Curtains for Hello Kitty?
Maybe.
Biographies
Isabella Rossellini’s “Seduce Me” Videos
Also called “Green Porn,” these short films about animal reproduction are informative, clever and, sometimes, just plain weird. They’re on the Sundance Channel.Rossellini, as you may know, is the daughter of Hollywood legends Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini.
Miranda Who?
Maybe you noticed today was Miranda Cosgrove’s birthday on our Born On This Day feature, and maybe you wondered who the heck Miranda Cosgrove is.
Anyone who has seen the Richard Linklater film School of Rock (also known as “the last good movie Jack Black was in) will recognize Miranda Cosgrove as the girl who played Summer, the uptight band “manager.”
The 24 Best Summer Blockbusters Ever
Time Out runs ’em down. 30 movies are actually on the list, but a half-dozen are clearly included just to be argued about. We’re not biting!
Shaquille O’Neal Takes Sports Illustrated Jinx to the Next Level
Sports Illustrated is now able to curse athletes before it hits news stands.
Wings, Medium; Obama, Smokin’ Hot
President Barack Obama got medium wings and hot chat yesterday on his trip through Buffalo, New York.Obama stopped for lunch at Duff’s Famous Chicken Wings, ordering 10 medium wings (five extra crispy) plus fries and onion rings. Then the president got some extra-spicy banter from local resident Luann Haley, who told him: “You’re a hottie with a smokin’ little body.”
The Wicked, Wicked Ways of Errol Flynn
I particularly detest books that begin something like, “Ah, there was joy and happiness in the quaint Tasmanian home of Professor Flynn when the first bellowings of lusty little Errol were heard…” So if you are interested, let’s get down to the meat of the matter.So begins My Wicked, Wicked Ways, the jaw-dropping 1959 autobiography by Errol Flynn. Posthumous autobiography, it turned out: Flynn died at age 50 on a bedroom floor in Canada before his finished book could be published.
The Most Fabulous ‘Star Wars’ Products of All Time
May the porcelain be with you.
Oh Lordy: Mark Sanford Again
It was Appalachian Trail time again this weekend for Gov. Mark Sanford. He spent the weekend in Miami with his once (and future?) mistress, Maria Chapur.
Get Out of There!
In the spirit of “We got company” and “It’s gonna blow!” (Note: some naughty language.)