Señor Jehuda, aka "El Blogo de Liberto", is an attorney and media professional with a background in TV marketing and production, copywriting, independent filmmaking, and spontaneously speaking perfect Spanish. A proud Texan who recently escaped from Los Angeles to Albuquerque, he spends far too much time thinking about movies - especially since his job requires it. Jehuda is also a contributor at YesButHowever.com and PJ Lifestyle.
Burn, Hollywood, Burn: LAPD on High Alert After Ongoing Instances of Arson.
There was a dozen or so cars set on fire in Hollywood and West Hollywood a little over 36 hours ago. I thought it was some bold prankster, but the joke’s been going for a little too long now…
The minds behind Apple’s Siri are working on threat detection.
Grantland: Fearless predictions for 2012.
What bad movies can teach us about good writing.
At VH-1 Classic, Metal Evolution.
Surely, You Can’t Be Serious: Ed Driscoll on Airplane!‘s lesser-known inspiration.
Box Office Shocker: Movie Attendance Falls to Lowest Level in 16 Years: “As Hollywood heads into the final weekend of the year, there’s no chance left of closing the yearly gap in domestic box office revenues, while attendance has tumbled to a troubling 16-year low.”
I don’t know that I would describe any of this as a ‘shocker’…
UPDATE: Roger Ebert has his own explanation as to why (via Kottke). I think he’s right in part…
Talking Big: Hormuz Blockade Not as Easy as Iran May Think.
Your Moment of Geek: Out-of-Print Blade Runner Sketchbook Surfaces Online.
At PJ Lifestyle, I blog about Keith Olbermann’s vanishing act.
Rasmussen: Romney 45%, Obama 39%.
Powerline: Inside the Mind of a Climateer.
Careful. It’s annoying in there…
Richard Roeper’s Best Movies of 2011.
I’ve only seen one of them so far, but most of these are definitely on my to-do list…
Cellphone profiling in Afghanistan.
At The Conservatory, Dan Collins is asking for prayers.
Let us pray, then…
Facebook in court: What Makes a “Like” a Lawsuit?
The Obama Economy: Weekly jobless claims rise 15K to 381K.
Christmas is over…
Stop Making Sense: VIDEO: Priests brawl in Bethlehem church.
Brought to you by the Ministry of Love: North Korea Fights Hard to Prevent a Preference Cascade.
GoDaddy’s troubles: First, it alienates the tech community. Then Hollywood takes it to court.
I suspect karma has something to do with this…
Your Moment of Geek: How the X-Men’s mutant status ended up at the center of a tariff squabble almost a decade in the making.
That’s a lot of years arguing over the meaning of ‘human’, but millions of dollars were at stake…
UPDATE: Related (marginally): A petition to stop DC Comics from publishing a Watchmen prequel.
Is nothing sacred anymore?
I’m back stateside and looking forward to blog regularly again.
Or as regularly as I can manage to blog while working a full time job, anyway. Breaks have been hard to come by of late...
But is that adjusted for inflation? Obama For America talking point not adding up.
OFA is probably not too worried about losing credibility over this goof-up. They have none to lose…
Merry Christmas! Many blessings to everyone. Now, in 2012, and always…
Et tu, Brown? UPS Driver Throws Package, Flips Off Security Camera.
Reader Advisory: I was traveling for most of the day yesterday, so excuse me for not posting anything. I doubt I will post much today. Except for maybe photos. Here’s one of my mom’s Christmas tree. Weather was beautiful down here in northeastern Mexico yesterday. But not so much today. Though certainly nowhere near the winter storm which hit Albuquerque yesterday.
VIDEO: North Korean Labor Camps, Part 1 of 7.
Not exactly Christmas cheer, but the facts are the facts. The weirdest thing is that North Korea is outsourcing these camps to Russia…
UPDATE: OK, not so weird if the NorKo government gets paid for the slave’s work. Duh.
MORE: Related: Beclowned, bothered and bewildering: Jimmy Carter sends condolences to Kim Jong Un.
Sigh…
Workarounds: Why SOPA is a Futile Effort for Lawmakers and Hollywood.
No reason to sit back and just let it become law, though…
Twilight of the Rubes: Matt Damon on Obama: “One Term President With Balls” Would Be Better.
Where’s Janeane Garofalo these days?
Your Moment of Geek: Google Maps has directions to Mordor.
Customer Service: Fedex Driver Throws Flat Screen TV Over Fence.
But you’ll hear about it again in anti-Obama campaign ads: Without FCC approval, bankruptcy looms for LightSquared.
News You Can Use: WSJ: Where Germs Lurk In Planes.
I did catch a nasty cold just after my last trip to L.A. Nasty…
Ethics: “Kansas City lawyer Dorothy Savory substituted her client’s identical twin brother at the defense table during a preliminary hearing last week, provoking the judge and prompting prosecutors to seek a contempt citation.”
Her explanation for this conduct is even better (worse?) than her stunt…
Occupy Hollywood: Health & Pension Plan Fund Scandal at the Screen Actors Guild?
Misery vs. Prosperity: The Stark Difference Between North Korea and South Korea from Space.
Never thought I’d see the day: The Art of Video Games, an exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
About time…
