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Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mac has died at age 50, reports the Chicago Sun Times.
Despite reports earlier in the week that the comic was on the mend, publicist Danica Smith says Mac died early this morning at a hospital in the Chicago area of complications due to pneumonia.
The comedian also suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces small lumps of cells in the body's organs, which Smith says has been in remission since 2005.
He recently had been hospitalized and treated for pneumonia. Mac had starring roles in "Ocean's Eleven," "Bad Santa," "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "Transformers."
On TV, Mac drew critical and popular acclaim with his popular Fox series "The Bernie Mac Show," which aired more than 100 episodes from 2001 to 2006.
How's this for an unofficial theme song for "Quantum of Solace," the long awaited follow-up to "Casino Royale." Seriously... This is pretty funny. Enjoy...
Fresh off the news that Quentin Tarantino will be casting Britney Spears to play dancer Varla in a remake of the 1965 cult film "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" comes this pretty coll video of the feral director going toe-to-toe with some oscure local TV anchor during his press tour for "Kill Bill." The audio is a little off, but still very watchable.
I needed this. After a shitty, shitty weekend, I stumbled upon this great image that answers what happens when a film at a movie theater changes over? Well, funny shit like this I suppose... Thanks to Slashfilm yet again.
...You probably won't find more haunting images of the Deep South than in this short video. Dunno where or how this one popped out of my brain. Took me a very brisk two days to finish.
If anyone ever wants to know how, why or where the blues emerged, look no further. Hopefully this can explain... And you also have to love Blind Willie Johnson's haunting moans. WARNING: Some scary images of brutality may not be suitable for younger kids.
How bad do you think I felt yelling at my dog for crapping in the house after watching this viral sensation? So, for the three who haven't seen this yet, enjoy and don't weep too much...
Wow... Dunno how I would react in this situation, but damn, seems scary. As someone who's never been in an actual earthquake, I think it's safe to say that I'd run for the fuckin' hills. Gotta love how the dude on Judge Judy was so stupefied that he just stood there under teetering stage lights and how Judge Penny did what they taught her in grade school and dutifully dived under her desk.
Here's a Batman ripe for the cocktail set... Actually, it's the teaser from the recent ComicCon called "Batman: The Brave and the Bold." Looks like for the new 'toon, we're seeing less of a broody and grim Dark Knight that makes way for a more campy Bat in the POW! BAM! BOOM! vein. Looks like tons of fun.
The animated series based on the famed DC comic book title and, as the title suggests, will feature Batman teaming-up with various characters in the DC Universe. Known characters to have been revealed so far are Green Arrow, Blue Beetle, and Aquaman. The series was set to start airing in Fall 2008, but was pushed back to March 2009 instead
Originally posted at Bukowski's Basement... Our favorite hard-drinkin' techno ambient groovemeister is back with the eclectic and eerie tune "Stupid." Watch it in the dark... it'll freak you out.
Of the poetic tune (read the lyrics first), Groovespook says on his blog:
"So I have finally completed STUPID. It took me literally MONTHS of gradual frame by frame masking of both my eyeballs (it's called rotoscoping in professional circles) Great learning experience and got me some mean chops with a few key shortcuts. Seriously though, I looked at the first test I did and it was FEBRUARY!!!! So it really has taken me nearly 6 months to complete.
It is not highly apparent either that all of my two eyes through the entire video have been painstakingly masked. 6736 frames to be exact. That is like drawing a vector shape onto a layer in Illustrator or photoshop and applying a 3 pixel feather 13472 times. I soldiered on like a.. ... soldier, I guess, for MONTHS.
I am very proud of it. My mind is boggling at the future of my videos now this is complete. Options options options are almost LIMITLESS - aside from my damn time!!! I want to employ my good friend Gregger to direct the next one, in a huge green room he has access to. ooooooh. It will not be the Matrix but it will feature more effect heavy rendering and fun. I presume. Better lighting too no doubt.
Here are the lyrics...
STUPID
he sold his belongings again took what was left of his friend's advise to heart round the bend to begin this legend this great one's defences end
spilled whisky and shunned one to win the eyes of such beauty his world went out to end round the bend to begin this legend this princesses stories end
Stupid Stupid Stupid Stupid
Now both of his remaining wits end struck out for the one bastard ravers intent round the bend to begin this legend this young drivers next stupid this young drivers next stupid this young drivers next stupid this young drivers next this young drivers next
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" star Shia LaBeouf was charged with DUI after he was involved in a multi-vehicle accident in Hollywood early Sunday morning, says Entertainment Weekly.
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s office said the 22-year-old actor, who also starred in last summer's blockbuster "Transformers," was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after the car he was driving rolled over.
This wasn't the young star's first incident involving alcohol. Last November, LaBeouf was charged with criminal trespassing in a Chicago drugstore. Those charges were later dropped.
