Apparently there’s this kid who is sweeping the internet for saying apparently so much and isn’t he adorable?!
Well, Apparently Kid now has his own auto-tune remix courtesy of the Gregory Brothers.
Enjoy!
WATCH: Apparently Kid gets an auto-tune remix
TRAILER: Stephen Hawking biopic “The Theory Of Everything”
Universal has released the latest trailer for the Stephen Hawking biopic “The Theory of Everything,” starring Eddie Redmayne of “My Week With Marilyn” and “Les Miserables.” It’s scheduled for the prime award-season release date of November 7, 2014.
Here’s the latest trailer…
Grief-stricken grandfather moved to tears over new puppy
Grandfather François Vermeir had both his wife of 63 years and his dog pass away within four months. His grandson Davy Vanhaesendonck didn’t want his grandfather to feel alone, so the family gifted him with a new puppy – a gesture that caused Francois to break down in tears.
This video captures the emotional moment. Take a look at the video below and read the full story HERE….
WATCH: Harry Shearer recreates Richard Nixon’s resignation speech
This week marked the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation of the presidency. But one of the darkest moments in U.S. history didn’t stop the President from trying to bring a lighter mood to the occasion.
According to Mashable, actor and “The Simpsons” voiceover extraordinaire Harry Shearer, along with Nixon historian Stanley Kutler, combed through thousands of hours of Nixon audio tapes when putting together the Sky Arts TV series “Nixon’s The One.” Below is one of the scenes from the series, which shows the President trying to bring a relaxed atmosphere to the resignation announcement.
Here’s the scene, followed by the actual broadcast…
Marlins pitcher hit in head by 101 mph line drive
Miami Marlins pitcher Dan Jennings took a 101 mph line drive to the head on Friday night. The ball rocketed off the bat of Pittsburgh Pirate Jody Mercer towards the pitcher’s mound. Jennings just couldn’t get out of the way in time, the ball hit him right in the temple.
When Jennings tried to get up, he had a dazed look in his eyes and clearly couldn’t get his balance. He was carted off the field and taken to the hospital. The Marlins have said that a CT scan was negative but that Jennings did have a concussion. He also tweeted a thank you for the support and said it looked like he was going to be OK.
The scans were negative-it seems I’m going to be ok. The support shown tonight has been unbelievable, speechless. God is amazing
— Dan Jennings (@LtDanJennings) August 8, 2014
One of those sickening moments in sports. Glad to hear he’s OK.
READ IT: Inside The Playpen, Chicago’s ‘floating daytime clubland’
If you’re new to the Chicago boating scene, you may have never heard of “The Playpen.” It’s a somewhat boxed-in section of Lake Michigan near the Water Treatment Plant at Navy Pier and Ohio Street Beach. Boaters often anchor out, blow up their tubes and just float around for hours on end.
Every year, there is a gigantic party held by Chicago Scene in The Playpen, a party I’ve been invited out to on a few occasions. Each time I’ve passed, mostly because I’m in my 30’s, also because of everything that is mentioned in this fantastic piece in the Chicago Reader. Here’s just a snippet…
Since 9 AM, the Playpen scenesters have been forming chains as wide as 50 boats, with names like Buoys n the Hood, Martinis and Bikinis, Sea Monkey, Who’s Your Daddy, and Honey I Shrunk My Wallet. Many vessels sport six-person “floating island” rafts attached to their tails. And by noon, the designated start, the festivities are well under way. One contingent has already broken out the red funnel beer bong to partake in a liquid lunch. Overhead, a plane whizzes by carrying a banner advertising, of all things, the release of a new Hilary Duff single. Close to the southwest end of the Playpen, Las Vegas DJ Quira is soundtracking the acrobatics of professional dancers Leigh Ann Reilly and Amy Raven, who are taking turns on a stripper pole that’s attached to the fly bridge of The Flying Lady, a 60-foot Carver yacht owned by Chicago real estate agent and businessman David Izsak.
Because straight males dominate boat ownership, the access to party hopping in the Playpen tends to be gendered and sexist in ways reminiscent of your average mainstream nightclubs. “Liquor and women, unfortunately, are like currency out here. You’ve got to have a cute girl or a bottle,” says a female real estate agent who frequents the Playpen despite unease with the gender politics of the place. “As a guy, you can drive an itty-bitty boat—as long as you have a bunch of hot bitches, you’re fine.”
