Other Websites You Frequent?

[QUENTIN]

So, besides JoBlo.com and its related subsections, what websites do you regularly visit?

Beyond stuff like gmail, google, and facebook, I more or less daily check Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com (http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/), rawstory.com, Alternet (http://www.alternet.org) and Democracy Now (http://www.democracynow.org/) for news and commentary. Less frequently, but still pretty regularly I check out Dan Froomkin's White House Watch (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/white-house-watch/), Blog of Rights (http://blog.aclu.org/), Crooks and Liars (http://crooksandliars.com/), Firedoglake (http://firedoglake.com/), Digby's Hullabaloo (http://www.digbysblog.blogspot.com/), Atrios's Eschatonblog (http://www.eschatonblog.com/), The Brad Blog (http://www.bradblog.com/), Noam Chomsky's articles (http://www.chomsky.info/articles.htm), and Andrew Sullivan at the Atlantic (http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/) for the same. Factcheck (http://factcheck.org/), Same Facts (http://www.samefacts.com/) and Media Matters (http://mediamatters.com/) serve as a check on all of the above. I.F. Stone's archives (http://www.ifstone.org/) are great for news reports from the past and I'll frequently head there for research.

For movie discussion and commentary, at least once a week I check Roger Ebert's site (http://www.rogerebert.com) (his journal (http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/07/not_how_the_army_would_fight_aliens.html) is at least as good as his film criticism and inspires great comments too) and his site editor/blogger Jim Emerson's Scanners blog (http://blogs.suntimes.com/scanners/). James Berardinelli at Reelviews (http://www.reelviews.net/movies.php) is one of my other favorite net critics. The absolutely invaluable The House Next Door (http://www.thehousenextdooronline.com/) has probably become my favorite film site, it features the most consistently articulate and incisive commentary from a variety of smart and knowledgeable film buffs on a wide range of topics and similarly gets great comments. I'd highly recommend it to most schmoes. I check Metacritic (www.metacritic.com) too each week to see what looks good, I like it more than Rotten Tomatoes because it quantifies what each critic thought beyond a simple recommended/not recommended. IMDb (imdb.com) is obviously the go-to reference site for information on a movie.

On the filmmaking side, I'm a regular visitor of Movie Maker (http://www.moviemaker.com/) and a member at Student Films (http://studentfilms.com/) and Trigger Street (http://www.triggerstreet.com/gyrobase/index) for general filmmaking stuff, check out Terry Rossio's excellent Wordplayer (http://www.wordplayer.com/) and John August's screenwriting blog (http://johnaugust.com/) for screenwriting advice and articles,, and The Art of The Guillotine (http://www.artoftheguillotine.com/)for editing tips and techniques.

Simply Scripts (http://www.simplyscripts.com/movie.html)is my preferred place to go to read screenplays online.

Under miscellaneous, I can hardly get online without checking something out on Wikipedia (wikipedia.org), which invariably leads to further clicks, it's practically addicting. They may not be very thorough, but they're surprisingly accurate considering. I use Hulu (www.hulu.com) more or less exclusively to watch the 4 TV shows I follow (Daily Show, Colbert, 30 Rock, and The Office) since I don't have cable, it's definitely the best quality/least hassle streaming video site I've found. And The Onion (theonion.com) and Texts From Last Night (http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/) are some regular sources of humor. The Rotten Library (http://www.rotten.com/library/) is funny, informative, and surprisingly well-researched. Snopes (www.snopes.com)is a fun rumor-debunker. Imeem (www.imeem.com) is the best place I've found to listen to music online, it has the vast majority of what I'm looking for and you can make your own playlists, Pandora (www.pandora.com) is great too to put on shuffle and hear stuff similar to what you're looking for, and of course Youtube (Youtube.com) is a standard for all kinds of random videos online.

What about you, where else do you go, what would you recommend?

[BakeTheMooCow]

Great idea for a thread.

General pop culture fix:

The A.V. Club (http://www.avclub.com/)
Gawker (http://gawker.com/)
Wired (http://www.wired.com/)
Village Voice (http://www.villagevoice.com/)
Pitchfork (http://pitchfork.com)
The Flick Filosopher (http://flickfilosopher.com/)
Slant Magazine (http://www.slantmagazine.com/index.asp)
Metacritic (http://www.metacritic.com)
Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/)

News, blogs:

NPR (http://www.npr.org/)
Iraq Coalition Casualty Count (http://icasualties.org/oif/)
BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/)
The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/)
Ricky Gervais' Blog (http://www.rickygervais.com/thissideofthetruth.php)
Mark Kermode's Blog (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/)
Freakonomics (http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/)

Comics:

One Manga (http://www.onemanga.com/)
Dinosaur Comics (http://www.qwantz.com/index.php)
Hark! A Vagrant (http://www.harkavagrant.com/)
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (http://www.smbc-comics.com/)

Other:

