“Where The Wild Things Are” Trailer Premieres

Dave Eggers (author of “A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius”) and Spike Jonze (director of “Adaptation” and “Being John Malkovich”) have adapted Maurice Sendak‘s beloved childhood classic, “Where The Wild Things Are” for a live-action film to be released on October 16, 2009; Jonze also directs. God, I loved this book as a kid.

The first trailer debuted today:

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(Watch it in HD at Apple.)

Trivia #1: The song featured in the trailer is, of course, Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up.”

Trivia #2: Interestingly, the credits state that music is by Karen O, of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Trivia #3: Eggers also co-wrote the upcoming film, “Away We Go.”

Trivia #4: 80-year-old Sendak was recently in the news for coming out of the closet after living with his partner, now deceased, for 50 years. He never told his parents: “All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.”

Who Is Going To Buy Me A Pair Of Bikini Jeans?

For Halloween Christmas? Please? I’m a size 4. Okay, 6.

Under The Covers

“Great Things Are Covered” – Anonymous

Three more brilliant covers for today:

Duffy – Ready For The Floor (Hot Chip Cover) Great acoustic cover of Hot Chip’s mega-hit courtesy of the brilliant BBC Live Lounge Series.

Fall Out Boy – Beat It (Michael Jackson Cover ft. John Mayer; Studio Version) I love Michael Jackson and strongly believe that other artists should not even attempt to cover his songs. That said, I was surprisingly pleased with what Fall Out Boy (particularly Patrick Stump’s vocals) and John Mayer (on guitar) could pull together on this hard rock interpretation of the MJ classic.

This Is Ivy League – Crown Of Love (Arcade Fire) “Crown of Love” has always been one of my all-time favorite Arcade Fire tracks. For their interpretation, This Is Ivy League strips the song down and brings much more intimacy and attention to the beautiful and haunting lyrics.

Enjoy!

Complex Magazine Accidentally Posts Pre- And Post-Photoshopped Kim Kardashian Photo

Complex Magazine recently posted a pre-Photoshopped image of famous-for-doing-nothing* Kim Kardashian, which wouldn’t have been that big of a deal except that they yanked it a few hours later and re-posted a cleaned-up version. Soon thereafter, that image was also removed.

Sigh. It’s so sad to see it side-by-side knowing that this shit happens every. freaking. day.

Big props to Animal New York who initially caught the change-up; via Dlisted.

*Sorry, I forgot she had a sex tape, so he has done something. Oh, and her daddy defended OJ Simpson.