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Fans impatient for the new Twilight: Eclipse trailer video premiering on The Oprah Winfrey Show Friday didn't have to wait for Oprah Winfrey to hit TV to see the new clip! The Oprah Winfrey Show kindly let the new Eclipse trailer video slip to the Net Friday morning for Twilight fans to enjoy early.Fans impatient for the new Twilight: Eclipse trailer video premiering on The Oprah... more
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Entertainment weekly is reporting that the current hit HBO show True Blood, which is itself based off of several novels, is now being turned into an ongoing comic book series. The book is being published by IDW publishing and will be released in July. The comic will feature storylines that will be faithful to the mythology of the show, but will be different than the ones featured in the show. The comic will feature such artist as David Messina (Angel) and J. Scott Campbell (Danger Girl). Several writers on the show will be working with the writers on the comic, and the comics will include all the shows major characters, including Sookie and Bill.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/superdog/news/?a=16623Entertainment weekly is reporting that the current hit HBO show True Blood, which is... more
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SuperNews! celebrates all of the awesome cartoons you may have missed from this season with SuperNews! Season 2: Platinum Edition
Expect to see some of these bad boys:
Emoticons Have Cybersex
The Memes of Memetasia
Outta Control Pubes
The Obamas: After Dark
Master Debaters: Pot vs Meth
Vampires: Hollywood Bloodsuckers
Watch SuperNews! on Current TV!SuperNews! celebrates all of the awesome cartoons you may have missed from this season... more
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Why are these terms trending? The world will never know.Your Google Trends 31-40 for Friday, November 20th, sponsored by Andrew Fitzgerald.... more
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Last night we witnessed a fine second episode from the second season of SuperNews! A lot went down, so here's a quick recap of some of it.
Republican Vice Presidential candidate, ex-Governor of Alaska, and notorious "twilf" Sarah Palin has her head in the clouds for her new talk show, "Parasailin' with Sarah Palin." But can she keep that wiener Levi Johnston from mucking things up for her again!?
Faced with the prospect of lay-offs at the office, Craig introduces Darren to the exciting world of Linked In.
The vampire craze goes unchecked in Hollywood, until a ragtag team of long lost action heroes (lead by Sylvester Stallone) take matters into their own hands.
There's a lot more, so watch a full episode every Thursday night at 11pm on Current TV. This week's episode is online Twilight of the Vampires
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I know it seems ridiculous, but a light went off in my head about the connection between the modern day Vampire character (you know the one, the guy vamp that falls in love with a mortal, and then changes his ways so he can be with her) and the sustainability movement.
Related content:
Copenhagen in plain English (lots of videos)
The almost music video with the floating heads of Al Gore and Van Jones
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As I packed in preparation to visit my family this summer, I fantasized about what awaited me: long days nothing to do but stare at the water, swim, and read my book from start to finish, with no interruptions.
I settled on Adam Werbach’s recently published book, “Strategy for Sustainability.” Adam’s book proved to be more inspiring than the title suggested, and I appreciated his linguistic prowess in between stats, facts, and bullet points while discussing a new corporate paradigm for sustainability. So I was content until I made one fatal flaw, I watched the movie Twilight. I instantly borrowed the second book in the series, and my obligatory moments of reading turned into rapid-fire-steal-every-moment-I-can-away-from-the-family-I-traveled-across-the-country-to-visit so-I-can-find-out-what’s-going-to-happen-next.
Truth be told, I’m a sucker for vampire stories. So when my mother inquired about my fascination, I was a tad shocked by what flew from my mouth: Not an explanation that the stories are...well…hot, but rather a tirade on and how the modern day vampire story is just a metaphor for the sustainability challenges of our time. Who knew?
There is a theme that runs through all of the modern day vampire stories: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight, and True Blood all revolve around a central character who is inherently torn to fight their true nature: which is to kill in order to survive. The modern day vampire stories all have central characters who have found a new way to survive in the world, a way which is different than their predecessors’.
