Posted by Josh Lawson - Friday, May 25, 2007 12:49 PM
Time to pack the bags and move to Finland!
Known for the beautiful Finnish women, Nokia and Karjalanpiirakka (a traditional pastry for those not in the know), they can now chalk up one more perk for being a Finn....the lack of prosecution for ripping DVDs.
In a recent legal case, the Finnish court ruled that charges must be dropped against two defendants who had "organized discussions" on how to break technical protection systems.
The court came to this conclusion based on the decision that the DRM on DVD's is no longer able to protect the content it was intended for. With software widely available all over the internet, and in some occassions pre-installed on certain operating systems, the Finns just ain't down with persecuting their own people.
One more perk, bands like Apocalyptica and Lyijykomppania!
Munn is rockin' the Leia look for tonight's Star Wars 30th anniversary blow-out. It's two hours long and it's on G4 at 7PM, so if you want to see more, you know where to park your remote!
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Friday, May 25, 2007 12:01 PM
Our kissing cousins over at FEARnet have something special planned for the 10th Anniversary of Wishmaster, and it's going to be more Wishmaster material than you could have ever dreamed possible.
What is it, you might ask? How about interviews, bonus footage, storyboards, and histories, just to name a few.
The movie, which is currently On Demand at FEARnet, and which will be online on May 31st, is going to be like an anniversary DVD, but you won't have to go to the store and pick it up.
Posted by Dana Vinson - Friday, May 25, 2007 11:50 AM
Ladies, Ladies, Ladies, what do we have here?
Doctors are speaking out against an alarming trend in medicine--vaginal plastic surgery.
Removing the fur bikini not enough? Apparently not! Turns out, some of you are spending your hard earned dollars to transform your perfectly fine bread baskets turned into coveted Longaberger baskets by going under the knife.
The medical community is concerned, because anytime you start fooling around in the mine shaft with scalpels and lasers, you run the risk of disfigurement, loss of sensation or the death of your beloved canary.
You might think, considering all of that, girls would have to have a pretty good reason to go through with having their Private Benjamins surgically coiffed. Some of the woman cited the inability "to take communal showers and ride a bicycle comfortably."
Yeah, right. Sure, experiencing mild chaffing on The Ride for MS is enough. Face it: you feel the same way about your O'Keefe painting as you do about your apartment: You want it to look really great even though most of the people who come to visit are ugly and stuck up.
Nuggets From The Net is TheFeed's collection of the funny pictures, cat macros, photoshops, fan-films and other digital detritus that make the internets such a super-special place to waste your life.
Today's Nugget: Cat eats with fork. When a cat eats with a fork, the internet is there.
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Friday, May 25, 2007 11:00 AM
Yarrrrgh! It's Pirates ahoy all over the 'nets these days, what with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean III: At World's End coming tonight. In celebration, Disney has released an MMORPG called Pirates of the Caribbean Online, and TheFeed got the chance to take an exclusive look at the game, as well as to interview the creative and technical minds behind the game to see what was what.
Posted by Frank Meyer - Friday, May 25, 2007 10:56 AM
The current trend of low-key silver, black, white and gray car colors is about to get its ass kicked by the upcoming new wave of “vibrant colors and glitzy finishes.”
BooYaa!!!!
Or so says hue guru Li Edelkoort, whose ability to accurately predict color trends has given her cult status in the fashion and design industries. She runs the Trend Union, which provides color forecasting guides two years in advance of the seasons that cosmetic, fashion, interior and product designers work toward.
On the other hand, who in their right mind would listen to anyone who calls themselves a “hue guru”??? I mean, have you seen what SHE drives (pictured above)?
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Friday, May 25, 2007 10:34 AM
First, imagine that you have stayed awake for 11 days straight. Go ahead, just imagine it. TheFeed gets cranky when we've been up for 12 hours straight (especially sjohnson, who will throw a temper tantrum if he doesn't get his 'sweepy time.') without any sleep. Now, imagine that times 10. That's what Tony Wright from England endured in an effort to break the stupidest world record ever world record for sleep deprevation, only to find that, when he finally went to sleep, he was 12 hours short.
Yes...dude got pwned by sleep.
Can you imagine being the first person to talk to him after his nap?
