Archive for January, 2008

Now I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a huge American Idol fan. Even with owning a Tivo I still find I have better things to do with my time. I am amused though by this stunt a marketing communications agency did in Omaha, Nebraska to welcome American Idol to its city.

The stunt, as you can see from the photo, was to make a crop circle across five acres of corn. The agency, Swanson Russell Associates, had two weeks to make this crop circle after mentioning the idea to an American Idol senior producer. It looks like it was pulled off as it became known as Omaha’s “Big Reveal” on Tuesday night.

If you want to watch and learn how this crop circle was made, feel free. I personally need to go clean my teeth with my fingernails, so have fun.

Law enforcement sources have apparently told TMZ that an L.A. County Superior Court judge has signed a “5150,” meaning Britney Spears is on a three-day psychiatric hold at the UCLA Medical Center.

There is a “good possibility” that it could be extended to 14 days. They also learned there have been several attempts to get Britney on a 5150. Britney’s lawyers, Anne Kiley and Tara Scott, had just secured a new psychiatrist last week and he’s the one who triggered the 5150 last night.

Britney’s mother, father and brother have been working with the LAPD for weeks in order to get her psychiatric care. Now there’s a fight between Britney’s family and Sam Lutfi over who will make medical decisions, however, that fight is now put on hold because the judge has to make that call.

Stay tuned on this one. She’s either going to straighten out/get healthy or continue her downward spiral.

[TMZ]

Will Ferrel can do anything and be funny as evidenced by this clip where he invades CNBC’s “Power Lunch.” Bill Griffeth looks seriously pissed off. I don’t think he knew who the hell Will Ferrel was. John Mcenroe was involved too. At one point Bill Griffeth calls him Sting.

The man is a comedy genius. What more can you say? The clip says it all.

Does not compute! Does not compute! Logic circuits overloaded! Warning! Warning!

Looks like Scientology has a ways to go before their programming of an individual is perfected. Katie reportedly stormed out of a Scientology meeting, pissed off and stressed over her handler Tom’s recent video shenanigans. Also, “Mad Money,” Katie’s first movie since Tom jumped into her life – isn’t doing so well at the box office. She’s probably pissed that Tom made her do that little celluloid turd, when she could have been in “The Dark Knight”.

I’m sure her programming/psychotropic drugs will kick in soon and she will be back to acting like a Zombie with a new hair do.

Poor Katie, we hardly knew ye.

[Celebitchy]

Gizmodo got their hands on some official high resolution shots, prices and descriptions of the new LEGO diorama sets for Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. They offer an exclusive look into the most-awaited movie of the year.

While the Legos are not Earth shattering, they do give away some of the film’s plot. Hopefully there’s more to it then what these Lego sets show us. Now I’m uncertain whether this will be a great Indy film. But I can say that I would like to watch a Lego version of Raiders after seeing these.

[Gizmodo]

Say you are bored out of your mind. Say you are a William Shatner fan. Maybe both. Want some thoughts from the Shat on his “candid and personal views on life”? You need to beam thyself over to online video site VideoJug then.

The actor best known for Capitan James Kirk is doing videos over at VideoJug on all the things you’d want to know about him, from life raising his three daughters to how he got into hip hop music. We can’t say it is pretty to hear him rapping.

So, if you having nothing else to do, or love Shatner so much (in which case you have nothing else to do), you’ll find these videos entertaining long enough for Tribbles to mate enough to rule the world.

Apparently, it wasn’t enough to have a cartoon Pochahontas movie. Now Disney is making a live action movie. The good news is that Pochahontas just got hotter as Jessica Biel will have the title role.

Which makes sense given how many teepees she has erected.

Click through for an even hotter Jessica Biel picture as Pochahontas.

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These cupcake photos have been zinging across the web and making geeks like me hungry. These are true retro arcade works of art. They make me want to play vintage games while munching away. They were created by hello naomi and arranged to look just like the game screen.

Clearly I need me a new Betty Crocker in the kitchen. I would ask my wife to make these, but I don’t fancy a punch to my face.

[Flickr]

Im no fan of the jailbait celebuspawn of Billy Ray Cyrus, and apparently I’m not alone. A 16-year-old boy was arrested for planning to hijack a plane and crash it into a Hannah Montana concert.

Well, that’s a bit extreme.

The FBI said, “His stated intent was to hijack the airplane and commit suicide. He did indicate he intended to die in Louisiana. It appears he had a ticket to Louisiana.”

In his bag they found handcuffs, duct tape and yarn. Sounds like some sort of crafter with a kinky side if you ask me.

Now onto our second feature. Grab the popcorn and take a potty break. Are you back? Good.

The celebuspawn and Disney star had some racy pics leaked online. The 15-year-old is seen here in a provocative pose in her underwear.

Is that any way for a 15 year old to act? Billy Ray better adjust his mullet and keep a closer eye on this skank in training.

It must be something in the Disneyland water. Jesus.

[Damnimcute]

An encore of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is on TV tonight. How sweet would it be to watch it here, in a Terminator themed theater. Answer: It would be awesome. Second only to Linda Hamilton bearing your child and raising him to be the leader of the resistance.

Darren Mortenson put it all together himself. The picture shows a television, but there’s also a projector so he can watch movies at a cool 159″. Doing all the work himself even scored him CEDIA installer certification. All in all, it’s pretty awesome. He got that Sky Net machine look down perfect.

Check out a few more pics after the jump.

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