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Desecrating Elvis

> U.S. music magazine Spin has built a rock star Frankenstein, composed of Michael Stipe's skull, Elvis's pelvis and Madonna's bellybutton. Link with Frankenpopmusic picture [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2004580002-2005390250,00.html].

Hollywood: Sexual Mosh Pit

From the mouth of someone who knows: > Eva Longoria refuses to romance fellow celebrities - because she claims everyone in Hollywood has slept with each other. . . > The 'Desperate Housewives' beauty says she is so fed up with the close-knot celebrity circles she avoids red-carpet events and

Babs is Back

> Streisand's Stranger in a Strange Land debuted Tuesday on a notable parcel of Internet real estate -- it's spending one week as an exclusive (and free) streaming video on the home page of Amazon.com. It is culled from Guilty Pleasures, the singer's

Real Men Play Golf?

Eric Scheske hacks around once in awhile (eight times last year, once this year so far) and he follows the Majors (U.S. and British Opens, PGA, Masters), so he's interested enough in the sport to find this writer's ideas about is male-ness very interesting. NYT

The Nordic Track

A movie based on the Brothers Grimm [https://thedailyeudemon.com/2103/], now a movie about Beowulf. Can the film epic Ragnarok [http://www.pantheon.org/articles/r/ragnarok.html]! be far behind? > [Angelina] Jolie has signed on to star in a big-screen adaptation of the epic English poem "

How Grimm Will It Be?

This Friday, The Brothers Grimm [http://miramax.com/thebrothersgrimm/] will open. It's a Miramax production, starring Matt Damon as one of the Grimm brothers. Here's the synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes. Sounds pretty bizarre. > Director Terry Gilliam, who brought his magical storytelling talents to such films

Bring Back Bugsy

Fascinating piece about how casinos use intimidation and legal contacts to cheat big-time winners from their receiving their money. Link [http://www.lasvegastribune.com/20050812/headline1.html]. Excerpt: > Consider the case of Richard Chen. On March 9, 2000, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled 3-1 that the Monte Carlo Casino

What Would Adam West Think?

DC Comics has sent its lawyers to chase an artist who painted and sold a bunch of "gay Batman" pictures. Link [http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/artnetnews8-18-05.asp]. We wish DC luck. The pictures are borderline funny, if they weren't so digusting. PG-13 Link

Nothing Too Surprising

Smoke a joint, put on the headphones, and enjoy a bout with self-inflicted autism. Problem is, the inability to hear others could become permanent: > The surge in sales of iPods and other portable music players in recent years could mean many more people will develop hearing loss, experts fear.

Anti-Ennui Park Turnover

> Cedar Point amusement park is putting a 22-year-old free-fall ride up for sale. > The Demon Drop was built for $2.5 million in 1983. Riders on the Demon Drop fall 10 stories in less than three seconds. > Passengers board four-person cars that move horizontally to the top