Consumerist (http://consumerist.com/)
Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/)
Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org)
LiveJournal (http://www.livejournal.com)
various torrent sites and feeds

[BlownCamaro]

www.wwtdd.com -entertainment news like perezhilton.com but way less gay

www.ebay.com - obvious

www.imdb.com - again, obvious

www.darton.edu - my current school's website

www.addictinggames.com - fun flash games site when I am bored

www.armorgames.com - same as above

www.foxnews.com - only worthwhile news site

www.conservativepunk.com - political news/chat site

www.parcbench.com - more conservative political/pop culture site

www.careerbuilder.com - looking for a job so I hit this daily now

www.break.com - stupid video site

www.ebaumsworld.com - another stupid video site with a forum too

www.walb.com - local news station's website

That is really about it besides joblo.com. I quit looking at porn so that knocked out like another 10 sites I used to regularly visit. Besides the ones listed above I do not have much time to visit a site regularly and even the ones above I do not his all the time.

[Smarmy Douche]

After checking my e-mail, I have a basic morning batch of websites, which are Fark, Democracy Now, Wired Science, and The Consumerist.

The "name" news websites are largely extensions of their equally shitty TV coverage, but I'll still visit CNN.com and others from time to time. I've come to stomach NPR more, because while their coverage leaves a lot to be desired, there is less stupid bullshit there.

When it comes to the internet, what really makes it a worthwhile thing, is the breadth of information that you can take in, and two of my favorite websites are sites like The Straight Dope and Listverse, for doses of good and random info.

For film-related things, apart from JoBlo, I visit Twitch, In Contention, The Playlist regularly, and IMDb, for quick info. Also, I listen to KCRW's The Treatment and go to Charlie Rose's website, for interviews.

For music, I also go to Imeem, but I spend as much if not more time at Pandora. For music news, the only places I really go are the NPR music page and a small blog called Gorilla vs. Bear.

I've yet to find a particularly good site for literature, or books in general. I go to Biblio often when I've got something out-of-print I want.

My #1 site for when I've got nothing new to read, no movies to watch, nothing on television, is Internet Archive, which is fun to dig through. I also go to Wikipedia and just click around, but when it comes to actually getting quick questions answered, I've begun to use Wolfram Alpha recently.

I love threads like this, I started going to Democracy Now because of a thread a while back in the Politics area where I'm pretty sure it was you who listed it as a good source of news, and indeed it is.

Links
Biblio (http://www.biblio.com/)
Charlie Rose (http://www.charlierose.com/)
The Consumerist (http://consumerist.com/)
Democracy Now (http://www.democracynow.org/)
Gorilla vs. Bear (http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/)
Fark (http://www.fark.com/)
In Contention (http://incontention.com/)
Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/index.php)
KCRW's The Treatment (http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt)
Listverse (http://listverse.com/)
NPR/Music (http://www.npr.org/music/)
Pandora (http://www.pandora.com/)
The Playlist (http://www.theplaylist.blogspot.com/)
The Straight Dope (http://www.straightdope.com/)
Twitch (http://www.twitchfilm.net/)
Wired Science (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/)
Wolfram Alpha (http://www.wolframalpha.com/)

[sarah1980]

Livejournal (http://sarah-1228.livejournal.com/)

Twitter (http://twitter.com/sarah_1228)

Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/)

[BadCoverVersion]

I'm currently frequenting http://www.oneandother.co.uk/, a live art project - or a living monument if you will - where every hour a member of the British public is given 60 minutes on a plinth in Trafalger Square, London to do/say whatever they wish. It will continue for 100 days and there will be 2400 participants in total.

It's been a mixed bag thus far.

[Badbird]

It's funny. I have tons of bookmarks, but few sites I "frequent."

For news:

Fark (http://www.fark.com/)

Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/)

For movies (besides this one):

Roger Ebert (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/)

That Guy With the Glasses (AKA Nostalgia Critic) (http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/)

SoundtrackNet (http://www.soundtrack.net/) For soundtrack info and stuff

Box Office Guru (http://www.boxofficeguru.com/)

Box Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/)


For other stuff:

XKCD (http://xkcd.com/) web comic

Cinemassacre (http://www.cinemassacre.com/new/) home of Angry Video Game Nerd

Bungie (http://www.bungie.net/default.aspx) for Halo stuff

Gamespot (http://www.gamespot.com/) for other video game stuff

[SuperMarcey]

Aside from my own Blog (http://marceyness.blogspot.com), Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/marceyness), Twitter (http://twitter.com/supermarcey) and MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/marceyness), there are a few sites I frequent.

For the Superman nerd in me, Superman Homepage (http://www.supermanhomepage.com)

For more local film news & discussions Empire Online Australia (http://www.empireonline.com.au)

For reliable wrestling news & opinions PWInsider (http://www.pwinsider.com)

For all sorts of tech stuff, I like T4Show (http://www.t4show.com), it has all kinds of videos and live streaming chats.

