BEEN BETRAYED? "But of course this new set has enough to make it worthy of a fresh investment." *SHAKES FIST AT HEAVENS*

Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor to Tango With Superman again?

Fox Considering Relaunching 'Daredevil' with Aim of Being Watchable.

Is James Cameron's New Space Epic Rife For A Franchise? [Avatar] I thought the expression was "ripe for something"?

Lucas in 'Think Mode' for 'Indiana Jones 5.' SOMEONE HAS TO STOP HIM.

No Excuse To Miss Clone Wars [Star Wars: Clone Wars]. Well, except for the not caring about Star Wars. That seems like a pretty good excuse. Also: 25 best/worst 'Star Wars' moments; Fan Made: Star Wars Does Steampunk and Reservoir Dogs.

Bill Murray: I Am Evil Venkman? [Ghosbusters 3].

Michael Cera talks 'Nick & Norah'; Review: 'Nick & Norah' is revolutionary; 25 best movie soundtracks since '83.

Check Out the First 5 Minutes of 'Blindness'; Blindness' Dystopian Fable Becomes An Overwrought Movie; Mark Ruffalo Considered The Consequences Of ‘Blindness’; Stars Dealt With 'Blindness' Fear; Adapting Saramago's "Blindness" Was A Journey From Horror To Poetry, Meirelles Tells io9.

Review: Hathaway dazzles in 'Rachel.'

Review: 'How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.'

Garcia Teams With Del Toro, Cuaron For Female-Friendly ‘Mother And Child.’

New Pics, Clips and Negative Buzz for Eastwood's 'Changeling'; Clint Eastwood's 'Changeling' Struggling for Early Buzz.

Still Half Naked, Megan Fox Becomes a Mermaid?

Ormond, Strathairn and O'Hara Board Temple Grandin Project; Strathairn, Ormond, and O'Hara Face Autism.

Schreiber and Hunt Join 'Every Day'; Liev Schreiber and Helen Hunt Pronounced Unhappy Man and Wife.

Ready For Another JFK Conspiracy Movie? Here Comes ‘Dorothy Kilgallen.’

EXCLUSIVE: William Shatner Voices Santa In Most Messed Up X-Mas Special Ever.

Michael Moore Tries to Shut Down the 'Slacker Uprising.'

Cast Revealed for Romero's New Zombie Film; Yep, Romero's Heading Back to Zombietown.

Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' Finally Gets the Movie Treatment. ...Kind of.

Bollywood Snake Lady Captured From The Wild, Wants To Be Your Girlfriend.

Comments

[venice-diaries.livejournal.com]

Gah. Why can't SNL just hire a couple of black people? I mean, it's not like there's never been a successful black performer who came out of the show.

Seriously, did Garrett Morris's cocaine freakouts really scar Lorne Michaels that badly?

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

Despite the fact that Ellen Cleghorne would be probably be very available if they just want to get alumni cameos like they usually do, with the imminent departure of Poehler, you think they'd already have a new female set to step in versus the new white guy they added. We're going to be left with just Wiig and Wilson. /rant

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

He preferred Belushi's shove-a-broomstick-up-his-shirt-and-shove-him-out-onstage-he'll-be-fine style of substance abuse.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Say what you will about Passions, it did give the world Justin Hartley, to which I and my libido owe it a great debt.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

He was totally my favorite part of the whole show. I was so aggravated with Theresa for mooning over Ethan instead of Fox the whole time.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

The only time I watched it was when he was a regular. Theresa forever convinced me she was a bit short on the grey cells when she DIDN'T go for Fox right away. Especially since she and Hartley had great chemistry (I mean, duh, they got married, hello show).

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I don't have any feelings about her either way, but OH BURN.

[rinnamarie.livejournal.com]

Personally, I think children of the future will be dumber for more things than just age banding, but that's just me.

[moogleybacon.livejournal.com]

haha True that.

[aka-paloma.livejournal.com]

EXCLUSIVE: William Shatner Voices Santa In Most Messed Up X-Mas Special Ever

I read that as "EXCLUSIVE: William Shatner Voices Satan In Most Messed Up X-Mas Special Ever".

Which may not be too far off judging by what I read.

What kind of entities? Think “Frosty meets Cthulhu,” de Souza said.

Because nothing says Christmas like a bit of Lovecraftian horror.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Is it bad that there is a part of me that would want to watch William Shatner voice Satan?

