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thedailywhat: Movie Trailer of the Day: First official teaser...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:42:34 -0500

Movie Trailer of the Day: First official teaser trailer for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Jon Turteltaub’s live-action reimagining of Disney’s Fantasia.

The film, which is essentially a front for a two-hour long home movie of Nicolas Cage making unwanted advances of a sexual nature toward your childhood, will hit theaters July 16, 2010.

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Months ago, I auditioned for the part of Jay Baruchel’s best friend in this movie. Needless to say, I didn’t get it, but what was really disappointing was not being in a movie with CAGE.

The Landline produced a new video! I’m in it! Check it...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:10:00 -0500

The Landline produced a new video! I’m in it! Check it out!

Here’s a description:

After creating their first ever African American princess, Disney breaks new ground with a Jewish American Princess. Featuring Will Hines, Megan Neuringer, Achilles Stamatelaky, Daniel Spenser, Cecilia Lederer, Nicole Shabtai, Shannon Coffey, Katie Schorr, Steven Levine, Michael Antonucci, Joni Lotan, Andrew Ford, Jared Neumark and Devon Kensington. Written and directed by Daniel Spenser, Steven Levine and Michael Antonucci.

Superb movie posters from Tyler Stout. (More on Tyler’s...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:20:05 -0500

Superb movie posters from Tyler Stout.

(More on Tyler’s website.)

Watched Shaun of The Dead and Hot Fuzz again this weekend. It...

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:04:00 -0500

Watched Shaun of The Dead and Hot Fuzz again this weekend.

It made me wish Spaced was still around. Who do we have to pay a billion dollars to get a one hour special episode of that show??

garlock: CHECK IT OUT. NEW VIDEO. This is a video for a sketch...

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:32:59 -0500

garlock:

CHECK IT OUT. NEW VIDEO. This is a video for a sketch I wrote called Bruce Museum that my Maude team Slow Burn did originally on stage. It was shot and edited by the amazing Nate Dern. He did a fantastic job. You know who also did a great job. Pamela Murphy, Devlyn Corrigan and Corey Johnson. And you know who else was pretty good…Nate Smith and Dyna Moe for helping direct this beast when it was live. And one more kudos…ME. cool. Check it out. I am sure I will post it again when it is on UCBComedy as well. WATCH IT WATCH IT WATCH IT!!!!

This video is funny AND features a cameo from my baseball cap.

Question

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:00:55 -0500

Who is “Kevin” and why does he keep showing up in my Tumblr dashboard? It’s not Kevin Hines.

thedailywhat: Movie Trailer of the Day: First official teaser...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:22:01 -0500

thedailywhat:

Movie Trailer of the Day: First official teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, courtesy of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD/Blu-ray, both of which come out Tuesday, 12/8.

The clip also contains some behind-the-scenes footage introduced by director David Yates and producer David Heyman, to whet your appetites for a film that comes out almost a year from now (November 19, 2010).

Have fun being really, really patient.

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Super excited for this. I’m also super excited about a Harry Potter show idea I’ll (hopefully) have on its feet by the time this movie comes out next year.

way to go achilles and rob stern

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:31:49 -0500

howdoyouspellman:

You fuckers are the only ones following this blog, somehow. Be prepared to be dissapointed.

C’mon, folks: Let’s try to get more people to be disappointed in Joe.

What are you waiting for? See it!

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:16:56 -0500

What are you waiting for? See it!

Mystery Team

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:00:51 -0500

Finally seeing Mystery Team tonight! Anyone else going to the 9:30 PM show?

Finished And Here’s The Kicker this morning. Awesome...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:34:06 -0500

Finished And Here’s The Kicker this morning. Awesome book. Lots of great quotes and stories. READ IT.

Let’s be friends.

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:07:24 -0500

Let’s be friends.

Great scenes from the Nicolas Cage version of The Wicker Man. ...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:55:06 -0500

Great scenes from the Nicolas Cage version of The Wicker Man. DEFINITELY watch until around the 1:20 mark. Bear-related hilarity ensues.

(Thanks to Beth)

rubysneakers: samgrittner: I found the mutant stronghold! It’s...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:07:00 -0500

rubysneakers:

samgrittner:

I found the mutant stronghold! It’s on the Upper East Side of Manhattan!! Mag-NEATO!!!

For Bluvband.

Nostalgia re-blog.

Xavier High School, (pronounced Zay-vyer) which is on 16th Street between 5th and 6th, was my high school’s rival. I went to Regis High School, which is on 84th between Park and Madison.

Both Xavier and Regis are all-boys Jesuit high schools. Each has a different reputation amongst the Jesuit high schools in the city, though. Xavier, which has been around since the 1840s, is kind of like the bigger, more aggressive older brother to Regis, which has (only) been around since 1914. I say they’re ‘bigger’ because its enrollment is twice as big as Regis; ‘more aggressive’ because their JROTC program is a big part of their identity. They also have a reputable sports program. You also pay tuition.

Regis, in contrast, is a scholarship school (READ: FREE), but the entry requirements are more rigorous. You get hand picked by your grammar school teachers to apply and take a standardized test administered by Regis. Then, if you do well enough, you get interviewed by an alumni and a current teacher. If they liked you, you got accepted. If they didn’t like you, you went to Xavier.

Our sports teams were excellent when I was there, but they weren’t in the same division — literally, in a lot of cases — as Xavier. Regis is the smarter younger brother.

