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[cleolinda]

I forgot to mention this earlier, but since a few people asked--you actually can get the Movies in Fifteen Minutes book in paperback off Amazon UK for a lot less than the hardback, which seems to mostly be in the hands of the Asshat Resellers now (God bless us, every one). What's £5.99 these days--$8.48? And you can get it used for £2.99 (even from a business perspective, I'm more concerned with people reading the book than whatever slim royalties I might lose from secondhand sales). Whereas the hardback now seems to only sell used from £31 and up. So, in conclusion: if you want to get the book cheap, the paperback has a different cover and a slightly different title, but it's the same thing.

Meanwhile, the Awesomeness Initiative is flagging somewhat, mostly because the cold weather is making me sluggish. One of my favorite things to do when it's cold--and the sheer amount of time I spend doing this is a major failing of mine--is curl up on the couch under a pile of blankets while the dogs argue over who gets to lie on my feet. As a means of jumpstarting my lazy ass, I've started asking myself what Barack Obama would do, and then I realized that's not going to work because he would just tell Rahm Emanuel to take care of it while he did something more presidential, like fix the economy with the power of his mind from his Fortress of Solitude. So then I started asking myself what Michelle Obama would do. Put on her Jimmy Choos and kick some ass, that's what Michelle Obama would do. I think this would look very good printed on a rubber bracelet, in fact.

(This is why I will never be a good role model. What would Cleolinda do? Curl up on her couch and... watch shitty movies on cable. POW!)

Meanwhile, DO WANT. I've gotten kind of fixated on the double heart/crown motif (as seen in today's icon, which is from this moonstone ring, for which my soul grieves because it is both 1) sold and 2) something like several hundred if not thousand dollars, if my memory serves. The Three Graces: All shall look upon their antiques and despair). I'm also a big fan of the burning/sacred heart motif, which means that I sit and stare at the Parrish Relics site a lot. You know, when I'm not curled up on the couch watching shitty movies.

Linkspam:

James Brady, Editor and Celebrity Gossip Pioneer, Dead at 80.

X-Files fans running fundraising drives for the American Lung Association in Kim Manners' memory.

Goodbye to all that: 'Days of our Lives' dumps John and Marlena.

Other Publications Starting To Call Bullshit On Joaquin Phoenix [Hoaxes].

Via m_emchq7: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Cafe and Restaurant where JK Rowling Wrote Harry Potter Novels Now for Sale.

Today on ONTD: "RICKY GERVAIS WAS HOT AS FUCK IN THE 80s" ("OH MY GOD IN HEAVEN"); "Just...you know, fyi...Russell Brand joined Twitter."

Oscar Roundtable with Pitt, Langella, Hawkins, Downey Jr., Rourke and Hathaway; Academy Allows Four 'Reader' Producers -- None Named 'Scott Rudin'; The Curious Case of 'Gran Torino.'

Images: Update: 6 New G.I. Joe Character Posters Revealed!; New 'Public Enemies' Shots Reveal Bale's Contempt (more: LOOK AT THESE GQ MOTHERFUCKERS); Daniel Day-Lewis and Sophia Loren on the set of 'Nine'; Terminator: Salvation Toy Images Surface (Updated); Exclusive: 'Knowing' Movie Photos!; New 'Up' Images; 'Duplicity' Poster and stills; 'World War Z' Concept Art Rocks The Battle Of Yonkers; The Private Lives of Pippa Lee; Orlando Bloom in 'Sympathy for Delicious'; Hi-Res Pics from 'Lesbian Vampire Killers.'

Trailers and clips: Exclusive Clip: 'The International'; Three New 'Fanboys' Clips Put Ewoks In Jeopardy; 'Uninvited' Featurette & Clips; Watch This: Absurdly Creepy Trailer for Indie 'Ink'; Full-On Flaming Dragon Action In New 'Outlander' Clip; New Japanese 'Street Fighter' Promo Trailer; Clip du Jour: What if the 'Golden Girls' were rocker dudes?

trailer_spot: Coraline, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Mary and Max, Sugar, Great Buck Howard.

EXCLUSIVE: New ‘Coraline’ Clip Is Heavy On The Bugs … And The Wrath Of The ‘Other Mother’; Why Coraline director Henry Selick doesn't want to be Pixar.

