Monday, November 24, 2008

TV GUIDE'S TV'S TOUGHEST ACTION HEROES!



TV Guide Magazine has named Television's Toughest Action Heroes in the Nov. 17 issue, which hits newsstands on Thursday.

MacGYVER: Laugh if you must, there is nobody better at saving the day than the mulleted Mr. Wizard of explosive household items. Devoted to non-violence, Mac's scientific solutions to international crises and catastrophes showed us that brains can trump brawn, and that physics is handier than a handgun. Especially if it's crafted from an old apple core, a thumbtack and a length of duct tape.

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: In every generation, there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against vampires, the demons and the forces of Darkness. She is the Slayer. And she raised the stakes for future teen titans by dispatching the undead with an acrobatic prowess and acerbic wit that was sharper than even her beloved weapon, Mr. Pointy.

JACK BAUER: Is it heresy that Mr. 24 isn't No. 1? Yeah, Jack-O's survived torture in a Chinese prison, pulled the U.S. from the brink of war and kicked smack, but let's be real: The man has only worked six days in the past seven years! Still, when the shizz goes down, we're doomed without this one.

SYDNEY BRISTOW: Next to the word "butt-kicking" in the Badass Dictionary is a shot of this chameleonic CIA spy. Whether she's blowing up cars or bustin' up the killer clone of her dead pal Francie, the only thing more vicious than Syd is the fact that Alias took such a beating in the ratings at the end of its five-season assault on the airwaves.

MAGNUM, P.I.: Despite the Ferrari, short-shorts and hideous Hawaiian shirts, this is not a guy you mess with. First off, he played college football and those dudes are monsters. Secondly, the chest hair? Total virility. And finally, before he landed the cushy gig as Robin Masters' personal dick, Thomas Magnum was a Navy SEAL during Vietnam, which means he could crush your windpipe faster than you can say "nice porn 'stache."

LA FEMME NIKITA: If sex is a weapon, then our girl was a nuclear warhead. Lithe, blonde and licensed to kill, the counterterrorist operative may have been forced into service to save her own hide, but she packed a major punch (literally) when it came to carrying out orders and looked so good in those slinky black outfits, it actually hurt.

WALKER, TEXAS RANGER: So muy macho, we're gonna skip the goofy tidbits about his alter ego Chuck Norris (he didn't really count to infinity twice) and focus our love on the Dallas ranger who used martial artistry to make his point. Walker doesn't sweat. He scares water out of his pores.

BRANDON WALSH: Who cares if he only threw, like, maybe three punches total during the original 90210's decade-long run? Between the ice-skating chick, the teen mom, the Latina in the witness protection program, the racist at the Beach Club, Andrea, Kelly, crazy Emily Valentine, Tracy, Susan and Valerie, this guy saw more "action" than everyone else on this list combined.

XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS: Take one part leather bustier, two parts camp and a healthy dash of bellowing bad girl, and you get the ill-tempered Grecian goddess. She was better with swords than words, could throw down with the big boys like Hercules, and could still find special time for her BFF Gabrielle. They were just friends, right?

BIONIC WOMAN and SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN: Way cooler as a couple than the sum of their (electronic) parts, the track-suited duo with the slo-mo superpowers handily showed the Fembots and Bigfoot who was boss, without breaking a sweat. Which is a good thing, since that could have short-circuited them.

