Perhaps the greatest LJ-cut text I have ever used

[cleolinda]

Not much going on today--doin' my thing, getting work done, agreeing to buy Eowyn an Edward Dollen. You know. So it goes.

Ailing Patrick Swayze Hospitalized.

Microsoft Preparing to Put Zune Out of Its Misery.

Arrested Josh Brolin Engages in Game of Kissy One-Upmanship with Jeffrey Wright; 'They TAZED Me, Man': The Josh And Jeffrey Shooting Script.

JEFFREY: Then they stuck the tazer and they went NYEEAOwwahhh.

JOSH: I heard 'em. I heard 'em. Jeffrey.

JEFFREY: [Unintelligible] He's like, "What what—you don't see anybody after fight?" and I said "Shut the fuck up!" Josh it was something like ridiculous!

JOSH: Ohh my god.

JEFFREY: That I said to the sheriff—

JOSH: That's so fucking bad. It's so bad. It's so bad you can't even say anything. You can't even say anything. Just let me talk. But I've been here. This is my seventh time. I'm used to this shit. I'm used to this shit. [Laughs] I love it. I LOVE it.

SEA KITTENS? Oh, PETA.

British Montauk Monster Washes Ashore.

A dragon made of cake.

Golden Girls dolls; The Greatest Doctor Who Toys Ever.

(Speaking of Who[m], David Tennant returns to Hamlet, gets mobbed by fans.)

'Slumdog' Nearly Sweeps the Critics' Choice Awards; Broadcast Film Critics Announce Their 2008 Winners.

Images: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen teaser poster; Another Great Poster for Steven Soderbergh's Che: Part Two; John Carter of Mars Gets the Barbarella Treatment [Concept Art]; The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009); Year One (2009); Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009).

Trailers and clips: Exclusive clip from 'Inkheart' features star Brendan Fraser; Sundance First Look: Trailer for Ashton Kutcher's 'Spread'; Exclusive Clip from 'Vacancy 2: The First Cut.'

trailer_spot: Young Victoria, All About Steve, Hurt Locker, Two Lovers, The Good the Bad the Weird.

Superbowl Movie Trailers Revealed!

Studios Say 'Watchmen' Settlement Talks Productive; L.A. Dispatch: Settlement Likely in 'Watchmen' Dispute; Why Alan Moore Should Get Over It and Watch 'Watchmen.' Fine, but you gotta be the one to go over there and tell him to.

Is The Joker Really Going To Return In A Dark Knight Sequel? Answer: Well... they didn't really say.

EXCLUSIVE: Danny Elfman To Score ‘Terminator Salvation.’ (Related: Take That McG - Michael Bay Takes a Shot at Terminator!)

Sherlock Holmes Invades Brooklyn (set pics of the three leads).

Sienna Miller Drops Out of 'Nottingham.' I am very pleased about this, because--I'm not saying I just hate Miller or anything, but Robin Hood (in its many forms) has always been one of my favorite stories, and Maid Marian is an important character to me, and... she's just not it.

Broadbent on Slughorn in Half-Blood Prince: "A Good Man, A Decent Man, but a Weak Man"; New HBP trio promo from LA Times; Toby Jones to Provide Voice of Dobby the House Elf Again for 'Deathly Hallows'; The Bravest Man I Ever Knew (Snape's birthday: SRS BSNS).

HEY LET'S GET ALL OUR DISCUSSION OF VAMPIRES (OR "VAMPIRES") OUT OF THE WAY HERE:

Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Hunky Vampire Edition, Part 1: Stephen Moyer; Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Hunky Vampire Edition, Part 2: Robert Pattinson; PrivacyWatch Special Edition: Robert Pattinson on Two Continents at Once. "In lieu of easy answers we send this Dueling PrivacyWatch Trial of the Century to you, the jury. Find Robert Pattinson." I say we all start sending in conflicting sightings. Like, dozens of them. You think I'm kidding, and I'm not even. As the elf dude once said: A DIVERSION!

(Speaking of 'True Blood': Michael Emerson wants to be a vampire. Apparently his wife is already on the show? OH MY GOD HE'S MARRIED TO ARLENE!)

Edi Gathegi Ready to Bite into 'New Moon'; MTV Producer Vies For Leah Clearwater Role: Watch Her Audition Tape Here! (Warning: I got some weird prompt for a username/password both on Google Reader and the page itself.)

Why does Michael Sheen keep coming back to the 'Underworld'?; We compare Lycans with the best werewolf transformations of all time; Selene is Back for Third Underworld (... kind of).

Why Are Vampires So Damn Sexy? A question that has been asked (and answered) so many times I can practically recite the usual explanations. Bonus points, however, for bringing Octavia Butler's Fledgling into the mix--that's off the beaten track for this kind of thing, and I want to read it now.

NOW BACK TO YOUR NON-VAMPIRIC LINKSPAM.

Peter Weir's 'The Way Back' Gets a Strong Cast - Farrell, Harris, Sturgess, and Ronan.

