Peter Beste has a new book out documenting the Norwegian Black Metal scene in pictures. It looks amazing. These dudes are the real deal and make pseudo-satanic poseurs in America look like pussies. The lead singer of Gorgoroth, Gaahl (pictured aboved), actually did time for torturing a dude and drinking his blood. Here's what the publisher (Vice) has to say about Beste's book:

Documentary photographer Peter Beste has spent the last five years working in the milieu of the Norwegian black metal scene. This scene, with its notorious events of murder, church arson, and self-mythology, is absolutely sealed to outsiders. The international black metal fan base is one of the most devoted, fanatical, and proprietary in the world. Beste’s access and insight into this world is unprecedented and has yielded an amazing photographic journey

Check out the amazing video series by VBS after the jump.

[Hat Tip Gawker]

Watch parts II-V here.

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Our contest is over, but our friends at Rumproast are giving away another pair of tickets for Thursday's show at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple. Get 'em while they're hot.

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We must admit we're surprised, but her new record sounds pretty good thus far:

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We can't wait to see David Cross' new show David’s Situation. Currently in production, Vanity Fair has the scoop:

It’s taken 10 years, but Bob and David are finally have a new show of their own. They’re returning to HBO this fall with David’s Situation, a sitcom about a standup comic named David Cross (played by--wait for it--David Cross) who leaves Hollywood to live in the suburbs, where he writes for in-flight airline magazines and argues with his roommates, one of whom is a bleeding-heart liberal and the other a fire-breathing conservative. Co-written with Odenkirk, who also directs, the show is a big departure from the sketch-based madness that made them cult-comedy gods. Still, in a sign that they haven’t completely abandoned their Mr. Show roots, every episode will be interrupted by parodies of commercials. “There could be ads for scissors or a new fictional movie or a public service announcement,” Cross said. “It could be anything.”

David Cross: Take something like Arrested Development. I wish it wasn’t the case, but I do have some empathy for the network. Fox is not a charity. As much as I hate the idea that commerce should come ahead of art, it’s true. I wish they could say, “Hey, let’s just take some of that Simpsons money and put it into Arrested Development,” but that would be the dumbest fucking move ever. That’s not how a business operates.

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More information at mccarrenpark.com.

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We always found the videos on Funny or Die to be hit or miss. Thankfully, we discovered the Will Ferrell filter. All of Will's favorites are, well, completely retarded, but in a good way. Here's our favorite:

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We've said it before and we'll say it again: no one will mobilize the Republican base like Hillary Clinton. That's why the GOP is preparing to run ads like this:

Make her go away. Meanwhile, Hil has a little preacher problem of her own.

UPDATE: The queen of sleaze gets sleazier by claiming she's won the popular vote thus far. We can only hope Howard Dean will do his job and start calling her on her bullshit.

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Brazilian Girls will perform Friday, July 11

The schedule is a bit underwhelming, but here it is. We'll definitely be checking out the Carolina Chocolate Drops on June 26:

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This promises to be a great show. The temple is amazing and I'm From Barcelona are a ridiculously fun live band. The show is May 1st at 7:30 and tickets are available at TicketWeb.

Best of all, we have A PAIR OF FREE TICKETS available via Boost Mobile.com. To win, be the fifth person to email us with the subject line "I'm from Barcelona." [we have a winner]

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At least their editorial page did. While many in the media spin her "enormous" victory in PA, most strangely fail to mention that Obama (according to many polls) actually moved up ten points in the state, despite Team Hillary's GOP fear-mongering tactics. From NY Times

The Pennsylvania campaign, which produced yet another inconclusive result on Tuesday, was even meaner, more vacuous, more desperate, and more filled with pandering than the mean, vacuous, desperate, pander-filled contests that preceded it.

Voters are getting tired of it; it is demeaning the political process; and it does not work. It is past time for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to acknowledge that the negativity, for which she is mostly responsible, does nothing but harm to her, her opponent, her party and the 2008 election.

If nothing else, self interest should push her in that direction. Mrs. Clinton did not get the big win in Pennsylvania that she needed to challenge the calculus of the Democratic race. It is true that Senator Barack Obama outspent her 2-to-1. But Mrs. Clinton and her advisers should mainly blame themselves, because, as the political operatives say, they went heavily negative and ended up squandering a good part of what was once a 20-point lead.

