Poor Taste at Emmy's??

People are pissed off at Conan O'Brien's opening skit to last night's Emmy Awards.

The Emmy Awards began on an awkward note on the day of the deadliest American airlines flight in five years, which killed 49 in Kentucky. Host Conan O’Brien’s opening skit found the host visiting the sets of several highly rated shows, including 24, House and Lost.The prerecorded opening skit began with O’Brien boarding a private plane to Los Angeles. Asked by a stewardess if he was nervous about hosting the show, O’Brien answered “Nervous? What could possibly go wrong?” The plane then crashed, with O’Brien later washing up on the set of Lost.

Los Angeles Times television columnist Scott Collins called the scene “cringe-inducing” and “of questionable taste.” Tim Gilbert, general manager of NBC’s Lexington, Ky., affiliate, WLEX, said he plans to ask NBC for an apology.“We wish somebody had thought this through,” Gilbert told the Associated Press. “It’s somewhere between ignorance and incompetence.”

Hmmmm.... are people way too sensitive or what.... I thought everyone would be more offended by the South Park bit stating Tom Cruise is gay. Or maybe everyone already knows that as fact.

Megatron is not a Gun!!

Yep.... that's right, not a gun... not even a tank which would have at least made some sense. Nup.... let's make him an alien jet instead. Hmmm, there was already a heap of judgement out their with Optimus Prime having a flame paintjob. Watch the fanboys spit over this latest turn of events.

My only comment.... they could of at least made him look like a Transformer.......

Pluto's Been Demoted

Pluto is a dwarf planet in the solar system, according to the recent International Astronomical Union's (IAU) redefinition of planet. Pluto was until recently considered the ninth full planet from the Sun, and could be again reclassified (within the classification of dwarf planets) as the prototype of a yet-to-be-named family of trans-Neptunian objects.

Basically.... it doesn't follow the rules and crosses Neptune's orbit, so for being a very bad boy, it's been booted outta the Solar System. Naughty naughty, very naughty.....

The Dark Knight

Chris Nolan has finally spoken publicly about the upcoming film, The Dark Knight. Via betterthanfudge.com, here’s a bit of what the director had to say:

Regarding the theme of the film: “I suppose in loose terms I can say it’s about things having to get worse before they get better.”

Can anything be inferred from the title of the film? “Ultimately yes. But I’ll leave that for people to infer The title has been chosen very specifically. It’s quite important to the film.”

Will The Joker be different that past live-action interpretations? “Yes. I would certainly point to The Killing Joke but I also would point very much to the first two appearances of The Joker in the comic. If you look at where The Joker comes from there’s a very clear direction that fits what we’re doing very well.”

The new Batman movie is due out in 2008

Cruise Got His Ass Fired!!

Citing Tom Cruise’s increasingly strange behavior, Sumner Redstone - the Chairman of Viacom, which owns Paramount Pictures - said that Paramount was ending its 14 year relationship with Cruise. Paramount will no longer be the home of Cruise-Wagner Productions, the company Cruise founded with his manager that produced the three "Mission: Impossible" movies, "Without Limits", "Shattered Glass" and "The Last Samurai", among others. The final straw is thought to have come after "Mission Impossible III" performed beneath expectations at the box office. Many feel Cruises strange behavior and unorthodox beliefs were to blame. Redstone said:

“As much as we like him personally, we thought it was wrong to renew his deal. His recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount.”

I know everyone is gonna blame scientology for his insanity except Tom, but Tom better hope scientology is to blame. Otherwise he’s just a damn lunatic.

Stephen Dorff's Cock

This is from one of his upcoming films.... apparently they did three takes... floppy, semi and hard. They decided to use the "semi" take for the film. Pity the chick ruins the shot tho.

We Are The Internet

This pro net-neutrality video, starring a trio of outre web characters, is awesome! Link

KFed is Too Cool

Wow... what a loser. Why they decided to end the show with that performance is beyond me. Least it gave Britney a chance to dress up and introduce her husband to the entire world. No wonder he has to release the album he's working on himself, I don't blame the record companies for rejecting his sorry white ass.

I do, however, want to learn to dance just like Kevin Federline..... NOT!!!!

Charlie Brown - Uncensored

Let the rape of my childhood begin!!!

.... so damn funny.

Credit for Kids!!!!

Link

The Porn Foley Artist...

George Lucas would love this!!

Airplane!

An anonymous "senior British official knowledgeable about the [hair-gel bombers]" told NBC that there was no threat to airplanes last week, that the terrorists had been under surveillance for over a year, and that UK government didn't plan on arresting these guys until they'd surveilled them a while longer, but moved when they did because of US pressure:

In contrast to previous reports, the official suggested an attack was not imminent, saying the suspects had not yet purchased any airline tickets. In fact, some did not even have passports...

The official shed light on other aspects of the case, saying that while the investigation into the bombing plot began "months ago," some suspects were known to the security services even before the London subway bombings last year.

Link

Here's a very timely parody of Samuel L Jackson's upcoming movie "Snakes on a Plane"

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Fisting... Sesame Street Style

Its early in the morning, and I found this to share with everyone.... ain't I just a caring soul? I bet Bert gets up to the elbow....

Kylie....

is looking fabulous, just in time for her tour! Can't wait to see her live after waiting for soooooo long!!!

Lance Armstrong and Jake Gyllenhaal are Gay

Not that there is anything wrong with that....

Suri Cruise is Coming!

A spokeswhore for Tom Cruise said that pictures of Suri Cruise will be released to the media very shortly. It's been nearly 4 months and there's still no sighting of the Cruise offspring. Several have claimed they have seen her and tell us she's "the most beautiful baby in the universe" and shit. But we still haven't seen her for ourselves. There have been rumors that Tom hasn't taken her out, because he's afraid of kidnapping threats.

