A gorgeous day

[cleolinda]

There seems to be a Team Littlest Edward movement brewing in the Secret Life comments--I particularly enjoyed these two icons. (If you feel the urge to acquire your own Littlest Edward, you can get one from Entertainment Earth through my affiliate account. Put a teacup full of cotton balls or knitting yarn out for him and your stuffed animals ought to be fine.)

Early linkspam, so I can go outside and play!

Terry Pratchett vs. the Global Economic Crisis [Book Review].

Time-Warner bandwidth caps cancelled after threats of protests.

YouTube's Sad Studio Deal Just Highlights Hulu's Superiority.

86-Year-Old Beats Burglar, Makes Him Cry.

The Imagined Futures of Alex Andreev: "He calls his style 'hermetic,' and while I’m not sure what that means exactly, his work is certainly compelling. Many of his paintings... seem to imagine this very specific urban future, in which humanity has adapted to a new life in the clouds after having more or less ruined, then abandoned, the ground."

Kutcher hits 1 million in Twitter contest; Ashton Kutcher defeats CNN in Twitter war: One giant step for mankind; Did Ashton Kutcher Cheat His Way to a Million Twitter Pals? [Shut Up, Twitter].

Texting at the movies: Has Twitter made it acceptable? NO.

Joss Whedon: What it will take for Dollhouse to survive.

This is a True Blood S2 post ("New posters, PaleyFest Q&A, S2 hints").

CONTEST: Blogger Wanted To Be Our ‘Insider’ At The 2009 MTV Movie Awards!

Top five hot leading actors of summer '09.

Rupert Everett's face makes me uncomfortable. OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED?

Images: 29 New Movie Stills Including ‘Wolverine,’ ‘The Expendables’ and ‘Star Trek’; Official '500 Days of Summer Poster' - How Many Zooey's?; First Look at the Tintin Set; Keira Gets Cosy in Countryside For 'Never Let Me Go'; New Batch of 'Moon' Images + New Poster; Jennifer Aniston - 'Management' Movie Poster; EXCLUSIVE: We’ve Got The New Poster For Alexis Bledel’s ‘Post Grad.’

Trailers and clips: First Look: Pixar's New Short Film Partly Cloudy!, Pixar's 'Up': Producer promises 'funniest Pixar film ever' in new featurette; The Trailer for 'My Sister's Keeper' Online; First Footage: Joel Schumacher's 'Creek'!

trailer_spot: My Sister's Keeper, Hurt Locker, Il divo, Lemon Tree, Public Enemies, Crank.

Now Online: The Full Trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince<; New 'Harry Potter' Trailer: Always Make Time for Magic Sports; New ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ Trailer, 14 Screen Caps, Posters and Release Date; New Half-Blood Prince Trailer to Show in Theaters before Ghosts of Girlfriends Past May 1st; NEW QUIDDITCH POSTER!; New HBP Trailer Roundup: Check out High Definition ScreenCaps and More; Exclusive Harry Potter Pic of Bellatrix. Also: EXCLUSIVE: Epilogue For ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows’ Will Be Shot With Original Cast; 'Harry Potter': Ready to see Daniel Radcliffe as a 36 year old?; Entertainment Weekly Cover Feature on Set of Half-Blood Prince: News on Aragog, Interview with Steve Kloves, More; MTV to Feature Half-Blood Prince Preview, New Commentary from David Heyman Next Week.

‘The Hobbit’ Will be ‘The Hobbit’ and Not Include a ‘Lord of the Rings’ Bridge. Although it will still be two movies. Really? We need two?

Hugh Jackman Covers Entertainment Weekly; Jackman Jumps Off London Building For Charity, Hugh Jackman Rappels Walls; Full Wolverine Gallery, EW Cover and New Video; Last Official Poster for 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' Arrives; Rival Studios: $80M 'Wolverine' Opener?; Extended X-Men Origins: Wolverine Clip; Full ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ Helicopter Scene Goes Online With Pizza Promo; New Wolverine Movie Continues With "Cyclops Sucks" Mantra.

(Related: ‘G.I. Joe’ Star Channing Tatum Mourns Missed Chance At Playing Gambit In ‘Wolverine’ Movie.)