On the eve of this crucial primary, Mrs. Clinton became the first Democratic candidate to wave the bloody shirt of 9/11. A Clinton television ad -- torn right from Karl Rove’s playbook -- evoked the 1929 stock market crash, Pearl Harbor, the Cuban missile crisis, the cold war and the 9/11 attacks, complete with video of Osama bin Laden. “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” the narrator intoned.

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Do you really want a candidate who invokes Republican scare tactics?

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Tickets go on sale Fri, 04/25/08 10:00 AM. More information at mccarrenpark.com.

Devo on Letterman, 1992:

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Using appropriated footage from a single episode of "Charlie Rose," filmmaker Andrew Filippone Jr. creates something both disturbing and farcical in "'Charlie Rose' by Samuel Beckett.":

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From WSPA.com

Pastor Roger Byrd of Jonesville Church of God put the sign up which reads "Obama Osama humm are they brothers?" Pastor Byrd says the sign is not meant to be racial or political but rather to make people think. "His name is so close to Osama I have a feeling he might be Islamic therefore he doesn't recognize Christ," Pastor Byrd said. Jonesville Church of God does not have any African American members.

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From TONY

TONY has it that Southpaw owner Matthew Roff, currently involved in the final stages of opening new Prospect Heights beer garden Franklin Park, plans to sign a lease tomorrow on the Galapagos space in Williamsburg.
The name: Natural Selection. “We’re all fans of Darwin, obviously,” says Roff, who will partner with the owners of popular South Slope watering hole Bar Four. “We were originally going to call it Madagascar but we thought that might be too much of a slap in the face.”

Roff plans to retain the location as a performance space, and tells us the transformation could be “weeks away.” Galapagos, as has been widely reported, will relocate to Dumbo sometime in 2009.

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Since lots of people have been asking about McCarren Park Pool, here's the short answer. Yes, the venue will once again be hosting shows this summer. Sadly, this will be the last summer to enjoy live concerts. [Full story here]. We'll be maintaining the calendar at www.mccarrenpark.com.

Beginning in June, JELLYNYC and Helio will be hosting free Pool Parties on Sundays. Meanwhile, Ticketmaster will be selling shamefully overpriced tickets for the shows they represent as well. Hopefully, Live Nation won't be transforming McCarren Park into patchouli-infested hacky sack land again this year by booking jambands.

Confirmed shows thus far include Wilco, M.I.A. and Hold Steady. There are some pretty cool rumors circulating too. Visit mccarrenpark.com for the full schedule.

[Note: this will also be our last summer to maintain www.mccarrenpark.com, so attention real estate moguls, we're accepting your highest bid on the site.]

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Via HuffPost

Tonight I had an opportunity to ask Barack Obama a question that is on the minds of many Americans, yet rarely rises to the surface in the great ruckus of the 2008 presidential race -- and that is whether an Obama administration would seek to prosecute officials of a former Bush administration on the revelations that they greenlighted torture, or for other potential crimes that took place in the White House.

Obama said that as president he would indeed ask his new Attorney General and his deputies to "immediately review the information that's already there" and determine if an inquiry is warranted -- but he also tread carefully on the issue, in line with his reputation for seeking to bridge the partisan divide. He worried that such a probe could be spun as "a partisan witch hunt." However, he said that equation changes if there was willful criminality, because "nobody is above the law."

If you haven't seen it, this is essential: Baracky: The Movie [via Rumproast]

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ChiTown DJ Mike Love mixes up Jay Z's American Gangster with Fela Kuti, Grab it here. Thanks Rumproast.

Previously, American Zeppelin mashup.

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Fly-fishing must be a euphemism for hot teen action. [via buzzfeed]

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This is even better than OutFoxed:

Part 2 after the jump

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This it telling.

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What genious casting. Josh Brolin has already been cast as Bush, but we're thinking Shatner's got the bravado to do a good Rumsfeld. David Cross could do Cheney. And Michael Vick could play Rove. From The Vulture

On Monday, we jokingly suggested that Oliver Stone's upcoming Bush movie, W, would be a comedy since, based on all leaked evidence, it seems like it's shaping up to be the Anchorman of presidential biopics. And now, MTV is reporting that hilarious former Daily Show correspondent Rob Corddry, star of such political dramas as Blades of Glory and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, has signed on to play White House press secretary Ari Fleischer!

