Unleash Your Inner Oil Baron [Movements]
While we wait for Paul Thomas Anderson to reissue a There Will Be Blood DVD edition that his masterpiece and its fans deserve, we can take comfort in the imagination of said fans around the Internet. We’ve learned that today, for example, is the first-ever International Talk Like Daniel Plainview Day, honoring Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis’s eminently quotable anti-hero for the ages. “If you’ve ever heard about ‘Talk Like A Pirate Day,’ this is essentially in the same vein,” write organizers Harrison Simon and Donald Polaski. “Also, do your best to drink a milkshake, preferably someone else’s.” Some sample quotes follow, but we will probably default to taking our dates to the Peach Tree Dance. I said, get liquored up and take ‘em to the Peach Tree Dance! Bastard in a basket! I’m finished. [Facebook]
While we wait for Paul Thomas Anderson to reissue a There Will Be Blood DVD edition that his masterpiece and its fans
The Force Is Strong In This Nerd Screaming At Briefcases [Short Ends]
· We think we have a worthy successor to the Star Wars Holiday Special for the most blasphemous use of the property, like, ever. That said, that Darth Banker’s a hard-ass, isn’t he? $49,000? But there’s five large amounts still left in play—including the million! [Deal or No Deal]
· “Organizers of a major California music festival are offering a $10,000 reward and four festival tickets for life in exchange for ex-Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters’ two-story inflatable pig.” [Reuters]
· David Blaine will try to break the 17-minute world record for breath holding on The Oprah Winfrey Show, which is fine and all, but it’s no Criss Angel mindfreaking her brains out. [AP]
· Her new six-hour-a-day workout regimen sometimes requires that Britney Spears walk around the gym wearing nothing but a towel. [Daily Mail]
· Paramount takes a heavy swig of the Blu-Ray Kool-Aid (which, oddly enough, tastes like raspberry with a slightly bitter after-taste). [THR]
· We think we have a worthy successor to the Star Wars Holiday Special for the most blasphemous use of the property, like, ever. That said, that Darth Banker’s a hard-ass, isn’t he? $49,000? But there’s five large amounts still left in play—including the million! [
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