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Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'writersstrike'

February 27, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. We don't normally like Sarah Silverman, or Jimmy Kimmel, but we have to admit, her music video about Matt Damon, and Jimmy Kimmel's response, are pretty funny. A far filthier parody can be found here, just make sure to keep the headphones on. (Via Jill) Ladies and gentlemen, we present the new pinnacle of food: the meat bundt. (Via Sarah) Wow.......

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February 26, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. We have a release date for Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, and it is May 22, 2009. Production on the film starts in New Mexico on May 5th of this year. Director Peter Segal says although production on Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam was delayed by the writers' strike, the movie should still happen. The Oscars......

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February 13, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. In case you were waiting for the official word, yes, the WGA strike is really officially over now, and everyone is expected to go back to work immediately. Our long national nightmare is over. Even though Microsoft recently spent $240 million to buy a 1.6% stake in Facebook, Bill Gates recently decided to stop using the site because he was tired......

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February 11, 2008

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Some sad news this morning: the actor Roy Scheider, whom most of us remember from his role in Jaws, has passed away. It still doesn't appear to be officially official, but the WGA strike is pretty much over now. Whew! Thank God. Now get back to work, people!!! We need our bread and circuses! The English-language trailer for Forbidden Kingdom is......

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February 7, 2008

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Even though Will Arnett's performance as the voice of K.I.T.T. in the upcoming Knight Rider TV movie was already done and in the can, he's now been replaced with Val Kilmer due to a conflict of interest: Arnett has done voicework on GMC truck commercials for over a decade, and K.I.T.T. is a Ford Mustang. This sounds like a joke, but it's apparently......

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February 6, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Chicagoist has discovered that animals like Obama for president. There's even a Venn diagram explaining it all! (Remember to digg it if you like it.) Exciting news! Warren Ellis announced late yesterday that he's launching a free weekly webcomic starting February 15th at FreakAngels.com. The plot sounds suspiciously like that of Umbrella Chronicles, but whatever. The point is, Warren Ellis webcomic!!!......

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February 5, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Cracked offers a horrifying (and hilarious) vision of what next year's Oscar nominees could be like if the writer's strike doesn't end (via). Meanwhile, Taco Bell has launched a contest on its website that offers striking WGA members a chance to win free food for a year (valued at $250) by "injecting fun and fresh bits of wisdom......

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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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January 23, 2008

If there is one thing I've learned from the recent writers' strike, it is this: Writers don't matter. So, in tribute to this brave, cavalier thinking on the part of the suits and moneymen in the Hollywood playground, I am going to do them one better. As of this writing, cinematographers, set designers, and editors don't matter either. That's why this, my incredibly long guide for winning your local Oscar pool, will focus only......

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January 18, 2008

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. The DGA has reached a tentative three-year deal with the AMPTP; the hope is that the WGA will soon follow suit. "Time Warner Cable will experiment with a new pricing structure for high-speed Internet access later this year, charging customers based on how much data they download." This is good news for grandmas who only use the internet to forward cute emails to......

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January 15, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Former Midway employee Patrick Goschy says he will "sue Nintendo for patent infringement, claiming that he created the idea of a motion controlled system very similar to the Wiimote/Nunchuk combo currently in use in Nintendo's Wii." Click through for a video he released of him showing off his system way back in 1999. John Rogers, who obviously has......

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January 11, 2008

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. The perfect Valentine's Day gift for that gamer you have a thing for: Chocolate Miis! (Via Sarah) Comic book fans are so pissed about the recent change Marvel made to Spider-Man - using a deal with the devil to erase Peter Parker's marriage to Mary Jane Watson - that even USA Today heard about it. For the record, we think it's stupid, too.......

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January 8, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. The Golden Globes have been sort of cancelled! They'll still be announcing the winners in an hour-long press conference on NBC, but no stars will be there and there won't be any parties or celebrations. It's all due to the writers' strike, of course. Speaking of the writers' strike, more and more of the independent studios are making......

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December 31, 2007

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. The Movie Blog has a pic from the new Death Race movie, and it's actually pretty cool. Some details on the casting and plot of Underworld 3: The Rise of the Lycans, in case you want them for some reason. According to Variety, the writers' strike has reached an interesting milestone: it's now cost writers more money than they were hoping......

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December 17, 2007

A sad week for LAist as they lose their trusted and amazing editor Tony Pierce to the LA Times, but what a blast his last week was. He shared his 25 Favorite CDs of 2007 and wrote a great review of just a good movie, No Country For Old Men. At UCLA, thousands of students celebrated the end of their quarter by running around campus in their undies (lots of photos in a two-part......

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December 13, 2007

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. LAist has more fun photos from the writers' strike, this time featuring fans and employees of Mutant Enemy Productions (Joss Whedon's production company), who all came together last Friday to support the strikers. Aw, look at Nicholas Brendon in his hat and glasses. And Summer Glau is so cute! Nintendo claims they are surprised by the Greenpeace report which we posted about earlier,......

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November 25, 2007

In Los Angeles, LAist most definitely celebrated Thanksgiving like no other. After all, one has to keep up all the energy to keep on walking the line at the Writers Strike and fighting the unfortunate return of the wildfires in Malibu, which single handedly destroyed over fifty homes within the first 24 hours. National outlets may be covering the fires, but CNN also found it is easier to buy a gun than fruit and......

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November 18, 2007

SFist witnessed a new apartment building tszuj the skyline with spectacular, gaudy turquoise aplomb, the (informal) renaming of the Mission/SOMA neighborhood border, the return of the Maltese Falcon, the Mayor Gavin Newsom mea culpa-ing over his Hawaiian getaway during the oil spill, and double-decker buses hitting the streets of San Francisco. Oh, and some baseball player named Barry Bonds is a liar whose pants, it seems, are totally on fire. LAist continues to cover the......

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November 16, 2007

To the Writers Guild of America: It's not that I don't support your fight. I do. I've signed your petition. I'm a writer myself, and I'd hate it if I wasn't profiting from my own work. (If I was working in TV or film, that is – bloggers don't exactly earn residuals...) But here's the thing: as I write this, I'm watching a month-old episode of Journeyman. My DVR is 95% full. I've just discovered......

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November 6, 2007

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. The only true history of lolcats. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to has a cheezburger. (Via) Oh woe unto the entertainment industry, for the writers strike has begun! Cinematical has pics from the picket lines in NYC, while Kung Fu Monkey offers us an explanation of the strike from a writer's perspective. At the urging of fans,......

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November 4, 2007

Londonist got the big scoop of the week with what may be the first images of notorious street artist Banksy in action. They also got on a runaway train without an operator provoking a response from the transport authorities. Elsewhere, London's answer to Central Station is about to open for business, and Londonist got a sneak preview. Meanwhile, spooky goings-on beneath London Bridge, where a cache of skeletons provided an apt story for Hallowe'en.......

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November 1, 2007

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Feeling a bit sick? Maybe from eating all that candy last night? Don't worry: Basic Instructions will tell you what to do. And speaking of Halloween candy, how about a quiz on the trivia of that very subject? We got only one answer right, so we think we should spend the rest of the day eating candy. You know, to study up. (Via......

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