An Aleve, some cheesecake, and then I flop

[cleolinda]

Thataway: The Package is REVEALED, and the responses are cracking me up. (I love how the predominant sentiment is, "He's an asshole! YAY!")

(Hello, new unlurkers! A few folks mentioned getting LJ accounts so as to comment on that entry, so welcome aboard and enjoy your stay.)

Meanwhile, I am hearing disturbing rumors that NECA might not put out The Littlest Bella until JULY. Y'all... I am gonna be so screwed if I have to tread water on this for another three months. I am trying very hard not to email them like a wingnut and plead for information.

Meanwhile-meanwhile, I've been clenching my jaw again, fnarr. Got a lot of work done today, though (which is probably why).

Linkspam!

Amazon.com Says 'Embarrassing' Error, Not Hacker, Censored 57,310 Gay Books; Amazon Is Embarrassed By "Ham-Fisted Cataloging Error"; Why Amazon’s Explanation Is None At All; Amazon’s Response: Bad; Adventures in Ethics and Science: Some thoughts on #Amazonfail.

Marilyn Chambers, Adult Film Star, Dies at 56; RIP Marilyn Chambers (and a Brief History of Adult Entertainment).

Phil Spector Found Guilty of Murder.

Harrelson: I mistook photographer for zombie. I love you, man.

Mel Gibson's billion-dollar divorce: How bad will it be for him?

Michael Jackson's stuff not for sale following settlement. And this after they'd filled an old department store with it, too.

Want a Waterhouse original? Oh, and it's my favorite! I... I have $0.47 and a couple of paperclips, will you take that?

Thomas Doyle's marvelous diorama art.

New Kurt Vonnegut Book.

SFWA Website Comes To Life, Starts Attacking Web Browsers.

Are Dollhouse And Sarah Connor Chronicles Already Canceled? [Rumors]; 'Sarah Connor': 'It's done.'

Red Dwarf Smegs Up Its Comeback [Red Dwarf Recap].

'The Tudors' to end in 2010.

Lindsay Lohan looks for love and laughs in Funny or Die video; Director: Lindsay Lohan "Improvised" While Filming Funny or Die Video.

Piracy fail: Twitter user gets free movie tix for failed attempt to download 'Adventureland'; Could Studio Rewards Help Fight Movie Piracy?

Images: Hand-Drawny 'Brothers Bloom' Poster (gorgeous, by the way); Set Photos Overload! ("New photos from the sets of Touchstone's 'Surrogates,' Orlando Bloom drama 'Main Street,' Johnny Depp-starrer 'The Rum Diary,' Walt Disney Pictures' 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice,' and John Wells' 'The Company Men' "); Orlando Bloom is Police Officer Protective; Johnny Depp Goes Through the Roof; 'What Goes Up' website launched + new movie stills; Us Weekly's 'Grey Gardens' Cover Leaves Much To Be Desired; 'Extract' Poster is Subtle; New Pic of Megan Fox’s Bloody ‘Jennifer’s Body’; $300 Million, And This Is The New Tron Suit?

Trailers and clips: ‘Angels and Demons’ Extended Sneak Peek; Let the 'Antichrist' Trailer Force You Up Against Its Nightmare Tree; '500 Days of Summer' Q&A at SXSW; New ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’ Website Launches With Edgar Wright Video Journal; Trailers for Robert Pattinson's 'How To Be' and 'Little Ashes' Online; Intense Promo Trailer for Nicolas Refn's 'Valhalla Rising'; Watch This: 'S. Darko' Goes Viral; Get Bloody with Delpy’s ‘Countess’; Watch Gahan Wilson animate Neil Gaiman in a new creepy cartoon.

trailer_spot: Extract, Moon, Public Enemies, Thirst, Vengeance, Chéri; Angels & Demons, Antichrist, Staten Island, Countess, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Ugly Truth.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to open two days early; New Trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Due Thursday; Two More HPB Pics: Quidditch Ginny, Harry, Katie Bell; New Cover Art for Fantastic Beasts, Quidditch Through the Ages Due July 31, 2009.