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This should be required reading. From HuffPost

the surge proves that there is no military solution to Iraq. Our military cannot guarantee Iraqi economic progress or government efficacy. Look at the facts -- oil production remains below prewar levels, electricity in Baghdad remains below prewar levels, unemployment is as high as 50 percent in certain areas, and the Iraqi Government refuses to take the political steps necessary for national reconciliation.

We must not be fooled by those who say there will be chaos if we leave Iraq. The leaders of the Iraqi factions can choose whether or not there will be chaos in Iraq. Prime Minister Maliki, Moqtada al Sadr, President Talabani, and Vice-President Hashimi -- they control the forces. In fact, it is widely understood that Moqtada al Sadr's call to his Mahdi militia for a cease fire has been critical to the reduction of violence.

The more U.S. troops we send to Iraq, the more dependent the Iraqis become on U.S. Forces. The longer our troops are there, the less likely it is that the Iraqi security forces and police will take the lead in securing and stabilizing their own country.

Simply put: Why, after five years, $535 billion, over 4,000 American lives lost and nearly 30,000 wounded, can't the Iraqi government control their own country? The answer: Because they won't, as long as we are there. That is what the surge in fact proves.

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You have to love someone who raps about web standards. At least if you're nerds like us who pay attention to this shit. [Thanks Jeff]

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And it sure looks purty. Check out Radiohead performing "Bangers & Mash" in Nigel Godrich's basement studio.

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We met Sloane in 2003 and had the honor of having her be the publicist for our first book, The Hipster Handbook. Her debut novel I Was Told There'd Be Cake was published last week and we couldn't be happier for Sloane. Her collection of essays is smart, hilarious and will delight fans of David Sedaris and Sarah Vowel. The collection opens hysterically: “As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I get killed during the day," and it never slows down. In short, you should go buy this book now. (The buzz for I Was Told There'd Be Cake has been huge thus far.)

Sloane will be reading Monday night in Tribeca at 7pm:
Monday, April 7, 2008
7 PM
Barnes & Noble Tribeca
97 Warren Street [Map]
More information and Dioramas at SloaneCrosley.com

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by Dave Thomas

Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Oftentimes, April is the East River of months, a dumping ground for corpses of films that are already dead but just don't know it yet. Fortunately, there only seem to be a few of those this year.

April 4

LEATHERHEADS

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Old-timey football romcom.

WILL IT SUCK?
I've zero interest in football movies, but I know what happens when George Clooney directs. He could make a Larry the Cable Guy film and I'd go see it.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Ironically, George Clooney does not do well in romantic comedies. $36mil.

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SHINE A LIGHT

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Scorcese finds a way to fit in the 5 Rolling Stones songs he hasn't put in one of his films yet by making a concert movie.

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is good and why not? The last time this guy made a concert film it was The Last Waltz. Trailer gets me pretty psyched, what with the behind-the-scenes bickering and the fact that they're going to do "You Got the Silver."

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Concert films do not do well. Unless Mick Jagger is Hannah Montana. Is Mick Jagger Hannah Montana? $6mil.

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NIM'S ISLAND

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
It's Jodie Foster! And she's in a kid's film!

WILL IT SUCK?
Interesting pedigree. A writer from The Wonder Years worked on the screenplay and co-directs with his Little Manhattan co-writer. He also directed Little Manhattan. He knows how to write for and work with kids, is what I'm saying. Still looks cheesy. But virtually all kids films look cheesy to me.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
It'll be interesting to see how Foster draws in this genre, but fantasy has seen diminishing returns of late. $66mil.

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THE RUINS

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Tourists vs. really nasty vegetation.

WILL IT SUCK?
A Simple Plan novelist Scott B. Smith adapts his own novel once again. And it stars Jena Malone. So I have a little more faith in this than, say, The Eye.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Kind of rare to see a major studio (ex-studio? what the hell is DreamWorks now?) back a horror film (especially an R-rated horror film) instead of funneling it off to some subsidiary, but I think they'll be glad they did. $54mil.

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MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Wong Kar Wai brings his indie sensibilities stateside.

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is mixed, and even the positive reviews seem to find fault (mostly with Wong's screenplay, not his direction).

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
If the filmmaker's following doesn't produce a turnout, the interesting casting (Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz) might. $3mil.

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THE FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Balloon follows some kid around while he tries to imagine a better life.

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is good and, yes, the title's a reference to the 1956 Lamorisse flick.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Aside from hardcore Juliette Binoche fans and the five people in the room who've seen that 1956 Lamorisse flick, I don't see this having that big a draw. $1mil.

