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FBI digging for Hoffa

http://boingboing.net — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:53:31 +0000

[Source - Boing Boing]
It's time again to play Digging for Hoffa! Today, the FBI will dig in a field north of Detroit based on a tip from alleged mobster Tony Zerilli. Apparently, Zerilli claims Jimmy Hoffa was buried in a shallow grave about 20 miles north of where he was last spotted 38 years ago. (via CNN)

Ryan Reynolds flees the Highlander remake

http://io9.com — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:40:00 +0000

[Source - io9. Strung out on science fiction.]

There can be only... none? Ryan Reynolds has exited the long-in gestation/development hell remake of Highlander, in which he was going to play immortal Scotsman Connor MacLeod, leaving the project without a lead actor or a director.

Watch: Fun Teaser Trailer for Disney's New Animated Movie 'Frozen'

http://firstshowing.net — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:22:13 +0000

[Source - FirstShowing.net]

What an oddly amusing first look. Disney has unveiled the very first teaser trailer for their new animated musical Frozen, starring the voice of Kristen Bell as Anna in a "Snow Queen"-inspired story. However, instead of actually showing footage, the teaser takes a cue from Ice Age and is just a comical short featuring a goofy snowman and a reindeer hungry for a carrot. At the least, it seems like that might be (the lead guy) Kristoff's reindeer, but they don't show any other main characters or even give us a sound of the voices or music. That said, this may work well marketed to families but I still wish it had some real footage. Have fun!

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Justice League saves the day in new Target TV spot

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:13 +0000

[Source - Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment]

Targets new partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment received a promotional boost this week with the debut of an animated TV commercial for the retail chain featuring the Justice League. In their New 52 costumes, no less. Announced last month, the agreement includes an exclusive summer collection of Justice League merchandise [...]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner reunites old college band for charity single

http://consequenceofsound.net — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:20:46 +0000

[Source - Consequence of Sound: Think Fast, Listen Slowly]

True story: Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner once studied photography at New Yorks Bard College, where he also played in a post-punk band called Challenge of the Future alongside Aaron Diskin, Mike Guy, Seth Prouty, and Simon Marcus. As Pitchfork reports, the outfit reunited last year to raise money for the daughter of a former Bard classmate who passed away in 2011, and now theyre keeping that charitable spirit going with a new benefit single.

Titled You Cant Call Off the Dog, the quick injection sounds like a Dead Kennedys anthem running from the police. Skittering guitars and pummeling drums numb the Jello Biafra-like vocals that get all rowdy and fussy well, as much as a group of college kids can.

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Rodriguez's 'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For' Delayed Until Summer 2014

http://firstshowing.net — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:57:35 +0000

[Source - FirstShowing.net]

Briefly: Surprise, surprise - the Sin City sequel has been delayed yet again. Shooting just started earlier this year, initially making us question whether they'd be able to make the original October 2013 release date they had set a few years back. Now word from ERCBoxoffice on Twitter is that Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is being pushed back all the way to summer 2014. The new release date: August 22nd, 2014, or late summer right after Comic-Con 2014. Rodriguez does have a cast lined up: Josh Brolin, Eva Green, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jaime King, Jamie Chung and most from the first. I really do hope this is finished eventually and it doesn't get stuck midway through, but now we have over a year to find out.

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The Snark Gap

http://unreasonablefaith.com — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:00:32 +0000

[Source - Unreasonable Faith]

From Salon, a story about attempts to rebrand the Republican party, without actually changing anything:

How do you make abortion funny? That was a key question mulled at a major conservative gathering Friday on how to make social conservatism appealing to young people, after an election where Republicans got trounced in the battle for millennial voters (who are are moving even further and further away from the Christian-right on marriage and other issues).

Abortion has to be made funny, the thinking goes, because funny sells on social media, and thats where one goes to court young people. You can engage with sarcasm, its hard with the abortion issue, but you have to, sain millennial votein millennial votein millennial votein millennial votein millennial votein millennial votein millennial... [View Full Article]

Steven Spielberg Produced Kennedy TV Doc 'Letters to Jackie' Trailer

http://firstshowing.net — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:17:42 +0000

[Source - FirstShowing.net]

Normally TV productions are outside of our wheelhouse, but when Steven Spielberg and his Amblin Entertainment banner round up some A-list talent to bring to life letters from around the world sent to Jackie Kennedy in the wake of the assassination of her husband and President of the United States of America, John F. Kennedy, we're inclined to pay attention. Letters to Jackie is a new TV documentary based on Ellen Fitzpatrick's book of the same name which looks at more than 800,000 letters, read by Jessica Chastain, Channing Tatum, Frances McDormand, Zooey Deschanel, Anne Hathaway and more. Now a trailer for the TV doc airing on TLC this fall has arrived, and it's really very touching.

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Listen to Two Inch Punch’s slick remix of Portugal. The Man’s “Purple Yellow Red and Blue”

http://consequenceofsound.net — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:20:46 +0000

[Source - Consequence of Sound: Think Fast, Listen Slowly]

On its own, Portugal. The Mans Purple Yellow Red and Blue is a propulsive and jarring, all-night party for the senses, much like the album its taken from, the bands recently released Evil Friends.But in the hands of Ben Ash, a.k.a. Two Inch Punch, a rising producer brought to us by arguably the label of the moment, PMR Records (Disclosure, Jessie Ware), it becomes a different kind of beast. Ash whos remixed tracks for Ware, Justin Timberlake, Rhye and others bends and warps the original in certain places, but overall smoothes it over with electronic flourishes, turning it into more of a slick and coherent dance number.

IDW Comics Review - Transformers Monstrosity Print Edition #1

http://TFormers.com — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:28:52 +0000

[Source - Awesome Transformers Toys News Reviews]
With Megatron defeated, Optimus Prime has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to unite the disparate factions of Cybertron. But the Decepticons are still out there... and defeated is not dead. Monstrosity #1 collects the first three chapters of the digital comic written by Chris Metzen and Flint Dille with art by Livio Ramondelli and lettering by Tom B. Long. Continue to full review