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Defamer Friday Funtime
Something about a Friday afternoon with temperatures in the mid-90s has effectively turned our brains to hot fudge sauce, so what better frozen delight to ladle that over than the mindless fun going down at starwarscrawl.com. By now, the familiar, receding pyramid of text and score are second nature to you, so go ahead and fill in the necessary fields, and astonish your friends (and us—but that's redundant!) with your creativity. We've already experienced the surprising (Rick Roll: A New Hope) and—after the jump—a bold, minimalist take that dispenses with all the boring intergalactic-trade-tariff details that bogged down the prequels. Now what are you waiting for: crawl away!
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Bored Wars: A New Hope!
Something about a Friday afternoon with temperatures in the mid-90s has effectively turned our brains to hot fudge sauce, so what better frozen delight to ladle that over than the mindless fun going down at starwarscrawl.com. By now, the familiar, receding pyramid of text and score are second nature to you, so go ahead and fill in the necessary fields, and astonish your friends (and us—but that's redundant!) with your creativity. We've already experienced the surprising (Rick Roll: A New Hope) and—after the jump—a bold, minimalist take that dispenses with all the boring intergalactic-trade-tariff details that bogged down the prequels. Now what are you waiting for: crawl away!
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Help A 'Revenge Of The Nerds' Fan Achieve Darth Climax
Because we at Defamer are fully committed to bringing together fans of seminal '80s teen comedies and Star Wars geeks in possession of both a Darth Vader mask and a burning need to get laid (of which there should be no shortage), we now pass on a personals ad, salvaged by a sharp-eyed Defamer reader before being snatched from the ether by an unseen hand and replaced with the dreaded "flagged for removal." It read:
More »Remember the scene in Revenge of the Nerds where the cheerleader gets fucked while the nerd is wearing a Darth Vader costume.
I WANT TO BE THAT CHEERLEADER!
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Unlocking the Secrets of the Best and Worst Movie Titles in History
Apart from the bold statements by movie-titling consultants about the high importance of... movie-titling consultants ("When movie titles don't work, studios are leaving potential earnings on the table," says one), Josh Friedman's LA Times survey of movie titles lost, found, revised and re-revised yields a handful of worthwhile historical nuggets we'd never surmised. Like Annie Hall was originally named Anhedonia — "a term for the inability to experience pleasure" — and our beloved Beverly Hills Chihuahua was conceived with the weak-ass working title South of the Border. After the jump, the experts show off with the good and the bad, and we leave the ugly up to your fertile imaginations. More »
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Bob Marley's Family, 'Star Wars' Geeks Finally United in Loathing for Harvey Weinstein
Still reeling from the shock of close friend and colleague Anthony Minghella's sudden death last Tuesday, Harvey Weinstein's hope for a quiet week around the office was vanquished late Friday as resistance mounted for two of his company's upcoming projects. And you have to know that when you've made enemies of groups as diverse as Bob Marley's family and Star Wars fanboys, things really aren't going your way.More »
Via our friends at BoingBoing, we bring you The 10 Star Wars Toys that Unintentionally Look Like Other Celebrities, a highly amusing gallery of action figures and their accidental doppelgangers that's guaranteed to entertain. Meanwhile, fanboy memorabilia collectors who can't wait until the end of spring for The Dark Knight merchandising to hit store shelves might finally be tempted to crack open that mint Slave Leia specimen and slip her into something a little more black-latexy. [toplessrobot.com]
Growing tired of your bootlegged Betamax copy of The Star Wars Holiday Special, but still looking for some Yuletide Yoda cheer? Here's a gallery of every Star Wars Christmas card sent out by LucasFilm since the '70s, including this year's pop-up edition, featuring a choir of caroling Stormtroopers. Merry Life Day, everyone! [Slash Film]
We're not even sure what Star Wars character onto which this Worth 1000 Photoshop contest entrant digitally crafted George Clooney's face, but the resulting, lantern-jawed creature with those unmistakable Old Hollywood good looks is almost guaranteed not to be going home alone after last call at the Mos Eisley cantina. [Worth1000]
Chewbacca, Boba Fett, and many of the other characters you treasured until George Lucas decided to embark on his misguided prequel odyssey were at NASA today, to present the space shuttle people with Luke Skywalker's original Jedi lightsaber, scheduled to take a six million mile trip in October on Discovery. [starwarsblog]
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· Minutes and minutes of fun (and a deepened appreciation for David Chase's genius) can be had with YouTube and the search query "Sopranos alternate ending."
