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And it is THIS!

What timing! Especially considering that my Bottle Rocket poster came in the mail just yesterday! Fabulous!

It’s back! It’s back with a vengeance! And then some! Oh, man! Ohhhh, man!

There is no way to not gush on spoilers and fill this post with them. So, if you’ve yet to watch the season premiere of The Office, don’t keep reading. But, if you did, please meet me after the jump!!

“What is, ‘We’re Fine.’”

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Get yo’ game face on!

Earl! Betty! Grey! Graham-Halpert!

Take notes!

If you’re like me, there’s a good chance that you’re absolutely dying to get your senses on The Darjeeling Limited. How about a little app-e-teaser in the form of a beautiful, vivid and poignant short film/Darjeeling prelude titled Hotel Chevalier.

I think it sounds like an absolutely wonderful idea. Go here.

I’m loving this. It’s everything we love about Wes Anderson and more. Sparse, smart and sharp dialogue, a heaping eyeful from the cameras and set design and a dry and brilliant wit that clenches your heart as well as your funny bone. And in the background, he’s drawing out the most bizarre and unusual form of empathy from the viewer. You’ve never literally been where these characters are, or experienced what they’re experiencing, but you don’t have to, because it’s written so perfectly, that you just get them. And they get you. And it’s beautiful.

It’s all kind of magical and I can’t quite shake it.

Any self-respecting music appreciator should immediately direct their attention here.

If you don’t, I’ll smash you with a hammer.  

There’s a little boy in my class named Clayton who is three years old.

Today, after I told Clayton that I had a brother with the same name, he looked me in the eye and informed me that he was going to smash my brother with a hammer.

Congratulations Dr. Gregory House! You have officially been drafted to Chelsea’s Fall TV Lineup.

Wow.  I want to kick myself for not getting into this sooner, but House seriously rocks. Funny, suspenseful and totally fascinating. Love it. Can’t wait for more and you should seriously watch it, too.  And before a bunch of you jump on me with “Oh, but such-and-such season was so much better,” don’t worry, I’ll get to it. Give it time. Let me just enjoy the bliss of a new-to-me show that I can really enjoy.

And Have Fork Will Travel? Wonderful! You were on the team from the moment I laid eyes on you.

Which brings me to my next point, when are we leaving for Jamaica and/or when are we building a great big fire pit in front of my apartment so we can make delicious jerk chicken?

All-in-all a very eventful TV Tuesday! Gotta save room, though. Nip/Tuck is right around the corner…

Tomorrow we’re trying out Pushing Daisies and Bionic Woman. Private Practice isn’t going to be anywhere near anything to write home about, but I’ve gotta have a peek, just to see how terrible it really is going to be. It’s a sacrifice, but I’ll do it so you don’t have to. You can thank me later. In the form of a trip to Jamaica.

The great Fall Television Premiere Week has begun!! 

First up on my agenda was Chuck, NBC’s hip, action/comedy show about a computer tech “nerd” who “accidentally” downloads all of the government’s secrets to his brain making him very confused and very delicate. I had mixed feelings going in and mixed feelings coming out, to be honest.

Let’s start with what I liked:

  • Zachary Levi! As my buddy Fran put it this evening as we did our supermarketing “Yeah, I have a feeling I’d fall in love with him.” You said it, Sister. Awkward, goofy and absolutely adorable. Yeah, I’m pretty much in love with you, Mr. Levi. And it doesn’t hurt that he’s also hilarious and delivers his lines masterfully and with the dry wit that easily throws me in stitches.
  • The quirky Geek Squad turned “Nerd Herd” humor. It was all really simply and silly, but nonetheless entertaining.
  • The concept of a character called “Captain Awesome,” because “everything he does is awesome.” Yeah, that sounds lame, but if you saw it, it was funny and you know it.   

But sadly, it stops there. The entire show is based on the fact that you get over the absurd premise in the first place, and I just couldn’t. Granted I like a lot of shows that are based on absurd premises, like Interns and Doctors have nothing better to do than sleep with each other and make up McNicknames for their mates instead of saving lives and learning something ;) But, when your absurd premise deals with something as “hot button” (That’s not what I was looking for, but whatever.) it’s just irritating. And Sarah (who was more like Jolie’s Jane Smith in Mr. and Mrs. Smith than a character of her own) is the sexy CIA agent that’s sent to protect Chuck. And let’s be real, this girl has to own clothing other than the ones she wears to go to the electronic store and on her date with Chuck. AKA the footage of her in her underwear in front of her wide open city apartment windows are totally unnecessary and worthy of many eye rolls.