[God of War]

www.gametrailers.com
www.youtube.com
www.trmk.net
www.startrek.com
www.worstpreviews.com

[Tonkuro]

Oh No They Didn't (http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt)- This Livejournal is my favorite for all news celeb.

Fuck Yeah Sharks (http://fuckyeahsharks.tumblr.com/)- I like sharks. Fuck yeah.

Fail Blog (http://failblog.org)- For the lulz.

Etsy (http://www.etsy.com)- Goddamn, I buy SO MUCH SHIT from this site. I love it.

The Knot (http://www.theknot.com) and Indie Bride (http://www.indiebride.com)- My wedding porn stash sites while I'm planning mine for next year.

[BadCoverVersion]

Etsy (http://www.etsy.com)- Goddamn, I buy SO MUCH SHIT from this site. I love it.

I love this site.

[Homyrrh]

I've already come upon a solid handful of sites that I may now frequent. Kudos to QUENTIN.

Much has been posted about where to get our news and commentary, and I typically only frequent The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. The WSJ, specifically, has some incredible blogs like Numbers Guy (http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/) and The Daily Fix (http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/). Also, my fellow numbers-oriented schmoes are indebted to Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight (http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/).

I'm a technical football geek, and I stand firm that the best place on the web for genuine football fans is Chris Brown's Smart Football (http://smartfootball.blogspot.com/). Additionally, check Trojan Football Analysis (http://www.trojanfootballanalysis.com/wp/wordpress/) or Coach Huey's (http://www.coachhuey.com/) for more of the wholesome strategic side of football, and Dr. Saturday (http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday), Every Day Should Be Saturday (http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/), Pro Football Talk (http://www.profootballtalk.com/) (recently purchased by NBC), and College Football Talk (http://www.collegefootballtalk.com) for a more everyday, informative grasp of the greatest game in the world.

As for film, I check out the typical IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, JoBlo, etc., but I highly recommened the growing site about classic film, The Auteurs (http://www.theauteurs.com/). I'll let everyone explore on their delightful own.

I'm a lover of the rap underground, and get a lot of buzz at UGHH (http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/).

Finally, as a cadet, nigh-mandatory reading is the AF Link (http://www.af.mil/). I "frequent" a good deal more, none of which would be foreign to anyone.

[g1ng3rsnap9ed]

Fuck Yeah Sharks (http://fuckyeahsharks.tumblr.com/)- I like sharks. Fuck yeah.

This may be the coolest concept for a web-site ever. :D

[zombievictim]

These tend to be all I visit:

www.facebook.com
www.dvdactive.com
www.gamespot.com
www.imdb.com

All of which are pretty obvious as to why I go there.

[Tweek]

Other sites I frequent (not that these are the only I go to, of course)...

Yahoo! Answers (http://answers.yahoo.com/) (I bore easily and it's a good time killer.)
Hulu (http://www.hulu.com) (TV program watching purposes.)
IMDb (http://www.imdb.com) (Lulz purposes.)
24 Frames Per Second (http://24framez.blogspot.com/) (:cool:)
Twilight Sucks (http://www.twilightsucks.com/forum/phpBB3/index.php)
BBC NEWS: Africa (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/) (I read some stuff for my dad over the phone.)

[Bahs]

Pornhub

[BankaiZaraki]

Myspace.com
Facebook.com
Rajah.com
Neogaf.com
Espn.com
IGN.com
Youtube.com
Break.com
Digg.com
MSN.com

[Darth Kenshin]

espn.com
ign.com
onemanga.com
animenewsnetwork.com
sporcle.com
the-editing-room.com

[echo_bravo]

Pornhub

Haha I have actually found my way over there a couple of times;)

Some others I visit often...

Finheaven.com (Miami Dolphins fan discussion and news)

Illiniboard.com (Fighting Illini news and discussion)

imdb.com

[Frosty_86]

When Im on the net and not on this site Im on Youtube. I spend alot of my time there searching for music videos from newer artists or lesser known artists. I go to IMDB to look stuff up but I got really bored posting on that site because of all the damn trolls. Then of course facebook, I dont have a Twitter account yet.

[Cronos]

IMDB.com - for movie stuff.
news.bbc.co.uk - for news stuff.
wired.com - for tech stuff.
wikipedia.org - for any stuff.
afterdawn.com - for software stuff.