MOVIE TITLES THAT GOT LOST IN TRANSLATION

50 Movie Titles That Got Lost In Translation

Army Of Darkness is Captain Supermarket? Die Hard 3 becomes Die Hard: Mega Hard? And you don’t want to know what Boogie Nights turned up as…
On their journey around the international film markets, films have a habit of changing names, as local distributors target the flicks at their audiences. Sometimes, however, as this list shows, a new title doesn’t always quite capture the meaning of the original when it’s translated back into English.
We’ve hunted round many corners of the Internet for this collection, and credited sources at the bottom. If you’ve got any more to add, do let us know. Meanwhile, we’ll start our tour in China, where they’ve got this little lot…
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CHINA
The Full Monty: Six Naked Pigs
The Blair Witch Project: Night In The Cramped Forest
As Good As It Gets: Mr Cat Poop
Boogie Nights: His Great Device Makes Him Famous (Genius. Just genius)
Leon: This Hit Man Is Not as Cold as He Thought
Fargo: Mysterious Murder in Snowy Cream
Austin Powers: Trump Card Big Liar
Deep Impact: Earth And Comet Collide
Knocked Up: One Night, Big Belly
Nixon: The Big Liar
Risky Business: Just Send Him To University Unqualified
Free Willy: A Very Powerful Whale Runs To Heaven
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GERMANY
Airplane: The Unbelievable Trip In A Wacky Aeroplane or The Incredible Journey In A Crazy Airplane (depending on which translation you believe)
K9: My Partner with the cold Snout
Dragnet : Floppy Coppers Don’t Bite, or Yellow Coppers Don’t Bite (again, depending on which translation you go with)
The Parent Trap: A Twin Seldom Comes Alone
Die Hard: Die Slowly
Die Hard With A Vengeance: Die Slowly, Now More Than Ever
Dodgeball : Full Of The Nuts
Girl, Interrupted: Cuckoo (Succinct and to the point…)
Annie Hall: The Urban Neurotic
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ISRAEL:
Knocked Up: The Date That Screwed Me
Superbad: Super Horny
The Naked Gun: The Gun Died Laughing
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ITALY:
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind: If You Leave Me, I Delete You
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FRANCE:
Fried Green Tomatoes: The Secret Is In The Sauce
Dirty Harry: Inspector Harry
Home Alone: Mom, I Missed The Plane
The Matrix: The Young People Who Traverse Dimensions While Wearing Sunglasses
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SPAIN:
The Dark Knight: Night Of The Knight (we really like this one…)
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PERU:
Knocked Up: Slightly Pregnant
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MEXICO:
Juno: Juno: Grow, Run and Stumble.
Snatch: Pigs And Diamonds
Thelma and Louise: An Unexpected End
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DENMARK:
Die Hard With A Vengeance: Die Hard: Mega Hard (That’s just awesome, to be fair)
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HONG KONG
American Pie : American Virgin Man
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ARGENTINA:
Grease: Vaseline
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PORTUGAL:
Lost In Translation: Meetings and Failures in Meetings
Die Hard: Skyscraper Attack
Die Hard 2: Airport Attack
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CZECH REPUBLIC
Bad Santa: Santa Is A Pervert
Hot Shots! : Warm Shots
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FINLAND
Big Momma’s House: The Cop In Drag
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JAPAN:
Army Of Darkness: Captain Supermarket (WTF?)
The Horse Whisperer: Held by Wind in Montana
Being John Malkovich : The Hole Of Malkovich
Mr Holland’s Opus: The Sunny Classroom
Jersey Girl: I Love My Dad The Best In The World
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TAIWAIN:
Get Smart: Is The Spy Capable Or Not
--------------------LATIN AMERICA:
Rain Man: When Brother’s Meet

Thursday, November 20, 2008

TOM WILSON ON FRIDAY MORNING


Tom Wilson will be in the studio on Friday morning at 8:00am. You know him best as Biff from the "Back to the Future" movies. He's also an amazing artist.
Check him and his art out online at www.tomwilsonusa.com

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

SUPER OBAMA WORLD!


And if you've got some time to kill, check out a new online video game called "Super Obama World". It's like "Super Mario Brothers" . . . only with Obama. You collect American flags, and avoid lipstick-wearing pigs. You can play the game here . .



Monday, November 17, 2008

$226,000 Pontiac on Ebay!


JUNKER ON EBAY GOES FOR $200,000+ _ An eBay auction for this 1963 Pontiac LeMans Tempest started out innocently enough. It read, "Obtained after owner died. Appears to have original interior but no motor, no transmission. Body has a little rust and some dents. There's stuff in the trunk, but no key to open it." The opening bid ten days ago was a mere $500. After one week, eBay seller 123ecklin will pocket $226,521 before auction fees. What happened between Day 1 and Day 10 is an amazing story. What the owner didn't know is that the car is one of only six 1963 Pontiac LeMans Tempest Super Duty coupes ever made. Hemmings Motor News recently did a story on the rare cars in which they listed all ever built.

... With only seven minutes remaining, the highest offer was $95,000. When the virtual gavel fell, eBayer ccsi2000 had bought a very rare, if a little rusty, LeMans for $226,521.

Monday, November 10, 2008

PINK FLOYD CHUCK TAYLOR ALL_STARS!


