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Archive for June, 2008
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Filed under: Drama, Thrillers, United Artists, Celebrities and Controversy, Tom Cruise, Movie Marketing, Images, War  Tom Cruise may be guilty of some odd public antics -- but he isn't guilty of photo fudging. Last week, we reported on Slate's little expose, where they examined a publicity photo released by United Artists. According to their graphic experts, the photo of Claus von Stauffenberg had been altered to better resemble Tom Cruise. However, Yahoo! Movies now says Slate has been forced to retract the story. It turns out they were comparing the wrong photos -- they used one from the AP, as opposed to the Getty photograph United Artists used. Unfortunately, Slate didn't search all available archives for the photo before making their assertion. United Artists is understandably upset over the slanderous claim. "The picture United Artists used of Colonel Stauffenberg can be found all over the Internet," said Valkyrie co-writer and producer Chris McQuarrie. He added that it would be much easier to "alter Tom Cruise" than to doctor "every available picture of Claus von Stauffenberg." Now, with all due respect, I politely disagree with McQuarrie that the photo used by United Artists is easy to find. When this story first broke, I did my own Google search out of curiosity. The most readily available photo of von Stauffenberg is the one accompanying this post. It is also the first image Getty produces when you search their archives. The only site that produced the same photo was Spartacus Educational, and even then I wasn't sure, as the UA version seemed so much cleaner. Continue reading 'Valkyrie' Update: No Cruise Photoshopping Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
 | | WALL•E - Film Clip - Day At Work
What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? Academy Award-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo”) and the inventive storytellers and technical geniuses at Pixar Animation Studios (“The Incredibles,” “Cars,” “Ratatouille”) transport moviegoers to a galaxy not so very far away for a new computer-animated cosmic comedy about a determined robot named WALL*E. After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL*E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL*E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet’s future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL*E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen. Joining WALL*E on his fantastic journey across a universe of never-before-imagined visions of the future, is a hilarious cast of characters including a pet cockroach, and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots.
Directed by: Andrew Stanton
Starring: Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Ben Burtt |
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
It?s a perfect mix of talent from the past coming together to make a pretty perfect film.
Written by El FangorioThanks to the phenomenal success of The Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter series, these days pretty much any children’s book can be made into a film franchise so long as it contains a wizard, a dragon, or an ogre. The Spiderwick Chronicles series of books, written by Holly Black and illustrated by Tony Diterlizzi,…
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Rod Stewart and his wife English model Penny Lancaster were sailing in the Mediterranean over the weekend and apparently it was time for Rod's feeding. While I assumed that would require the blood of peasant children, it was way, way weirder than that. Turns out Rod Stewart is breastfed by his wife. I'll pause for a moment while you fuck the what. I guess growing old does come with some advantages - provided you're a world-famous millionaire singer with a yacht. Otherwise, this experience doesn't really translate well for us regular folks. Right, Grandpa? Hey, where'd you get a grenade?
NOTE: Pics link to NSFW versions that you can click on at your own risk - unless you hate having erections. Then by all means...
Thanks to Karen for making me suspicious of nursing homes. Or should I say - dens of iniquity? I blame the bread pudding.
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
 
Women's tennis star Maria Sharapova will be rocking a unique look at this year's Wimbeldon in London town.
She's ditching her famous figure hugging tennis dresses for 'tuxedo' ensembles of shorts and sleeveless tops.
The new look will reflect London's 'history in bespoke tailoring'. Maria's shorts will feature gold stitching and a subtle pin stripe.
Bucking tradition in style.
We like!
"I've never worn shorts at a Grand Slam," says Maria. "I'm going to be debuting that. Call it menswear, obviously. It's kind of like a tuxedo look, very simple lines, classic."
Do U like Sharapova's new look?
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
For those of you who attended my Promax|BDA State of Design presentation last week, I hope it was worth your time and that you had as much fun as I did celebrating inspiring work from around the world. As promised, I made a page (finally) for all the work I showed during the show. Enjoy!
Post from: Motionographer
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Katherine Heigl was spotted at her home yesterday getting ready to relax in her pool. Apparently she's not done wearing a bikini, and God bless her, may just wear one all summer. In the meantime, why is she hiding in fear in her own house from the paparazzi? I don't know about you, but if the paps were in my abode trying to snap a pic I'd come at them with something they'd never suspect: the whole fruit basket. I mean, these guys obviously braved the landmines, moat and T-Rex* to get a shot of your's truly, so they deserve a glimpse of something awesome and possibly diamond-crusted. Wink.
*I have many valuables. (Read: Comic books and Swedish fish.)
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
It's getting harder and harder for bands to make a splash with album releases these days.
So….musicians are thinking outside the box!
British pop punk band McFly is going the Prince route and teaming up with the UK's Daily Mail to give away its new music in the paper's Sunday, July 20th edition.
McFly's super dreamy singer/guitarist Tom Fletcher says, “We want to get our music out to the widest audience possible and working with a massive paper like The Mail On Sunday will definitely help us achieve that. We’re very excited about this great opportunity."
This partnership will give the band access to the Sunday Mail's reported 5.8 million readers.
Are you Brits excited about the giveaway?
[Image via WENN.]
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