• What really happened

    Ad agency DDB has created yet another great ad… But since it won’t hit airwaves, you’ll have to go to the budweiser site to see it (if you haven’t already).

    It’s the story of what was really behind the “Wardrobe Malfunction” at last year’s Super Bowl.

    Har, har.

  • Spamusement

    Found by the boys over at Panel: Spamusement! Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines!

    I particularly like “I can propose you the optimum select software,” “You won’t believe what you can get for a buck,” and “An email from God.”

  • Nobody Does It Better

    This one’s for Sarah:

    Carly Simon | Carly Simon | Carly Simon | Carly Simon!

    Baby, you’re the best.

  • Annuals

    Jeremy points out his list of Annuals, those movies that cry out — nay, demand — a ritualized, repeat viewing at least once a year. And as I pointed out in the comments that I pin a good chunk of the blame for at least some of my particular Annuals on his shoulders, I started to think about what those Annuals might be.

    In no particular order:

    SNEAKERS

    SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER

    PRINCE OF DARKNESS

    THE THING

    EXORCIST III

    OVERBOARD

    BLAZING SADDLES

    THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

    SUPERMAN

    EL DORADO

    THE ABYSS

    NORTH BY NORTHWEST

    EVENT HORIZON

    THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT

    I’m sure I’ll think of more later, but those are the most obvious ones, the ones that find their way into my DVD player year after year or get TiVoed whenever they’re on the boob tube (excepting only OVERBOARD, which somehow always finds me and sucks me in. That movie is like gum on your shoe: once on, it follows you around and never comes off…) There are certainly others, tied to holidays (such as A CHRISTMAS STORY), but I decided that only the Halloween flicks merited repeat viewings in their own right, so they’re on while others are off. And I almost put A FEW GOOD MEN on there, over THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, but for some reason I gravitate more towards the beta version of THE WEST WING than I do the legal tomfoolery of Smiling Jack Ross…

    You?

  • Here Are The Nominees…

    ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

    Don Cheadle – HOTEL RWANDA
    Johnny Depp – FINDING NEVERLAND
    Leonardo DiCaprio – THE AVIATOR
    Clint Eastwood – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
    Jamie Foxx – RAY

    ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

    Alan Alda – THE AVIATOR
    Thomas Haden Church – SIDEWAYS
    Jamie Foxx – COLLATERAL
    Morgan Freeman – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
    Clive Owen – CLOSER

    ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

    Annette Bening – BEING JULIA
    Catalina Sandino Moreno – MARIA FULL OF GRACE
    Imelda Staunton – VERA DRAKE
    Hilary Swank – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
    Kate Winslet – ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

    ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

    Cate Blanchett – THE AVIATOR
    Laura Linney – KINSEY
    Virginia Madsen – SIDEWAYS
    Sophie Okonedo – HOTEL RWANDA
    Natalie Portman – CLOSER

    WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

    Richard Linklater et al. – BEFORE SUNSET
    David Magee – FINDING NEVERLAND
    Paul Haggis – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
    Jose Rivera – THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
    Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – SIDEWAYS

    WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

    John Logan – THE AVIATOR
    Charlie Kaufman – ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
    Keir Pearson & Terry George – HOTEL RWANDA
    Brad Bird – THE INCREDIBLES
    Mike Leigh – VERA DRAKE

    DIRECTING

    Martin Scorcese – THE AVIATOR
    Clint Eastwood – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
    Taylor Hackford – RAY
    Alexander Payne – SIDEWAYS
    Mike Leigh – VERA DRAKE

    BEST PICTURE

    THE AVIATOR
    FINDING NEVERLAND
    MILLION DOLLAR BABY
    RAY
    SIDEWAYS

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    Huh. I am so completely out of the loop, I’ve managed to see none of those. Not one. (Amusing to see Jamie Foxx competing in both Actor categories — having won the Globe, is that a good sign for a Best Actor Oscar?) But I guess the short answer is, if I have even one prayer of competing in our little ballot contest this year, it’s time for me to head to the theater…

    Complete nominee list here.

  • VideoNow

    Your friend and mine: Google now has a video search (beta search of closed caption text available online — no actual video yet, but how much do you want to bet that’s in the works as more and more video is made available online?)

  • I Think I Prefer the Bunny



    So I was thinking, why worry about keeping the vacuum in the closet when we can just cover it up?

    [via boingboing]

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