Word on the grapevine is that he had to have some minor surgery and that "Transformers 2" will be postponed. Bet the studio loves THAT...
This weekend, "The Dark Knight" continued to shatter records as it crossed the $300 million mark in 10 days, surpassing the benchmark set in 2006 by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," which took 16 days, says the Associated Press. Analysts expect the Batman film could reach $400 million in about 18 days, which would beat the record "Shrek 2" set in 2004 when it made that much money in 43 days.
In all likelihood, "The Dark Knight" could pass "Titanic" as the highest-grossing film in U.S. history, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By Numbers. James Cameron's 1997 disaster film made $600,788,188 domestically, a record no other movie has come close to touching.
"Titanic" which shot Leonardo DiCaprio to superstardom, has sat in a lock box for over a decade. "It's a tall order but if any film has a chance to surpass that number, it's got to be `Dark Knight,'" Dergarabedian said.
This little tidbit comes via Slate and being that Papa H. fancied himself a journalist of the highest order we have to ask ourselves, should a newspaper be doing this? I say no. While granted, the L.A. Times doesn't want to "dignify" something that's appeared in the National Enquirer, perhaps the editorial board on Monday morning should review how many big stories the so-called scandal sheet has actually broken. Many...
LAT Gags Blogs: In a move that has apparently stirred up some internal discontent, the Los Angeles Times has banned its bloggers, including political bloggers, from mentioning the Edwards/Rielle Hunter story. Even bloggers who want to mention the story in order to make a skeptical we-don't-trust-the-Enquirer point are forbidden from doing so. Kausfiles has obtained a copy of the email Times bloggers received from editor Tony Pierce. [I've excised the recipient list and omitted Pierce's email address]:
From: "Pierce, Tony"
Date: July 24, 2008 10:54:41 AM PDT
To: [XXX]
Subject: john edwards
Hey bloggers,
There has been a little buzz surrounding John Edwards and his alleged affair. Because the only source has been the National Enquirer we have decided not to cover the rumors or salacious speculations. So I am asking you all not to blog about this topic until further notified.
If you have any questions or are ever in need of story ideas that would best fit your blog, please don't hesitate to ask
Keep rockin,
Tony
That will certainly calm paranoia about the Mainstream Media (MSM) suppressing the Edwards scandal.
AGAIN, via SLATE -- P.S.: Is the Times' edict a) part of a double-standard that favors Democrats (and disfavors Republicans like Rep. Vito Fossella and John McCain)? Or does it b) simply reflect an outmoded Gatekeeper Model of journalism in which not informing readers of certain sensitive allegations is as important as informing them--as if readers are too simple-minded to weigh charges that are not proven, as if they aren't going to find out about such controversies anyway? I'd say it's a mixture of both (a) and (b). This was a sensational scandal the LAT and other MSM papers passionately did not want to uncover when Edwards was a formal candidate, and now that the Enquirer seems to have done the job for them it looks like they want everyone to shut up while they fail to uncover it again. ...
Continuing to smash records, "The Dark Knight" is the first film to break $200 million in five days, Entertainment Weekly reports.
The second Batman movie from star Christian Bale and director Christopher Nolan, earned a $203.8 million dollars, smashing the prior record held by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" in 2006 which took eight days to reach the goal.
Ultimately the 'Pirates' film, which starred Johnny Depp as swashbuckling pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, took in $423.3 million domestically - a number that doesn't seem too far off for Gotham's vigilante superhero.
Originally posted on our other blog Bukowski's Basement. For the four of you who saw it there, my apologies...
Meet the next Moby...
... Only more poetic and with no dopey political or environmental agendas like saving the tsetse fly or rare leaves in the Amazon. He's a hard-drinkin', eclectic techno artist whose lyrics are thought-provoking, dark, ambiguous and timely.
Granted, the musical vibe of Hemingway's Lounge isn't exactly ambient or techno-driven. Yup, as we stir our whiskey with a rusty nail, we gravitate towards those tunes that akin to the underbelly. But that said, we do love to chill every now and then, so meet Groovespook. His quirky, grim, two-toned lyrics are a perfect fit for Bukowski's Basement as are his simplified, disturbing videos (constructed in his own basement).
Here's some lyrics...
TWAS PINK FOR A MINUTE The Shape of it was cool, The eye of any fool could name it's origin but for the mix that lay within
The feel of it was cool the touch of any fool could tell the presence of a forethought kept on ice on ice but the taste of it was cool the look of any fool could send a weaker man to mirror such a weaker man than I am than I am than I am
And the video...
So how just how did "Twas Pink for a Minute" come about? "I came directly home from having to work Saturday and Sunday of the long weekend that was the 4th of July," he explains on his blog.
