How Brad Pitt became Benjamin Button

I’m a frequent viewer over at TED.com, and thought I’d post one of the more interesting talks that they’ve done recently. Ed Ulbrich, a digital effects guru from the tech firm Digital Domain, explains the process by which he and his team of over 150 individuals landed the job, defied the “possible,” and innovated their [...]

Joaquin Phoenix on David Letterman

I’m sorry, but last night on David Letterman, (self-proclaimed former) actor and “hip-hop artist” Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator, The Village, Reservation Road), high on God knows what substance, made an absolute imbecile of himself. This, friends, is one of the best, most horrific, most awkward, most hilarious television interviews I have ever witnessed. My regards to [...]

Super Bowl XLIII Ads

Well, last night’s epic clash between Kurt Warner’s Arizona Cardinals and Big Ben Roethlisberger’s Pittsburgh Steelers was for me a heartbreaker. I was pulling for Warner, Fitzgerald & Company. It was an excellent game that had just about everything you’d want in a Super Bowl: big plays (Harrison, Fitzgerald, Holmes), lead changes, sacks, turnovers, a [...]