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Author Archives: Larry Fire
Spaghetti Trees
When this report was broadcast on the BBC in 1957, hundreds of people phoned in asking how they could grow their own spaghetti trees. More hoaxes can be found HERE such as the left handed Whopper, the baseball phenom Sidd Finch and the Taco Liberty Bell.
MTVMusic.com
For all of you haters out there griping about how MTV doesn’t play music videos anymore, here’s something to calm the waters. Check out MTV’s new website MTVMusic.com — their new online catalog that finally opens up MTV’s massive music video archive. While MTV.com has always been a source for the latest music videos, MTVMusic.comContinue reading “MTVMusic.com”
Footloose Remake On The Fast Track
After watching Zac Efron and director Kenny Ortega deliver a $42 million opening weekend for “High School Musical 3,” Paramount Pictures has fast-tracked “Footloose,” hoping to get the film ready for Efron and Ortega to start production next spring. The studio has brought on “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” director Peter Sollett to rewriteContinue reading “Footloose Remake On The Fast Track”
First Look At Angels and Demons
Religious expert and scientist: Tom Hanks stars with Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer in Angels & Demons, due May 15. Intelligently designed: Filmmakers had hoped to shoot Angels at the Vatican and inside Roman churches. But Brown’s Angels, which includes the murder of two cardinals, was quickly shut down by the church. “This movie was strangelyContinue reading “First Look At Angels and Demons”
Time Magazine Interviews Chip Kidd
As a book jacket designer for respected U.S. publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Chip Kidd has worked with authors from Cormac McCarthy to Michael Crichton to Haruki Murakami. He is also a twice-published novelist, graphic designer, and comics fanatic – hence Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan. Kidd talked to TIME about his superheroContinue reading “Time Magazine Interviews Chip Kidd”
Christopher Nolan Talks Batman
The LA Times spoke with Christopher Nolan regarding Batman, The Dark Knight, The Joker and a bunch of other stuff fans have been talking about for way too long now. Here’s a peak at some of the interview: Watching “The Dark Knight,” it’s very easy to imagine the Joker returning to Gotham, the wayContinue reading “Christopher Nolan Talks Batman”
Last Night We Saw An Early Screening Of Pixar’s “Up”
Last night my wife and I had the wonderful opportunity to watch an early screening of “Up”, Pixar’s 10th animated film which is scheduled for release on May 29th, 2009. We had no idea what movie we were going to watch until we entered the theater and were giddy to find out it was “Up”Continue reading “Last Night We Saw An Early Screening Of Pixar’s “Up””
Musicians Chime In For NBC Jingle
You may not know that the notes to NBC’s famous chimes are G, E, and C, but chances are you’d recognize the Peacock jingle in an instant. With that in mind, executives at the network decided to have some fun with their famous chimes and launched a national campaign calling for a 21st century reinventionContinue reading “Musicians Chime In For NBC Jingle”
Obama HOPE Poster Parodies
Artist Shepard Fairey, who created the iconic Obama HOPE image we’ve seen so much during the current presidential campaign, writes: “Check out this link to a plethora of parodies of my Obama HOPE poster. I’m very happy that the HOPE poster has become such a point of reference. One parody that is not included isContinue reading “Obama HOPE Poster Parodies”