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Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'johnwoo'

February 4, 2008

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Nerd World has published excepts from the tax fraud and conspiracy trial of Wesley Snipes. Don't worry, they're not real. But they are hilarious. An interesting concept gadget: the inflatable mouse. Joe Johnston is officially the new director on The Wolfman. With that job filled again, the movie should be able to keep on schedule Video of an immersive desktop VR......

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April 18, 2007

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. SwitchPlanet sounds like a pretty cool little idea. You create a free account, put together a list of things you'd like to trade (like used DVDs, CDs, and video games that you're done with), and then set up free trades with other people on the site. The idea is for people to get more of what they like without having to......

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September 21, 2006

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. C'mon, you know you've always wondered: how the heck did dinosaurs have sex? In this Cosmos magazine article, a bunch of scientists discuss the likely positions they might have used, and what their reproductive organs might have looked like. Tee hee. (Via) Chris Kohler sure knows how to make us jealous. Now he's got photos and a description of what appears to be......

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September 19, 2006

A song by Florida band The Cruxshadows, who are on independent Philadelphia record label Dancing Ferret Discs, stole the top spot on Billboard's Dance Single Sales chart last week from Beyonce and Jay-Z. Nice! Apparently even the folks at Dancing Ferret were taken a bit by surprise. The Cruxshadows' number one song is an industrial-electronic dance track called "Sophia." Their lead singer calls himself Rogue and they just had a big show at DragonCon in......

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March 16, 2006

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. As everyone knows, there's nothing Hollywood loves more than a remake. Two of the more interesting recently announced remakes are a new version of the classic 1941 Universal horror flick, The Wolf Man, this one starring the excellent Benicio Del Toro as the titular character that was originally played by Lon Chaney, Jr; and an American remake of one of John Woo's most......

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