William Hurt Joins Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood As Legendary Knight.

Report: Wolverine leak doesn't hurt, might be helping; Early Report Indicates Success For ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ Despite Movie Leak; EXCLUSIVE: Get To Know Wade ‘Deadpool’ Wilson In New ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ Character Profile!; John Wraith Teleports Into New ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ Character Profile.

Meanwhile, RealHughJackman on Twitter: "I will donate 100K to one individual's favorite non profit organization. Of course, you must convince me why by using 140 characters or less."

McG's Terminator Salvation Will End Up Rated PG-13; Skynet's Distributed Computing Platform - Download This!; Who Is Keeping Arnold From Fulfilling His Robot Destiny?

(Related: McG Brings ‘Spring Awakening’ From Broadway To Hollywood.)

Star Trek Coming Earlier on May 7th; New Photos From J.J. Abrams' Star Trek; Bryan Fuller explains his ideas for a new Star Trek TV series; Trekker-Style Your Desktop [Exclusive]; Star Trek viral marketing kicks into high gear with weird stuff; Star Trek's Pon Farr Fragrance Ads Help You "Leave Logic Behind" [Spring Mating Season].

Have We Already Met Iron Man's Arch-Enemy?

(Related: How to Piss Off Iron Man at 'The Soloist' Press Conference; Bret Easton Ellis Finishes ‘Less Than Zero’ Sequel, Wants Robert Downey Jr. Back.)

EXCLUSIVE: Zack Snyder Discusses Life After ‘Watchmen.’

Michael Sheen Cast as Aro in Twilight’s ‘New Moon’?; ‘Twilight’ Conversation Hearts Land At MTV.com (I love how someone new discovers these every few weeks. I need to just get some, review them, and get it over with); Robert Pattinson & Taylor Lautner: Parking Lot Hot; 4 Cullens Roam the Streets of Vancouver; FINALLY SOME LA PUSH BOYS; MTV Movie Awards: Twilight Fans Take Control!, God help us all; WTF: 30 Bucks for a Photo with the 'Twilight' Hand Model?; Tales of ‘Twilight’ Violence Flood the Web - What’s Yours? AGAIN: I REALLY DO NOT BELIEVE TOO TERRIBLY MANY OF THESE ARE REAL.

Russell Brand’s ‘Sarah Marshall’ Follow-Up Has Six New Legs; Rose Byrne, Elisabeth Moss, and Sean Combs join 'Get Him to the Greek.'

Kristen Bell to Topline 'You Again.'

‘American Idol’ Contestant Adam Lambert Was Up For ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark’ Lead. My mom loves him, y'all. Him and his fabulosity.

Michael Chabon Signs On To Write 'John Carter Of Mars.'

EXCL: Gondry Talks About The Green Hornet; EXCLUSIVE: Michel Gondry Reveals New ‘Green Hornet’ Fight Filming Techniques.

Knightley and Farrell Joined by Trio on ‘London Boulevard.’

Sally Hawkins lands role in 'Never Let Me Go': Is she destined for big things?

Richard Jenkins joins Julia Roberts in 'Eat, Pray, Love' movie.

Nora Ephron cooks up a rich stew filming 'Julie & Julia.'

United Artists Adapting The Heartbreakers; United Artists Writes 'Rules of Dating for Teenage Girls.' And we are changing the title... why?

Tina Fey and Steve Carell’s ‘Date Night’ is Crashed By Wahlberg and Franco.

Gyllenhaal Joins Nanny McPhee Sequel.

Channing Tatum Eyes ‘Captain America’ Role — But Will Smith Would Be ‘Perfect’ Casting.

Dan Aykroyd Hints At Ghostbuster ‘Cadets’ In ‘Ghostbusters’ Threequel.

Did You Know That Zac Efron is Obsessed with 'Back to the Future'? "Care." I think the verb you're looking for here is "care."

Elisabeth Shue is Gobbled Up By 3-D 'Pirahna.' Oh... honey, no.

It's Time for a Little Caveman Action [Found Footage].

