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Posted on March 20, 2012 by Brian DiMaio

Boy, spring really sneaks up on you, doesn’t it? One minute you’re eating leftover turkey from any number of various holiday celebrations, telling yourself how much you hate the taste of leftover turkey and the drowsiness that comes with it, and the next you’re cheating on your income tax, trying to decide if reading this at work counts as a business expense.

We admittedly aren’t all too familiar with the concepts of March “Madness” or Spring “Train”ing or IRS “laws,” but we do know about rebirth, new beginnings and Spring Break. So remember, while you’re getting totally wasted at a nice, cheap hotel in Panama City or Daytona, we’re here, sober as a judge, spreading the news and avoiding getting a sunburn. The only way we know the weather is getting nicer outside is because we see it on the local news. Continue reading →

“I Find There Is Something Fascinating About Binary Code:” A TDQ Q&A With Actress And Model Veronika London

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Brian DiMaio

Veronika London

In this week’s TDQ Q&A, we speak to actress and model Veronika London. Veronika talks to us about her tattoo inked in binary code, how well her instincts have served her in her career and her interesting food cravings. Here is this week’s TDQ Q&A with Veronika London:

The Daily Quarterly: What made you want to be in show business?

Veronika London: Love and lack of attention – A few years ago I was in love and in a relationship with an animator who was at times was more fascinated to check out the girls in Maxim magazine and watch beautiful actresses. I decided to become that “girl.” Needless to say that relationship didn’t work out. Turns out he liked fantasizing about these women but didn’t actually want to be with one.
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NBC Announces Fall Schedule; “Cheers,” “The Cosby Show” And “St. Elsewhere” Coming Back To Primetime TV In Their Original Format

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Brian DiMaio

If you haven't seen it it's new to you!

New York—In the most oddly intriguing move NBC has made since deciding three years ago to eliminate all scripted shows in the weeknight 10 pm timeslot and give it over to Jay Leno, the Peacock Network announced its new fall schedule last week, and are apparently jumping into a time machine hoping that re-airing formerly popular shows from the 1980s will revive the network’s lagging ratings.

“No, no, understand now,” NBC head Robert Greenblatt said at the press conference when prompted, “these are not reboots or remakes. These are the actual shows that originally aired. We’re very thrilled to bring back as they originally ran these very popular programs. These shows stand the test of time. Just the other night I caught a rerun of ‘Cheers’ on TV Land, and I just laughed and laughed. That Sam, (spoiler alert!) he’s a pistol!”
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Idiotic Move Injuring Himself With His Own Bat In Anger Somehow Nets Nats’ Bryce Harper Bandage Sponsorship

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Brian DiMaio

Bryce Harper for Band Aid brand adhesive bandages.

Washington, DC—You would have thought over the weekend when Washington Nationals outfielder and generally-acknowledged world-class jerk Bryce Harper banged his bat against the clubhouse wall in anger after making an out and having the bat bounce off the wall and open a gash over his left eye, that when the swelling went down, it would be an eye-opening experience to maybe tone his temper down, or take some anger management classes. But instead of costing him playing time or a hefty fine from his manager, Dave Johnson, the incident brought Harper a new endorsement deal with Johnson & Johnson brand bandages.

In a world gone mad, this immature, juvenile behavior (Harper is just 19, after all) has gotten him a nice six-figure deal with one of America’s best-known and oldest companies. Continue reading →

Ryan Gosling, Geoffrey Arend To Star In Film Adaptation Of “Perfect Strangers”

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Brian DiMaio

Hollywood must act fast while the 1980's are still popular. It is expected that fashion and culture will skip over the 1990's and try and find something to scavenge from the 2000's.

Los Angeles—Columbia Pictures announced yesterday the news that scores of fans of the 80s television staple “Perfect Strangers” have longed to hear: there will finally be a bigscreen version of the ABC sitcom which aired from 1986 to 1993.

The role of Larry Appleton, played my Mark Linn-Baker on the small screen, will be played by Ryan Gosling. His hapless, lovable cousin Balki, played brilliantly by Bronson Pinchot on TV, will be played by Geoffrey Arend, better known as the lucky bastard married to Christina Hendricks.

Though the script hasn’t been finalized, Columbia said that Joss Whedon has been brought in to complete the story, keeping the two cousins in Chicago, but adding a likely time-traveling vampire-fighting subplot. Continue reading →

TDQ Tech For The Week Of 5/14/12

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Brian DiMaio

In this week’s awesome installment of TDQ Tech, The Grindery tell you the real story behind Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook buying Instagram, and exposes the shenanigans going on at another technology website, this one out of “England.”

Can’t say we’re really all that surprised about that English site news. Can’t understand a word most of them say, and like my grandpa always said, if you can’t understand them, you can’t trust them.

You are now technologically informed. Go and do likewise.