Mamma Mia! goes sing-along for re-release
With sales slowing and several high-grossing, summer blockbusters to contend with (most notably, The Dark Knight), Universal Pictures has resorted to an interactive gimmick in order to boost its Labor Day weekend revenue for Mamma Mia! A "Sing-Along Edition" of the movie premieres in select theaters nationwide on Friday, Aug. 29. This “unprecedented worldwide phenomenon” will feature, well, pretty much just subtitles—but also an exclamation-point-littered invitation from Universal to “sing and dance along.” ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsTeenager leaves high school for Guitar Hero career
The band's gonna make it, Mom! I'm not going to be living in this basement forever!Guitar Hero may have the side effect of serving as a gateway drug to actual guitar playing, but everyone's favorite rock star simulator may soon be sapping the attendance rolls of high schools nationwide. Yes, in a sublime moment of life imitating art, one plucky teenager has decided to forgo the rest of his K-12 education to try his hand at the professional Guitar Hero circuit. ... read more
Found in: Games, NewsGirl Talk plans epic 24-hour final show on Mayan apocalypse
In 1839, an American writer and explorer named John Lloyd Stephens was sent to Central America to serve as Special Ambassador. He traveled around the continent during his time there, and, after happening upon Mayan ruins at Copán, visited almost 50 other such sites, gathering material for a travelogue that has long been credited with enlivening modern interest in Mayan culture. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsQueen's Brian May finally publishes astrophysics thesis
[Above: Brian May with his Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University]Between this day and the next, an ethereal luminescence will pour down from the sky, twisting into view just after sundown in the west, before sunrise in the east. Some will imagine it a false dawn; the more paranoid will assume UFO. But astronomers now understand this nightly celestial secretion, the Zodiacal Light, to be sunlight reflected off space debris near the center of the solar system. ... read more
Found in: Books, NewsBritney Spears to star in Quentin Tarantino's Pussycat
Update: Turns out Spears won't be featured in Tarantino's film after all.--John of Patmos prophesied that Armageddon would be marked by turbulent political upheaval, mass deaths and a cornucopia of plagues visited upon the hapless people of Earth. It looks like that plagues thing might be right on target, because Britney Spears is being given another chance at a movie career. In a move that should surprise no one, the enabler of the End of Days is none other than one Quentin Tarantino.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsStephen Colbert adds spider to list of things named after him
At this point in his career, it's become pretty apparent that Stephen Colbert is a baller. The man already has an airplane, an ice cream flavor, a hockey mascot and a bald freaking eagle bearing his name. As if that wasn't enough, he can now add a spider to the list. ... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsNew Weezer/Rivers Cuomo material coming in November?
While putting the finishing touches on The Red Album and kicking off a tour to support it, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has been working on a side project of his own. Using YouTube to send videos to his fans, the singer has let folks submit every part of a new song from its chords to lyrics. The whole thing has been getting closer to completion after four months of work and, honestly, starting to turn out a really catchy power-pop song. When he wants to, that Cuomo knows his stuff. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDevo says "Brush it!" with toothy vibrations
Remember McDonalds' shameful Devo rip-offery? Please turn your attention to Hasbro, and the correct way to infuse Devo into children's products. It's Tooth Tunes, where the wacky New Wavers join the ranks of Hannah Montana, the Transformers theme song, Hilary Duff, Smash Mouth and other hygienically-sound, prepubescent-safe superstars.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsDavid Hasselhoff social networking site finally arrives
We know what you're thinking..."Geez, it sure was cool when Radiohead started its own social networking site. Getting together with other people to talk about people you love is awesome! And you know who else deserves that level of obsession? David Hasselhoff." Well, Hoffanatics, the wait is over. The Hofftron has heard your wishes and, magnanimously, he has answered them.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsAbsolut Vodka and Kanye West think it's easy to be Yeezy
Kanye West said it better than anyone ever could: "Wake up, Mr. West, Mr. West, Mr. Fresh, Mr. By-His-Self-He-So-Impressed." We already know 'Ye has a pretty good sense of humor, even if his ego soars to titanic levels at times. Now, Kanye is willing to share the secret to his success with you. What could it be? A magic bear-suit and pair of white sunglasses? Robotic augmentation by Daft Punk? No, the answer is much, much simpler and weirder: BeKanye.... read more
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