Morning Read for Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Movies

Awesome director David Wain, who directed Wet Hot American Summer and the underrated Role Models, will be directing a graphic novel adaptation about a guy who gets hypnotized to quit smoking and is sent back to 1985. This sounds hysterical.

This could also go under a Books header. Here is the perfect template for making a Nicholas Sparks book/movie, even down to the marketing materials.

The latest movie from Helen Mirren, Joe Pesci, and the director of Ray will finally see a few theaters after a two year shelving due to money woes.

Even before it's come out, Disney is planning another sequel to Tron and Tron: Legacy. I really need to rewatch the first one soon, before the sequel comes out.

Media

On his first day on the job, Kevin Rose is being badass (as usual) in his role as CEO of Digg. He got rid of the DiggBar, which some are saying was jacking up the site's traffic.

A federal appeals court has ruled that web carriers could restrict access to content or charge more for heavy use of the internet. Even though it has a long way to go to become final, this is NOT a good sign.

There's a big kerfuffle right now about Apple trying to influence the hiring of a Newsweek tech reporter. I think it just sounds like silliness on everyone's side.

Here's a great piece on bias in veteran journalists who, in theory, should know how dangerous bias in journalism can be.

Other

You might not know about Food2, which is an awesome spin-off site from Food Network, geared to a younger crowd. Here is their handy dandy guide to measuring things without cups or spoons.

Of course this billboard would be here.

You know the best way to signify you're against killing people? Threaten to kill people!

Part of my day will be spent going through this list of 100 People Every Guy Should Follow on Twitter, though I bet some women could too.

www.twitter.com/philwrighthouse
philwrighthouse.blogspot.com
philattheolympics.blogspot.com (I don't update it anymore, but it's awesome just the same)
www.givememyremote.com (search for "Philboy" to see all of my posts.)
www.facebook.com/philwrighthouse