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Here are two stories, the first is 5o Things She Wishes You Knew and the second is 50 Things Men Wish You Knew both are from Men’s Health and they are both funny and accurate… well, I can only vouch for the accuracy of the tips that women should know.

Thanks to Diggnation (Eps: 132 and 133), where I found out about the above pic (from IncredImaging) of the amazingly sexy of Carmen Electra as well as the the second set of 50 things to know, which is a funny coincidence since the picture is a perfect example of tip#11.

Enjoy

Dany

After subscribing to the podcast (get the iTunes version here) called College Humor TV, I saw this Urban Legend ER video and I HAD to share.

Thanks to College Humor, a site I don’t spend much time on, but it’s a good site that is a pretty good filter for funny videos.

Dany

After weeks of speculation, it is official, CBS will be airing Dexter, season 1, starting in mid February!

This looks to be the same model that TBS took with Sex in the City and A&E uses to air The Sopranos. The episodes will be edited for tv, which means commercial breaks as well as content neutering of more extreme language, sex and violence. I am not a huge fan of this style editing, but I am a fan of bringing this show into more people’s homes to give them a chance to experience, what I think is one of the best shows on TV. I think this model has really been a boon for Sex in the City, so I hope this does the same thing for Dexter.

I first heard inklings of this when I saw an ad for CBS tv shows and after seeing the poster for CSI flash across the screen, they followed it with a signature shot of our favorite serial killer. Now I came across this press release from Showtime which confirms this story!

I still think the best way to watch this show is on either Showtime, DVD or both, but this is still exciting news and I WILL be checking out the network airings starting this February to see just how much the show changes with these edits.

Thanks to Toxic Shock TV for the above pic.

Dany

If you watched this video from Tom Cruise and didn’t understand some of the slang, check out the companion video I’m posting below, which is cut down a bit, but also fills in some of the missing slang and also adds some editorial commentary about Cruise and Scientology.

Thanks to Webbalert for bringing this to light.

Enjoy the insanity!

Dany

I already knew the general story from the theatrical production that Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street came from, since I had family who put on the production in the past. After hearing a very positive review from a trusted source of this film version of Sweeney Todd I got pretty excited about seeing this film.

This was not one of the best movies I’ve seen recently, but I did enjoy this film quite a bit. I thought Tim Burton does an amazing job of making what must have been buckets of blood look absolutely beautiful. I haven’t seen such amazing blown out colors in a film and blood treated so beautifully since Dario Argento’s Giallo masterpiece Susperia. I was just a bit disappointed by the music and story

Johnny Depp keeps making a great leading man for Burton. His performance, especially when he gets to play off of Helena Bonham Carter (who is enthralling to watch as the ghostly bleached white, sickly brown eyeshadowed partner/potential lover for the former Edward Scissorhands). The performances of the supporting Alan Rickman and Timothy Spall were just a pleasure to watch whenever they were allowed to overtake the screen.

One of the biggest problems is that the songs were not all that great, but I WAS surprised at how some of them sounded, I wasn’t sure how they would turn out with the main actors doing their own singing, even though I thought there may have been too many times when the characters broke into song. The beginning and end of this film are pretty tightly done, the mid section is a bit story thin though.

Let me go back to the production values though, because THIS is where the film really shines. Most every scene is shot perfectly. over 95% of this film portrays the gloomiest London, very similar to the way Burton shot Sleepy Hollow, but it was never more noticeable than after Carter’s BEST hopes and dreams musical number which brought all those blown out colors to the screen, that are a stark contrast to the rest of the movie. I must say though, there was one scene, when Depp was getting off the ship where Burton makes the mistake of lighting him with a warm street lamp, which gives him a slight rosy glow which is a total mismatch for EVERY other scene in the film for his character. Other than that scene, the film looks absolutely amazing.

Thanks to Movies and Life for the above pic.

Dany