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......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. America, in the person of San Francisco native Craig Billmeier, AKA Hot Lixx Hulahan, has won the Air Guitar World Championships. We are swelling with patriotic pride. Our sister site LAist reports on a woman who continued Twittering even while having a baby. That's dedication. Looks like no Preacher on HBO after all. The new head of HBO felt the adaptation was just......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. A very amusing comic which imagines how Tarkin got the funding to build the Death Star. Well, Obama's victory is assured now: the lucky UFO alien supports him! (Via Sarah) Check out the very cool opening credits sequence for RocknRolla. (Via) Kristen Bell has signed to voice the female lead in the feature film adaptation of Astro Boy.......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Another unique and fascinating website, London Bananas features pictures of discarded banana skins found throughout the city of London. (Via Sarah) PC Magazine lists the top 100 undiscovered websites of 2008. (Via Scott) Dude was fishing with his granddaughter recently in a private pond in North Carolina when she gave him her Barbie-branded rod and reel to hold while she went to the......

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......

Well, not exactly—but here he is at Penn, trying to convince people he is.......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. The sad news has spread quickly across the internet that co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons Gary Gygax has died. A local blogger and former Phillyist read that article we posted yesterday about the decade's most misogynistic films and got so pissed he decided to analyze and deconstruct the entire thing in an impressive rant. Thanks, yagathai! Now we feel good about......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. One way to keep up with the various presidential candidates is Red Lasso's Debate Tracker. You can check out debate clips based on location, topic, or candidate. (Via Kevin) The MST3K crew are back and riffing on movies again! You can read more on their first DVD offering, The Oozing Skull, and even order a copy, right over at CinematicTitanic.com right......

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. What Would Jesus Really Do? (Mon, 8PM-9PM, CNN) - A discussion of how Jesus might respond to various contemporary issues, like the war in Iraq, global warming, and the divide between rich and poor. Includes commentary from various "experts," including Jerry Falwell. Christmas Specials (Mon, 8PM-9PM, ABC; Mon, 8PM-11PM, NBC; Mon, 8PM-10PM, AMC; Mon, 10PM-11:30PM, WHYY) - Some of these have already played this month, and we......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: The Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival: Happy Hour with the Bard at the Rotunda at The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia (10 S. Broad), 5:30-7:30PM. Though there’s a cash bar, admission is free. Bunny Grunt: Bunny Grunt, Art DiFuria, the Besties, and Scary Monster at the Khyber (56 S. Second), 8PM. $8 Movie Monday at The Troc: Transformers. The Troc is located at 1003 Arch Street. Doors open at 6PM, feature begins at......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Selecting a presidential candidate to vote for can be hard, and involve a lot of thinking and studying. So why not just let the internet do it for you? This quiz claims to analyze your opinions and select the best candidate for you. (Via Jill) This may be the greatest website ever created. We won't tell you anything about it; just click through......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. The Wall Street Journal has a video and an article about horse riders in Strawberry Mansion. We're not sure we like the tone, but at least they are putting a spotlight on a positive thing happening in an inner-city Philadelphia neighborhood. You've probably heard about the skeletons of Hobbit-like, near-human creatures found in Indonesia. If not, Scott Adams will fill you in on......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Apparently, in the next three to 10 years we're expecting scientists to create artificial life. Um... does that freak anybody else out?! Didn't Dr. Frankenstein decide this was a bad idea? If you've even seen the ads for Superbad, you know there's a sequence where a character creates a fake ID with the name "McLovin" on it. Well, now you can......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Becoming Jane - English majors around the world are either cringing or jumping for joy over this historical drama about the personal life of Jane Austen, which heavily influenced her work. Normally, this Phillyist would be rolling his eyes and thinking of any and every excuse imaginable to avoid seeing this movie, but if push comes to shove, he might suffer through it. After all, Anne......

This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too – two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the......

