Don't
get me wrong here, other than my own site, the IMDB
is probably the site I visit the most on the Web (other than
my myriad of porn bookmarks, of course), but when a site as big and
respected as they are f*cks up so badly...we just need to report
it!! As most of you already know, over this past weekend, on April
1st specifically, JoBlo.com "reported" that Kate
Beckinsale had been cast as Wonder Woman. Anyone with half a
brain who read past the article's first 2-3 paragraphs would have
noted that it was an April Fool's joke, particularly in the story's
last paragraph in which...we basically tell you that it's an April
Fool's joke! Cut to the IMDB's
"news stories" today, and here's what they wrote up:
Kate Beckinsale has reportedly joined the race to play Wonder Woman in Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon's upcoming comic book movie. The British actress is in negotiations with Whedon, according to movie gossip website joblo.com. Insiders claim Whedon is "very happy" with Beckinsale and confirmed last week that production on his highly anticipated movie adaptation of the popular comic book series will begin filming in early September. Buffy stars Sarah Michelle Gellar and Charisma Carpenter, and teen queen Lindsay Lohan have been linked to the coveted role - which was played on TV by Lynda Carter. Former hot favorite Carpenter even remarked she was putting off having a second baby in the hope of landing the dream role. She recently told a reporter, "I'd like to (have another baby) eventually, but I want Wonder Woman right now. I'm not holding my breath, but I'm crossing my fingers and toes and praying."
There
are many things wrong with their piece, but allow me to focus
on the main three below.
1)
JoBlo.com is not, has never been and will never be...a
"gossip site". We've been a "movie news" site
for about 8 years now and anyone who knows anything about movies on
the Net should know that by now. 98% of our stories are based in
fact, and we make sure to separate the "rumored" stories
as such.
2)
Even if these people read our article completely -- which they
obviously didn't -- where in our piece do we say that Kate
Beckinsale "has joined the race to play Wonder Woman"? The
article is titled "Wonder Woman cast!" To me that
says...well, she IS Wonder Woman....she isn't "being
considered" at all. So on top of NOT recognizing the April
Foolishness of the article, they even get the basic idea behind it
wrong.
3)
Finally, I just want to point out some of the stuff mentioned in our
article that apparently wasn't read or reported on by the IMDB
article. The part about Whedon hoping to "bang" Beckinsale.
The part about Whedon admitting that many other actresses wanted to
"blow him" for the part. The part about Whedon admitting
that Jessica Simpson had the "tits for the part", but was
as "dumb as they come". The part about Whedon asking
Beckinsale to get a breast job for the part and Beckinsale's
publicist...seeming okay with that! I could go on, folks.
Oh,
and on a technical note, anybody on the Internet knows that it's
only common courtesy to LINK to another site when you mention them
in your write-up. In this case, JoBlo.com is NOT linked in the IMDB
story, hence the readers aren't able to check our site immediately,
in order to confirm (or in this case, deny) the story. BTW, I'm not
really pissed at the IMDB about this, in fact, I dig the free
publicity, but I do think it's pretty shoddy reporting. I also
realize that they have a 3rd party generating their news for
them...but still! It's on your site, you should double-check that
shit! Oh, and in case people are STILL in the dark about this...
IT
WAS AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE!!!!!!!!!!! DUUUUUHHH!!
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6:47PM on 04/05/2006
And AxeGrinder, I think we've been doomed to stupidity ever since...
And AxeGrinder, I think we've been doomed to stupidity ever since Dubya got back in the White House at the latest, or since we invented national secretary's day at the earliest.