Disney Allies With Netflix – Is This the Start of a New Showbiz Paradigm?

Last week Netflix blew the minds of those who have always regarded it as being near death and bought exclusive U.S. rights to films from Disney Studios. Not only will Netflix be carrying new content, it also has non-exclusive streaming rights to older films such as DUMBO and POCAHONTAS.

According to the L.A. Times and New York Post, the 3 year deal will cost Netflix in the neighborhood of $350 million a year when it starts in 2016. (The streaming of older material starts immediately.) read article

Peer Production: Neil Patrick Harris’s PUPPET DREAMS Episode 2

This is a must-watch. We swear. And this ep has kind of an interesting guest star:

LB’s Christmas Want List

Hey, a hint or two never hurt, right?

Steampunk Keyboard

Buccaneer Mk2 Steampunk Keyboard (wooden keys – special order)

Magic Wand – Programmable TV Remote

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Vanity Fair Loves FREAKS AND GEEKS

Paul Feig, the brains behind all those other brains (in other words, the F&G creator/showrunner)

And you thought they were cool over there in the Big Time New York Magazine World.

Well, maybe they are, but that’s just ‘cuz being geeky is the new cool:

Photos: The Exclusive Freaks and Geeks Reunion

For the first time since 2000, every cast member of the Paul Feig-created show Freaks and Geeks, cancelled after just 18 episodes, reunited for executive producer Judd Apatow’s comedy issue. See Mark Seliger’s photos of the cast, ten years after “graduation.” read article