Thursday, November 19, 2009

Big Screen

No Oscar For Moore

11:16PM Ravi Somaiya | Michael Moore’s Capitalism, A Love Story doesn’t make the list for Best Documentary Feature. [AP]
People

Kristen Stewart And Dakota Fanning Have Made Out

9:14PM Azaria Jagger | Kristen Stewart’s corruption of Dakota Fanning is complete, Joe Francis is filing for bankruptcy, and Kirstie Alley says Conan “acts like I bit his dick off”. Thursday’s gossip has castration anxiety. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

YouTube Clip Of The Day II

11:13AM Jess McGuire | Another one from Cameron. While I frantically edit an interview with the wonderful Dave McCormack for your listening pleasure, this’ll have to tide you over. Is it just me, or have the last two weeks been INSANELY BUSY? The only thing for it is a video that features wondrous dancing. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

YouTube Clip Of The Day

9:47AM Jess McGuire | Praise be to Cameron for yet another Clip Of The Day. He says “A Christian Robot – what more do you need on a Thursday?” and I can’t argue with that. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Yet Again, Scientists Prove Alcohol Is Good For You

9:45AM Adrian Chen | Scientists must be huge drunks and very healthy, since every other week they produce a study that shows alcohol is an all-curing wonder drink. Here is another one, conducted by Spanish researchers in between taking swigs from their wine flasks. More »
People

Long Live McQueen

9:40AM Brian Moylan | [People magazine may claim that Johnny Depp is the Sexiest Man Alive, but Steve McQueen is one of the sexiest man to ever live and he was the definition of cool. Sorry, Johnny. You're not there yet. Image via Life.com.]
Print

Condé Nast Is The Latest To Convert In Apple’s Secret Tablet Faith

9:00AM Ryan Tate | Condé Nast says it is already racing to repackage its magazines for Apple’s forthcoming tablet, starting with Wired, even while towing Apple’s line that the Tablet doesn’t exist. Publishers are clearly betting Steve Jobs can save their business model. More »
People

Black Eyed Peas Manager To Walk Free After Perez Hilton-Punching

8:45AM Richard Rushfield | From the start it has been one of the most annoying criminal cases, and now it’s ending as irritatingly as it began. Canadian prosecutors dropped assault charges against Black Eyed Peas manager Liborio Molina after he apologised to Perez Hilton. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

How Not To Advertise An Alcoholic Beverage

8:41AM Hamilton Nolan | Bad enough the lady is drinking and driving with only one hand because she’s holding a (hallucinated?) dragon in the other hand. Also, her eyes are closed. More »
Small Screen

Hollywood Writers: Yep, We’re Still Mostly White Guys

8:28AM Richard Rushfield | Across the spectrum of diversity standards, Hollywood’s bar hasn’t been raised since Robert E. Lee sat on his plantation porch swing. A new report put out by the Writers Guild of America/West details its complete lack of progress on all fronts. More »