Daniel Radcliffe on Conan 08/25/08 (video)

This guy is all grown up, really. Here’s the interview on Conan yesterday. He’s in Harry Potter, but also in this broadway play where he’s ass-naked and full-frontal. I hear that image of him, along with his facial hair, is what prepubescent girls masturbate to these days. But unfortunately, he’s probably gay, or at least bi. When Conan asked him about watching the Olympic Games, he commented on Michael Phelps’ performance and exclaimed that he was a “magnificent creature.” Daniel’s face looked like he was breathing a little heavy and maybe, just maybe he popped a boner while saying that. He certainly seemed the most excited during that moment that anywhere else in the interview.

John McCain on Jay Leno 08/25/08 (video)

It’s the old fart again. This guy just lacks any sort of charisma to appear on a talk show. Check out the videos. Part 1. Part 2. He’s also too damn old. And I cringed when he got all serious when Jay asked him about owning a lot of property, and him trying to play that off. And would he fucking stop mentioning the fact that he spent 5 1/2 years in a prison camp?!?!?!!! We get it. It was hell, I certainly wouldn’t want to be in his position, nor would anyone else. The only saving grace this guy has is that his wife is pretty hot, and much younger than him. That’s about the only thing he has on Obama.

100M Butterfly final – Michael Phelps

Holy crap! Did you see that finish in the 100M Butterfly where Phelps beat his opponent by 1/100 of a second?! The commentator went crazy. Amazing come back victory. SEE THE VIDEO HERE!!!

Olympics Opening Ceremony, awesomeness!

Wow, over 15,000 performers at the opening ceremony. Craziness, and an example in tight coreography. My favorite moments were by far the opening drummers and the Tai Chi circle. You can download the drummers video here and the Tai Chi video here. Both are definitely worth seeing. I doubt that Olympics held in other nations could ever pull off massive amounts of performers as China did. The total production budget was $300,000,000. That’s over 10 times the cost of the opening ceremony of the Athens games.

Scarlett Johansson on Jay Leno 8/8/08 (video)

Download the video here. PART1. PART2. From wikipedia: Scarlett I. Johansson^[1] (born November 22, 1984) is an actress and singer, of dual American and Danish citizenship.^[2] Johansson rose to fame with her role in 1998’s The Horse Whisperer and subsequently gained critical acclaim for her roles in Ghost World, Lost in Translation (for which she won a BAFTA), and Girl with a Pearl Earring, the latter two earning her Golden Globe Award nominations in 2003.

Jack Black on Jay Leno 8/6/08 (video)

Download the videos. Part 1. Part 2. From wikipedia: Jack Black (born Thomas Jack Black;^[1] August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian and musician.

With his friend Kyle Gass, Black makes up one half of the comedy and rock music duo Tenacious D. The group has a large cult following along with 2 albums and a full-length movie. His acting career is extensive, starring primarily as bumbling, cocky, but internally self-conscious outsiders in comedy films. He is a member of the so-called Frat Pack, a media term for a group of comedians active in Hollywood films, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe award.

Javier Bardem on Conan 8/6/08 (video)

Download the video here. From wikipedia: Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born March 1, 1969) is an Academy-Award winning and critically acclaimed Spanish actor who has starred in over two dozen films in Spain. He had garnered critical acclaim as an actor for films such as Jamon, Jamon, Carne tremula, Boca a boca, Los Lunes al sol and Mar adentro.

Bardem has been awarded a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, BAFTA, four Goyas, two European Film Awards and two Coppa Volpis for his work. He is notable as the first Spanish actor to be nominated and win an Oscar, the nomination being for Before Night Falls and the historic Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 2007 film No Country for Old Men.

N*E*R*D on Conan 8/5/08 (video DL)

Download the video HERE (151MB). From wikipedia: The third album from N.E.R.D and follow-up to 2004’s Fly or Die is called Seeing Sounds. The album was released on June 10, 2008. The first single off the album, titled “Everyone Nose“, was first mentioned on their Billionaire Boys Club blog on January 22, 2008 and was confirmed at SXSW to be the first single from the album. In June 2008, the second single off the album, titled “Spaz”, was used in a TV commercial for the Microsoft Zune.

