A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. The new trailer for Max Payne is very, very cool. (Via) Cinematical lists seven good ideas for bad Shakespeare sequels. Alex Proyas says no, he's not directing Silver Surfer, and he would never consider doing so, because it would be for Fox, and he will never work with them again after his experience on I, Robot. Ah, so maybe it's Fox's fault that......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. This is pretty hilarious: Denny's just started offering a new Rockstar Menu, featuring dishes created by actual rockstars when asked what they like to eat late at night. We're particularly excited about the Heart on a Plate created by Jesse Hughes from Eagles of Death Metal. (Via Filter) Director Mathieu Kassovitz says a troubled production and some bad editing have turned......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. NME profiles an American teen who quit school to work on perfecting his Guitar Hero game. His skills have already netted him prizes, and he hopes to go professional eventually. Oh, and don't worry—his parents have hired him a tutor so he can continue his education. (Via Ross) On September 1st, you can go into any participating Chik-Fil-A wearing a sports......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Supposedly Abbie Cornish will star with Jake Gyllenhaal in a film about a private expedition to the moon to create a Lunar colony. Which could be a bit awkward, as Cornish is Jake's current girlfriend Reese Witherspoon's ex-husband Ryan Phillippe's current girlfriend. We don't know about you, but this Phillyist's head is spinning. The release of Quantum of Solace has been pushed back......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. The boys at Penny Arcade really outdid themselves today. But... ahem... well, not to get even nerdier than usual on you or anything, but... they also spelled wookiee wrong. It's two e's at the end. Everybody gets that wrong. Cinematical picks seven romantic comedies actually worth watching. The three main stars of the original The Greatest American Hero TV show have......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Yesterday was the 26th anniversary of the release of the compact disc. The Listening Post at Wired celebrates by wishing for no more happy returns. (Via Jill) Also celebrated by Wired recently was the 10th birthday of the iMac. (Via Jill) Apparently Daniel Radcliffe is getting naked again—and this time it's for Harry Potter. Wha?! Also, Radcliffe revealed recently that he......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. A gallery of photos of San Fran's annual "Altered Barbie" exhibition. Some could theoretically be considered NSFW, but c'mon, it's just a doll. (Via Sarah) Three men have scheduled a press conference this afternoon in Palo Alto, California where they say they'll reveal the details of their discovery of what they claim is a dead Bigfoot. But apparently even other Bigfoot hunters doubt......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. A recent xkcd features a pretty hilarious send-up of Google Maps. (Via Star) Paris Hilton is being sued for not promoting a comedy she starred in recently, Pledge This! We were only vaguely aware the movie existed, so maybe they have a point! If you fear not the spoilers, then click through for a look at the true face of Rorschach from Watchmen.......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Dude, Mountain Dew cupcakes! Brilliant! (Via Sarah) Oh no! What have they done to our beloved Clue? Now there are nine rooms, nine weapons (and no lead pipe), and the house is modernized (apparently the new version is more like a mansion from Cribs). Argh! (Via Sarah) Forbes lists the top earning celebrity chefs. We can't believe that......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. "Researchers have demonstrated for the first time they were able to cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects." This means we're a step closer to a real invisibility cloak! Which is awesome and horrifying at the same time. Ooh, new Star Trek character posters! (Via) Robert Duvall is reprising his role as Tom Hagen in......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. It's funny because it's true. Present company excluded, of course. (Via Sarah) Speaking of internet truths, we're sure you already know that for every incredibly odd and unlikely pass-time you can imagine, there is a website for it. Case in point: Hats of Meat, which celebrates making and wearing hats made out of raw meat. Why does this happen? We can't even begin......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. This Chicago Sun-Times article explains the Christian Bale assault incident in a way that sounds very believable, and also makes us feel okay about liking Bale again. Apparently he's had a long-standing feud with his Mom, and just shoved her out of his suite after he realized she and his sister had only come looking for cash. (Via Sarah) Get Your War On,......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. The world's oldest Bible is going online! All we want to know is, how are they going to jam those fragile old pages down the tubes of the internets without ruining them? (Via Jill) Sounds like NBC is doing a not-so-good job at selling their new programs to TV critics. (Via Jill) It's Comic-Con time! Cinematical has a preliminary post, then coverage of......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. We're really hoping Christian Bale didn't actually beat up his mom and his sister, because then we'd have to be really disappointed in him. Batman does not beat up old ladies! Unless they're super villains, of course (via Ross). Meanwhile, Warren Ellis points out that Hollywood stars used to be capable of more impressive bad behavior. Check out Cinematical's Comic-Con preview.......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Cracked presents The 7 Most Bizarre Fast Food Industry Lawsuits. (Via Sarah) At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper will soon no longer have Ebert or Roeper. Ebert is leaving over a dispute with Disney (which owns the show); he and Siskel's widow own the trademark for the thumbs-up/ thumbs-down film verdict, and they could not come to......