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Ha. Me too. Lazy bum

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:43:02 -0800

Ha. Me too. Lazy bum

Genius drivers in my complex

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:56:57 -0800

Genius drivers in my complex

Oscars: Broadcasting Live From the Mall: Last we checked in, Kodak had...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:41:23 -0800

[shared via Google Reader from Curbed LA]

Last we checked in, Kodak had just won the right (in bankruptcy court) to take its name off the Kodak Theatre, but it was wrangling with owner CIM Group over whether it would do it before the Oscars or after. Apparently Kodak has won: “CIM has asked the Academy to make no further mention of Kodak, and AMPAS has complied.” This weekend’s Oscars will be held, then, at the Hollywood & Highland Center, which we’re sure sounds very glamorous to anyone who’s never been there. [Variety]

Watch the Full Pilot Episode of ‘Lone Star’ Creator Kyle Killen’s Split-Reality Drama ‘Awake’, Starring Jason Isaacs

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:40:50 -0800

[shared via Google Reader from /Film]

If you liked what you saw when NBC posted the first seven minutes of the first episode of Awake earlier this week, you can now watch the other thirty-six. The network has released the entire pilot online for free, weeks in advance of its March premiere date.

Created by Kyle Killen (of the critically adored but amazingly short-lived Lone Star), the drama stars Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy from the Harry Potter series) as a police detective who survives a devastating car accident to find that his life has been split into two realities. In one, his wife (Laura Allen, Terriers) survived the crash while his son (Dylan Minnette, Lost) perished; in the other, the reverse is true. Wilmer Valderrama, Steve Harris, Cherry Jones, B.D. Wong, and Michaela McManus also star. Watch the full-length episode after the jump.

[via Coming Soon]

NBC’s not the first network to try this marketing move — to name a couple of examples, Fox did a similar thing this past fall with New Girl, to great success, and Showtime’s posted the season premieres of several of its shows for free — and I have to say, I’m loving this trend. Viewers get to sample a promising new series in their own time, while the network gets an opportunity to build some early buzz. Everyone wins!

Awake will kick off Thursday, March 1 at 10:00 PM on NBC.

Synopsis:

Lots of people find themselves leading some kind of double life… but none quite like this.

After Detective Michael Britten wakes up from a car accident with his wife and teenage son, he learns the devastating news that his wife died in the crash. Trying to put the pieces of his life back together, he wakes up a few days later to realize that his wife is very much alive and his son died in the accident! Did he lose his wife or his son? Or neither of them??

What if your life split in two in the face of a situation like this, and you could actually have everything you wanted, just not all at the same time? Michael goes back to work solving crimes while trying to put things back on a “normal” track, but alternating between realities provides some challenges – one moment he and his wife are grappling with having another child to replace their loss, and the next moment he’s finding himself attracted to his son’s tennis coach to fill the void from the loss of his wife. At the same time, he is solving crimes in each world which sometimes overlap in fascinating and inexplicable ways. Is he dreaming or going mad? Michael begins seeing two different therapists to help him sort things out, but then again why would he want either “reality” to go away when the totality of both means having his family complete?

From groundbreaking writer Kyle Killen (Lone Star) and starring Jason Isaacs (Brotherhood, Harry Potter) comes a drama about the power of the mind, where the inception of life is a mystery and reality might just be overrated.

Photo

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:16:09 -0800

youtube trending video time

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:15:45 -0800

There are a lot of stupid videos to cover. Thankfully I only do the top 15 or so.

Jai Courtney Will Be John McClane’s Son in ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:11:20 -0800

[shared via Google Reader from /Film]

This news will make an old question new again: is there anything Fox can do to make you truly excited for another Die Hard sequel? The studio has been building the next installment of the series for several months, and has just set one of the last major pieces of the puzzle in place.

John Moore (Max Payne) will direct A Good Day to Die Hard from a script by Skip Woods, with Bruce Willis once again playing NYC cop (or perhaps former NYC cop) John McClane. This time, he travels to Moscow to talk the local authorities into freeing his jailed son, and both men end up embroiled in a world-threatening terrorist plot.

Fox is taking a cue from Paramount’s approach to casting Jeremy Renner in Mission: Impossible, and is potentially using this movie to groom a new actor to take over the Die Hard series. Now he’s been chosen, and Jai Courtney (Spartacus: Vengeance) will play the younger McClane.

Deadline announces that Courtney has been cast, and says that the search was basically down to two guys after a long search and several shortlists: Courtney and Liam Hemsworth. Courtney is less experienced and probably cheaper. Whether he’ll be a good fit for the role is unknown, as we know very little about the character Skip Woods has written. Seeing who’s been cast, however, gives us some clues.

A Good Day to Die Hard forgets all about McClane’s daughter, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Live Free or Die Hard. It will shoot soon for a February 14, 2013 release. Jai Courtney will have another film on screens right around the same time, as he appears in Christopher McQuarrie’s One Shot, alongside Tom Cruise.

