The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. The most brilliant blog we’ve seen this week (present company excepted, of course): Cake Wrecks showcases professional cake-work gone terribly, hilariously wrong. Our favorite is the STD-riddled fruit. Enjoy! It’s a scene that might make Editor Jim regret giving up on a big wedding. Want to feel old? Then read about college students not knowing what Watergate symbolizes,......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Amazon is holding a cool Harry Potter-themed writing contest, and the prize is to get some (almost) alone time with one of the only seven existing copies of J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which she personally hand-wrote and illustrated. (Via Sarah) Want to know what a Whopper looks like with 15 extra orders of bacon on it? Those annoyed by......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Sad and shocking news: Anthony Minghella has died. No news yet on the cause of death. He was 54. (Via Sarah) Perhaps due to recent incidents of effeminate violence (via), some states are still trying to stop the sale of adult-themed video games to minors. Minnesota's latest attempt, which would have fined minors for buying M- or AO-rated......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. The new poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is online, and it looks awesome. When we start having previews for previews, we may have gone too far. Still, this ad for the premiere of the Hulk trailer is kind of neat. If you want the specifics, the trailer will air tomorrow night at......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Nerd World dug up a pretty cute little video clip from the upcoming Where the Wild Things Are movie. The audio is clearly unfinished, but otherwise it looks pretty much done. Some rumors confirmed: first of all, Ryan Reynolds will indeed appear as Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Furthermore, Friday Night Lights regular Taylor Kitsch will play Gambit, and will.i.am will......

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......

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. Antiques Roadshow (Mon, 8PM-9PM, WHYY & WLVT) First part of a three part series set in San Antonio, Texas. One of the items examined is a World Series program for the 1905 series between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics. Good Eats (Mon, 8PM-8:30PM, Food Network) Our favorite cooking show takes a look at our favorite vegetable: broccoli! History of the Joke (Mon, 9PM-11PM, History......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Even though Will Arnett's performance as the voice of K.I.T.T. in the upcoming Knight Rider TV movie was already done and in the can, he's now been replaced with Val Kilmer due to a conflict of interest: Arnett has done voicework on GMC truck commercials for over a decade, and K.I.T.T. is a Ford Mustang. This sounds like a joke, but it's apparently......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Sam Raimi will executive produce a new syndicated, live-action weekly series titled Wizard's First Rule, which is based on Terry Goodkind's fantasy book series The Sword of Truth. Cooper Lawrence, the author who criticized Mass Effect on a now infamous Fox News segment, has finally actually seen the game and is admitting she made a mistake, and that......

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Guillermo del Toro is in talks to direct both Hobbit movies. Woo hoo! Awards season continues! Cinematical was liveblogging as Sundance gave out their awards. The SAG and DGA awards also were announced, and the results seem to suggest that the Coen brothers' film No Country for Old Men is a shoe-in for an armload of Oscars. The Top 20 Geek......

Photograph of memorial outside Heath Ledger's NYC apartment Gothamist learned that actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his SoHo apartment, cause of death unknown so far (but apparently the masseuse who found him called Mary-Kate Olsen before 911).Bostonist considered sending a link about the Super Bowl, but damn! The New Kids are reuniting!Although Sylvester Stallone is a native of New York City, his Rocky character lets many Philadelphians consider him a native son......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Thank you, Jesus! The WGA and Producers have restarted talks, and the WGA have agreed to take some of their more exorbitant demands off the table. Even better, Lionsgate and Marvel Studios have both already reached an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America, which means striking Hollywood writers can now work on projects for those studios. How about some comic book......

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......

Heath Ledger died yesterday afternoon in a NYC apartment, and early indications are it was from an overdose, but an autopsy will be performed today to determine the facts. Gothamist has a detailed, much-updated post on the topic. Both the Inquirer and the Daily News are taking a look this morning at the three finalists for the job of chief executive officer of the School District of Philadelphia, and the Inquirer also has a look......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this holiday weekend (all of these movies open today). Most Likely to Rule: I'm Not There - An "unconventional" biopic of Bob Dylan wherein six different actors play him at various stages in his career. Said actors include Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, and Heath Ledger. Also in the cast (but not playing Bob) are David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, and Julianne Moore. We could see how this......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Frank Darabont changed the ending of The Mist for the movie - and King approved. Not only is Guitar Hero III expected to single-handedly cause huge growth in the video game industry, it's also apparently causing growth in album sales for the artists whose songs appear in it. Heads up, amateur scribes and video game fans! BioWare is......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Our friend Boutell makes a very good point about that McDonalds study we were freaking out about the other day. Now we feel a little better about the state of humanity. So is Heath Ledger a convincing Joker? Another actor on set says, "Hell yes!" Only not in so many words. We do not condone smoking, because it is very bad for you,......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Candy - An Australian indie film adaptation of the novel of the same name starring Heath Ledger as a poet named Dan and Abbie Cornish as the title character, an art student who falls for Dan. To get closer to him, she starts taking heroin. "Their story becomes a love triangle - a boy, a girl, and a drug." We haven't read the book, but we've......

...Ignorance: No, Gwyneth, you are American. You're not even really British. (Thanks to reader Katie—story at Blakademic.) ...Blind-siding: We definitely never saw this one coming. Nope. (Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?) ...Now, That's Just Cold: Paris Hilton needs to get over herself. We don't love Lindsay Lohan around here, but Jesus, she should not be making fun of other women's vaginas. (Via TMZ.) ...Stupid: Kate Moss, week two. (Via The Superficial.) ...Divorce: Kate Moss,......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. We have the official news, now folks: the next Batman movie will be called The Dark Knight. And if you've been keeping up with your celebrity news, you already know that the Joker will be played by Heath Ledger. We like that title quite a bit (simple, straightforward, accurate), but we're still not so sure about Heath Ledger. We actually kind......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. In case you're interested, the Movie Blog has the run-down of all the nominees and winners of the 2006 MTV Movie Awards. Our favorites: Hayden Christensen's Vader takes Best Villain, Christian Bale's Batman gets Best Hero, Jessica Alba wins Sexiest Performance for Sin City, and Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger get Best Kiss for Brokeback Mountain. Nice! Word. What he said.......