The bottom line is that Chuck’s efforts to be hip, sexy, fast and fun might be enough for some viewers, it’s not quite enough to merit repeat business.

 And Joruneyman just totally sucked. I love Kevin McKidd and was really hoping he would have something to work with here to help showcase the talent he is, but not only is he clearly the most talented actor on this show, but his suffering through dialogue and crappy performances from his co-stars makes me want to call up Titus Pullo and get him out of there. I totally lost interest after the first seven minutes and spent the remainder of the show in a daze. Skip it, skip it, skip it.

So… let’s hear it. What did you guys watch? What did you love? What did you hate? I’m all ears.

Happy Monday!

Jason Schwartzman, Natalie Portman and Toothpick

As previously reported, festival audiences are getting an extra special treat when they head out to see The Darjeeling Limited. And that is, as previously reported, Wes Anderson’s short film, Hotel Chevalier. While Darjeeling may be revceiving mixed reviews at the festivals (on par with all other Anderson films when they’re released), one thing that isn’t getting mixed reviews at all is Chevalier. Not only are millions of bloggers and the like falling over themselves for an apparently “steamy” and “revealing” sex scene involving one of the short’s stars, Natalie Portman, but it’s been rumored to be quite a beautiful and extremely well done departure from what we’re used to with Anderson projects. Needless to say, reading this L.A. Times article made my morning in knowing that we’re going to be rewarded a stay in the Hotel much sooner than expected! And for a deep discounted rate!  

Look!

“‘Hotel Chevalier’ is being shown in conjunction with ‘Darjeeling’ at film festivals — the Venice Festival earlier this month, the New York Film Festival on Friday and the London Film Festival in November — before being rolled out digitally. The short will make its public premiere Tuesday at Apple stores in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and San Francisco. Then on Wednesday, the film will become available for free download on iTunes (and later on the ‘Darjeeling’ DVD).”

I’m also a fan of this part, too (In discussing Portman’s conditions for being in the film):

“‘Smoking. She didn’t want to smoke,’ he remembered. That’s why, in the final scene, ‘we changed it to Jason giving her a toothpick. I think it’s better.’”

Me, too, Wes. I love it!

Let’s meet back here Wednesday to discuss.

Darryl Hannah*, Dr. Venkman** and I are ready to go for this week’s action packed TV premiere week.

Let’s talk about what we’re going to be watching this week and what we can expect to see from The Babble:

Monday:

Chuck (NBC 8:00)- I’ve found the previews for this show to be really hot and cold. Some days I’m really into it and can’t wait to see it, but others it just comes off as kind of silly and stupid. It’s about a computer geek who accidentally acquires a ton of government secrets as well as a price on his head for international terrorists and assassins. So, to keep the secrets safe, he falls under the protection of two CIA agents. I dunno, it looks harmless. We’ll see how it pans out.

Journeyman (NBC, 10:00)- Really, this show looks kind of cool, but mostly dumb. I’m only tuning in to get a Kevin McKidd (Rome) fix. I’m not expecting anything to write home about here.

Tuesday: 

House (Fox, 9:00)- My brother Iain loves this show and I can see why. It’s funny, fast-paced and edge-of-your-seat excitement. I’m excited to dive in and find a potential medical drama replacement for the ill-fated Grey’s Anatomy. I think you’ll really like it, too.

Have Fork, Will Travel (Food, 9:30)- This isn’t a new show, but it’s one I’ve been watching each week on Food Network and absolutely LOVING. The host, Zane Lamprey, travels around the world to a new destination each week and explores the whats, hows and whys of each location’s edible culture. It’s fascinating, funny and makes me want to travel and eat. This week he’s going to Jamaica. Jerk seasoning! Jerk seasoning!

 

Wednesday:

Private Practice (ABC 9:00)- You’re right, I do think that this is one of the worst ideas to ever come out of tragically fallen Seattle Grace Hospital, but I gotta check and make sure that all spark I had for Addison really is gone. While I’m not excited to see the previously composed, graceful and grown-up Addison get reduced to someone unrecognizable and unlikeable, I am going to watch at least the first episode or two so you all don’t have to. This is how much I love you and you can thank me later.

