Looks like another great year for Dragon*Con attendees. The 2008 convention in Atlanta, GA ended yesterday and tons of photos are appearing online.
You can browse Dragon*Con photo galleries Here, Here, Here, Here, Here and Here.
I imagine most people have come home exhausted and are still trying to organize their photos. We’ll post more about Dragon*Con soon!
This is an interesting music video for the song Carmensita. Musician Devendra Banhart and his girlfriend, actress Natalie Portman, have a great time dancing and singing in their Bollywood-style costumes.
It’s definitely a parody of low-budget Bollywood films, with over the top acting, dancing, tongue-in-cheek subtitles, and brilliant costumes.
Check it out:
This is just too cool. Stephen Colbert dons a Neil Young costume and redefines the meaning of cosplay.
Crosby, Stills & Nash on the Colbert Report:
Do you like superheroes and supervillains? Are you a fan of musicals? Then wait no longer.
Head on over to www.drhorrible.com to view Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog!
It’s the story of a low-rent supervillain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he’s too shy to talk to.
This musical will be free to watch for one week only. After July 20th, 2008, the video will only be available for purchase on iTunes. A DVD packed full of fun extras will be released sometime in the near future.
For an additional back story of Capt. Hammer, be sure to check out his “Be Like Me!” Capt. Hammer online comic published by Dark Horse Comics.
And don’t forget to pick up your Dr. Horrible T-shirts!
So what are you waiting for? And be sure to tell your friends.
She calls her herself the Venetian Princess…and she’s made a name for herself by producing creative YouTube videos like Brangelina, Adopt Me Too. The talented and beautiful 23 year-old is a one woman show, writing, acting and singing in the videos that she also edits and produces special effects for.
Oh, and most impressively, she does all the costumes herself as well!
The Venetian Princess has 40 original videos on YouTube, seen by as many as 18 million viewers.
Take a look at one of her homemade videos and you’ll know why she’s gaining such popularity:
You can see a broader scope of this gal’s talent and imagination by visiting her YouTube Channel.
Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly, is about to debut his newest creation: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. It’s a musical web series that will appear online in just a few weeks.
Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day, the story is about the evil Dr. Horrible and his nemesis, Captain Hammer.
It looks totally funny! Check out the teaser trailer:
Just who are the Flight of the Conchords?
Well, either you love them, or you’ve never heard of them.
The self-proclaimed “fourth best band” from New Zealand, Flight of the Conchords are a musical comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Their music is simply awesome, and they are extremely funny as well. So good, in fact, that last year HBO gave them their own show.
Rita Riggs was recently profiled in The Ann Arbor News. At age 19, Rita is a professional circus performer, clown, hula hoop dancer, sword swallower, ballerina… and BIG costume lover. She also performs regularly with the Tickled Fancy Burlesque troupe in Ann Arbor.
I watch Dancing with the Stars for the stirring Sambas and jumping Jives. But a lot of the time I find myself concentrating more on what the dancers are wearing instead of their sweet dance skills.
I can’t help but wonder where pro dancer Cheryl Burke’s flamboyant metallic dress came from (salvaged parts from a UFO, maybe?) or where Kristi Yamaguchi picked up her sultry Tango costume dress?
So I went searching for the secret behind the costumes on Dancing with the Stars. Here’s what I found out (with the help of some online articles posted by ABC News).
Baton Bob is a street performer in Atlanta, Georgia. The self-proclaimed “Ambassador of Mirth,” Baton Bob dresses in a variety of costumes and marches around midtown Atlanta, spinning his baton. His goal is to “lift people’s spirits and put a simple smile on people’s faces during their daily routine.”
He frequently wears a tutu or wedding dress, and sometimes dons a superhero costume. When Christopher Reeve died, Baton Bob dressed as Superman to pay tribute.
He often participates in local parades and festivals. He was recently named one of the 2008 10 Best Colorful Characters in Atlanta. In 2007, he won “Best Local Hero,” “Best Local Celebrity” and “Best Street Character” in a local newspaper, and was Grand Marshall of the Inman Park Festival Parade.
