So late!

[cleolinda]

Sorry--my sister came over (to wash clothes in preparation for her NYCC trip) and we were catching up and I'm desperately behind.

Today's scandal: Stephen King says ‘Twilight’ author ‘can't write.’ OH SNAP.

(And the wank is already delightful.)

Yesterday's scandal: A transcript of Christian Bale's meltdown; the surprisingly danceable remix; More Christian Bale Fun: McG Prophecies, Flip-Hop Remixes, and a Soundboard! Y'all, I hope that, someday, if I lose my shit at top volume for almost four minutes solid, and I happen to be miked, and a recording happens to leak, that the losing of my shit brings the internet as much joy as Christian Bale's has brought to us. God bless.

(In his defense: archnemesis Shane Hurlbut is "a pretty unrepentant light tweaker." This is my new favorite insult. Meanwhile: Gawker begs to differ. In conclusion: there's plenty of fail to go around!)

(Bonus: The Christian Bale Accent Generator.)

Today's Snack Deathmatch: Cadbury vs. Cadbury.

Stephen Fry gets stuck in an elevator (time-sensitive link).

From annlarimer: Pics of Tonner dolls at IDEX, taken by an attendee. And then WHOA THERE ARE THE TWILIGHT DOLLS all of a sudden.

(Moar toys: X-Men Origins: Wolverine Action Figures Wave 1; 2009 SDCC Exclusive Dr. Who Figures. Meanwhile, this Scarlett Johansson doll scares me.)

Cash 4 Gold would like to melt down and recast their reputation, in which Cash4Gold tries to buy off a critical blogger, and admits that they have already bought someone else.

Report: Disney Mulls Layoff of 'Least Cute' of Jonas Brothers.

Jane Espenson Talks BSG, Caprica, Buffy and Dollhouse! [Exclusive]

SXSW Film Festival 2009 Full Line-Up Announced; Cine Staff Defends SXSW Against Stupid Complaints.

The English Continue To Pile On Probable Oscar-Winner Kate Winslet.

'Milk,' 'The Reader' Flunk Wide-Release Test.

Annie Leibovitz’s ‘Vanity Fair’ Celebrity Photo Spread is Worth a Look.

Sid Ganis is Possibly Promising Too Much for 2009 Oscar Telecast; The Ultimate Guide to TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar Begins Here.

Images: New T-600 image from Terminator Salvation; 'Nine' set pics: Daniel Day-Lewis, the Fierce & and his friends rollin', Nicole Kidman & Daniel Day-Lewis: Kiss Kiss; A Few More New Posters for 'The Boat That Rocked'; Splice (2009); Cherrybomb (2009); Monstrous Monster 'Monsters vs. Aliens' Poster Monster; Orlando Bloom is 'Sympathy' Shirtless; Fan Made: 'Public Enemies' Poster.

Trailers: Six Clips from 'The Lodger' Remake; Worth Watching - 'The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle'; Worth Watching - Daryl Wein's 'Breaking Upwards' Trailer; DreamWorks threw $9M down the drain for 3D spot.

JK Rowling, Knight of the French Realm (Updated).

Snyder Never Doing Watchmen Sequel because he knows the fans would beat his ass; Images of Tales of the Black Freighter; Watchmen In 'New Yorker' Contest.

(Related: ‘Watchmen’ Star Malin Akerman Goes Waterskiing For Favreau, Vince Vaughn Reunion ‘Couples Retreat.’)

New Moon Teaser On Twilight Blu-Ray, Amazon Gift Set (with bonus comic! GET IN THE CAR LOSER WE'RE GOING SPARKLING); 'Twilight' studio Summit unlikely to merge with Lionsgate; Details on New Moon's Italy Shoot (I'll be damned. I really, truly thought she'd made Volterra up); Edward Dog wants to know if ur sleepin yet.

New Key Cast Photo from Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes; Rachel McAdams on the Sherlock Holmes Set.

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Downey Jr. Says Mickey Rourke Not Playing Crimson Dynamo In ‘Iron Man 2.’

Will Sam Raimi shoot 'Spider-Man 4' in Michigan?

Coraline Clips and Interview; Dakota Promotes One Film, Has Her Eye On Another; How Teri Hatcher voiced multiple moms in Coraline.

(Related: How possible is a sequel to 'Nightmare Before Christmas'?)

Michael Bay Promises Next ‘Transformers 2′ Trailer Will Spoil Most of the Film.

MTV Staffer — And ‘G.I. Joe’ Fanatic — Remains Convinced ‘Rise Of Cobra’ Is Headed In Right Direction; New GI Joe pics of Cobra Commander and Zartan.

Newsweek: Clive Owen on Bowie, badger rumors.

Michel Gondry and ‘The Host’ Director Team for Director Triple Play 'Tokyo!' (includes trailer and stills).

Clooney and Sorkin Take 'The Challenge.'

Bill Murray Joins the Cast of Aaron Schneider's 'Get Low.'

Horror Legend John Carpenter Commits Amber Heard To ‘The Ward.’

