I was just over on the View Askew and popped into their forums to have a look at what was being talked about.

I came across this post by Kevin Smith from last weekend. It is a trailer of Jersey Girl that was put together while the film was still in production.

It seems to me, that trailer has a very different feel for the movie and it is more about the relationship between the Affleck and Tyler characters - with a whole lot more of Jennifer Lopez as a ghost that comes back to visit Affleck from time to time.

At least, that is what I read from it. Very interesting how these stories develop.

Once in a while I like to find things on the Internet that are unique. Today, it is Perceval Press - a publisher owned and operated (well, okay, maybe not operated 100%) by Viggo Mortensen.

I was just checking out their catalogue and it is fairly amazing. A photography book by Dennis Hopper is coming down the pipe this year too. According to the site:

Bucharest Nights
Dennis Hopper

Famous for his edgy acting roles (including Blue Velvet) as well as his directorial projects (like the counterculture classic Easy Rider), Dennis Hopper has also been a member of the Los Angeles arts scene for five decades, creating highly regarded paintings, sculptures, and photographs. Hopper embraced digital photography early, and Bucharest Nights showcases the best of his work in that format. Here is the city at night, painted in dark hues, the urban demimonde in all its grim glory. With the same kind of restless energy he brings to his film roles, Hopper pries into places, people, and moments others might pass up for lack of native curiosity. In a headlong pursuit of the essential and the evocative, this vibrant series of images captures specific places and times with a fearlessness and keenness of eye that is the hallmark of his work.

The things people do when they are multi-talented. I love it!

There are two things one notices as they get older: their friends have babies, and their heroes pass away.

Well, again, another one of my heroes has passed away: Brock Peters.

I know him from Star Trek but he is a face that has been around Hollywood for some time. 

Actor Brock Peters has died. He was 78. Fantastic work in "To Kill a Mockingbird," of course. With that great voice and regal presence, he's stolen scenes from leading actors in countless movies since the 1960s.
From the AP obit: In "Carmen Jones," Peters worked with Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte. Otto Preminger's production of "Porgy" starred Sidney Poitier and Dandridge, and featured Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey and Diahann Carroll as well as Peters.

Among Peters' other films were "Soylent Green," "The L-Shaped Room" and "The Pawnbroker."

His accolades include a National Film Society Award, a Life Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild, and a Tony Award nomination for his performance on Broadway in "Lost in the Stars."

In a 1985 story by The Associated Press on blacks in the movies, Peters said there had been a string of recent hits involving blacks, but "I have been here a long time, and I have seen this cycle happen before. I'll wait awhile and see if this flurry of activity leads to anything permanent."

Peters was a widower and has one daughter, Lise Jo Peters. 

A salute and moment of silence goes out to his family and friends. 

Because of the CBC strike, I am missing one of my favourite programs - Open Book With Mary Walsh.

I love Mary Walsh.

I think she is funny, intelligent - and hot! She is smart, funnier than hell, and loves to have a good time. So, now, bow and listen to my words.

I love this program! It is the only thing that I watch on television aside from the news with Peter Mansbridge. It is Sunday night at 11:00pm and hosts a group of people (Walsh and three others) who talk about the book they have read. The talks can get downright nasty with disagreements flying everywhere or very warm and fuzzy.

It is a "comfortable" program. Very quiet and nothing loud of annoying jumps onto the screen. There is no theme music and commerical breaks are not started with: "When we come back..." The commercials just happen. People are still talking and the voices just fade out...and then I hit the mute button.

It is just people talking - period.

One doesn't find these kinds of shows too often. Television is more of an attack upon the senses. Graphics flying everywhere, music playing, hosts welcoming people back and forth from commercial breaks.

Augh.

Give it a try next Sunday. I am sure you will like it too as you drift off to sleep.

I have always wanted to delve into the underground of Victoria, British Columbia or Vancouver, British Columbia.

A web site I stumbled across on Boing Boing the other day called Dark Passage has reawakened this old childhood fantasy.

I wonder what kinds of underground and crumbling urban decay I can find around this city...?

It is official. Words like "wiki", "podcast", and "phishing" have made the latest cut.

Technology-inspired terms like "podcast", "phishing" and "wiki" are among the newest additions to the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

A "podcast" is the increasingly popular form of audio broadcast downloaded to be heard via digital audio players, "phishing" is the practice of sending fraudulent emails to seek personal or financial details and a "wiki" is a website or online database developed by a community of users.

With the nearly 130 new additions published Wednesday, the massive dictionary now includes about 355,000 words and phrases used in the English-speaking world.

What is really sad about this is I may be the only one of my social group (aside from the nerds) that know what the words mean.

Podcast. Phishing. Wiki.

Welcome.