Hogan To Obama: I Got Your Back

(CNN) – Until this week, it looked like Republicans might have a lock on the famous tough guy demographic this year: Mike Huckabee has hit the campaign trail with martial arts star Chuck Norris and WWE star Ric Flair, and John McCain got the nod of approval from Rambo himself, Sylvester Stallone.

But on Tuesday, as his home state headed to the polls, Florida resident Terry Bollea – ‘Hulk Hogan’ to millions of wrestling fans – announced his own presidential pick: Democrat Barack Obama.

LOST PREMIERES TONIGHT!!!

Chris Kelly's Soul

"FEED ME SEYMOUR!"

RENAISSANCE EMS!

Many of you have heard me talk about the organization that my dad helps run: Renaissance EMS (Education, Music & Sports). The program is based in the South Bronx and delivers unique programming to at-risk inner city youth.

I visited yesterday - attended their recital and helped tutor them - and I wanted to share some photos & info on the organization with my dedicated TMW readers:

The gang! Love these kids.

Keyboard class.

Vocalists - singing their hearts out!

SAT Math Prep - Tutoring is run by a local Chappaqua friend of my dad's and his high school daughter. The kids (and tutors) need all of the help they can get - if you're in NY and want to help out please let me know!

Check out my dad's blog (yes, he has a blog!) to learn more about Renaissance EMS.

Stay tuned to The Mel Wire for more info and some great ways that you can help support this wonderful organization!

David Lynch: On The I-Phone

Ghostbusters: The Music Video

Please enjoy, with my compliments.

Bird. Poops. In. Mouth.

This one's a doozy.

Need A Lick Me Up?

Pretty please won't you click here now?

Scroll to 1:58 - You Won't Regret It

From Best Week Ever: That’s What YouTube’s For: Bar Mitzvah Karaoke! Grandpa at 1:58 is beyond amazing. Beyond!

Cloverfield

The monster actually took this snap just before he destroyed us all:

This Is Not A Celebrity News Reporting Blog

So I'm not going to report the details of Heath Ledger's untimely death.
It's all over the internet, kids, you know how to find what you need. Sad stuff.

Place Your Predictions Here!

Ladies & Gentlemen, I Am An Oil Man

Meet Corey Worthington

"Best party ever, that's what everyone's saying"

If ever there's a YouTube video that deserves your undivided attention and a full watch, this is it.

In The Mood For A Giggle?

Three Beers: Better Than One

More photos available exclusively on Facebook. You're in or you're out! ;)

From Bloom's Personal Files

What Mark Did

When Neeren joined Facebook:

Or at least it looked something like this. That's what his colleagues tell me, anyway.

Cool Stuff From CES

Click here.

Udi, You're Through To Holland!

The Latest Britney News

Yesterday she took a sip of orange soda and said "Oh, that's good".

Seriously.

http://usmagazine.com/after_her_visitation_are_rights_suspended_britney_goes_out_for_orange_soda

Super Crazy Tom Cruise Scientology Video

Gawker: "You have to watch this video. It shows Tom Cruise, with all the wide-eyed fervor that he brings to the promotion of a movie, making the argument for Scientology, the bizarre 20th-century religion. Making the argument is an understatement. The Hollywood actor, star of movies such as Mission Impossible, is a complete fanatic. "When you're a Scientologist, and you drive by an accident, you know you have to do something about it, because you know you're the only one who can really help... We are the way to happiness. We can bring peace and unite cultures." There's much much more. Let me put it this way: if Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah's couch was an 8 on the scale of scary, this is a 10."



Full clip here - worth 9 minutes of your time if you can last that long.

Here's a 108 second recap which includes everything YOU NEED TO SEE.

Here's a juicy little soundbite from TC himself:
"It's a blast...It's a blast, It really is...fun...because damnit, there is nothing better than going out there and fighting the fight."

Trailers: How Do I Love Thee?