1. In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the vampire Angel buys blood from the hospital and keeps it in his fridge (and then protects Buffy the vampire slayer and kills bad vampires).
2. In the Twilight series, the Cullen family turns “vegetarian” (i.e. they only eat animals and not people).
3. In True Blood, the vampires eat True Blood, a blood substitute developed in Japan.
Yet at the end of the day, they are all still life sucking murderers fighting that bad part of themselves that’s very nature is designed to kill bodies and destroy souls.
The stories get exciting when the main heartthrob is tortured by the fear that the nature of what he is will kill the thing he loves most. In Buffy, Angel loves Buffy, in Twilight, Edward loves Bella, and in True Blood, Bill loves Sookie. As much as these male vamps desire their female morsels…I mean, mortals… if they give in to their truest desire…which is to suck their blood…they will either destroy them by killing them, or destroy their truest essence by killing their soul and transforming them into a vampire.
I think I love this story because in so many ways (not to be melodramatic or anything), I live this story. Every day I fight my impulses in the name of saving the planet as we know it. The story of the times we live in is that the nature of our culture and society is to consume past the point of sustainability; yet if we continue to give in to our desire to consume, we will either destroy or transform the world we live into something that lacks the soul that we fell in love with in the first place.
As we feed our desires for food, travel, beautiful clothes, big houses, fast cars, the latest technology, we create more. The more we create, the more we consume. The more we consume, the more we kill.
And we are killing off the things I love most. The oceans are filling with plastic debris at an alarming rate and changing the food chain cycles of the ocean. Samples from the ocean are coming up with more plastic particles than plankton.
TED Talks - Charles Moore: Sailing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
We are wiping our asses with virgin forests.
We are in the midst of the 6th mass extinction (the first mass extinction caused by humankind).
So it’s a hell of a lot more fun to read the Twilight series than one more article about dolphin slaughter, polar bears drowning, local rivers filled with dead fish, virgin forests decapitated, or sharks on the verge of extinction.
Whatever you call it, global warming or climate change, the question remains, how will we fight our internal nature? I just learned that my diet creates a larger carbon footprint than my travel. If I didn’t know better, I’d say our modern society is breeding one helluva mega coven of vampires.
But are we dealing with a case of nature vs. nurture? Are we true vampires? Vampires are turned into soulless blood sucking beings against their will. Is our society and capitalistic systems constructed in such a way that forces us into being something our original nature never intended us to be? It is easy to point to the majority of aboriginal and native tribal life styles, from which we all originate, as being more aligned with living sustainable living practices: aka insuring that the planet would be able to continue to feed and house future generations.
But I am horrified when I examine the impact of just the first few hours of my day. I wake on my eco-friendly mattress but the wood my bed is made from probably comes from the South America. My night clothes, a gift, were made in China and have the sweat of child labor and and the weight of a heavy carbon foot print on them. I reach for water from a glass from Pier One imports (I contacted them via twitter inquiring about how their productions cycle: the informed the glasses I own were hand made in China, but when I asked about their carbon offset program: no answer). I get dressed with clothes that are mostly from consignment stores, so at least I am reusing, but am still knowledgeable that the garment industry has a complex supply chain that has a significant carbon footprint. I walk though the house, aside from the most recent layer of non toxic paint I put on myself, it is mostly made with toxic processes.
I drink water from the tap, which comes from the Hetch Hetchy damn and reservoir in Yosemite National Park. The damn that buried the Hetch Hetchy Valley was once described as "a wonderfully exact counterpart" of Yosemite Valley, and therefore "one of nature's rarest and most precious mountain temples." So this is what I think of when I water my garden. I take great pleasure in the orchids that we have (instead of cut flowers) that are more than likely flown in from Hawaii, make a shake that includes organic bananas (at least I’m not poising the workers that harvest them) and then I hop on my bike which was manufactured in Taiwan, and casual car pool to work. I then get a cup of peets coffee, which while sustainably harvested, but still comes from half way around the world, and the I…well, you get the point.