"Nothing could be more depressing for a 36 year-old really," said the musician, who's real name is Porl Gordon, an Australian transplant who lives in New Jersey. He goes on to say that after getting home from work, he built himself the aptly-named "Gordon" (a simply awesome Martini with secret ingredients) and sat down and did the following:
1. Wrote a poem about it. 2. Turned it into a tune. 3. Performed it. 4. Recorded it. 5. Visually recorded it. 6. Visually performed it. 6. Merged the three (almost seamlessly) 7. Imported them into After Effects and added... ummmmm... After effects? Or is that too stupid? 8. Exported it to a happy format for You Tube. 9. Uploaded it. 10. Watched it and finished the Martini
Born in England and raised in Australia, he started penning music when his parents gave him a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer at 14. Ever since, he started buying more equipment and developing his own style which led to a self-produced disc called "Broad Water Moods."
Gordon says he's inspired by the likes of Thomas Dolby, Tears for Fears, Peter Gabriel, Massive Attack and Portishead. In addition to the ivories, Gordon also plays flute and bass and uses his voice in his recordings. He worked as a deejay in his native land down under and when he was 26, he headed to London and continued to work the steel wheels at various music venues. "I did raves in London. I would do eight hours of music," Gordon told his local paper. In 1999, he came to America.
Here's his other hypnotic creation, "FAILURE AT THE CAVE" which we think may have fanboys wetting their pants.
FAILURE AT THE CAVE I walked right in not me scared not of him not a lizard hissing could sweat me pissing my x wing trousers
he said I wouldn't need my light saber the little wizard said backwards clever things not three more minutes till I'm face to face with a nasty man
in a trench coat and a garbage can redesigned to keep his scorched dead skin from flicking all right off of him
Of course I couldn't know that then because of lying old man Ben and the little green wizard shot glances between me and him under my x wing swamp weed wouldn't need my light saber the little wizard said backwards clever things not a pained long focus could have let me see who the nasty man was
in a trench coat and a garbage can redesigned to keep his scorched dead skin and showing Luke Anakin
Am I the one one who gets oddly sentinental at this retro HBO Movie Night intro? I remember watching a "Behind the Scenes" special about the making of this sequence. It involved many scaled wooden sets and a zooming camera overheard. All pre CGI and yes, very very cool.
The alleged confrontation between "The Dark Knight" star Christian Bale and his 61-year-old mother may have stemmed from a long-running family feud of Bale's wife, Sibi, according to a report in the British newspaper.
The Daily Mail reports the quarrel in a London hotel room on Sunday night on the eve of the movie's European premiere, led to Bale's arrest on Tuesday. He denies the assault allegation, and police released him after four hours without pressing charges except for a whole lotta bad press on what's potentially the biggest week of his career.
For the record, though, I must admit that this story sounded fishy from the get-go. Bale always seemed to be the kind of low-key guy that was never in trouble, constantly worked, had a stable marriage, and didn't party - so when I had heard the initial story, I felt that there was a layer to it that we all, perhaps, didn't know.
What's more, I also heard that in Britain, one can get arrested for verbal assault. Not sure how true that is but damn, if all the guy was doing was shouting... Sucks to be him right now.
Unfortunately, all people will think from here on out is that Christian Bale is the prick that assaulted his mom and sis. Sucks...
Producers Moritz Borman and Peter Graves have licensed film rights to Jon Land's action thriller novel "The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending" says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story centers on a Sin City casino owner, Michael "The Tyrant" Tiranno, the adopted son of an Italian crime lord who is called upon to defend the gambling mecca from terrorist attacks.
The character is loosely inspired by Las Vegas entrepreneur Fabrizio Boccardi's life story and is designed as the first of a series of James Bond-like adventure tales.
BATMAN star Christian Bale has been arrested by detectives investigating a claim of assault, police sources said today. Bale, 34, faces questioning over the claim — made by his own mother and sister.
A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said: “A 34-year-old man attended a central London police station this morning by appointment.
“He was arrested in connection with an allegation of assault. He currently remains in custody.”
Bale was arrested just hours after he attended the first European screening of the new Batman blockbuster, The Dark Knight.
But he was able to attend the first European screening of new Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight in London’s West End.
"The Dark Knight," the highly-anticipated sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins" raked in $66.4 million in its opening day to set the single-day box office record, according to its distributor Warner Bros. The Friday tally bests previous record-holder "Spider-Man 3" which set the prior record with a $59.8 million opening day last year.
Dan Fellman, head of distribution at Warner Bros., told Reuters the film will likely break the opening weekend record of $151.1 million set by the Spider-Man movie,
Three summer's ago, "Batman Begins," grossed nearly $49 million its first weekend in America and collected $372 million worldwide.
God, how I love that you can make kick-ass videos on a desktop these days. The future is here. Case in point, check out this great video that some dude tagged "SilverLightsaber" put together. Kinda like "Battle of the Batmans" a few weeks ago, this faux trailer imagines a Gotham with not one but TWO insane Jokers running amok. Very cool...