His spokeswhore dispels all those rumors. He said: "He hasn't been reluctant," spokesman Arnold Robinson tells the Scoop. "They will be making a decision to release the photographs [of Suri] shortly." Will the pics be released to a single or few media outlets, or will it be a general release? "That's part of the decision they'll be making shortly,"

Will they decide before or after the alien autopsy?

'BrokeBat Mountain'

By now you would have all heard that Heath is playing the Joker in the upcoming Batman sequel, "The Dark Knight".... what is weird is how 'fan-boys' have reacted to the casting - just because it is someone unexpected. We all know Heath can act, is there a bit of hate going on here... ???

Over at Ain't It Cool News:

"god no..."

"Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong."

"Worst. Casting. In. A. While."
(I find this quote works well if you imagine it being said in the "Comic Book Guy" voice from The Simpsons. Only done without irony.)

"are u fucking kiddin me. people actually think ledger could be the joker...are u fucking serious...whoever thinks this is a good casting choice is a fucking idiot.""hire anybody but Brokebutt Mountain Heath Ledger. What a weird choice. If they cast him, it will ruin the movie"

"'Bizarre' doesn't even cover it."

"Christ almighty, Heath Ledger?? And people sit around and wonder why the BO is in the shitter."

"I heard Heath would only do the movie...if they brought back the bat nipples on the costume.. He wanted to have something to suck when Batman frisk's him. He said the Black Leather turns him on and makes his cock explode with white Joker Juice that he will spread on his skin, to give him the white color he needs for the part."(All class, this guy...)

"I didn't know that the Joker was a gay cowboy."

So, what have we learned? Well, mostly that playing one gay role forever invalidates you from ever playing a role in a super-hero movie. Thank God that the rest of the cast of The Dark Knight have only played staunchly heterosexual characters!

Like Christian Bale! No, wait, he played a gay reporter in Velvet Goldmine. Crap.

Well, there's Cillian Murphy! Nope, sorry, he played a trannie hooker in Breakfast on Pluto.

Let's see...Liam Neeson? No, he was a bisexual in Kinsey.

Gary Oldman! Certainly they wouldn't have the voice of legal authority, James Gordon, be played by an actor who played gay! Damn! Prick Up Your Ears! He played a gay playwright. And Alfred "Doc Ock" Molina played his lover. It's infecting the Marvel universe as well!

So, uh..Alfred is a fairly significant character, right? And Michael Caine is a class-act from way-back. I'm fairly confident that he, at least, has never sullied his resume by playing a queer.
(We'll just pretend that he and Christopher Reeve didn't play murderous gay playwrites in Deathtrap, shall we?)

8 Mile Bugs

Bugs as the bad-ass - never seen before. If only the cartoons were like that when I was a kid.

Chad Vader, Sith Day Manager

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Featured Artist: Ron Mueck

'In Bed'

'In Bed' detail

Ron Mueck (pronounced Mewick), 48, was born in Australia. His parents, of German descent, were toy makers who emigrated to Britain when Mueck was small. He is self-taught as an artist, and honed his skills making models for film, television and advertising. At one stage he worked for the master puppeteer Jim Henson of The Muppet Show, and created special effects for such films as Labyrinth, starring David Bowie. He set up his own production company in London, making models for the advertising industry, and began to experiment with fibreglass resin; he had found his bronze and stone. He began to do pieces for himself that included photography, but soon became disillusioned with the camera as he believes a photograph 'destroys the presence of the object'.

The studio is a workshop packed with tools and equipment, some of which Mueck has invented for his own ends. Scattered on the floor were anatomical text books, photography, hair pieces and bits and bobs of semblances of human anatomy. The pinboard displayed shots of babies' faces, mythological creatures, grotesque faces, cartoon-like figures, and close-ups of eyeballs. Susanna Greeves, a former director of the Anthony d'Offay Gallery, who has worked with the artist for many years, says that Mueck 'lavishes extraordinary care on hand-making his model's eyes in many stages, building up a transparent lens over a coloured iris and deep black pupil. When he finally inserts them, the effect is startling.'

'Spooning Couple'

'Spooning Couple' detail

Advances in technology have enhanced his technique, but much of his actual process has been used by sculptors down the ages. He makes plaster maquettes to test ideas, does drawings of various sizes and takes decisions on the scale of the piece. He then sculpts the figure in clay with all the lifelike touches that will appear in the final sculpture. A mould is made of the clay figure and he casts it out in fibreglass resin and silicone. The skin of his figures, which tempts people to peer at it to see if it could be real, is built up from layers of silicone. The lower layers are impregnated with pigment, resulting in a finish that has the slight transparency of the real thing. Each hair is sewn by hand. Greeves says, 'The slightest trace of a seam or any other technical blemish would ruin the illusion and the piece would lose its power.'

Link to Telegraph article.

Jamie Wins BB06!!

What a great finale.... Four housemates were evicted over two days, David (gay farmer) kissed and hugged his man for over 5 minutes on live TV, Jamie did the same with Katie when she was let back in the house just before the winner was announced - it suprisingly gave him a heap more votes and allowed him to win, Camilla won an Alfa Romeo for coming second.... and the best news is that its been confirmed to be back next year - even after all the politicians screaming for it to be taken off air. I still think this was one of the best series ever, well in our country anyway. Big Brother constantly threw suprises at the housemates, unlike other years. I lost a little interest towards the end, everyone became so close and the suprises stopped until the last week. I think all up the shoved 23 different housemates thru the house in 100 days... lets just hope they can make it even better next year!!