July 2009
100 posts
HA! We were JUST talking about this last weekend....
FILM The Movie They Love to Hate You may not know it, but “Troll 2” is the worst movie ever made. At least that’s the argument the documentarians behind “Best Worst Movie” make in their behind-the-scenes tale about why the work of an Italian filmmaker and an Alabama dentist has drawn such cult hate. Or is it love? Find out tonight at Rooftop Films in Williamsburg; an afterparty with free beer and...
This is sort of like the dream-store I would like... →
Watchthedailywhat:
Look At This Fucking Art House Cat Video of the Day: Danilo Parra’s much-lauded catcore short Cat in a Bath: The Torture Room, starring Truman Catpote — “the feline incarnate of the dead, gay writer” — is to cat videos what D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation is to cinema: A visual masterpiece that you probably won’t be forwarding to mom.
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Wow, I’m not usually...
Jungle Monkey
A Boston police officer who sent a mass e-mail referring to Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. as a “banana-eating jungle monkey” has apologized, saying he’s not a racist.
Officer Justin Barrett told a Boston television station on Wednesday night that he was sorry for the e-mail. “I regret that I used such words,” Barrett told CNN affiliate WCVB-TV. “I have...
Beautiful Small Machines—Robots in Love
For...
Best first paragraph of an article EVER. →
She lost the penthouse on New York’s Upper East Side, the compound in Palm Beach, Fla., the home in Montauk on Long Island and the house in the south of France. The yacht, the Mercedes, the Russian sable coat, the Steinway piano — all gone.
This Week in Incredibly Lame Television
Four young guys take to the road in a purple bus named “Penelope” in MTV’s new series The Buried Life opening this December from Reveille. The four guys, Duncan, Ben, Jonnie and Dave, are in pursuit of fulfilling their wildest dreams armed with a list of 100 things they want to do before they die. The list includes such events as kissing Megan Fox to helping a woman give birth....
Watchjoshruben:
Philip Seymour Hoff-men!
Welcome to sillytown! Josh Ruben, Pete Holmes, and Sam Reich are all awesomely hilarious in this one.
Adam
I have so many friends who worked on this movie! It got rave reviews at Sundance and I am really looking forward to seeing it. Maybe this weekend?
In movies, when two twentysomethings serendipitously wind up under the same Manhattan roof, witty repartee usually transpires, then sparks fly, and eventually they fall into bed. But the boy and the girl in Adam are no ordinary characters, and their...
Interesting.
Ben Silverman, Co-Chairman/NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios announced he is departing the company to pursue his own entrepreneurial endeavors as he made a deal with Barry Diller’s IAC to start a new production company.
“you know what i love about you? you are one of the most genuine people i know....”
– my BESTEST FRIEND, josh ruben, to me. I LOVE YOU YOSH!!!
This American Life: Love Hurts →
Thanks to Sarah for sharing this with me! It’s all about the process of breaking up, and my favorite part is the effect that breakups have on creativity. Phil Collins even discusses it here!
Daily Om
Allowing Others To Walk Their Paths
Watching a loved one or a peer traverse a path littered with stumbling blocks can be immensely painful. We instinctively want to guide them toward a safer track and share with them the wisdom we have acquired through experience. Yet all human beings have the right to carve their own paths without being unduly influenced by outside interference. To deny them...
I want to go to there.
Tonight, the Hudson River Park’s River Flick series is screening the 1984 classic “Ghostbusters” at 8 p.m. It’s billed as a kid’s program, but no doubt older fans with vivid memories of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man will also delight in seeing Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson in action on the big screen again.
Watchdangurewitch:
Harry Potter and the Douchebag Magicians, a new cartoon short written by me and Ben Joseph and animated by Mike Parker. I also do a fantastic Ron Weasley, who I think we can all agree is the star of this one.
“A warrior is someone with the strength to stand up for what he or she believes;...”
– Anonymous.
I am a warrior.
WatchAnd here’s Alex Mercer’s Revenge: Part Two. Enjoy!
WatchI produced a 2 part-video series for Prototype, the video game. It was one of the bigger projects I’ve gotten my hands on here and it was a total blast. We had the absolute best cast and crew working on this one! Here is Alex Mercer’s Revenge, Part One
WatchPoop jokes are always my favorite!!
Daily Om
Asking for What You Want
Most people don’t always fully realize that we all have within us the ability to cocreate our lives with the universe. So many of us are taught to accept what we are given and not even to dream of anything more. But our hopes and dreams are the universe whispering to us, planting an idea of what’s possible while directing us toward the best use of our gifts. The universe...
WatchI really enjoyed this video. James Franco and Mila Kunis show you what would happen to television if writers didn’t exist, by channeling Justin Bobby and Audrina from The Hills. Complete Awesomeness.
Awesome New Band: Discovery →
An amazing side project for Vampire Weekend keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij and Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot. I like this effort better than both of their other bands.
Best titles ever.
RDF Rights, a unit of the RDF Media Group, announced TLC USA acquired three of its documentaries to air this summer. All three factual titles, produced by Nine Lives, are one-hour in length and include The World’s Oldest Conjoined Twins, The World’s Strongest Toddler and Britain’s Tiniest Toddlers.
Eat: I would like to try you. →
This is tragically hilarious.
The wedding tradition of throwing a bride’s bouquet for luck proved to be unlucky at one Italian wedding when the bride’s bouquet caused a plane to explode and crash in Montioni Park in Suvereto, Tuscany.
According to a report by the BBC, the bride and groom hired a small plane to fly over the wedding reception and throw the bouquet to the female guests. But instead of falling to the...
Daily Om
No More Drama
There are scores of people in the world who seem to be magnets for calamity. They live their lives jumping from one difficulty to the next, surrounded by unstable individuals. Some believe themselves victims of fate and decry a universe they regard as malevolent. Others view their chaotic circumstances as just punishments for some failing within. Yet, in truth, neither group has...