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STREET KINGS

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
More LAPD corruption from David Ayer (Training Day, Dark Blue).

WILL IT SUCK?
To be clear, Ayer wrote Training Day and Dark Blue. Here he only directs. On the other hand, legendary LA crime chronicler James Ellroy co-wrote the screenplay. On the other hand, he co-wrote it with Kurt Wimmer, who negated Equilibrium with Ultraviolet. On the other hand, there's a third screenwriter I've never heard of.

In the end, the biggest challenge I think this movie has to overcome is balancing an excellent supporting cast (Common, Forrest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie) with answering the question, "Can Keanu Reeves play 'harsh'?"

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
I see no reason for this to do much better than most non-Denzel Ayer fare. $20mil.

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SMART PEOPLE

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Dennis Quaid and Thomas Hayden Church play mismatched brothers in this comedy about a dysfunctional family.

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is good, incuding a decent reception at Sundance. Ellen Page rounds out the cast as Quaid's Young Republican daughter.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is going to be a serious contender for attention the following week, in spite of whatever post-Juno Page bump this film might garner. $8mil.

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PROM NIGHT

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
What else ever happens on prom night? Kids gets stalked by a killer.

WILL IT SUCK?
Not a remake so much as a reimagining. Yeah, that always bodes well. From the guy who wrote The Covenant.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
I almost think people would rather see The Ruins a second time. $28mil.

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THE VISITOR

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Professor discovers Syrian/Sengalese immigrant couple squatting in his New York apartment. Life lessons ensue.

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is even better than for writer/director Thomas McCarthy's previous effort, The Station Agent (a.k.a. Best. Movie. Ever.)

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
If they play up The Station Agent angle, this might do similar business. $5mil.

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YOUNG@HEART

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Doc about a choir for people of a certain age (that means wicked old) who sing songs like "I Wanna Be Sedated."

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is extremely good. Got a standing O at the LA film fest.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Fox Searchlight is damn good at marketing. I can see them having the same success Paramount did with Mad Hot Ballroom. $4mil.

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DARK MATTER

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Trials and tribulations of a Chinese astrophysics student.

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is mixed, though it did win an award Sundance. Meryl Streep gets her indie on in a supporting role.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
If you don't mind a major spoiler, click here to find out why this film's release might be controversial. That having been said, I don't think it will be controversy enough for a big open. $2mil.

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88 MINUTES

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Kind of like DOA, but crazy fast.

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is not great. Somehow, the trailer fails to say, "The new thriller from the director of Fried Green Tomatoes!"

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
On a weekend without Sarah Marshall and Forbidden Kingdom, maybe it would stand a chance. $37mil.

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THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Kid (somehow not Shia LaBouef) is magically transported to ancient China where he takes part in a quest to do something important that somehow involves Jet Li and Jackie Chan being onscreen together for the first time ever.

WILL IT SUCK?
Director Rob Minkoff has covered the entire spectrum of Disney quality, from The Lion King to The Haunted Mansion. The writer specializes in movies with horses in them, having penned Hidalgo, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and Young Guns. None of this necessarily means anything to a kung-fu film. However, Woo-Ping Yuen did the fight choreography. Combine him with Chan and Li (not to mention the DP from Crouching Tiger) and I don't care if Uwe fucking Boll is directing, I. Am. There.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
This film suffers from the problem of mixed audiences. It's being marketed as a family film, but the leads' following is not a family film audience. $35mil.

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FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Guy (Jason Segel) tries to forget girl (Kristen Bell), but ends up going to the same resort as her and her new boyfriend.

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is like Knocked Up good, though Apatow only produces this one. Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Jonah Hill and Paul Rudd are also up in here.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Having Harold and Kumar and Baby Mama opening the very next week doesn't help matters. But strong advance buzz worked for Knocked Up and Superbad, so this should at least open well. $71mil.

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PATHOLOGY

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Medical students working in a morgue find a way to, er, make extra work for themselves.

WILL IT SUCK?
From the guys who wrote the occasionally reprehensible Crank. Think they can top the misogyny and xenophobia in that one?

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Heroes-starved Milo Ventimiglia fans might round out the opening weekend, but that's about it. $6mil.

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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OSAMA BIN LADEN?

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Morgan Spurlock goes looking for the world's most wanted man.