  Bionic Woman (NBC 9:00)- Though I really wish that this would be a good reason to watch more Egg on my TV, I am thoroughly excited and enthused for this show. It looks like it might be cheesy, but on the whole, I think it looks undoubtedly cool and interesting.  I’m not a fan of Heroes by any means, so I am hoping that this will be NBC’s action/sci-fi show that I can enjoy.

 Thursday (The busiest TV day EVER.)

This is definitely the day I’ve been waiting for for a long, long, long time. Let’s start with the rookies and work our way up to the big guns.

Ugly Betty (8:00 ABC)- If you don’t think that America Ferrera is absolutely adorable and lovely, then you’re a liar. And my new buddy Fran has been watching the season 1 DVDs and she’ll probably hurt me if I don’t watch and love this show. I’m looking forward to this one and will definitely report back on how badly I want to be friends with Betty and/or America.

My Name is Earl (NBC 8:00 *One Hour*)- Though Earl isn’t my favorite show on television, I can say that this show has a heart of solid gold. The show, while dealing with some off-beat and simply silly humor at times, always finds a way to be sweet and endearing in the end. Really, as far as I’m concerned, Earl is one of those shows that’s an easy laugh and a quick pick-me-up when needed.

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC 9:00)- This is gonna hurt, kids. Here’s where we left off. And here’s where we’re going. It doesn’t look promising, gang, and this may very well be the last few episodes of Grey’s for me. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, it’s an absolute shame that off-screen drama affected so much of the goodness we were used to on-screen, and now that Isaiah Washington’s gone, there’s hope. Right? Well, one would think that, except we’ve now got Derek, Meredith and Lexie Grey (who is hopefully not as awful as her half-sister), George, Izzie and Callie Continued, Alex and Ava, and newly ditched at the altar Christina. This is going to be an absolute mess and I can only hope that Shondra knows what she’s doing when she told us that she “had to burn it all down.” Oddly enough, the only character I am actually looking forward to checking back in with is Mark Sloane. It hurts bad, but we’ll just have to wait and see how this pans out.

The Office (NBC 9:00 *One Hour*)-  The show that knows how to deliver, blow for blow, scene by scene, joke by joke, is finally back in our life with a one hour season premiere titled “Fun Run.” I can’t wait. Not only can I not wait for my funny bone to be tickled to the Nth degree, I can’t wait to see what we’re coming back to. Corporate Ryan (Did you guys also get the e-mail?!), Dwight and Angela, Michael and Jan and of course, Jim and Pam. I know that my heart still has wings from the last scene of season 3. Those teary eyes and smile that lit up the Electric City?! So beautiful!  But I’m terrified, because really, nothing is every that easy over at DM Scranton. Karen’s still there, guys, and who knows how this is going to pan out. And let’s be real. Did you really think Kelly was going to give up on Ryan so easily? All-in-all, this is what I’m living for this week. I can’t wait and you can expect Scrantonicity to be back with a bang by Friday morning. It’s gonna rock. (PS- In case you haven’t heard, Mrs. Tracy Kay and I are headed to SCRANTON, PA next month to attend THE OFFICE CONVENTION. I’m not even making that up! I have a plane ticket and everything! Tickets go on sale this Tuesday! Get on it, gang. You know it’s gonna be totally worth it)

And I think that’s it. I’ll be sure to tune in to watch 30 Rock which starts next Thursday, but this week is definitely going to be busy and help me weed out the things worth weeding out. Can’t wait. I’ll be sure to report back here on what’s worth reporting back on and cannot wait to hear what you guys will be watching and what you thought!

So, what are you watching this week?

(*My pretty new HDTV)

(**My DV-R.)

This really is too cute and I couldn’t help but share.

Baby bears!

We’re taking a bit of a break from the blogging and such.

Don’t trash the place while I’m gone.

Looks like we fell just short of getting enough people signed up to open the branch on Dunder Mifflin Infinity. But massive thanks to those who tried. Your enthusiasm and excitement is very appreciated! Hopefully whoever did get the branch will hire all of us so we can still earn some SchruteBucks and/or Dunder-tastic prizes.

Thanks again.

Okay, so I did some research and this is a lot more intense than I expected!

Right now, right this very instant, I need your help!

Our NEW BRANCH CODE is:

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And our NEW BRANCH LOCATION is Chattanooga, TN.