How ILM came up with the new Enterprise for J.J. Abrams' Trek; Spock's Backstory Revealed in the Special JJ Abrams Issue of Wired.

No More Terminator Lawsuit.

EXCLUSIVE: Get Your First Look At The ‘Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen’ Standee; Michael Bay Putting ‘Transformers’ Sequels On Hold To Make… A ‘Small’ Movie? In which very tiny things blow up real good, I imagine.

ET 'New Moon' Set Exclusive Sneak Peak; 'New Moon': 15 new faces.

'17 Again' with Zac Efron is a do-over in more ways than one; ‘17 Again’ flunks as an uninspired rehash; Review: After seeing see 17 Again, you'll wish Zac Efron never left High School; '17 Again' star Zac Efron gets a fun mentor in Matthew Perry; How 17 Again's Zac Efron and Matthew Perry channeled each other.

'State of Play' impresses with political intrigue, journalism; Review: 'State of Play' may be last of its kind; Will 'State of Play' Spark Interest in a Dying Profession?

Lange, Barrymore captivate in HBO's 'Grey Gardens.'

Review: 'Crank: High Voltage.'

Review: The Matrix heads to Mexico in 'Sleep Dealer.'

Review: The epic that taught us anime could be great gets even greater as Akira goes blu-ray.

Pooh writer to script Wanted sequel. WTF?

‘Green Lantern’ Movie Will Shoot In Sydney With $150 Million Budget.

Casting Quickie: Patrick Wilson in ‘Morning Glory’ and Catherine Keener Joins ‘Percy Jackson.’

Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning Cast in Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere; Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere': Why casting the Chateau Marmont is tricky.

Exclusive: Michel Gondry Makes More Videos.

Documentarian Errol Morris Directing a Cryonics Dark Comedy.

Casting Quickie: Witherspoon Kills Boyfriends and McConaughey is Exchanged.

Kevin Grevioux To Adapt ‘I, Frankenstein’ With ‘Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans’ Director Attached.

Felicity Jones Joins Gervais' 'Men at the Pru.'

Megan Fox Smuggles Drugs in 'The Crossing.'

Some Kinky 'Bruno' Photos to Brighten Your Day!; Cohen Triumphs In Fight Over 'Bruno' Age Rating.

Mann and Banks in 'What Was I Thinking?'

Ron Perlman Hoping 'Bubba Nosferatu' Will Shoot This Year.

'Father Knows Best' Getting Made Over For the Big Screen.

Comments

[edda.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED?

OMG FOR REAL. He looks like a stretch-toy version of a 25-year-old Kevin Kline.

[xmyrin.livejournal.com]

YES, IT IS SO FRIGHTENING

I made a poll about this on another comm and so far the leading vote is "I refuse to believe that is him, it doesn't even look like him" lol

DNW

[thelovely2.livejournal.com]

Apparently there are True Blood DVD special features clips, which include Lafayette "dishing" on the other characters :) You gotta love that guy.
Link (because my html sucks): http://www.hbo.com/trueblood/dvd.html

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

Lol, icon love! That pretty much sums up that whole scene.

[visceralvamp.livejournal.com]

Re: Top 5 Leading Actors of Summer '09

OH MY GOD. Could they have used a worse picture of RPattz? It makes me want to cry. Or sing "One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other."

Also, 86-year-old lady is a badass.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

He's kind of an odd choice anyway, given that he's there for two movies very few people are likely to see. They might as well have just said "LOL TWILIGHT" and nothing else.

[angelene.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED?

At first I looked at the picture on the left and was like "He... aged? What's odd with that?" -- and then I looked at the picture on the right and I was like "OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED?". For real. x(

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

See? SEE?

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

A few weeks ago I was reading a review of the show Rupert Everett is currently doing on Broadway, and there were a few pictures of him, and I remember thinking "but...that doesn't look like Rupert Everett" and I was very confused. Then I saw THAT picture the other day, and I had a strangely visceral urge to punch my computer monitor for daring to show me such a disturbing image.

[lilitou.livejournal.com]

This. I kept looking at the pictures in the NY Times going, "Okay, well, they're kind of far away and... maybe he's wearing stage makeup?"

