Daily Archives: September 12, 2009

Culch Movie News 12/09/09

  By Sean | September 12, 2009 - 10:58 pm | The Culch
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First up, some cool new one-sheets have been released for Spike Jonze‘s Where The Wild Things Are: Sly is seemingly gearing up to start production on Rambo V: The Savage Hunt. The script is already written and a synopsis has been released. They seem to be going slightly sci-fi this time around, with Rambo and his 22-year-old hunting partner Beau Brady along with a team of Special Forces have to try and track down a beast somewhere loose in the Arctic Cirlce. The thing they will be chasing is a half-human abomination created by genetic experiments gone wrong (no cliches here) which has hunting & tracking abilities said to be equal or better than Rambo’s…Now I have only seen the first Rambo, which is amazing, so I don’t particularly know how I feel about this piece of news. Sure the whole bringing him back to the cunning hunter that he … There’s more →

The top 10 twitter users in Ireland based on number of followers

  By darraghdoyle | September 12, 2009 - 5:49 pm | The Culch, The Internet
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I’ll admit I’m addicted to twitter and so found this worth posting here. It just popped up onto my twitter radar - the top 10 twitter users of each country based on number of followers, over at Techxav.com. Apparently they’ve compiled this using both Twitterholic and Twitterscore.net, but also searched out people by specific location (e.g London as opposed to UK) as well. I’m quite surprised by it to be honest. Though I’m almost always on Twitter, I recognise (as in have either heard of or follow or seen mentioned) only three names on the list… And going further, it seems it’s not just about what you say (based on number of tweets here) but how many you follow. They may not have many tweets but they are certainly following a fair few people! Below - their names - their followers - the amount of people they follow - the … There’s more →

The power of Oprah - Chicago dances to Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling

  By darraghdoyle | September 12, 2009 - 5:26 pm | Celebs, The Culch, The Internet, TV
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Oprah Winfrey is probably the one woman in the world that could get away with filling Chicago’s Magnificent Mile (Michigan Avenue) and getting 21,000 people to dance to the Black Eyed Peas performing ‘I Gotta Feeling’ on September 8th (two days before it aired nationwide) as part of the kick-off for her new series. It’s actually extremely impressive. Here’s the video. The dancing starts at around 1:40 It is, of course, a T-Mobile stunt. The producer, Australian Michael Gracey, was also responsible for the Liverpool Street flash mob dance. According to the Oprah website and from about 5:05 in the video, she had no idea. In order to pull it off, late last month local casting agencies were enlisted to look for dancers. It started with her team, then 20 dancers teaching 800 fans and 20,000 more “caught the feelin’” - that’s some feeling..! (Would you believe I hadn’t heard … There’s more →

Snark. What the Internet Was Made For

  By Sinéad | September 12, 2009 - 3:04 pm | The Internet
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Snark n. Biting, cruel humour or wit, commonly used to verbally attack someone or something. Combination of “snide” (critical in an unfair and nasty way) and “remark”. There are of course two variations. The commentators who attack without reason, and the trolls. The Internet has always been filled with trolls, people who go out of their way to be snarky in an attempt to goad, hiding behind the veil of wit and looking down their nose at those who trip up online. Be it bad spelling, grammar, a newbie who breaks rules or flails over the unwritten etiquettes. Taking it a step further are blogs such as Lamebook, dedicated solely to screenshots of dim-witted facebook updates and the subsequent snarky commentary from friends. You may remember the recent facebook screengrab (far right - click it to open the full image) that made the rounds (I even received this as a … There’s more →

Absolut Fringe Festival: Victor and Gord Cubed review

  By Niamh | September 12, 2009 - 12:14 pm | Performance Art, The Arts, The Culch, Theatre
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Last night I went to see ‘Victor and Gord Cubed’ in the Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar. The official blurb told me this: “You know those friends you grew up with? Went to school with? Laughed, cried, partied and pulled with? D’you ever wonder sometimes, if they’d ever just F*ck Off? Real Life friends Vickey and Aine, aka Victor and Gord, have only one thing in common, each other. Sneaky cans. Sneaky fags. Free love. It was Ballinclea Heights. It was Killiney. Victor and Gord CUBED is a funny and moving theatrical celebration of friends and family featuring two additional real life relationships, including a brother and sister. Victor and Gord CUBED. Real Lives. Told by the people who live them.” The reality was this: ‘Victor and Gord‘ was amazing. I had no real idea what to expect, what sort of format. I wasn’t expecting to laugh and cry along … There’s more →