Um...Tony? You remember when you stayed up for ELEVEN days straight to break that record? Yeah, well you calculated wrong, broheim. Twelve hours short, dogg. But you did your thing and we're real proud of you.
Posted by Frank Meyer - Friday, May 25, 2007 10:30 AM
America’s favorite troubled female rapper, Foxy Brown, will release a comeback album titled Black Roses on September 6 through her own label of the same name.
"No disrespect to anyone, but gear up baby, because when I come, it's over," Brown told Billboard.com. "This album is going to be a lyrical testimony of everything I've gone through and survived the last couple of years. It's just incredible."
There’s also as-yet-untitled mixtape headed our way, which will serve as a sneak peek of the new effort. The album is said to feature collaborations with Jay-Z, Spragga Benz, Baby Cham and she’s even trying to wrangle Amy Winehouse and Bjork, though those two ain’t confirmed yet.
As for that nail salon lady she allegedly beat down earlier this year, well, we can safely assume she will receive a bouquet of black roses in the mail on Sept. 6…
Posted by Josh Lawson - Friday, May 25, 2007 10:25 AM
TheFeed may not keep up with the latest in fashion trends, but when a fashion show uses the latest technology.....we are so Prada them!
Talk about a way to show off a new technology. Dimensional Studios stunned the fashionistas with their new Musion Eyeliner System. Capable of projecting high definition 3D video, the audience was delighted to watch a hologram of Kate Moss in a spectacular freeform 3-dimensional holographic moving image. All of this was done within a live stage setting.
Posted by Frank Meyer - Friday, May 25, 2007 10:18 AM
Okay people, you better sit down. You might need to grab something and brace yourselves ‘cause this news is gonna hit hard….real hard…
The release date for 50 Cent's new album, Curtis, has been postponned from June 26 to September 4.
Noooooooooooooo!
I know…I know…keep it cool…keep it cool….
No reason was given for the move and surely the fact that radio has been sloooow to pick up on the singles "Straight to the Bank" and "Amusement Park" could have nothing to do with it…
NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!
Now go back to your business….and don't ask any questions...
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Friday, May 25, 2007 10:16 AM
Pirates of the Caribbean III: At World's End is poised to be the first film ever to clear over $200 million in its opening weekend. That's huge. How huge? Well, Spiderman 3 currently holds the record for the biggest opening weekend in history, at a staggering $151 million. Disney thinks they have a shot to shoot a cannon over Sony's bow and take back the title.
Of course, if we're really being accurate, we should point out that Disney cheated. Not in a little way, either. They just flat out cheated. You see, they added Thursday night screenings to their opening weekend so that an extra day of box office would add to their total. When you add a day, it becomes more than a weekend. It's almost a week, when you consider that they will most likely count Monday in the mix as well, as it's a holiday weekend.
So, yeah, they might win and all, but at what cost? AT WHAT COST????
Racing fans, start your sense of distracted impatience: Forza 2 is hitting retail stores next week.
Not only that, but the price of the force-feedback Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel has dropped down to a manageable $129.99.
According to the official press release, the comination of the wheel and the game set "a new precedent for realism in the racing simulation genre that will have gamers feeling every bump in the road and every jolt of acceleration as they take the corners on 12 of the most renowned tracks on the globe."
You know what today is? It's the 30th anniversary of Star Wars. So let The Force, you know, be with you and stuff.
G4 is celebrating with 2 full hours of Star Wars awesomeness, beginning tonight at 7pm, we're taking you to a huge Star Wars convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center on to bring you all of the announcements, fan excitement, re-enactments, and exclusive interviews you could possibly handle.
We're not big fans of Geometry, but we are big fans of Xbox 360/PC Arcade title Geometry Wars.
We reported the rumors last week, but now it's totally true and totally official, like totally: space shooter game Geometry Wars : Galaxies is coming to the Wii and the Nintendo DS.
The Wii port of the game should be ridiculously cool: Geometry Wars is one of those ports that should actually be helped by the wii-mote controller system. If done correctly, it won't feel like a tacked-on gimmick.
"The Geometry Wars: Galaxies videogame is an entertaining title blending old-school arcade fun with next-gen gameplay and action," said Al Simone, SVP of Global Marketing for Sierra Entertainment. "We are excited to bring the Geometry Wars brand to the Nintendo platform as both the Wii and DS enable a fun and frenetic experience for gamers."
