A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you.

- Rock the Vote and MySpace have gotten together to create a little contest called DemROCKracy. The band with a MySpace page that registers the most voters through Rock the Vote’s voter registration tool on MySpace will win prizes including Gibson guitars and the chance to perform on a major concert stage. (Via Julia)
- The rumors are true: Robert Downey Jr. will play Sherlock Holmes for Guy Ritchie.
- Wired.com readers' top superhero costumes. (Via)
- Oh no! Elfquest: The Movie!
- A Tropic Thunder making of mockumentary, clearly parodying the real documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now.
- Rumor is that Brad Pitt might be in Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited Inglorious Bastards.
- Darren Aronofsky might direct the Robocop remake?! That's freaking hilarious. It will be the most obscure, confusing, artistic Robocop ever!
- Cinematical picks seven overlooked gems of the first half of 2008.
- That newly discovered Metropolis footage will be included on upcoming DVD and Blu-ray releases of the film.
- Cinematical has a lovely new gallery of pics from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
- Both the Watchmen and Terminator: Salvation trailers will be attached to Dark Knight. Also take a look at Michael Bay's rejected Dark Knight script. No, it's not for real. But it is funny.
- Another episode of GameTrailers' Star Wars retrospective is here.
- Some fascinating screenshots from Castlevania Judgment, the upcoming 3D fighter for the Wii.
- A new video shows how you'll be using the Wii Remote in Wario Land Shake.
- A judge in the Florida Bar's disbarment case against Jack Thompson has recommended permanent disbarment for the attorney. Woo hoo!
- So apparently Google has an MMO now. Sort of.
- Joystiq offers us lots more details on Rock Band 2, and an updated guitar compatibility matrix for the various rhythm games.
- Star Wars Battlefront III hasn't even been officially announced yet, and it's already on Amazon.
- Rumor has it that the iTunes App Store will launch tonight at 5PM GMT.
- Darth Vader and R2D2 USB hubs! Brilliant!
- The first trailer for Max Payne. It's a bit corny, but it could be cool.
- Some reviews have popped up of the script for Magneto.
- Toren Atkinson offers up the trailers for both the original version, and upcoming remake, of Day the Earth Stood Still. This doesn't make us feel any better about the chances of that remake being good...
- Pics of a really cool fan-crafted, Mario-themed room.
- A script by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard called The Cabin in the Woods just got a green light. Woo hoo!
- The red band trailer for Hell Ride is reasonably fun.
- Sigourney Weaver would be up for an Alien 5, and apparently so would Ridley Scott. Sweet!
- Eli Roth is going to help produce a kung fu film called The Man With the Iron Fist that will be written and directed by RZA. Man, we can't wait to see that.
- Behold, Super Chuck Norris Bros. (Via)
- Water on Mars? Old news! Now it's all about the water on the moon.
- Modest Mouse does their new song, "Satellite Skin," live!
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