Meanwhile, Neil Jordan's directing The Graveyard Book? According to Unca Neil's Twitter, that's what it sounds like. (Ah, yes: Jordan to Write and Direct 'Graveyard Book.')

New Moon Casting Call in Vancouver?; From ihasatardis, via sirinde: Once Upon A Time In Forks; This guy was almost Edward Cullen; 'Twilight' Doll Preview Hints Makers Haven't Seen 'Twilight.' Okay, look. I'll throw Edward Dollen under the bus, metaphorically speaking, and I'm not saying Bella Swan-Dollen's a perfect likeness, but that blouse does so originate in some fashion from the movie, Twihards, and I expected y'all to be obsessive enough to know this. Everything else Kristen Stewart wore in that movie was so boring (and not without reason, I guess) that I don't blame Robert Tonner for wanting to do the most interesting thing they put on her so of course we only saw it for five seconds. Don't make a hater school y'all, because I can do it and then I will cry myself to sleep from shame.

Now, the hair colors? Yeah. I got nothin'.

New 'Push' movie clips; Exclusive Photos: 'Push'; What got Paul McGuigan to helm Push—and why Batman's Chris Nolan owes him money.

Okay, we have a slight problem here: there's another movie right now, also called 'Push' (more properly, 'Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire'), that was a big hit at Sundance. And a lot of articles are just calling it 'Push' for short. This is somewhat confusing. To wit: 2009 Sundance Awards Ceremony: 'Push' sweeps!; 'Push' Sweep Pushes Mo'Nique Closer To Oscar Short List [Sundance].

Leaked Batman 3 Script... is completely fake, thanks for playing: "Well first there’s the obvious: Nolan has only just started writing it. The odds of someone getting their hands on it and leaking it are pretty slim. Perhaps most importantly though, it’s being pushed around the internet over and over again by the same nefarious character. He’s emailing and posting messages on every site he can find, trying to convince people to promote his link. And look, we’ve just fallen for it."

Anne Hathaway Talks About The Fabulousness That Is Johnny, Tim, and Helena ('Alice in Wonderland').

Isla Fisher Joins Johnny Depp in 'Rango.'

Jerry Bruckheimer Wants YOU To Cast ‘The Lone Ranger.’ "Wait, why did we get thousands of votes for David Tennant, Jensen Ackles and Robert Pattinson?"

Matt Damon: James Bond is a misogynist, sociopath. You know, if anyone other than Jason Bourne was saying this, I'd call Jus Jellus.

'El Zombo Fantasma' Coming to the Big Screen.

Brendan Fraser to Feel ‘Furry Vengeance’ For Family Comedy.

Minnie Driver Joins 'Betty Anne Waters.'

Jennifer Lopez To Create ‘In The Heights’ Movie?

Studio Giving Up On Seth Rogen’s ‘Green Hornet’ Movie?

Warner Brothers Picks Up Futuristic Samson and Delilah Pitch.

Porn Mockumentary 'The Auteur' Now Available Online.

Gary Oldman's Blind Sex Prize is A Flashdancer ['The Book Of Eli'].

Hilary Duff & Kevin Zegers Sign On for 'Bonnie and Clyde.' This is going to end well.

Don't Stand So Close to Dr. Frankenstein [Found Footage]. Okay, I have actually seen The Bride, and let me tell you, it's just as cracked-out as it sounds.

Neil LaBute to Remake 'Death at a Funeral'; Neil LaBute Signs with Screen Gems for Two More Films. I don't think I'll ever be able to trust LaBute again after this. "NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEEEEEEES!!!"

Comments

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

Your icon (and that ring!) is absolutely beautiful.

My mom used to watch Days (and is ashamed of that now), but quit cold turkey during the "ABSURD" Marlena-possessed-by-Satan storyline, so this news will make her giggle.

Alice!

[headphone.livejournal.com]

Oh, jeebus. That's actually when I started watching! It was like Passions, only cheesier, and that's saying something.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that the internet's idea of what feeling "furry vengeance" is is pretty far off from what Hollywood's idea of feeling "furry vengeance" is, I'm just saying.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how LaBute filmed Nic Cage's performance with a straight face. Would that MST3K were still around to get their hands on this one.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Haven't they done a Rifftrax? I swear I heard they did.

