The One Day on Earth Project [art]

The One Day on Earth Project is one of the most comprehensive and coolest global crowdsourcing projects ever, and I am excited to participate. True to my form, I recorded a video log to commemorate the day.



More YouTube videos here.


via PBS.com:

Friday is 11/11/11, and the minds behind the documentary and online video archive known as "One Day on Earth" are hoping thousands of people around the world will film a moment in their lives this day.

Other filmmakers have used crowd-sourced footage to recreate life in a day, but what sets "One Day on Earth" apart is the online community that has grown around it since its experimental launch around the date 10/10/10, said founder and director Kyle Ruddick, who conceptualized and started the project in 2008 by reaching out to people from his home laptop.

The project's participants have since grown to 20,000, and they not only can submit their own video but can draw on the website's archive to create their own masterpieces.

One Day on Earth on the Web:

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

The Scandalous Lana Del Rey [music]

Apparently I am a little slow on the uptake, but I just heard Lana Del Rey's hit single Video Games and instantly was a fan. I don't know if it was the tubular bells at the beginning, the cinematic orchestration and the snare drum that starts at 2:32, or the video that won me over, but I am a fan of it all.

Is Eliza Dushku in a Toilet Paper Commercial?

Is Eliza Dushku (yes, the one in Wrong Turn and Tru Calling) in a Quilted Northern commercial?

Perhaps horror and TV aren't her true calling after all.

Ryan Gosling Band's Creepy Music Video [celebrities, music]

Ok, I apparently was the last one to get the memo, but Ryan Gosling has a band called Dead Man's Bones. And they made a creepy music video with a choir of zombie children.

Meet Tom Hanks' Son the Rapper.

Meet Chet Haze, aspiring rapper, and more notably, son of Tom Hanks.

He's on Twitter, too!

King of Juicer, Infomercials Jack LaLanne Dies [celebrities]

Jack Lalane, King of the Juicer and infomercials for just about everything has died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia at age 96 in his California home.

The Juicer, the Legend:


Jack LaLanne Face Workout:



Jack LaLanne Fingertip Push-ups:


95-year-old Jack LaLanne pens new book:


Jack LaLanne - "How to Live Forever:"

Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving, (Re)Interpreted [pop art]

A Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving, (re)interpreted by illustrator Sam Spratt.

You can view more of Sam's work here.

Lady GaGa Gets Drunks with Anderson Cooper [celebrities]

Lady GaGa and Anderson Cooper got drunk together during a recent interview in London.

Also, if you're wondering what the GaGa did for Thanksgiving, look no further. She baked a little monster casserole, natch.

Kanye Says Penis Pics are Real [celebrities]

Kanye says the penis pics that have blown up across the web are in fact real. Go here to see them!

Republicans vs. Democrats: Television! [tv]

What do the right and left prefer, television-wise?

Justin Bieber is Taking Over the World [justin bieber]

It's official: Justin Bieber is getting his own movie.




Justin also recently has surpassed Lady GaGa's Bad Romance as the most-viewed YouTube video of all time, and Twitter now dedicates 3% of their servers to his Twitter traffic.

He also has a book out.

Quidditch Will Not Be an NCAA Sport. [harry potter]

Sorry kids, Quidditch will not become an official NCAA sport, much to the chagrin of the newly-formed International Quidditch Association.

via Gawker:

The newly-formed International Quidditch Association is hoping to turn the game memorialized in the Harry Potter books into an official NCAA sport. Sorry, but until you can fly and cast spells, you're just a bunch of dorks with broom wedgies.

There Will Be Scream 4 [movies].

You thought the 1990's Scream-brand slasher films were over a decade ago, but Scream 4 has been cast! Before you start to get depressed, worry not because Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette will be back to star in the film; Adam Brody, Marley Shelton, and Erik Knudsen have also been cast.

Twitter Nikes [unlikely mash-up]

Here's an unusual mash-up: Twitter Nikes. Created by designer Daniel Reese, you can own your own pair for a mere $260.

His online shop, Brass Monki, has many other designs incorporating other logos like Google, Pac Man, and other pop culture iconography.

Avril Lavigne Launches Hidden Rose Fragrance [fashion faux paus]

Avril Lavigne launched a new line of perfume called Forbidden Rose. According to Shopping Blog:

A new commercial for Avril Lavigne's Forbidden Rose fragrance has been released. The fragrance comes in a purple flavicon. The Scented Salamander says the woody fruity floral fragrance's top notes include red apple, white peach and bourbon pepper.

The perfume's official website has a form you can fill out for a free sample.

Video Games through the Ages.

I really want the Magnavox Odyssey and the Telstar. Like mad.





The Telstar is "the most exciting game you will ever see on your TV ," don't you know?



Also, I would feel it almost blasphemous if I didn't mention the Atari. I had an Atari. I had an Atari because I was bad ass.

Oprah is Like Jesus, but with Cupcakes Instead. [oprah mag anniversary]

Oprah feeds the masses cupcakes at the 10th Anniversary of O Magazine at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. I think my favorite part of this photo is Gayle stuffing her face with a cupcake. So classy.

Countess LuAnna Has "Class," but Can't Sing.

So, in the spirit of Atlanta Housewife Kim Zolciak, New York Housewife Countess LuAnn has recorded her own single, "Money Can't Buy You Class," and it is as awful as you imagined.



Here's Kim's single, "Tardy for the Party," which is wildly popular with the gays (no one said gays had good taste in everything!).



Speaking of gays and Kim Zolciak, it's been confirmed she's been bitten by the ghey bug herself- she's now dating ATL DJ Tracy Young.

Kurt Cobain

I'm watching Kurt & Courtney right now. It definitely seems a little forced- the filmmaker, Nick Bloomfield, seems to have an agenda. Definitely interesting to watch, and get a glimpse of all the people "involved" in Kurt's life and the effect his celebrity and death have had on their "memories" of him.

The best documentary I've seen on Kurt Cobain is About a Son, which is in Kurt's own words. So beautiful.

Heinz FINALLY Revamps Ketchup Packet After a Long 40 Years

It's taken them nearly 40 years, but Heinz has finally revamped the ketchup packet.

Read more here.