The Ruins' Jena Malone rumored to join Joss Whedon's 'Cabin.'

Should 'Paul Blart' Be Arrested For Stealing?

Closing in on a writer for Ouija movie: The signs are auspicious.

'He's Just Not That Into You' — First Review; More Reasons Not To Get Into 'He's Just Not That Into You.'

'Slap Shot' remake: Ugh, this can't be good.

French Dragonball Evolution Trailer; See Actual Dragon of 'Dragonball: Evolution.'

It's a Film About a Guy Who Ejaculates Fire [Finally].

Comments

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

I've always hated Stephen King, but now I love him. Bravo!

[evangellyne.livejournal.com]

I laughed very loud today when I read Stephen King's stream of consciousness about Stephenie and Jo. I'll admit that Jo is definitely the better writer.

...the "snap"...it SPARKLES! That made my day.

[pop-tothepeople.livejournal.com]

I love your icon! Harry and the Potters are awesome.

[outinthestorm.livejournal.com]

Did I just completely imagine things, or was there something about you doing a book signing...?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I had a bunch of crap at the end of the entry, as I often do, that I meant to use for next time, and I hit post too soon--it's not my signing, it's Melissa Anelli's at NYCC, that I'm going to post about tomorrow. The information was from her blog.

(Dammit, I knew someone would see it before I could get it off.)

[clodia-risa.livejournal.com]

If what they're saying about Bale's reasons are true, and the transcript certainly backs it up, then he may have gone batshit insane (hahaha) but he's not unjustified. I've certainly felt like doing similar in college theater when people were acting stupid or unprofessionally. I really can't blame Bale. Plus his diatribe was clearly aimed at the actions of the man, not the man himself. "I can't work with you" not "You'll never work in this town again."

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

Oh Stephen King, how I love you. And the wank! IT IS DELICIOUS.

"I wonder how long Bella would last if she moved to 'Salem's Lot instead of Forks."

*cackles*

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

I would sooooo read that book. ;-)

[maggie-qow.livejournal.com]

I read the Stephen King stuff at Leaky earlier, and had an out loud Oh Snap moment. King's writing vacillates between really freaking awesome (Carrie, The Stand) to craptastic (Pet Cemetery, among many, many, MANY others), but the guy is almost always spot on with his criticism. Also, because he's Stephen King, he could give a hoot who he pisses off, so he's stopped being polite, and started getting real. And he's got Meyer NAILED.

LOVE YOU, SK!

Then again, SM can just wipe her tears with her millions of dollars. But still.

[goonie-freak.livejournal.com]

Lol after the "he's stopped being polite and started getting real" line I couldn't help but think of The Real World and then a world of "The Real World: Celebrity Authors" came into my mind. In which Sthephen King is saying that Stephenie Meyer sucks and Dean Koontz is between them telling them both to just chill out, while Danielle Steele and Nora Roberts are taking bets in the corner to see who would win if it prgresses to a fist fight.


...sorry this was random but It had me laughing for awhile.

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

I'm still Team Bale over here. Screwing with the lights during a take is counterproductive anyway, and, like, unless it's a radical hour-long continuous shot, I'm sure the DP could have waited five minutes before he started messing with stuff. The DP has all day to set up his lights before the actors get there, and they're supposed to do their job then, with stand-ins, so that they don't waste the actor's time and/or distract them.

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

I shouldn't laugh at what he said, but man I can't help it.

Re: Stephen King says ‘Twilight’ author ‘can't write.’

[maramala.livejournal.com]

This is like, the happiest day of my life.

...okay, not really, but your posts really brighten my day.

Now all we need are the opinions of other authors, like, say, Neil Gaiman, Warren Ellis...

Re: Stephen King says ‘Twilight’ author ‘can't write.’

[northernphoenix.livejournal.com]

You know..I would absolutely love it if Neil Gaiman could weigh in on this. Also Brian Jacques as well...
However, I feel that Neil would be far more critical of SMeyer's one dimensional fail-parade.

[headphone.livejournal.com]

Stephen King!
I couldn't stomach most of his books, but I'll be damned if I didn't love the movie adaptations (you dirty bird!).
I once read an interview in which SMeyer talked about how she actually visited Volterra and I always wanted to know if she went before or after she had written the description of it.

[sun-star-n-moon.livejournal.com]

Stephen King

I <3 you.

[miss-sophia.livejournal.com]

Yowza. Whoever does the hair at Tonner should be fired. All of the HP dolls have some CRAZEH hair; the only one whose hair I think looks halfway decent is Snape...which is all sorts of wrong! And last I checked, Harry Potter wears glasses. o.O

And HAHAHAHA Edward doll has a veritable mane! And Bella is a redhead?! At least they got the vacant expression in her eyes right.

