After The Linkrush
Pitchfork interviews Johnny Greenwood.
And it gives justified praise to the re-release of Lemonheads’ It’s A Shame About Ray.
The AV Club quite liked Stop-Loss.
USA Today interviews John Krasinski.
The New Republic’s movie critic wrote his review of 21 based on the trailer as reaction against trailers being too long and giving away the whole movie nowadays. Testify!
The Guardian interviews cinematographer Roger Deakins on his finest achievements.
A movie version of The Hills?
Could Pete Doherty be a scientologist? (Thanks PopSugar UK!)
Annie Liebovitz may be in a little bother over the LeBron James piccy.
Superhero Movie is aiming to outdo Horton.
Free Dr Pepper all round if Chinese Democracy arrives by year’s end.
Plant says further live Zeppelin is a possibility.
Nick Cave has earned an honorary PhD.
Are muffins the new CDs?
Dutch filmmaker Geert Wilders has been condemned by Iran, Pakistan and Indonesia for his short video, ‘Fitna’.
Yet more Ellen Page films in the wake of Juno. Here’s the trailer for The Tracey Fragments.
Goldenlink
McCain going to war with New York Times. Not good sign if he wins election…
Napping is good. And healthy. And you only have to take a six-minute sleepy time.
Amy Ryan is interviewed about her work on The Wire and in Gone Baby Gone by The AV Club.
PopSugar UK is giving great coverage on The Brits.
The Guardian reveals the inspiration for Jimmy Smits’ character in the West Wing.
Pitchfork joins our housemate Tom in enjoying the new Dillinger Escape Plan album.
David Fincher is adapting Black Hole, a revered graphic novel by Charles Burns, into a movie.
Deleted scenes from Battlestar Galactica.
Here’s an archive New Yorker piece by Pauline Kael on Blood Simple, the Coens’ debut.
The Lemonheads are releasing a redux version of It’s A Shame About Ray.
Akira may have already been cast in it’s live-action state.
Beyonce is to play Etta James, just in case we didn’t quite realise she’s not that good a singer.
Hark! The Herald Angels Link
So another best of 2007 list to kick off, this time from Spin.
PopJustice enters a dissenting voice of the BBC’s censoring of Shane ‘n’ Kirsty.
Peter Jackson is getting his hands on The Hobbit after all.
The reader’s poll on Guardian Unlimited is in.
The Boston Globe has a piece on Evan Dando.
Ben Affleck has joined the cast of State of Play, replacing Ed Norton. JoBlo elucidates.
Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas may pen a comic.
Fifty Nerdy Things to Do Before You Die. Right Here.
Lily Allen is preggers too.
Entertainment Weekly lists its favourite TV episodes of the year.
A Year in Film by The AV Club. Also compares Jamie Lynn Spears and Juno.
PopMatters selects its favourite reissues of the year.
Slate lists its most popular articles of the year.
Electricity & Lust 
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