question of the day: How much can — or should — we gag celebrity press?
A British judge has granted a worldwide gag order to protect the privacy of a misbehaving celebrity. Enforceability aside, is this a good idea?
Month: April 2011
watch it: 1950s Ford ad with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
Such a great car, even a woman can drive it!
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: K-9 misses his mistress
I got nothing else to say about Doctor Who today…
trailer break: ‘Attack the Block’
So much awesome packed into one trailer. Battle: South London. Brilliant.
question of the day: Why hasn’t blu-ray caught on?
And is it too late, with streaming more convenient than ever?
Elisabeth Sladen 1948-2011
In case you haven’t already heard: Elisabeth Sladen, aka Sarah Jane Smith of Doctor Who and her own eponymous spinoff, The Sarah Jane Adventures, died this morning. She was 63 and had been ill with cancer…
journalmalism at its finest: what ‘The Independent’ thinks about its content (and its readers)
A lovely puff piece ran yesterday at The Independent. (And by “lovely” I mean ridiculous, of course.) It began with this headline…
who’s in London and wants to see ‘Thor’ tonight?
I suddenly find myself without my +1. Ya gotta be in Leicester Square by 5:30. Any takers?
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: If I Had a Time Machine…
I’d visit the Second Annual T-Rex Roundup and Shindig 66 million years ago. (Cuz we all know what happened at the first one.) Where would you go?
trailer break: ‘Cedar Rapids’
If you see one Ed Helms movie this year, it probably should be this one…
