- Further evidence that one day Stephen Colbert will rule us all: he'll be appearing in the next issue of Amazing Spider-Man, presumably in two dimensions.
- Johnny Depp has signed on to play the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's upcoming Alice in Wonderland film. In far, far less exciting news, Depp also will appear in a fourth Pirates movie. If they promise to make this one run less than 17 hours, I might go see it.
- Following in the footsteps of This American Life, it looks like my all-time favorite NPR show, "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" is going to be turned into a TV series. Here's hoping it doesn't lose any of its wonderful, softly sarcastic charm in the process. And will the top prize still be an answering machine message?
- The Buffster returns! Sarah Michelle Gellar will be appearing in a new HBO half-hour series called "The Wonderful Maladys" about a group of three neurotic siblings who suffer the loss of their parents at a young age. The series' writer describes Gellar's character as having "a kind of zealous immaturity -- like a drug addict with a to-do list." At least she'll be organized...
- Bill Murray talked about "Ghostbusters" recently and said he'd be open to being involved in "Ghostbusters 3," which, as was mentioned a couple weeks ago, is being penned by two "Office" scribes. Cool.
- And finally, I was going to be coy and say, "Oh, look, The Park Bench got nominated for best geek blog over at the Blogger's Choice Awards! What a complete surprise!" But I don't think I'd be fooling anyone. Yes, I went and nominated the old gal myself because I'm not the kind of woman who waits to be asked to the dance (okay, actually, I waited A LOT in high school.). Anyway, if you'd like to cast a vote for The Park Bench, I'd love it more than candy.
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I voted for you! They do NOT make it easy to vote on that website!
Thank you so much, Marcie! They do make it rough, don't they? It took me the longest time to figure out the nomination - and even then, I couldn't fix the blog name. Grr. Thanks again!
I officially wish I were living in a comic book universe right now. I wouldn't even mind being 2D or drawn with tapered jeans on. (I don't know, maybe comic artists stopped doing that... the jeans, that is. Man I miss comics.)
In other news, I'm not sure if I still love the Burton/Depp lifepartnership, or if it's starting to wear on me. I always like Depp when I see him in things, but he's just everywhere. You hear that he's going to be in a Burton film and you're like "Reaaaally? Uh huh. Didn't see that coming. [/sarcasm]"
But I'll probably get really excited for it anyway.
I voted! good luck.
Agent57, it's so funny that you mention the shine wearing off the Burton/Depp partnership. My husband was saying the exact same thing last night when I told him the news. He kinda shrugged and said, "What else is new?" I haven't quite lost the enthusiasm yet. I don't know why, but as long as they vary it up a little bit, I think I'll be happy. Actually, maybe Burton should start putting Stephen Colbert in his movies instead. THAT would be interesting.
Marie, thank you so much for the vote!!
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