[aka-paloma.livejournal.com]

Probably, but since a part of me would want to watch that as well, I can't judge.

[elbales]

Dude, if that's wrong, I don't want to be right, you know?

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

Took the words right out of my mouth.

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

You are a goddess: thank you for the True Blood recaps!

[thelovely2.livejournal.com]

I never knew how much I disliked Meg Cabot until I [tried to] read that interview. She's like an older, teen-novel-writing Bella Swan.
I will seriously have to march over to the home of whoever's decided to do another POTC movie, stab him at least seven times in the chest, then proceed to die myself if they actually make another one. GRRRR.
Especially awesome linkspam today :D *applause*

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

No, George. Just... no.

[sunni-sideup.livejournal.com]

Hm. From what I've heard Johnny Depp say about the Pirates movies (and this was pretty much right after At World's End came out), he sounded like he'd be willing to do the movies no matter what the paycheck was. I definitely think a fourth one will get made. Barbossa and Jack are my fave charries anyway. (After all the good ones died.)

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

"But of course this new set has enough to make it worthy of a fresh investment." Noooooooo. This was just out on DVD, why are they torturing us?!? Fie on you Disney!

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

I think they do that "vault" shit especially to do this and to make my wallet weep.

I want to be able to get my favorite movies when I can afford to, not whenever it's convenient for you, jerks! *cries*

[riari.livejournal.com]

Oh I agree! I bought the previous version and have been shaking my fist at the new version because I don't know if its worth buying it again. I still don't know. *sigh*

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

Oh Disney. I'm beginning to be convinced that they are often just mean and out for our money. For example...do we really need another Pirates movie for any reason? Really? Remind me again why I'm a Disney addict? (Their merchandise, it is so pretty. *wibbles*)

I love your Waterhouse icon. :)

[riari.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the horribly late reply, but yeah, Disney just loves our money. And their merchandise is pretty! I mean there are cute Winnie the Pooh marshmallow pops now! :>

Thanks! We're almost icon twins! :> Waterhouse has such great artwork.

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

As a wannabe librarian, the whole age-banding thing totally rubs me the wrong way. Plus, I was (supposedly) reading at a college level in 5th grade, so if my parents wouldn't have been as cool as they were/are, I would have been screwed by it. (I know it's a UK issue and that we've got something similar, but man...)

...I think I should take more aspirin and go back to bed before I rant on your lj, Cleo. XD

[4492.livejournal.com]

I echo this comment SO MUCH. My reading age was way high at a young age and I had great parents who encouraged my reading. I now work in a book shop and I get continually quizzed by lazy parents about "what book would be suitable for a _____ year old." No preferences on what topic, or even gender. Generally I'll point them towards the book tokens and give the poor kid receiving the present a fighting chance.

The lowest ever point I had at my job so far? A girl picking out a book that was maybe a little young for her and her mum telling her it was "way out of her reading range" (whilst getting her to pick out what I would say was a slightly more challenging book) and "that she'd only read it once" What's with the only reading once, people?! Books are to be re-read!

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

That's heartbreaking. D:

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

There was some writer in England who got fired from his job after he gave a suggestion to a woman who was looking for a book for her fifteen-year-old daughter.

So he recommended Candy (http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/terry-southern/candy.htm) by Terry Southern.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

When I was in the first grade, our school library would only allow us to check out books from The Lower Shelf[TM]. Back then I was annoyed at having to go to the public library and Miller & Paine's book department for books that weren't about ducklings. Today I'd just say it was bogus and fascist.

Fortunately, the school abandoned the practice in an uncharacteristic fit of sanity.

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

The best things about Rachel Getting Married was the return of Debra Winger and the Robyn Hitchcock cameo.

[highlystrung.livejournal.com]

Huh. I remember when I was in Yr 7 my school librarian stopped me from borrowing Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude Get A Life. Apparently it was for Yr 10's and older only.

I was not impressed.

[discogravy.livejournal.com]

On the subject of George Lucas being stopped, there is no higher authority than Patton Oswalt:

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

OMG he's too funny. HEE.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA AMZING.

[elbales]

I thought the expression was "ripe for something"?

*facepalm*

Yes. Yes, it is. It's rife with stupid English mistakes and ripe for the mocking, is what I'm saying.

[schmoo999.livejournal.com]

*two big thumbs up for more zombies*

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Oh, you linked the age-banding thing, awesome! Maybe more people will put their names on the website.

