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‘Wish You Were Here’ album photo shoot

Here are some toasty frames of the original Pink Floyd album cover photo shoot for “Wish You Were Here.” 

Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here

The new ‘Harry Potter’ and the Deathly Hallows poster

Here is a look at the new ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ poster. The final showdown between Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his nemesis Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) looks to be a good one. The movie opens on July 15th in 2D and 3D.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

The new Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 movie poster

The blueprint for a Michael Cera movie

 

The blueprint for a Michael Cera movie

The blueprint for a Michael Cera movie

Oh Michael Cera. We fell in love with you playing George-Michael Bluth in “Arrested Development“. Then 2007 happened, and you gave us cinematic gems with Superbad and Juno. But now we are on to you. Your movies have a secret formula, and we now have the recipe. As George Bush so famously said, “There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.” Only, we will allow ourselves to get fooled again in 2012 when the Arrested Development movie comes out.

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Jim Gaffigan coming to Minneapolis Oct 2011

I was so excited to get the presale message for Jim Gaffigan tickets at the State Theater in Minnapolis this fall. For those of you who don’t know, he’ll be here 10/7 and 10/8. Buy tickets here.

Until then, enjoy this classic bit about camping from his King Baby tour.

Careless Whisper Saxophone Prank

This has been floating around for awhile, but what the hell. Check out this self described “Sexy Sax Man” hit the streets, malls, and other inappropriate locations to perform “Careless Whisper” on the saxaphone. His real name is Sergio Flores. Sounds like the name of a sax player.

New ‘Mad Men’ ad shows falling man

Imagine being the creative advertising agency that has to pitch cool and interesting ideas to promote the show ‘Mad Men.’ No pressure right? Well, DraftFCB does a nice job here with some outdoor advertising on the side of a building in New Zealand. 

DraftFCB ‘Mad Men’ ad campaign

DraftFCB ‘Mad Men’ ad campaign

Get Mad Men on DVD here.

Angels Mount Up! Nate Dogg dead at 41

Nate Dogg, the deep-voiced hip-hop crooner who sang hooks for Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Eminem and was best known for “Regulate,” his classic collaboration with Warren G, has died at 41.

No cause of death was released for the artist, but his family believes it was from complications stemming from strokes he had recently.

5 things you didn’t know about Nate Dogg:

  • His real name was Nathaniel D. Hale
  • He was a member of the Rollin 20 Crips gang along with Snoop and Warren G
  •  In 2007, Nate Dogg had a massive stroke, and another stroke in 2008
  • In 2002, Nate Dogg appeared on a celebrity episode of the Weakest Link
  • He’s collaborated with everyone from Tupac to Mariah Carey

Super 8 movie trailer

This movie trailer has that classic Spielberg feel. Likely to be the biggest movie of the summer. Can’t wait.

Celebrity school photos

They were just like us! Take a look at some school portraits of famous celebrities. (via Blame It On The Voices)

10 things you didn’t know about Phil Collins

Phil Collins announced his retirement yesterday. It trended on Twitter for a spell. When I heard he retired, I immediately assumed the Disney money train discontinued service on his street. The reason for hanging it up, though, according to this People magazine story, is to be a full-time father to his two young boys.
phil collins 1987

Phil Collins 1987

I have never been a big fan of Phil Collins, but I have never disliked his music either.

That being said, I decided to dig a little bit and see what I could uncover about this Grammy-winning musician.

10 things you might not know about Phil Collins:

  1. He was given a toy drum kit for Christmas when he was five. He practiced by playing alongside the television and radio and never learned to read and write conventional musical notation
  2. In 1970, he tried out for Genesis. The audition occurred at the home of Peter Gabriel‘s parents
  3. In 1982, he produced ABBA member Frida‘s solo album, Something’s Going On, which helped to spawn the title track, “I Know There’s Something Going On
  4. “Sussudio” drew criticism from music reviewers for sounding too similar to Prince‘s “1999”
  5. Phil Collins uses Gretsch drums and Sabian cymbals. Until 1986, Collins played Paiste and Zildjian cymbals
  6. Collins made an appearance as himself in the 2006 PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, set in 1984
  7. Collins also has a lifelong interest in the Alamo. He has collected hundreds of artifacts related to the famous 1836 battle in San Antonio, Texas, narrated a light and sound show about the Alamo, and has spoken at related events
  8. Phil Collins is left-handed
  9. Phil Collins joined the long list of celebrities lampooned by South Park. It happened in South Park episode 51 entitled “Timmy! 2000”
  10. Phil is good friends with tennis legend Andre Agassi.