From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine — When an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth, a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes hes solved the riddle of time travel and intends to depart again soon. Together, they embark on a hilarious, smart, and unexpectedly heartfelt journey that reveals how far believing can take you
Ray’s Classics in California has a ’69 Dodge cargo van for sale with the iconic paint job of the Mystery Machine from the cartoon series Scooby Doo! Dog not included — via Neatorama
Tributes are being paid to Australian rock music pioneer Vincent Lovegrove, who died in a car crash on the New South Wales north coast on the weekend.
Lovegrove shared a stage with Bon Scott in 1960s bubblegum band The Valentines, and later introduced Scott to the other members of AC/DC.
He also managed Cold Chisel in the mid-1970s, and later managed The Divinyls.
The 64-year-old was also a campaigner for HIV-AIDS awareness after losing both his wife and son to the disease — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math (TM), a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers and lobbyists
Stephen Fry has confirmed he and Sir Ian McKellen will pay a copyright licence fee so a Southampton pub can carry on trading as The Hobbit.
The pub was threatened with legal action by Hollywood film firm the Saul Zaentz Company (SZC) which accused it of copyright infringement.
It later offered to resolve the dispute over the pub’s name and decor by licensing it to use JRR Tolkien brands.
Landlady Stella Roberts said she had been shocked by the actors’ offer — via BBC News
Doctor Who Special for the Red Nose Day 1999 telethon starring Rowan Atkinson, Richard E Grant, Hugh Grant, Jonathan Pryce, Julia Sawalha and Joanna Lumley
The Southampton pub has been accused of copyright infringement by lawyers representing the Saul Zaentz Company (SZC) in California.
The company owns the worldwide rights to several brands associated with author JRR Tolkien, including The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings.
Landlady Stella Mary Roberts said: I can’t fight Hollywood
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Written + directed by Ben Shelton. Starring Tim Daly, Sam Daly. Guest starring Nathan Fillion. Special appearance by Michael Rosenbaum. Shot by Anthony C Kuhnz — via Shelton Films
What is surprising is that, the best part of a century after Cthulhu was created, the muck-encrusted god has spawned an entire industry that seems intent on making the Great Old Ones, well, cuddly.
The Elder Gods alone would know what Lovecraft would make of Plush Cthulhu — the perfect accompaniment to help any self-respecting cultist embark on their own dream-quest. The idea of the slime-god forever sleeping in his underwater city of R’lyeh rendered as a soft toy is all kinds of wrong. A particular soft toy –– known as Fluff Cthulhu — is a regular on the SF/Fantasy convention circuit, and may be working his eldritch magicks through his earthbound minion, the author Charles Stross — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Big Hollywood and the US government may think that by closing down Megaupload, they will have thwarted the alleged piracy problem.
But as Kim Dotcom says in his interview, much demand stems from people wanting the latest US movies or TV programs now, as opposed to typically waiting months for it.
Furthermore, there are similar sites offering the same or related content that Megaupload.com did, including sites in the US that are unmolested by the FBI.
Like a many-headed hydra, if you cut off one head, others will take its place.
The US authorities are fighting a losing battle, especially since digital downloads seem the way of the entertainment future — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Frank Lloyd Wright was a mystery guest on the 03 June 1956 episode of What’s My Line?
A Japanese researcher has used thousands of strands of spider silk to spin a set of violin strings.
The strings are said to have a soft and profound timbre
relative to traditional gut or steel strings.
That may arise from the way the strings are twisted, resulting in a packing structure
that leaves practically no space between any of the strands. The strings will be described in a forthcoming edition of the journal Physical Review Letters — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A TEDTalk from the future as envisioned by Prometheus director Ridley Scott
Davy Jones, Manchester-born lead singer with 60s band The Monkees, has died aged 66, his publicist has confirmed.
He died in his sleep at his home in Florida. His publicist, Deborah Robicheau, said he had a massive heart attack.
The band, who included musicians Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, were famous for hits including Daydream Believer and I’m a Believer.
The Monkees were an American pop band, assembled in 1966 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Punk rock band The Sex Pistols have signed a record deal with Universal, it has been announced.
An expanded and repackaged edition of the band’s Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols album will be released later this year.
Universal said the release will tie in with the record’s 35th anniversary — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Repo Man is coming out on Blu-ray but not here in the United States. Why?
Alex Cox: Universal Studios has an antipathy towards Repo Man and towards Walker. I don’t think they will ever bring out a good version in the US. I can’t understand why Universal won’t do a sequel given how much money they made off the original Repo Man. It’s an institutional animus. The kinds of people that get jobs in studios tend to be fearful of their superiors and that’s how they keep their jobs. The guys at Universal, even though they were 13 when Repo Man came out, they’ve been told by their superiors: We don’t like that film
. And that’s the official attitude from generation to generation in the studio. They have an institutional animus which almost makes you think that corporations really could be people
Then there’s the crisis of getting rights from studios.
Alex Cox: It’s so corrupt. Now they want to have longer copyright periods because they say the young artists are relying on this money. The young artists never see any money because they sign away that money to big media corporations, like Universal and Viacom. We, the artists, lose all of our rights to these massive corporations, who then come down heavy on these kids for downloading films and music that we never see a penny from. It’s complete bullshit. I want to encourage your audience to go and pirate a bunch of my stuff right away — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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