Posted by Frank Meyer - Friday, May 25, 2007 9:30 AM
Lil' Flip is launching a reality TV show called The American Rapper, where the Houston rapper teaches contestants the tricks of the hip hop trade, including interviewing and networking skills.
"A lot of these reality shows is kind of a mockery of Hip-Hop," Lil' Flip told AllHipHop.com. "With my show I'm gonna try to find a rapper, they get a two album deal, a chain and money. I'm teaching 'em media training. How to handle interviews, what not to say and do. How to talk to people and network, how to run commercial spots, how to construct a song, attitudes."
Lil' Flip himself will decide which contestant will be crowned as the American rapper.
Posted by Frank Meyer - Friday, May 25, 2007 9:01 AM
Sharon Osbourne, wife of Ozzy, recently had some harsh words to say about fellow rocker-turned-reality-TV-star Gene Simmons.
"[Simmons] said that our kids are on drugs and that his aren't messed up like that,” she told Blender magazine. “He'll always be C-list, and his wife's sn***h has been rubbed on every pole in L.A. I'll f***ng tear his head off and stick it up his wife's c***!"
Yowza!
Gene Simmons Family Jewels is being promoted as an Osbournes-style reality show about the Simmons family, minus the booze and drugs.
In case you haven't heard: We're living in a science fiction movie. Sony has developed a razor thin video display (pictured) that is 0.3 millimetre (0.01 inch)-thick.
"In the future, it could get wrapped around a lamppost or a person's wrist, even worn as clothing," said Sony spokesman Chisato Kitsukawa. "Perhaps it can be put up like wallpaper."
The display combines Sony's organic thin film transistor, or TFT, technology, which is required to make flexible displays, with another kind of technology called organic electroluminescent display.
We don't know what that means, but video wallpaper brings us one step closer to Blade Runner, and that is awesome.
The Vista version of Halo 2 has been delayed... due to nudity.
Nudity, long the scourge of our culture, slipped into the game due to "an unfortunate, obscure content error" which "was included in our initial production of Halo 2 for Windows Vista...we have updated the initial game packaging at retailers with a label, so customers are aware before purchasing the game," Bungie told game site Next-Gen.
UPDATE: The nudity occurs when you get a ".ass" error in the map editor for Halo 2. In a delightful burst of literalism, an ass error results in the below picture of...um...a Bungie employee's ass.
Although the game is rated "Mature" already, TheFeed is grateful Bungie protects us from a naked, digital ass while we blast our enemies with high powered weapons and paint the walls red with the blood of our fallen rivals.
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Movie company 20th Century Fox has acquired the movie rights to best-selling videogame The Sims.
"'The SIMS has done an interactive version of an old story, which is what it's like to have infinite power and how do you deal with it," said SIMS Studio head Rod Humble. "Given that that's an old story, you can imagine how easily that would translate to traditional story telling."
Yes. I can easily imagine how The Sims would translate into an enjoyable movie-going experience!
The script is being written by Scary Movie 3 scribe Brian Lynch. The casting is under wraps (as they say.)
Time to pack the bags and move to Finland!
Our kissing cousins over at FEARnet have something special planned for the 10th Anniversary of Wishmaster, and it's going to be more Wishmaster material than you could have ever dreamed possible.
The current trend of low-key silver, black, white and gray car colors is about to get its ass kicked by the upcoming new wave of “vibrant colors and glitzy finishes.”
America’s favorite troubled female rapper, Foxy Brown, will release a comeback album titled Black Roses on September 6 through her own label of the same name.
Okay people, you better sit down. You might need to grab something and brace yourselves ‘cause this news is gonna hit hard….real hard…
Pirates of the Caribbean III: At World's End is poised to be the first film ever to clear over $200 million in its opening weekend. That's huge. How huge? Well, Spiderman 3 currently holds the record for the biggest opening weekend in history, at a staggering $151 million. Disney thinks they have a shot to shoot a cannon over Sony's bow and take back the title.
Lil' Flip is launching a reality TV show called The American Rapper, where the Houston rapper teaches contestants the tricks of the hip hop trade, including interviewing and networking skills.
The Vista version of Halo 2 has been delayed... due to nudity.
Movie company 20th Century Fox has acquired the movie rights to best-selling videogame The Sims.