Friday, August 1, 2014
THIS SURVEY HAS BEEN NORMAN MAILERED, MAXWELL TAYLORED, JOHN O'HARA'D AND MCNAMARA'D: According to some survey of 2000 British people, the "weirdest song lyric of all time" is The Killers' "Are we human, or are we dancer?", narrowly edging out the distinction between Eggman and Walrus, Lionel Richie's faux-Swahili in "All Night Long," and Carly Rae Jepsen's chronologically impossible "Before you came into my life, I missed you so bad." [Also, "The Reflex." FlexflexflexflexFLEX.]
Thursday, July 31, 2014
ENGLISH. DO YOU SPEAK IT? All 171 times on screen that Samuel L. Jackson has used a 12-letter word alleging incest, in 3:38.
GELMAN! All the Sharknado 2 cameos, GIF'd.
As a reminder/warning, Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda debuts Saturday night.
I WISH: We have an Into The Woods trailer, and they're clearly going "dark and semi-realistic" (somewhat surprisingly so, for what is hoped to be a big family blockbuster, though quite similar to Maleficent) and hiding exactly what Johnny Depp will look like as the Wolf. (Billing order, for those who care? Streep, Blunt, Corden, Kendrick, Pine, "and" Depp.) Not much singing in the trailer, either. Begin judgment now.
I AM BURDENED WITH GLORIOUS E-MAIL: After reading the first draft of the Avengers script, Tom Hiddleston wrote a gushing e-mail to writer/director Joss Whedon, calling his part "grand and epic and majestic and poetic and poetic and lyrical and wicked and rich and badass."
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
NUMEROSITY, COMMONALITY, TYPICALITY, AND ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION: Thousands of Bar exam takers across America were unable to upload their essay responses yesterday because, I guess, no one at ExamSoft realized that everyone would be trying to use their site on the same day. Please list all possible tort and other causes of action from what's being referred to on the Twitters as #Barghazi and #Barmageddon.
IN THIS VERSION, PETER STRUGGLES WITH AN UNFULFILLING CAREER AT AN ART GALLERY: Your Peter Pan in NBC's Peter Pan: Live! is Allison Williams--yes, she can sing. No word on whether Zosia Mamet will play a Lost Boy.
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