Hey Jude Singalong

Watch thousands of people do a mass karaoke performance of Hey Jude in Trafalgar Square for this T-Mobile ad.

Sophie the Giraffe

Sophie the Giraffe ($19.55) is our daughter Eliana’s favorite new toy.  Millions and millions of units have sold in Europe and worldwide since her creation in 1961.

Soft, light and easy to grasp, Sophie La Giraffe is perfect for little hands and makes a happy sound when squeezed. Babies especially love her bumpy head to sooth their teething gums.

In today’s fast paced world it is unusual to see a high production toy still made by hand. Proudly handmade in the French Alps with the finest rubber (phthalate-free) and food quality paints, Sophie will sure to become a favorite for your favorite baby. To clean, simply wipe with a warm damp cloth.

Special Pricing For Artists Inspired by Stephen King Book Ends In 3 Days!

The promotional prices on all editions of Artists Inspired by Stephen King slipcased, signed, signed with Michael Whelan remarque, and deluxe) end at the end of the day May 5. The prices will be going up on May 6. Remember, all payment plans are considered, and this reserves you the good price, too. As for the book, Centipede Press will submit this lavishly illustrated keepsake to their press very soon, and they are on target for a mid October to early to mid November publication date.

The prices of Artists Inspired by Stephen King are as follows:

 $195 for the slipcased edition with the extra signed print ($295 on publication)

 $795 for the traycased signed edition ($995 on publication)

 $1095 for the Michael Whelan remarqued signed edition($1595 on publication, if they are still available; 50 copies only)

 $4995 for the deluxe edition($5995 on publication)

 You can order HERE.

 

American Idol Theme For May 5th, 2009

The American Idol theme for May 5th, 2009 is Rock & Roll. The mentor will be Slash, the ex guitarist from Guns N’ Roses. This could be a great week for Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta.

50 Tools Everyone Should Own

According to Popular Mechanics, with these 50 tools, you’ll be ready for just about any project.

 

Invisible Car?

This image was not photoshopped. Sara Watson, a British art student, spent three weeks spray painting a car that she got from a junk yard to perfectly match the parking lot and front entrance to her studio.

How To Get The LEGO Star Wars 10th Anniversary Poster

Get an exclusive, limited edition LEGO Star Wars poster with any purchase on May 3rd and May 4th only! Plus, be entered in a chance to win a first-edition Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon. Place an order through LEGOshop.com on May 3rd or May 4th and you will receive an exclusive LEGO Star Wars poster, each individually numbered up to 15,000, celebrating the LEGO Star Wars 10th Anniversary and featuring over 160 minifigures that have appeared in a LEGO Star Wars set in the last 10 years. You will also automatically be entered to win a first-edition LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon!

Unique Television Sets

Who wouldn’t want a TV shaped like a pack of French fries? Check out this LINK for more surprising television designs.

How To Make A Baby

Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures & Regrets of a Husband, Father & Son by Michael Chabon

A shy manifesto, an impractical handbook, the true story of a fabulist, an entire life in parts and pieces, Manhood for Amateurs ($25.99) is the first sustained work of personal writing from Michael Chabon. In these insightful, provocative, slyly interlinked essays, one of America’s most brilliant and humane writers presents his autobiography and his vision of life in the way so many of us experience our own: as a series of reflections, regrets and re-examinations, each sparked by an encounter, in the present, that holds some legacy of the past.

What does it mean to be a man today? Chabon invokes and interprets and struggles to reinvent for us, with characteristic warmth and lyric wit, the personal and family history that haunts him even as—simply because—it goes on being written every day. As a devoted son, as a passionate husband and above all as the father of four young Americans, Chabon renders his memories of childhood, of his parents’ marriage and divorce, of painful adolescent comedy and giddy encounters with the popular art and literature of his own youth, as a theme played—on different instruments, with a fresh tempo and in a new key—by the mad quartet of which he now finds himself co-conductor. At once dazzling, hilarious and moving, Manhood for Amateurs is destined to become a classic.  The eagerly awaited book will be in stores on October 6^th, 2009.  I had the opportunity to hear Michael read 6 excerpts from this upcoming work and the pieces were exceptional!

How Much Sugar Is In That?

Sugar Stacks used regular sugar cubes (4 grams of sugar each) to show how the sugars in your favorite foods literally stack up, gram for gram. Compare foods, find out where sugar is hiding, and see how much of the sweet stuff you’re really eating.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Full Length Trailer

LOST Season 5 DVD Due In December

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced DVD ($59.99) and Blu-ray ($79.99) releases of Lost: Season 5 which stars Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly. Each will be available to own from the 8th December. As well as including all 17 episodes of the season, the 5-disc sets will be packed with deleted scenes, exclusive interviews, as well as Blu-ray exclusive content.

J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof Will Work On Dark Tower After LOST Is Over

Just as there are whispers in the jungles of “Lost,” there have likewise been whispers in Hollywood that J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof — two of the masterminds behind the ABC television series — have been working on an adaptation of Stephen King’s classic novel series “The Dark Tower.” Now, those whispers are getting louder and clearer.

“Damon Lindelof and I talked to Mr. King,” Abrams told IGN while promoting the upcoming “Star Trek” film. “We got the rights for ['Dark Tower'] as a film. Damon is obviously still on ‘Lost’ and we’ve been working on ‘Star Trek’ together. As soon as ‘Lost’ is done, hopefully we’ll begin tackling that.”

For his part, Lindelof has also been speaking about the Stephen King adaptation. As “Lost” wraps up its penultimate season and gets ready for the sixth and final year of the show, Lindelof told Lostpedia that his entire creative energy is currently focused solely on the series.

“We’re just so focused on finishing ‘Lost’ that it’s really hard to think about anything else,” he said. “The last thing we want to think about is how to adapt a seven book series of, you know, basically the writer who we admire the most and look up to most and has inspired our work the most, and do anything with that. I think that it’s such a daunting task. We have a pretty daunting task in front of us ourselves [with the end of 'Lost'].”

Still, it’s not as if the “Lost” showrunner hasn’t spoken about “Dark Tower” in the past. He previously told AMC that he envisions the series on the same scope as Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

“There are always ‘Dark Tower’ conversations, but the figuring out of what this will look like as a movie has not begun,” said Lindelof. “If ‘The Dark Tower’ were in the right hands, I would love to see seven movies executed just right. But you have to get people to see the first one to get them to come and see the second one.”

Reminder: Free Comic Book Day Is Tomorrow!

Free Comic Book Day is a single day – the first Saturday in May – when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores. Check with your local shop for their participation and store hours.

 

100 Best Movie Lines in 200 Seconds

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