· There's is definitely something a little perverse about a Luke/Vader Father's Day gift set.
· Angelina Jolie wears a $26 outfit (not including shoes) to the NY premiere of A Mighty Heart; if her candidacy for sainthood wasn't already a lock, it certainly is now.
· Catwoman money buys a pretty nice spread in Silver Lake.
YouTubers Second-Guess The Cut To Black
· Minutes and minutes of fun (and a deepened appreciation for David Chase's genius) can be had with YouTube and the search query "Sopranos alternate ending."
· There's is definitely something a little perverse about a Luke/Vader Father's Day gift set.
· Angelina Jolie wears a $26 outfit (not including shoes) to the NY premiere of A Mighty Heart; if her candidacy for sainthood wasn't already a lock, it certainly is now.
· Catwoman money buys a pretty nice spread in Silver Lake.
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If you don't find yourself kept up at night by Lucasian imponderables, such as how and where the Sarlacc Pit poops out its millennium-old digested prey, today is merely the half-day hurdle to your Memorial Day weekend. (At least we have a half-day, and a day off on Monday, after which we'll return, fully incoherent after being gifted an extra day of binge drinking from the national holiday gods.) But for the rest of us, today is Star Wars Day, a day for our humble Stripmall Planet of Los Angeles to honor the 30th anniversary of the release of the first installment of the legendary space saga. Today, your car doesn't just get stolen—it gets stolen by a pack of Jawas! After the jump, a round-up: More »
Rejoice! It's 'Star Wars' Day!
If you don't find yourself kept up at night by Lucasian imponderables, such as how and where the Sarlacc Pit poops out its millennium-old digested prey, today is merely the half-day hurdle to your Memorial Day weekend. (At least we have a half-day, and a day off on Monday, after which we'll return, fully incoherent after being gifted an extra day of binge drinking from the national holiday gods.) But for the rest of us, today is Star Wars Day, a day for our humble Stripmall Planet of Los Angeles to honor the 30th anniversary of the release of the first installment of the legendary space saga. Today, your car doesn't just get stolen—it gets stolen by a pack of Jawas! After the jump, a round-up: More »
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NBC To Try To Nurture 'Friday Night Lights' To Eventual Nielsen Health
· NBC has pre-upfront pick-up fever, renewing the critically beloved, but anemically rated, Friday Night Lights for a second season. ("First be best, then be first" is the Peacock motto stitched into a throw pillow on Kevin Reilly's couch.) Also making the schedule: new dramas The Bionic Woman, Chuck, Journeyman and Life. [Variety]· Barry Sonnenfeld is in talks to direct supernatural adventure The Box for Fox, prompting the best headline of the morning: "Sonnenfeld Ponders Fox's 'Box'." Can't wait for "Barry All Up Inside Fox's Box" when the deal closes. [THR]
· You already know all about Ari Emanuel's opinion of the Chris Albrecht ouster, but the industry's feelings on the matter remain complicated. Recovering addict/friend/Deadwood producer David Milch says Time Warner did the right thing even if they were just afraid of the bad press: "All these people saying the corporation should have forgiven him, what they're really saying is the corporation should have kept him sick."[Variety]
· Forgiving the franchise for its later floppy-eared, jive-talking transgressions against their craft, The Visual Effects Society recognizes Star Wars as having the most influential special effects of all time. [THR]
· Var boldly predicts that Spider-Man 3 will crush new competition Georgia Rule and 28 Weeks Later, but does note Spidey's fallen off the record-setting pace of last summer's Pirates sequel.. [Variety]
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May 25th Is 'Star Wars' Day!
