this shit is bananas

Time for the Oscar countdown, folks! We've got the first important piece of info about 3pies4rolls's favorite day of the year: Oscar Day!!! (set your countdown clocks for February 27th). Today's news? Oscar hosts. Yes, plural again.

Producers of the show have announced that James Franco and Anne Hathaway will co-host the big day.



Now, I'd consider this a definite improvement over last year. As much as I love Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, I thought they were pretty terrible Oscar hosts. Franco and Hathaway strike me as more ready to be the "performers" that the show needs. And (while it makes me feel like a traitor to Jon Stewart to say so), Hugh Jackman was my favorite host of recent years, and I think these two fit more in that mold.

I love Franco, and I go back and forth between finding Anne Hathaway really charming and kind of annoying. So hopefully the charming part will win out. Plus, she featured in the brilliant opening number from Jackman:



(if you want a better version of that, go to the official video- they just won't let me embed it)

The weirdest part for me is the very good chance of having one of the hosts also competing for an Oscar. Hathaway is a long-shot for "Love and Other Drugs", but Franco is considered a shoo-in for at least a nomination for "127 Hours". So that just brings in a weird dynamic that I'd rather not deal with. But what are you gonna do?

Legal grounds for sighing audibly...

Loyal readers (there are like 4 of you, I'm not just talking to myself right? Right???), I'm afraid I've let you down. 3pies4rolls is usually there for you to bring important news of the pop culture variety. We are normally especially on top of any and all news involving anything Joss Whedon. So the fact that it's taken this long to post on this news is just embarrassing. By this time, you probably have already seen it. In fact, why even bother telling you? This post is clearly unnecessary.

In case you missed it, Warner Bros announced that it is moving forward with a Buffy reboot, without the involvement of series creator (and all around great television maker/nerd god) Joss Whedon. Now, this isn't exactly news, we've pretty much known this potential monstrosity is coming for over a year. But, hoping to capitalize on the popularity of vampires, Warner Bros is getting the news back out there, and relative new comer Whit Anderson is now attached as scriptwriter. Now, in her defense, Anderson claims to have loved the show when it was on, so maybe she'll somehow save it, but I'm not holding my breath. So now, a moment of silence for the original show, and then remember how awesome Joss Whedon is by reading his reaction to the news:

I’m glad you asked for my thoughts on the announcement of Buffy the cinema film. This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths—just because they can’t think of an original idea of their own, like I did with my Avengers idea that I made up myself.

Obviously I have strong, mixed emotions about something like this. My first reaction upon hearing who was writing it was, “Whit Stillman AND Wes Anderson? This is gonna be the most sardonically adorable movie EVER.” Apparently I was misinformed. Then I thought, “I’ll make a mint! This is worth more than all my Toy Story residuals combined!” Apparently I am seldom informed of anything. And possibly a little slow. But seriously, are vampires even popular any more?

I always hoped that Buffy would live on even after my death. But, you know, AFTER. I don’t love the idea of my creation in other hands, but I’m also well aware that many more hands than mine went into making that show what it was. And there is no legal grounds for doing anything other than sighing audibly. I can’t wish people who are passionate about my little myth ill. I can, however, take this time to announce that I’m making a Batman movie. Because there’s a franchise that truly needs updating. So look for The Dark Knight Rises Way Earlier Than That Other One And Also More Cheaply And In Toronto, rebooting into a theater near you.

Leave me to my pain! Sincerely, Joss Whedon.

Tips of the hat must go to Amy, Trina, and V-Dawg, for alerting me to this travesty.

The Daily Show... Sings!

man, they're charming

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is my apartment bugged?

that IS what americans say

First of all, Josh Horowitz is my new hero, for his quest to teach strange foreigners the "freedom language." Second of all, could the kids from Harry Potter be any more damn charming? I feel like there had to be even money for one of them to have a Lohan-esque meltdown, and yet somehow they're just awesome.

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thanks to hot tipper Amy!!

i want to go to there

can i just hang out with them?



also, in case you'd the idea of Michael Cera singing "Two Bitches" is more than you can handle, live it for yourself:

how did he possibly turn out okay?

Defying the odds, Daniel Radcliffe somehow managed to be both the most famous boy wizard ever, and a totally charming, nerdy 20-something. Well done, sir.

For my sister, and other lovers of Star Wars/Sons of Anarchy

what a dreamboat

Sir Ian McKellen, ladies and gentlemen:

this reminds you that there is still awesome in the world

oh, Bridges, how do you kick so much ass? I love that you have two movies coming out this fall/winter, and that they are True Grit and this:

hollywood hates you

watch these three trailers and ask yourself why we need the same movie three times at once (also, ladies, the only way to get a man is to act like you don't want/need them) (and, frankly, why do some of my favorite people have to show up in each?)







nancy just diagnosed kim with trailer-induced depression.

(and, yes, I'm still probably going to see at least the last one. dammit.)

this looks surprisingly entertaining...

i mean, Jason Segel!

(on the downside, Jack Black as a giant)

therapy to help you recover from the travesty that was the Project Runway finale

I know. We haven't really been able to talk about it either. Something went so very wrong a week ago in the finale of Project Runway. The widely agreed upon obvious winner did not win. Instead, the person who created this did. Mondo, who made the two looks below over the course of the season, went home in second place.

Now, to be fair, I didn't die for Mondo's collection like I expected to. But there were some really amazing pieces (see the whole thing here), and it was a million times better than Gretchen's "Running Through Thunder" collection (yes, that's actually what she named it. I maintain my point that it's hard to run through thunder as it is a sound).

Fortunately, someone else (who might be my new best friend) took the time to go through and express my exact feelings for the finale. That helped somewhat with overcoming the pain from the finale. But the true therapy came from listening to one Mr. Tim Gunn:



I heart you, Tim.

favorite signs from the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

Hey, we know you're busy. That's why we saved you the time of going through the hundreds of photos of rally signs and picked out the very best. You're welcome.

My personal favorite of the whole rally:


all strong points:






a shout out to the Lost watchers. Sigh...




Let's get to the real issues:




Fact:


Caged Wisdom from George Bluth:


Back to the Future is so hot right now:


And, finally, two points we can all agree on...

childhood ruined