Banksy (or a wannabe) spotted in East Croydon
So I’m taking my merry self off to a meetup yesterday when I suddenly spot this stenciled spraypainted graffito out of the corner of my eye…
what she said: Tina Fey…
…about how half the human race is perceived in the only viable industry other than warfare that America still operates (hint: that other industry is Hollywood)…
why celebs love Scientology; Netflix in deal for original programming; the real problem of ‘Mars Needs Moms’; more: leftover links
Plus: why Republicans want to destroy NPR; Hereafter (with its tsunami scene) pulled from Japanese theaters; promo fail for Limitless viral video; more…
Saturday cute: robots made from junk by soldier in Afghanistan
Private First Class Rupert Valero fill his spare time by building toys out of recycled materials…
my outrage over the TechCrunch AOL ‘Source Code’ mess (aka: this is why we can’t have nice things)
Or, Why not to be a whore for the studios, even though lots and lots of folks are doing it.
question of the weekend: Why is evil attractive and good boring?
Vampires are hot. So are gangsta rappers. Actors often say that villains are more fun to portray… and from the audience’s perspective, villains are often more fun to watch than heroes. Even our slang glorifies evil: “Bad” and “wicked,” in some contexts, actually mean “good” and “cool.” Why?
Friday night fortune cookie: Dorothy Gale says…
“What would you do with a brain if you had one?”
watch it: “peekaboo with pet rats”
Just like playing it with a baby!
Lord of the Dance 3D movie review: see it if you’re Michael Flatley, skip it if you’re anyone else
The global phenomenon dance show is like what might happen if Albus Dumbledore used some powerful illegal magic to meld Busby Berkeley, pagan ritual, Cirque du Soleil, and Irish folk dancing… on ice!
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: What if The Who, um, regenerated into a different sort of band?
Fan artist rtofirefly retconned rock ‘n’ roll history back to the 1960s…