Comments

[r-a-black.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure a lot of people over the years have gotten accounts here just to be able to reply to your journal. My own account was made so that I could reply to your PoA in 15 Minutes.

[leucocrystal]

Phil Spector Found Guilty of Murder.
Wow. About damnn time. I only did a presentation on his case in a law class two years ago.

[visceralvamp.livejournal.com]

Adam Lambert in a Spider-man musical is a resounding YES.

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

AHAHA EXPOSÉ. Oh god, freestyle. Cleo, you have just made my evening so awesome. Sadly, I fear my neighbors will not agree.

[syustat71605.livejournal.com]

Go ahead and email them like a wingnut; they probably have a fan of yours working there (like Thomas, the UPS-Twitter-savior of all things, OMG if it wasn't for him we would not have the superbly asshole-ish Tonner!Edward) who could move the release date up for you!

[syustat71605.livejournal.com]

This.

[bruinhilda.livejournal.com]

Really too bad about the Red Dwarf special. I was hoping for them to pick up at (or at least address) the ending of series 8. But hey, new Red Dwarf is still new Red Dwarf. Maybe they'll do another, better one sometime.

Dollhouse

[keeps3.livejournal.com]

I was at the Harvard event with Joss Whedon referenced in one of your links. He definitely seemed pessimistic about the potential for the show to continue. Unfortunately, no one asked "What's happening with Dollhouse?" in the Q&A. Instead, they all tried to out-wit each other by asking things like, "can I have a job?"

If Dollhouse DOES get canceled, it'll be a real shame.. it's picking up & clearly, if Fox would have just let him alone, it would have been even better from the beginning.

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Oh hell. And T:SCC was really just revving up. I know we still have the movie, but I'm gonna miss my dorkAI boyfriend in the icon there.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

When I found out Michael Sheen was going to play Aro, I had several reactions:

1) Really? Hunh...actually, that could work.
2) MICHAEL SHEEEEEEEEN! RPattz who?
3) Dammit, now I can't not see this movie. Michael Sheen, why must you be so awesome? (Oh who am I kidding, I was going to see it anyway.)

Also, somebody called the theatre where I work today to request that we show Little Ashes, saying "it's a small independent film about Salvador Dali" and I nearly lost my shit (for the record, it's a historic theatre, and we don't generally show first run movies). As far as I can tell, there's only one reason why somebody would be so excited about this movie, and it's not because of a love for art history.

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

MORE GHOSTBUSTERS, PLEASE!

[zoomonkees.livejournal.com]

So, in reference to the "Forbidden Fruits" Sweethearts:

I'm currently in this play and I was opening my tiny locker in the dressing room and the next thing I know that TERRIFYING picture of IntenseFace!RPattz/Edward Cullen is staring me in the face and it scared the crap out of me. My friend found them earlier at a Wally World and shoved them in there.
They are pretty tasty as far as Sweethearts go (and have hilarious names like "Orange Obsession" and "Tempting Apple" but OMG the purple and orange hearts ACTUALLY SPARKLE. It's INSANE/HILARIOUS. Especially the quotes OMG, for example, "Bad Guy" "Forks" "I <3 EC" and "Dazzle".

[dragonzair.livejournal.com]

So now we know your mom's thoughts...what do you think of Adam Lambert? Lol, I'm personally a fan. Glam rock and all >.>

Re-release of the Potter spin-of books: DO NOT WANT. AGH. I'm already pissed that I don't have the money to buy the expensive copy of Beetle the Bard, and NOW these two pop up?! My mom won't let me if she finds out I already have the original copies.

EH? D: I didn't know there was a Nanny McPhee sequel! And...*sobs* No Colin Firth? :( I liked the original kids, too. Lol @ my disappointment. Watch me get all excited once it comes out.

[imprintee718.livejournal.com]

HALF BLOOD PRINCE BEING RELEASED TWO DAYS EARLIER!?!?!? WHAT WHAT!?!?!?!

okay this is SERIOUSLY pissing me off. that just TOTALLY threw off my plans for my birthday. grr thank you WB for killing my mojo. -_-

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heeee, slick. Yeah, I can't think of many people who know about it for any other reason.

for the record, it's a historic theatre, and we don't generally show first run movies

I'm trying to imagine someone calling the Alabama Theatre downtown about this, and... yeah, it's pretty funny.

