Help Igor

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Igor lives in the land of Malaria… but he doesn’t want anyone else to, and neither should we. 1-3 million people die of malaria every year; 70% of those deaths are children under 5 and 90% are in Africa. Malaria is a preventable, treatable disease and all it takes is a $5 bed net. Help Igor help people around the world by donating to the Against Malaria Foundation. Every cent of your donation goes to sending nets across the globe. No percentage taken out, no ‘administrative’ bullshit.

Sure, you say, saving lives is ace but what’s in it for me? Brother, I hear you. So hear this: when you make a donation, you are entered to win one of 10 ‘Igor in a nets’ signed by the Igor movie cast. Donate $5, get entered once. Donate $10, enter twice, etc. Help yourself, and everyone else!

Can’t donate? Do your part for free, and help spread the word. Toss up a button on your website or MySpace page and do some good.

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Hollywood Profiler: Steve Buscemi

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A fantastic career write-up of Mr. B, including some upcoming projects to look forward to and a great look back at all the classics he’s done.

Do you think all he can do is act?
Steve is also an accomplished director with 4 feature films under his belt (Tree’s Lounge which he also wrote and starred in, Animal Factory, Lonesome Jim, and Interview in which he wrote and starred in appearing on screen for 99% of the movie). Not to mention taking the director’s chair on a few episodes of The Sopranos and Oz for HBO. The man can do it all.

Well said!

FINAL Igor poster

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We’ve seen quite a few variations, but this is the final movie poster for the upcoming animated Igor, or so says the delightful Cinematical. (And they’re never wrong)

For a larger size, click here.

The guest spot

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For nearly two decades, the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences has been bestowing Emmys to guest stars. The nominees tend to be big-name stars, and their brief appearances on ongoing series generate heightened interest.

Sometimes the actors help the ailing TV show, but sometimes things work the other way ’round.

Hallo, Pepe

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Apparently midget sex tapes and panty flashes are in a lull at the moment (perhaps hanging out somewhere with the housing market and overall economy, just saying) because TMZ has managed to find the time to match up or favorite celebs with their Muppet dopplegangers. Fun!

Although I have to admit, they got some spot-on. Carrot Top and Beeker? Janice and Donatella? Comedy Gold. Points deducted for reusing Muppets, however - that kind of kills the fantasy.

The Incredible B

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He looks like the least likely man to turn into a giant green behemoth, he’s got the chops to bring more geek to the role and IMDB lists him as totally open for the 2011 slot, even if his rumored projects in development all end up seeing the light of day.

I find this to be a very likely scenario, considering the way Hollywood’s gone to the remakes (Didn’t we just do this two years ago?) and bad ones at that. I haven’t seen this movie, and few love Ed Norton more than I… but seriously. I mean, really.

Igor trailer debuts at NYCC

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Scamper spotting! The trailer for Igor was shown at The New York Comic Con yesterday, and by some magical slip of chance it isn’t available online yet. No fair! I am amazed at this movie’s leak-proof snap-on top.

Igor is due out late October mid-September, just in time for the Halloween holiday season.

EDIT: You can read a write-up of the panel by Chris McKenna and Tony Leondis here.

When Stevie met Stanley

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I found this too adorable not to post:

Stanley Tucci and Steve Buscemi arrived at the same time, befitting a friendship that Buscemi said began when they were part of a hiking trip that got too tiring and intoxicating to finish. They wound up hitching a ride down the mountain on the back of a septic tank servicing truck (motto: “We’re No.1 in the No. 2 business). The filmmakers share ownership of a production company now. “If anyone wants to invest,” Buscemi quipped, “We’ll take you down with us.”

This made my week.

Steve Buscemi is judging you

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Attention Americans: Like making videos? Plan on voting for Barak Obama? Boy, do I have an activity for you!

From now until April 1st (how delightfully suspicious!) you are invited to submit your video to MoveOn.org’s Obama in 60 Seconds. If the readers select your clip, it will move on to Celebrity Voting, a panel that features well known actors (Buscemi, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck), musicians (Moby, John Ledgend, Eddie Vedder) and others (uh, Jessie Jackson, anyone?). The winner will have their advertisement run nationally and will receive a gift certificate for $20,000 in video equipment.

Again, deadline is April 1, 2008. Have at it, my little pundits!

In the interest of realism: guns and space

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I read The Straight Dope religiously every Friday. Last week’s column mentioned Armageddon and the subject of guns and space.

In the movie Armageddon, someone pulls a gun on Bruce Willis in outer
space. But would a firearm really work in space? Where would the oxygen
for gunpowder combustion come from?

Turns out the answer is yes.

The gunpowder and explosive material in the primer already contain all the oxygen they need; they’ll ignite and burn quite happily with no external source of O2.

Bonus fun fact: space is not cold, as most people believe. It actually has no temperature at all. Trippy!
(Fun fact #2: I completely forgot that Owen Wilson was in this movie until I went looking for pictures. In my defense, I haven’t seen it in seven years.)

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