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. The Center City District is running a pretty cool contest: submit your best photos from Center City Sips and you could win $200 worth of Center City restaurant gift certificates. (Via RJ) The AV Club takes a look at 20 cases of The Darrin Effect, that being, when a character is recast and the result is jarring. (Via) The estimates say......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. XPN's 885 countdown this year will list the quintessential XPN songs. We're not even sure what that means, but you can go and vote right here. So what's next now that E3 is over? Comic-Con! EW has your photo gallery preview of the event (via). And check out the sweet Star Trek character poster! Amazon has launched a video streaming service called Amazon......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. A couple has amassed a huge collection of board games (including many rare and vintage examples), video games, and video game hardware, and you can buy the stuff at their website: 1st in Games. (Via Sarah) Check out the very cool teaser trailer for Terminator Salvation. Seth McFarlane is still talking about a Family Guy movie. Somebody found a 40-year-old screenplay for a......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. There's nothing at the URL as of this writing, but PR people tell us that some time early this week, code.google.com/radiohead will host a clip of a video for "House Of Cards" created using two crazy technologies called Geometric Informatics and Velodyne Lidar. Not used in creating the video were cameras of any kind. Those crazy Radiohead peoples. Great moments in......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Want to win a trip to the San Diego Comic Con to meet the cast of Death Race, and maybe even appear in the DVD as a casualty of the race? Sure you do! Just click here and fill out the form to enter. (Via Jill) A look into Harvey Weinstein's recycle bin. Check out the very creepy red band trailer......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Guillermo Del Toro dropped some more hints about what we can expect from the one or two Hobbit movies he's going to direct. Check out Pixar's first short film. More pics from Scorsese's upcoming film, Ashecliffe. An upcoming film version of King Lear is set to star Anthony Hopkins as the titular king and Naomi Watts, Keira Knightley,......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Amazon.com has an exclusive preview of Beck's new album, Modern Guilt. The video is more of the lame experimental stuff Beck's been doing lately, but the music is pretty cool. PC Magazine picks the best websites for movie fans, and do a pretty good job of it; included are some of our favorites, like Rotten Tomatoes, Apple's movie......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. The latest Wallace and Gromit movie is the source for this great YouTube music video for "Hocus Pocus" by Focus. (Via) Scientists are experimenting with bacteria that eat agricultural waste and excrete crude oil. Sounds too good to be true. As usual, Scott Adams puts a hilarious spin on the story. Batwoman is back and she's a lesbian!......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. If you, like this Phillyist, went to see The Incredible Hulk this weekend and were completely unable to spot the Captain America cameo, even after staying through the entire end credits sequence, well... there's something you should know: the director recently revealed that the cameo scene he'd promised us in a previous interview had to be cut out because it was......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. If you, like this Phillyist, own a PATCO Freedom card, you can head over to PATCO's official site and enter to win tickets to upcoming shows at the Susquehanna Bank Center. (Via Sarah) The Atlantic asks, is Google making us stupid? (Via Laura) Ooh! Details on Beck's new album, Modern Guilt, which will be released on July 8th in America. The MTV Movies......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Gawker did the difficult but important work of digging through hours of video footage to bring you still frames of 50 TV reporters making "O faces." If you know what we mean. (Via Sarah, via Jezebel) Lore Sjöberg makes an entertaining, but also surprisingly convincing, argument against using the term "NSFW." (Via Jill) OK, the whole disaster film genre may have gone too......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Penny Arcade offers one possible explanation for the recent behavior of one Jack Thompson, Esquire. This Phillyist just recently finished reading Warren Ellis' mind-blowingly excellent graphic novel Ocean, and now comes word that it's going to be turned into a movie. Woo hoo! If you care, The Movie Blog has set pics from Transformers 2. What if, instead of helping invent rock and......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. The teaser poster for Oliver Stone's W highlights some of our president's more infamous verbal gaffes. Apparently a feud has already begun between Abel Ferrara, maker of the original Bad Lieutenant, and Werner Herzog, who's doing the remake. The possibility of an actors' strike in Hollywood had pretty much dropped off our radar, but it sounds like it could still be an issue.......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Friend and famous local tech dude Tom Boutell has unveiled the public beta of his alternative to iSEPTA. It provides scheduling data on SEPTA trains, subways, trolleys, and buses, and supports not just the iPhone, but pretty much any web-enabled phone. It's called septime. Check it out. (Via) Enjoy a hilarious video critique of the worst DVD ever. If you have seen the......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Watch this short documentary to learn the true and secret history of the American hobo. (Via Dan) Check out a photo of all the old school heroes from Watchmen. If their costumes look kind of cheesy and home-made... well, they're actually supposed to look that way. We can't say we love the way this looks, but we don't hate it, either.......