Ryan Seacrest's Chubby Past! "I was overweight," he confesses, "because I used to come home and eat a cookie sheet pan of nachos and watch Oprah every day of my life." He tells People he was taunted by schoolmates who called him "Kubiac" after the…
Date Archives April 2006
Disorientation
In the promo for next Thursday's episode of The O.C., UC Berkeley looks suspiciously like Schoenberg Hall at UCLA. In the same episode, Brown University will apparently be played by USC.
Noise in the hood
BFD 2006 ("Northern California's biggest music festival") Saturday, June 10 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA 25 bands on three stages confirmed Birdmonster rumored AFI Every Move A Picture Franz Ferdinand HARD-Fi NOFX Panic! At The Disco She Wants Revenge The Strokes Wolfmother Yellowcard
Lift up your spirit before I get pissed off
Eminem protégé Obie Trice and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation have teamed up for a music video for Obie's new single "Snitch" made entirely of clips from the April 13 episode of CSI. In the episode, the murder of three teens leads the CSI team into…
Lost in Translation
Previously on Adam Riff™: "Henry": John, I didn't push the mysterious button. Locke: What? "Henry": I didn't push the button and…nothing happened. 2-19 "S.O.S." Bernard: Why doesn't anybody care to leave this island? Rose: Because this island is magic, babe. This island cured my terminal…
The Origin of Feces
The Sentinel, in theatres next Friday, looks like a cross between 24 and The Fugitive. Secret Service agent Kiefer Sutherland tries to hunt down suspected mole Michael Douglas. Wrongly accused of targeting the president for assassination, Douglas must elude his former protégé, prove his innocence…
Numbers, Passwords, Protocol
I caught a few minutes of Jeremy Piven's Journey of a Lifetime before No Reservations (arguably the best non-fiction program on television) yesterday. "Discover the wonders of India with Jeremy Piven." coming soon: Jeremy Piven's Block Party I can't decide what's stranger: Jeremy Piven pitching…
Thoughts on various subjects, moral and diverting
When E/N ruled the internet, I'd see the same profile on E/N web sites: "Likes: girls. Dislikes: hypocrisy." I remember thinking, "Who likes hypocrisy?" Could these insecure (likes: girls?) teenage webmasters possibly attack an easier target? Name: Jon Yu Age: 23 Likes: girls, boobies, cunnilingus,…
Kiefer Madness
Some of you may remember my disastrous interview with Al Pacino. What I didn't mention is that the professor also considered asking Kiefer Sutherland to be the celebrity interviewee. I would never trade Pacino for Sutherland, but damned if Kiefer wasn't the more fascinating candidate….
Home on a Saturday night
Megaman Gets Equipped "This week the Something Awful Forum Goons decided to give Megaman a few abilities and traits not depicted in any of the games." Megaman vs. Metroid "My first flash game […] Someone suggested I mix the two games." Putting Wilmer on Blast…