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October 7th, 2008
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 Network taps Zander to adapt Saunders series Edina and Patsy are ready to take on L.A. Fox is developing a redo of Jennifer Saunders' enduring Britcom "Absolutely Fabulous," to be exec produced by Mitch Hurwitz, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum for Sony Pictures TV, Tantamount and BBC Worldwide America. Christine Zander ("Saturday Night Live") is set to write the script and will exec produce along with the BBC's Ian Moffet and original series creator Saunders. Fox has given Sony a script order with hefty penalty attached. The latest attempt at a U.S. rendition of "Ab Fab" will be transplanted to L.A. but retain the basic template of the original, revolving around the friendship of two boozy, over-40 best friends who are desperate to stay hip and youthful and who carry on under the disapproving eye of Edina's teenage daughter, Saffy. More than a decade ago, Roseanne Barr worked on developing a U.S. version of the show with Carrie Fisher for ABC. CBS' 1995-98 Cybill Shepherd comedy "Cybill" had an "Ab Fab" flavor to it. Another short-lived 1995 sitcom, CBS' "High Society," starring Jean Smart and Mary McDonnell, was a thinly veiled imitation. Original series starred Saunders and Joanna Lumley. It was a big hit in Britain and successful import for Comedy Central. In the U.K., "Ab Fab" ran as a regular series from 1992-95, with a two-part finale airing in 1996. Saunders and Lumley reunited for further adventures with fresh segs produced in 2001 and 2003. The show has lots of potential to work in the States, especially if it takes place in LA, but I really don't want it to be remade. I have a feeling that Jennifer Coolidge might be cast in it, haha... *runs back to work* | ||||||
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October 7th, 2008
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| Ok, I realize I am going to probably cause some triggery things with people, and for that I apologize muchly and heartily. You just cannot make this shit up. I checked out the website and despite the weird logo, it seems legit and not, y'know, one of those other sites like Stormfront. There is wank at the bottom in the comments section, too, but I chose to put it here because it's, well, unfunny. Bottom line of the tl;dr of the article: There are a small portion of people who associate with groups not normally ones you'd think they would make common cause with; in this case, a few Jewish people who have anti-Muslim sentiments joining with right-wing white supremacist groups. This is a concern, but it should be emphasized that the majority of Jewish people don't think this way, and by no means do I think this is a major problem. It is one of those kinds of things you run across and it simply seems so bizarre as to be noticeable. ETA: More stuff. ETA 2: There is an excellent analysis of the article by chopchica in the comments. | ||||||
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October 7th, 2008
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| http://www.variety.com/article/VR111799 I.. I have no words for the feelings of dread creeping up my fanboy spine. Next, we can likely expect a retake on classic westerns about a poor, disfigured farmer's son who whines and mopes for seven years without ever becoming a badass bounty hunter. To The Fray songs no less. Because dammit, that's how I wanna see Jonah Hex! | ||||||||
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October 6th, 2008
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| It's time to play everyone's favorite game: AMV Matchup! The ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_rant thread is starting to drift toward this anyway, so let's make it official...As established, everybody's sick and tired of the same old same old when it comes to AMVs. Too much "Mortal Kombat" theme. Too much Evanescence. Too much Linkin Park. Too much "boom-de-yada"[1]. Too much...and the list goes on. So what do you think would work, that you haven't seen? Provide links to music/video if you wish. I'll throw one out as an opening suggestion: ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} kadath and I and a few others were discussing the possibility of some of the old folk tunes. How about Old Dun Cow (as performed here by the Brobdingnagian Bards, but I have an MP3 by the Crimson Pirates I think would work better) set to a Lina Inverse (Slayers) eating/drinking/making things explode montage?( ecchaniz0r, they also have a pretty awesome cut of "Bedlam Boys"/"Tom Of Bedlam.")[1] Besides, how can you top XKCD? | ||||||||||
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October 6th, 2008
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| Fall Out Boy donates $50K to No on Prop 8. "We believe government shouldn't legislate love. Vote no on proposition 8." (For non-Californians: Proposition 8 would amend the state constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman. Currently, same-sex marriage is legal via judicial ruling.) ETA: Additional links, while I'm at it. Without expletive deleted. This one also mentions that Google also opposes the measure. Apparently so do Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg. | ||||
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October 6th, 2008
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| A mini-wank growing on ANN that Zac didn't purposely start. *shock* Every new season, ANN has an Anime Preview Guide that has different reviewers watch an episode or two of a new series and give it a review. That also means that show defenders will jump into the forum and call the reviewer an uninformed idiot if they give the episode a bad review. Casey's review of Clannad ~After Story~ is causing the most fuss with the fanboys that the mods had to get involved. Edit: Zac is now trolling with a Clannad review on his page. | ||||||||
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October 6th, 2008
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| He also doesn't like HP fanfic rip-offs, so you can imagine what he thinks of Cassandra Clare's City of Bones. But you don't have to imagine! because he reviews it in the latest FerretBrain. In short, "This book makes Harry Potter look like a thoughtfully constructed work of character-driven drama." | ||||||
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October 6th, 2008
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October 6th, 2008
