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Sunday, January 20, 2008
Three Beers: Better Than One
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Friday, January 18, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
What Mark Did
When Neeren joined Facebook:
Or at least it looked something like this. That's what his colleagues tell me, anyway.
Or at least it looked something like this. That's what his colleagues tell me, anyway.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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
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."
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
http://movies.nytimes.com/movies/trailers.html?8dpc
Anger Management
Whopper segment leave you feeling stressed?
Click here to chill the F out.
http://www.myspace.com/sigurros
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.
Warning - objectionable language contained within.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
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)
Friday, January 11, 2008
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.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
"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
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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
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
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
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
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.
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.
Monday, January 7, 2008
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
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
Sunday, January 6, 2008
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!
Friday, January 4, 2008
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
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
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
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
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.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
It's My Birthday & I'm Going To Bangladesh
Please note: The Mel Wire hopes to be temporarily blogging from: http://livefrombangla.blogspot.com/
Monday, December 17, 2007
THE RETURN!
Lost fans have long been dying to get back to the future, and their wait is almost over: ABC will debut season 4 of the island drama on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 9 p.m., in place of Grey's Anatomy.This scheduling move keeps the series out of harm's way (read: American Idol), and will also please tired fans who had trouble last season staying up Wednesday nights until 11 p.m. Eight episodes of the show will air on consecutive Thursdays (the other half of the season is still TBD because of the strike). -Entertaiment Weekly
Friday, December 14, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
I Would Visit Him
THE LATEST ON KIEFER'S JAIL SENTENCE:
Jack Bauer has a new assignment: Laundry duty.
Kiefer Sutherland — who began serving a 48-day sentence in L.A.'s Glendale City Jail on December 5 for his second DUI conviction and for violating probation — "is still assigned to laundry duty and is now doing it on his own," Glendale PD PIO Officer John Balian told TMZ.com.
Balian said Sutherland, 40 — who was only allowed to bring two books for his jail stay — has yet to be assigned to kitchen duty.
And he hasn't received any visitors (except for his attorney) yet, either, TMZ reports. (He is entitled to two visitors a day for a 15-minute video conference chat each.)
Sutherland will be spending his birthday, Christmas and New Year's behind bars.
SO SAD!
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Introducing RoboPanda!
This adorable little guy is on J'Rossman's Chanukah list. Make sure he's on yours, too!
Friday, December 7, 2007
Quote Of The Day
"Kiefer is currently doing laundry, but he will be serving turkey to the inmates for lunch," said Glendale City Jail's spokesperson, Officer Balian.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
BREAKIN' NEWS
'The Wire' Launches Original Shorts
Three prequel shorts related to HBO's critically-acclaimed series The Wire are getting a multiplatform launch ahead of upcoming fifth season, which kicks off Jan. 6. The two- to three-minute shorts, produced by Wire creator David Simon, explore backstory for the characters Prop Joe, Omar, and William ''Bunk'' Moreland. The shorts are currently available for free streaming on Amazon's page for the series' fourth season DVD set. Starting on Jan. 15, they will be made available on HBO On Demand, HBO.com, podcasts, and affiliate portals. They also will air at the end of each fifth-season episode, starting with the third installment. (Hollywood Reporter)
Three prequel shorts related to HBO's critically-acclaimed series The Wire are getting a multiplatform launch ahead of upcoming fifth season, which kicks off Jan. 6. The two- to three-minute shorts, produced by Wire creator David Simon, explore backstory for the characters Prop Joe, Omar, and William ''Bunk'' Moreland. The shorts are currently available for free streaming on Amazon's page for the series' fourth season DVD set. Starting on Jan. 15, they will be made available on HBO On Demand, HBO.com, podcasts, and affiliate portals. They also will air at the end of each fifth-season episode, starting with the third installment. (Hollywood Reporter)
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
In His Own Words
"I briefly perused the famed melwire and i was not disappointed."
THE MOOSE IS LOOSE!
GAME ON
It's time to gear up for the final season of The Wire (our notable namesake)
Get'choself ready to get back in the game by watching Season 4 AVAILABLE STARTING TODAY ON DVD.
Get'choself ready to get back in the game by watching Season 4 AVAILABLE STARTING TODAY ON DVD.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Even Though "Knocked Up" Made Me Laugh
I have to agree with Katherine Heigl on this point:
Katherine Heigl is knocking her summer hit Knocked Up for being "a little sexist.
“It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as goofy, fun-loving guys,” the actress — who just turned 29 — tells January's Vanity Fair.
Katherine Heigl is knocking her summer hit Knocked Up for being "a little sexist.
“It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as goofy, fun-loving guys,” the actress — who just turned 29 — tells January's Vanity Fair.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Saturday, December 1, 2007
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