When the day finally came for a young John Lydon’s parents to take him home after a year spent lying in a large hospital ward, he had no idea who they were — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This awesome crochet amigurumi Exorcist playset from Ravelry user, Croshame, is tagged for Halloween, but I think this film icon carries the pop culture street cred to be whipped up no matter the holiday — via CRAFT
Harry Potter fans around the world are hitting a big milestone today as the first part of the final film in the Harry Potter series is released. To celebrate the occasion, why not try one of these rad Harry Potter crafts? — via CRAFT
Wayne Newton’s Las Vegas estate is a lavish wonderland complete with South African penguins, sweeping crystal staircases and a memorabilia collection to make a celebrity junkie salivate: a Frank Sinatra champagne glass, Nat King Cole’s watch, Steve McQueen’s Rolls-Royce and a Johnny Cash guitar — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Booko is a site with a very simple goal – to find the cheapest place to buy books and DVDs in Australia. This site started out as a personal itch and has slowly grown into a very handy site, slowly adding more shops for comparison and more features to make it easier to use. You can read more about Booko at the Blogo
Our pal, Bonnie Burton, over at StarWars.com proves that banthas can be quite cuddly with this fun felt plush bantha project.
Every Tusken Raider needs a trusty bantha to ride around Tatooine. These elephant-sized creatures with long ram-like horns first showed up in A New Hope. It’s easy to make your own cuddly bantha with some felt, stuffing, thread and a lot of love.
— via CRAFT
Prosecutors say a rural Wisconsin man blasted his TV with a shotgun after watching Bristol Palin’s Dancing with the Stars
routine, sparking an all-night standoff with a SWAT team.
According to court documents, 67-year-old Steven Cowan became enraged while watching Palin dance on Monday evening. He felt Palin was not a good dancer — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Is there anything fondant can’t do? This Angry Birds cake by Anya Richardson is gaining accolades on Flickr — via CRAFT
I was a huge Monkees fan when I was a kid, thanks mostly to MTV running weekend-long Monkee marathons back in the early 80s. (which, by the way, I recorded every episode on Betamax tapes) A few weeks ago, I needed a Monkees fix, so I downloaded a best-of album and enjoyed jamming out to their music while I worked. I also thought it would be fun to find a pattern for a Mike Nesmith-style knit green hat, but didn’t have any luck turning something up. Just yesterday, Lisa of Polka Dot Cottage posted a pattern she used to make a few Mike Nesmith-style hats for some friends. Last year, she created the hat for her son. She tweaked her choice of yarn just a bit and shares how she’s updated the project. Now if only I could knit… — via CRAFT
On screen, Dick Van Dyke has been rescued from untimely death by flying cars and magical nannies. Off screen, the veteran star of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins had to rely on the help of a pod of porpoises after apparently dozing off aboard his surfboard. I’m not kidding,
he said afterwards — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Consumer protection laws are being exploited as part of a new type of ticketing scam, the BBC has learnt — via redwolf.newsvine.com
US TV network Fox has joined its rivals in blocking Google TV from airing its programmes to viewers — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This film is guaranteed to set your teeth On Edge. Stroppy businessman Peter Thurlow (Charley Boorman) goes to a dentist’s without an appointment and is forced to wait. Fed up of waiting, Thurlow wanders off, only to meet the enigmatic Doctor Matthews (Doug Bradley – Pinhead from Hellraiser). Thurlow gets much more than he bargained for in the dental surgery…Awarded Best Horror Short 1st Place at Dragon*Con USA 2009.”This guy is a great director – he knows how to do it guys!” (TOBE HOOPER, director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre) — via YouTube
An internet executive is suing the rock band INXS for $2.8 million, alleging the group stole his design for a lucrative INXS website aimed at connecting fans with big retail brands.
Robert Manning says he and a business partner, Stephen Allende, came up with the idea in 2003 and pitched it to the band and its long-term manager, David Edwards.
He says Mr Edwards and the band liked the concept and told them to keep working on the website that promoted big brands to fans and allowed them to download songs, ringtones and video music clips — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has filed for bankruptcy, marking a climax to a drawn out restructuring for the storied Hollywood studio that controls the James Bond films and made The Wizard Of Oz — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Just days after being inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, The Models have lost their 51-year-old singer and bass player James Freud — via redwolf.newsvine.com
US actress Laura Dern and her parents, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, have become the first family to be honoured together on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Steve Thomas has made some pretty amazing Star Wars mash up travel posters. They are very much inspired by some of the vintage travel posters of the early 20th century.
These were done in association with a website in order to have them printed. That website is still working on making that a reality — via Star Wars: The Old Republic
Dot Dawson, the widow of country music legend Smoky Dawson, has died at the age of 104 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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