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Celebrity Meltdown: the Rip Torn Edition

Sad to see this story about one of TV's great character actors (his character Artie on The Larry Sanders Show was one of the greats of the 90s) and possessor of one of the coolest names ever -- drunken, gun-toting, bank break-in... not a happy recipe.     If you click on the link to the TMZ arrest story, be sure to click through one more level to check out what they advertise as one of the greatest mug shots in history.

Song of the Week

Not gonna lie, despite all the hype, I rented Once and it bored me.  But the music?  Damn was it fantastic.  My favorite tune from the movie was "Falling Slowly" and it's the Song of the Week:

Woot!

The South Park guys are working on a new musical.

Five Star Friday

When we here at YR did our "Best of 2009" picks at the end of last year, I struggled a bit when it came time to choose my favorite film (Taken, if you've already forgotten).  Frankly, I thought it was a rather mediocre year, cinema-wise.  Of course, within a few weeks of my posting of my selections, the Netflix fairy (or my mailman, Rich -- one or the other) delivered unto me a little gem that I had missed in theaters and which is now easily my favorite movie from last year.  Oh well, at least it gets to be today's FSF selection.

Life Imitates Art

One of my favorite movies is The Adams Family.  One of my favorite parts of The Adams Family is this exchange:
 
Girl Scout: Is this made from real lemons?
Wednesday: Yes.
Girl Scout: I only like all-natural foods and beverages, organically grown, with no preservatives. Are you sure they're real lemons?
Pugsley: Yes.
Girl Scout: Well, I'll tell you what. I'll buy a cup if you buy a box of my delicious Girl Scout cookies. Do we have a deal?
Wednesday: Are they made from real Girl Scouts?

So, needless to say, I enjoy this.

Super Heroes on Famous Album Covers

Enjoy.

Hat tip: Stefanie

Michael Moore Getting Your Tax Dollars

If you live in Michigan that is.  The folks atMackinac are talking the hypocrisy of a critic of tax dollars being used to bail out private enterprise (alas, a topic where Moore and I agree) turning around and taking tax dollars himself.

What's new for news?

America has already fallen in love with the likes of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert and their spoof on traditional newscasts.  [Does anyone under the age of 70 watch traditional network newscasts anymore?!]

And traditional TV news pieces have become increasingly cliche as this hilarious BBC spoof demonstrates:  

So my question is, what's next?  Is cable news the only video news formatting alternative to these hackneyed pieces?

Open Thread Thursday

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Concert Review: The Cribs

I hit up the 9:30 Club last week to see The Cribs.  It was an eventful concert with one of the weirdest opening acts I've ever witnessed.  Get the scoop after the break.