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Read It And Weep

Alien Vs. Predator, by Michael Robbins

On The Street

Making Iron Man, photographs by Jeff Bridges.

• Photos from the abandoned soundstage of HBO’s The Wire. No crying.

• Kristen Wiig interview in Women’s Health magazine: “I used to carry my dad’s empty guitar case around the neighborhood because I wanted people to think I played the guitar. I would put Flintstones vitamins in it in case I got tired, so I could pop some and keep walking.”

• The Ten Best American Films, according to scholar Stanley Fish. Groundhog Day makes the list.

• David Fincher: Offensively charming, charmingly offensive, douche?

• Nitro From American Gladiators: “Man boobs, breast-chesticles is what they’re called on the street.” LOL.

• The 10 Underrated Film of 2008, according to The Playlist. Groundhog Day makes the list. Kidding.

• Dean Ween: “Fishing is bunch of dudes drinking, usually with hooks stuck in the sides of their hands, pissing in the water and having a great time.”

• Cake’s sixth album will be recorded using 100% solar energy.

• David Lee Roth “Runnin’ With The Devil” Sound Board: Best soundboard ever.

• The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China. Don’t forget the acid.

• Playmobil Security Check Point: It’s all about the reviews.

• A vote for Raymi is a vote for Raymi.

• The Girl: Daiana Butzke… Butzke upzke.

• Junket Whore: Just wanted to say that.

• Kankankan = thumbs up

• Debbie does Dov.

Cotton Candy

Will Cotton “Taffy Forest” 2007, oil on lined, 72” X 80”

• Update: And there it is.

Late Arrival

SPECTACLE: ELVIS COSTELLO WITH… features everything from intimate one-on-one conversations with legendary performers and notable newcomers to thematic panel discussions.

Guest artists not only talk but perform — demonstrating the development and creation of their music and playing new, stripped-down or solo versions of some of their best and most loved songs.

Costello also performs, starting each episode with an original, never before seen (or heard) interpretation of a song by the featured guest, or a song connected to them. And on top of all that are extraordinary, once-in-a-lifetime collaborations and pairings.

Just Incase

Clémence Poésy needs more jobs.

• Year One: Michael Cera, Jack Black, David Cross, Paul Rudd, Paul Scheer, Hank Azaria, Harold Ramis, Judd Apatow, Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky, Best Movie, Ever.

• 9: Director Tim Burton’s animator Shane Acker’s first full-length, based on his 2006 Oscar-nominated short of the same name. The heavy metal trailer score is trash.

• Getkempt: “Cate Blanchett is too normal to make for a good profile…but she makes a great Cleopatra.” So true.

• David Fincher: “Anything you want to do, you can do now.” Bingo. That’s your problem.

• The Top 50 Movie Special Effects Shots: Best way to waste the day. (via bsls)

• 36 Predictions for 2009 in Media/Tech/Pop: Except for a too-obvious Gossip Girl entry, very funny.

• Review of the Incase Power Slider battery backup for iPhone 3G.

• “The shark’s egg formed the inspiration of our packaging design.” Eeew and awesome.

• Download: R.E.M., Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11.01.2008

• Morango: Talita C., by Paulo Carotini.

• RIP: Nonist. (little late, we know)

Did I Catch A Niner In There?

Your New Year’s Resolution, courtesy of Kate Winslet: Pilates!!!

• Don’t expect to see Kathy Griffin on CNN anytime soon. or ever. for the rest of time. and for a few days after that.

• In Amy Winehouse news, “eating healthy” is the new british slang for “smoking crack out of communal heroin syringe.”

• Jennifer Lopez denies MARRIAGE PROBLEMS. Repeat, there are no MARRIAGE PROBLEMS. Again, please stop asking about her MARRIAGE PROBLEMS.

• Academy Award dreamer Jessica Biel just making stuff up now.

• Jeremy Piven plows 23-year-old model who, obviously, has never heard of Jeremy Piven.

• Joaquin Phoenix quit acting so that he can devote his life to making terrible decisions with Jamie Foxx.

• It’s official, we have no idea who these people are!

• Trailer for Obsessed, starring Ali Larter, Beyonce, and Jerry O’Connell. No. We’re not making this up. Also, do yourself a softy and press pause when Niki Sanders throws open that trench in the front seat and try not to LOLZ all over yer Tz and Bz at that underwear.

• Celebuzz talks to Lake Bell, star of Rob Corddry’s web-only Children’s Hospital. BTW, Rob Corddry has a web show on the WB. WTF.

• Release date for QT’s Inglorious Basterds, Aug. 21, 2009. Mark it.

• Cloris Leachman: “I’ve been so relieved and so grateful to not have a god to believe in.”

• A picture of Johnny Depp in a movie you want to see.

• QOTD: “I’ve seen kinky, sexy but not astonishing. But I did see astonishing in Vogue when Anna published a picture of Nadia Auermann having sex with a swan.”

• Wikipedia kills Paul Reiser. See, Wikipedia can be used for good.

• Defamer examines the best and worst movie posters of 2008.

• Love us some Kelly Brook, but Jesus Jones she’s got some awful bikinis in her collection.

• Happy New Year to the internet, from Ryan Adams.

• Lykke Li covers the Kings of Leon’s “Knocked Up.”

• Flux on Beck: “It has all become very cerebral and disconnected, like there’s just no real dude there anymore, only this intellect that has thoroughly devoured a personality.”

• 10: The age at which T-Pain lost his virginity.

• Spin discovers whale’s vagina DJ/musician/friend of Britt Daniel/The Virgins/Louis XIV Anya Marina.

• Wired lists the seven best real-life capers of 2008.

• Dear Neighbour, you are not invited to my party. Hilarious.

• The history of Mad Max’s interceptor, part one.

• Mini Arden (of Knight Rider, duh!) in Arena magazine.

• Trip Girl: Diane Koth (nsfw)

• Legal graffiti in Japan.

Jedi Mindfuck

“… a two-hour live musical event featuring a Stormtrooper kick line and singing Wookiees John Williams’ Oscar-winning score.”

(Alternate) ALF TV Intro

That’s funny. We don’t remember that part. (via malisinwonderland)

• (Alternate) Night Court TV Intro

• (Alternate) Baywatch TV Intro

Highbrow Despicable

We love New York magazine. Like, we ♥ New York magazine (Look! We just linked to them!), but this whole Reasons To Love New York (the city) laugh-riot is the sloppiest self-rim since San Francisco happened.

When Grambo Met Former WWF Champ Mick Foley

Grambo: There are certainly parallels one could draw between the Beyond the Mat documentary you starred in and this fictionalized portrait of an aging wrestler in the twilight years of his career. Particularly with the Jake “the Snake” Roberts sections of Beyond.

Mick: I had read in advance of seeing the film that there were shades of Jake, Terry Funk, and myself in Mickey Rourke’s character. After absorbing it, I certainly saw shades of Jake the Snake, just a little bit of Terry Funk, and I was actually disappointed I didn’t see more of myself in Mickey Rourke’s performance [laughs].

(the best!)

• Mankind wins the World Title.

Sweet Melissa

Forever keeping a light on for Auf der Maur. Hey, remember this movie?

Wes Anderson and Brad Pitt Make A Japanese French(?) Cellphone(?) Bank Commercial

It’s no Amex, but it is a decent amuse-bouche. (via defamer)

Is Your Middle Name Honey-Baked?