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Behind the Scenes of Blade Runner

All the cool kids have probably already seen these, but I thought I would post them anyway.  Check out Sean Young's behind-the-scenes polaroids taken on the set of Blade Runner.

Awesome People Hanging Out Together

Here's a collection of photographs featuring random celebrities hanging out together, being all awesome and stuff.

Link via nag on the lake.

Hey You! What Song are you Listening to?

Here's a video of a man asking random New Yorkers what song they're listening to (link via laughing squid).

4 songs rocking my iPod a lot at the moment (in no particular order):

1. Long Time -- Cake
2. Reptile -- NIN 
3. Planet Rock -- Afrika Bambaataa
4. Make Some Noise -- Beastie Boys

What are you listening to?

Stephen Fry drinking tea with Lady Gaga

Stephen Fry sits down for afternoon tea with Lady Gaga.

“I actually don’t identify myself as two separate people and I don’t view Lady Gaga, me, as the protector of Stefani … I do see myself to be in an endless transformative state in the way that those performers you’ve mentioned were. I just am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission."

And is it just me, or does she look like the love child of Liza Minelli and Carol Channing with some kind of a weird codpiece on her head?

My Love-Haunted Heart

My Love-Haunted Heart is a blog devoted to vintage gothic romance covers.

Link via cat party.

What I'm Watching

Sheitan (2006): If I've learned anything from European horror movies, it's this: Stay the HELL away from the countryside!!  Avoid it like the plague, especially if you are in France.  The characters in this movie are beyond dumb.  I don't understand why they decided it would be a good idea to stay in a creepy old house belonging to weirdos that they don't even know on Christmas eve.  Why didn't they run as fast as their legs would carry them once they had seen those creepy rooms full of dolls?  Why didn't they ever ask about the mysterious pregnant wife who never came out of her room?  Why weren't they bothered by the signs of incest and bestiality?  And why did I watch this whole movie?  Because I thought it would be a redneck version of Rosemary's Baby featuring Vincent Cassel in drag.  2 Stars!    

In the Heat of the Night (1967): I loved this movie!  Sydney Poitier has the best "bitch, please" face.  4 Stars!  

Burlesque (2010): I hate myself for liking this movie as much as I did.  It has Cher, people.  CHER!  It also has Alan Cumming (wasted in this movie though) and Stanley Tucci.  If you don't watch it with too many expectations, it's actually a fun, little musical.  Is it Oscar worthy?  Hell, no.  But it has some catchy tunes and, like I said earlier, it has CHER!  3 Stars!

Cache (2005): This is a strange French movie featuring a man who is being sent strange video tapes and strange sketches by some unknown stranger.  Strange.  If you've seen it, I'm dying to know what you thought about the ending and who you think really sent the tapes.  4 Stars!   

Hard Core Logo (1996): OMG, this move is hilarious!  It's a mockumentary about a Canadian punk band called Hard Core Logo that has reunited to do one final disastrous tour.  Not as good as Spinal Tap, but it features some great one-liners.  3 1/2 Stars!

Space is so freaking cool, but America doesn't care

Free floating planets may outnumber planets that orbit stars.

Personally, too, this is exciting. Imagine, a galaxy full of roaming planets! It’s not like they present a navigational hazard were we to fly starships through space; the galaxy is vast indeed and even a hundred billion planets would be spread pretty thinly. But it sparks my imagination to think of these planets — dark, cold, lonely — plying their way through the blackness of interstellar space. If we ever could voyage to one, what would we find?

It’s thoughts like that which make me glad to be an astronomer, especially one living now. Just when you think the Universe is running low on surprises, it reminds us it’s a lot more clever than we are.

An airline passenger used her iPhone to take pictures of the space shuttle Endeavour blasting off.  Check them out.

Both links via GitM.

Pop Sensation

I'm a sucker for sites devoted to vintage book covers.  Pop Sensation has some real gems.  

I really find it hard to believe that Dracutwig is a real book.  Worst book title/concept EVER!  

Link via coudal.

Fright Night Trailer

Did they really need to do a remake of Fright Night?  I think not.  And do you know who they SHOULD have gotten to play Peter Vincent?  Bill Nighy.  He would have rocked that role.  Um, but I guess they decided that they needed to sex that character up a bit.  Oh, well.  I'll probably save this for Netflix.

Via GitM.

The Nightmare Before Christmas Jenga & Operation

OMG!  OMG!  OMG!  The Nightmare Before Christmas Jenga & Operation games!

Game of Thrones Infographic

If you're watching Game of Thrones with me, you will probably hear the following:

Who is that?

What the hell was that thing?

What's going on?

Oh God, more incest.  EW!

Still, I love the show.  Here's a handy illustrated guide to the the houses and character relationships in Game of Thrones. 

Link via geeks with curves.