Nearly everything I touch feels like it has a destructive element to it, either it was made via unfair labor, used the land through unsustainable practices, has a mammoth carbon footprint, or is dangerous to throw away. It makes me feel like… a monster. A vampire monster to be exact, sucking the life and soul out of this planet just in order to sustain my own life.
Perhaps I can find hope in learning a few lessons from the champions of the vampire world. You know the ones, the vampires who overcame their nature to kill and who use their super powers to protect what they cherish and hold dear to them (see how reading Twilight has become an important part of my research for this blog post?).
There are several key lessons I take from the vampire stories that may be the key to saving the world as we know it:
Lesson 1: Vampires have had time to learn from their mistakes, and act on what they learn. With time on their side, the vampires’ ability to live forever provides plenty of time to ponder and learn from their mistakes. They have to do what we do not: live with the consequences of their actions for eternity. Every champion character is able to fight his true nature because the price they would pay if they gave in to it their desires is too high.
Lesson 2: The vampires who are creating a whole new way of life are “younger” vampires. They are usually the 100-500 year-old vampires that make major changes (with a few exceptions of course). It would seem that it is easier to develop new habits when you haven’t had the old habits for thousands of years. The new environmental organizations popping up are showing great promise, addressing the climate crisis with unprecedented energy and unique collaborations. 350.org, The Energy Action Coalition and 1Sky are just a few of the inspired groups that have recently emerged.
Lesson 3: At the end of the day, the vampires decided to change their “true nature” so they can live with the people they love, rather than live a lonely and isolated life. Lets get real, we all need motivation, and love is a great motivator. The modern day vampire show doesn’t show us much about how the vampires transitioned from being evil blood sucking murderers to developing the will power and self control it takes to become the “good vampire,” but it does show us that not wanting to kill what you love most is a great motivator to stay "clean."
If I were to activate a super power it would be to learn from and act on the mistakes of our the past generations at hyper speed. Can Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, can Jack jump over the coal powered smoke stack?
When given the chance to choose, the mass majority of people on the planet choose to consume everything that is available to them. It is a conscious choice to want less. But now we are having to develop a new skill: saying no in the face of plenty.
So I’ll leave you with some good news: Air pollution is decreasing, there is an army of people dedicating their lives to saving the planet, and there is more information available that points to the problems and the solutions than ever before.
So remember the millennial mantra: More is killing us: less will sustain us.
And remember the vampires: if they made conscious decisions to find new alternatives to sucking blood and killing the things they desire, than so can we.
Related links:
Sarah Haskins in Target Women: Vampires (video)
Toxic bananas (video)Gavin Newsom Talks About San Francisco's Leadership in the Sustainability Movement (video)
Sustainable Agriculture
Burning Man Green Man (video)
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It's Sunday morning! Get out of my dreams and into my car. Which is ironic because I don't drive, unless there is news:
- Paranormal Activity is shaping up to beat Saw VI this weekend--by being number one. [Movieline]
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sly Stallone and Bruce Willis walk into a church. Thats the joke. [AICN]
-Here are 25 Jack 'O Lanterns vomiting. Which is funnier than 25 drunk college kids vomiting near a lantern. [Listicles]
-Here's five tips on starting your Sam Rockwell Grassroots Oscar Nominatino campaign. [Awards Daily]
-Here's Jeff Wells taking your points apart piece by piece. [HE]
-Anime News Network calls Nikki Finke's site, "TheDeadline.com," then sources Box Office Mojo. Hilarity to me. [ANN]
-Finally, here's a deleted scene from Twilight featuring sweet nips. [CH]
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Oh, hello almost-long-weekend. I see you there over the horizon of another Thursday as we're set to premiere a brand new episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show at 10:30 with reviews of Transformers: Racist Minstrel Show, My Sister's Keeper and The Hurt Locker. But before then, let's see what Sony has in terms of funny, why we like vampires and a new photo of Kevin Spacey.
