It appears that Matthew Broderick is reprising his iconic Ferris Bueller character for a commercial of some sort that will air during Super Bowl XLVI. This is all speculation based on the above ten-second teaser unearthed by Vulture. As they state:
It’s not so shocking that an advertiser would bank on Broderick/Bueller’s enduring legacy as a righteous dude, but one does wonder what exactly Bueller would be up to or endorsing these days, given that he’d now be about 44.
Yesterday, I visited one of my favorite places in New York City, The Strand Bookstore. Located a stone’s throw away from Union Square, The Strand houses over 18 miles of books—new, used, rare, and even out-of-print. As its website states, it is a book lovers’ treasure trove.
One of the unexpected treasures I came across yesterday were a series of garments boasting artwork from classic novels. They included Capote’s In Cold Blood and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (as seen above) as well as Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, among others. Featured items included men’s and women’s T-shirts and sweatshirts. Very cool.
On Saturday, January 28, Miami nightspot Eve plays host to the listening party for #FML, the latest project from hip-hop duo The Vagabonds. The event is hosted by the duo of Baysiqly and E.R. as well as Vice City Cypher.
There will be live performances by The Vagabonds, plus School Bus, Dashius Clay, Shottie (of IDEE4), Vurn, and Serum & Manifesto. The side stage will host an open mic competition, plus have additional performances by Rolls Royce, Yung Spec, Tay G, Lil Gunna, Roc Sol & DJ Cheo, Straight No Chase, and Blokaholics. DJ Twin will be holding it down on the 1s & 2s.
For the past month or so, you may have seen me post some mysterious tweets or Facebook status updates with the hashtag #GLIST attached. One reads, “A bunch of beautiful people doing some very ugly things.” Another one says, “People will talk about it. People will be upset. People will be shocked. People will hate. Hey, don’t look at me. I only wrote it.”
Rest assured, I’m not sitting at my desk punching “submit” each time you see these. This is an automated process. But I’ve been doing it because I’ve been trying to pique your curiosity. Judging by some of the responses I’ve gotten, it looks like I was successful.
I’ve been threatening promising that my debut novel would be arriving soon. I’ve been doing this for, oh, about the past two years. Believe me when I tell you that I thought it was ready back then. Things did not work out as initially planned, however, so my novel had to be placed on the back burner. During that time, I learned a lot of things, met a lot of people, got a ton of feedback, and made significant changes. It was all worth it.
That’s what #GLIST is all about, Dear Readers. #GLIST is the hashtag I’m associating with my debut novel. It’s already a somewhat popular hashtag as it’s used by party promoters the world over. If you haven’t figured it out yet, #GLIST is short for GUESTLIST, which is the title of my novel.
I stumbled upon this fun little test supposedly developed by Dr. Drew to gauge the narcissism levels of hundreds of celebrities. It asks you to answer 40 questions, and then assigns a score based on your selections. The maximum score is 40; the celebrity with the highest score was radio personality Robin Quivers, who scored a 34.
So, how did I fare?
People really seem to be divided over executive producer George Lucas‘ Tuskegee Airmen flick Red Tails. After Lucas went on a publicity campaign in which he took Hollywood studios to task for refusing to take a chance on his World War II passion project, the film went on to gross over $19 million at the box office this past weekend, coming in second place only to the action/horror fourquel Underworld: Awakening.
Nineteen million dollars is nothing to sneeze at, Dear Readers, and given the the rousing reception Red Tails has gotten from moviegoers, not only will it have a good shot at earning its $60 million budget back, it may even fly into the coveted $100 million club. The film has clearly struck a chord with its intended audience. But the question still remains: is it a good film?
Head on over to soulhead and read my review of Red Tails to find out what I think!
As many of you very well know, January 18 was the anti-SOPA/PIPA Blackout Day, a day during which thousands of websites and blogs went dark in protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, both of which would effectively impose censorship throughout the world wide web. Some of the larger sites which participated in the blackout included Wikipedia, WordPress, Tumblr, Flickr, and Reddit, though smaller sites (including my friend Marisa’s Needles and Sins) also joined in the fray. The blackout has been called the biggest online protest in history. (And it looks like we may have to do it all again thanks to the proposed international trade agreement known as ACTA.)
Initially, I was not going to participate. I mean, why should I? Sure, my site had been getting a decent amount of traffic, but my going dark would have nowhere near the same impact as that of, say, Wikipedia. Still, after a bit of thought, I decided to throw my lot in with the other protesters and I set up a simple landing page with “Stop SOPA & PIPA” signage and a graphic of the iconic Guy Fawkes mask.
But that wasn’t enough for me. My blog hadn’t truly gone “dark” like so many others. So I poked around Google in search of something that would help me demonstrate my solidarity with this noble cause. I found something called SOPA Strike, a plug-in created by Phil Nelson that promised to “automatically redirect all users of your blog to the http://sopastrike.com homepage … [it] automatically adds your blog name and URL to a list of protestors which will be featured on the website.”
Well, ho, ho! This was exactly what I was looking for. I installed and activated the plug-in and, whaddaya know, it worked like a charm. Seeing as the strike was an all-day affair, after activating SOPA Strike, I didn’t bother to check on my blog for the remainder of the day. I went out, had some drinks (too many drinks, in fact), and didn’t even remember my journey back home.
The next morning, I awoke in my bed completely naked and disheveled. Remembering I’d activated the SOPA Strike plug-in, I attempted to access my dashboard so I could deactivate and remove the plug-in. By then I already knew we’d won. Congressmen had been pulling support from the proposed bills all the previous day, including Florida senator Marco Rubio, who was one of PIPA’s co-sponsors.
Alas, upon trying to access my dashboard, I was greeted with a white screen and a simple phrase:
You do not have permission to access this page.
Say what, now?