[miss-sophia.livejournal.com]

Oh, one other thing, in case you haven't seen it yet:

Some Twitard has made a knit-and-felted model of Bella's uterus, complete with a mini felted Renesmee in it, all tied up with a ribbon for extra WTFery. (http://community.livejournal.com/twilight_crafts/42839.html) Notable explanation: ""The inside of the belly is all black because Renesmee was such a mystery and was hiding. There is red for the Edward since he's a vampire and nothing shiny I had would felt. 8-P. Bits of brown in there for Jacob because he's part of Bella (even before imprinting) as much as her baby." Yeaaaaaahhh. To their credit, some of the commenters on the post are squicked. I guess even Twitards have their limits.

[latenightcuppa.livejournal.com]

I think that I just fell in love with Stephen King a little bit. Oh, the wank. It is glorious.

OH HEATHUS, one of the comments claims that SK is jealous of Smeyer. Oh, the lulz. He's Stephen King, dude doesn't need to be jealous of anyone.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Stephen King? Jealous of Stephenie Meyer? The guy who wrote Shawshank Redemption and Last Rung on the Ladder and The Stand etc. and etc., jealous of the writer of Twilight?

Ohhhh man. I may never stop laughing.

[cyranothe2nd.livejournal.com]

that Steven King thing just made my day. EPIC LULZ!

[tabbyclaw.livejournal.com]

Next King is going to post a thoughtful analysis in which he proves that water is wet and fire is hot.

[le-brouillard.livejournal.com]

I really shouldn't be surprised, but still... I can't believe Volterra is a real place! What the fuck, Stephanie Meyer? Why do you love exploiting random towns you've never been to just for their names?

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Wait, Volterra is real? So does that mean we can expect the Twihard pilgrimages to start soon?

I have no desire to read Stephen King's books, but I kinda want to go out and buy them, just out of appreciation.

[littlecodfish.livejournal.com]

Volterra is definitely real. About a month or so after reading New Moon, Rick Steves did a travel special in Volterra; I was washing the dishes at the time, not really paying attention, when I heard him say something about the city. I stopped looked up and went, "...huuuh?" So apparently Meyer actually looked into some Italian cities. I wonder if she did the amount of research for Volterra as she did for Forks. /sarcasm

[astraybucanneer.livejournal.com]

I must confess, I laughed when I first read that King vs Meyer article. Hilarious. ♥

[himhilien.livejournal.com]

I've always liked Stephen King, but I haven't read anything of his yet. I'm going to check out the nearby Borders this weekend and buy something.

Thanks for linking to the accent generator I posted on JF. It must be shared to the masses. Too bad I can't take credit for its creation.

I don't want anything from Spider-Man 4 filmed in Michigan. We already have the automobile industry, the former mayor of Detroit, the damn Detroit Lions, and so many other things to deal with. I don't want us to be partially responsible for that movie. Although it would help the unemployed. DAMN IT! >:|

[jamaillith.livejournal.com]

Ohhh. King rec tiem. I'd say start with Different Seasons, which is an anthology of novellas including Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption and Apt Pupil. Also The Shining and Carrie for some classic King creepitude.

[shlupquack.livejournal.com]

Wow... He did not pussy-foot around that shit. Go King! I lol'd.

And the Bale thing is awesome. Is it odd that I respect him more for going off on the guy? Bitch takes his shit serious.

[emmaorgana.livejournal.com]

Um, I love you Stephen King.

That is all.

No, really, I was laughing so hard when I read that. OOOH BURN.

[gwyndolaeth.livejournal.com]

HOLY CRAP your text sparkled. i am completely amazed by this.

hahahahahaha

[clare328.livejournal.com]

Completely unrelated to your post, but saw this (http://www.ncruz.com/) today and couldn't help but think of you, lol. Have you seen his work before?

[goonie-freak.livejournal.com]

Jeezy Creezy! That is amazing! Now HE knows how to make a doll look like the person!

That! Is! Amazing!

[outinthestorm.livejournal.com]

I have a stupid question -
The Harry Potter series has been credited with getting a lot of kids into reading. Has the same been said for the Twilight series? Is it getting teen girls into reading? Because I can't think of any other reason as to why these Twilight readers wouldn't be aware of Stephen King's body of work. I didn't read him until I was about 16 or so, but I was well aware of his books when I was a very young reader; I just avoided them because I didn't like horror. So why are these people so ignorant?

[vkitty.livejournal.com]

So why are these people so ignorant?

For the record, I've seen a lot of my usually intelligent friends fall victim to these books. As in they go from Chaucer, Twain and Byron to... Meyer. A few of them aren't ignorant, it's just an unexplainable zeitgeist. :(

[bgmaster.livejournal.com]

Stephen King is hit or miss with me - I love some of his stuff (From a Buick 8, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon) and don't like others (never could get into the Dark Tower series).

But the man himself is pretty consistently awesome, and I love the fact that he's a real Red Sox fan. And now he gets even more points in my book, for this lovely smackdown (and the resulting wank).

Maybe I should try The Dark Tower again...

[razzymelon.livejournal.com]

I admit the first book has far too many zonk out moments where you've been reading 50 pages and you're not sure what's happening because you've been turning pages and thinking about something else...

but it gets better. :3

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOU, MR. KING.

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too!!! When he's good, he's so very, very very astute!! *blows kisses*