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Lunchtime Links

Posted: 30 May 2012 12:30 PM PDT

- Lunchtime Links


Today on The Daily What Geek: Court approves Julian Assange’s extradition to Sweden

Elsewhere on the Internets:

  • Out: The music video for the new Jay-Z and/or Kanye West release “No Church In The Wild”
  • Double Life: The LA Coliseum hosted a pr0n shoot in 2001
  • Exploded: Illinois State Rep. Mike Bost, over pension reform
  • Planned: Dueling Silence of the Lambs prequels
  • Available: A Fifty Shades of Grey hotel package, in San Francisco

Lunchtime List: 11 Great ’00s Bands We’d Love To See Reunite

[image: tedblr]


Tagged: Lunchtime Links

PSA of the Day

Posted: 30 May 2012 11:48 AM PDT


Comedian Todd Glass, who came out as gay in January, appears in a new PSA for the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network. The spot — which questions whether there’s a difference between gay suicide, and negligence from loved ones who push “archaic beliefs and misinformation” about homosexuality — is an entry for a contest for GLSEN. (You can vote here.)

[thanks, ellen!]


Tagged: glsen, PSA, todd glass

On-Air Blooper of the Day

Posted: 30 May 2012 11:31 AM PDT


Poor Martin Short. On this morning’s Today show, host Kathie Lee Gifford asked the actor how he maintains a happy marriage with his wife — who died of ovarian cancer in 2010.

Nothing but respect for the way Short handled it, as Gifford forged ahead, clueless.

She apologized via Twitter following the show: “I send my sincerest apologies to Martin Short and his family. He handled situation w/enormous grace and kindness and I’m so grateful.”

[tmz]


Tagged: Kathie Lee Gifford, Martin Short, On-Air Blooper

Morning Fluff

Posted: 30 May 2012 10:25 AM PDT


Sans actual fluff, but otherwise true to life.

[tastefullyoffensive]


Tagged: birdbox, morning fluff

Music Video of the Day

Posted: 30 May 2012 09:57 AM PDT


The extraordinary new video for “Parler le fracas,” by French hip-hop group Le Peuple de l’Herbe, “channels Orwell’s Animal Farm, updated for the Occupy Wall Street era. Pigs in riot police gear face off with disenfranchised industrial workers — a goose, a chameleon, and hundreds of other small animals who combine forces to create a Godzilla-like monster.”

Prepare to be amazed.

[atlantic]


Tagged: Le Peuple de l'Herbe, Music Video

Strange Bedfellows of the Day

Posted: 30 May 2012 09:15 AM PDT

- Strange Bedfellows of the Day


Disneyland played host last weekend to the 12th annual “Bats Day in the Fun Park” — or Goth Day at Disneyland, to the rest of us. The day’s main event was a group photo taken in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle; the crowd here was jostling for places.

Don’t miss the rest of the pics — it’s a Disneyland the likes of which you’ve never seen.

[thanks, jasmin! / vice]


Tagged: goth day at disneyland, strange bedfellows

Street Art of the Day

Posted: 30 May 2012 08:27 AM PDT

- Street Art of the Day


Hanksy’s Marty McFly may be his best yet. On the corner of Kenmare and Mulberry streets in NYC.

[slyoyster]


Tagged: Hanksy, marty mcfly, Street Art

This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day

Posted: 30 May 2012 08:10 AM PDT


Earlier this month, a North Carolina pastor suggested rounding up gays and lesbians and starving them to death.

Just yesterday, an audio file of a Kansas pastor saying the government should kill gays made the rounds.

Now, we are confronted with perhaps the most egregious homophobic offense in recent weeks — a youngster at Apostolic Truth Tabernacle in Greensburg, Indiana, belted out “Ain’t No Homos Gonna Make It To Heaven,” and the congregation rewarded him with a standing ovation.

[towleroad]


Tagged: ain't no homos gonna make it to heaven, anti-lgbt, This Is All Kinds Of Wrong

Movie Trailer of the Day

Posted: 30 May 2012 07:36 AM PDT


The King’s Speech’s Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper helms the big-screen version of Les Misérables, the global stage sensation set in 19th-century France.

Hugh Jackman is ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by ruthless policeman Javert (Russell Crowe). Then Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s (Anne Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette (Amanda Seyfried), and all their lives change forever.

In theaters December 14.

[ftz]


Tagged: Les Misérables, Movie Trailer

Early Bird Special

Posted: 30 May 2012 04:30 AM PDT


Joey and Mel Schwanke live in Fremont, Nebraska. The secret to their 64-year union might be 146 custom-made matching floral outfits.

Or, it might be the agreement they made long ago:

Mel: “He would be boss from 8 to 5, and I would be boss from 5 to 8 in the morning.”

Joey: “Well, I get to have a word in edge-wise once in a while.”

[komo]


Tagged: Early Bird Special