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is mixed. If it's half as good as Super Size Me, I'm interested.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Some people might feel that the War on Terror is too serious a topic for the tongue-in-cheek humor Spurlock brought to Super Size Me, so it might not be quite as big of a draw. $6mil.

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THE LIFE BEFORE HER EYES

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Uma Thurman looks back on her youth, when she looked remarkably like Evan Rachel Wood.

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is mixed. Director Vadim Perelman did a decent job with House of Sand and Fog, which I disliked, but not because of the direction.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
I think this is going to be one of those cases where star power doesn't really help. $2mil.

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HAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Read the title.

WILL IT SUCK?
High-fucking-larious. Go now.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Opening against Baby Mama, the second frame of Sarah Marshall and right before Iron Man is not ideal, but Harold and Kumar (and NPH) have had plenty of time to build a fan base. $51mil.

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DECEPTION

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Ewan McGregor gets involved in a prostitution ring. Things go worse for him than for that other guy.

WILL IT SUCK?
From the writer behind Live Free or Die Hard, but delays, title changes and such lead me to believe this is an April dump. Also starring Hugh Jackman, Maggie Q and Michelle Williams.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
April dumps do not do well. $15mil.

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BABY MAMA

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Tina Fey hires Amy Poehler to carry her child. Maybe-I-should-have-kept-looking hilarity ensues.

WILL IT SUCK?
Written and directed by Michael McCullers, co-writer on Undercover Brother and the Austin Powers films. Fey's got Romany Malco, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepherd and Maura Tierney providing support.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Sarah Marshall the week before, Harold & Kumar this week and Made of Honor opens the very next. Still, Fey's garnered a decent following. $41mil.

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ROMAN DE GARE

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Thriller involving a novelist researching her next book.

WILL IT SUCK?
The trailer should be taught in class called "How Not to Make a Trailer." That havng been said, it's got generally good buzz. Nominated for a Cesar. Director Claude Lelouch won an Oscar for writing A Man and a Woman back in '66. But it's likely Web folk are more familiar with the kick-ass driving short he directed.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
And even more people have no idea who Claude Lelouch is at all. $1mil.

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DEAL

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
The Color of Poker

WILL IT SUCK?
Burt Reynolds plays the Paul Newman role and Reaper's Bret Harrison plays Tom Cruise. To look at the trailer, this will follow every cliche it can get its hands on. Early buzz is not good.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
I think I speak for most Reaper fans when I say, I like the show, but not that much. $500,000.

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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Errol Morris takes on Abu Ghraib.

WILL IT SUCK?
In spite of a Silver Bear at Berlin, early critical buzz is mixed; but I'm willing to give Morris the benefit of the doubt. Check out the larger picture of which this doc is only going to be a part.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Awesome as they may be, Errol Morris movies are never really "hits." $3mil.

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THEN SHE FOUND ME

WHAT'S THE PITCH?
Helen Hunt stars in her directorial debut as a woman dealing with a new pregnancy by her ex-husband (Matthew Broderick), a new beau (Colin Firth) and the discovery of her birth mother (Bette Midler).

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is good. Won the Audience Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Honestly, not that much competition. Well-marketed, this could make it happen. $5mil.

Next Month: Indiana Jones and the Month of Non-Stop Blockbusters.

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As always, we love Mike Gravel. Thanks Rumproast

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If anybody knows where we can see the high quality, 3-D version, let us know in comments. In the mean time, this will have to do. UPDATE: a high res version is streaming here.

In other Bjork news, Sterogum has a remix CD of Bjorks "Post" available for download here. It features songs by Liars, Evangelicals, Dirty Projectors, High Places, Atlas Sound, and many more. Here's the art work:

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hat tip AndIAmNotLying

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There's a suit against Dov Charney, and this time it has nothing to do with his penis. From TMZ

And in true hipster irony, it's not a sexual harassment case - as AA Chairman Dov Charney has been taken to court for multiple times.

Allen is suing for $10 million saying he was never contacted by and did not give American Apparel his consent to use an image of him dressed as a Hasidic Jew from a scene in "Annie Hall." Not a very kosher move for AA!

In a U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Monday, Allen stated that he does not endorse commercial products or services in the U.S., which makes the May 2007 American Apparel billboards and website displays "especially egregious and damaging."

American Apparel billboards are usually clad with skinny young hipsters, often in compromising positions. The company did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment.

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