(Sidenote: In order for Regis to give free tuition to all its students, it has a sizeable financial endowment. It also solicits its alumni for donations frequently. The joke was that while it was free to go to school there for four years, the alumni office got you to pay tuition for the rest of your life.)

Each side sort of had a chip on their shoulder about how they were perceived by the other school. We at Regis thought we were smarter than everyone, so Xavier students were “assholes” to us; Xavier students, meanwhile, thought of us as “fags.” Ah, high school.

The academic standards at Regis were extremely high — everyone takes AP classes in every course and every graduating class would have at least a dozen people going to Ivy League schools the following year. I enjoyed my time at Regis, but the one thing I’ll say about it is that it seemed to breed a particular type of young man — one who was good at studying, and only studying. There are exceptions to this, but it’s mostly true. These people are so good at studying that that’s all they do for the rest of their lives, because that’s their only skill. They’re not good at a particular talent like writing or acting or comedy. And they have no imagination — they’re just good at studying. So they study and study and study. They go to grad school, medical school, law school… Regis was great at creating people who study.

My Favorite Alumni:

Xavier: Al Roker, Antonin Scalia
Regis: Regis Philbin’s dad (seriously), Greg Giraldo, Patrick Fitzgerald

(via fuckyeahbatman) A winter-time Batman.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:18:30 -0500

(via fuckyeahbatman)

A winter-time Batman.

Really high urinal

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:00:00 -0500

Had an audition today. (It went fine, if you’re asking.) Before I went in to audition, I used the bathroom. Inside, there were two urinals — one was normal height, but the other seemed to be only for tall people. I’m not super tall, but I don’t consider myself super short either (I’m 5’10”). Anyway, I actually had to tip-toe to “reach” this other urinal. (The “normal” urinal was empty, but I had to try the tall one. Right?) It was hard to imagine people of normal height to use it.

Have people experienced this before? A “tall” urinal and a “normal” urinal? Is there an equivalent for ladies rooms?

Question

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:54:11 -0500

How do I burn AVI files onto a DVD so they play on a DVD player? Can anyone help me out?

gracenmichelle: crystalpalting: (via aimeelouisee) Yep. I’m...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:16:21 -0500

gracenmichelle:

crystalpalting:

(via aimeelouisee)

Yep. I’m 1/4 Filipino and am familiar with 1/4 of the things on this list. Yes, I calculated this.

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I was born in The Philippines and lived there until I was eight. Filipino food is influenced by flavors of the region (Southeast Asia) and Spain, which was the imperial presence there for hundreds of years. Flavors are very savory and powerful; there’s not a lot of subtlety. Here’s what everything is:

Rice: Uh, rice. Filipinos usually eat long grain white rice with meals, although I do remember eating brown rice occasionally as a kid. You’re not a Filipino if you don’t own a rice cooker.
Pansit: Filipino noodles. There are different kinds, but it’s usually eaten with a topping of vegetables and meat. Not a broad noodle.
Chocolate meat: The name of the food is “dinuguan.” The less you know about this food, the better.
Adobo: A lot of non-Filipino people know adobo as a flavor. We put it most often on chicken or pork.
Lumpia: Filipino version of the spring roll. Generally smaller than a Chinese spring roll. Again, there are many different kinds, but I most often ate Lumpia Shanghai, which has meat and vegetables inside.
Chicaron: Good ol’ pork rinds.
Shrimp chips: AKA “kropek.” They’re kinda like chicaron (they’re deep fried), but instead of pork these are made of prawns. Not kidding.
Processed meat: Yup, spam. I remember having spam a lot (pun!) as a kid. It was good!
Balut: A fertilized duck or chicken egg with a partially developed embryo. It’s hard-boiled, then you eat it in its shell. I know it sounds and looks horrible — I remember being super upset as a kid when my parents would eat them — but they are good!
Longanisa: Filipino sausages. Kinda like chorizos.
Lechon: Suckling pig! A staple of any big family gathering.
Spaghetti (& hot dog): Exactly as it sounds — spaghetti with meat sauce and sliced hot dogs in the sauce. Very much of a Filipino take on a non-Filipino food. This is how my family makes spaghetti and I actually prefer it this way.
Banana ketchup: It looks like ketchup, but it’s not made from tomatoes. It uses bananas and other spices. Apparently, it’s sweeter than regular ketchup. I don’t really eat ketchup, so I’m not sure if it’s better.
Mango: Uh, mango. We’ve eaten it both ripe (orange) and unripe (green), usually with something called bagoong (shrimp paste).
Coconuts: I remember drinking coconut juice often, but only occasionally having the actual coconut meat.
Halo Halo: “Halo halo” literally means “mix mix” in Tagalog and that’s essentially what this is — a mix of diced sweet beans, fruit, gelatin, and other sweets with crushed ice.
Leche flan: Basically creme caramel, but with some slight Filipino variations. It’s awesome.
Ube & ube products: “Ube” means “yam” in Tagalog — specifically, purple yam. It’s cooked with sugar and sweetened, so it’s primarily a desert. Some variations (like the ice cream version) have coconut as a topping. Also one of the ingredients of Halo halo.

Matt Walsh on MakingOf.com

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:13:15 -0500

Matt Walsh on MakingOf.com:

Talks a little bit about UCB history. A lot of stuff you already know, but still good stuff.

Calm down bro.

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:25:56 -0500

Calm down bro.