Sony has decided to re-plant Adam Sandler's Grown-Ups on June 25th (making it the only thing released) and followed up with The Green Hornet on July 7th. Joy. [Variety]
BREAKING: VAMPIRES NOW A TREND. THAT SUCKS. HA HA HA HA HA. ah. [NYT]
Oddly, Kevin Spacey as Jack Abramoff looks like Kevin Spacey playing golf. [DHD]
Today's WTF Video comes from Bollywood. It involves He-Man. [ToplessRobot]
The Many Faces of Chris Klein all make me think he'd swallow my soul. [Latino Review]
Judd Apatow promises Funny People is better than getting your dick sucked at Star Trek. [MTV Movies Blog]
Megan Fox is kind of growing on me with her wit and disdain. [Movieline]
It is time for Fall Film Festival speculation! We just want Antichrist at New York Film Festival. [The Playlist]
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While still in production on his remake of The Hobbit, Guillermo del Toro has stopped to remind all of us that he really likes vampires. Not "pretty" vampires, as he intones in the video interview, but brutal and harsh ones that scare and don't make millions of dollars like in The Twilight Saga.
Cinematical takes the time to note how wonderful it is to have someone like Del Toro co-authoring The Strain (BOOK ONE OF THREE OMG) with Chuck hogan, but they seem to forget Del Toro already did this story.
It was called Cronos. It also had Ron Perlman. It was an interesting and brutal take on vampirism.
In this new book series, the end of the world is coming and there's going to be a vampire war that all depends on a Holocaust survivor in Spanish Harlem. So not only is Del Toro reminding us he made Cronos, but that he also liked parts of the Underworld series while focusing his real attention on The Hobbit.
UPDATE: We remembered we have Jen Yamato's AIM and she is the head Vamp over at Jen's Twilight Corner. We asked her for her official response to this news that Del Toro has come to take over yet another franchise (see previously: Hellboy, The Hobbit, horror films):
"Well I suppose there's room enough for all kinds of vampires in our hearts and corners. Speaking of corners, have you seen Jen's Twilight Corner on RT?"
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Another blood-sucking Republican announces his Presidential candidacy for 2012.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.Another blood-sucking Republican announces his Presidential candidacy for 2012.... more
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I was taking a break from writing when I went to my favorite entertainment source website, Fox News, which always has me laughing or at the very least throwing my high-priced coffee at my computer screen. This is starting to get a little expensive.
But this story caught my attention, so I decided to just keep drinking my coffee and start reading more about it.
Apparently, a man in Manhattan stepped inside a cab and asked to be taken to the Bronx. Commuters. Ugh.
But then, this man attacked the cab driver. They struggled for a few moments and then the attacker bit him on the neck and head. He then told the cab driver he was about to die as he screamed for the money. After biting him several times, he jumped out of the cab.
"Your family expects to see you dead!" He yelled.
The cabbie, Mahmoud Seck, showed the bites to CBS News and said: "All from his teeth! All them is teeth!"
The picture from the cab is a little too dark and grainy to tell, so I can't confirm yet if the attacker glitters in the sunlight. Though, if he does, he shouldn't be too hard to spot.
No word yet if the werewolves are coming after him.
http://lushlost.blogspot.com/2010/03/vampires-on-loose.htmlI was taking a break from writing when I went to my favorite entertainment source... more
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HeyuGuys posts a peak and a new poster and trailer for Dead Cert, which looks like it's a vampire and cockney gangster film. It's defiantly a move away from the Twilight vampire and shows another rise of UK vampire dramas, though I'll probably still prefer the Being Human vamps.HeyuGuys posts a peak and a new poster and trailer for Dead Cert, which looks like... more
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Due to the incident last year of a man that was arrested for ordering Japanese comic books that authorities felt had "child pornography," Funimation, the American distributor for several titles such as Dragon Ball Z & Fullmetal Alchemist, made public weeks earlier that they felt it would be best to edit certain scenes in their recently aquired title "Dance in the Vampire Bund."