It's hard to believe, but May 25th marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the first installment in George Lucas's career-defining, not-at-all-silly epic space opera, making it as good an excuse as any to push through some civic legislation designating it Star Wars Day in Los Angeles. Our friends at Curbed LA snagged a copy of the resolution: More »
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Short Ends: Anonymous, Rich Nerd Gets Piece Of 'Star Wars' History
· The genuine Obi Wan Kenobi robe that fetched a disturbing $104,000 from an anonymous, telephone-bidding Jedi fetishist at a costume auction is the item grabbing the most headlines, but Bonhams had such a staggering array of movie-worn outfits for sale that the well-monied perv could arrange perhaps the greatest Hollywood cosplay orgy of all time, featuring Ethan Hunt, James Bond, Evita, an anti-Semitic Scotsman, and Supergirl.
· Some victims of mob violence think that Jack Nicholson's lovable, strap-on-wielding The Departed character didn't really get at the essence of the real-life crime boss on whom it was loosely based.
· Has Oscar made Alan Arkin a sellout? Or does he just love sharing his musical tastes with fellow digital music fans?
· We haven't checked the instructions label on one in a while, but we're pretty sure that this is not a recommended use for a newborn baby.
· That Laguna Beach guy is obviously not nearly famous enough to escape jail time.
· Simon Cowell: Unafraid to speak truth to crazy. More »
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· The Brokeback to the Future guys have returned, and they've added lasers to Singin' in the Rain, proving that there's no dance scene that can't be improved with futuristic gunplay.
· And thus begins the GQ Newlyweds of the Year Curse. Unfortunately, Tom and Katie almost certainly won't qualify for next year's installment.
The LA outpost of Eater officially launched today, the newest member of the burgeoning Curbed blogging empire. Stop by and welcome them to the neighborhood.
Britney and Paris: the one act play and the lost diary entry.
· And today's palate cleanser: Sleepy Kitten.
Short Ends: George Lucas' 'Singin' in the Rain'
· The Brokeback to the Future guys have returned, and they've added lasers to Singin' in the Rain, proving that there's no dance scene that can't be improved with futuristic gunplay.
· And thus begins the GQ Newlyweds of the Year Curse. Unfortunately, Tom and Katie almost certainly won't qualify for next year's installment.
The LA outpost of Eater officially launched today, the newest member of the burgeoning Curbed blogging empire. Stop by and welcome them to the neighborhood.
Britney and Paris: the one act play and the lost diary entry.
· And today's palate cleanser: Sleepy Kitten.
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Matthew McConaughey Episode IV: A New Hope
Photographs of Matthew McConaughey's recent coastal yoga routine continue to offer inspiration to legions of Photoshop blasphemists everywhere, as a highly ambitious animated gif submitted to a BestWeekEver.tv contest imagines a Star Wars universe in which the Rebels leave the Millenium Falcon behind to fly a shirtless, sand-encrusted McConaughey on a suicide mission to destroy the Death Star. Ultimately, however, McConaughey's daredevil pilots fail in their mission to use his beach body powers to fire two proton torpedoes down a thermal exhaust port that leads directly the reactor core, and the actor meets an untimely, sexy end between Darth Vader's crosshairs. More »
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The Empire Tumbles 4 Ya!
Blogger Boysbriefs wrote to ask us if he was the only one who was experiencing deja vu from a galaxy far, far away looking at wire photos of Boy George entering a Manhattan court today (remember those 13 bags of blow? The case has been postponed until March 8.) Indeed, he has a point: The resemblance is uncanny between the star of Taboo and Anakin Skywalker (the original Jedi Anakin, mind you, none of this Hayden Christensen crap). If Boy George ever decides to play the harmonica line from "Karma Chameleon" himself on a neck-mounted mouth organ, he might find his concert ended early by confused Rebel forces More »