[Cosimo]

stonesthrow
ign
gametrailers
warp
nunsluts.com
howtokidnapandcage.com

[ilovemovies]

www.facebook.com
www.myspace.com
www.twitter.com
www.youtube.com
http://z14.invisionfree.com/The_24_Community
us.imdb.com
www.comingsoon.net
www.worstpreviews.com
www.rottentomatoes.com
www.rogerebert.com
www.richardroeper.com
www.watch-movies-links.net
www.spoilerfix.com
www.ew.com
www.film.org
www.heerycasting.com
www.tvguide.com
www.tvguidemagazine.com
www.reelviews.net
www.themovieboy.com
www.fandango.com
www.yahoo.com
www.actorsaccess.com
www.google.com
www.celebritymoviearchive.com
www.redtube.com
www.egotastic.com
www.indiegogo.com
www.kyw1060.com

[Freddy Krueger]

imdb.com
facebook.com
bloody-disgusting.com
youtube.com
espn.com
ebaumsworld.com
collegehumor.com
egotastic.com
amazon.com
wikipedia.org
netflix.com
centsports.com
empireonline.com

[Spike014]

http://www.facebook.com
http://www.torncity.com
http://www.nodq.com
http://www.bcfc.com
http://www.youtube.com
http://www.play.com
http://www.projectfootball.net
http://www.apple.com/movies
http://pesfan.com
http://special.pwtorrents.net/
http://www.mininova.org
http://www.isohunt.com
http://www.thepiratebay.com
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/football

[Natty]

It tends to be just Joblo & IMDB (with of course Google).

I also visit facebook, wikipedia and YouTube every now and then.

[fervors]

The Pirate Bay

Hedi Slimane

[The Heart Collector]

www.foxnews.com - only worthwhile news site

[shoe1985]

www.foxnews.com - only worthwhile news site

Hhahahahaha, funniest thing you have ever posted on this site. Fox News is geared towards the Republican side of things. They will diss any other side that disagrees with them. I like to go to as many news sites to get as many views as possible, then I can make my own judgement. Everyone has a different view on things. Just going by what Fox News says is laughable. From your posts on the political forums, this does make a lot of sense. Open mind anyone?

As for other sites I visit:

Yahoo.com - I have always gone there, and it is a habit.
Espn.com - Love sports, and signed up to their Insider subscription part of the site.
Ign.com
Ain't It Cool News
Box Office Mojo


These are the ones I visit the most, and there are many others.

[Abbie Normal]

https://www.bankofamerica.com/
https://www.wellsfargo.com/
http://www.pacifictheatres.com/
www.mapquest.com
www.espn.com
www.foxnews.com
www.msnbc.com
www.weather.com
www.youtube.com
www.illwillpress.com foamy rules!
www.boxofficemojo.com
www.joblo.com
www.metacritic.com
www.the-numbers.com
www.dlisted.com
www.chickapedia.com
www.egotastic.com
www.drunkenstepfather.com
www.freeones.com
www.burningcamel.com
www.pornhub.com
www.tube8.com

[starcat]

fangoria.com

[QUENTIN]

Hhahahahaha, funniest thing you have ever posted on this site. Fox News is geared towards the Republican side of things. They will diss any other side that disagrees with them. I like to go to as many news sites to get as many views as possible, then I can make my own judgement. Everyone has a different view on things. Just going by what Fox News says is laughable. From your posts on the political forums, this does make a lot of sense. Open mind anyone?


You couldn't tell, from his posts on the politics forums, that he was being excessively facetious?

Anyway, I found another great one recently that's been cracking me up and is great for film fans:

http://www.the-editing-room.com/

It abridges scripts into humorous, mostly more accurate, descriptions of the movies.

From The Dark Knight Abridged ***SPOILERS***


INT. CHRISTIAN BALE’S PENTHOUSE

HEATH and CHRISTIAN fight, and somehow HEATH is able to hold his own against a guy with NINJA TRAINING. HEATH throws MAGGIE out of a window.

CHRISTIAN grabs her in midair, allowing MAGGIE to avoid landing on the PAVEMENT by landing safely on a CAR instead.

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL

Thanks for catching me, but how are we going to resolve the issue of Heath still terrorizing your party guests upstairs?

BAT-BALE

Maybe if we awkwardly cut to the next scene, nobody will notice that we accidentally lost some pages of the screenplay.

CUT TO:

EXT. CHICAGO STREETS

The police are holding a funeral for the DEAD COMMISSIONER in the most logical location: directly in the middle of 4 abandoned high-rise buildings with lots of windows. The MAYOR gives a eulogy while wearing a DISTRACTING AMOUNT OF EYELINER.

CHRISTIAN BALE uses MAGIC to pull fingerprints off a nonexistent bullet and winds up getting to the FUNERAL just in time to see HEATH LEDGER attempt to shoot the unprotected MAYOR, miss, and somehow hit GARY OLDMAN instead.

AARON ECKHART

(oh phone)

Maggie, Gary Oldman has just been shot.

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL

I’m sure he’s fine, he’s not even commissioner yet. We’re not supposed to actually be worried that he might be dead, are we?

AARON ECKHART

Nonetheless, I’m concerned for your safety. Who can we trust?

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL

I can go to Christian Bale’s penthouse. It’s the safest place in Chicago right now.

AARON ECKHART

The place where I almost got killed by Heath Ledger and you got thrown out of a window? Maybe you should hide on some subway tracks instead.

