1. The 2011 Oscar nominations are in, with The King’s Speech dominating the pack with 12 nods. The Academy Awards will air live on ABC on February 27th. [via THR]
2. According to Diplo, Beyonce and Sleigh Bells guitarist Derek Miller have been in the studio together working on new material, but it’s unclear whether it will ever be released. [via NME]
3. Steve Morrison, the CEO of All3Media, the British-based company behind Skins, is shocked that so many companies have pulled their advertising from the show; yesterday afternoon, Schick became the sixth advertiser to drop the series. [via THR]
4. Last night on The Daily Show, Fox News commentator Megyn Kelly — who denied on-air that her network uses Nazi rhetoric— got served by Jon Stewart. Big time. Check out the cliphere.
5. Joe Magnaniello, who plays the hunky werewolf Alcide on True Bood is reportedly one of the frontrunners for the role of Superman in Zack Snyder’s upcoming reboot. [via io9]
Today at Flavorpill, we were unsettled by a strange confluence of chihauhau mourning: there was the death of Taco Bell’s Gidget today, yes, but also a flashback to the passing of Mickey Rourke’s beloved chihuahua Loki with the news that Rourke will be honoring him with special slippers. Elsewhere in the animal kingdom, there was this life-size image of a blue whale. Speaking of astonishing sights (and sites), remember what the internet used to look like? The Daily Beast does, and it’s not pretty. The jury’s still out on whether or not John Oates’s mustache is pretty, but it is undoubtedly the first animated mustache to have its own Twitter feed. And that’s not all we learned today: The Guardian gave us a lesson in bookshelf etiquette, Vice gave us a guide to comics, and then the bell rang, and class was dismissed.
Your lunch is long gone, the work day is almost over (or maybe that’s just us), and that that rumble in your stomach isn’t calling out for art. Admit it: you’re hungry son. After the jump, three more hilariously food-obsessed videos to download just in time for dinner (including a doozy of a Taco Bell commercial featuring Johnny Cash).
What’s more heartwarming than watching the President read our favorite children’s book to a group of excited kids? Our celebrity crush Paul Rudd reading from the pages of a trashy romance novel. Le sigh. Speaking of love, we’ve also got two dudes who are so crazy about Taco Bell that they’ve written a folk song about it and Lindsay Lohan searching for love on eHarmony! These, and the creepadoodle Antichrist trailer, after the jump. Read More »