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| Over on ontd_olympics, brand-spankin'-new user kristixkupcakes (journal now deleted) posts a tl;dr entry (also now deleted) titled "MY SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH RYAN LOCHTE." Her long, sordid tale of a disappointing hookup with the US Olympic gold-medal swimmer includes the following highlights: ( I'm doing bodyshots off Ryan and everybody's in a deep drunken haze ) Again with the sympathy and the "omg, I totally knew he was a douchebag!" At least until kristixkupcakes posts again: MY SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH RYAN LOCHTE -- MORE. So I've been an avid watcher of this community and ONTD and I've finally joined here and noticed how everybody's gaga over the kid I slept with on my birthday and I think you guys should know what happened because your opinion of him will change. And then, behind an lj-cut: you just got punk'd. - christopher ashton kutcher <3 USE A CONDOM! The comments EXPLODE. Accusations of sockpuppetry and mod involvement abound, and there are calls for bannination, as well as the usual "OMG, you guys, have a sense of humor!" Again, this one's been bahleeted, but there are screencaps for downloading: before the post was unlocked and after it was unlocked. Finally, like all good wanks, this one's wrapped up with a mod post claiming that the whole shenanigan was the result of a "chat that got too out of hand." Things seem to be settling down for now, but who knows? Maybe Nastia Liukin will eat someone's baby, or Usain Bolt will turn out to actually be a cyborg! IT COULD TOTALLY HAPPEN, PEOPLE. | ||||||||||||
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October 5th, 2008
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| just read this story, and I think that it should be shared. Not that it matters... | ||||
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October 5th, 2008
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| LJ user gratefuladdict wants you (or, rather, the audience of LJ Idol) to know she doesn't "care about the struggles (or the progress) of minority groups." It goes downhill from there. ETA: Alas, locked! If anyone has screencaps they'd be willing to share, that would be awesome. ETA's Vengeance: sf_drama pulls through with some extensive copypasta! Huge thanks to wieimmer for the link. :) | ||||
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October 5th, 2008
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| PART IV: ATTACK OF THE 404 ERROR The rebel forces at MLL got their bus ads (at least two of them, which is like 5%) Notice I'm linking to the images at BWP, because the There are rumors and speculation that Sleezer and Kate are in the MLL chat and kick out everyone who tries to pop in. Kayspleen who donated all the money for the ads was banned from MLL as were JTF, evilyn, and lila. Mod Reuben quit and was replaced by There is a fun philosophical discussion on the nature of hate over at BWP. Will the forums come back up? Will we ever find out how much the ads actually cost? Will we learn if the kind of bus the ads are on makes a difference? Will we find out if Sleezer actually ate any of those pagan babies? Stay tuned... ETA alpha: rijane has more dirt on Sleezer deleting a huge chunk of the forum late last night.ETA beta:: Leeser caught lurking at BWP?? ETA gamma: Ex-MLL mods offer pretty damning evidence that Sleezer skimmed $10k off the 2008 con money. ETA delta: rijane explains about lawyers filing charges in this mess. ETA epsilon: More con $$ shennanigans. ETA zeta: SLEEZER SAYS MLL FORUM DOWN FOR GOOD! edited to remove link to chat transcript because it violates F_W rules. You can find it if you dig around at BWP, but I am suspicious of the empty brand new journal. ETA eta: I smell bullshit. I'm not the brightest bulb in the hallway, but this reads like one of Sleezer's supporters pretending to be a mouse and "leaking" info to us. YMMV. ETA theta: www.lisagerry.com/ includes lots of MLL caps and all sorts of fun and damning evidence! ETA iota: BWP has gone to registered users only for the off-topic forums. So none of these links work now. YAY? I think that concludes this wank unless Sleezer brings the forums back and explains it was a social experiment or something. ( resources below cut ) | ||||||||
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October 5th, 2008
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| A post on the LJ comm Conservatism links to an article from the not-so-accurately-named American Thinker, complete with a flowchart, seeking to prove that the aggressively centrist Obama is secretly part of a massive "radical leftist" conspiracy to nationalize the banking industry and bring about socialism by deliberately causing the current mortgage fiasco. This goes over about as well as would be expected. Wank comes complete with the OP responding to every comment, a helpful update to the original flowchart, and claims of improper interrogation of the text from all parties. | ||||||
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October 5th, 2008
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| AOL's Hometown and AOL Journals are "closing their doors." Dear AOL Journals user, We're sorry to inform you that on Oct. 31, 2008, AOL® Journals will be shut down permanently. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. It is very important that you save your Journals content before the shutdown. We're working on a way to easily move your Journal to another blogging service -- you can expect an email within the next week with more details about how to do it. We want the transition to go as smoothly as possible for you, so you'll have two choices. You can either save your information manually and find another place to blog on your own, or let us handle the migration for you and automatically transfer your Journal to a different blogging service. No word as to WHY but a couple of people on my LJ f-list are mourning their fanfic archives. I don't use AOL but if you do then, y'know, heads up! | ||||||
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October 5th, 2008
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| Wendy Richard (Are You Being Served?, EastEnders) "dying of cancer". ( Text of article behind cut. ) | ||||||||
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October 5th, 2008
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| Marianna teacher suspended for 'racially charged' comments about Obama Larry Moore, deputy superintendent for the Jackson County School District, said school officials determined Howard wrote an acronym with an explanation on a dry-erase board in his seventh-grade social-studies class at Marianna Middle School. It said, "C.H.A.N.G.E. - Come Help A (N-word) Get Elected." | ||||
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October 5th, 2008
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| I can't remember the name, but I think it might have been posted here. All I remember is that it's supposed to help you organize profiles, illustrations, and so on that go with your writing. The screenshot I saw of it showed multiple windows with a black background. Does anyone remember its name? I'm curious about it now but without any specifics to google I can't find it. ETA: Thank you, my speedy web elves. It is indeed Liquid Story Binder. :D | ||||||
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October 4th, 2008
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| If you read the fandom_wank report on "Hot Wet Planet," or even if you didn't, you might be I can't seem to get a direct link to the blog entry, but since he never uses a tag more than once... http://karaoke_vicious.blogspot.com/sea If you've read the wank report, skip about halfway down the page to the giant bold letters. (Not those; the big ones. Keep scrolling, you'll see it.) | ||||||||
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