HEATH LEDGER

(on television)

Starting today, I’m going to kill innocent people until Batman reveals his secret identity. This plan is sure to work, since Americans are generally so willing to negotiate with terrorists.

CHRISTIAN BALE

I’ll never give into this terrorist’s demands!

(pause)

Nevermind, I quit. Play the sad music while I throw everything in the garbage, Michael. I am Batman no more.

MICHAEL CAINE

Subtle. Did you want to go kiss Kirsten Dunst upside-down in the rain, too?

AARON ECKHART holds a plot-explaining press conference, a scene that is quickly becoming a staple of the “Comic Book Movie About A Millionaire Playboy That Uses Technology To Build A Suit That Enables Him To Fight Evildoers” genre.

[Abbie Normal]

Hhahahahaha, funniest thing you have ever posted on this site. Fox News is geared towards the Republican side of things. They will diss any other side that disagrees with them. I like to go to as many news sites to get as many views as possible, then I can make my own judgement. Everyone has a different view on things. Just going by what Fox News says is laughable. From your posts on the political forums, this does make a lot of sense. Open mind anyone?


As much as it kills me to sort of defend The Heart Collector, I have to do it. Fox news does tend to be leaning right, but it is more center than most other news sites or networks. Like Shoe says, it is not smart to only view one site though. You should read from many different sources, but if fox is your main one, cool.

Here is something that is interesting and you can draw your own conclusions. I am posting this just to show you who owns what networks. Please do not start debating the content.

GENERAL ELECTRIC --

Television Holdings:
* NBC: includes 13 stations, 28% of US households.
* NBC Network News: The Today Show, Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Meet the Press, Dateline NBC, NBC News at Sunrise.
* CNBC business television; MSNBC 24-hour cable and Internet news service (co-owned by NBC and Microsoft); Court TV (co-owned with Time Warner), Bravo (50%), A&E (25%), History Channel (25%).
The "MS" in MSNBC
means microsoft


Other Holdings:
* GE Consumer Electronics.
* GE Power Systems: produces turbines for nuclear reactors and power plants.
* GE Plastics: produces military hardware and nuclear power equipment.
* GE Transportation Systems: runs diesel and electric trains.
==================================================

WESTINGHOUSE / CBS INC.
Westinghouse Electric Company, part of the Nuclear Utilities Business Group of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL)
whos #1 on the Board of Directors? None other than:
Frank Carlucci (of the Carlyle Group)

Television Holdings:
* CBS: includes 14 stations and over 200 affiliates in the US.
* CBS Network News: 60 minutes, 48 hours, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, CBS Morning News, Up to the Minute.
* Country Music Television, The Nashville Network, 2 regional sports networks.
* Group W Satellite Communications.
Other Holdings:
* Westinghouse Electric Company: provides services to the nuclear power industry.
* Westinghouse Government Environmental Services Company: disposes of nuclear and hazardous wastes. Also operates 4 government-owned nuclear power plants in the US.
* Energy Systems: provides nuclear power plant design and maintenance.
================================================== ==============
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.
Television Holdings:
* Paramount Television, Spelling Television, MTV, VH-1, Showtime, The Movie Channel, UPN (joint owner), Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Sundance Channel (joint owner), Flix.
* 20 major market US stations.
Media Holdings:
* Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Video, Blockbuster Video, Famous Players Theatres, Paramount Parks.
* Simon & Schuster Publishing.
=============================================
DISNEY / ABC / CAP (donated 640 thousand to GW's 2000 campaign)
Television Holdings:
* ABC: includes 10 stations, 24% of US households.
* ABC Network News: Prime Time Live, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America.
* ESPN, Lifetime Television (50%), as well as minority holdings in A&E, History Channel and E!
* Disney Channel/Disney Television, Touchtone Television.
Media Holdings:
* Miramax, Touchtone Pictures.
* Magazines: Jane, Los Angeles Magazine, W, Discover.
* 3 music labels, 11 major local newspapers.
* Hyperion book publishers.
* Infoseek Internet search engine (43%).
Other Holdings:
* Sid R. Bass (major shares) crude oil and gas.
* All Disney Theme Parks, Walt Disney Cruise Lines.
================================================== ====

