Secrets and Lies

So my efforts to watch Kong last night were thwarted by a surprise stomach ailment. Feh.

New trailers (from before Narnia):
* Glory Road - Remember Remember the Titans? Here's the basketball version! Including the same writer and, in fact, the same music from the trailer.
* Hoodwinked - Remember Shrek? Yeah. Seems derivative (down to the animation.) However, I will be saying "Dy-na-mi-te!" like they do in the trailer for a while.
* Ice Age 2: the Meltdown - Remember the first one? Here's more!
* The Last Holiday - Q: who should we cast in this remake of an Alec Guinness movie? A: Queen Latifah! But hey. Could be cute.
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Q: what's the only way to improve on the original? A: Bill Nighy! Lookin' sharp. More special effects-y, but maybe they're just playing that up for the trailer. And it appears Ms. Knightley gets to be a real pirate in this one, so, more's the better.
* Cars - Just a teaser trailer, but hey, it's Pixar.

"Rite On: An Ode to the 'Bar Mitzvah Disco'"
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"A Happy Hipster Hanukkah"

"Five years ago today Al Gore phoned George Bush to formally concede the presidency. Since then the United States has suffered its worst ever terrorist attack, become embroiled in a disastrous foreign war and bungled the response to a natural catastrophe. So what is the Bush legacy after half a decade? Is he a ruthless Machiavellian or a bumbling puppet? A devout idealist or a cynical opportunist? A disaster or a mild disappointment? Here, six top American commentators - from the left and the right - deliver their verdicts."

Joel Achenbach on the Dan Froomkin issue at the Washington Post. (Bonus: follow-up and commentary.)

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Woman sues Warren Jeffs' fundamentalist polygamist cult.

Courtesy Iceman, classic London punk pics.