Ian McKellen opens the gates to AMC's new 'The Prisoner'; McKellan talks 'The Hobbit' and 'X-Men Origins: Magneto.' Way to spell his name two different ways, Sci-Fi Wire.

Rumor: Sam Raimi Wants Morbius for a Spider-Man 4 Villain. Rumor: I may no longer give a shit about the franchise after that last movie.

Brendan Fraser will have a cameo in 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.'

Amanda Seyfried And Liam Neeson Will Cheat Their Way Through ‘Chloe.’

Nicole Kidman Adds Her Voice To The 'Australia' Pile-On.

Steven Soderbergh On Casting Porn Star Sasha Grey For ‘The Girlfriend Experience’: ‘[She'll] Surprise People.’

Review: 'Che' is brilliant, frustrating; Four-Hour Blockbuster 'Che' Coming to a Theater Within 500 Miles of You.

Review: Feminism is a casualty in ‘Bride Wars.’

'The Unborn' Mixes Underwear, Demons, and Holocaust Survivors [Review]; Director David Goyer delivers a movie that isn't as good as the trailer; Film review: The Unborn ("A horror film bounces between the familiar and the stupid"). This is gonna be another movie where the reviews are fun to read, isn't it?

Comments

[leoprincess.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, Cleo. I no longer give a flying turd about the Spiderman franchise anymore either.

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Edi Gathegi Ready to Bite into 'New Moon'

Aw, I really hope he gets some awesome roles to come his way, because he was great on House and Life on Mars.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

"My Bloody Valentine 3-D" may not be one of those, unfortunately.

[thelovely2.livejournal.com]

OMG MICHAEL EMERSON IN TRUE BLOOD WILL KICK ALL HOLY ASS WE ALL ALREADY KNOW HOW CREEPY HE IS AND EVEN EDDIE IN HIS CUTENESS WAS SCARE YOU IN THE NIGHT MATERIAL

And on the subject of the Dollens: I beg of you to get an Alice! She'll predict Shelf catfights and everything! I'll even FedEx you a tiny yellow Porsche! I MUST LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH SOMEONE WHO HAS AN ALICE DOLLEN!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I WANT AN ALICE DOLLEN SO BAD! I've just yet to see anyone make one.

[artemis-archer.livejournal.com]

I've been cringing through the Bride Wars ads for weeks and after reading the local review which claims it makes its "chick characters - and by extension its chick audience - look like hateful, backward toddlers", I went off to my mom about movies like this and how terrible they portray women and how chick flicks can be fine in moderation but how this one just seems to be taking it too far. Then she told me that my sister and one of her girlfriends went to see it tonight *facepalm*

[diddakoi.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Just... yeah. Every time I see the ads for that, it makes me want to cry. And I was talking to my wonderful, intelligent, female friends the other day, and I was expecting them to go off about the insultingness of this film, and they said, "Oh, it looks cute!!" And I'm like "... Really?"

After reading the link posted, my main question is: What the fuck is wrong with having a wedding in July? I mean, really.

[ipuchan.livejournal.com]

people really describe the guy who plays Bill on True Blood as hot? i don't see it :< i'm horribly prejudiced cause of the books prolly..

[moogleybacon.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's just the books; I don't see it, either, and I've never read them. (Granted, I've never watched the show, either, but I have seen stills.)

[siliconhero.livejournal.com]

I'm betting the tabloids are going to put out another round of "Patrick Swayze's Sad Last Days" articles for the next few months. I wonder...do they have that type of article for every celebrity in Hollywood?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I imagine they probably have a general template. Occasionally they run someone's obituary by accident.

[artic-fox.livejournal.com]

Man, was at the David Tennant/Hamlet stagedoor tonight. It was mental. His girlfriend picked him up in a little red 2 door hatch though - it was hilarious. He got practically mauled trying to get in the car.

[weakindaknee.livejournal.com]

If Microsoft gets rid of Zunes I'm going to be quite sad, because I've had one for over a year, and it has withstood LA public transit, several transcontinental flights, 1 thorough dousing with coffee (it's just scented now!), and the fact that I am honestly the clumsiest person alive.

[supersyncspaz7.livejournal.com]

Same. I got mine on sale last year, and short of the New Year's Freakout, it's held up pretty well.

[neveth.livejournal.com]

Well hell. I hope they don't actually kill the Zune, I just got one and I freakin love it. And not just because it's NOT a dang iPod!(I hate Apple soooo much)

[jennnlee.livejournal.com]

I agree. I just got my husband one for Christmas. I've had an iPod for a couple years and I love it, but he thinks the sound quality sucks (which is kinda does, but I'm not that picky). He loves the hell out of his Zune, and I was thinking when my iPod dies I may get one myself.

[melusina-snake.livejournal.com]

Aww, those Doctor Who figurines are cute.

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

Those Who figurines are ADORABLE. I totally want the little Cyberman one.

Also, nose game to see who gets to tell Alan Moore to watch "Watchmen"! Not that I blame him- I could barely make it through 2 minutes of "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" without laughing hysterically/crying.

