Morning Read for Wednesday, March 31, 2010

TV

In what we have left of 24, we're going to see appearances by Michael Madsen and Eriq LaSalle. If anyone but me knows who these people are, you'll get a gold star for the day. (TV Squad)

If you're glued to American Idol this season like I am, you might want to know you can vote through Facebook. (Mashable)

Is there a show on this list you really love? Vote to save it! (Watch with Kristin)

Books

Here's an awesome interview with Carol Burnett. She has a memoir coming out with some awesome stories from 11 years on Carol Burnett & Friends. (New York Times Book Review)

I also need to add this book about the early days of Dreamworks to my list. (/Film)

Media

If you make a typo when searching on Digg, you'll get a chuckle-worthy ad from Burger King. (Mashable)

Music

Awesome story about Lady GaGa. Or is it Lady Gaga? Anyone? Bueller? (New York Magazine)

Movies

Would you watch a sequel to Independence Day? I love the first one, so I just might. (CHUD)

Here's a story about a viral site having to do with my most anticipated film of the year, Iron Man 2. (/Film)

Other

Really? What else can I say about this one? (WWTDD)

Spoiler Alert! Nicole Eggert does VERY WELL on Celebrity Fit Club. (TMZ)

I could have used this pitcher yesterday. Brilliant. (Geekologie)

I love these coat hooks! (Geekologie)

Jim Norton is one of the funniest comedians around. Here's a great interview. (College Humor)

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Morning Read for Monday, March 30, 2010

TV

I hated Mary McDonnell's character on The Closer when she first appeared, but her second appearance made me like her more. Looks like we'll be seeing her again. (TV Squad)

Even though I'm looking forward to the new season of True Blood for many reasons, but these pictures of Anna Paquin don't hurt.

Media

What would happen if an entire issue of Inc. magazine was put together without anyone coming into the office? They decided to find out. (New York Times)

Movies

The writer of Battlefield: Earth, the Scientology epic bomb, wrote an apology and story behind how the movie was never meant to be that bad. Incidentally, if you're on StumbleUpon, could you stumble the story for me? I'm the original submitter. (New York Post)

News/Politics

A little confused why everyone is up in arms about the Pope and the Catholic Church? Here's an excellent primer on the situation. (Gawker)

Other

Somebody got a case of the Mondays? Try some Hello Kitty wine, see if that helps. (LA Weekly Blog via Pop Candy)

This post on Lamebook made my day. I couldn't figure out a way to post it up here hi-res, but seriously...it's hysterical.

Like The Alamo, I never forgot. (Movie Hotties)

It's certainly my favorite brew. (/Film)

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Morning Read for Sunday, March 29, 2010

The coffee is strong and I am ready to read through a TON of links after a couple days off. Here we go!

TV

Kevin Kline, a terrific actor who I love in almost everything he does, will be starring in an HBO series from the writer of Proof. (TV Squad)

What will the TV adaptation of @ShitMyDadSays on Twitter be called? How about, Everybody Loves Raymond, but with the Dad as the Star? (NYT Media Decoder)

Sarah Palin's Alaska, a travel show featuring...umm...that person...will be on TLC. (NYT Media Decoder)

Instead of another generic cooking competition, can we just get a version of Ramsay's The F Word here in America? (TV Squad) Here is a video of The F Word with Top Gear's James May.



Gaming

GameStop is being sued for being deceptive about their used games and what downloadable content is included on them. I see the guy's point, but shouldn't he have asked first? (Yahoo! Games)

Are you a single gamer looking for the love of your life? This combination of dating site/cyber-prostitution may be something for you to check out. (Mashable)

We might see some lesser-known Marvel characters coming from Disney Interactive via Disney-Marvel merger. (GameRant)

Movies

On Twitter, Tom Hanks revealed the cast of his new film, Larry Crowne. What's unclear, however, is who is playing whom. (/Film)

Who would Wonder Woman herself Lynda Carter want to play the Amazon Queen on film? The answer is a timely one. (TV Squad)

Media

I feel like if Facebook keeps revising their privacy rules, people might get fed up, or at least upset they don't know how secure their profile is at that particular moment. (Mashable)

Here are some sad facts about the newspaper industry. (Mashable)

Here are six ways to save money through social media. (Mashable)

Lady GaGa is the first music artist to reach a billion online video views. (Mashable)

Politics

Exhibit ZZ into evidence on why politicians a) shouldn't try to make jokes, b) know what's popular and c) not use Facebook unsupervised. (Geekosystem and Mediaite)

Books

The awesome Sherman Alexie has won the Faulkner Prize for his latest collection of short stories. (NYT ArtsBeat)

Other

Bored? Why not try out some Chatroulette Bingo?! (Mashable)

What's on Tiger Woods' cell phone? Apparently porn and cartoons. What more could one want in life? (TMZ)

Forget Lasik! Just take eat some LSD pickles, apparently. (Metro.co.uk via Fark)

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Morning Read for Tuesday, March 23, 2010

TV

Here is the A.V. Club's review of 24 from last night, which I disagree with. Here's the TV Squad's review, which is much more reasonable.

