Author Archives: AaronOOF

Be sure to start checking the Tribeca Film Festival website later today to get the full scoop on this year’s program. Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff will be announcing/releasing the full schedule at a press conference in Queens for the event which runs May 1-9 in downtown Manhattan. Variety (subscription needed) hasContinue reading “ALL THE FILMS THAT ARE FIT TO SCREEN”

Yes, I realize the goal is to have a combination of hard news and lifestyle stories in this little box on the AIM sign-on screen that I’ve been moaning about for the past two days. However, it already takes up such a small part of the window with far more space devoted to other newsContinue reading “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY”

With all my Mel-talk recently, that may not be the best headline, but I haven’t weighed in at all on the Howard Stern controversy in which near-monopoly Clear Channel Communications dropped his show from the six stations on which they carried his daily morning show. There’s not too much to say other than what ClearContinue reading “CRUCIFIED BY CLEAR CHANNEL”

For the past several weeks, I have regularly looked forward to Thursdays, not because of Friends (please end this nightmare season soon) nor Survivor (although I’m kicking ass in my pool, having already won back 150% of my cash), but rather because of the Wonkette feature “Thursdays with Tina.” OK, so sometimes it doesn’t getContinue reading “I LOVE THURSDAYS (SOMETIMES FRIDAYS)”

Apparently, everyone’s favorite internet embellisher Matt Drudge recently started a “controversy” over some T-Shirts being sold at Urban Outfitters that said “Voting is for Old People.” As usual Wonkette has been there to put Drudge in his place, and I second her endorsement of this latest human cloth billboard! Can’t you just see it nowContinue reading “BUY BEFORE NOVEMBER”

I know I didn’t mention it before, and maybe I should have, but other, better bloggers out there did, so I figured, why bother? But I’m sure member-of-the-tribe producer Joe Roth had no idea that including Hitler’s favorite home movie camerawoman in the “In Memoriam” tribute would create such a stir. Maybe it doesn’t takeContinue reading “SPRINGTIME FOR LENI”

At home, I use a Mac. At work, I use a PC. The other day when starting-up AOL Instant Messenger at work, I received one of those nice little notices mentioning that there was a new version of AIM (I think it’s something like 5.5.6721098509873240985480943259078324809325895421390823149085902229C … but I could be wrong) available for download thatContinue reading “COULD THIS BE THE REASON THE MALL IS NO LONGER NAMED AFTER AOL?”

… because it’s all very applicable to me as well. Cup of Chica describes her relationship with her books: “reading them,” “avoiding them,” and “buying them,” which she translates into “possessing them.” I’ve never met the lady, yet anyone who’s seen my apartment might think she has psychoanalyzed me perfectly. That is until you browseContinue reading “THE SCARIEST THING I’VE READ TODAY”

Overheard while waiting for the slowest elevator in Manhattan earlier today: Postman: Hey, have you seen The Passion of Christ? Security Guard: No. Why should I? Postman: Well … Security Guard: Have you read the Bible? Postman: Sure. Security Guard: I read the Bible. I know what happens.

It seems that tomorrow night’s episode of favorite guilty-pleasure The O.C. is the last airing of the series for a little while so Fox can capitilize more on the astounding success of American Idol by making the crappy results show an even crappier 60 minutes (at least on 3/10), as they also launch the newContinue reading “YOU TAKE THE GOOD, YOU TAKE THE BAD …”