Count the ways! On NYT's brand new trailers directory, which features trailers of all kinds, from classic movies to the latest releases. A nice little bookmark for a Tuesday afternoon, don't you agree?
http://movies.nytimes.com/movies/trailers.html?8dpc

Mackedy Mac Mac Mac

Live MacWorld Coverage: http://live.gizmodo.com/

Anger Management

Whopper segment leave you feeling stressed?
Click here to chill the F out.
http://www.myspace.com/sigurros

I Need A Whopper Like

Michael Vick needed Johnnie Cochran.
Warning - objectionable language contained within.

From the Archives--John Stewart Commencement Address

Enjoy.

UH-OH

From the Los Angeles Associated Press assistant bureau chief

Brace yourselves!

Cloverfield: Early Reviews

GIANT FUCKING MONSTERS ARE DEFINITELY COMING

WATCH OUT FOR SPOILERS. BUT CLICK HERE.

Some Enjoyable Material In Here

The Approval Matrix: New York Magazine's "deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on their taste hierarchies." (Click to enlarge)

Looking Forward To Checking This Out

Many college students spend their summers at home, working and getting together with friends. Andrew Jenks, a 19-year-old filmmaker, passed his vacation in a Florida assisted living facility bonding with its elderly residents, playing bingo, watching "Jeopardy" and just hanging out. What began as a lark of an idea - moving in with the elderly to see what he could learn from them - led to unexpected, life-changing encounters filled with laughter, heartache and lasting friendships. The touching CINEMAX Reel Life documentary ANDREW JENKS, ROOM 335 chronicles his experiences. Premieres Tuesday, January 15 at 7pm (ET/PT), exclusively on CINEMAX.


Watch the trailer here.

"The Untold Story Of The iPhone"

Highlights of this must-read WIRED article include:

--The stress was so high at Apple during the three months preceding the launch of the iPhone that engineers quit their jobs simply to have time to sleep and one "product manager slammed the door to her office so hard that the handle bent and locked her in; it took colleagues more than an hour and some well-placed whacks with an aluminum bat to free her."

--Displeased with an early, buggy version of the iPhone, Steve Jobs frightened employees at a meeting by simply staring at them.

--The profitability of the iPhone is huge. Apple nets $80 for every phone sold and generates $240 over every two-year AT&T contract from its revenue split with the carrier. 40% of iPhone buyers are new to AT&T.

--Apple spent millions testing the iPhone internally, constructing elaborate test facilities including one to ensure that the iPhone didn't generate too much radiation. "Apple built models of human heads -- complete with goo to simulate brain density-- and measured the effects."

--Secrecy was so tight that whenever Apple executives visited AT&T (then Cingular), they registered as employees of Infineon, the company Apple used to make the iPhone's transmitter. By the time the iPhone was announced, only 30 people had actually seen it.

Full article here.

Highlights from http://www.ipdemocracy.com

The Wire: Catch Up On Four Seasons

In Four Minutes.

My Fingers Are No Longer Purple

In case those of you who were with me tonight and bore witness to my crazy purple hands were wondering. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/raynauds-disease/DS00433

"The capacity to care is what gives life its most deepest significance."

Cyclone Sidr

Part of Bangladesh we didn't see firsthand were the cyclone-affected zones on the shore.

Cyclone Sidr crashed the shores of Bangladesh on November 15th, 2007, bringing with it 150 MPH winds and a seven foot tidal surge. When the water receded, more than 5,000 were dead, and 5,000 were missing. Three million houses were completely destroyed, and a shocking eight million people were affected by the storm.




To put it in perspective:



LEARN MORE BY CLICKING HERE: http://www.charityis.org/fromthefield/bangladesh.html

Passover Costumes???

Nope, just another night in BKLYN.

