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Cannes 2008: Kung Fu Panda launch at the Carlton

May 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Now this is how to launch a DreamWorks animated film about kung fu pandas in Cannes.
Get Jack Black and about 40 people in panda costumes outside the Carlton Hotel:

Kung Fu Panda screens at the festival tomorrow (Thursday 15th) and opens in the US on June 6th and the UK on July 4th
> Official site for [...]

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Tags: Amusing · Cannes · Festivals

Gay Top Gun

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Quentin Tarantino explains the gay subtext of Top Gun:

Tarantino’s speech is from the 1994 film Sleep With Me.
> More on Top Gun at Wikipedia
> Popmatters with a review of the Top Gun sepcial edition DVD

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Tags: Amusing · Viral Video

Bill O’Reilly is Angry

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

When Fox News presenter Bill O’Reilly was on Inside Edition at CBS in the early 90s, he could still get angry:

UPDATE 14/05/08: A YouTube user has done a fine dance remix of the video with music from RevoLucian:

UPDATE 16/05/08: Stephen Colbert has his take on the video:

Bill’s arch nemesis, Keith Olberman of MSNBC has his [...]

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Tags: Amusing · Viral Video

The Dogway Melody

May 10th, 2008 · No Comments

This is one of the strangest viral videos I’ve ever come across.

Called The Dogway Melody it was a short made in 1930 that recreates scenes from early musicals, such as The Broadway Melody. As you can see the cast are trained dogs with humans providing the voiceovers.
It was directed by Zion Myers and Jules White [...]

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Orson Welles roasts Dean Martin

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Here is Orson Welles roasting Dean Martin back in 1977, after he himself has been introduced by Don Rickles:

> The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast at the IMDb
> More on Orson Welles at Wikipedia
> The infamous Orson Welles peas commercial

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Tags: Amusing