A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. The cast is filling out for the upcoming Fox sci-fi drama Fringe, produced by, amongst others, man of the hour J.J. Abrams. Sounds like it's going to be an X-Files type of thing. We're down with that. Speaking of J.J., the director of the Abrams-produced Cloverfield is already in talks to do a sequel. Seeing that the recent controversy about Mass Effect made......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend My Kid Could Paint That - A documentary about child painter Marla Olmstead, and the questions about aesthetics that her story brings to the forefront. She and her family went on a rollercoaster ride of fame and infamy. Her paintings were hailed as great works of abstract expressionism by some, and started selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. She appeared on many national news programs.......

Seattlest watches as a S.L.U.T. is born and Seattle Flickr users go nuts over a local art installation. A restaurant critic demands a Diner's Bill of Rights over a gnat next to her drink, and, in lieu of a Portlandist, Seattlest debates with itself over the identity of the Northwest's crown jewel. Seattlest also joins the guys from Fantagraphics for an ill-fated gun party in the woods. Bostonist got a crash course in what not......

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Thursday post only collects the latest announcements, so definitely check the Tuesday post for any you may have missed. COMEDY Jerry Seinfeld Atlantic City Hilton Sat, 9/8/07, 8PM $150 On sale: Sat, 10AM, Ticketmaster MISC A Greater Hope The Troc Sat, 8/25/07, 7PM $10 On sale: Sat, 12PM, Ticketmaster We don't claim that these are all the......

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Tuesday post only collects the early announcements, so definitely check back on Thursday for the latest ticket news. COMEDY Lisa Lampanelli Sovereign Performing Arts Center, Reading Fri, 9/14/07, 8PM $32.75 Pre-sale: Fri, 10AM-5PM, Ticketmaster On sale: Sat, 10AM, Ticketmaster Jerry Seinfeld Resorts Atlantic City Sat, 9/8/07, 11PM $150 On sale: Sat, 10AM, Ticketmaster MUSIC As Cities Burn,......

What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we're happy we've been free to blog about this week. Being the nation's capital, DCist felt especially proud to let freedom ring this week by exposing the really important issues, like how sad they......

Dear Philadelphia: It's official. Life is a joke when I leave you. There was my struggle to return over the holidays. There was the time you almost didn't let me leave. And then there was this past weekend. My boyfriend and I, as you no doubt know (you always know these things, Philly!), headed a few hours south to our nation's capital. We were visiting some friends and just generally in need of a weekend......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. We've gotta say, we get a bit of a kick out of throwing snowballs at NBC10's rather annoying, be-bow-tied weatherman, "Hurricane" Schwartz, even if the game is on NBC's own site, and is therefore rather tame. Thanks much to the anonymous contributor who gave us the heads-up on this link! A detailed comparative analysis of '80s teen time travel comedies Back to the......

Oh no! Chanukah ends tonight, and Christmas is only a few days away! What's a last-minute-gifter to do? Never fear, Phillyist is here, with a couple of ideas, just for you! (Please note, that rhyme was completely and one hundred percent accidental.) For the Man in Uniform Silly String. Unlike the rest of this post, we're suggesting this gift in earnest. We always knew Silly String was fun, but if it can save a......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. It's still Halloween week, so we're going to go ahead and post these vintage ads for kids' costumes from the 1965 Sears Roebuck Christmas catalog. Makes you nostalgic for the days when it was okay to depict a kid flying in a Superman outfit, and not include a "Do Not Attempt" warning. (Via) We recently posted Cinematical's list of the seven worst horror......

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Thursday post only collects the latest announcements, so definitely check the Tuesday post for any you may have missed. COMEDY Jerry Seinfeld Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre; Atlantic City Hilton Sat, 9/16/06, 7PM & 9:30PM; Sat, 10/7/06, 8PM $47.50-$77.50; $169.50 On sale: Fri, 10AM, TicketMaster (7PM show, 9:30PM show); Sat, 10AM, TicketMaster MUSIC New Found Glory w/The Early November,......

Today is April 6th. It snowed in Boston and New York City yesterday. Lows in Philadelphia will be below fifty for another week, and it could be another two weeks before we see another day over seventy. (Remember that day three weeks ago that we hit eighty?) All in all, Phillyist is utterly and completely confused by the weather up and down the Northeast Corridor. One thing's for certain: we're ready for spring. And......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Check out this great profile of video game referee and uber-geek Robert Mruczek on MTV.com. Yes, I said video game referee. He works for a gaming collective called Twin Galaxies, which, as MTV points out, is "the closest thing to an official video game record-keeping organization" that we have. He studies video-taped gaming sessions (over a thousand at this point), checking for signs......

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......