Category: Entertainment

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Denny’s: to go; Borat’s mankini: “Success!”

Developers: infinity, Preservation of sentimentality: 0.

And in the interest of balance (Warning: disturbing photos of callout below can be found here):

FROM the beaches of Kazakhstan to the catwalks of Milan, the mankini has finally found its way into high fashion.

In an outfit that can only owe its inspiration to the male one-piece swimsuit worn by the Sacha Baron Cohen character Borat, British designer Alexander McQueen sent this brave male model to front the crowds for Milan Fashion Week.

Guaranteed never to let the wearer down, the original mankini made its debut in the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan.

The mankini was a low point of the male collections, which included Donatella Versace dedicating her collection to US presidential hopeful Barack Obama, Giorgio Armani presenting jackets and suits, and Dolce & Gabbana unveiling pin-stripe suits as loose and easy as silk pajamas.

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More fake band possiblity on the way!

Personally, I’m psyched that Guitar Hero World Tour is being released for the holidays, as Activision’s answer to Rock Band 1, 2. This tiny Wii, though, is producing plenty of plastic peripherals — with my GH III guitar, DDR pad, and Wii Fit, I’ll have to nudge something out of the manctuary to accommodate the fake drum set, additional guitar, and microphone (no bassoon or triangle as of this writing).

Actual screenshot of fake band.

Actual screenshot of fake band.

Weezer, however, adds to the what I hear is this growing category of real music. Pork and Beans spoofs about every internet video out there, and is worth the watch.

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Ortlieb Family Reunion, June 14-21

Pictures from the Ortlieb Family Reunion in Ocean Isle Beach, NC from June 14-21. Pictures of airborne “Enola” stomach virus” not included. 🙂

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Disbelief.net

A clever retooling of beliefnet, to promote Bill Maher’s upcoming film, “Religulous”.

I’ve heard this video has been discredited, but cellphones popping popcorn still makes for great entertainment.

“Ringing the phones doesn’t help because they’re interfering with each other and receiving a signal [from a cellphone tower] — not transmitting it,” he said. Furthermore, while it is possible to heat with sound, it’s not likely to happen at the low volume emitted by a mobile phone. “It would be like gathering opera singers together to sing, and trying to make the corn pop,” Bloomfield said.

Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos

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Pringles Can Inventor Buried In Pringles Can

Appropriate, I suppose, for the use — except for preserving freshness. 🙂

Mr. Bailey blamed food costs, a minimum-wage increase and more consumers trading down to the dollar menu from premium-price items. Greg Watson, VP-marketing at McDonald’s USA, said while the Southern-market tests of the $1.09 double cheeseburger were granted at franchisees’ behest, they have less to do with commodity costs than a test of price elasticity. He also noted that double cheeseburgers have been tested in different markets for as high as $1.29, and occasionally with toppings for as much as $1.99, but the fast feeder generally has found $1 to be the sweet spot for the sandwich.

McDonald’s franchisees rebel against the dollar menu, which is killing their bottom line.

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Battle in Seattle: opening night at SIFF

Tracy and I went to opening night at SIFF to catch the Stuart Townsend movie, “Battle in Seattle”. It was… okay, but like many in the audience, I was there when the WTO protests happened, and it was a bit strange to see a semi-fictionalized version of the events on screen. Andre Benjamin (from Outkast) was the runaway hit, though — while Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron (with a completely unnecessary-to-the-plot pregnancy-with-horrible-end subplot) and the script playing distant second. Ray Liotta was completely miscast as the Mayor of Seattle, as was the actor who played the Governor. There was also an unnerving disconnect between real-world footage and the film’s footage, which made me wonder that a straight documentary would have the better solution.

It wasn’t all bad, though — apart from Benjamin’s performance, the fight scenes were very spot on, and Townsend worked with people involved on both sides of the WTO protests to help build a story.

BUT, the best account I’ve seen from any of these films is Showdown in Seattle: Five Days That Shook the WTO. On VHS, though.

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Wiitar!

Guitar Hero shenanigans with Miss Ellie and Nola Faye!