New iMac is flat

Apple’s new iMac is completely flat. ‘Nuff said.

Shaun of the Dead…

…could be funny or suck.

Silver City

Before the election, John Sayles will bring us Silver City, the story of dim Dickie Pilager’s shadily-backed run for the governorship of Colorado. Watch the trailer at Apple.com.

The Life Aquatic

Bill Murray and others from The Royal Tenenbaums team up once again with Wes Anderson to make The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, a comedy about a Jacques-Cousteau-like ocean explorer (Murray). Anderson’s co-writer this time is Noah Baumbach, the sadly unprolific genius behind 1995’s Kicking and Screaming. I can hardly wait.

Leon Golub dies at 82

Painter Leon Golub has died at 82 of complications after surgery. His mural-sized paintings brought scenes of violence, torture, war, and racism to life in museums and galleries across the world. Golub’s style is immediately recognizable; he used solvent to dissolve thick layers of bold color, then scraped the paint off with knives, leaving a pitted, mottled effect. In 1951 he married artist Nancy Spero, whose own work explores and challenges the role of women in culture throughout time. In 1988 Kartemquin Films released a documentary called GOLUB, chronicling his life, politics and artistic process. A sequel covering his last years is now in post-production.

R.I.P. Rick James

The Grammy Award winning funkmaster behind 1981’s “Super Freak” was found dead this past Friday. The cause of death couldn’t be determined by Saturday’s autopsy. In 1998 James suffered a stroke and had a hip replacement operation after many years of hard partying, including an addiction to crack cocaine. Under the influence of drugs he “and his then-21-year-old girlfriend beat and held two women captive” (read more), leading to a two year stint in Folsom prison. A toxicology report o fthe 56 year-old’s body will take several weeks.

27 Year Old Project Rates Most Slept-On News Stories

The San Francisco Bay Guardian covers Sonoma State University’s Project Censored which exposes the “neoconservative plan for global dominance” as the #1 non-story of last year. The project has been investigating the media’s self-censorship for 27 years.

Team America: World Police

Trey Parker and Matt Stone will soon bring us Team America: World Police, a farce about the War on Terrorism that looks a lot like the old Thunderbirds Are Go! because it uses marionette puppets instead of actors.