(Ondi Timoner and Josh Harris at Sundance/Photo from Cinematical.com)
Okay, in the case of this blog, it's only semi-public, since I don't exactly advertise, but after watching the new documentary "We Live in Public" at the Los Angeles Film Festival, I did come right home and turn on the computer. Ondi Timoner's film documents the story of Josh Harris, a truly unique character who starting pondering the potential of the internet's impact on society as far back as 1984. The movie is a chronicle of Harris' rise and fall on the cutting edge of web technology.
Notables in the audience included John C. Reilly, Isaac De Bankole (from Jim Jarmusch's latest picture) Ron Perlman, and Josh Harris himself. Ondi Timoner was also there to take questions after the screening.
We Live in Public is coming soon to select cities (and eventually computers) across these United States.
Full Disclosure: I spotted Ron Perlman in the lobby before the movie, so he may have been seeing something else. I also saw Andy Dick. We Live in Public!
Okay, this flabbergasting piece of correspondence just landed in my inbox. Now, technically, E! has the power to air whatever they damn well please, so if they were really sick of Heidi and Spencer they could just stop covering them. But as fans of watchable television, I guess we should take what we can get. Way to kind of sort of take a stand! Let the people decide! And if you're reading this, for God's sake, vote yes on banning these prats from the airwaves. (Misspelling intentional.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
E! GIVES VIEWERS THE POWER TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO BE "SPEIDI-FREE"
Log Onto www.eonline.com Starting Wednesday, June 17 Through Sunday, June 21 To Let Your Voice Be Heard And Help Make "E! Speidi-Free"
Los Angeles, CA, June 17, 2009 - What started out as a no-name dot on the reality show map has turned into a chaotic self-created frenzy known as Speidi, where Heidi and Spencer Pratt demand endless attention. Every part of their lives appears calculated to capture headlines and at first it seemed that people could not get enough of the posed photos outside the Ivy, the music video on the beach or their very public wedding.
However, recently, that tide appears to be turning. From their bizarre and endless publicity exploits on reality television to forgiving America's favorite weatherman for having "the devil" inside him, E! wants to know: is the country as exasperated as we are?
Today, E! opens up the vote and gives America the opportunity to decide if they want to make "E! Speidi-Free" (at least until they do something truly newsworthy). Beginning Wednesday, June 17 through Sunday, June 21, log onto www.eonline.com to save or banish Speidi on E! Results will be announced on E! News Monday, June 22 at 7:00pm and 11:30pm ET/PT and whatever the people decide will stand as law at the network.
Log onto www.eonline.com starting Wednesday, June 17 through Sunday, June 21 to let your voice be heard and decide if E! should be "Speidi-Free."
SPECIAL BONUS:
Here's a great clip from the Letterman show wherin our host tries to figure out exactly what the hell these two do. It starts to get really good around the 4:30 mark:
UPDATE:
An overwhelming 94% of the people voted NO MORE SPEIDI! So let it be written, so let it be done.
Quick question. Which of the following videos appears to feature the remarks of a thoughtful, rational human being? (Hint: It's the one with no mentions of Jay Leno.)
(Ondi Timoner and Josh Harris at Sundance/Photo from Cinematical.com)
