If you were even remotely thinking of seeing this movie, you should go check it out. When the biggest complaint coming out of the movie is that the last fight sequence is too short, you can tell that the movie's gotta be pretty good.
Plus it's even got a nice 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from the top critics, which is pretty uncommon. I just loved it because I was expecting a movie that would be pretty good and entertaining, and it turned out that it felt more like they really hit it out of the park. Plenty of laugh-out-loud momements, and fast with a lot of action. I'd see it again.

It's gone now, but apparently the Italian government posted everyone's salaries online in an attempt at "transparency and democracy." Though it was actually due to other reasons. A privacy watchdog group had them take the site down within a few hours, but that's plenty of time for people to take a peek or grab the data. Apparently it's really all due to some political drama going on in Italy:

[Outgoing prime minister Romano] Prodi's tax minister, Vincenzo Visco, often dubbed 'Dracula' by his detractors, said the website was meant to go live in January but was delayed until now to avoid clashing with the campaign for the April 13-14 election.

"It's all about transparency and democracy. I don't see the problem," Visco was quoted as saying on Corriere della Sera's website.

Guido Crosetto, a member of [incoming prime minister Silvio] Berlusconi's party, said the move was the last spiteful measure of the defeated centre left before it hands over power next week. "It's a very strange thing to do on the last day before clearing off," he said.

For those that haven't been paying attention, for the upcoming Batman movie The Dark Knight, there's been a massive, online viral campaign with many websites, riddles/clues, phone calls to people, etc. One of the recent developments revealed a version of the Dark Knight trailer edited by the Joker. It's hilarious/creepy, even though it's a bit hard to see:

This would be an awful idea, but Variety is saying that NBC is about to confirm that Jimmy Fallon will be Conan O'Brien's replacement when Conan goes to take over Jay Leno's position next May. I can't possibly see how that could go well:


I submit my entry for Creepiest Photoshop of the Year.

It's not as if the report killed any major surprise. Fallon has been the only real candidate for the job since February 2007, when Broadcasting & Cable and the New York Times reported that the former "Saturday Night Live" star had quietly signed a holding deal envisioning just such a gig. Six months later, Peacock latenight chief Rick Ludwin confirmed that Fallon was in line for the job. "I think he'd be terrific, and he is at the top of our short list," Ludwin told B&C.

Then, just two months ago, the Times again reported that Fallon would replace O'Brien and said he would likely begin in February 2009. O'Brien is expected to take off six months or so in between his final "Late Night" and first "Tonight Show."

O'Brien, meanwhile, is still slated to replace Jay Leno has host of "The Tonight Show," despite some media speculation that NBC may be having cold feet. ABC and Fox have made it clear that Leno is welcome to hop to their networks if he wants, while the Times said Sony has offered to give Leno his own syndie berth.

This has got to be some kind of April Fools joke gone wrong, since it's 20 days late and it's stupid. But CNN has started adding a T-shirt icon next to (only video?) headlines on their frontpage.


Clicking on the link takes you to a page where you can buy a shirt with the headline on it that also says "I just saw it on CNN.com" and lists the date and time. The service is in beta, and shirts are $15 plus $5 shipping. They let you get the headline on a gray, black, or white shirt, and the sale takes place through spreadshirt.com.



The obvious question is why?

The James Bond Aston Martin DBS took a dunk in a lake yesterday:

A stunt driver has crashed the car used by movie secret agent James Bond into Italy's Lake Garda during filming of 007's latest movie, Quantum of Solace. The driver was delivering the iconic Aston Martin DBS to the film scene in heavy rain when he lost control around one of the lake's narrow curves.

Italian TV showed the car, reportedly the only one available for use in the film, being winched out of the lake.

Caption from BBC: It is not known how the stunt driver lost control of the vehicle while driving to the film set on scenic Lake Garda.

First of all, the BBC caption is ridiculous...I can take one guess how the driver lost control...driving too fast in the rain around a freaking cliff! Also, how could this possibly be the only car they have for filming? It's James-freaking-Bond and there's all sorts of wild stunts and car chases that go on. Do they really think they could film it with only one car? And finally, the stunt driver is an idiot since this wasn't even during a stunt...he was simply delivering it to the set.

Last night's Colbert Report was truly incredible. Of course, on Monday when Chris Matthews was on, he blew the fact that Hillary Clinton was going to be a surprise guest so it wasn't a surprise anymore.

But the show still had plenty of surprises, and I'd highly recommend watching the whole episode. But if clips (and spoilers) are your thing, I've got them right here:

Hillary at the top of the show:



John Edwards does The EdWørd:



With 3 minutes left, Obama makes a surprise appearance and takes part in a Colbert tradition:

It's not quite an Arrested Development movie, but Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Henry Winkler are doing voices for a new Mitch Hurwitz animated show on FOX called "Sit Down, Shut Up."

"Sit Down," from Tantamount, Sony and Granada, centers on staff members at a high school who are preoccupied with their own needs and agendas, which means the students come second. Fox greenlighted a table read of "Sit Down," based on the live-action Australian series, last month.

Also joining the voice cast are Cheri Oteri, Will Forte, Regina King, Nick Kroll, Tom Kenny and Maria Bamford.

Apparently it's an adaptation of an Australian comedy, and I'm not finding any images online yet of what it'll look like, but it certainly sounds like it could have some potential.

Looks like the "Colbert Bump" may have some significance after all, as both Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton are appearing on the Colbert Report this week when it's in Philadelphia. The news about Michelle Obama appearing came out a while ago, but the news about Hillary appearing this Thursday was (inadvertently?) revealed by Chris Matthews yesterday. However Variety confirms she will appear.

I missed last night's episode but have it DVR'ed, so stay tuned for more news after tonight.

Yeah, I just got back from a week in L.A. and I totally had a brush with fame. By which I mean I saw the setup for the movie premiere of Forgetting Sarah Marshall at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, but was there way too early to see any of the celebrities that showed up later (I was on a tour so I couldn't exactly stick around for hours). And to top it off, I had forgotten to bring my digital camera along, so I have some cool pics but they're on a disposable camera which I need to get developed. In the meantime, since I know you're chomping at the bit, here's a much crappier pic I took on my cellphone. I didn't even bother to re-take it with the van in the way since I was more concerned about the disposable.



And to emphasize the location:

Apparently Yahoo thinks they're better than me with their pictures from the premiere of Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Judd Apatow, Alyson Hannigan, ... I hate you Yahoo.

You can see in some of the photos that there's hundreds of people standing across the street (that's where I took my pictures from...they closed the sidewalks on the theater side).