Movie Trailer of the Day: First official trailer for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, the fourth installment in the successful Mission: Impossible film series, co-penned by J.J. Abrams, and helmed by Iron Giant/Incredibles/Ratatouille director Brad Bird.
The film, which stars Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, and Anil Kapoor, is due in theaters December 16.
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Cheaters Never Prosper of the Day: One-man comedian cover band Jordan Paris auditioned for Australia’s edition of Got Talent as a stand-up with original material.
Slight snag, however: All the jokes were found to have been stolen from other stand-up comics.
Despite his admitted joke thievery, Australia’s Got Talent let Paris proceed to the semifinals, excusing his inexcusable behavior as not unlike singers covering songs. For his semifinal final appearance, Paris decided to change things up by writing his own jokes — about how he’s a joke thief.
Oh, you better believe things got awkward in a hurry.
[tcc.]
Special Effects Demo Reel of the Day: Martin Gamal’s special effects are special in the way that kid in your class who ate wheatepaste was special.
Also: That kid’s name? Martin Gamal.
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Supercut of the Day: Harry Hanrahan takes a break from compiling visual movie quote lists to stitch together an ode to cinema’s greatest bridge explosions.
Why? Because exploding bridges, that’s why.
[pajiba / thanks chaz!]
Don’t Try This At Home of the Day: Old and Busted: Water balloons. New Hotness: Fire balloons.
[geekologie.]
Whoopsie Daisy of the Day: Seattle’s thin blue line was left red faced after officers forgot a semi-automatic rifle on the trunk of their patrol car — and then drove around like that for quite some time.
A passer-by who snapped the above pic of the unattended AR-15 outside the Roosevelt Hotel brought it to the attention of bike officers who were reportedly “shocked as hell.”
“The department is very embarrassed that this happened,” said Seattle Police Department Sergeant Sean Whitcomb. “We’re incredibly grateful to the person that flagged down the bike officers and the woman who followed the patrol car around to let them know there was a rifle on the back of the car.”
According to Whitcomb the incident didn’t violate any laws, but “most certainly shouldn’t happen at a police department level.”
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This Is Funny, You Should Watch It of the Day: Mikala Bierma and her disappointing gay best friend Tyler Coates react to the legalization of same-sex marriage in the state of New York.
First Pitch of the Day: Cirque du Soleil performer Gabryel Nogueira da Silva (from the troupe’s MGM Grand show Kà) makes a spectacle of the first pitch at last night’s Padres-Royals matchup in PETCO Park.
This Looks Shopped of the Day: To accompany Tina Brown’s rather exploitative article ostensibly honoring what would have been Princess Di’s 50th birthday with “what if” reflections on Diana’s Botox injections and Galliano couture, Newsweek commissioned a couple of rough sketches of what a 50-year-old Diana might look like now, if it weren’t for the whole being dead thing.
Surprisingly, some people have a problem with this.
Short Film of the Day: “Splitscreen: A Love Story” by JW Griffiths — a tale of two people as told through two Nokia N8 mobile phones.
Winner: Nokia Shorts 2011.
[kottke.]
