Via SMH (“Peter Jackson to produce The Hobbit“):
“Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached agreement to make J R R Tolkien’s The Hobbit, a planned prequel to the blockbuster trilogy The Lord of the Rings.”
Awesome! In typical Jacksonian style the two Hobbit films are being shot simultaneously. Apparently sleep is overrated.
Now all we [...]
Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
The Hobbit
Posted in Entertainment on 19 December 2007 | 3 Comments »
Sweetness – Futurama News!
Posted in Entertainment on 26 June 2007 | 5 Comments »
More news on the upcoming Futurama movie:
“Futurama: Bender’s Big Score is the proposed name of the straight-to-DVD movie based on the animated series Futurama to be released around Christmas 2007. The movie is written by Ken Keeler and David X. Cohen, directed by Dwayne Carey-Hill, and is set to include: the Nibblonians, Seymour (Fry’s dog), [...]
"Internet Radio is Near Death"
Posted in Entertainment, Music on 19 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s a pretty frantic day so I can’t devote much attention to this subject. However given my tremendous respect for Brian’s even-handedness and ability to avoid over-dramatisation, if he thinks this topic is significant it’s something I feel the need to both look into and pass along. Don’t take our word for it [...]
YouTube Discovery
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Videos on 18 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
Following on my recent statement that I’ve developed an acute appreciation for YouTube, I just ran across the channel of “jguth3.” According to her description she is:
“Mother & grand mother of a bunch of folk singers. Artist & love working in the multimedia world. I married that wandering folk singer you see in my [...]
Ladybugs’ Picnic
Posted in Entertainment, Guitar, Journals, Tablature, Videos on 17 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry for the silence, but as you know my clone has yet to arrive in the mail and I’m still doing the work of 1.5 people. So blogging has fallen along the wayside again. I’ll start posting regular entries as soon as the work gods feel like going easy on me again.
In the [...]
$1….Billion…..Dollars!
Posted in Entertainment on 14 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I wish I had a Doctor Evil icon I could put here, but unfortunately I don’t, so you’ll just have to imagine it. (Looks like TechCrunch beat me to it)
CNN.com announced today that Viacom is suing YouTube for $1 Billion Dollars.
“In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of [...]
There’s a Bear in there, and a Transvestite as well?
Posted in Entertainment on 29 December 2006 | 5 Comments »
Ok this is just surreal. I was in the midst of a videoconference to Lisa’s mum just now when I heard the ever-familiar musical progression of “The Time Warp,” from the Rocky Horror Picture Show on the TV. But when I went into the kitchen to take a closer look I found the [...]
The Rift Between the Web and Reality
Posted in Entertainment on 19 December 2006 | 2 Comments »
Newsflash: By embedding that clip from YouTube in your blog, you may be breaking the law.
An article in the SMH today (“Copyright ruling puts hyperlinking on notice“, December 19, 2006)
“A court ruling has given the recording industry the green light to go after individuals who link to material from their websites, blogs or MySpace pages [...]
Bush the Cartoon
Posted in Entertainment, Politics on 5 December 2006 | 5 Comments »
This looks absolutely priceless. I just have to track this down on the web somewhere.
Bush administration to be cartoon – CNN.com: “Comedy Central has ordered ‘Lil’ Bush: Resident of the United States,’ a cartoon satire that re-imagines President Bush and key executives in his administration as elementary school misfits.”
Thanks Comedy Central, I needed that.
Hacking Democracy on Google Video
Posted in Entertainment, Politics, Videos on 7 November 2006 | 2 Comments »
By way of Slashdot I’ve discovered that HBO’s controversial documentary on Diebold, “Hacking Democracy,” has been made available on Google Video. The documentary is feature length (1hr 21 minutes), so you’ll be forgiven for not hanging out here for the whole time to watch. If you click on the Google Video icon [...]