TIME-WARNER TBS - AOL (donated 1.6 million to GW's 2000 campaign)
America Online (AOL) acquired Time Warner–the largest merger in corporate history.
Television Holdings:
* CNN, HBO, Cinemax, TBS Superstation, Turner Network Television, Turner Classic Movies, Warner Brothers Television, Cartoon Network, Sega Channel, TNT, Comedy Central (50%), E! (49%), Court TV (50%).
* Largest owner of cable systems in the US with an estimated 13 million subscribers.
Media Holdings:
* HBO Independent Productions, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, Castle Rock, Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera.
* Music: Atlantic, Elektra, Rhino, Sire, Warner Bros. Records, EMI, WEA, Sub Pop (distribution) = the world’s largest music company.
* 33 magazines including Time, Sports Illustrated, People, In Style, Fortune, Book of the Month Club, Entertainment Weekly, Life, DC Comics (50%), and MAD Magazine.
Other Holdings:
* Sports: The Atlanta Braves, The Atlanta Hawks, World Championship Wrestling.
================================================== =====
NEWS CORPORATION LTD. / FOX NETWORKS (Rupert Murdoch) (donations see bottom note)
Television Holdings:
* Fox Television: includes 22 stations, 50% of US households.
* Fox International: extensive worldwide cable and satellite networks include British Sky Broadcasting (40%); VOX, Germany (49.9%); Canal Fox, Latin America; FOXTEL, Australia (50%); STAR TV, Asia; IskyB, India; Bahasa Programming Ltd., Indonesia (50%); and News Broadcasting, Japan (80%).
* The Golf Channel (33%).
MEDIA HOLDINGS:
* Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight.
* 132 newspapers (113 in Australia alone) including the New York Post, the London Times and The Australian.
* 25 magazines including TV Guide and The Weekly Standard.
* HarperCollins books.
OTHER HOLDINGS:
* Sports: LA Dodgers, LA Kings, LA Lakers, National Rugby League.
* Ansett Australia airlines, Ansett New Zealand airlines.
* Rupert Murdoch: Board of Directors, Philip Morris (USA).

[shoe1985]

As much as it kills me to sort of defend The Heart Collector, I have to do it. Fox news does tend to be leaning right, but it is more center than most other news sites or networks. Like Shoe says, it is not smart to only view one site though. You should read from many different sources, but if fox is your main one, cool.

QUENTIN, it makes a lot of sense from his posts. I just assumed he was just voicing his opinion.

Abbie, when I watch Fox News, the majority of the people tend to be leaning a lot to the right. I tend to watch as many different news sources because everyone has an opinion. I watched Glen Beck a few nights ago, and he is all crazy about Sarah Palin. Sorry Glen, she is not that great. She has faults like everyone else, and there is a reason people voted Obama over McCain. I know many McCain supporters who voted Obama because of her, others went the Independent route.

But, to stay on topic and not gear towards politics, I have been visiting the Official Halloween Message Board more. Just curious to see what the Rob Zombie fans are saying, always fun to read those comments.

[zombievictim]

I'm sorry but anyone who claims Fox News far over the line into being right, then I don't know what news you're watching.

[Abbie Normal]

Abbie, when I watch Fox News, the majority of the people tend to be leaning a lot to the right. I tend to watch as many different news sources because everyone has an opinion. I watched Glen Beck a few nights ago, and he is all crazy about Sarah Palin. Sorry Glen, she is not that great. She has faults like everyone else, and there is a reason people voted Obama over McCain. I know many McCain supporters who voted Obama because of her, others went the Independent route.


FOX news cable is center. Foxnews.com is center Fox network channel nightly news is all over the place.

Fox News Personalities totally are right. Bill OReilly tries to be center and fair, but he is mostly right. Beck is funny, but right.

I thought you meant only the .com site, not tv.

[QUENTIN]

QUENTIN, it makes a lot of sense from his posts. I just assumed he was just voicing his opinion.


I guess what I meant is that, he consistently and uniformly shows nothing but disdain for the American right and the types of views espoused by Fox News, so I'd think one would assume the opposite based on his posting. I'm positive he was being sarcastic, which is his MO.

http://www.joblo.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3006495&postcount=21

Fox is certainly a mouthpiece of the far right, I think that's very hard to dispute and is as close to a universally accepted truism as these things get.

Something I forgot to ask that relates to this thread:

Does anyone here have their own blog, movie-related or otherwise?

[QUENTIN]

*double post*

[The Heart Collector]

I was directly quoting a previous post from this thread.

I have a blog here www.sisforawesome.com/andres though I don't update it all that often.

[someguy]

Hahaha fuck nevermind

[starcat]

retrojunk.com is pretty cool

[RustyRazor]

Wrestlecrap.com
Wizard Universe
Absolute Write (they've got a forum called the Water Cooler for aspiring writers like myself)
And my favorite second only to JoBlo, Cracked.com! (They allow you to write articles on practically every topic under the sun and I've got like seven different articles written. It's totally friggin' sweet.)

[moviegooer]

I reguarly visit the following sites:

Youtube (http://www.youtube.com)
AOL News (http://news.aol.com)
Watch Movies (http://www.watch-movies-links.net)
Movies coming soon (http://www.movietribune.com/movies-coming-soon/)
Perez Hilton (http://perezhilton.com/)

[EZM22]

Movies:

James Berardinelli (http://www.reelviews.net) - Consistently well-written reviews and great commentary.
The Movie Boy (http://www.themovieboy.com) - I NEVER agree with Dustin Putnam's reviews, but they are well written.
The Internet Movie Database - The one stop for movie info.

Although not regularly, I also check out Roger Ebert and MaryAnn Johanson.