You’ll need to follow the directions on the other post and enter these things exactly to become an employee at Dunder Mifflin Chatanooga!

 SO! So, so so! Sign up! Get your friends signed up! We have to get 15 people signed up ASAP so we can open our branch! So, let’s do this, gang!!!

E-mail me if you’ve got any questions!!! chelsea.margaret@gmail.com

It’s go time, Team.

Remember a few months ago when I told you about a possible “The Office 360″ ultra super mega interactive site put up by NBC?! (Click here if you don’t) WELL. Well, well, well! Our Dunder Mifflin Infinity conundrum is SOLVED!

Here’s the deal, gang. NBC has started the Infinity website as the ultra super mega interactive fan site. And I know that there is a good number of us who are ultra super mega fans. So, let’s do this, guys!

I need you to do the following to help make our branch of Dunder Mifflin the greatest branch there ever was!  Here are the steps:

1. Go back to DunderMifflinInfinity.com

2. Scroll to the bottom and register. Make sure you receive and activate your account with the activation e-mail.

3. It’s going to ask you to fill out an application for employment. When it asks you if you want to be a Branch Manager or just an Employee, click “just an employee” and enter in this code for the branch you’d like to join

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That’s our branch code! Join, join, join!

UPDATE: You’ll also probably have to still select our city, which is Owensboro, Kentucky.

Update to the Update! Go here!!!

4. And then we wait! They’ll let me know when they open the branch (which should be when we have 15 employees) and then we’re ready to play all sorts of Dunder Mifflin type games. I really don’t know more than this, but I can’t wait and I hope you’ll want to play, too!

Let’s do this. And if the grand prize is “Marrying John Krasinski,” you’re, OF COURSE, invited. But not on the Mediterranean sailing honeymoon. You’re not invited to that. Sorry.

Does Rudy Giuliani have a really weird “wide-eyed” facial expression? Not all the time. Like something really shocking happens right behind the camera and it just makes his eyes *pop* a bit. Maybe he just needs a nap.

Okay.

Okay.

So, are you watching/did you watch Larry King? I don’t think that I heard one word of what John McCain said because my laughter at his ‘young boy flag wavin’ posse’ was far too loud and uncontrolled to hear anything. What the hell is that!? Oh, John McCain. It’s kind of like when you’re at a carnival at you see a little kid enter a strong man contest. You know he’s going to lose, but you watch anyway because his determination is kind of cute. I’m so not calling John McCain cute.

More Spectacle! Glorious Britney Spectacle! And I didn’t really want to hop on the Britney Blogging Bandwagon. But I just cannot help myself.  “It’s like a really bad car accident, and you don’t wanna look, but your boss is making you.”

Here’s this response video from Chris Crocker, the most interesting YouTuber there ever was. (NSFW. If only because of volume control issues.)

The first time you watch it, it’s scary. I’ll admit it. But give it time.

And don’t forget to check out his response to Fox News.

Rosie was right.

(Nevermind, it got taken down.)

It’s a good day for The YouTubes.

Because it’s seriously crazy. And kind of gross.

With September 27th just a little over two weeks away, I’m in such a frenzy over what we’re going to get from this next season of The Office.  Not even so much with Jim and Pam and Michael and Jan, but with Ryan. I am really intrigued and interested to see what the new power dynamic is going to be like between he and Michael, but more importantly, what on earth is Kelly going to do. Because you know she’s going to do something.

We already can imagine a little bit about “Fun Run”, the premiere episode, but episode 2 is titled “Dunder Mifflin Infinity.” That? I have no idea what that means. And I’m not reading the episode summary.

 But… we do have this…? 

Ready? Set? Brainstorm!

Grey’s Anatomy and I aren’t completely on speaking terms right now.

But I was surprised when during Season 3 my heart opened up a little bit for Dr. Mark Sloane, or, as he’s known around the halls of the prestigious and and professional environment of Seattle Grace Hospital, McSteamy. Hunky Eric Dane made an appearance on Ellen last week.

It’s a quick little bit, but I love Ellen and Doc Glamour is one of the only characters that’s bringing be back to make an attempt at watching another season of the sinking ship. I’ll be watching safely from the comfort of my home but I’m not going down with this one.