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

I just read the best headline ever and had to share:

Panda's third victim 'didn't fight back' (http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/09/panda.attack/index.html)

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

You've gotta love the fact that now three people have climbed into this panda's pen and gotten bitten, and the zoo still hasn't seen fit to make the fence taller than five feet.

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Rumor: Sam Raimi Wants Morbius for a Spider-Man 4 Villain. Rumor: I may no longer give a shit about the franchise after that last movie.

Morbius...the "Living Vampire?" Shouldn't this be up a notch in the linkspam?

[numb3r-5ev3n.livejournal.com]

I'm really relieved that it looks like there's going to be a settlement between Warner and Fox regarding the Watchmen film, even if Fox still sucks for going after them in the first place.

That said, why are a lot of these articles using that same pic of Dan and Laurie in the prison riot? Oh wait, maybe they're just hunting down Tom Rothman for some payback. >:P

[metonymy.livejournal.com]

The best thing about that "sea kittens" link is the comment from "Bald Eagle of Perth." Cats aren't a native species to Australia, are they?

[deepfishy.livejournal.com]

No, and feral cats (and even pets allowed to wander around) are a serious threat to native wildlife. No love for the "sea kittens" (fish, otoh, are shiny!).

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

I sort of love Michael Sheen for saying "screw it, I want to do something I sort of enjoy for a change". If he's going to slum it in a sci-fi series, at least he picked a fun one.

Meanwhile, who wants Brolin and Wright in a delightfully hilarious buddy comedy now?

[stormarrow.livejournal.com]

SEA KITTEN?


LMAO

[diddakoi.livejournal.com]

People don't seem to like fish.

I love fish. Especially in a nice sauce.

And everyone I've told about the sea kitten thing has said that sounds more appetizing than fish.

[mudpuppy83.livejournal.com]

Okay, that Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell art for John Carter of Mars is awesome, just like all their other works. Though, for my money, the best John Carter artwork I've seen was done by Frank Cho.

But every time I see artwork depicting the series that has been colored in, I always find myself growling in frustration. Why?

Deja Thoris is supposed to be a Red Martian, as in her skin is frickin' red! Yet every time I see her in art work, she seems to be colored like a lightly bronzed bikini model.

You've got it wrong, people!

[anonymeet.livejournal.com]

Wait - did Defamer just challenge hordes of crazy fangirls to a game of Find RPattz?

*waves red flag in front of bull*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I'm saying, man! This is why we need to provide decoy sightings!

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

ValleyWag is full of shit.

It was only the 1st Gen 30gig Zunes that had the glitch. The 2nd Gens (4, 8, 16, 80 and 120gig Zunes) are all fine.

And the 30gigs fixed themselves. Yes, the firmware that caused the glitch is probably still screwed up, but the 30gigs DO work now.

Also, the 30gigs are no longer being made. What's left in the stores is it.

I have an 80gig, NOTHING HAPPENED on New Year's.

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

And you're just NOW seeing the PETA Sea Kitten fiasco???? Sheesh.

[hells-samaritan.livejournal.com]

So, I was hanging out on the internet (at 11 o'clock, on a friday night) and thought you might think this article interesting. Its about a man who wants his kidney back from his wife:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7818751.stm

In reference to "The Bravest Man I Ever Knew"

[deadwoodmt.livejournal.com]

I have this terrible obsession with Severus Snape. Like, I am too apathetic and lazy to honestly become obsessed with anything, and yet I love that man (character, stfu) with a passion that is creepy (not in a romantic way, though). And you know what makes it more awesome? We share a birthday, so it's like fate..

Of course, in my version of Deathly Hollows, as soon as Harry left the Shrieking Shack, he swallowed a couple of potions that he'd always kept on him and quietly disappeared into wizarding solitude, somewhere were no one knew who he was and he could live free. *sigh*

Re: In reference to "The Bravest Man I Ever Knew"

[deadwoodmt.livejournal.com]

Oh, and Sea Kitten makes me sad in the brain area.

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

Gods, the Sea Kittens thing gave me a case of foaming-at-the-mouth fury when I stumbled across it a while back... and then I snarked on it (http://greyduck.livejournal.com/2008/11/10/). It's what we do, I suppose: Turn inchoate rage into someone else's amusement.

[stringertheory.livejournal.com]

As the elf dude once said: A DIVERSION!
I laughed so hard and so long at this that I think I pulled something. Honestly. I'm still giggling uncontrollably every time I think about it. XD

OH, OH! Also, the actress who plays Arlene is from the same city I now live in. I was looking her up on imdb.com and come to find out, she's from my neck of the woods. Crazy Random Happenstance, yo.

[maudelynn.livejournal.com]

Good Lord, Brendan Fraser, WHY???!!! Te GI JOE movie is said to be nothing more than a really horrible feature length toy advert.

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

As opposed to the original cartoon? :P

But yeah, I've known about his casting for months, but I'm still wondering what the hell Christopher Eccleston is doing in there.