In March of 2008, the band performed at SXSW in Austin, Texas. While there they filmed a PSA for Rock the Vote saying why they think voting is important and the issues they care about this election year.^[2]

From April to June 2008, the band toured with Kanye West as an opening act along with Rihanna and Lupe Fiasco as part of the Glow in the Dark Tour. They have been confirmed to play some adashev at the 2008 Isle of Wight festival on June 13, 2008, as special guests to the Kaiser Chiefs. They have also been confirmed to play on Projekt Revolution’s UK show at Milton Keynes Bowl supporting the two headliners, Linkin Park and Jay-Z. On June 25th, they performed in front of 40,000 people at the Isle of MTV 2008 at the Floriana granaries, Malta with free admission.^[3][4]

Oh, how true Common.

I was listening to his track, “Be.” There’s a line in that song that goes, “Bush pushin’ lies, killers immortalized.” And thinking back to the Virginia Tech shooting (as well as other significant mass-murder crimes), the killers are forever infamous and are permanently written in the history books. Isn’t that (in part), what they set out to achieve? To let it be known to others that they did something? Look at Seung-Hui Cho’s wikipedia profile. It’s more detailed and extensive than the majority of other famous figures. Remember the Cho’s package sent to NBC with videos, photos, writings, etc.? Well now they are all over the Internet. I’d say he got exactly what he wanted out of this. Immortalized for sure.

America Ferrera on Conan 8/4/08 (video)

Download the video HERE (56.3MB). File is direct download so save as, and link back to my blog when sharing with others.

From wikipedia: America Georgine Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and Emmy Award-winning American actress. Ferrera is most known as the star of the ABC hit television show Ugly Betty and her role in films such as The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Ben Stiller on Jay Leno 8/4/08 (video)

Download the videos. PART 1 (40.4MB). PART 2 (30.8MB). Files are direct download so simply save as, and link back to my blog when sharing with others.

From wikipedia: Benjamin Edward Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, actor, film producer and director. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.^[1] After beginning his acting career with a play, he wrote several mockumentaries, and was offered two of his own shows, both entitled The Ben Stiller Show. After acting in a few films, Stiller had his directorial debut with Reality Bites, and has since written, starred in, directed, and produced over fifty films and television shows. His films have grossed $1.38 billion.^[2]

Jonas Brothers on Jay Leno 8/4/08 (videos)

Download the two videos. INTERVIEW (40.2MB). PERFORMANCE (22.7MB). Files are direct download so you should save as, and also link to my blog when sharing with others.

From wikipedia: The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band from Wyckoff, New Jersey made up of three brothers: Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas. They have released two albums – It’s About Time in 2006, and Jonas Brothers in 2007, and will release A Little Bit Longer in 2008.

Best water bottle ever!

You’d never think that a water bottle could be designed any further. I mean they’re water bottles. They’re so simple in concept. But then I came across this thing during my travels to Wal-Mart, America’s favorite corporate filth (next to oil companies of course). I don’t know the brand or model number, but this thing was a gem. It was the last one left on the counter filled with other water bottles.

Now, for why this is great. First off, you can see that there’s two layers to this thing. Within the blue layer is where you fill up the water with ice. Now normally with water bottles if you let them sit for a while on a desk, there will be condensation and a small puddle of water, but not this. The air buffer between the two layers acts like an insulation layer, so you water can stay cold but on the outside, it stays dry. The other great thing is that it has five slightly concave recess for your fingers. And, when you screw on the top lid, it stops at precisely the correct spot so that the mouth piece is relatively aimed at your mouth.

And finally, there’s a nice and durable ring where you can attach it to something. And the mouthpiece cover is a simple flip piece that seals the opening. Overally, everything is just awesomely designed. Yay for water bottle design!

Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog at Comic-Con 8/1/08 (video)

Download the video here (61.4MB). Triumph stops by Comic-Con for a Conan segment on 8/1/08. Hilarious!!! Must download. Fine piece of entertainment.

From wikipedia: Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog is a character puppet performed by Robert Smigel premiering in 1997 on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien best known for mocking celebrities. Triumph was identified in the early appearances as a Serbian Mountain Hound. Triumph often puffs a cigar, which usually falls out of his mouth when he begins speaking. The crudeness of the puppetry behind Triumph — Smigel’s arm is often clearly visible in the shot — has added to the character’s popularity.

Bill Cosby on Jay Leno 8/1/08 (video)

Download the videos. (Part 1, 51.1MB) (Part 2, 33.4MB). Wait until videos are finished uploading. Bill goes on to tell two great stories on the show. From wikipedia: William Henry Cosby, Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a vanguard role in the 1960s action show I Spy. He later starred in his own series, The Bill Cosby Show, in the late 1960s. He was one of the major characters on the children’s television show The Electric Company for its first two seasons, and created the humorous educational cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, about a group of young friends growing up in the city. Cosby also acted in numerous films.