I recommend you take in the rest of Jake Malooley’s fantastic long-read. He gets into how this is able to happen without anybody getting arrested and how loopholes in the law create a sort-of “anything goes” atmosphere. READ IT.
h/t Casey Toner
FIRST LOOK: Robert Zemeckis’ Philippe Petit biopic “The Walk”
It’s one of the 2015 movies I’m looking forward to most.
Director Robert Zemeckis’ next feature film will recreate Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Today happens to mark the 40th anniversary of that event. To mark the occasion, Sony Pictures released the first two images of the film, which stars Jospeh Gordon-Levitt in the title role. Zemeckis is said to be incorporating “innovative photorealistic techniques and IMAX 3D wizardry” into the production, and I don’t know about you but I’m all about the WIZARDRY!
“The Walk” is scheduled for release on October 25, 2015. Check out the images and the full press release below…
Principal photography has wrapped on the inaugural film from Tom Rothman’s TriStar Productions, now officially titled The Walk. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film is a true story based on Philippe Petit’s book “To Reach the Clouds,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the young dreamer who dared the impossible: an illegal wire walk between the World Trade Center towers. Zemeckis wrote the screenplay with Christopher Browne. Producers are Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, and Jack Rapke. The film will be released on October 2, 2015.Tomorrow, August 7, is the 40th anniversary of the astounding event, now being brought back to vivid life in the third act climax of the film.Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. Robert Zemeckis, the director of such marvels as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Polar Express,and Flight, again uses cutting edge technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story. With innovative photorealistic techniques and IMAX 3D wizardry, The Walk is true big-screen cinema, a chance for moviegoers to viscerally experience the feeling of reaching the clouds. The film is a love letter to Paris and New York City in the 1970s, but most of all, to the Towers of the World Trade Center.
EAT IT: Pulled Pork Q-Style Sandwich at Q-BBQ
I sort-of accidentally started this Barbecue Breakfast segment on the WGN Morning News. By accidentally, I mean “how can I figure out a way to get barbecue on so early in the morning?” It started with having the ManBQue guys show us some breakfast recipes on the grill. Next week, it’ll have me visiting Q-BBQ in Lakeview, where they say their Q is so good, you can eat it any time of the day. We’ll see.
Above you’ll see the Q-Style sandwich, which consists of their pulled pork, blue cheese and slaw on a toasted bun. We’ll also find out how they smoke their brisket, a process that takes more than 20 HOURS.
Tune into WGN Morning News on Monday for the full story. I’ll post it here after it airs!
Film Critic Punched In Face During Movie Screening
There are plenty of distractions to worry about when reviewing a movie. Talkers, people texting, crying babies, that guy eating an eight-course Thanksgiving dinner, the person who sits in the middle of the row and gets up four times during the movie and climbs over you in the dark.
I guess we can add “the person who punches you in the face” to the list.
Stephen Whitty is a film critic with the Newark-based Star-Ledger. He talked about what happened during a screening for the upcoming movie “Are You Here?” in Page Six…
“This complete stranger — someone’s guest — sat down next to me,” he said. “Ten or 15 minutes after the movie started, she turned her head and started staring at me. I glanced over — she kept staring.”
The scene, like something from a psychological thriller, continued when “a few minutes later, I realized she was still staring at me,” Whitty added. “She said, a little angrily, something like, ‘What are you even doing here, anyway?’ and punched me in the face.”
A gobsmacked witness at screening room Magno Sound and Video in Midtown told Page Six of the assault, “This girl just started yelling and punched him.”
According to the report, the police arrived but Whitty decided not to press charges. He just wanted cops to talk with the woman to determine if she “was a danger to herself and others.”
Glad he is OK and hopefully this person gets some help. You can follow Stephen Whitty on Twitter @StephenWhitty.
Lollapalooza 2014: Lolla In Slow Motion (VIDEO)
This is my 10th time covering Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park. It’s hard to believe it has been here for that long already.
I’m always looking for something new to do each year. This time I thought I would take out the “selfie stick” we featured on WGN this week and use the iPhone’s “slo-mo” feature to shoot some video of, well, anything. I downloaded some music through iTunes and edited everything together with iMovie right on the phone.
Check out what Lollapalooza looks like in sloooooooooow motion!
#LOLLA In Slow Motion: Popcorn Edition!
#LOLLA In Slow Motion: “Please Put Me On Camera!” Edition
#LOLLA In Slow Motion: “Wait, Am I On Camera?!” Edition
#LOLLA In Slow Motion: Get Down! Edition
#LOLLA IN SLOW MOTION: Staircase Madness Edition
Post by Marcus Leshock.