From an Associated Press article, published on MSNBC, regarding today's Oscar nominations:
"The year’s biggest hit, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, earned only one nomination (for makeup) - but was shut out otherwise - including the visual-effects category, a blow to George Lucas and his Industrial Light & Magic outfit that has pioneered special effects. The visual effects nominees were The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, King Kong, and Spielberg's War of the Worlds."
Sounds pretty straightforward, right? Until you consider the fact that ILM did the work and recieved the nominations for both The Chronicles of Narnia, and War of the Worlds. Yeah, that's a real blow to ILM, only recieiving two of the three nominations in the category. Nice research, Associated Press. Morons.
News flash! The internet is a public place, morons.
crocoPuffs Feature: Freedom to be anonymous?
The all-Ryan-all-the-time edition.
crocoPuffs Advice: Ask crocoPuffs: January 27, 2006
DNA evidence reveals that guilty men are, in fact, guilty.
crocoPuffs Feature: Killers are killers
Two new videos have popped up, both named Lazy Monday.
The first is a West Coast response to the original Lazy Sunday which can be found at www.narniarapbattle.com (now there's a phrase I never thought I'd hear, "Narnia rap battle").
The second is a remake of the original, using the original audio with all new video. Considering the original was made way back in December 2005, it was clearly ripe for a remake. Check it out.
This is an excellent essay written by Paul Graham. It's full of the kind of information many people come to discover too late in life. The kind of information people wish they had understood when they were younger. Well, if you're still young, here's a chance to get ahead of the game. Luckily for me, I know everything already, so it wasn't necessary for me to read it, but you can use all the help you can get.
How to do what you love
I know this is old now (a whole 3 weeks), but if you haven't seen the "Lazy Sunday" music video from SNL with Andy Sandberg and Chris Parnell, you should grab the download of it off iTunes and check it out.
And when you're done with that, you can read up on Andy's history and how he got on SNL by visiting The Lonely Island. Don't miss "Awsometown", the failed pilot these guys shot, it's funnier than SNL has been the last two seasons.
In fact, it's hard to believe these guys are writing for SNL. Who can tell? SNL has been as unfunny as it's ever been.
To find out all the interesting tidbits you never knew about Chuck Norris but wish you did, read the Chuck Norris Facts.
Turns out this is International De-Lurking Week, so come out from behind the veil and post a comment. What city do you live in?
Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, and stupid.
crocoPuffs Advice: Ask crocoPuffs: January 6, 2006
I'm into movies less than I was in the past.
crocoPuffs Feature: The Death of Movies
With the Someone keeps stealing my letters... game it's an all out frenzy of letter madness! The point is to spell words or make piles of letters or prevent others from spelling words, or whatever you feel like doing, while the other "players" use the same set of letters. And the other players are ruthless. Good luck!
http://www.lunchtimers.com/games/letters/
What does an enterprising young man do when he can't afford to pay full price for the latest technological gadgets? This:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3270764
Almost wish I'd thought of it back in the day.
