Things I Think Are Kinda Cool

Look – it’s Han Solo in carbonite…ICE!

Buy it HERE!

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Designer Mr Whaite created these amazing retro-movie-inspired neon animated GIFs – I LOVE these!

-via Bit Rebels

Awesome.

Star Wars

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Back to the Future

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Jurassic Park

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Just add lightsabers!

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Check out how George Lucas shot the opening text crawl for the original “Star Wars” series – I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I had no idea how low-tech the setup would be!

-Click here for more behind-the-scenes pics in Vanity Fair.

It doesn’t get much better than Inigo Montoya fighting for his father’s honor…with a lightsaber.

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***While we’re on the topic of “Princess Bride”, check out this kick-ass name tag.

If there’s one thing that equalizes all actors, famous and unknown, it’s an audition.  Sure, the wildly big stars like Pitt and Streep don’t have to waste their time auditioning…but the majority of actors have to suck it up and show a casting director what they’re made of.  Here are some A-list celebs back in the day when they were desperately hungry for their big break:

Natalie Portman – “Leon”

Evangeline Lilly – “Lost”

John Belushi – “Saturday Night Live”

Rachel McAdams – “The Notebook”

Mark Hamill – “Star Wars”

Fred Savage – Auditioning for the Spokesperson for the Brookfield Square Mall…wow.

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I couldn’t resist any longer…these are the most impressive pumpkins I’ve seen across the web over the past few weeks.  Enjoy!

FIRST PLACE:  Kanye Interrupts
(Awesome job from my friend Nuel Cho at ADA!)

(“Yo ADA…I’m really happy for you and I’mma let you finish BUT…Charlie Brown had one’a the best pumpkins EVER!”)

SECOND PLACE:  The Flasher

THIRD PLACE: The McPumpkin Burger

FOURTH PLACE:  Swayze Retrospective Tribute

FIFTH PLACE: The Drunken Frat Boy

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

via Walyou, Botropolis, Womans Day, Gin Blog, & Unique Scoop

It’s been a while since I’ve done a gratuitous-cute-animal-post.  First, there was the scandalous sex tape involving two naughty turtles.  Then, who could forget those fun-loving party animals, the Alcoholic Vervet Monkeys.  Now, it’s time to meet…Animals With Lightsabers!  Yup, there a site for that.  These are some of my favorites:

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