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Variety today reports that Kevin Kline has been added to the cast of Charlie Kaufman’s Frank or Francis, alongside Steve Carell, Jack Black, and Nic Cage. That’s great, because I’ve […]

Source: FilmDrunk

Seriously, this sounds like the greatest movie of all time, even before the singing!

wnyc:

welovepaintings:

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian, ca. 1527-1593)

Water

1566

Oil on limewood

67 × 52 cm

© Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie, Vienna

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The Milanese and the Hapsburgs couldn’t get enough of him during his 16th century lifetime but, after his death, Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s works languished unnoticed in some moldering closet of art history for over 300 years. Until, that is, the Surrealists came along, drew inspiration from his anthropomorphic paintings and touted the artist’s name once again.

Arthistory.about.com

There is something fishy going on here… I just can’t quite put my finger on it.—A.P.

ilovecharts:

A whole series of Nintendo character butchering charts, over at ThatsLikeWHOA.com

charlietodd:

A participate takes a dip in the ocean as part of Improv Everywhere’s 2nd Annual Black Tie Beach event.  Hundreds of people in six cities around the world spend a day at the beach in black tie attire.

See the video: Black Tie Beach 2011

Photo by Brian Fountain

This city letter carrier posed for a humorous photograph with a young boy in his mailbag. After parcel post service was introduced in 1913, at least two children were sent by the service. With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination. The Postmaster General quickly issued a regulation forbidding the sending of children in the mail after hearing of those examples.

but it’s faster than the oregon trail!

michellelegro:

I’m pretty proud of this.

laphamsquarterly:

What’s this? Oh, only a giant human-operated whisk invented by Leonardo da Vinci which, as it was designed here, would essentially drown its user. Just one of the many insane kitchen implements from our latest post on the history of Da Vinci’s cooking skills.

“Top Chef, Old Master” (LQ Roundtable)