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The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. The cast of JLA has been chosen and locked and will finally be officially announced this week. Somebody named Lindsay Thompson, who's apparently in the new Incredible Hulk movie, has said on her blog that she thinks the trailer will debut during the Super Bowl. Mark Wahlberg might star in the film adaptation of the Max Payne video game. We all...

Walking to work through Love Park today, we noticed that the fountain was off and the water had been dyed a dark shade of red (as opposed to October/Breast Cancer Awareness Month pink). A few people were milling about, installing caution tape around the perimeter of the fountain. We decided to investigate.

Happy Father's Day! For those of you who have dads, are dads, or know dads, this one's for you, from all of us at the Gothamist network.

All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing!

When it closed in May 2002, the Sam Eric theater (once known as the Boyd) - on Chestnut Street between 19th and 20th - was a pretty scummy place, just a crumbling shadow of its former self. Nevertheless, the citizens of Philly saw not only history but also potential for the future in its old frame, and saved it from demolition. Now the Friends of the Boyd are looking to renovate the place, and what better way to raise funds to resurrect an old Philly movie palace than to hold a screening of a great Philly movie?

Last night, FX premiered its new comedy line-up: Starved, followed by It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Starved highlights four neurotic New Yorkers-- kind of like Seinfeld, except darker, raunchier, and filmed like an indie movie. Starved is different from your average sitcom not only in the way it is filmed, but also in its level of crassness. It's not for the faint of heart: this episode included frank sexual scenes, obscured nudity, and not-at-all obscured vomiting. Although some critics found Starved to be too crude, we thought it was actually kind of funny. Starved has also been accused of not being politically correct. While that may be true, this show does not come off as making fun of eating disorders; in fact, it often evokes sympathy for the main characters. And we have to give Starved props for addressing what it's like to live in a body-image obsessed country. Of course, we can relate: we watched it with a stack of Double-Stuf Oreos and a tall glass of whole milk.