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Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'fiwire'

March 4, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Djimon Hounsou revealed at a press junket that he’ll be starring in his dream project soon, which he described only as a comic book trilogy. Could he be playing Luke Cage? Black Panther? Or does it have something to do with Tintin? We'll just have to wait and see. What would it look like if Saul Bass did......

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February 18, 2008

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Ain't It Cool News claims to have found the final explanation for how Terry Gilliam will complete his film The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus now that the star, Heath Ledger, is dead: apparently Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell will all fill in for Ledger in "a weird sort of I’m Not There-esque tribute to the actor." Huh. Well, that......

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January 23, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Cinematical staffers offer their thoughts and memories of Heath Ledger, in the wake of the young actor's shocking, tragic death yesterday afternoon. The inevitable parody of Tom Cruise's recently revealed super-crazy pro-Scientology video, this one starring Jerry O'Connell. Pretty funny. (Via Jill) Scott Adams unveiled a pretty cool new Dilbert widget on his blog yesterday. A highly detailed 14-inch tall action......

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December 11, 2007

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Amuse yourself at work this afternoon by reading the weirdest work stories of the year, and definitely let us know if you have a story you think belongs on the list. Maybe we could do a top ten weird Philly work stories? (Via Jill) We usually try to avoid linking to our -ist compatriots here at the Whiz,......

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December 7, 2007

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Phillyist Sarah is always tempting this Phillyist with articles on food blogs about inventive things to do with bacon, but this may be our favorite yet - bacon chocolate chip cookies with maple cinnamon glaze. Imagine Homer Simpson with his held tilted back, his eyes glazed over, and drool dripping out of his mouth, and you will understand our reaction. The first Speed......

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December 6, 2007

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Sci Fi Wire reveals that Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet and rapper Xzibit will be in X-Files 2, while The Movie Blog tells us who won't be in it: Lance Henriksen. GameSpot has decided to release a more in-depth series of responses to the controversy surrounding their firing of Jeff Gerstmann, and Joystiq has the run-down. Meanwhile, this whole thing has gotten everybody thinking......

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November 19, 2007

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Are you a meanderthal? Not sure? Check the urban dictionary, and beware! Apparently the word could soon be heading to the real dictionary. (Via Jill) Uh oh - looks like the upper ups at Warner Bros. demanded some last minute changes to the ending of I Am Legend. That's rarely good news... Supposedly The Movie Blog got their hands on some......

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October 1, 2007

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Reggie at Nintendo says no, they almost certainly will not have enough Wiis for everyone this holiday season - and it's all because the console is so incredibly popular, and not at all due to production problems. Way to spin it, Reggie! Heh. You can plug your iPod into a rock. Adrian Paul says the future of the Highlander series is......

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September 14, 2007

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Wired's got a photo gallery of cool cutting edge gadgets and technology. Good times! (Via Jill) Here's an interesting little online video series for you: Bif Bam Pow Wow! It's a vlog sort of thing where a comic book store guy talks about and reviews movies, TV shows, comic books, and plenty of other geeky things. He's a good talker, and pretty amusing.......

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August 13, 2007

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Apparently there will be a hotel in space in 5 years. A three day stay will cost you a cool $4 million. As you may have noticed from past postings, we're pretty big fans of The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Reading lead singer Toren Atkinson's blog this morning, we had these observations: Supercthonic would be an awesome title for an......

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August 2, 2007

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Check out this post by a Croatian comic-book artist about his favorite manga. It's as good a way as any to step into the weird and wild world of Japanese comics. Also check out the comments of the Drawn! post that led us to that list, as they contain even more recommendations. (Also, we second the recommendations of Death Note and Uzumaki, which......

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July 26, 2007

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Apropos of Something is celebrating the impending release of The Simpsons Movie with a list of The Top Simpsons Supporting Characters. Some of these folks actually seem to be pretty major characters to us, but apparently for the purposes of this list, anybody who is not part of the Simpsons family proper is considered a supporting character. Regardless, many lovely choices, and many......

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July 19, 2007

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Wow. Just, wow. You need to check this out. Dude decided to try to visit every Starbucks in Manhattan (that's 171) in one day - and purchase and at least partially consume a product from every one of them! He had to hit a store every seven minutes for 20 consecutive hours, spending $369.14, and the caffeine ended up leaving him dehydrated and......

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July 2, 2007

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. TV Guide has a list of the Top 30 Cult Shows Ever. Most of our favorite TV shows ever ended up on there, so we're pretty pleased. Shaft is in Speed Racer! By which we mean, Richard Roundtree has been cast in the upcoming movie. Sweet. Sci Fi Wire has a few more details about the upcoming Sci Fi Channel miniseries,......

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April 10, 2007

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. First of all, and thankfully, it turns out that whole story about the Kansas Board of Education banning Pokemon was fake. The scary thing is that, even though it did seem pretty ridiculous, it also seemed possible. Harvey Weinstein is incredibly disappointed and is thinking of rereleasing Grindhouse this summer as two separate movies. Crap! That means we......

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April 6, 2007

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Yay, Apropos of Something is doing a great big, two part comic book-related list! It's the 20 Coolest Superhero Costumes Ever, and part 1 is right here. Part 2 is supposed to show up some time today, so keep an eye out for it. The guy who did School of Rock may be teaming up with the guys who did Shaun of the......

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December 19, 2006

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Trailer time! Here's one for Shrek the Third (via) - check it out, it's quite funny! And keep an eye out for the long awaited Transformers trailer tomorrow. XPN has a fun early Christmas present for us: free Christmas music downloads from artists like Sufjan Stevens and Kristoffer Ragnstam! God bless them, every one. We totally support the......

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