LAist was comped front row seats by the Dodgers due to Malingering being struck by a foul ball last week, and she came back with some great photos, and earlier made fun of 4th of July on Venice Beach. But the biggest stories of the week was that the Mayor's Hot Tamale was revealed, and that a Kwik-E-Mart was erected in Burbank. Phillyist was busy doing the Fourth of July up right, exercising their......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. The internet is pretty much all Transformers, all the time these days. The latest morphing robot fun comes from Cracked and their list of The 7 Most Useless Transformers Ever. (Via) Wow, this weekend is the 60th anniversary of the Roswell Incident. What really happened? Will we ever know for sure? Why not head out to New Mexico and see if you can......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Philly is world famous... for being the home of that one guy who wants you to order your cheesesteak in ENGLISH ONLY PLEASE. Sigh. (Via Jason) Cracked provides us with an amusing list: 9 Superhero Powers That Would Be More Trouble Than They're Worth. (Via) Wired asked Transformers fans to send in cool photos of their beloved toys, and the result is this......

Despite the fact that Transformers is a film based on a cartoon, which itself was based on a story that a marketing company came up with to sell a line of toys, and despite the fact that it was directed by Michael Bay (a piece of news which, when it first came out, caused thousands of nerds to cry out in terror, and then become suddenly silent... before running to the internet to voice their......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend (and next week). Opening Today Sicko - In the long-awaited follow-up to Fahrenheit 9/11, controversial filmmaker Michael Moore takes on the American healthcare system. Moore is infuriating to some and a champion to others, but his films, even if they are not always entirely factually accurate, do tend, at the very least, to move their audiences to strong emotions. We expect this one will be alternately......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. You know robotics is getting pretty far along when South Korea feels it necessary to draw up a code of ethics to prevent the abuse of robots by humans - and abuse of humans by robots. Of course, they don't really need to do that, as a code of that sort already exists - they're called the Laws of Robotics, by......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Guess what the Irredeemable Ant-Man is doing. (Via) Yay! It sounds like Congress is going to uphold the ban on further taxing of internet access. (Via Jill) Are you the kind of person who likes all kinds of beverages, and so can't decide which flavor to get? Then Anything and Whatever are the soft drinks for you. Anything is a cola that comes......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Are you prepared for the "Lost" season finale tonight? In case you missed a few episodes, or you just can't remember all the crazy crap that's gone down this season, you might want to check out this hilarious recap, featuring many screen caps of your favorite characters making very silly faces. (Via) It seems like every couple of months, we hear......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Reader Mike V. saw the "Soul Dracula" video we posted yesterday and immediately sent us a much, much worse vampire-themed music video. It is "Vampires Are Alive" by DJ Bobo, and it must be seen and heard to be believed. Oh, lord, is it awful! You'd think maybe they're kidding, but they look very earnest. And the audience......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. For more exciting space stuff, besides the whole Earth-like planet thing, check out some images from the Hubble of stars being born and dying in a "nearby" nebula. (Via Editor Jill) The US Department of Health and Human Services is using Shrek as a spokseman for an anti-obesity drive, but "the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood says the soon-to-open Shrek the Third sequel......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Game|Life's got the logo and a screenshot from the next Katamari game, Beautiful Katamari. The Typing of the Dead is still probably the most ridiculous game we've ever heard of. We really thought it was a joke at first, but it actually exists! And to be honest, after we thought about it, we decided that learning to type by having to......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Sunday was April Fool's Day, and although we were nice enough not to pull any fast ones on you, there were plenty of gags to go around on the internet. Some of our favorites: Google's free toilet broadband, Freddy Prinze Jr. as the Riddler, ThinkGeek's new products (via; one of them may become a reality!), and finally, Pimps at Sea, which......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. The cover art for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows can be seen here (although, word of warning: we had a hard time viewing it in IE7). It's creepy and cool! We weren't a big fan of the most recent entry, but some part of us still loves the Re-Animator movie series, and the concept we'd heard for the upcoming sequel......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Say, it with us, fellow Harry Potter fans: whew! Yes, Emma Watson, along with the two other main "child" stars, will officially be reprising her role as Hermione in the rest of the films, despite what the tabloids have been saying. (Via Editor Jill) Hey, somebody found one of those R2-D2 mailboxes in the area! It's "at the corner of Frontenac......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Do you want to see some video of the all-dancing, all-singing stage production of Edward Scissorhands? Of course you do. Clickety click! (Via) Trailer time! It's Run, Fatboy, Run, another upcoming movie starring Simon Pegg. He tries to do the Rocky drink-a-glass-of-raw-eggs thing and... well, you should just watch it. Good stuff! Plus Hank Azaria's in it. (Via) And now, list time! Premiere......