It’s that time of year again: Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, during which millions of Americans wind themselves up with tales of gruesome attacks before heading off on their August beach vacations. It’s a summer tradition. Of course the great irony of our perverse fascination with sharks is that although we paint them as blood-thirsty, demonic [...]
He is an Emmy-winning game show host who recently injured himself chasing a burglar. Answer? None other than ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek. According to ABC’s San Francisco affiliate, Trebek chased a burglar at his hotel at 2:30AM on Wednesday morning, causing his Achilles tendon to suddenly snap. He reportedly fell and also injured his other [...]
1875. New Mexico Territory. A stranger (Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It’s a town [...]
For fans bumming because Mad Men’s fifth season won’t be airing this summer, here’s some good news: The first four seasons will be available to stream via Netflix starting Wednesday. Netflix inked a multi-year deal with Lionsgate in April to air the series. Additional seasons will be added after they air on the AMC Network. [...]
Sinatra. The man has inspired the way you wear a fedora. How you loosen your tie. How you karaoke “Strangers in the Night.” And now, how you vacation. Welcome to the Frank Sinatra Twin Palms Estate, Ol’ Blue Eyes’s home for eight years… and now yours to rent. So the next time you roll into [...]
Underneath all the lines of coke, sex and ridiculous mullets there’s actually a really touching story in HBO’s Eastbound & Down. A once great star who’s lost the love of his life tries to pick up the pieces and get it all back, and that would make for a really emotional journey if the protagonist [...]
Common folk eat up comparisons to their famous look-a-like, but what about celebrities themselves? Via makeup, plastic surgery, and sheer coincidence, duplicates of our beloved stars are running rampant all over Hollywood. Here are 20 of our favorite, unrelated, doppelgangin’ celebs.
TNT has renewed Falling Skies for a second season. The Noah Wyle-starring sci-fi drama debuted to 5.9 million total viewers, cable’s top series launch this year. The 10-episode second season is slated to air summer 2012. “Falling Skies is a true standout series, from its ambitious storytelling, high-profile cast and production team to its phenomenal [...]
As if our nerd sensors weren’t already on overload with all the Comic-Con goodness, the good people at AMC sent us over this very tantalizing first look at ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 2. In the new picture, Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn) and Andrea (Laurie Holden) look a little worried … and bloody as they’re making their [...]
Kenny Powers, one-time major league flamethrower and resident all-time badass, has been installed as the new CEO — make that MFCEO — of K-Swiss, and to show you that this isn’t your daddy’s athletic footwear and apparel company, he’s commissioned a video that gives you a behind-the-scenes look into his first marketing campaign. Kenny has [...]
Which box-office record did Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 NOT break this weekend? Well, it did not break the record for biggest single-day sales for a Saturday. That title, at least, still belongs to Spider-man 3. Otherwise, HP Part VIII cleaned the hell up, breaking the record for highest midnight grosses ($43 million), biggest single-day gross ($92 million), [...]
These awesome kids Dylan and Lauren (or ‘sandalwood’ as they are calling themselves) perform their favorite track ‘Everlong’ by Foo Fighters in the OxJam tent at Electric Picnic festival 2010
Eighty percent of the films in the top 50 highest grossing films of all-time were released after 2000, while no film prior to 1977 appears in the rankings because ticket-price inflation isn’t considered. To me, that’s not an accurate historical representation of which movies were most popular. So, after some digging, I found a chart [...]