IT IS NOT STAGE MAKEUP OH MY GOD.

[crucioveritas.livejournal.com]

I am working on a project for Slod.. But I have a fear it will turn into a TLE thing *cackles*

[mudpuppy83.livejournal.com]

I'm still kinda disappointed that Bruce Campbell won't be returning for Bubba Nosferatu, but I am still curious to see Ron Perlman take his place. I hadn't heard anything since the rumor of Perlman taking over, though. It's nice to know the project is still going forward.

[wmetoile.livejournal.com]

‘G.I. Joe’ Star Channing Tatum Mourns Missed Chance At Playing Gambit In ‘Wolverine’ Movie.

Dear Channing Tatum,

Can I call you Channing? Or Carol? I'm going to call you Carol. Carol, honey, you didn't get to play Gambit because Tim Riggins is SEVEN THOUSAND TIMES HOTTER THAN YOU ARE. You're cute, okay, Carol? You have a cute butt. But you're not Tim Riggins. Sorry. Good luck with that Fighting thing. Kisses,

wmetoile

[brisingr88.livejournal.com]

BWAHAHA!!!
Carol Channing WIN!

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

Damn. That is one hardcore old lady. *applauds*

Also, right there with you on "why do we still need two movies?" I love The Hobbit. I really do. I enjoyed that book far more than the LOTR books, even. But I do not need TWO movies from it. One reasonably lengthy movie should have been enough.

[jubilantia.livejournal.com]

Seriously? I don't see how people weren't fans of TLE even before his adorable alarm clock close-up. Yeah, he's angst personified, but it's way more realistic (heh) than the book or movie, and My Little Ponies?? How could you not love him?

Also, the Rupert Everett Make-over from Hell: NOT OKAY.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Ooh, good Pratchett link. Here's one you *may* not have seen yet:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Colour-of-Magic-DVDs-Announced/11722

They're finally releasing The Colour of Magic here.

Also, I have to go see State of Play - they filmed part of it outside (and possibly some inside) my former office (while I was still working there)! So if it turns out one of the office buildings has these weird round circular things outside...that's where I worked! Hee.

[greenfairyels.livejournal.com]

Awwww Hugh Jackman <3 Playing with RMs in aid of my favourite charity :)

[rina2o6.livejournal.com]

In which very tiny things blow up real good, I imagine

AHAHAHA to quote Michael Bay's Comcast commercial - Awesome

[emmaorgana.livejournal.com]

86-Year-Old Beats Burglar, Makes Him Cry.


Best story ever. You go old lady!

[queenanthai.livejournal.com]

Texting at the movies: Has Twitter made it acceptable?

Hey! I'm from St. Charles, IL! Now I kind of want to go back and try that out...for the lulz, of course. ;)

[brisingr88.livejournal.com]

*bangs head against desk* The Hobbit is only like 200 or so pages! How can they expect to get two 2 hour movies?! Are they gonna delve into the troll's personal lives or put in a fight with the Necromancer?
*SIGH* Jackson and Del Toro: GET OUT OF EPIC MODE AND GET INTO CHILDREN'S STORY MODE!

Where do you think they'll end the first movie? Maybe Beorn or Mirkwood?

*calms down* I really like the new HP trailer! The cinematograpy looks fantastic. Hopefully it won't be as disappointing as OotP. It looks like they're keeping in a lot of subplots. yay! Although, did anyone else think the Inferi looked a heck of a lot like Gollum?

I thought the rating was funny. Mild Sensuality. *gasp*

Also, Alan Rickman looks totally awesome in this trailer.

[promise19.livejournal.com]

Although, did anyone else think the Inferi looked a heck of a lot like Gollum?

Absolutely! The thought was like, "Hey look, the Inferi look like a bunch of widdle Gollums crawling around!" Hee!

[internal666.livejournal.com]

Today's linkspam makes me feel guilty that I have not:

1)Finished reading Witches Abroad (And for making it my first Discworld book, don't get me wrong I love it, but I wish I had been paying attention when I was at Borders that day and picked up one of the earlier books).
2)Read more Terry Pratchett.
3)Watched a single episode of True Blood, I've always wanted to check it out, but a lack of cable for two years (I know, I know) has prevented me from doing so.

