When a performer is a standard bearer and larger than life in his or her field, it's hard to escape knowing who that person is, even if you only have a passing interest in his or her art. This Phillyist isn't particularly interested in cinema or dramatic theater, for example, but still knows who Orson Welles and John Barrymore are, if only vaguely. Similarly, one cannot be familiar even in passing with modern dance and......

I think my fascination with Orson Welles started when I was really young and Tiny Toon Adventures did a Citizen Kane spoof. Not long thereafter, I read an abridged-for-kids version of The War of the Worlds, and my grandparents told me about Orson Welles' radioplay of the work—of how people who tuned in late thought that New Jersey really had been set upon by aliens. By the time I was in middle school, I'd already......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Some cool pics from the set of Frank Darabont's latest Stephen King adaptation, The Mist. Oh, there's also a four-part written report there from an AICN visit to the set, if you like to read words as well as look at pictures. (Via) Okay, here's reason number 1,245 why we hate Sony: they have the worst marketing department......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Turbo Tabla: "Egyptian percussionist Karim Nagi's Turbo Tabla combines the spontaneity of a live drummer with the stylistic intensity of a DJ." Free at 9:30 PM on the Plaza Stage at the Kimmel (260 S. Broad). SE7EN HEADS: Philly's own SE7EN HEADS with Omegalord and Last Day Dying at The Troc(1003 Arch Street). 8:30 PM. $7 (21+) Impossible Dreams: Andrew's Video Vault presents back to back screenings of......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Pac-Xon is a combination of two classic video games, and those two games are not Pac-Man and Zaxxon, as this Phillyist had anticipated - with geeky excitement, we might add. Instead, the two games are Pac-Man and Qix, which is nearly as good, and makes for some addictive fun. (Via) Ooh, more exciting His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass casting news!......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Here's a unique site: Cock-a-doodle, featuring drawings of the male member (so, not exactly work-safe). You can vote on the doodles, and then draw your own, starting with either a blank canvas, or what you might call a template penis. And it's not all just for fun! The site raises money for Everyman, a charity working to end testicular cancer. Awesome.......

By Daniel J. Linehan Phillyist is a little ashamed of how we spent last weekend. We prefer not to admit in public that we ignored friends and family to watch murders, mutilations, maiming, mayhem, and a woman performing what may be the most personal castration ever committed to film. (Personally, we hope she had a toothbrush handy.) The good people at International House (3701 Chestnut Street) held a retrospective dedicated to director Sam Peckinpah, and......