Results tagged “easterisland”

There is a competition to name the new seven wonders of the world, and the Statue of Liberty is the only NYC mention out of the 21 finalists. Run by New 7 Wonders and with experts like Cesar Pelli and Zaha Hadid on its panel, the finalists are quite a bunch: Stonehenge, the Pyramids of Giza, the Sydney Opera House, Easter Island statues, the Kremlin, the Eiffel Tower, and the Colosseum are just some. Which makes us wonder if the Statue of Liberty will make it to the final seven.

God, we love Fox 5! After 20 years, they are still the place to turn for hilariously low-budget local news. Example: yesterday, while Matt Lauer was galavanting around on Easter Island (today, he was in Panama), they sent weatherman Mike Woods to the glamorous and mysterious destination of Fort Totten, Queens (via Random Observations). Where should they send Mike next?

A huge bust of Alfred Hitchcock was unveiled at Gainsbourough Studios in England, to celebrate the director and his work at the studio where some of his early films were made. Gothamist loves the sentiment, but is it just us or does he look more like an wider, wooden version of an Easter Island statue?