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Speed Racer has a bad monkey

Posted Jul 4th 2007 5:24PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Celebrities

chim chim While trying to keep up with all the casting news for the Wachowski brothers feature-length, live-action Speed Racer adaptation, I missed this bit of news.

As I've written before, the character of Chim Chim, Speed's monkey pal, would be played in the movie not by some animatronic 'bot or CGI creation, but by an actual flesh and blood chimp. Unfortunately, the chimp bit an actor on the set and was beaten, or so PETA was told, and the animal rights group sent a letter to producer Joel Silver asking him to stop using a real chimp.

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Subtle Subtitles

Posted Oct 6th 2006 4:25PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Subtle Subtitles, Contests and Giveaways

Last week's winners:

3rd to Toby OB: "She opened the package, never suspecting it to be the first stage of the invasion by the inhabitants of Pluto, who were seeking revenge for being called a "dwarf planet" "
2nd to Jamie: "Oh, good. I don't have to swallow it--it's a suppository."
1st to Brent McKee: "Rory just couldn't believe that her grandmother Emily had sent her this, complete with detailed operating instructions and a note that said she'd been using one just like it for years."

... and a special hats off to orimental, who reminded me that it's the one year anniversary of Subtle Subtitles. Cool!

This week, a scene from the season premiere of Lost:
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