Here’s a Season 4 Not Really A Spoiler Because If You’ve Been Watching You Could Have Figured It Out:

Remember when Derek meets the “girl in a bar?” And 45 minutes before Christina gets ding dong ditched at the altar he tells Meredith that she should be worried that he met a girl at a bar and it was the “highlight of his week.” WELL, friends! You wouldn’t believe this if you were holding out for some seriously good plot development from our dear writing staff over at GrAnatomy, BUT! In a promo for season 4 there is an exchange between Lexie Grey (Meredith’s step-sister who [surprise, surprise!] got an internship at SGH, Meredith and Derek in which we learn that Lexie is NOT ONLY Meredith’s step-sister but also Derek’s girl in a bar.  HA! Oh, the irony!

Seriously, I think if I am going to watch Season 4, which at the beginning, I will, I’ve gotta go into it with negative expectations in hopes to be pleasantly surprised.

One of the most talented women rockin’ her shit in the music industry today is Garrison Starr. Once you start listening, there is no stopping. I’ve yet to hear one of her songs that wasn’t catchy, thoughtful and pure rocket powered rock n roll. And! She’s hilarious! And gorgeous! And incredibly sweet and kind!

 

If you haven’t checked her out, please do. Her 2006 release The Sound of You and Me is, from start to finish, one of the greatest albums ever. And since then, she’s been touring, recording a Fans’ Greatest Hits album and writing and recording another studio release! She is a Superhero, these days.

And ever since the first whisper of this next album, it’s been riddled with drama of not having a home and not having the support it needed (Meanwhile, I’m having a hard time finding anything else that’s being released that’s worth my fifteen bucks. ANYWAY…).

Update! I did research. Forget what I said earlier. Except for going to the show in Nashville. That part is still true. But. It looks like the album is due out on Thursday, October 18.  But, check this out. It looks like the 18th will be this “social networking release only” and then possibly sometime later in October (or maybe even December as previously reported) will have an actual hard copy release. Maybe it’ll be like Fiona’s MySpace release of EM? Stay tuned, gang.

One thing that I find so cool about this album is her will to get it released. I can only wish and hope that some artists *cough* Rachael Yamagata *cough* would take a cue from Ms. Starr and GET THEIR FRIGGIN ALBUM RELEASED! It’s that kind of dedication to her craft and her fans that once again, makes Garrison one in a million.

 For some GStarr tunes to get you hooked and all other sorts of media to send your senses in a flurry, check out her MySpace. The song “Unchangeable” which is slated to be on September, is totally awesome. And, when I saw her at Hotel Cafe a few months ago she played the song “Fireworks” which is brutal, and honest and wonderful. I lub it! And I hope you will, too.

I didn’t watch the VMA’s.

But, I’m not quite immune to the buzz surrounding Britney Spears’ performance last night at the awards show that took place in Las Vegas. Though I wish I was.

Here’s the video.  You decide. You’ll either laugh, or cry, or lose your breakfast. I guess the spectacle of it all is kind of enjoyable. But only if you’re deaf. And have really bad eyesight.

And really, if you watch a few of the videos that come on after Britney’s Bomb, it’s pretty on par with the rest of the evening.

UPDATE: Again, I didn’t watch the show. But. Really? The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? “Her?” I’m not crazy about it.

UPDATE: PART TWO: I did a little Wikipedia action on “Crystal Skull” and here’s what we came up with. So, I feel a little bit better about this whole operation. I still wish it was Indiana Jones and The Chelsea Graham Caper.

The good news is that this video from the Air Guitar World Championship might redeem your Music Monday.

Last night, my friend Anna (who just became a Registered Dietitian! Yay, Anna!) went to the National Fireworks Association Class “C” Competition at Perfect North in Lawrenceburg, Indiana with her lovely parents. I love, love, love fireworks shows, so I was definitely excited for the evening and it ended up being pretty awesome.

There was some low cloud coverage so the smoke wasn’t rising fast and a lot of the fireworks were going off behind a great big cloud of smoke. So, that was kind of dissapointing, but overall it was pretty cool especially because they were going off directly above our heads. Well, pretty cool until were were completely rained with ash and eventually water. As in, rain. But! It was still pretty awesome and you can check out a few pictures here.

The winner of the competition was a man named Jeremiah Smith who used Barenaked Ladies as a soundtrack to his show, so that was pretty awesome. After the competition was over, the finale was done by Rozzi’s Fireworks.  Rozzi was responsible for my second* eye-witness experience with a fireworks accident. Which was really scary, but I couldn’t help but watch from a reasonable distance. No one got hurt and it was all taken care of, but still.

