Mar 08

R.I.P. Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous

Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse has committed suicide, according to a report from Rolling Stone.

His family has released a statement ...

Source:
http://pitchfork.com/news/38114-rip-sparklehorses-mark-linkous/

Mar 08

Ben Stiller Presents Oscar As A Navi (Video)

Stiller presented the Achievement in Make-up award as a Navi from James Camerons Avatar.

Source:
http://flicksided.com/2010/03/ben-stiller-presents-oscar-as-a-navi-video/

Mar 08

Channel 7 ABC flashes angry message, then goes black

ABC has gone dark.

Seconds after midnight, Channel 7 disappeared from the screens of Cablevision customers right in the middle of a repeat episode of Lost

Source:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/03/06/2010-03-06_channel_7_abc_flashes_angry_message_then_goes_black_for_cablevision_customers_at.html

Mar 07

Michael Cera Favorite to Be Cast in "Gilligan's Island"

Variety magazine reported on Tuesday that "Gilligan's Island: The Movie" has the green light at Warner Bros.

Michael Cera is the producer's top choice to play Gilligan.

Source:
http://www.moviefill.com/Michael-Cera-as-Gilligan-20661/

Mar 07

Conan O'Brien chooses 1st person to follow on Twitter

"I've decided to follow someone at random. She likes peanut butter and gummy dinosaurs.

Sarah Killen, your life is about to change." She has no idea. In 5 minutes, she went from 550 followers to 1,868 and counting. Wonder how many she had before I got there. What talk show will she be on first?

Source:
http://twitter.com/ConanObrien/statuses/10041591698

Mar 05

'Green Lantern' will now be in 3-D

Warner Bros. plans to release the movie in three dimension

Source:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ie79635783d4581279d4e62cadbe23522

Mar 05

Vivaldi given Google Doodle

Google celebrates the birthday of the great Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, best known for his composition "The Four Seasons".

Source:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7365979/Vivaldi-given-Google-Doodle.html

Mar 05

Knit them, we must

Mar 05

Music video producers refuse to cast dark-skin black girls?

In this video, rappers Rick Ross, Cassidy, Paul Wall, video vixens and industry insiders shed light on why dark-skinned girls get less love in the casting world for music videos.

Source:
http://www.sojones.com/news/1730-do-music-video-producers-discriminate-against-dark-skinned-black-girls/

Mar 04

Sting Performs Private Concert for Tyrant Who Boiled People

Sting performed at an "arts festival" put on for Uzbekistan's strongarm dictator, Islam Karimov.

He's the former communist party boss who, since 1991, keeps getting "elected" as his political opponents' bodies keep disappearing and who was punished by the Bush State Dept for torturing and killing terror suspects "by immersion in boiling water."

Source:
http://motherjones.com/riff/2010/03/sting-uzbek-dictator-problem-karimov-boil-alive-torture-concert