friendster in the movies

FILM

A movie about Friendster? Oh, boy. Well, it stars Topher Grace...

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead came out on DVD today.

Parker Posey joins Superman cast, playing Kitty Koslowski, Lex Luthor's partner in crime.

TV

The Star Wars kid inspires this week's Arrested Development. With video.

Mars Investigations, for catching up on Veronica Mars, the best teen-show-really-for-adults on tv.

MUSIC

A flotilla of big new releases today: M.I.A.'s Arular, Block Party's Silent Alarm, Queens of the Stone Age's Lullabies to Paralyze, Moby's Hotel, Decemberists' Picaresque, and MF Doom's Live From Planet X. There are even a couple big re-releases: Dinosaur Jr.'s You're Living All Over Me and Brian Eno's Music for Films.

BLOGS

USA Today reports on "Inside the Blog," created by Joe Klein, the new head-honcho at CNN previously known for dissing blogs. From a couple weeks ago: Wonkette playa-hating the segment.

MSNBC story on vlogs [via Blogumentary].

Just a little bit jealous of Kottke today for landing an Eyebeam fellowship.

ONLINE

Ourmedia.org launched, and then quickly crashed. JD has the details.

ADVERTISING

New Yorker: Do ads still work?

LOCAL

The website for the MSP International Film Festival (April 1-16) went public today. Here's the schedule and the parties. At a quick glance, Olivier Assayas' Clean looks like the highlight.