Kristin Bell In Leia Bikini

These pictures of Kristin Bell recently surfaced of her dressed in a Princess Leia bikini from Jedi for her new movie, Fanboy. Of course, it's every Star Wars fan boy to dream of the Leia bikini, and with Kristin Bell in those knickers, I have to say, life just got a little bit more cheerier.

Update: Here's the trailer for the movie

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• Hollywood screenwriters have returned to the negotiating table, three weeks after beginning strike action. Source (BBC)
• Well, as if the Screenwriter's Guild hasn't suffered enough with the recent strike in the US, Sean Connery has come along and reduced the writers to tears by loftily announcing that he will never make another film again. Source (Holy Moly)
• The major fall update slated for the Xbox 360 now has a set release date and its first significant feature, Microsoft said today. The upgrade is now set to launch on December 4th and will incorporate Find Old Friends, a new service that will let users browse the friend lists of other gamers on the Xbox Live service. Source (Electronista)
• Collegiate Quidditch takes off — figuratively, at least. Source (USA Today)
• Earlier this month, the RIAA announced that it had sent off yet another wave of prelitigation settlement letters to college campuses across the US. This time, the recording industry targeted 16 schools, including almost the entire membership of the Ivy League. There was one notable Ivy school missing from the roster, one that has failed to appear in any of the RIAA's press releases: Harvard. Source (Ars Technica)
• HARRISON FORD is getting sick of the growing number of STAR WARS fans camping outside his doorstep. The Hollywood actor - who plays Han Solo in the hit sci-fi franchise - claims he is hounded by a group of wacky film fanatics praying to him as the leader of the Star Wars-inspired Jediism religion outside his Wyoming, U.S. home. Source (Contact Music)
• Republicans, taking a play out of the Democrats playbook, threaten to cut war funding if better progress is not made by the Iraqi government. Source (Charleston)
• The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote whether or not to extend their gestapo rule on the airwaves to cable television. Source (Washington Post)
• Universal Music Group's CEO is like your cranky, out-of-touch grandpa who happens to run a huge record label. Source (Gizmodo)
• New York's "Vulture" section comes to the correct conclusion about the music biz -- but for the wrong reason. In commenting on the Wired profile of "Universal Music Group CEO/supervillain Doug Morris," the folks at "Vulture" have a yuck-fest over Morris' inability to come to grips with modern technology. Source (Huffington Post)

Finally, here's an old, but highly amusing video accompanied by the acoustic version of Radiohead's "Creep"

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Things have been slow because of the holidays. I should be posting again in full force starting tonight/tomorrow. Here are a bunch of awesome links, enjoy, and hope you all had a happy turkey day. Thanks to Joe from JoeBlog for help with the new design to the site. What do you all think of the change?

• There's actually a Jedi Academy in NYC. Here's an article with video. Source (Current)
• Interview: Director Dwayne Carey-Hill and Producer Claudia Katz on Futurama: Bender's Big Score. Source (Rotten Tomatoes)
• At least 20,000 U.S. troops who were not classified as wounded during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain injuries, according to military and veterans records compiled by USA TODAY. Source (Crooks and Liars)
• Bryan Berg, cardstacker extraordinaire, tries to take down his world-record setting card tower with a leafblower. But it's made up of so many damn cards he barely puts a dent in it before the blower flames out. So he resorts to the most destructive tools around: his hands, crushing himself in a sweet avalanche of cards after a couple minutes of pawing that reminds us of New Year's in Times Square in more ways than one. Source (Gizmodo)
• The first new album from the Eagles in over a decade, "Long Road Out of Eden," has already sold more than a million copies, hitting Billboard's #1 in its first week. It's the kind of blockbuster that used to pay Christmas bonuses at the big record companies, only this album wasn't produced by a big record company. The Eagles released it themselves and are selling it exclusively through Wal-Mart. Source (Opinion Journal)
  

I'm told this is old, I don't watch Saturday Night Live anymore. But my friends told me about it recently and I found it hysterical. People Getting Punched Just Before Eating

