Gossip

Nerds Caravan to a Whales Va- Uhm, San Diego

7/22/09 - Posted by Jennifer Hodges under Gossip, Science

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They come in droves, leaving their natural habitats of parents’ basements, GameStops, and computer dens everywhere to make a Frodo Baggins-like epic trek to the mystical land of San Diego. Super villians, Twilighters, Trekies, Jedis, and a couple of Sailor Mooners, all geared and ready to attend 2009’s International Comic-Con, running July 23rd-26 at the San Diego Convention Center (with a sneak preview opening tonight). Autographs will be signed, action figures will be traded, Battle Star Galactica will be discussed, and maybe even a few new romances will be born at this epic yearly meetup. (more…)

Michael Vick On the Outside

7/20/09 - Posted by Christopher Reinhard under Gossip, Sports

Mothers, lock up your collies: Michael Vick is back on the outside. The indefinitely-suspended quarterback was released from federal custody today after finishing a two-month stint on house arrest. Vick was convicted of hosting a dirty south dogfighting ring and got thrown under the bus by his partners, leading to a 23-month sentence. Now, with all that behind him, he’s already begun lobbying for another job on the gridiron.

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Apple Puts the Pre in Preemie

7/15/09 - Posted by Christopher Reinhard under Gossip, Industry

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In what is being called “kind of a dick move” by the guy who lives in the dorm room next to me, Apple Inc. has blocked music synchronization of its iTunes platform with the Palm Pre. Since its release in June, many Pre users liberally utilized iTunes as their music sorting engine of choice—as it turns out, without the tech giant’s explicit permission—and will have to keep using old versions of the software if they want to remain iTunes-compatible.

Worse for the wear is Palm who, without the massively important and universal iTunes, will have a lot more trouble marketing the Pre as a practical iPhone substitute. Unfortunately, that leads to questions about the company’s viability as a whole.

In other news, iPhone users were recently given another reason to be way into themselves. (Dicks.)

Here’s to Shooting Potter Fans

7/14/09 - Posted by Jennifer Hodges under Gossip

picture-1421 The pre-Potter pre-gaming has started, and we’re excited. Real excited. But not just for some horcrux searching, Dark Lord Bashing, Quidditch snatching, wingardium leviosa-ing good times. No, we’re pumped for another form of movie-going entertainment: the fine specimens who will throw on their finest Hogwarts apparel, emerge from their homes, and attend The Half-Blood Prince’s opening night.

If you’re going to the midnight showing, bring your wand and camera and see if you can click a couple of crazy Potter fan pics (extra points if you can catch a Tom Riddle, Dementor or Belatrix LeStrange - all elusive creatures rarely seen at these types of events). If you snap something sharable, just leave a comment here with a link back to the picture. That way, we can all ~~make fun of my editor~~ check out Harry Potter’s #1 fans (viva the Harry Pot-Heads)!

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The Levi Johnston Show

7/10/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Gossip, US

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Live from Anchorage, Alaska, It’s the Levi Johnston show, the only show where everybody’s favorite oil field employee, Baby Daddy and beloved host talks about anything and everything Sarah Palin related, because no one really wants his opinion on anything else. This week Levi extends his 15 minutes of fame by giving his thoughts on the reason for the foxy Alaska governor’s resignation. Watch the high jinks ensue as Levi claims SP was in it for the money.

Levi: “She had talked about how nice it would be to take some of this money people had been offering us and you know just run with it, say ‘forget everything else.’”

If that doesn’t keep your eyes glued to the screen, watch the sparks fly as Palin family spokesperson Meghan Stapleton fires a few barbs in Levi’s general direction:
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World Stops for MJ Kiss Off

7/07/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Gossip, US

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The world is at a standstill - and Los Angeles is it’s epicenter - as close to a billion people worldwide have stopped in their tracks, glued themselves to their television sets (or to chairs at the Staples Center) to remember one of the great artists of all time. Such a momentous occasion is this celebration of Michael Jackson, The King of Pop that even MTV has got in on the act, putting a halt to it’s regularly scheduled drunk-and-doing it teenager programming to join more respectable entertainment outlets. News coverage has been vigilant to say the least, following everything, via helicopter, from the private service at Forest Lawn Cemetery to an OJ-style aerial shot of the hearse transporting the body of MJ to the event.
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Michael Jackson’s Hiding in a Tree in Stockton

7/06/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Gossip

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Michael Jackson sure did a lot of crazy stuff while he was alive. Whether he was showing off utterly insane dance moves or just dangling genetic impossibilities out of a hotel window in Germany, there was no doubt that the King of Pop could also be the “King of Getting Our Attention.” And now that it’s been nearly two weeks since MJ exited our midst stage left - a stint that’s proved just as hardy on our trending topics list - it’s almost safe to say that this cultural icon was someone who resonated with society on a nearly religious level, almost to the point that you would think he moonwalked on water.

With that in mind, it almost comes as no surprise that several days after dancing up to wherever a Captain Eo goes after he dies, the King of Pop is still effing with the people he left behind on earth. There have been several supernatural sightings of the “Gone To Soon” pop star who once pledged that “Heaven Can Wait.” Not only did his ghost swing by a televised tour of Neverland, but much like religious icons Jesus and The Virgin Mary the gloved one is showing his face in all sorts of unexpected places. Most recently, a Stockton family found the pop genius’s mug staring at them via the medium of a tree stump. Felix Garcia apparently stared really, really hard and saw MJ’s face in a tree outside the house where he’s lived for the past 22 years.
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Movie Mays (in Days)

7/02/09 - Posted by Jennifer Hodges under Gossip

Hollywood moves fast. Real fast. And if you’ve had even a pinch of fame during your lifespan, chances are a motion picture production company will be in the works to produce your biopic before you’ve even been buried. So goes the tale of Billy Mays, the pitchman most recognized for his husky/on the verge of screaming/yet surprisingly controlled voice, his lumberjack resembling looks, and the way he could sell you OxiClean, even if you didn’t have any carpeted floors to be stained.
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Charts Afire // MJ Memory Fest Proves Pop’s in the Grave

7/01/09 - Posted by Abdullah Saeed under Gossip, Life & Culture

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Pop musicians got a shock this week when a man who changed the face of their field not only prematurely kicked the bucket, but gave them one final schooling from beyond the grave. Michael Jackson’s music is tearing up the charts and, with much poetic justice, bumping out contemporary pop stars like the Black Eyed Peas (man, they really suck. What ever happened to Joints and Jam?).

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Rick Astley is NEVER Gonna Run Around and Desert You

6/30/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Gossip

In the days following the death of Michael Jackson, internet hoaxsters have tried their hand at convincing us that famous people are dropping like flies. First there were the Jeff Goldblum rumors, then they told us our beloved Harrison Ford and Britney Spears had gone the way of the dodo.

Being the astute followers of pop culture that we are - and being hip to the fact that celebrities die in threes and not 4’s,5’s, 6’s, or 7’s - we quickly saw these stories for what they were. Nonetheless, these pranksters will stop at nothing until they finally persuade us that another one of our beloved elite entertainers is now standing in that spotlight in the sky. Their latest attempt comes at the expense of an obviously immortal singer, one who continuously asserts that he is “NEVER gonna give you up” or “let you down.” We’re talking about 80’s Brit-soul superstar, Rick Astley.

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