And I really really hope Dollhouse doesn't get canceled, it's one of the few shows I bother to watch now.

[thor-axegrinder.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED?

Holy shit, even his ears look different.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heeeee, your icon.

NEED ADVICE about purchase of dolls *for me! i promise!*

[starnightmuse.livejournal.com]

Hi Cleo,
after getting hooked up on SLOD you passed me down the desire to get a couple of dolls.

So far i got the RichardHarris!Dumbledore:
http://www.comingsoon.net/imageGallery/Harry_Potter_Toy_Fair/Harry_Potter_Toy_Fair_8.jpg

and I'm really considering to buy a Harry next.

but since SLOD has showed that the dolls arrive with personalities.
(Dumbledore hasn't stopped reading My Charles dickens collection for some reason... )

and the Harry I had in mind to get is the oldest- either the order of Phoenix one or the soon to be released HBP one.

the problem it is evident from what has already been shown through Little Edward's knowledge of his situation that either harry's personality is going to be marked by the movie they come from.

so OoP!Harry is going to be a bit moody and ConstantVigilance! sort of thing:
http://www.amazon.com/Potter-Phoenix-NECA-Action-Figure/dp/B000MTBOKY/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1240011865&sr=1-14

http://www.amazon.com/Potter-Phoenix-NECA-Action-Figure/dp/B000WCUOWU/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1240011865&sr=1-16


HBP!Harry looks a bit more relaxed:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RyFbT-YLuoM/SIs0uVbP1fI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/Xd2Tc3Zx8Yc/s1600-h/harry_neca.jpg

I kind of want him more.

but I have the preocupation that he will be all dazzled and daydreaming about the "dream girl" he gets assigned in HBP, and I don't want to stay up till late because he mumbles in his sleep about it.

so suggestions? do you think HBP!Harry is going to be lovesick or oblivious to it?

Re: NEED ADVICE about purchase of dolls *for me! i promise!*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hmm--I don't know, but I definitely like the HBP one better. I mean, maybe the Chest Monster wouldn't be activated unless you actually got a Ginny as well.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Everett doesn't even look like the same person any more and that's really creepy. It's like someone went crazy with the Photoshop.

Meanwhile, don't even start, Channing Tater. I'll watch you in G.I. Joe, but Gambit you ain't.

[drpeprfan.livejournal.com]

*stifles squeak of glee that you liked her icon and pimped it* I hope TLE approves!

1) The army of darkness thing is hilarious.
2) The fact that Rupert Everett looks like a completely different person now makes me want to cry...I love him! Er...the old him?
3) Partly Cloudy looks downright adorable. Pixar is made of awesome.
4) Can't they just fit The Hobbit into one longer movie like they did with the others? Sigh.
5) Unless they somehow resurrect Angelina's character, I have no hope for the Wanted sequel.

IT IS HIM!

[a2a-addict.livejournal.com]

I didn't want to believe it.
But then I logged on to Martha Stewart's website and saw for myself (he was a recent guest).

No words...no words....

Select the "Spring Arrangement, 1" clip

http://www.marthastewart.com/show/the-martha-stewart-show/actor-rupert-everett-and-emeril-lagasse?lnc=4ef2dc5bfca40110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&rsc=showarchive_tv_show-archive

[unexpectedgift.livejournal.com]

OH MYGOD RUPERT EVERETT YOU WERE MY FAVORITE EVERRRRR and what did you DOOOOOOO to yourself?! *the sob of inconsistent all-caps, truly a shuddering, soul-cracking one indeed* He had that fantastic rugged look and now he's pissed that all away for some plastic and...UGH. Can we undo it at all? Eeeeeeeew...His eyes are so TINY NOW.

[entropy-and-me.livejournal.com]

Cleo, you may have already seen these, but I wasn't sure. I know you will be interested if you haven't. :)

http://www.ncruz.com/

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

Kutcher hits 1 million in Twitter contest; Ashton Kutcher defeats CNN in Twitter war: One giant step for mankind; Did Ashton Kutcher Cheat His Way to a Million Twitter Pals? [Shut Up, Twitter].

Who freaking cares??????

Lange, Barrymore captivate in HBO's 'Grey Gardens.'

I cannot wait to see this.