And He Was A Spittin' And A Growlin'

Woman, 80, Shoots Lion to Protect Dog

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 8, 2008

Filed at 4:32 p.m. ET

FAIRBURN, S.D. (AP) -- Acting to protect her dog, 80-year-old Martha Smith killed a mountain lion at her home along French Creek near Fairburn. She missed with her first shot, went into the house to call 911, then went back outside with a .22-caliber rifle.

''And he was a spittin' and a growlin','' said Smith. ''All I saw was flashing eyes and teeth. And I knew I was gonna have to kill him if I could.''

Smith, who lives alone, said she'd like to have the lion mounted, but doubts the state Department of Game, Fish & Parks will return the carcass to her.

Report: Britney Spoke in a British Accent at Hospital

Thoughts?

Fly Oceanic Air

http://www.flyoceanicair.com/

Bros

Listen. Love: http://www.myspace.com/rippityrippity

Fingers Crossed

That the strike will be resolved before January 31.

Doc Jensen explains:
"The anticipatory excitement of season 4 is undercut with bittersweet reality. Lost was only able to finish half of its 16-episode season before the Writers Guild of America went on strike. According to sources, if Lost can't resume work by Jan. 31 (the same date the new season premieres), it will start becoming logistically impossible to produce a full season of shows. (My understanding is that this goes for most every other scripted series on TV, too.) The situation will become more complicated if the strike pushes into the spring and postpones the back half of the season altogether. Last May, when ABC and the producers of Lost announced that the series would end after three more seasons, they agreed to only make 16 episodes during each of those years. The logical implication would seem to be this: ABC can't just simply increase the size of 2009's 16-episode pod in order to make up for a strike-shortened season — not without reworking the terms of the pact they hammered out earlier this year. And so, once again, another season of Lost will come with the distraction of sideshow drama concerning the future of the series itself." -EW.com

It's Official

Look at that drink, sloshing the brim of his cup as he gets his groove on. LA will love this mutha#$@ka!

The Wire: Season 5 - The Deleted Final Scene

McNulty & Bunk lovas - click on ova here.

OMAR'S SCAR

HOW HE GOT IT:
On his 25th birthday, he was involved in a barroom brawl that left him with a giant scar on his face. "The guy was hiding a razor in his mouth," Williams says, nonchalantly describing a tried-and-true street/prison technique in which tough guys (or gals) wrap sharp objects in cardboard or plastic, before inserting them into one of three orifices to avoid detection from the police or nightclub security guards. (They're stashed inside for safekeeping and removed as necessary.) "He was a street dude," Williams continues. "He had that edge up on me because I never walked with weapons. It just wasn't where I was at. But I'd been drinking, my perception was a little altered and he got me. It was a wake-up call. At the end of the day, I'm glad to be alive."
-WWD

Shocking US Magazine Poll Results

Giles - The World He's Headed Towards

Season 5 Opener

Featuring the latest take on the theme song "Way Down In The Hole"


Want to see something really scary? Check out the original artist Tom Waits perform this song live. Approach with caution. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo4_1rvRqkA

Oops!

David Letterman Returns To Late Night

Don't tell me, while the writers were on strike, he was on The Island???

The Wire: Read Between The Lines

In the above ad, the title of the series is spelled out in newspaper clippings. But unlike many such ads, the clippings aren't written in fake gibberish text, nor do they consist entirely of "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Instead, each article is actually a piece specially written for the show, from the show's version of the Baltimore Sun — a clever nod to the fact that The Wire's fifth season is centered in the newsroom of that very paper.

New York Magazine deconstructs and makes some predictions. Click here!

My Boy Omar: On The Wire, Season 5

"It’s really dark and explosive. Everyone’s off the hook; no one trusts anyone. Everyone questions the way things are operating on the street level, in the police department, in the newsroom. Like McNulty, he’s way off the hook this year. He’s doing things that are totally outrageous, questioning authority, and trying to find the truth. He goes way off the deep end this year."

McNulty? Questioning authority???
Click here for the article in its entirety.

Their Powers Are Just Ridiculous!

Oh No!