Full Trailer for BOTH “The Facebook Movie” AND “The Myspace Movie”
Honestly, with my boy Justin Timberlake in the movie, I would have watched it even if it was just him making Facebook status updates for two hours.
But, I have to admit, the new “Facebook Movie” looks like it has actual potential. I guess one shouldn’t expect less from a David Fincher movie though (one scored by Trent Reznor, no less). hat tip: Digital Inspiration
(I love that the name is not actually “The Facebook Movie” but that’s what everyone calls it!)
More of a retro, Myspace fan? You’re in luck! For you Tom fans -- er, friends -- out there, there’s a movie for you as well! OK, not really, but the Huffington Post shared a “trailer” from Best Week Ever here.
What do you think? Will this be a movie you’ll be checking out?
Starbucks Holiday Wish: Love Heard around the World
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On December 7, 2009, Starbucks will be hosting a global “sing-along” of the Beatles classic “All We Need is Love” to raise support for The Global Fund.
Starbucks will be premiering the commercial for their new campaign, called the Starbucks Love Project during the morning talk shows Friday morning. If you can’t wait (or missed it) you can view the video on Facebook or at the Love Project site (currently no embeddable version is available to share here). The site also features a link where visitors can upload and share their own “love pictures”.
Following are the details from the Starbucks press release:
WHAT
The countdown is on.
An unprecedented event that will unite individuals, communities, nations and cultures through the universal language of music as a celebration of Starbucks one year anniversary in partnership with (RED)TM.
On December 7th, at 1:30pm GMT (8:30am EST), Starbucks Coffee Company will unite artists from around the world for a simultaneous, live performance of the legendary hit “All You Need Is Love” as a single global concert. Inspired by the vision of the Playing for Change Band, this project spans languages, cultures and time zones through the universal language of music, with musicians contributing in individual ways that are customary and unique to their homeland to create a one of a kind rendition of the song.
A first for Starbucks, the event will use state of the art technology to stream the live feed of this performance on www.StarbucksLoveProject.com. Following the sing-along, everyone with access to the site and a video camera will have the opportunity to submit their own version of “All You Need Is Love” for the world to see and hear.
To invite the world to the event, Starbucks is collaborating with Facebook to create the largest globally-reaching campaign on the Facebook platform to date.
WHY
Delivering on the Starbucks commitment to inspiring and nurturing the human spirit, the project is also about sharing that love with customers who have helped Starbucks contribute to the Global Fund through its partnership with (RED) TM. In just one year in partnership with (RED), Starbucks has generated enough money to buy more than 7 million days of medicine to help those living with HIV in Africa.
WHEN
Monday, December 7th – 5:30 a.m. PT / 8:30 a.m. EST
Zach Braff is (Thankfully) Not Dead (and He Made a Video to Prove It)
A Very Alive Zach Braff (from his Facebook page)
In the past few months, rumors of various celebrity deaths have been popping up on the internet. With sites like Facebook and Twitter, these rumors travel far and fast.
The most recent, occurring yesterday, involved two stories about ‘Scrubs’ star Zach Braff.
The first, seemingly posted by a New Zealand news site, stated that
reports from New Zealand Police officials indicate that the actor fell more than 60 feet to his death on the Kauri Cliffs while on-set
In reality, the page was generated by some anti-Zach using FakeAWish.com. (Based on the site’s “In the News’ section, this site has likely been the culprit of several other celebrity death rumors)
The second was a fake CNN page (since removed) which reported the actor’s suicide. Chris Laganella, the site‘s owner posted the following explanation
Wayyy back in 2007, I copied CNN’s webpage and changed some text and some pictures to reflect an apparent Zach Braff suicide. This wasn’t a publicity stunt, it wasn’t a plea for hits, or to promote anything else. It was just to fool some of my friends. We’re really big Scrubs fans and really big Zach Braff fans. I made this page to fool them, called them to my computer, and showed them to get their reaction. I obviously told them it was a joke afterwards, but I neglected to take the page down.
Apparently, something clicked with someone on the internet today. I saw my bandwidth for chrisbox.com ran out earlier, so I increased it and looked at my traffic. I saw all the hits to braff.html, and started researching. This was the second largest trending topic on Twitter along with tons of links on Facebook. I had people like Perez Hilton and even an ABC spokesperson commenting on this.
Laganella continues, apologizing
So let’s just clear some stuff up. I did not make this page to intentionally fool everyone on the internet. I didn’t expect it to even be made public. Ever. I’m sorry if I scared everyone out there.
Zach, sorry if you got offended by me posting a fake suicide about you on the internet. Your 32,000 square foot house would be pretty empty without you. Thanks for (apparently) taking it lightly, since I haven’t gotten a letter about a lawsuit yet. Just so you know, I’m a huge fan; that’s the only reason I made this page, believe it or not. Also, sorry for upsetting your mother :(
Unfortunately for Chris, his apology did not get to Zach Braff before the actor posted a YouTube video.
In the video, Zach assures the world he is, indeed, alive and seems pretty good-natured about the event. However he does make a point to call out Chris for the prank, telling him he’s won Braff’s first “Douche of the Day” award for making Braff’s mom upset.
Celebrate? Yes We Can! (Inauguration Resource Round-up)
photo credit: seeks2dream
Barack Obama‘s inauguration is less than a week away.
In the past, I don’t know that I’ve even watched replays of Inauguration Day ceremonies or ceremonies on the evening news.
This year, I want to celebrate.
I won’t be in Washington, D.C. I’ll be watching on TV with friends, cocktail in hand to toast to our new President and usher in a period of hope in our country. read more
Four Blog Ideas Worth Stealing
photo credit: Lamont Cranston
New Year’s Day always seems to inspire “to-do” lists, resolutions and goal-setting.
Here are some ideas worth stealing from other bloggers to add to your 2009 Blogging Resolutions. They’re tops on my list for this year. The best part is while they may be worth stealing, you don’t have to – because they’re all ideas these bloggers have generously shared!
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