Other sites:

Cracked (http://www.cracked.com) - They occasionally have some hilarious articles
I-Mockery (http://www.i-mockery.com) - Movies, comics, music, and other pop culture stuff
Snopes (http://www.snopes.com) - I've learned a lot from this site over the years.
Metal Reviews (http://v2.metalreviews.com) - Great reviews and news on metal and hard rock
Newgrounds (http://www.newgrounds.com) - A shitload of flash games. A great site to waste time on.

[A.J. Hakari]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com - Mostly for Zero Punctuation, but Unskippable is great stuff, too.

http://www.theaterhopper.com - Pretty fun movie webcomic.

http://www.digitalpimponline.com - Home of Joe Loves Crappy Movies, another choice movie comic.

http://www.cracked.com - Hilarious vids and articles.

http://www.cinemassacre.com - Great for the Angry Video Game Nerd videos and other geekish shenanigans.

http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com - Nostalgia Critic, Nostalgia Chick, Still Gaming, Bum Reviews -- tons of great videos.

Then there's my own site, which, of course, supercedes all and is a heaping slice of awesome pie.

[Ayestrain]

For comic heads: I just discovered this gem of a site recently..

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/

where they posted this most badass scan recently: Batman vs. Predator book 3..great series..

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/939424.html#cutid1

The conspiracy buff in me likes Disinfo.com (http://www.disinfo.com/content/)..as well as The Daily Grail (http://www.dailygrail.com/) for weird news..

For irreverent, hilarious music coverage, it's got to be Buddyhead.com (http://www.buddyhead.com/)..

[Del]

www.wikipedia.com - Every day there is something that I hear or see that I want to know more of. Wikipedia is always a great place to start. Love that site, I prefer it above Google.

[The Postmaster General]

I only look at Hot Chicks with Douchebags, and The Onion. Everything else I can get through carrier pigeon.

[Le_Big_Mac]

www.rogerebert.com (http://www.rogerebert.com)
www.pitchfork.com (http://www.pitchfork.com)
www.rollingstone.com (http://www.rollingstone.com)
www.imdb.com (http://www.imdb.com)
www.criterion.com (http://www.criterion.com)

[Batgirl1979]

isketch-Basically multiplayer Pictionary online but the best one I've found. Addictive and if you got a pen & tablet it's even more fun.
If you've tried the ones on msn & yahoo they are shit compared to this one.
(you don't have to registor but I go by Batgirl1979 there as well)
http://www.isketch.net/isketch.shtml

Funeral Quest-is a web-based multiplayer game that simulates the world's second oldest profession - the Undertaker (username:Bat-taker)
http://sethrobinson.com:2546/

Escapegames24-Variety of links to online/downloadable games. I enjoy point & click and escape room games when I'm bored.
http://www.escapegames24.com

Calendar for TV-Input your shows and it puts them on your own personalized online calendar.
http://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/index.php

and the Norms: Twitter, Facebook, IMDB, Photobucket, mininova.

[xseanymacx]

www.rotoworld.com
www.therx.com
http://cfn.scout.com
www.crazyshit.com
www.lambgoat.com
www.craigslist.com

[bourahioro]

http://www.fetlife.com I'm a deviant.

[starcat]

i have to admit that because of this thread i am now a frequent visitor of that guy with the glasses... its awesome

[ProgWizardry]

Alright, I'll finally bite.....

www.lp.org
www.smallgovtimes.com - an invaluable news site
www.nolanchart.com - a venue in which libertarian ideas appear on equal footing with conservative, liberal, statist, and even moderate (centrist) ideas.
www.mises.org - great for economic issues
www.humblelibertarian.com
www.freerepublic.com - provides the most constant updates and is a good starting point
www.symphonyx.com
www.ultimatemetal.com - great site for discovering new bands
www.live365.com
www.progulus.com
www.youtube.com
www.metacritic.com
www.imdb.com
www.theauteurs.com
www.asian-horror-movies.com
www.hulu.com
www.klov.com
www.lasercd.com - best place to buy real music online PERIOD.
www.progarchives.com - the most comprehensive and well-informed progressive music site on the net
www.wikipedia.org
www.clublez.com/movies
www.pornhub.com
www.redtube.com
www.apetube.com
www.empflix.com
www.footballlocks.com/nfl_lines.shtml
www.craigslist.org

[Dirtyfrog]

besides the usual facebook-youtube-imdb

cyberpresse.ca
montrealmirror.com
tmz.com
ctrlaltdel-online.com
sinfest.net
i-am-bored.com
antimusic.com

[Jerk Shapiro]

I browse a lot of live music/concerts at http://www.archive.org

[Badbird]

A list of some of my favs:

All of these are legitimate companies that didn’t spend quite enough time considering how their online names might appear These are not made up. Check them out.

