the Game of Thrones spoof of that Time cover that makes me go ewwwww (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Time
how Biff from Back to the Future deals with fans (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2nd trailer, plus notes from a footage reveal)
What we see here, it seems to me, is a blockbuster made more for a global audience than a solely U.S. one…
question of the weekend: Are women people?
The fact that the question has to be asked suggests that the answer is No, probably not…
on the impossibility of a female gaze: Richard Corliss on ‘Immortals’
All those buff, nearly naked, totally gorgeous guys in Immortals? Totally gay!
must reads: “Why renters and pirates watch such different movies”
I thought this was gonna be about how different versions of individual movies appear in legitimate and illegitimate content streams. But, no, it’s even better…
question of the day: Are the Smurfs cryptofascists?
I mean, c’mon: Smurf society is the archetype of a totalitarian utopia marked by Stalinism and Nazism. Isn’t it?
dodging the Egypt Internet crackdown; the Oscar race is already over; is Amazon going all out with unlimited streaming?; more: leftover links
Plus: Kelsey Grammer’s marriage ruined by Fox News; Wikileaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize; why so few women writers at Wikipedia and major magazines?; more…
question of the day: Is Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg really the Person of the Year 2010?
In a busy news year with lots of major stories impacting the world — from the BP spill to Wikileaks to Afghanistan officially becoming the longest war in American history — does Time’s choice make sense?
watch it: “TIME Announces New Version of Magazine Aimed at Adults”
The Onion does it again: makes me want to cry…