Veep Season 1: Invitation To The Set (by HBO)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:07:30 -0800

Veep Season 1: Invitation To The Set (by HBO)

Eater Inside : Luigi Osteria Takes Over Burger Kitchen, Now Serving

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:18:20 -0800

Gotta try this place out. Burger Kitchen deserved what it got. Moving
on!

Sent to you by NEEKers via Google Reader: Eater Inside : Luigi Osteria
Takes Over Burger Kitchen, Now Serving via Eater LA by Kat Odell on
2/21/12

Click here to view the full photogallery. Elizabeth Daniels 2/12
3rd Street Station is no longer the newest kid on the W. 3rd Street
block. Welcome to Burger Kitchen’s QUICK replacement: Luigi Osteria, a
casual new Italian spot soft opened yesterday by Tony Riviera of Primo
Hospitality Group (Caffe Primo), designed by Ellen Morrow out of
Seattle.

The casual neighborhood osteria specializes in classic Italian fare at
an affordable price point as follows: spaghetti with red crab sauce
($17), angel hair pasta with white truffle shrimp and avocado ($18),
spaghettini pomodoro ($12), chicken Marsala ($16), and chicken
cacciatore ($15). This week dinner will be served, with weekend brunch
rolling out on February 25 (9AM-3PM). Weekday lunch begins February 27.
Hours of operation will run Mon to Fri noon to 3PM for lunch, and
5:30-11PM daily for dinner.
& Kitchen Donzo, Luigi’s Moves in Next Week [&;ELA&;]

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HD isn’t the right platform for Jan Brewer.

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:15:37 -0800

HD isn’t the right platform for Jan Brewer.

shortcut. i don't think so

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:41:03 -0800

4 keys for a shortcut?! NO WAY! If it requires 2 hands to do it, then it can’t be called a shortcut key. ”Save for web & devices” is on my shit list

Just you wait till I hit 125 pts. Shakes Fist

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:19:40 -0800

Just you wait till I hit 125 pts. *Shakes Fist*

Late night coding

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:25:43 -0800

I just used Shazam to discover Tetris by Electrixx. http://shz.am/t50132192 using Pandora on my Google tv

Sydney Opera House Is Our New Favorite Lego Architecture Set [Lego]

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:40:11 -0800

[shared via Google Reader from Gizmodo]

The Sydney Opera House is one of the three Lego Architecture models coming out this year, along with London’s Big Ben and South Korea’s Namdaemun Gate. It’s a neat small construction. The $40 set—model 21012—includes 270 pieces. More »

working with the Cinemagic movie score/soundtrack station make everything way more epic. Man what a...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:37:48 -0800

working with the Cinemagic movie score/soundtrack station make everything way more epic. Man what a tone

Benched: Meet Your New Green Bus Benches, Still Big Advertisements

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:25:54 -0800

[shared via Google Reader from Curbed LA]

Large photo via LA Weekly

Thanks to a very dramatic contract dispute, LA bus riders are slowly getting new benches! The new seats are a nice green (rather than brown), somewhat graffiti resistant (as opposed to blank canvases), and a bit more frictiony (as opposed to slippery slopes). However, as urban designer Deborah Murphy says to Alissa Walker in LA Weekly, “it’s still a billboard with a seat.” That’s because bus bench deals in LA are all basically advertising deals: “Advertising companies, not the city, install the benches and shelters and share the revenue with the city” Furthermore, “The advertising companies, not the city, choose the location. Naturally, ad companies want eyeballs in higher-income neighborhoods, so that’s where the bulk of the benches go — not in the lower-income neighborhoods that are more transit-dependent.”

Last summer, contractor Norman Bench Advertising started ripping out its brown bus benches after the City Council canceled its contract (it was supposed to be paying $245,000 per year and a percentage of ad revenue); new contractor Martin Outdoor Advertising is now installing the 6,000 shiny new green benches. Meanwhile, Walker wonders why some of that Red Line canopy dough can’t be spent on providing a little shade for bus riders.
· L.A.’s New Bus Benches Look Better, But Still Don’t Serve Riders [LAW]
· Scorned Company Pulling Out All of LA’s Bus Benches [Curbed LA]
· New Bus Bench Company in LA, Despite Lots of Conflict Accusations [Curbed LA]

Sony Google TV rooted to allow unsigned kernels, no soldering required | Android Central

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:23:14 -0800

Sony Google TV rooted to allow unsigned kernels, no soldering required | Android Central:

To root or not to root?

No one does me better than me

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:58:41 -0800

No one does me better than me

Breakfast for dinner was a superb idea. Just superb

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:55:42 -0800

Breakfast for dinner was a superb idea. Just superb

Updated version of my Android app IS IT BUSY THERE with Foursquare integration!!

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:25:13 -0800

Updated version of my Android app IS IT BUSY THERE with Foursquare integration!!