Lindsay Lohan is supposedly in a "real" rehab setup, Britney Spears seems hellbent on having her kids taken from her, and Paris Hilton remains the celebrity with the vaguest charisma. She's not potentially tragic like Lindsay and Britney. Paris is . . now dull. But that doesn't make her a bad person. She has retreated slightly and is perhaps doing those promised good deeds in a naughty world. Or, just sitting home reading all the massive September fashion magazines.

Web s(L)ites Fun

Web s(L)ites Time Killers

PUZZLES Number LogicCaught up in the current Sudoku craze? This site offers a hefty supply of puzzles to tackle. Work independently or compete head-to-head against other registered users. There are three levels of difficulty; the site will time you (there's a pause button if you need to take a breather) and, if you wish, "validate" your answers (and highlight any mistakes). You don't have to sign in to use the site — but you do if you want your scores recorded.

CELEBRITY GOSSIP TMZKudos to these newshounds who broke the Mel Gibson story. TMZ is the place to go when you need a shot of entertainment and celebrity news; its "gotcha" style reminds us of The Smoking Gun. Scroll down to the bottom of the home page for links to the latest posts on some of the other "hot blogs" in the celeb category, including "L.A. gossip rag" Defamer and the more media-centric, Manhattan-based Gawker. Got more time to kill? Pink Is the New Blog dishes with flare.

MOOD LIFTER Cute OverloadBecause sometimes you just need to look at pictures of kittens. Or farm animals. Or hedgehogs. This popular blog provides a daily dose of cute imagery, found somewhere on the Internet or emailed in by a fan. Browse categories ("Pocket Pets," "Cats N Racks") or follow the site's links to more cuteness at sites like Baby Animalz.com and Pandafix .

PAINTING Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas Here's a place where you can indulge your inner abstract expressionist: move your mouse to splatter virtual paint and click to change the color. To create a hard copy, right-click on the "canvas" and select Print.

FREE GAMES ShockwaveYou'll find a variety of ways to procrastinate here — there are games you can play by yourself, and multiplayer games; flash games you play inside your browser, and games you download. You can browse by category or search by keyword (check out Loop, under Adventure). If you don't already have the latest Shockwave Player installed on your computer, you'll be prompted to download it.

MONSTER MASH Yu-Gi-Oh GrooveHere's one for the kids: a site that features characters from the popular anime world of Yu-Gi-Oh, doing something they don't ordinarily do: dance. It's silly and fun — you mix and match the music and moves. Developer Timothy Harris photographed the actual toys in various poses to create the stop-motion animations. Best feature: though sponsored by Mattel, there's not an ad or corporate logo in sight.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Superbad Is Coming


This coming-of-age teen sex comedy — co-written by and costarring Knocked Up's Seth Rogen and produced by comedy swami Judd Apatow — follows two high school seniors (Accepted's Jonah Hill and Arrested Development's Michael Cera) during a madcap night three weeks before graduation. ''We're not the dudes who get laid all the time,'' explains Hill, ''and the two girls that we've liked throughout high school ask us to buy them alcohol for a party.'' As director Greg Mottola (The Daytrippers) says, ''[it's] the classic quest. They concoct this idea that if they could just get these girls drunk, they would have sex with them maybe two months down the line.'' But what does that have to do with the eponymous James Brown song? ''It just seemed a nice phrase for the fantasy that these teenage dorks might have in a split second of feeling cool,'' says Mottola. Ah, yes. We know it well.
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