there will be a fish

I have never read an entertainment news article that made me laugh this much:

Charlie Hunnam pulls out of Fifty Shades Of Grey, leaving it begging to be filled

I thought it was worth clicking through just for the title, but the entire article is just gold.

Also -- thank god, because I really loved Charlie Hunnam in Pacific Rim (oh shit after reading that article now I want to make a horrible joke) and I didn't want him to become That Guy.

Fandoms: Primeval, CSI: Miami
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Det. Horatio Caine, Cpt. Becker, Connor Temple, Abby Maitland
Warnings: dinosaurs prehistoric creatures, Horatio Caine, bad puns
Word Count: 188
Summary: After the New Dawn fiasco, the ARC team does a lot of liasing.

Notes: Tiny ficlet written as a present for spatz, because we broke 10k on our Mission: Impossible 4 fic. She asked for it. (Our conversations are weird, okay; you really don't want to know how we got from spy shenanigans to dinosaurs in Miami.) And then I found out that CSI: Miami was just cancelled by CBS, so it doubles as a celebration of that! This...is probably the only way I will ever end up writing about Horatio Caine, who I hate with the fire of a thousand over-produced Miami suns.

Also posted here on AO3.

( Pun In The Sun )

So, it turns out that you can read Lady Gaga's "Poker Face."

And Christopher Walken is just the man to prove it.

Seriously, what is it that I find so hilarious about spoken-word performances? This and The Shatner performing Palin, man. It makes my day. :D

How had I never seen William Shatner reading a Palin speech as beat poetry before? WITH BONGOS AND A DOUBLE BASS. OMG IT'S BEAUTIFUL. :D

I just realized I posted all that Southland pimping under f-lock, and that goes against all pimping principles, so I'm reposting. Sorry to anyone reading twice! I am just trying to spread the love. (I can't believe it's not butter!...my parents went wrong somewhere, didn't they?)

I spent all of Monday watching Southland. Which I really really liked, and you should all see. It's easy to get into! There are only 7 aired episodes so far, and the last four are on Hulu, so you just have to find the first three (which, *cough*Icanhelpwiththat*cough*) and you're golden. It's a nicely-written ensemble; my second and third favorites are Regina King as a totally cool female cop (just wait until the finale, she is SO badass), Ben McKenzie as Very Attractive Man and playing a rather fascinating character. (I've always liked BM, and wanted to smack people who thought he couldn't act because Ryan Atwood was such an understated character, because, are you blind?) It reminds me somewhat of Homicide in the way that it focuses on the characters and the reality of being a cop rather than on crafting sensational cases, and I like that there is a mix of officers/beat cops in with the detectives. They deal with alcoholism and drug addiction and messed up social lives and partnerships that aren't romanticized but still get me in the gut and lots of other good things.

And, oh, let's talk about John Cooper. He's my favorite, which, I thought Ben McKenzie would be (and I do love him), but nope. Cooper! I mean, he's awesome anyway, but then! Then! The writers did what I have always longed for and not yet found ( cut for spoilers. Ish. I would tell you this if I were pimping you in person )

How's this for a bit of late-night cognitive dissonance? I don't know about you, but I like my folk music protest songs with some Debbie Reynolds, beehive wigs, and choreographed backup dancers/singers.



This is the original Peter, Paul, and Mary version.