1. Who Represents is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their Web site is www.whorepresents.

2 . Experts Exchange is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at www.expertsexchange.com

3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at www.penisland.net

4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at www.therapistfinder.com

5. There’s the Italian Power Generator company www.powergenitalia.co

6. And don’t forget the Mole Station Native Nursery in New South Wales, www.molestationnursery.com

7. If you’re looking for IP computer software, there’s always www.ipanywhere.com

8. The First Cumming Methodist Church Web site is www.cummingfirst.com

9. And the designers at Speed of Art await you at their wacky web site, www.speedofart.com.

Link (http://www.thebeachcomber.org/baddomains.htm)

[CoryChaos]

I stopped frequenting PerezHilton.com because I realized how incredibly biased and contradictory he was. Additionally, I just don't find myself giving a shit about what or whom he deems important to blog about.

Lately, I've been all over www.highsnobiety.com. Great site for urban fashion and footwear. Lots of dope collections and special editions.

[starcat]

That was some funny stuff badbird.

[ProgWizardry]

After reading this whole thread I am shocked.

Has nobody else heard of www.criticker.com ?

You can rate movies and it finds others that match your taste as well as predicts what you will rate each movie from 0-100. Obviously, the more you rate, the more accurate it gets for you.

You will also find those who rate movies the closest to your own. When I first went on there, I rated 1200 films in 24 hours.

Be warned: although it does have a fairly complete listing of films, they will repeat after the first 500 or so. You may have to specify genre and from what year to what year.

Have fun. It can become quite addicting.

[sarah1980]

www.livejournal.com
http://community.zacharyquinto.com/
www.twitter.com
www.fanficton.net i read and write fan fic sometimes
www.facebook.com
www.film-talk.com/forums/
www.sylarsarmy.com/
www.youtube.com
http://moviefreak1980.dvdaf.com/?count=dvds
http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/?v=nbc_heroes

[cloneofkelso]

imdb.com
neworleanssaints.com
ilovebacon.com
peopleofwalmart.com
lifeinlegacy.com
ebay.com
nfl.com
austinamericanstatesman.com

[John@$$]

IMDB

Gamespot

Last FM

FARK

Reutens news

The Onion

peopleofwalmart

Gamespot


Insidehoops forum

Bleacher Report

Ulitmate Metal Forum

Pigskin-Fever

[God of War]

Click (http://www.moviegifs.net/2009/11/favorite-links.html)

[Tweek]

bump

The Daily Puppy (http://www.dailypuppy.com) :D

[Smiert Spionam]

So since the new Digg sucks and reddit has always sucked, is there another comprable site where I can get my random news from?

[John@$$]

So since the new Digg sucks and reddit has always sucked, is there another comprable site where I can get my random news from?

FARK is where it at.

[Cenopath]

http://www.allmusic.com (http://www.allmusic.com/)
http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com (http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/)
http://www.discogs.com (http://www.discogs.com/)
http://rateyourmusic.com (http://rateyourmusic.com/)
http://www.imdb.com (http://www.imdb.com/)
http://www.last.fm
http://www.youtube.com
http://www.theonion.com

[Smiert Spionam]

FARK is where it at.

I browsed it. Too many sensationalist right wing articles in the political section for my taste...

[John@$$]

^http://img.fark.net/images/2008/pita/pita1d1.png


That how political it's been so far.

[outsyder]

I browsed it. Too many sensationalist right wing articles in the political section for my taste...

Dude, check the comments section. Those links are always ripped to shreds. Fark is most definitely a more left-leaning site.

[Smiert Spionam]

Dude, check the comments section. Those links are always ripped to shreds. Fark is most definitely a more left-leaning site.

Word, after browsing around a bit more, I've def been usin' fark a lot more frequently. I could def use more succinct titles that aren't always trying to be funny, though and fuck sites that don't let you curse haha

[outsyder]

Word, after browsing around a bit more, I've def been usin' fark a lot more frequently. I could def use more succinct titles that aren't always trying to be funny, though and fuck sites that don't let you curse haha

Eh, it's part of the culture there.

[fabiana]

Alright, I'll finally bite.....
http://www.theamateurzone.info/
http://www.nudeamateurgirls.net/
http://sexporntube.org/

[jaw2929]

I post on another message board: www.usmessageboard.com - I also am always in my email, Facebook, Twitter and 411mania.com mainly for wrestling news. Also NBA.com & MLB.com when the season's are happening. My favourite one though is amazon.com as I'm always changing around what DVD & Blu-Ray's I wanna get in my wish lists.

[bigred760]

My Yahoo (for e-mail), imdb.com (for the info), facebook, and ESPN.com


Between those four and joblo.com, that's about it for the regularly visited websites.

[Elgyn]

Porn. Lots and lots of porn.

[countchocula]

Someone should say that they frequent my site. That would make you look cool. And also...

Botchamania
The Cinema Snob
Blabbermouth (metal news)
Wrestlezone
Pregnant Minors(.gov)

[jaw2929]

Pregnant minors? .gov? No such site exists. What the hell is that Count?