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Monday, March 26, 2012 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

TENNIS reveals their "Origins" for Leno.

M WARD is advance streaming A Wasteland Companion.

OF MONSTERS AND MEN is advance streaming My Head Is An Animal.

GRAHAM COXON is streaming A + E and talking about it at The Observer.

ZOLA JESUS stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

ARCADE FIRE drops a preview of "Horn of Plenty" from The Hunger Games soundtrack.

THE WHO drop a video for "5:15" a mere 39 years after Quadrophenia.  It won a contest.

BEST COAST: Bethany Cosentino talks to Fuse about he "quarter-life crisis, cat gifts and more... (Thx, LHB.)

MIKE DOUGHTY talks to PopMatters about soundwriting and memoir writing.

LOU BARLOW talks to Prefix about the reissued, remastered version of Weed Forestin’ that for the first time presents his original vision of the album.

HOW INDIE LABELS Changed the World.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Hunger Games rakes in 155 million dollars against a 78 million production budget.  It holds the record for biggest March opening and biggest opening weekend ever for a non-sequel; it is the third largest opening evah (behind the final Harry Potter and The Dark Knight).  21 Jump Street played fairly well as counter-programming, taking in another 21.3 million on a 41 percent drop; it totals 71 million against a 42 million budget.  The Lorax dropped similarly, making another 13.1 million for a 177.3 million total against a 70 million budget.  John Carter gets truly crushed by the Hunger Games, down to 5 million on a 63 percent drop; although Disney is taking a massive writedown on this film, it has grossed 234 million worldwide.  Act of Valor rounds out the Top Five with 2 million and a 65 million total against a 12 million budget.

THE HUNGER GAMES raked in truckloads of money, but I was underwhelmed by the first adaptation from the popular book series. The rules of the game itself and the importance of sponsors are not fully explained.  What is meant to be a romantic triangle is mostly left to future films.  However, someone who has read the book suggests these are not flaws from the book.  This would not surprise me, inasmuch as it is otherwise a bit baffling what drew so many tween girls to this franchise.  (I am not a fan of the Twilight series, but the movie showed me why tween girls are.)  The contest itself is obviously meant as a commentary on reality TV, but this has been done better as far back as Network, and with more trashy glee as far back as The Running Man. Jennifer Lawrence is fine as our protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, but she deserved a sharper script -- which is odd, given the top screenwriting credits go to director Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Seabiscuit) and the book's author, Suzanne Collins. Ross directs the actual drama well enough, but occasionally lets the action devolve into lazy shaky-cam incoherence.  It's not a bad movie; I didn't feel cheated.  On the other hand, I was only intermittently fully engaged.

KIM KARDASHIAN has decided she will press charges against a woman who flour-bombed her on a red carpet Thursday night.

ASHTON KUTCHER & RHIANNA have been secretly dating for eight weeks, according to the ever-relaible Sun.

TORI SPELLING is pregnant for the fourth time, just five months after giving birth.

EDDIE GRIFFTH is getting divorced after six months of wedded bliss.

TERROR in the USA: A senior NYPD official said Iran currently poses the "number one" terror threat to New York. In recent years, 13 individuals linked to the Iranian government have been questioned on suspicion of conducting surveillance for terror strikes; all were released.

TERROR in FRANCE: Authorities are questioning Abdelkader Merah, a brother of Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah, in connection with the recent murders of seven people. According to police, Abdelkader said he was "proud" of his brother's actions, and traces of explosive material have been found in Abdelkader's car.

SYRIA: The Syrian army bombarded the cities of Homs and Saraqeb. Thousands demonstrated across the country. A high-level army defector announced that armed rebel groups have united under the Free Syrian Army.  Iran is providing a broad array of assistance to Assad to help him suppress anti-government protests, US and European security officials say.

EGYPT began selection of a constituent assembly charged with drafting a new constitution. Islamists and secularists clashed over control of the process.

AFGHANISTAN: Gen. Allen said Pakistan's ISI still supports the Taliban and the Haqqani Network. The Taliban killed a former member of parliament, a tribal elder, and two bodyguards in an IED attack in Uruzgan.

WORLD'S TINIEST PUPPY Cheats Death!

TINY LIZARDS discovered in Madagascar.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: A militant squirrel attacked park officials in Bialystok, Poland.

A DOPED GOAT will be allowed to compete in the Colorado State Fair. The goat wuz framed!

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