Month: May 2005

You ever wonder what happened to the baby from the cover of Nirvana’s album Nevermind? Yeah, me neither. But the folks at Comedy Is Paramount did, and they have the full “where are they now” story here…

CNN reports that actor Frank Gorshin died yesterday at the age of 72 from lung cancer. Frank Gorshin was probably best known for his portrayal of The Riddler in the Batman TV series of the ‘60s (seen above with fellow Batman villains Burgess Meredith, Julie Newmar, and Cesar Romero), but his credits in stage, film, and, TV are pretty extensive. I had forgotten that he played a doctor in Twelve Monkeys, and Digital Bits reminded me that he played the “black-on-the-RIGHT-side Bele on the original Star Trek episode Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.” He will be missed…

Wikipedia contends that “While it is impossible to determine the greatest film of all time, it is possible to discuss the movies that have been regarded as the greatest ever.” It’s a pretty balanced article, considering how subjective “best of” lists can be…

In celebration of tomorrow’s premiere of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith, posterwire.com has several articles dedicated to movie posters of the original trilogy. Check out the articles for Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars: Revenge Return Of The Jedi.

While I’m at it, I guess I should tell you about a new low in Star Wars merchandising. I’ve mentioned a couple already in previous posts, like Darth Tater, the Darth Vader sprinkler, and the horrible “M&M’S® Chocolate MPire” tie-in. I really thought that I had seen it all, but it turns out that I hadn’t. I give you: the Slave Leia pet costume. I’m speechless…

Filmcritic.com’s list of The All-Time Top 100 Voices in the Movies is pretty definitive, although I could do without Charo…

Giant Magazine’s image Star Wars Last Supper may be considered blasphemous, but I think it’s pretty damn cool. Click on the image above for the high-resolution version.

If you’ve ever used Micro$oft Paint for any length of time, you know that it pales in comparison to most drawing and editing programs like PhotoShop and its kin. So when I saw that someone claimed that this drawing of Venice was created solely in MS Paint, I was quite skeptical. A couple of days later, I came across a Waxy.org post that linked to two earlier versions of the image, and although I’m still skeptical, they do lend some credence to the claim. If the image was truly done only in MS Paint, it’s quite amazing (and very tedious) work…

MAKE: Blog posts about a great new synergistic application that combines Google Maps with Gas Buddy: Cheap Gas. Very cool…

American Rhetoric ranks the Top 100 Speeches, with a nice article on each entry and downloadable audio for most of the entries.