The Morning Chew

Will Smith Raps “Fresh Prince” on the Graham Norton...

Sat, 19 May 2012 01:15:43 -0700

Will Smith Raps “Fresh Prince” on the Graham Norton Show.

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Thu, 17 May 2012 16:09:48 -0700

Do you have Coke?

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:36:10 -0700

Do you have Coke?

A not-so-safe way of removing cottonwood fluff from your yard.

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:24:22 -0700

A not-so-safe way of removing cottonwood fluff from your yard.

Robert Downey Jr.'s 'Avengers' Pay To Reportedly Hit $50 Million

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:35:34 -0700

Robert Downey Jr.'s 'Avengers' Pay To Reportedly Hit $50 Million:

huffingtonpost:

Downey’s “Avengers” co-stars stand to make a fraction of his earnings, in part because of a savvy deal the “Iron Man” lead reportedly renegotiated, under which he would receive a portion of Marvel’s revenue from any future film in which he plays Tony Stark. He allegedly rejiggered the deal when the first “Iron Man” film dialed up $585 million in 2008.

Though Downey’s deal is not unheard of for the rarefied circle of Hollywood’s biggest names, it’s a great deal more than any of his “Avengers” cohorts. Sources say Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo will each ultimately make $2 million to $3 million from the film.

Marvel has a history of cutting sharp deals. Terrence Howard, who starred with Downey Jr. in the first “Iron Man” film, was reportedly faced with a 50 to 80 percent pay cut for the sequel after the studio learned director Jon Favreau planned to limit his role. Howard’s agents smarted, and though it’s unknown if he walked out or if Marvel decided to go a different direction, Don Cheadle replaced Howard for the sequel.

laughingsquid: Potty Time with Elmo

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:55:09 -0700

laughingsquid:

Potty Time with Elmo

Killer Kittens

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:18:37 -0700

Killer Kittens

Eagle swims heavy fish to shore.

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:55:09 -0700

Eagle swims heavy fish to shore.

thisistheverge: Warren Ellis » The Plan To Build A Real...

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:36:45 -0700

thisistheverge:

Warren Ellis » The Plan To Build A Real Starship Enterprise

Obvious area of fascination: taking a fictional object and attempting to make it real as a historic feat of mega-engineering. Something that started out as a plastic model on a stick in a tv studio becoming the most expensive single object of all time.

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Tue, 15 May 2012 10:44:49 -0700

The first set of rules on “how to write good,”...

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:42:31 -0700

The first set of rules on “how to write good,” written by Frank L. Visco, vice-president and senior copywriter at USAdvertising, and originally published in 1986, in Writers’ Digest.

nevver: All it ever does is rain

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:12:06 -0700

nevver:

All it ever does is rain

omnomnomjapanesefood: what

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:57:49 -0700

omnomnomjapanesefood:

what

the-awesomer: Stop playing with your food.

Sun, 13 May 2012 21:20:34 -0700

the-awesomer:

Stop playing with your food.

seriouswapanese: Wallace Collection - Daydream [Live]1969 (by...

Sun, 13 May 2012 21:19:05 -0700

seriouswapanese:

Wallace Collection - Daydream [Live]1969 (by dodokestrel)

nevver: Licensed to Ill

Sun, 13 May 2012 12:10:35 -0700

nevver:

Licensed to Ill

laughingsquid: Recursive Drawing App by Toby Schachman

Fri, 11 May 2012 17:05:30 -0700

laughingsquid:

Recursive Drawing App by Toby Schachman

The Daily: Need a reason to stop fake baking?

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:50:32 -0700

The Daily: Need a reason to stop fake baking?:

thedailyfeed:

Indoor tanning before age 35 increases your risk of getting melanoma by 75 percent. Despite that fact, almost half of all white women (44 percent) aged 18 to 21 in the Midwest have gotten fake bakes in the past year.

While just 5.6 percent of all Americans used indoor tanning in 2010,…

lickystickypickywe: Virgin Atlantic teamed up with VW + BS...

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:47:58 -0700

lickystickypickywe:

Virgin Atlantic teamed up with VW + BS studio to shape a new experience for passengers riding the airline 30 000 feet in the air. The first time the new upper class bar and cabin enchanted its guests was this spring, on a route from London to New York.

This new aircraft hospitality space concept was created to encourage social interaction between passengers in an innovative atmosphere built for a plane with the strictest safety regulations. Virgin Atlantic’s New Upper Class Bar And Cabin is the sophisticated result of creative thinking based on giving the design studio free hand to redesign one of Virgin’s planes.

thisistheverge: Leica unveils M-Monochrom black-and-white...

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:35:41 -0700

thisistheverge:

Leica unveils M-Monochrom black-and-white rangefinder and X2 premium compact

The new M-Monochrom rangefinder takes the body of the familiar M9 but replaces the guts with an 18-megapixel, full-frame sensor that doesn’t “see” colors — Leica claims it records true luminance values, which results in significantly cleaner and sharper images than you’d get converting color photos to black-and-white.