Round 2 of the money game is in the books, and, surprisingly (or perhaps not), Barack Obama came out on top with $31 million to Hillary Clinton’s (estimated) $27 million. (John Edwards pulled $9 million, Richardson $7 million.) “Obama’s war chest in the second quarter was built on the strength of 154,000 new contributors, giving him well over a quarter-million donors since he started the race…[Clinton’s] fund-raising team has been relying much more heavily on larger donors.”
Month: July 2007
Hitmen, and Solar Power.
Another slew of trailers: Tim Olyphant goes Wild Bill (to the strains of “Ave Maria”) in the teaser for Hitman (which I appropriately saw before Live Free or Die Hard yesterday — review on the way), Jason Bourne wants answers from Stiles, Allen, and Straitharn in the full trailer for Paul Greengrass’ The Bourne Ultimatum, and astronauts Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Michelle Yeoh and others attempt to reignite the sun in a spoileriffic “synopsis” trailer for Danny Boyle’s Sunshine (I’m linking to it ’cause it’s there, but if you have any interest in this flick, I probably wouldn’t watch it.)
And the Motorbike of Doom?
Indy III is a greaser? Pics emerge online of Harrison Ford and Shia LaBoeuf in costume at Yale for Indy 4, and LaBoeuf looks like he’s angling for Olivia Newton-John more than he is mythical artifacts. Is this Indy IV or Even More American Graffiti?
What will be your look this season?
R.E.M. held their first “live rehearsal” in Dublin last night, previewing not only ten new songs but a set of mostly way-early stuff (“Second Guessing,” “Letter Never Sent,” “1,000,000,” “Little America,” “These Days,” etc.) The show intro and first new song have been Youtubed…hopefully there’ll be more to come. Update: Ah, that was quick. Just as I post this, many more quality videos surfaced, including Youtubes of new songs such as “Until the Day is Done,” “Living Well’s the Best Revenge,” and “Horse to Water.”
If that’s your man, then tag him in.
“I think were seeing the life of hip-hop coming back with songs like ‘Aunt Jackie.’ It’s the kids acting like kids used to act when I was growing up, and I love it because, to me, hip-hop has been too cool for school lately.” While I’m linking to music on YouTube, I meant to post this while in Seattle and forgot: Slate‘s Jody Rosen examines the Aunt Jackie phenomenon. Who’s Aunt Jackie? She’s “new rap music with an old-school flow,” i.e. a goofy, ridiculously infectious throwback jam that’s been blowing up on the Tube over the past six months. No gangstas, no bling — just old-school beats, rhymes, and b-boyin’ invoking the early days of NYC hip-hop. (NSFW, due to language and the fact that you’ll likely try to imitate the Aunt Jackie after awhile.)