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• The discovery of the 390-million-year-old specimen in a German quarry suggests prehistoric spiders, insects and crabs were much larger than previously thought. Source (EiTB)
• Interview with Hayden Panettiere. Source (GQ)
• NBC is auctioning off Claire's cheerleader outfit from the first season of Heroes. Awesome. Source (NBC)
• 10 Survival Tips for Black Friday. Source (MSNBC)
• Former President Ford's book states CIA covered up JFK assassination. Source (Raw Story)
• We knew it was just a matter of time before something like this happened, particularly with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed headed to the Wii next Spring, but it's good to see a light saber attachment come early. Source (Engadget)
• The lawsuit against the author writing a spin-off story taking place after the last Harry Potter book is a hoax. This fan-fic, as long as it's not being published for profit, is not a target for an infringement suit confirms author and Rowling's agency. Source (Leaky Cauldron)
• Top 5 Tracy Morgan YouTube Clip. Source (Hoovaloo)
• Angela Kinsey, Angela from The Office, is preggers. Source (US Magazine)
• Hillary Duff looking extremely fine on stage. Source (Sexiest Celebrities)

Finally here's a video treat. The Igil, a single thread instrument that creates some awesome sounding music. Source (Fun House)

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• The reason there's a "Cult of Mac". Source (Bill Clementson)
• Scientists have discovered that chocolate was invented at least 3,100 years ago in Central America and not as the sweet treat people now crave, but as a celebratory beer-like beverage and status symbol. Source (Daily Mail)
• JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, sues another author for penning and attempting to publish a new book installation revolving around a character from the end of Book 7, The Deathly Hallows. WARNING - Do not read if you have not finished the series, as there are spoilers to the end of the movie inside. Source (Scotsman)
• Silent Movie version of Star Wars. Source (YouTube)
• Looking for a new TV on Black Friday? Yahoo has the low-down on all the newest deals. Source (Yahoo)
• A school in England has adopted a new organizational format for their school, modeled after Harry Potter's Hogwarts School for Magic and Witchcraft with surprisingly positive results. Source (Yahoo News)
• A bad-ass, self reloading shot gun with the problem of lubrication and cleaning thrown out of the window. Check out the specs on Gizmodo as well as the video. Source (Gizmodo)
• Honda is releasing a limited number of their new line of cars running on Hydrogen Cells, the Honda FCX Clarity in LA. Check the specs and review out on Gizmodo, if only these were more widely available, but this is a good step forward. Source (Gizmodo)
• The Second Avenue subway projet in NYC has just gotten approval for 1.3 Billion in federal funding. Source (CBS)
• Super Mario Galaxy is quickly becoming dubbed the best video game ever, though it's only been out a week. Here is yet another article singing its praises, pushing me further to get a Wii and this game. Source (411 Mania)
• Not quite completing the trifecta, CBS news writers go on strike after working for 2 years without contracts. Since they're not writers on Heroes or Scrubs, I don't really care, but here's the article if you do. Source (Reuters UK)
• In Arista v. Does 1-19, a case brought against 19 George Washington University students by the Big Four record labels, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has ordered the RIAA to show cause why the ex parte subpoenas issued to GWU shouldn't be quashed. Source (Ars Technica)
  

Finally, here is a disturbing and equally hysterical video found on YouTube. It's a live-action spoof of Duck Tales. The plot? The little girl duck goes on Myspace and finds out the dangers of meeting with strangers, especially online. Featuring people in costumes doing things that are NSFW

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• Producer Universal Media Studios on Thursday began notifying the regulars on NBC's "Bionic Woman," "The Office" and "30 Rock" that the studio is suspending them on half-pay for five weeks, citing the force majeure provisions in their Screen Actors Guild (SAG) contracts. Source (Reuters)
• The $40 Chewbacca backpack is what would happen if your MyBuddy grew a pair, took some steroids and helped you conquer the galaxy instead of your backyard. This backpack is a smaller version of your favorite Wookie, stuffable with your favorite books and lightsabers. Source (Gizmodo)
• Seth Rogan has inked to play the titular Zack in writer-director Kevin Smith's "Zack & Miri Make a Porno" for the Weinstein Co. and Dimension Films. Elizabeth Banks will star opposite Rogen as Miri. Source (Variety)
• Who knew you could poke a hole in an onion, soak it in some Gatorade, and then power up an iPod with it? Those must be some serious electrolytes in that drink. Source (Gizmodo)
• Because of the WGA strike, there's no Daily Show, which sucks. But if you think you're suffering, think of how the writers of that wonderful program feel! In this video that the writers of our favorite mock newscast made on the picketline, they clearly explain why this strike is happening and how the studio chiefs are total hypocrites. Source (Gizmodo)
• I found this site which has an extensive list of links to related videos, interviews, web pages, and downloadable content of the band Sublime. There's concert footage, fan websites and lots more, feel free to check it out. Source (daccaucobana)
  

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