At 8:46 this morning, practically all major networks turned their coverage to the moment of silence observed in New York City and Washington, D.C. on behalf of the thousands who died on September 11, 2001. Except for NBC. It aired an interview with Kris Jenner instead. What was the program thinking?!? “The Today Show dedicated a considerable amount of time to September 11th coverage this morning throughout the entire show,” a spokesperson for NBC News said in a statement to TV Line, defending the network’s decision. And there is truth to that: Today did dedicate time to a special 9/11 package. However, considering NBC Universal also owns E!, the plugging of Keeping Up With the Kardashians over a national period of mourning doesn’t exactly look good. What do you think of The Today Show interviewing Jenner over taking part in this honoring?
If you’re trying to find out what men (and women) really want, looking at porn is a good way to go. What men click when no one is watching says a lot more about them than what they say when they’re trying to impress their friends. So what would the perfect porn performer look like? Our friends over at YTD set out to find the answer to this question, taking the physical stats of past AVN Performer of the Year winners and cross-referencing them against the thousands of stars in Mr. Skin’s celebrity database. In the end, they discovered that the perfect porn performer (and therefore, one might surmise, the ideal sexual partner) would have the height, weight, age, measurements, hair color, home state, and zodiac sign of Jessica Alba . We’ve gotta say, we’re not all that surprised. See an infographic outlining YTD ‘s SKINalysis after the jump!
If you’re trying to find out what men (and women) really want, looking at porn is a good way to go. What men click when no one is watching says a lot more about them than what they say when they’re trying to impress their friends. So what would the perfect porn performer look like? Our friends over at YTD set out to find the answer to this question, taking the physical stats of past AVN Performer of the Year winners and cross-referencing them against the thousands of stars in Mr. Skin’s celebrity database. In the end, they discovered that the perfect porn performer (and therefore, one might surmise, the ideal sexual partner) would have the height, weight, age, measurements, hair color, home state, and zodiac sign of Jessica Alba . We’ve gotta say, we’re not all that surprised. See an infographic outlining YTD ‘s SKINalysis after the jump!
In Tuesday morning’s round up of news briefs, Nora Ephron planned her memorial, which took place Monday in New York. Also, the latest schedule is out with a packed schedule of Comic-Con events. An Agatha Christie adaptation will get U.S. distribution; and new castings for Sir Anthony Hopkins, Alicia Silverstone and Billy Burke. Social Network Team to Produce Fifty Shades of Grey The duo behind the Oscar-nominated The Social Network , Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti, will collaborate to produce the racy nobel by E.L. James, which Universal and Focus picked up in a bidding war in March. The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy centers on a torrid love affair between a college student and a mysterious billionaire, THR reports . Nora Ephron’s Final Production Ephron, who died June 26th of complications from leukemia, ple-planned her memorial service, which took place Monday at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Tributes came from Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Martin Short and the guest list included Sen. Al Franken, Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, Martin Scorcese, Steve Kroft, Alan Alda, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, Rob Reiner, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Westfeldt and frequent collaborator Scott Rudin, THR reports . The Latest Comic-Con Event/Party List Parties, cook outs, concerts, happy hours and a good number of curious events such as a Zombie Walk, Superhero Pub Crawl, Nerd HQ and more are charted and ready for all you fanboys and allies, The Tracking Board reports . Sony Label Takes Rights to Agatha Christie’s Crooked House Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions have picked up rights to director Neil LaBute’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery novel for the U.S., Canada and select international territories. The script is by Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellows, Tim Rose Price and LaBute, Deadline reports . Sir Anthony Hopkins Boards Noah The actor will play Methusaleh in Darren Aronofsky’s film about the Biblical figure. Hopkins joins Russell Crowe, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Jennifer Connelly and Douglas Booth, Deadline reports . Alicia Silverstone and Billy Burke Don Boots Silverstone and Burke wil star opposite Amanda (A.J.) Michalka in the coming-of-age drama Jesus in Cowboy Boots . The film revolves around a small-town girl (Michalka) who struggles with her self-centered mother (Silverstone), but come to realize her worth through her imaginary cowboy friend (Burke), Variety reports .
I’m hugely fond of the headline accompanying this Expendables 2 “Comic-Con poster” (just what the movie needed, seriously, because surely none of the thousands of culture obsessives in San Diego will know anything about it ) on Ain’t it Cool News: “This EXPENDABLES 2 Comic-Con Poster Has Enough Booms, Badasses, Barrels To Humble Even The Most Uppity Of Geeks!!” Yes, it certainly does. You know what else it has? Hilarity. Somehow this all makes me envision Sylvester Stallone wolfing down a testosterone taco a few years past its sell-by date and then racing to the nearest Kinko’s and evacuating every last granule of his meal inside a color copier whose lid comes crashing down and short circuits and sputters and churns out a boomtastic accident likely intended for an imminent Chinatown bootleg DVD sleeve yet is just tasteless enough to qualify for Comic-Con signage. The man is good! Or at least he will be once his stomach settles. Better, anyway. [ Ain’t it Cool News ]
Turns out Frank Marshall’s mysterious Back to the Future tweets this week weren’t just for a cash-grab retro Nike tie-in shoe , but part of an entire operation created to raise money for the Parkinson’s research charity of Michael J. Fox, the film series star. As of 9:30pm PT Thursday, one hour into the 10-day auction of 150 pairs of the limited edition kicks — fully replicated from Marty McFly’s shoe closet and pimped out in futuristic detail — bids were already in the thousands for a single pair. Worth the money? Check out specs, photos, and more on the worthy cause.
Experience Human Flight with the Melbourne Skydive Centre . Shot on a GoPro , a wearable HD camera for sports. Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : bnox Discovery Date : 16/04/2011 15:23 Number of articles : 2
When Sarah Palin was telling an audience last month that Republicans have the fighting instinct of sheep she wasn’t talking about Andrew Breitbart. Today in Wisconsin Andrew addressed the thousands of tea party patriots who came out in the cold to hold a rally for freedom, personal responsibility, and fiscal conservatism. During his introduction of Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Big Government Discovery Date : 17/04/2011 00:50 Number of articles : 2
When Sarah Palin was telling an audience last month that Republicans have the fighting instinct of sheep she wasn’t talking about Andrew Breitbart. Today in Wisconsin Andrew addressed the thousands of tea party patriots who came out in the cold to hold a rally for freedom, personal responsibility, and fiscal conservatism. During his introduction of Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Big Government Discovery Date : 17/04/2011 00:50 Number of articles : 2
When Sarah Palin was telling an audience last month that Republicans have the fighting instinct of sheep she wasn’t talking about Andrew Breitbart. Today in Wisconsin Andrew addressed the thousands of tea party patriots who came out in the cold to hold a rally for freedom, personal responsibility, and fiscal conservatism. During his introduction of Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Big Government Discovery Date : 17/04/2011 00:50 Number of articles : 2