Chicken soup for stressed-out pandas.

AWWWW.

...OK, today is the day I wish I were Johnny Depp. MAN, that's a lot of money.

[roseredhoofbeat.livejournal.com]

The book reading level thing FILLS ME WITH CAPSLOCK OF RAAAAGE. I was reading YA level books (Tamora Pierce, Patricia C. Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles, that sort of thing) in second grade, and I had to make it by on the books my parents could afford when we went to the store, which given that I read 100 pages an hour and wasn't a whole lot slower when I was young, didn't give me much. The stupidass librarian wouldn't let me check out books above my grade level. Bitch. This is why I'm homeschooling my daughter.

[nimlotbradamant.livejournal.com]

For which decision, you rule! (and soon your daughter will rule the world, because the rest of it will be drooling in front of the telly). I was homeschooled and it was a matter of Mum teaching me how to read and then trying to buy books fast enough to keep up with me.

I read Narnia when I was five, started on LOTR and Shakespeare when I was nine, Pride and Prejudice when I was elevenish, and continued in a similar vein. I had no conception of what was, or was not, a classic. So I never learned to approach classics with such reverence that I never dared to read them. I was omnivorous--I read a fair bit of age-appropriate total rubbish (ahhh, Nancy Drew) and learned a trick or two about mirrors and leather with less-appropriate works (ahhh, Candide).

And then, on a whole nother level, what exactly gives these people the right to restrict a kid's library access? Blind leading the blind.

[katharhino.livejournal.com]

YAY, HOMESCHOOLING!

My mom decided to homeschool when I came home from school in first grade with the one age-appropriate library book I was allowed to check out, read the whole thing while standing in the doorway, tossed it on the floor, and never looked at it again. Heh.

I also read Pride and Prejudice, along with Jane Eyre, at eleven or twelve. I certainly disagree with the age-banding thing although it fills me with the eyeroll of irritation more than the capslock of rage. *eyeroll*

[syrika182.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, but how in the world in a list of 25 (25!) best soundtracks can they NOT include the soundtrack for "High Fidelity" on there?

On a side note: First time commenting here, since I'm stupid. I think you're awesome. As does the rest of the known internet.

Have a good day!

[sweetsyren.livejournal.com]

Oooh Cleo, dunno if you saw this but I know I am not the only Gervais-loather who reads here so have this!

Gervais to quit acting...eventually (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a131777/gervais-will-eventually-quit-acting.html)

Bit disappointed that it's not right now this very second but that'll do. As long as it does actually happen and he does quit. Other wise I will have to ressurect my assassination plans.

Also, $55 million?? That's a bit excessive but if it makes him do Jack again then it's worth it IMO. Although, I would watch him read a shopping list so perhaps my opinion is a bit worthless.

Also-also, David Tennant has the cutest floppy hair in the LLL pictures. Damn, I would hit that so hard...*loses herself in her daydreams again*

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

I keep meaning to ask you: have you seen Princess of Thieves? It's a made for TV thing from 2001 and it's got Keira Knightley practicing her Elizabeth Swan as Robin Hood's daughter and Stephen Moyer of True Blood fame in it, as well. It's a nice bit of cheesy fluff and it was on TV a couple of weeks ago and I thought 'Cleo would love this'. Since it seems like you might need a little cheering up lately, I thought I would pass it along on the off-chance you are unaware.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee, yeah--there's a point in the first TB recap where I'm like, "I have seen this guy before, I know it, where was it--OH SHIT WTF YOU ARE KIDDING ME."

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's better than the fact that I recognized him from The Starter Wife.

Disclaimer: I am a passionate Miranda Otto fan. Nothing more!

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

Okay, so, if no one gets me the Harry Potter Clue for Christmas (or Winter Solstice or Chanukah, I'm not picky), I will protest life!

[jharrison19.livejournal.com]

i cannot WAIT for episode 4 recap. that was freakin crazy1

[mercat.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I still hold that Indy IV would have been better if Lucas had just dropped his obsession with the crystal skulls, and what I said after I came out of the theatre was "well, at least he can't use that again". I kind of suspected they'd be considering doing more than four if they ever got around to doing four, and according to the "pattern" the fifth one shouldn't suck, haha. So I guess as long as they stop here...

And honestly, I wouldn't even mind if Mutt was in it as long as he wasn't taking over (I didn't have any problems with him... just the Tarzan scene), though I'd heard he wouldn't be in it anyhow.