Remembering Heath Ledger
I must of been one of the last people to hear that Heath Ledger past away. Like most people who were either fans of him or not, I was shocked to hear the news of the 28 year old Australian native actor.
I first seen Heath Ledger on the 1999 romantic teen comedy ’10 Things I Hate About You’, a modern day remake of the Shakespare play “The Taming of the Shrew”. It also stars, Julia Stiles and Gabrielle Union.
Heath Ledger’s acting career was really taking off after his Oscar nominated role in Brokeback Mountain. One of his latest film, that is yet to be released is the new Batman movie with Christian Bale called ‘The Dark Knight’, where he plays the Joker.
TV-Links.co.uk Is Back!
Tv-links.co.uk is one of the worlds highly visited website that provides video links to thousands of movies and TV shows. It’s also a great site to see some of your favorite classic movies or television series.
Unfortunately this highly popular website was shut down in October of 2007. The 26 year old man from Chelteham was also arrested and charged with “facilitation” of copyright infringement, even though he was not hosting the content but simply providing links to third party websites where the illegal content was hosted.
I’ll admit that I was a heavy visitor of the site. It allowed me to catch up on some of my favorite TV shows whenever I would miss them, it also allowed me to relive past favorite movies.
Fans cried and wonder when TV Links will make its return, or if it will ever return. Internet rumors floated around for months since it closed down, some says it will return while others doubt it. But no worries, there is good news…It’s back!
I recently discovered the famous website made its return earlier this month. But before you go and type www.tv-links.co.uk on your browser, please note that the site was move to a different location. You can visit www.tv-links.cc to experience the TV Links phenomena. Enjoy!
On a side note, the new extension intrigue me as it was the first I’ve seen, so I had to Webopedia it and found that CC is for Cocus (Keeling) Islands.
What’s Your Classic Movie Profile?
I was surfing the blogging community and landed on Brown Baron’s blog, titled ‘Brown Thoughts’ His post on ‘What’s Your Classic Movie Profile?’ caught my eye. I found this interesting because he says and I quote in Bobby’s own words…
“This test is what they use to profile FBI agents before they are accepted as trainees. I think they also test presidential candidates this way too.”
As you can see, I had to take the test and find out what my classic movie profile was. Here it is…
LOL… I’ve never even seen or heard of this movie, but now I’m curious to watch it.
To piggy back off Brown Baron’s post, if you take the classic movie profile test, be sure to leave a comment and let me know what you got. It’s kind of fun.
My Top Thirteen Halloween Movies
Halloween is right around the dark alley and what better way to celebrate than to hang out with friends or that special someone and enjoy a night of Halloween Movies. Unless of course you still find Trick or Treating, an event not to be missed by any means.
Here are my Top Thirteen Halloween Movies to watch this year, a mix of R-Rated, Comedy and Family Friendly movies. What are your favorite Halloween movies?
Alien
Beetlejuice
Candy Man
Carrie
Casper
Halloween
I (Still) Know What You Did Last Summer
Nightmare on Elm Street
Saw
Scream (1,2,3)
Scary Movie (1,2,3,4)
The Exorcist
The Nightmare before Christmas
The Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart Comes to Life
Twelve 7-Eleven stores got converted to Kwik-E-Mart in effort to promote the Simpsons Movie which is set to be released on July 27, 2007.
This new marketing approach of blending reality and fiction is sure creating a buzz among the Simpson fans.
Here is the article from ABC News
By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
ABC NEWS Business Unit
July 3, 2007
There was a time when a successful movie promotion consisted of giving away plastic cups and toys with the purchase of a burger and fries.
Not anymore.
While fast food tie-ins are still a major part of generating hype for a new film, today Hollywood seeks larger and more creative means to create buzz. Call it organic, viral or guerrilla marketing.
The latest incarnation came this week when 7-Eleven transformed 12 of its convenience stores into caricatures of the Kwik-E-Mart as part of a promotion for “The Simpsons Movie.”
The promotion further blurs the line between reality and fiction.
It used to be that marketers tried to work real-life products into movies and TV shows. While that still happens, today some highly known fake products are creeping into reality.
One of the first was the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., a seafood restaurant chain that came out of the hit 1994 movie “Forrest Gump.” The first restaurant opened two years after the movie premiered. There are now 21 outlets in the United States and seven abroad including locations in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Cancun.
Items from the “Harry Potter” books and movies have also jumped from fiction to reality. A candy from the books — Bertie Bott’s Beans — are now available from jelly bean manufacturer Jelly Belly.
The 7-Eleven stores that have been turned into Kwik-E-Marts are stocked with products from “The Simpsons.”
There are boxes of KrustyO’s cereal, Buzz Cola, pink doughnuts and special edition “Radioactive Man” comic books. 7-Eleven also renamed its Slurpee frozen drinks as Squishees. One key “Simpson” product, however, is missing: Duff beer.
“‘The Simpsons’ 7-Eleven campaign feels wonderfully fresh to me,” said Drew Neisser, CEO of Renegade Marketing Group. “‘Simpsons’ fans are already buzzing about it.”
7-Eleven only converted 11 stores in the United States and one in Canada, but still managed to create a strong buzz, Neisser said.
“For ‘Simpsons’ fans, this is an inside joke on a colossal scale,” he said. “Among ‘Simpsons’ fans this conversion is sure to enhance their perceptions of 7-Eleven as a cool place to shop. What it is really clever about this is the blending of reality and fiction.”
Never Released Fantastic Four Movie
I was searching for trailers on the new ‘Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer‘ movie, when I found this vintage video on YouTube. It’s the trailer for the Fantastic Four Movie back in 1994. It was never officially released. I wonder why?