[sunni-sideup.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Kristen definitely wore that, not only in the movie, but in several promotional pics (http://everglowmedia.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=163&pos=20) as well. So. Fail. I personally really like the Tonner dolls. They're closer than we're ever gonna get, anyway.

JLo + "In the Heights"? NO.

[caerbannog.livejournal.com]

That ring! *swoons, dies*

[crooked.livejournal.com]

you could also just live by my icon, to which the answer is always 'tell everyone in the nearby vicinity to go fuck themselves'... so maybe it's not that helpful after all. :|

[visceralvamp.livejournal.com]

Aw, I hope they don't give up on the Green Hornet. I would hate for Rogen to have slimmed down for nothing. He's so unhappy being not chubby.

Also, ORLANDO THERE YOU ARE. I'd been wondering where he was hiding.

Also also, Ricky Gervais, damn. I mean. Jesus.

[renwednesday.livejournal.com]

Is it silly that I'm more excited for Michelle Obama as First Lady than for Barack as President? hee.

Just so you know....

[suzeclues12.livejournal.com]

The day after the inauguration, I felt just like you're feeling right now. I had to force myself to get up and "fight the good fight." When THE HUSBAND asked, "What's up with this?" (my mood-o-meter is - um - written all over my face, I guess), I had to say, "I have to do stuff because Obama said so." And then sighed most pitifully.

I drag around when I do this, but at least it get's me moving....not sure how miserable I make everyone around me....

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

I still can't believe that a man whose movies LOSE money, get negative reviews (except for Ebert who's all up in his grill), and who has been nominated for a Razzie can still get relatively high-profile directing jobs. What gives? Does Neil BigBootay have pictures of various high-ranking producers and studio heads with livestock? Did he sell his soul to the devil? Why?

[unicornluvr.livejournal.com]

Your blankets/couch scenario is exactly what I did for a week straight when I got home from the holidays, only "shitty movies on cable" was alternated with "devouring the Sookie Stackhouse books without seeing humanity or coming up for air".

Currently I'm rereading His Dark Materials and should really stop that and finish the reading for my grad seminar tomorrow morning. . .either way, I'll be under the blankets in my papasan chair.

May Michelle Obama guide us all through a more productive tomorrow!

[persian-freak.livejournal.com]

I had a surgery at the beginning of the year (yeah, I know, great way to start 2009), so I also devoured the Sookie Stackhouse books without coming up for air. As a result, I'm not quite sure when shit happened.

Michelle can TRY to get me off of these books.
I'd like to see her try, really.

[sleary.livejournal.com]

The Book Depository is a UK store that delivers free worldwide. Not that I've ordered a dozen books at a time from them or anything. You're slightly more expensive there (http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/WEBSITE/WWW/WEBPAGES/showbook.php?id=0575079894) but without shipping charges it ends up cheaper.

[kairi-jaganshi.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link! I'm buying her book when I get some money and put it in the bank (so I can buy stuff online) and Amazon is expensive so this really helps. ♥

[dragonzair.livejournal.com]

HOLY FREAKIN BOWIE, GERVAIS WAS MMMM MMM GOOD.

Just had to say that.

[stardustshine.livejournal.com]

I bring this tale to you because I can't help it, even though it illuminates me as a total loser with weird hobbies. I recently became a spinner (like with a spinning wheel, not the exercise kind of spinner) and I joined a sort of subscription club that sends you a mystery bit of hand-dyed fiber every month, and this was the first month, and I got my package and I was so excited and I opened it up, and looked at the colors and then looked at the tag, and I saw the following, with the last word in a special swirly font:

January Club Fiber: Twilight

and I DIED.

The description indicates she was thinking of the actual time-of-day twilight and not Twlight but now I will not be able to spin it without thinking of it as my Twilight yarn and I will be seriously tempted to knit something with a cat on it.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Do it! DO IT! *enables*

[headphone.livejournal.com]

I saw the defamer entry on the dolls at work today and nearly died. How in the firetruck did MTV get the Tonner dolls already?!?! I called yesterday because (OMG, BELLATRIX AND SERAFINA DOLLS, KILL ME JESUS SO THAT MY WALLET WON'T SUFFER) I wanted to talk to someone about Hermione's unfortunate tights.
Also, I'm liking Edward Dollen's face in the videos. It actually looks ALOT better than the Tonner direct pictures. Have you showed the girls on the shelf the video yet?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched the video yet. I am too afeared--I'm going to try to wait to look until I get them myself.

