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TV Updates: Spaced Canned, Lost Extended, JJ Abrams’ Fringe and New Heroes Promo
via |Film by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) on May 11, 2008
I’ve decided to consolidate a bunch of tv updates down to one posting, because, after-all this is still a movie blog.The writers strike caused LOST to lose two hours of it’s planned fourth season. The show’s producers have announced that they will reclaim those hours in the show’s fifth and six season. That means that the finial two seasons of the hit show will now be 17 episodes in...
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Kung Fu Finger Smashes Through Coconut
via Neatorama by Alex on May 11, 2008
Meet Ho Eng Hui, the 56-year-old Kung Fu king/street performer in Malaysia that used his index finger to smash through the tough shells of coconuts.After doing weekly performances for 8 years, Ho is retiring. If you’re wondering why the finger is crooked, Ho broke it in 1993, but perservered to win an entry in the Malaysian Book of Records for breaking through 3 coconuts in just over a...
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The Duggars Are Expecting Their 18th Baby
via Neatorama by (author unknown) on May 11, 2008
Shared by Joe THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME.The Duggars, who already have 17 children, making them America’s largest family, continues to embiggen. Michelle and Jim Bob have just announced that they’re expecting a new baby on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2009.All of their children’s names start with the letter "J," so Discovery Health is taking polls on what you think the name should be: Link
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Judge or Queen?
via Neatorama by Alex on May 11, 2008
Elizabeth Halverson is a judge, but what she really wanted to be is a queen:Her former bailiff, for example, says Halverson made him feel like a "houseboy." He says the judge — who is obese and uses a motorized scooter to get around — made him put her shoes on her feet, massage her back, cover her with a blanket for naps and make sure her oxygen tank was filled. He says she asked him, "Do you...
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Three-year-old boy has never slept, parents maintain 24-hour vigil
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on May 10, 2008
A St. Petersburg, FL TV station reports on a family with a 3-year-old boy so has a rare mdical condition that prevents him from sleeping. His parents must watch him around the clock, taking turns to sleep during the day. Rhett has never taken a nap or gone to sleep at night, forcing his parents to keep watch day and night."(My husband) has the day shift and I kind of have the afternoon shift,"...
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Iron Man
via The Somewhat Manly Nerd by CajoleJuice on May 10, 2008
[I'd use that awesome Tony Stark pic here, but I already used it!]I think everyone realizes at this point that comic book film adaptations aren’t going anywhere. Sure, many of them have been embarrassing disasters, but if ones like this keep being made, I’m all for it. Iron Man stands with Spider-Man 2, Batman Begins, and Sin City as one of the best comic book superhero movies of recent...
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The Dark Knight: 40 High Resolution Photos
via |Film by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) on May 10, 2008
/Film reader KillingJoke just sent me 40 high resolution production photos from The Dark Knight. Some of these are clearly not new, but have never been released at this high res. A good portion of the photos appear to be new. They appear to be part of an official release, and I really don’t consider any of these photos spoilerific since no plot points are shown that couldn’t already be seen...
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Friday Box Office: Iron Man Targets Another $49M; Speed Racer Stalls with $6.5M Friday
via |Film by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) on May 10, 2008
Speed Racer, as expected, struggled at the box office on Friday, pulling in an estimated $6.5 million, targeting a $28 million weekend according to Steve Mason. Paramount’s Iron Man ended Friday with an estimated $14.5 million, meaning it will likely end the weekend $49 million richer ($175.63M cume). Here are the estimates:Friday Estimates1. Iron Man (Paramount) – $14.75M - $3,588 PTA -...
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Dark Knight busts from Hot Toys
via Batman: The Dark Knight - Movie Chronicles by FofR on May 10, 2008
Zdravko wrote in to tell us that Hot Toys have some new intricately designed Dark Knight busts:
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Matt's Over / Under Column Discontinued
via FirstShowing.net by Alex Billington on May 10, 2008
You should be seeing an Over / Under article here on Running Scared (pictured above) today. However, we have officially decided to discontinue Matt Goldberg's retrospective series indefinitely. Due primarily to numerous complaints and other internal decisions, we have decided that the Over / Under articles are not suited for FirstShowing.net and thus will no longer appear on the site. I know...
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