March 2009 sees one of the more unusual collaborations with Pink Floyd hit the stores in the US. Converse, manufacturers of iconic sneakers/training shoes, are bringing out a range of shoes with British Rock graphics and designs on them - taking in the likes of The Who and Ozzy.

Iconic band graphics and visuals inspire this unique collection of Converse shoe designs "celebrating pioneering bands that disrupted the status-quo and changed music forever". Whilst not of interest to everyone, there are nonetheless many who will want to grab a pair or two when they go on sale.

The Pink Floyd collection takes you through three of their best known albums. Graphics from Dark Side of the Moon grace black Chuck Taylor All Star and Jack Purcell shoes with rainbow reflecting prisms and EKG lines accenting these sneakers. Animals is the inspiration for a spacey version of a Chuck Taylor All Star shoe with the Pink Floyd logo running up the heel stripe and the album's famous imagery of a pig floating in the clouds on the shoe's upper. The unsettling image of the flaming businessman shaking the hand of another from the album artwork of Wish You Were Here is screened onto the upper of a Chuck Taylor All Star shoe - the flip-side features the image of the businessman on a sand dune holding a record album.

The Chuck Taylor All Star shoes come in high top black/multi, black/white and white/black/pink canvas. Jack Purcell shoes come in high and oxford black/multi leather versions. Shoes in this collection retail for MSRP $50 - $100 and will be available across the US at specialty retailer department stores and online at www.converse.com beginning in March.

Thursday, November 06, 2008

HERE ARE TEN WAYS TO MAKE YOUR FELLOW MOTORISTS HATE YOU

HERE ARE TEN WAYS TO MAKE YOUR FELLOW MOTORISTS HATE YOU:


Contrary to popular belief, there is a RIGHT way to drive . . . and a WRONG way to drive. Anyway, if you're trying to make everyone else on the road HATE you . . . here are TEN surefire ways to do it.

Here' the top tem list from SPIKE TV:

#10.) Hurry Up and Stop: You've seen these guys. They weave in and out of traffic, cutting off other drivers at twice the speed limit. But when you reach the next red light . . . they're sitting right there next to you.


#9.) Everyone Needs to Hear My Music: Sorry folks, but I don't want to hear your crappy FERGIE CD . . . and I don't want my kids to hear the new TOO SHORT song where he says the "F-word" over and over and over and over and over . . .


#8.) Honking at Someone Trying to Make an Unprotected Left: If you're sitting behind someone who's trying to turn left, they're probably going to wait until it's SAFE before making the turn. Honking is only going to distract them . . . so don't do it.


#7.) Super Bright Headlights on a Lifted Truck: I get it . . . you want to be able to see where you're going. But when your unnecessarily bright headlights are shining right in my eyes . . . I kind of want you to drive off a cliff. I'm sorry, but I do.


#6.) Riding the Brakes: The road is completely open in front of you . . . so why are you hitting your brakes every ten seconds? Seriously . . . why?


#5.) It's Not "Your" Lane: I'm driving down the road and there's plenty of room to change lanes. But the moment you see my blinker come on . . . you speed up and block my way. Do you know how much I hate it when you do that?


#4.) Trying to Find the Magical Super Lane: If the highway is congested and traffic is moving at 15 miles per hour . . . you're not going to make it to your destination any quicker if you dart in and out of lanes. You just won't.


#3.) Get Off Your Freaking Cell Phone: Why is it that the minute someone gets on their cell phone, maintaining control of their car . . . which is screaming down the highway at 80 miles per hour . . . suddenly becomes priority number TWO?


#2.) Stopping Traffic in Your Lane So You Can Cut Over: There might be signs for MILES telling you which lane you need to be in . . . but it doesn't matter because there will always be a few jerks who stay in the wrong lane until it's too late.


#1.) Cutting People Off: How hard is it to switch lanes without totally screwing me over? You know what? I'll answer that: It's easy . . . really easy, actually. The problem is that you just don't care.

CHECK OUT A COOL SERIES OF PHOTOS OF YOUR NEW PRESIDENT


Whether you love BARACK OBAMA or you hate him . . . you have to admit that these photos, from the Boston Globe, documenting his presidential campaign are pretty cool.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/the_next_president_of_the_unit.html?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed1