If the idea of an MTV-produced remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show churns your stomach, then I'm afraid I have some upsetting news.
Personally, I'm actually not entirely averse to the idea. It's not like the show hasn't already been reenacted by thousands of high school drama club members a million times over. And as long as MTV supplies some sort of Peter Hinwood facsimile for me to ogle, I'm good to go.
It's also been said that the remake may include some original music. Just don't turn it into a hip hopera, MTV. That's all I ask.
MTV readies 'Rocky Horror' redux [Variety]
Hollywood Insider reports that a sequel to Anchorman is looking more and more likely. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are developing the film, said to be set a decade or so after the first one. Hello, awesome 80's!
Ferrell and McKay developing 'Anchorman 2' [Hollywood Insider]
Actor/director David Wain recently revealed plans to release an anniversary edition DVD of Wet Hot American Summer. He also hinted at the possibility of a prequel movie set shortly before the original.
You should definitely watch the original WHAS if you haven't yet. It's an absurdist comedy that takes place on the last day of summer camp in the early eighties, and stars many veterans and friends of The State including Michael Showalter, Paul Rudd, and Ken Marino.
Wet Hot American Prequel? [CHUD]
A London street artist who calls himself Slinkachu, and yet is not a Pokemon, has photographed snails with miniature graffiti painted on their shells. Artistic statement on man's subjugation of nature, or petty snail house vandalism? You be the judge!
Graffiti snails roaming London [Metro]
retrophilia (ret troh FEE lee uh) n. 1 An intense attraction for things of the past. 2 a weekly series for popsucker wherin the irrepressible Wootini reveals the horrors of the past to the present to avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
Oh dear. Look at this poor fellow. He's styled very '70s, isn't he? The shaggy hair, full beard, gold chains and cheesy sunglasses. It's just all so very unfortunate.
But as bad as his head is, wait until you see what he's wearing after the jump!
A 10th anniversary edition DVD release of The Big Lebowski will arrive in September, packaged in (what else?) a bowling ball. It looks to be loaded up pretty heavily with special features, including a "making of" featurette and a documentary examining Lebowski Fest.
The Big Lebowski 10th Anniversary Edition [Slashfilm]
This is it, Popsuckers; the trailer for the Watchmen movie, due for a March 2009 release. Alas, I still have yet to read the acclaimed comic book series it's based upon, but I'm told it looks remarkably faithful to the source material.
Watch the Watchmen Trailer [Empire]
There is something inexplicably sexy about chess boxing, a hybrid sport where players battle via both brawn and brains. Each match is a mix of alternating rounds of boxing and speed-chess, and the winner achieves victory through either a knockout or a checkmate, whichever comes first.
Possible spinoffs of the game include Monopoly boxing; because really, can we all agree that Monopoly is just begging to incorporate physical violence?
EDIT: Dang, where have I been? This is so last year.
Chess-Boxing Hits it Big [Time]
Thu Tran (not to be confused with the late Power Rangers actress Thuy Trang) hosts what I'm pretty sure is the best cooking show ever created. This clip is just a snippet of what's available on her website. Just bear with the sub-par audio mixing and you'll have a spot-on Yoko Ono parody, a whole bunch of puppets, and some yummy-looking deviled eggs to look forward to. Also, Satan. Hope you enjoy, friends and lovers. Egg-bye!
Even if your baby isn't quite old enough to appreciate the depth and complexity of nineties alternative rock, they might enjoy Rockabye Baby, a series of albums featuring lullaby instrumental versions of rock songs by No Doubt, Bjork, Smashing Pumpkins, and many other bands. You'll have yourself a cute little Gen X-er in no time.
So why aren't you watching Big Brother? I mean, that guy on the right there is one of the contestants! And while he's yet to wander around in his tighty-whities, he does appear to be allergic to shirts. Every year I watch the first episode with every intention of hating it and not watching any more of them. And every year, I get sucked right back in. Sigh.
This time it only took me until the second episode to declare my love. This season is already off to a great start. The grandpa was Head of Household, but Will-wannabe Brian decided to use his superior cell-phone selling skills to try and manipulate him into nominating the people he wanted up for eviction. And when Grandpa went along with the plan, Brian smiled smugly. But in the second episode, Brian went a little too far with his scheme. He started going to everyone in the house and promising them safety if they did his bidding. Like he can promise safety! And naturally, all it took was for a couple houseguests to put their heads together and compare stories. And very quickly the situation snowballed and the majority of the house basically cornered Grandpa in his HOH room to tell him that he had to put Brian up on the block or else. Well, maybe not as blatantly threatening as that, but very nearly.
Grandpa felt bad about going back on his word to Brian, but clearly Brian's word wouldn't be nearly as reliable down the line, so this was probably his best move. Especially since 80% of the house promised Grandpa safety if he helped them get rid of the snake in the grass. Brian was completely blindsided, and it's going to be very interesting to see if he's able to manipulate his way out of being the first idiot sent packing.
I'm hoping he won't, because the other person up on the block is Renny, who is the most awesome broad this show has ever cast. She pretty much acts crazy or drunk all the time, and nobody can understand half of what she says. Oh, and she wears awesome mumus and wigs. And turbans! With '60s mod sunglasses! Seriously, it's like having a Southern Gloria Swanson in the house! She's a little annoying, so it looked like people would've been happy to get her out, but it seems like this batch might be smart enough to vote out a possible threat instead of the awesome Renny. She'll never win, but I want her in the house as long as possible, simply for the entertainment value of her insanity!
So what are you waiting for? Tune in, then head over to the forum thread and discuss!
For those of us determined to both help save the environment and look totally sexy doing it, Urlesque is featuring a list of the most eco-friendly underwear. The "green" undies include socks made almost entirely from bamboo, boxers made of white pine tree pruning, and even instructions for making underwear out of old t-shirts. Finally, I can have Max Headroom on my ass!
Most Eco-Friendly Underwear [Urlesque]
