Saturday, February 4, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
KING OF THE IMPOSSIBLE: American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert reportedly will be the lead singer for Queen on tour this summer.
Never not awesome: Isaac Spaceman presents the Adam Lambert Roundtable: A Discussion of Arts, Politics, and Culture.
Never not awesome: Isaac Spaceman presents the Adam Lambert Roundtable: A Discussion of Arts, Politics, and Culture.
I JUST THINK THAT IF YOU'RE INTO DJUNA BARNES JOKES, THEN THIS IS THE FILM FOR YOU: Anthony Bourdain makes his Oscar picks, praising The Tree of Life while panning Midnight in Paris, saying of the latter: "If the word 'elitist' didn’t exist before, now it would. I hated everything about it."
SEVENTH ANNUAL SEASON-ENDING BIG GAME POOL: Five questions, one blog:
[My predictions: Giants 31-24; Eli; Doritos; Nicki Minaj will be weird enough to compel my mom to call me immediately thereafter to ask me who the heck that was; shorter. Tiebreaker: Manningham (14/1) to score game's first td.]
added: NYMag has odds on various FCC-related infractions during the halftime performance.
1. Winner/final score.
2. Official Game MVP.
3. Which advertiser tops the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter?
4. Predict something interesting about Madonna's performance.
5. Will Kelly Clarkson's rendition of the National Anthem be longer or shorter than 1:34?
Tiebreaker: Pick a prop bet as listed on Football Outsiders. Get it right. The tougher the odds of winning your bet, the more credit you get.Previous winners: 2006: Benner; 2007: me; 2008: Joseph J. Finn ; 2009: Scott; 2010: Scott again; and 2011: GoldnI. As they will tell you, the prizes are Fame and Glory within this community, but nothing financial.
[My predictions: Giants 31-24; Eli; Doritos; Nicki Minaj will be weird enough to compel my mom to call me immediately thereafter to ask me who the heck that was; shorter. Tiebreaker: Manningham (14/1) to score game's first td.]
added: NYMag has odds on various FCC-related infractions during the halftime performance.
LIFE MOVES PRETTY FAST: As long as we're working through how much time Phil Connors had each day to learn French poetry, ice carving, and the piano in Groundhog Day, might as well also tackle the feasibility of Ferris Bueller's timeline.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
SHE WAS LOOKING KIND OF DUMB WITH HER FINGER AND HER THUMB: The fiftieth Super Bowl will be played in 2016, and brand experts believe it may be necessary to shift from Roman to Arabic numerals for that one.
1.21 GIGAWATTS OF PURE THEATRICAL MAGIC: Nikki Finke alleges that talks are underway for Back To The Future: The Musical. It's an interesting concept, because you can certainly justify Marty bursting into song given his musical inclinations, but I'm not sure I see this one working.
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