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October 5, 2008 at 9:05 pm · Filed under 1 Other Neat Things, Movies & SciFi
Two design students dressed in Borat mankinis crashed the 20th celebration of Vietnam’s technology and telecommunications company FTP:
Appearing semi-nude and dancing to a popular revolutionary song, these two have real golden balls to pull this off in the conservative Confucian nation of Viet Nam. Highlights included pulling fake pubic hair from their bodies and wrestling with each other.
According to the Telegraph, the Hanoi Cultural Inspectorate (apparently, there is such a thing in Vietnam) fined the college 4 million dong (about 240 dollar) and suspended the two students for 12 months.
Link (with photos of the two students in Borat-styled mankinis. It’s rather disturbing. What has been seen cannot be unseen. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED - which, of course, made you want to look that much more, right?) - via Arbroath
Original post by Alex
October 3, 2008 at 5:50 am · Filed under Music, Movies & SciFi
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The Hi-Fidelity Quartet performed this Barbershop song about Star Trek while acting out the roles of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Scotty. Run time: 4.5 minutes.
Additionally, here is a recording of what they call the “Enterprise/Sulu Medley”, also about classic Trek.
Original post by John
September 28, 2008 at 10:29 am · Filed under Movies & SciFi
Belly dancer Amira Sa’id has both beauty and brains (her college degree is in physics). And now, she also has a following of geeks who are enthralled by her rendition of Princess Leia belly dancing!
When she returned to performing following college and discovered a new affinity for Middle Eastern dance, it soon occurred to her that her various interests met within the gilded beauty of Princess Leia’s slave girl get-up.
"I danced in the outfit for the very first time at a Halloween show at the restaurant I perform at here in Orlando," Amira said. "I then wore the costume to dance at a 2006 sci-fi convention in Connecticut. It was hit."
As Amira continued performing for ever-growing crowds of Star Wars and Star Trek fans at her beloved cons, YouTube videos of her performances (like this one from Megacon 2007, embedded) began to circulate — building a little nerd buzz for […]
Original post by Alex
September 27, 2008 at 6:02 pm · Filed under Movies & SciFi
Legendary actor Paul Newman has died at the age of 83 of cancer:
Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He was 83. […]
In 1982, Newman and his friend A.E. Hotchner founded Newman’s Own, a food company that produced food ranging from pasta sauces to salad dressing to chocolate chip cookies.
"The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films," Newman once wryly noted.
To date, the company — which donates all profits to charities such as Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang camps — has given away more than $200 million. Newman established the camp to benefit gravely ill children.
Link
Original post by Alex
September 18, 2008 at 2:52 am · Filed under Pictures, Movies & SciFi
This photo is so intriguing, Gizmodo is having a caption contest. Some of the lines in the comments are priceless! Link -Thanks, kid_icarus!
Original post by Miss Cellania
September 15, 2008 at 8:02 am · Filed under Movies & SciFi
Lawrence Noble, the artist who sculpted the famous bronze Yoda Fountain in Presidio (where Lucasfilm has an office), San Francisco, has just created the Darth Vader bronze sculpture.
If you got $18,000, you too can have a 4 ft tall, 150 lb Sith Lord in bronze for your living room:
The inspiration for this Vader bronze, which was modeled after the Dark Lord’s appearance in The Empire Strikes Back, ironically came from a source usually associated with the Star Wars prequels — the planet Coruscant. "For me, the idea was to do the kind of statue we would see in honor and tribute to Lord Vader on the planet of Coruscant," says Noble. "So if you were walking around the city on Coruscant and saw a statue of Darth Vader, it would hopefully be something along the lines of what we produced."
Link - via GeekAlerts
Original post by Alex
September 14, 2008 at 9:40 pm · Filed under Travel & Places, Movies & SciFi
Photo: Diane Bondareff / Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the horror film Child’s Play, a horde of Chuckys (Chuckies?) took over Times Square in New York City. Link - via J-Walk Blog
Original post by Alex
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