Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But there’s no reason to let this stuff go to waste: I can still share it with you, for your amusement, and start the new week with a clean slate.
Herewith this week’s leftover links, in no particular order:
I long for the days when movie thrills were real, not computer
We Wish We Could Quit The Progressive Insurance Lady
Long-lost Hollywood films discovered in New Zealand archive
Exclusive: Lost Charlie Chaplin film discovered in Michigan antique sale
New “Showgirls 2” Trailer is Beyond Terrible
How Doctor Who gave Richard Curtis a shot in the arm
Why Peter Jackson must step in to direct The Hobbit
Why Celebrity Ads Make You Want to Buy Stuff
Strange But True: How Soap Operas Might Save Us From Overpopulation
Book Titles Are For “Girls,” Not “Women”
Filmmaker on Media Blackout: Feels like “Oil Companies are Running the Whole Government”
Shed a Tear for the First Megaplex?
Amazon Vs. Apple Be Damned: Publishers Pine For A Universal E-Book Format
UK animators call for tax breaks
Broadway bombshell [Spider-Man musical bombing without even opening]
