“By the time the film… opens next July, the studio expects advertising and future promotions to have persuaded almost everyone that Mr. Favreau’s movie is a tough-minded adventure on the order of Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven — with aliens.”It may sound like an action comedy, but Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens is actually supposed to be really scary.Now that you know, watch that trailer again:
Irvin Kershner, who directed the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back, has died after a long illness
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2010 is upon us. Victoria’s Secret is featuring eight of its angels — their term for key spokesmodels — in this year’s show on November 30th. Because You Asked For It, here are photos and a few facts for each of the 2010 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show angels. Click any photo to see more pictures of that model.
Actor Leslie Nielsen has died at age 84. The cause was complications from pneumonia, a spokesman said.
Ed Harris turns 60 today. He was born in New Jersey on 28 November 1950.
According to this story from The Telegraph, we’re about to be bowled over at the cineplex by Abraham Lincoln. Abe Lincoln has been called the most famous of all the Civil War presidents.
President Lincoln was kilt in 1865, shot by John Wilkes Booth.
Former Republican bigwig Tom Delay was convicted today of money laundering. He faces a sentence of life in prison.
Known as “The Hammer” at the peak of his power, Tom Delay was one of those fake-populist politicians who was on Jack Abramoff’s GOP money train in the early 2000s.
Tom Delay’s idea of family values involved spending a lot of American tax dollars paying his wife and daughter. Tom Delay’s commitment to the U.S. Constitution had a lot to do with playing golf in exotic locations.
When he’s an impostor:
Roald Dahl died on this day in 1990. He was 74.
Roald Dahl is known mostly for his books for children. For his creepy, funny books for children. James and the Giant Peach and The Witches and The BFG and The Fantastic Mr. Fox and, of course, what some have called one of the best children’s books ever, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
“Those of a cynical bent noted that the newly-weds would share their wedding anniversary with Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun.”Anti-royalist as ever, The Guardian comments on the April 29th wedding date of Prince William and Kate Middleton.