Directed by Jim Bridges
Starring John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn

I just love running across wacky items on Ebay. This humorous prototype of the Scientology e-meter is currently selling for $43.

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Item Specifics:

Item Condition: New
Item Type: e-meter
Type: Mark 9000
Year: 2257
Subject: Education

After intensely studying the works of Volney Mathison, inventor of the e-meter, and L. Ron Hubbard, who ripped off Mathison to make his own similar meter, I've reached into the future and hacked, ripped off, and refined the e-meters of the past with this Mark 9000 e-meter! The improvements you'll notice right away. And this is handcrafted! And I don't even want to tell you how long it took to make!

On the front you will see that it is a simplified reading from either Mathison's or Scientology's. If there is an engram or a thetan, the meter will show that, and the non-functioning lights will wish they could blink appropriately. Note also that the dial on the lower left goes up to 11! Show me anybody else's meter that goes to 11!

On the inside you will see the technology I have discovered. What better way to detect thetans but with thetans! The green porcine thetan looks for nonhuman entities, and the cute girl/clock thetan looks for human entities. I've used high-tensile ultra-clear tape to ensure that this product is as good as it gets! And the string has a tensile strength of 20 pounds!

One of the cans is a real Campbell's name-brand can, while the other is an off-brand. I did this to create an oscillating tone between the cans that helps wake up the thetans as you hold the cans.

This is the one-of-a-kind prototype, so no warranty is included. But if you have any thetans after 90 days of use, I'll gladly give a refund provided the thetans sign a statement saying "I'm still here, jackass."

[note: I may have to remove the battery for shipping]

If you find this amusing, you might want to check out the questions from buyers, and answers from the seller. They're all just making fun of Scientology, and many are quite humorous if you have a basic understanding of Scientology beliefs (but to see most of them, you have to sign into your Ebay account- boo, hiss!)

  Every now and again, a movie comes along that gets songs stuck in your head, your feet tapping, and an almost uncontrollable urge to burst out dancing to come over you. The 2007 remake of the hit 1988 movie-musical Hairspray is one of those movies.When my parents told me we were going to watch this movie tonight, I was not terribly excited. I thought "oh, it will be one of those corny movies with a terrible plot and boring actors." John Travolta dressed as a woman didn't exite me much either enliven my feelings for the movie. But boy was I wrong. Before the first song had even finished (Good Morning Baltimore ) I was hooked, and my feet were tapping the rest of the movie. Read the rest of this entry »

I thought it was just me, but apparently I wasn't the only one struck dumb by John Travolta's "hair" on Oscar night.

I mentioned the Popeil spray-on coif that Vinnie Barbarino sported on the red carpet and during his presentation of the Best Original Song Oscar.

It seems the entire world of web surfers are also still craving more of John's hair don't. I've had in one form or another, multitudes of visitors to this blog seeking to find the truth atop Travolta's scalp.

The closely-cropped coif was an odd, unnatural Just for Men sort of color and was altogether creepy in general.

It's like an X-Files mystery. Mulder and Scully could come out of retirement to seek the alien source of these "follicles."

Maybe it could be some new reality show. Call Mark Burnett, stat.

For a man who once teased teens with his lustrous black locks, this was about as disturbing as seeing him in his Battlefield Earth get-up.

Crazy.

De festa quase ameaçada de cancelamento, para uma das melhores premiações que o Oscar já proporcionou...

A 80ª cerimônia do Oscar (conduzida pelo competente Jon Stewart, que aliás teve um timming muito bom, com excelentes piadas) foi uma noite de poucas surpresas, e sem dúvida, uma das mais justas (pelo menos de todas as que eu já assisti).

Um fato que acabou soando bastante curioso foram as vitórias do quarteto europeu: Marion Cotillard (França), Tilda Swindon (Inglaterra), Daniel Day-Lewis (Inglaterra) e Javier Barden (Espanha), nas categorias Melhor Atriz, Atriz Coadjuvante, Ator, Ator Coadjuvante, porém, curiosidade ou não... Todos os prêmios foram justíssimos!

Já um fato inusitado foi do filme O Ultimato Bourne ganhar 3 Oscar (isso mesmo, 3 Oscar!). Ok, foram prêmios técnicos (Edição de Som, Mixagem de Som e Montagem), mas nem por isso, menos importantes. O problema é esse filme é praticamente 100% montagem, logo, não merecia Edição e Mixagem de Som. Enfim, uma injustiça com o excelente Transformers!

Um fato decepcionante foi a Cate Blanchett ter saído de mãos vazias (tendo sido indicada a 2 prêmios - Melhor Atriz, por Elizabeth: A Rainha de Ouro, e Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante, por I'm Not There). Tilda Swinton ter vencido foi realmente uma surpresa.

O favoritismo manteve-se sobre os competentes irmãos Cohen, que realmente fizeram um excelente trabalho. Muito bem merecido também, foi o prêmio de Melhor Canção Original para Falling Slowly, do filme Once, Melhor Trilha Sonora Original, para Desejo e Reparação e Melhores Efeitos Visuais, para A Bússola de Ouro.

Merece destaque o prêmio de Melhor Roteiro Original, para Diablo Cody, pelo incrivelmente excelente Juno! (Uma pena a Ellen Page não ter ganho o prêmio, ela esteve sensacional! Mas tudo bem, ela tem toda uma carreira pela frente ainda!).

