Just in case there was any doubt left, yes, Robert Downey is in blackface for almost the entirety of Tropic Thunder. And no, I didn't feel guilty about laughing at him. That's because Downey, who plays the Russel Crowe-like Kirk Lazarus, is laughing at himself. It's a ridiculous premise: a multi-time Oscar winner, Lazarus undergoes controversial (you don't say!) skin pigmentation-altering surgery to play the African-American sergeant of the American platoon featured in the Vietnam......

F is for freedom. R is for relaxing. I is for imbibing. D is for designated driver. A is for after-party. Y is for, um, yodeling? Oh whatever, it's Friday people, so look alive and act like it! Get the blood pumping by singing along, to the tune of "This Is How We Do It": This is how we Fridaaaaay....this is how we fri-i-i-day. La da da da di da da da...this is how......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. The big news today is, of course, the fact that Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have mended fences and Jackson is going to direct not just one, but two movies based on The Hobbit. We don't remember the book being all that long, but hey, we'll give them our money twice. In slightly less exciting Peter Jackson-related news, Jackson and......

What's new and/or interesting at Philly theaters this weekend. Ira & Abby - Ira is a brilliant, neurotic Jew with tons of "issues" (hmm... where have we heard of that character before?), and Abby is a free spirit who likes to solve her friends' problems. They meet, fall in love, meet each other's parents, and decide to get married, all in just a few hours. Then, of course, a series of wacky shenanigans make them......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Now here's a fun list, and just in time for Easter: The Top 10 Torture Scenes! We were going to freak out if Audition wasn't on this list, but there it is at number one, so we will simply sit calmly back and enjoy. Your dose of awesome nerd humor for this afternoon: The Inbox Of Nardo Pace, The Empire's Worst......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. We love the Gremlins movies - both of them! - so we're kind of sad to hear that if there is a third entry in the series, it will most likely be direct-to-video and Joe Dante won't be involved. Fangoria is starting their own film production arm! "We want to be the Disney of horror," says the company......

Dear Philadelphia, We love you. We hate you. To be all Dr. Phil about it, we love-hate you (we’re not full of self-righteous fundamentalist bullshit, but you get the picture). You’re rude, crude, and don’t hesitate to yell at us when we take, in your opinion, too much time shuffling our black stiletto-ed selves across Broad Street to take in the Kimmel Center’s latest fare. Yet, like that “totally deep” Goth kid we liked in......