Potato Wedges 07/20/2009

Highlights: If I had to pick out just 3 things for you to check out below, I'd recommend the new trailer for the movie Carriers, the hilarious interview with Paget Brewster from Criminal Minds, and the creepy/cool music video "Chemical Infatuation."

 

GENERAL:

• RIP Walter Cronkite
• Kurt Cobain Is Probably (Rick)Rolling in His Grave
• Hotness + Brains: 15 Beautiful Women Blessed With Both
• Screen Capture Tools: 40+ Free Tools and Techniques
• TWITTER 
• Musicians on Twitter: 100+ Artists That Tweet
• 5 Ways to Get Your Questions Answered on Twitter
• The 10 Twitter Commandments
• Local Tweets: 9 Ways to Find Twitter Users in Your Town

 

MOVIES:

• Robert Englund on the New "Nightmare"
• First Look at Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Hong Kong Phooey has a director
• IRON MAN 2 - First Pics of Scarlett Johannson as Black Widow!
• ORPHAN, in theaters this Friday – 15-sec TV spot [click here or watch below]

• FUNNY PEOPLE, in theaters July 31st
• Raaaaaaaandy - Part 1 of a documentary series profiling Randy (Aziz Ansari), a rising standup comic featured in the movie. - {contains adult content}
• Featurette - Adam Sandler Returns to Stand Up - {contains adult content}
• Sneak Peak "Your Grandfather Went to Hell"
• G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA, in theaters August 7th
• TV Spot "Fear Nothing" [click here or watch below]

• TV Spot "Secret World" [click here or watch below]

• interview with GI JOE's Channing Tatum (aka 'Duke')
• Sienna Miller (aka 'The Baroness') @ press conference (pics) 
• CARRIERS, in theaters September 4th, starring Chris Pine, Piper Perabo, & Christopher Meloni - Watch the Trailer on Apple.com/Trailers
• WHIP IT, in theaters Oct 9th, starring Ellen Page (Juno), Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis and Jimmy Fallon - Theatrical Trailer on Yahoo! Movies
• SHERLOCK HOLMES, in theaters November 20th - International Trailer  [click here or watch below]

• PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF, in theaters Feb 12, 2010, starring Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman, Sean Bean - Teaser Trailer [click here or watch below]

• DESPICABLE ME, in theaters July 9, 2010, starring Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride and Jack McBrayer - Theatrical Trailer on Yahoo! Movies

 

TV SHOWS:

• CRIMINAL MINDS - Paget Brewster (aka 'Emily Prentiss') on The Tonight Show w/Conan O'Brien [click here or watch below]

• Tricia Helfer Takes on Warehouse 13 & Human Target
• HBO Sunday - New Promo
• TRUE BLOOD 
• What is Shape Shifting?
• Valerie Cruz (aka 'Isabel') Interview on Fancast
• Anna Paquin (aka 'Sookie') on The Late Show with David Letterman (video)
• Anna Paquin on Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon (video)
• Michelle Forbes (aka 'Maryann') Interview [click here or watch below]

• HEROES
• Hayden Panettiere (aka 'Claire') - August 2009 GQ Photoshoot
• Hayden Panettiere on the set (pics)
• HOUSE
• Olivia Wilde (aka 'Thirteen') at the ESPY Awards (pics) 
• Promo for Season 6 [click here or watch below]

 

MUSIC:

• KoRn’s Jonathan Davis Goes Solo, New Album in 2010
• Top 10 Most Metal Classical Music Pieces
• Like a Storm "Chemical Infatuation" (recommended by James Gunn, dir of Slither) [click here or watch below]

 

COMIC BOOKS:

• GEOFF JOHNS PRIME: Blackest Night
• BLACKEST NIGHT
• DC Comics' Blackest Night site
• CBR REVIEW: Blackest Night #1
• Best Shots Extra: Blackest Night #1
• Damn Dirty Zombies 1: IT HAS BEGUN!
• Green Lantern #44 Preview - Green Lantern and Flash are forced to face the Black Lantern Martian Manhunter.
• Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #2 Preview
• Geoff Johns: The Dead Shall Rise
• Geoff Johns: Inside Blackest Night
• 10 Things to Know Going into Blackest Night
• Road to Blackest Night: Spectrum Analysis part 2
• Road to Blackest Night: Spectrum Analysis part 3
• Blackest Night's Future: October 2009
• DCU: The Source - Preview POWER GIRL #3
• DCU: The Source - Preview GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #2
• DCU: The Source - Preview THE OUTSIDERS #20

 

Closing Thoughts:

• Seth Green Throws Down In The WWE Raw Wrestling Ring
• Seth Green's WWE Blog