(*My dad is very fond of putting on his own small scale fireworks displays in our backyard or at The Hebrank’s beach house in Channel Islands when we go up there for 4th of July. One night, in the backyard, he set one off that was sent straight up into the palm tree that was right next to our house. Everything was fine, no major harm done, but it was a bit startling.)

I never watched too much television, so this might be old, but I was watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition and there was a commercial for Nike/US Women’s Soccer! Starring Rainn Wilson! I didn’t even really understand the commercial, but it was him!

Have you guys seen it? See it!

In other news, I just found Spider-Man on TBS, and while I did enjoy this movie immensely, it is reminding me of how much I really hated Spider-Man 3. And how I really hope they never make another one of those movies ever again.

I want to pass down a sincere apology to all those who have found my recent bloggings, or lack there of, completely boring, uninformative and nothing you were promised (or not promised) back when we started this crazy thing. I haven’t forgotten you, no! I mean, we all make certain sacrifices as a result of having children, but no! Lord, no! (2 Points if you can name that movie)  In fact, I think about you constantly and how I’ve been a neglectful blogger ten million times over.

 I don’t have a real excuse, just busy and lazy and emotional and stressed, really. But, this past week has seen what I’m going to call my “Peter Gibbons Metamorphosis” and I’m chasing that feeling which continues on into this coming week where my work schedule is, to say the least, incredibly negligible.

So!

I, Chelsea Margaret Acunis Graham, of the Montrose Grahams, do hereby vow to you, oh, Loyal and Wonderful Reader, that this week we will catch up, start up, and fill up our blogging appetites to the fullest.

 Yesterday, Silena and I were talking about how I should start writing tribute poems to Don Lemon and posting them on my blog. I think we’re going to go ahead and employ the Don Lemon Standard here at Sea Babble and will gauge how successful my “vacation” and blogging week is on if I actually write a Don Lemon Poem.

Please stick around, I promise we’ll have tons of fun!

Apparently Jenna Fischer and her director husband James Gunna have split. I normally wouldn’t ever post anything like this, and there’s a good chance your eyes will just skip this post, but I found it totally shocking and sad and felt the need to share.

Well, it’s here. In my apartment. Right next to me. That’s right, gang, I’m talking about the Best Buy Gift Set for Season 3 of The Office. *Not only* does it come with a Dundie, a miniature Dwight Schrute bobblehead, a letter from Michael Scott AND a SchruteBuck, but hours, upon hours, upon hours of glorious Office extras. Deleted Scenes. Commentary. “Dwight Schrute Music Video” (What?!), and tons more. Pretty much, this is going to be the most awesome thing… ever.

Photos of the set coming tomorrow morning sometime.

And! To help us count down the days, hours and minutes until the premiere of Season 4 and to celebrate this truly beautiful DVD release, I’m going to try my absolute best, in groups of two or three, to re-cap the episodes from Season Three that I never officially wrote anything about on the blog as I watch them on the DVDs. I’ll start tomorrow with at least “Gay Witch Hunt” and “The Convention!” So, stay tuned, Dunder-Heads!

Back in July, my eyes nearly shot out of my head when we got the first glance at the BEAUTIFUL poster for The Darjeeling Limited. John posted it on his site, too, and in response to his questioning of what was located in the pirate box, Vin Diesel himself visited the site and told us that it was a deadly snake. I didn’t want to believe him, so I convinced myself that it was something innocent and Wes Anderson-y, like childhood trinkets and whatnot, but… I, once again, come to the realization that you should never doubt Vin Diesel.

There are a few more videos if you follow that link. I like this one. It’s kind of like a collage.

Also, again, here is a shotfrom Anderson’s short film, Hotel Chevalier which will accompany Darjeeling at the opening night of the New York Film Festival. It’s also going to be playing at the Sunset 5 down on Laurel and Sunset in Hollywood around the middle of September. As far as the rest of the world, I highly doubt it’ll come our way until the Spring 2008 DVD release of Darjeeling, if that. The short stars Schwartzman and Natalie Portman who was early rumored to be starring in Darjeeling, but it appears that she may just have a small role in the film.

 Two for three on my Wes Anderson news ain’t bad.