Hooksexup brings you Positions of the Day; Scanner brings you Positions of the Day for the lonely and loveless (not that there’s anything wrong with watching a Golden Girls marathon). The Scanner crew also asks the deep questions, like who would you rather: Winona Ryder or Janeane Garofalo? And would you ever…Benicio del Toro? Plus: candid wedding photos (note to brides: lock the toilet stall)…and yes, you can take David Hasselhoff to the gym. For only $39.95.
• Screengrab proves that Hollywood loves a remake, that everything is funnier with “Yackety Sax” played as background music, and, from an interview with a former co-worker, that Stanley Kubrick was just a wee bit eccentric:
"His [Kubrick's] laser-like eyes locked mine: 'Why doesn't Pauline Kael like my movie?' My mind raced. I had been nervous enough rehearsing what to say. . . My answer had to meet his challenge. Perhaps a minute elapsed. Triggered by a survival instinct from some deep memory recess, I countered, 'She thought The Bible was the best movie of the year.' Our eyes didn't move but his body shifted slightly. It was my acknowledgment."
Oh, we also learned that Jay-Z…acts?
• The Hooksexup Video Blog learns that kittens will maul you in a second if you try to steal their chicken McNuggets…but they’re still cute. Plus, Joe Strummer was the best part of John From Cincinnati, Oliver introduces the Hanukkah Bird, some truly painful grape-stomping, and Japanese game shows bring us speed-eater Kobayashi versus an actual, live bear in a hot-dog eating contest. As the announcers said:
“You see, he’ll look away and take a break. He doesn’t know it’s a competition. He’s just a natural eating machine.” After that, “44 little people” take on an elephant. This is all just fodder for I Love New York 3, isn’t it?
— Nicole Ankowski