“Very rarely does a single street performer capture the imagination of an entire city, but Atlanta has embraced Baton Bob with open arms. His infectious good humor and broad smile have been welcoming guests and locals to Midtown since 2005. If you have a chance to see him, Bob’s sure to make your Atlanta visit memorable.”
Here’s a video of Baton Bob dressed as Spider-Man:
Keep twirling that baton, Bob. You are a true hero.
I’m kind of embarrassed that this is considered “popular” news.
A number of credible news sources reported today that Miley Cyrus, otherwise known as the youth pop icon Hannah Montana, was caught using body doubles in some shows. Why does this make the front page of CNN? Well, Cyrus moves parents to flip open their wallets for their eager tweens. So then, why can’t Cyrus just do the gig herself?
Turns out, she needs a moment to change costumes.
While the double is holding a microphone for her less than a minute, the girl motions like she is singing. However, a rep for Miley said the switch was only for costume purposes.
What makes dollars, matters. Next time I’m so popular that I don’t even have a moment to step out to change, I’ll be sure to wear something real flashy. Likely with a slew of assistants, makeup artists, and family members, Cyrus is able to pull it off almost as fast as Christian Bale could in The Prestige. Or, maybe she’s just wearing the wrong costumes.
When I first heard about the movie “27 Dresses”, I didn’t think anything about it. Maybe it’s the masculinity born inside me that shrugs off “chick-flicks” like an annoyed mother shrugging off childish nagging. But, then I noticed an article in Reuters talking about the dream chance it is for a costume designer to come up with 27 versions of one themed piece of wardrobe, and well I had to take a closer look.
Dream gig or practice in tedium it’s all the same work, right? The movie is about a woman played by Katherine Heigl who has been a bridesmaid more times than she’s likely even thought about marriage. Well, 27 times to be exact. In the ironic twist of a typical chick flick plotline, she seems to find herself confused as to when she’s going to stop going to other people’s weddings and start preparing for one of her own… to a guy she loves… who’s dating her sister. Clever? Kindof. But creating 27 bridesmaid’s dresses with their own unique personalties can truly be a feat worth mention for any costume buff.
Sure, I’d have been more fleetfooted down the path of curiosity if the topic of interest was “27 Rock Icons” or “27 Superheroes on Speed”, but there’s something to note here. According to the article:
The final 27 dresses are Heigl’s silent but visually loud co-stars. Many of the gowns took on their own lives and names, like Heigl’s favorite, a yellow silk “Gone With the Wind” plantation-style gown, featuring orange flowers and ribbon lacing and accessorized with a straw bonnet, a white lace parasol and bright yellow heels.
It sounds like they’re more than just any old bridesmaid’s dresses.
And like a good costume designer, Catharine Marie Thomas made multiple iterations for the set in order to choose the perfect ones. In what appears to have been a searching of the character’s soul, Thomas carefully crafted a wide array of dresses that are worth of being referred to as Heigl’s “co-stars” in the movie.
It’s talent like that that gets our attention. I’ll probably do my best to find a date for the 18th, the night the movie comes out. With any luck, I won’t blab in my date’s ear about the facts I learned on the costumes of the movie. Knowing that much about women’s dresses could be a bad thing though.
Controversy? Yep, but this is old news.
The three, then unified, members of Destiny’s Child were caught at the 14th annual Kid’s Choice Awards in altered versions of Boy Scout uniforms. And although the Boy Scouts are all about representing all things good, they didn’t have much good to say about it. Officials in the organization called up the band’s manager and informed them that uniforms were only to be worn by those who were qualified to do so.
Never knew it was that serious.
None the less the apologetic musicians sent letters out to seek the forgivness of the BSA. Who knew this could be so crazy.
So now it begs our final question. Boy Scout Uniform costumes… Yay or Nay? Cast your votes in the comments.
Get a load of this collection. Would you say obsessed?
Kylie Minogue has had her hits here in the US, but she’s really a legend in her native land of Australia. This video shows the obsessed costume collection that houses so much of the things she’s worn over the years. The good news, costumes like this end up in good care and eventually in some kind of museum. I have to wonder how much money is in the clothes stored here.
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