How in the firetruck did MTV get the Tonner dolls already?!?!

Well, they are up Twilight's ass. I assumed Summit/Tonner obliged them.

[octoberland.livejournal.com]

Lol, the bee thing made me think of The Happening.

http://media.photobucket.com/image/bees%20care/CodyA/happening.gif?o=2

[dramedy.livejournal.com]

I find Michelle to be a great source of inspiration. The First Lady kicks ASS.

Jerry Bruckheimer Wants YOU To Cast ‘The Lone Ranger.’ "Wait, why did we get thousands of votes for David Tennant, Jensen Ackles and Robert Pattinson?"

I laughed so hard, I am really glad I'm not drinking anything.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heeee. I'm glad someone, at least, got what I was going for there.

[viorica8957.livejournal.com]

I may be wrong about this, since I recall this bit of trivia from an old Babysitter's Club book, but isn't the double heart/crown an Irish wedding ring?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

The claddagh motif is similar? Except there's two hands and one heart (and the crown)? Who knows, that might be it--I'll try searching under that phrase and see what comes up.

[ftsor.livejournal.com]

A 'Death at a Funeral' remake? Seriously? There's no way we could do a storyline like that better than the English. There's just no way. *headdesk*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

With Chris Rock, no less.

[rorqual.livejournal.com]

Thanks for straightening out the Push thing - I have a friend at Sundance, and her facebook was all like, Push yay, and it was very, very confusing...:) Because basically, Push looks like Jumper, but with, you know...pushing, or something. And we all know how that turned out.

[goonie-freak.livejournal.com]

lol When people ask me about Push I just say "It looks like Jumper... only they are pushing... I guess"

I actually liked Jumper... for Jamie Bell alone!

[goonie-freak.livejournal.com]

Oh Holy Hell... Please God WHY are they remaking Death at a Funeral? It was perfect... and it has to be british... What are they going to make a new american "Love Actually" as well?

Fuck them all... now I am mad. This is just like when the lame ass Jonas Brothers took the song "Year 3000" from Busted and changed the words and made a bunch of 12 year old girls think their version was amazing... I love my country but Hollywood is pissing me off...

New Rupert Grint interview about Cherrybomb

[mollywobbles867.livejournal.com]

Only at ICM. (http://www.rupert-grint.us/wordpress/rupert-grint-cherrybomb-interview/)

[bad-idea-bear.livejournal.com]

Death at a F...

Wait what? Wait why?

*headdeskheaddeskheaddesk*

WHY ARE YOU REMAKING THE MOVIE WITH NAKED!ALAN TUDYK?

Also, Michelle Obama kicks ass. That is all.

[aidenlane.livejournal.com]

WHY ARE YOU REMAKING THE MOVIE WITH NAKED!ALAN TUDYK?

...why have I not seen this movie yet? It's sitting there, staring at me, and this is so not helping the fact I have too much homework to do...

Neil Gaiman wins Newbery Award

[promise19.livejournal.com]

This...
(This is why I will never be a good role model. What would Cleolinda do? Curl up on her couch and... watch shitty movies on cable. POW!)
is why I <3 you... because that is exactly what I would do.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, Article with text from Today Show interview with Neil Gaiman on winning the Newbery Award (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/28857583/) and video of said interview with Neil Gaiman (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/28873383#28873383). Enjoy! (Favorite quote: “I never really thought of myself as a Newbery winner. It's such a very establishment kind of award, in the right kind of way, with the world of librarians pointing at the book saying, ‘This is worthy of the ages.’ And I'm so very used to working in, and enjoying working in, essentially the gutter.”

Re: Neil Gaiman wins Newbery Award

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I know, I mentioned the Newbery thing yesterday. : )

[sweetestillness.livejournal.com]

I'm loving this typo in the J.Lo article:

The 39-year-old tripe threat

I'd love an In The Heights movie as long as Miss J.Lo is not in it. The woman has many talents, but making good movies is not one of them.

I'd also like to kindly request you stop posting doll and jewelry links because ow my wallet. ._. Those antique rings from The Three Graces are gorgeous.