IFC will be making a TV show with The Onion. (Mashable!)

That reality show that Sarah Palin's been shopping around? Apparently, she wants to be a travel expert.

Music

I need this album. I've already heard the cover of "Private Eyes" and it's fantastic. Aside from that, the A.V. Club also has a pretty awesome review of She + Him's new album.

Movies

Emma Stone might star in a movie about 1960's Southern nannies who pull a "9 to 5" and rise up against the rules governing them. I'll see Emma Stone in pretty much anything. (/Film)

Wes Craven will direct Scream 4, which will come out next year. /Film has a great roundup of everything we know about it so far.

Sony wants to give Popeye the big screen, 3D treatment. How does that NOT sound like a horrible idea? (/Film)

Tom Hanks wants to turn Green Day's American Idiot into a film. I just wonder if it would work in a post-Bush era.

Have fake breasts? Then don't bother applying for Pirates of the Carribean 4. (WWTDD)

Politics

Apparently, Canada isn't the biggest fan of Ann Coulter. (Mediaite)

Other

Here, thanks to Geekologie, is the cutest photobomb you'll ever see. Ever. EVER!

Gawker is reporting that health care bill will force fast-food restaurants to report nutritional facts on all their food. I can't say that's a bad thing, really.

The man who has dedicated his life to this banana museum in California is being forced to close it down and make way for a new exhibit. I would have to file this under the complete bullshit category.

Here's an awesome list of the 13 Most Annoying Ad Characters, from Guyism.

There's an important update to Firefox, for those who are into that sort of thing. (Lifehacker)

People of Wal-Mart is an amazing site. How does one pull this off?

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Morning Read for Monday, March 22, 2010

So, I'm trying new things here on the blog to keep it regular (like Metamucil) so, every morning, I'm going to sum up all of the links I read as soon as I wake up and down some coffee. Here we go!

BOOKS

Here's a NYT Book Review piece on two books about Paul Newman and Martha Stewart. One sounds like a loving tribute to a friend and business partner while the other sounds like a salacious tell-all. I doubt I'll read either.

TV

Here's a TV pilot roundup from The Hollywood Reporter. This show "No Ordinary Family" sounds really interesting, so I hope it gets picked up. I think networks know that there's an audience for good superhero-themed shows, but Heroes sure isn't it.

SOCIAL MEDIA

From Mashable comes a Twitter version of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books from when I was a kid. I plan on doing this at some point.

Here's a great NYT piece about Geo-Location services like FourSquare and Gowalla and how they work in a normal, everyday setting.

Rosie O'Donnell is going to return to TV again. We'll see how that works out. (NYT)

MOVIES

Rebecca Hall from Frost/Nixon will be co-starring with Will Ferrell in an interesting sound movie called Everything Must Go, according to JoBlo.

JoBlo also has a review of How to Train Your Dragon. The full trailer, as opposed to the less-than-stellar Olympics commercials from last month, plus this review make this a must-see for me.

Here's some casting news on Salvation, a very interesting sounding legal thriller with Ed Harris.

I love the A.V. Club's lists. Here are 14 movie ripoffs.

JoBlo has an awesome new poster for The Losers. This looks like it should be a fun movie, even though it coincides with both The A-Team and The Expendables which sound pretty similar.

GAMING

Here's the AV Club's review of Metro 2033. This is the first less-than-stellar review I've read of Metro.

OTHER

Kim Kardashian looking good, from TMZ.

Apparently, Octomom can keep her house from being foreclosed...for a price. (TMZ)

Tila Tequila's having a garage sale. How far would you be willing to travel to buy a piece of memorabilia from Tila Tequila? (TMZ again.)

This week, I think I'm going to try to make my own Goldfish-like crackers. Thanks, Mashable!

Darth Vader vs. Batman. What else can I say? (Geekologie)

Maybe Catman could defeat Lord Vader? (Geekologie)
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