Funimation released a statement that they're considering the idea of keeping the DVDs un-edited
"...FUNimation is — as always — committed to bringing the best Anime content to the United States in its unedited form on home video. Therefore, we are evaluating the release of the series in unedited and uncensored form for home video. Since only 7 episodes have broadcast in Japan, final determination must be reserved until all episodes can be reviewed to ensure compliance with current U.S. law."Due to the incident last year of a man that was arrested for ordering Japanese comic... more
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Dynamite Entertainment has announced the purchase of Harris Publications and their flagship character, Vampirella.Dynamite Entertainment has announced the purchase of Harris Publications and their... more
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New York publisher Dynamite Entertainment has bought the character Vampirella, lock stock and two smoking canines, from Harris Publications. Oh, and bought Harris as well.
Created by Forrest J Ackerman in the late sixties as a new horror magazine lead, a kind of superheroine vampire for Warren Publications, developed with Archie Goodwin and Frank Frazetta , Vampirella revived the horror comic. Over time her skimpy red costume got skimpier and skimpier, though with the bankruptcy of Warren in the eighties the character was lost.
The character was revived by Harris in 1991, attracting creators from Warren Ellis to Mark Millar to Alanm Moore to Grant Morrison to Amanda Conner to Joe Quesada to Kurt Busiek to Jeph Loeb to Adam Hughes. In 2007, Fangoria claimed that they had purchased the character from Harris, something Harris denied and they continued to publish Vampirella books.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/03/17/vampirella-bought-by-dynamite-costumes-unlikely-to-get-less-skimpy/New York publisher Dynamite Entertainment has bought the character Vampirella, lock... more
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Twilight reached a new format to terrify all who don't fancy reading tales of sparkly vampires, it's now a published Manga comic.
BleedingCool says there are 350,000 copies in the first print run and there is an air of hope that the comic will attract more people into comic shops. Though I suspect some avid Twilight buyers will go for the book or internet shops first.Twilight reached a new format to terrify all who don't fancy reading tales of... more
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Stephen King has released a teaser trailer for American Vampire, the comic book co-written by King to be released this Wednesday.Stephen King has released a teaser trailer for American Vampire, the comic book... more
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Not satisfied with living in Florida, Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey wants to move to Washington, D.C. to become the nation's first vampire president.
Sharkey, 45, spent Friday on a Greyhound bus with his new fiancee, Audrianna Foster, a 19-year-old girl from Ohio he met online. She too believes she is a vampire, or vampyre.
"I haven't dated a girl older than 19 since 2006," said the Tampa man as his 19-year-old daughter and his 2-year-old grandson met him at the Greyhound station. "It's good to be me."
"The Impaler" claims he's a direct descendent of Vlad II the Impaler, better known as Dracula.
He has scheduled a Monday press conference in Tampa to announce his plans to file paperwork to run for President of the United States in 2012. He recently switched his party affiliation from Independent to Republican so he can run with the G.O.P.
He ran for Governor of Minnesota in 2006 and also had short-lived bids for U.S. Senate in 2000, U.S. President in 2004, and U.S. President in 2008.
http://www.wtsp.com/news/mostpop/story.aspx?storyid=127365&provider=topNot satisfied with living in Florida, Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey wants... more
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----A mesmerizing overview; a seductive web of lore to command your 'gaze'!
(...but still 'straight' to the heart of the matter,....hell,....vampires seem to swing both ways )
VAMPIRE
n.
A reanimated corpse that is believed to rise from the grave at night to suck the blood of sleeping people.
A person, such as an extortionist, who preys upon others.
A vampire bat.
[French, from German Vampir, of Slavic origin.]
vampiric vam·pir'ic (văm-pĭr'ĭk) or vam·pir'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) or vam'pir'ish (-ĭsh) adj.
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