Se eu tivesse que escolher a parte mais sem-graça da festa, eu diria que foram as apresentações dos indicados a Melhor Canção Original... Sinceramente, foram um verdadeiro porre! (com excessão de Falling Swoly)

Bom, quem assistiu a festa do início ao fim (eu comecei a assistir do Red Carper - às 20hs. - o Oscar completo - 22:30 às 02:00hs. da manhã - e ainda assisti a 1hr. do post show... Afinal, Oscar é Oscar! \o/), sabe que tem muito mais assuntos a comentar, mas se eu continuar digitando aqui, não sei quando vou parar! AHUAHUAHUAHUA

Esse Oscar foi EXCELENTE!

[Melhor Filme]
Onde Os Fracos Não Têm Vez

[Melhor Direção]
Onde os Fracos Não Têm Vez

[Melhor Ator]
Daniel Day-Lewis, Sangue Negro
 
[Melhor Atriz]
Marion Cotillard, Piaf Um Hino ao Amor

[Melhor Ator Coadjuvante]
Javier Bardem, Onde Os Fracos Não Têm Vez
 
[Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante]
Tilda Swinton, Conduta de Risco

[Melhor Animação Longa-Metragem]
Ratatouille

[Melhor Roteiro Adaptado]
Onde Os Fracos Não Têm Vez

[Melhor Roteiro Original]
Juno

[Melhor Direção de Arte]
Sweeney Todd: O Barbeiro Demoníaco da Rua Fleet

[Melhor Fotografia]
Sangue Negro

[Melhor Figurino]
Elizabeth: A Era de Ouro

[Melhor Filme Estrangeiro]
The Counterfeiters (Áustria)

[Melhor Documentário]
Taxi To The Dark Side

[Melhor Documentário Curta-Metragem]
Freeheld

[Melhor Montagem]
O Ultimato Bourne

[Melhor Maquiagem]
Piaf: Um Hino ao Amor
 
[Trilha Sonora Original]
Desejo e Reparação
 
[Melhor Canção Original]
"Falling Slowly", Once

[Melhor Curta Animado]
Peter & The Wolf

[Melhor Curta Live-Action]
Le Mozart Des Pickpockets

[Melhor Edição de Som]
O Ultimato Bourne

[Melhor Mixagem de Som]
O Ultimato Bourne

[Efeitos Especiais]
A Bússola de Ouro

E que venha a 81ª Edição da melhor festa do cinema mundial! \o/

John Travolta, mentre sfilava sul tappeto rosso con la moglie Kelly Preston, ha rivelato a un reporter tv qual' è il problema che affligge sua moglie nella serata di gala del cinema: la scelta del vestito. "E' un grande problema per lei" ha detto scherzosamente mentre la guardava. E Kelly ha confermato: "dobbiamo indossare vestiti favolosi".

Okay, so there were lots of ponytails, scarlet dresses and pregnant ladies on the red carpet. Oh, and George Clooney arrived with a girl for the first time, a 29-year-old Las Vegas cocktail waitress (please God tell me she’s working while putting herself through college…..).   Aside from that, there isn’t really much to post Oscar giddy gab.  In browsing through the night’s photos, though, there were some rather strange images to share.  First and foremost, Oscar winning actress Tilda Swinton.  There’s something infinitely likable about this gal. – the talent, the super coolness and individuality. However, we must say her super pale make-up-less pallor coupled with her red dyed comb-back ain’t workin’.  If Simon Cowell thought the recently eliminated Peter Frampton lookalike contestant looked like he’d been locked up in his room for months – can you imagine the field day he’d have had with Tilda?  Just the tiniest dab of Maybelline would have warmed this lithe creature to fantastic results.  Tilda, and your entourage, we’re beggin’ ya.

The second image that merits mention is this photo of Courtney Love.  Oh my God!  What has happened here?  Talk about doing a mid-life Jennifer Grey!  The rocker is barely recognizable.  At first glance, I originally thought it was possibly Madonna with a brow lift (has she already had one of those?).  Then, I veered off course. Was it possibly 80’s pop star Debby Gibson? Or, could it possibly be one of Hugh Hefner’s faux publicity-for-hire “girlfriends”?     It’s not that she looks bad, we should graciously point out, just radically different.  If this is what sober looks like, kudos to you girl.

Thirdly, what in the world is John Travolta doing with his hair?  I didn’t hear that he was in the new upcoming Star Trek movie.  Is he? It’s not just the hideous sideburns – but the hair looks…dare we say… spray painted on.  Yeech.  I also thought it was odd that the Oscar producers cut off  the woman half of the team who won for Best Song before she was able to utter a single word.  Moments later, they then had the audacity to bring out Travolta for a stupid joke about his airplane. Just plain rude and gross.    Time for him, but not for her.  That was the only brilliant moment of the telecast, if you ask me, when host Jon Stewart brought the woman back up on stage to let her have her moment in the sun.

And, lastly, we don’t mean to poke fun at someone who struggles with weight gain, but isn’t there something terribly ironic about an Oscar nominated director who makes documentary about the horrible state of the health care industry, who himself is so unhealthy?  In this photo, Moore looks like a walking time bomb.  Note to Michael: stop worrying about the world, and start worrying about – and more importantly doing something about – you.  Sicko, indeed! 

The 2008 Oscars definitely had an "international" flare this year.  I was happy to see so many foreign actors & writers when Oscars this year.

 Will someone please tell John Travolta to do something with his hair.  Can anyone not look at him and laugh your head off?  It looks like John's hair stylist uses "kiwi ultra black shoe polish" to color his hair.  I swear it looks like John is wearing a black helmet.

Jessica Alba looks extremely hot for being "preggers".  But does Jessica really need those "frilly" puff balls on the front of her dress to make her "ta's" look any bigger.  I'm not complaining.  But, how big do your "twins" need to be.