The Black List 2011: Hollywood’s Best and Worst Unproduced Screenplays Revealed

Have you ever wondered how something you’re watching actually became a movie? You know, how you look at Adam Sandler up on the screen doing some sort of crazy man, goof shuffle, while wearing a dress, sitting on a donkey, and getting punched in the face by a ten year-old? Yes, well, someone, at some studio, decided this was a good idea, and then they told people, and more people, and look what just happened! Sandler was called, a director was hired, and voila…crap on a stick! Well, the annual Black List is an integral part for some of these movies. It’s the list of the most popular “unproduced” screenplays that could make it to theaters. Continue reading →

The Battle for the Soul of the GOP

From Glenn Beck, via Mediaite:

“If you have a big government progressive, or a big government progressive in Obama… ask yourself this, Tea Party: is it about Obama’s race? Because that’s what it appears to be to me. If you’re against him but you’re for this guy, it must be about race. I mean, what else is it? It’s the policies that matter.”

 

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QOTD: You Say It’s Your Birthday in 2011

Ah birthdays–the great equalizer. How fun that we all get a day when we get to say, “Everybody, pay attention to meeeee!” and everyone kinda has to, right? Granted, birthday celebrations tend to go pretty downhill after 21, but that’s no excuse not to do a little dance, make a little love, and get down that night. And so, our Question of the Day: What did you do for your birthday in 2011? Or, if you, like my husband, won’t be celebrating said birthday until the verrrry end of the year, What will you do? Continue reading →

Republican Debate Recap: Who Can Stop Gingrich? Not These Yokels

Newt Gingrich laughs at your puny threats.

The GOP candidates met for the jillionth time for a televised debate in Des Moines, Iowa Saturday night. Vile space-gangster Newton Leroy Gingrich emerged largely unscathed after verbal tussles with former Massachusetts protocol droid Willard “10 K” Romney, youtube laughingstock Rick Perry, and the gold-obsessed, keening mummy-wraith Ron Paul. Michele Bachmann and Ricky Santorum also pummeled the porcine disgraced former House Speaker with their tiny fists, but to no avail. Continue reading →