The Biz

  • Alternate Return of the Jedi ending is grittier and more satisfying

    I know I will offend a bunch of people when I say this, but the seeds for The Phantom Menace were planted in Return of the Jedi. Too cute, too happy – where was the hard edge that we saw in the earlier episodes? The short answer to that...
  • You too can live like Ferris Bueller’s hypochondriac buddy

    While Matthew Broderick had the starring role in Ferris Bueller’s day off, Alan Ruck (who played Cameron Frye) really stole the show – and now the Frye family home can be yours as long as you don’t mind parting with a significant chunk of change… and no, the Ferrari...
  • Rapper accidentally confesses to murder

    Rapper G-DEP, also known as Trevell Coleman, is facing the prospect of a lengthy custodial sentence after he went to a police station and accidentally confessed to a 17-year-old murder. The rapper turned himself in to police over the shooting of one John Henkel on October 19 of 1993....
  • M*A*S*H fan builds backyard set

    Redditor relocopter was kind enough to share these pictures of his/her friend’s backyard – in which the set of M*A*S*H has been lovingly recreated right down to Hawkeye’s famous red bathrobe. I love the detail, but that combined with the neatly manicured lawn speaks of a level fastidiousness that...
  • Grandmother of seven saved by the wisdom of Bear Grylls

    An Australian woman escaped from a car that was being swept away by flood waters thanks to the sagely advice of television survivalist Bear Grylls. McLaren, a grandmother of seven, ran into trouble during a flash flood in Ipswich, Queensland after seeing a 4×4 successfully negotiate the flooded road:...
  • Celebrity politics and the Palin family [video]

    If you were considering picking up Sarah Palin’s tome America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag I will do you a favor and save you the $12.98 that Amazon is currently charging for the hardcover. All the important stuff is here: Bristol’s visit from the stork, the...
  • Fake Bob Dylan representative orders 178 pizzas

    A man wearing a backstage pass to a Bob Dylan concert played a cruel joke on a Massachusetts pizza parlor when he ordered 178 pizzas and never came to pick them up. The incident occurred at Antonio’s in Amherst, early Saturday morning shortly after the end of Bob Dylan’s...
  • James Blunt might have personally prevented World War III

    James Blunt had a hand in preventing a major international incident that might have escalated into World War III and it wasn’t because he bored everyone to sleep with one of his saccharine-sweet melodies. Most people who are familiar with Blunt know that the British artist was in the...
  • Tolkien kiboshed Fab Four’s LOTR aspirations [The Beatles]

    Imagine how Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings might have turned out if it starred John, Paul, George and Ringo. J.R.R did and apparently did not like what he envisioned....