Entertainment

40 Things That Only Happen in Movies [http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/features/20moviethings.htm]. Great list, including: > 13. If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises wearing their most revealing underwear. > 17. If you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts, your

> The movie ''Crash'' is all about racial tensions in Los Angeles. It is only fitting that the film has the distinction of having the most curse words among this year's crop of films nominated for Best Picture. R-Rated Link [http://www.oddjack.

I saw this in a story at the Toronto Star: [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1141426212286&call_page=TS_EditorialOpinion&call_pageid=968256290204&call_pagepath=Editorial/Opinion&pubid=968163964505] Brokeback Mountain's box

David Mills at Mere Comments discusses Brokeback's box office brokenness [http://merecomments.typepad.com/merecomments/2006/03/declining_broke.html]. Excerpt: > According to Newsweek magazine, once a film is nominated for Best Picture it normally means “big box-office increases.” > Last year “Million Dollar Baby” realized

From Bainbridge [http://www.professorbainbridge.com/2006/03/cars_and_stars.html] : > There's been a persistent rumor here in Hollywood (I live less than a mile from the Kodak Theater) that there's a fenced off parking lot where the stars swap their luxury SUVs for

> Makers of the hit cartoon The Simpsons have a filmed the show's opening titles using real actors. > In the hit viral going around the world we get to see what Bart, Homer, Marg, Lisa and Maggie would look like if they were humans. Link [http://www.

The Oscars are tomorrow night, and that means one thing: Brokeback hysteria. So this is a good time to take stock of the Brokeback box office phenomenon. Remember Brokeback's rolling start? They said that it would open in a few select (read: gay-friendly) areas, then roll into

Mel Gibson is making a movie about the Mayans that feature human sacrifices [http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1169484,00.html]. Knowing Mad Mel, it's going to be a pretty colorful film. I like this part of an article I read about the movie:

As long as I'm on the topic of erotica (great way to begin Lent, huh?): > Actress Jessica Alba, who appears in a bikini on the cover of Playboy's March issue, is threatening to sue the magazine, claiming that Hugh Hefner & Co. are trying to