Win an Oscar....

.... and go to your fave fast food joint. Hellen Mirren (best actress winner) proves that not all celebs have expensive taste. Least she turned the Oscar around, she looks like she'll swallow that whole.

Gawd, the British are classy....

Fake Gucci Ad

This guy created a fake ad for Gucci using a photo of himself, and asked the Swiss weekly SonntagsZeitung to run it, which it did. He also told the paper to send the $50,000 bill to Gucci, which it did. Now the paper is trying to find the guy, which it can't.

Pretty great prank to get away with, bet he gets caught cause someone he knows dobs him in. Not bad looking either....

'Dark Tower' News....

To promote the release of the new 'Dark Tower' comics (which I have the first on order), Stephen King recently spilled some info...

-The comics will follow Roland through Mejis (all Book 4 stuff), but it definitely WILL go past Book 4 and all the way up to Jericho Hill, which King demanded a giant splash page from Lee.

- Regarding further Dark Tower comics, King said, "There's always more stories."

- King views the Dark Tower series as a first draft and plans to rewrite the entire series, but he promises he won't make them the Special Editions. The originals will always be out there.

- King said that Damon Lindelof and JJ Abrams did express interest, especially Damon, and wanted to develop the project. King said he was resistant to everybody in the past, but trusted Abrams and Lindelof. He said he trusted Frank Darabont, too, but he felt Frank always had too much on his plate. When Abrams and Lindelof approached King about trying to make the project work, King responded, "I'll tell you what... you can option the books and see what you can do with it." Nothing is set up, but they have the option... and if it doesn't work out, then no harm no foul, yeah? How much did Abrams and Lindelof pay for the option? $19, of course.

So plenty of great news.... and more to come soon

Prince to do Beatles??

There's rumours going around that Prince will release an album of Beatles covers... he's been covering a few in his Vegas concerts lately.... namely "Come Together" and "The Long and Winding Road".

Personally, I'd love to hear his versions.... anything to bring their music back is always a good thing. But, no one can ever know exactly what Prince is planning next... so don't pay too much attention to the rumours.

Bad Sculpted Likenesses 3 : Frodo

Just by looking at Elijah, you'd think Frodo wouldn't be too hard to sculpt, but.....

The SSW statue proves that wrong... the mouth, nose and eyes are all wrong... and they're the main features that make up a likeness. I know his eyes are blue, but making that blue too bright or pale just leaves the sculpt looking like he just shit his pants..... yes Frodo was scared, but that's taking it too far.


The bust is alot better.... least its pleasing to look at. Does it look like Elijah though?? I think the eyes are waaaaaaay off, and the jawline doesn't help things either..... but its better than....


... the Premium Format Sculpt, which is a huge shame, 'cause I was going to get this. The main culprit here is the mouth... Elijah has a wide mouth, this has a cutesy baby-doll mouth. Coupled with the eyes (which are better, but far too cute), reminds me of a baby doll that pukes up after you feed it. I hate how that just because its a hobbit, the sculpt can't have any defined angles in it... especially in the jaw.... do they realise the actors who played these characters were actually.... umm.. err... MALE!!!


That brings us to the new diorama, with Frodo and Gollum struggling.

Yay!!!! we finally have a likeness worth producing!!!! And the scary thing is that this is the smallest piece of them all, yet the one that actually captures Elijah the best. Yes, he's angry, but I'd rather have a sculpt with a bit of emotion than any sort of cutesy, la la la little, itty bitty hobbitsy-wobbitsy, oops-I-shit-my-pants version any day....

.....tho the PF does have an awesome costume....

Pulp Fiction in Text

Here are two great examples of how the famous scene out of Pulp Fiction can be portrayed... using only text. I find them very effective... they really enhance the emotion in the scene.

Nudie Potter!

It's probably photoshopped.... but what the hell, thort I'd post it anyway. Nice cock Harry!!

Update: Here's a real shot of Dan's arse....

Horsie Sex and Ciggies

Here's Daniel Ratcliffe in his play.... apparently he's naked for 10mins straight. Now why haven't those pics shown up online yet??? And just to prove that Harry's growing up, he also smokes on stage....

The GoMA

Finally got to see the most impressive Gallery of Modern Art today... which they spent $290 million on. Must admit its an awesome gallery, so much space. Unfortunately the shows they had on were good... but not great. My favourite pieces were the 'Adventure' series of works by Tracey Moffatt (pictured above) I did get heaps of inspiration tho... hopefully enough to get me creating art again, yay!!

The weird thing was that you could take photos of everything.... very weird having grown up with a major photography ban in art galleries, now all the staff say is that your standing too close to the art when your having your photo taken in front of it.... that happened a few times while I was there.

Rumour has it that there will be an Andy Warhol exhibition there this year.... something I'll be looking forward to.

New Simpson Movie Trailer!!!

Finally a trailer that shows what we can expect to see in the movie, and it looks fantastic! This looks like it'll be an awesome way to ressurect a series many have claimed has gone on too long. Should be interesting to see if they continue making the series, or just keep pumping out movies...

Bee Movie!!

Barry B. Benson is a graduate bee fresh out of college who is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a rare trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans are mass consumers of honey and decides to sue the human race for stealing bees' honey.

If this movie is as wicked as the trailer... I'm in! Seinfeld did wonders for the sitcom, let's see what he can do for CG movies.

The Celtic Colonel Tattoo

Someone designed this very cool tattoo featuring Colonel Sanders composed of celtic chicken knots.... and persuaded a friend to get it tattooed the same day. I'm almost tempted myself....

The Dark Tower Movie???

IGN has the exclusive scoop!

IGN has exclusively learned that J.J. Abrams is poised to direct The Dark Tower, based on the Stephen King literary series. Abrams' production company Bad Robot had "no comment" on the matter.

Sources advised us that an official announcement is forthcoming. We have been unable to determine whether Dark Tower will be a film project or a TV miniseries, although the latter is a more likely prospect given the complex nature of King's seven-book series. Given Abrams' success on the small screen -- and King's well known love for the Abrams-produced TV series Lost -- the tube seems a better fit for The Dark Tower. That said, IGN now has reason to believe the project will be for the big-screen.

Sources also added that Abrams is indeed only producing Star Trek XI. It was recently reported that Abrams would not direct Trek XI, as many had assumed, but would instead turn his attention to a secret Paramount project titled Cloverfield. Might Cloverfield be a codename for The Dark Tower? Or a completely separate project?

After Lord of the Rings, The Dark Tower books are close to my heart. Fingers crossed that this will be a series of movies... or at least a tv series that has alot of money thrown at it. I'd hate for this to suck in any way, shape or form.... and hopefully we'll see some collectibles from it.

Ratatouille Goodness

This is an animation test from Pixar's next movie... please let it be better than Cars....



....and judging from the trailer, its going to be. It reminds me of the Tom and Jerry cartoons from when I was a kid, except way more detailed. Let's hope this one tops Finding Nemo, easily Pixar's best movie.