Word: superealism
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...compelled to sport RayBan Wayfarers at every candlelight soiree. On three of the past four weekends, Americans have been obliged to wear 3D glasses as essential entertainment accessories. My Bloody Valentine sent pokers and pickaxes jutting out of the screen; the Monsters vs. Aliens commercial shown Sunday during the Super Bowl featured a profusion of protrusions. And here, on a more elevated plane, is Henry Selick's Coraline, the first stop-motion animation feature shot in the process. (It's also being shown in a "flat" version.) There's so much 3D around - with plenty more coming this year - that...
...Madison Square Garden to maintain his 46-0 professional record, boxer Joe Calzaghe announced his retirement. Calzaghe hangs up his gloves as the best British boxer of his generation and, arguably, the greatest British champ of all time. Calzaghe, who held the WBO, WBA, WBC and IBF super-middleweight belts during his 16-year career, said he had thought "long and hard" about retiring but insisted it was the correct decision. Trained by his father Enzo, Calazaghe captured his first world title in 1997, beating fellow Brit Chris Eubank, and went on to defend it 21 times straight. His victory...
...news. The fact that the special inspector general's office exists is an important sign that the Treasury Department realized the limits of its abilities. Recent and future TARP outlays have a whole new set of stringent reporting requirements. The inspector general's report doesn't give super-high marks to the program so far, but it does provide a blueprint of how it should be run going forward. Still, as the report indicates, "the long term success of the program is not assured...
...Springsteen, Bruce • acknowledgement by that deal giving exclusivity on greatest hits CD to labor-unfriendly Wal-Mart was, well, idiotic • crotch-first slide into camera of during Super Bowl performance...
...Witty super bowl ads these are not. The commercials for foot pads that suck the toxins from your body are very straightforward: smack the cushions onto the soles of your feet, and overnight, the ads claim, you will sweat out metals, minerals and any other accumulated nastiness. Who wouldn't be appalled by the brown footprint left the next morning by a body newly unburdened of pollutants? And who wouldn't dial that toll-free number right away, credit card in (toxin-laden) hand? (See the best and worst Super Bowl commercials...