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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. French-born American artist Louise Bourgeois — known for her abstract sculptures — died yesterday at the age of 98. [via NYT]
2. Last night Apple shut down Lala, the streaming music service it acquired back in December, replacing it with nothing. [via MediaMemo]
3. Check out the trailer for This… Read More

Film

Quote of the Day: What Is Guillermo del Torro’s Top Secret Project?

By Caroline Stanley on

While it might be epic in scale, it sounds like The Hobbit isn’t the only film that Guillermo del Toro is working on these days. Any idea what the “d” might stand for? As Slashfilm notes, he is set to produce a film adaptation of DC Comics character Deadman, but that’s not exactly news. [via… Read More

Art

Pic of the Day: Wooden Man (Not Al Gore)

By Caroline Stanley on

Nerdy confession: Artist Ofer Dahan’s Made of Wood series makes us think of Ents, the race of humanoid trees from the Lord of the Rings movies. Perhaps Guillermo del Toro should get him on the production team for his upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit. More images after the jump. [via Street Anatomy] … Read More

Film

Pic of the Day: The Hobbiton Is Back!

By Caroline Stanley on

We still don’t have casting information for Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of The Hobbit, but we can show you this: they’re rebuilding the Hobbiton, which fans will recognize from Lord of the Rings franchise. The Hobbit will hit theaters in 2011. [via… Read More

Web

What’s on at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, we lost ourselves in The Daily Beast’s wonderful ode to Dash Snow — including never-before-seen images. We read about animal masturbation. We wondered if a lawsuit will derail The Hobbit. We did not want a slice of this pizza. We decided that we need to read the … Read More

Film

Marty and The Rolling Stones Reunite, and Other Hollywood News

By Iza Wojciechowska on

Scorsese scores another Stones film: Apparently MICK JAGGER can’t get no satisfaction with documentaries. SHINE A LIGHT — MARTIN SCORSESE’s film that follows THE ROLLING STONES for two gigs — came out earlier this year, but Jagger’s in talks with the director again. He is allegedly buying up biographies in preparation for another film and has said he wished he could change things on Shine a Light.

Maybe this is how he makes amends: he makes another movie. [Gigwise] … Read More