[brisingr88.livejournal.com]

Orlando as a police officer? Maybe if he got rid of that ridiculous mustache.

OH, that Hugh Jackman. That's really awesome what he's doing. But how to convince him in 140 words? Must think on this.

Slightly OT, but I'm so glad there's something on here about Richard Jenkins! Long story short, he got Johnny Depp (with whom he's working on The Rum Diary) to autograph a picture and sent it to a girl in my film class who just about died when my teacher (a friend of Jenkins') gave it to her. It made my day. (And hers too, I'm guessing)

[maisontv.livejournal.com]

I can't tell you how happy I am that Spring Awakening is getting made into a movie; I literally sing along to the soundtrack in my car all the time.

YAY YUMMY LA PUSH BOYS.

[greedyskunk.livejournal.com]

Same here. I'm not sure what the exact entry was, but I'm sure it had something to do with Twilight.

[aka-paloma.livejournal.com]

All the while I kept telling myself that it wasn't true, that it wasn't real. It didn't matter that the director had actually been quoted, or that the movie studio made it official a few days later. Until it showed up on cleolinda's blog, there would be a small, teeny, tiny, miniscule chance it would turn out to be a mistake and Michael Sheen was not going to be in New Moon.

*sigh*

But here it is and I guess I'll be seeing this one in the theatre this November. Damn you, Michael Sheen! Damn you for being so awesome that I can't resist seeing your films no matter how questionable the quality!

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

I mean, we show old movies all the time, so I'm used to people calling with requests. This was just the absolute last thing I was expecting. I really had to stop myself from asking if she was a Twilight fan, because there are several ways that conversation could have gone, and each of them scared me. When I suggested that she call some other local movie theatres she said "oh, okay...but could you pass my request along anyway, just in case?" It was adorable.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Damn you, Michael Sheen! Damn you for being so awesome that I can't resist seeing your films no matter how questionable the quality!

Dude, I feel your pain. Maybe they'll make the plot more Aro-centric? Maybe? Please?

Love the icon, btw.

[emmaorgana.livejournal.com]

Oddly, I find when I'm writing or focusing on something really hard, I clench my jaw. I'm trying to stop that. I'm terrified my teeth will fall out or some weird thing like that.

[flipgirl125.livejournal.com]

omg YES, Spring Awakening is one of the best things ever. In life. (And this coming from a girl who is obsessed with all musicals.) Seriously, people, you need to go look it up. Hopefully the movie will do the raw but beautiful honesty of the show justice.

Also, MTV, get it right. Blake Bashoff is STILL playing Moritz, just on the National Tour instead of Broadway.

Okay, enough fangirling. Just had to get that out. Anyway, the re-release of the HP companion books is reminding me that I still need to go get Beetle the Bard. Also that I seem to have lost my copy of Quidditch Through the Ages, but that's alright since it gives me an excuse to buy the new edition!

[emmaorgana.livejournal.com]

I'm pissed about the special copy of Beedle as well. My boyfriend said he would get it for me for christmas, and I told him to pre-order it on amazon for $100 and he DIDN'T and then it came out and jumped up to like a BAJILLION dollars and we don't have a BAJILLION DOLLARS and so now...

...I just sort of rant-sploded all over your comment. Sorry. :(

eta: and maybe they're not a bajillion dollars... maybe just like 120 or something. Oh god, I'm running low on blood sugar.

[mudpuppy83.livejournal.com]

I was saddened to hear about Marilyn Chambers. She may have been a porn star, but by God she had class.

And I did hear about Michael Sheen as Aro and I could see it. especially if he plays him like a vampire Liberace.

And, hey, I'm actually kind of excited about the Piranha remake! The original was awesome, but it'd be nice to see a creature feature where the menace wasn't a secret government bio-weapon gone amok.