Yeesh, there sure are a lot of new movies out this weekend. Choose wisely and you will be well rewarded. more ›

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Mario Stipinovich, Designer more ›

The Javits Center is like the stepchild of the city's development projects: No one really cares - they want flashy architects or scary renderings of what a Jets stadium might look like. But now the Javits Development Corporation has selected an architect to design a new expansion, British architect Richard Rogers. Not only is he knighted, he designed the Centre Pompidou in Paris (with Renzo Piano) and the Millennium Dome in London, making Gothamist wonder if the next James Bond film will film at the Javits expansion! The NY Times reports that Rogers was selected over Rafael Vinoly and Thom Mayne, and the rest of the team will include FX Fowle and A. Epstein: "The current plans for the $1.4 billion project would extend the convention hall to 40th Street from 39th Street, expanding the exhibition space to 1.1 million from 760,000 square feet" - plus develop a hotel nearby, because apparently the car and boat shows aren't doing it for them - they want the trade show business. If the Javits expands, you can bet that more high end strip clubs will open up in the area to cater to the trade show types. And the community was worried about businesses! more ›

The American Film Institute's Top 100 Movie Quotes special, hosted by Pierce Brosnan, showcased the most memorable quotes which had a cultural impact and ensured a film’s legacy, with “frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” taking #1 and Titanic’s “I’m the King of the world!” (which they *actually* described as “a small goodybag the audience took home with them),” at #100. We were saddened that Dirty Dancing's “nobody puts baby in the corner” came in at a low #98 and somewhat surprised by the few one-word quotes: Citizen Kane's "rosebud" at #17 and The Graduate's "plastics" at #42. And was anyone else baffled by how Star Wars only had one quote, but both Jerry Maguire and James Bond had two? What about "my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father - prepare to die?" more ›

Jay Brida, Publisher/Copywriter more ›

In what the advertising and film worlds consider a rather ballsy move, Miramax has asked various car manufacturers for $35 million to feature their car in the upcoming Green Hornet movie, scheduled for summer of 2005. Of course, the Green Hornet has been in development heck for a long time, has no script or director, etc. The money would goes towards marketing the film, and Lori Sale of Miramax tells AdAge, "It has to be a cool car. Minivans need not apply. It needs to be a new vehicle or a concept car." Gothamist remembers the part in the film version of Get Shorty, which shows Chili Palmer starting a new trend towards embracing minivans as the cool car. more ›

Two-fer Thursday.... Madonna in the James Bond picture and photo of Ben Affleck groping J. Lo's bottom. The Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest selling newspaper more ›