It has some racer stylings, monster rubber, a forward-facing exhaust, side-mounted headlight…pretty unique bike, and in person, it really looked great.  It also reminded me of Alex O’Loughlin’s custom Sporty that Cro Customs has been working on.  We’ve had some postings on it in the past (here and here), but I thought I’d check in for any updates, and sure enough, there are several.  It seems that they’ve been doing some tweaking on his bike, from the new pegs to the new seat.  They also have a posting (including pics) documenting a September visit from Alex…want to know what a nice guy Alex is?  The day after the premier of Whiteout, he stopped by the shop and ended up taking the folks there out for lunch after a cruise on their steel horses.  Avid Alex fans may have already seen all of this, but for anyone else, enjoy. 

Alex O'Loughlin riding his custom Sporty.

Check out the Cro Customs blog (that is where the photo above came from).
Check out their photo gallery of Alex and his bike.

Perhaps you’d like to try mashing up Jennifer Lopez and Alex O’Loughlin…or use either of their photos for your own nefarious ends?  These are sized right and pretty much meet the requirements.  Have fun makin’ babies people!
 

Like most advertisers in the big game, CBS Films definitely attempted to appeal to the male audience, but hey, that is ok, and ideally, the fact that this movie has such broad appeal (and by broad i me crossover, not uhhh, broads.  tired joke, i know, but hey) is why it will do well. Jennifer Lopez and Alex O’Loughlin certainly get to demo their freak-out faces!

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The New official site for "The Back-up Plan" Movie looks great

CBS Films relaunched the website for “The Back-up Plan” – a new, fancier flash site.  It plays like a street scene from the New York neighborhood that is the movie’s setting.  There are even games (unlock fresh clips), a widget to embed the trailer on your page, soon to be a ringtone, wallpapers, posters…basically, a whole lot of goodies.  Thanks CBS!  It is pretty slick, so go check it out:

http://www.theback-upplan.com/

I have them here as well, and in my imagination, they tell a little story:

Alan Poul directs Alex O'Loughlin on who exactly to flip off. Technique is also an issue..."OK, so, yeah, that guy...No, just the one finger."

OK, Alex, nice, but this time, when you flip off the cashier, do it with more...with more feeling!

And the JLo is all like, "nah-uh, you did not just flip off the cashier, he is my boy! you're going down O'Loughlin."

Then Alex's loyal friends physically subdue JLo. OK, J/K, the cast made up and now they are all freinds and Alex and Alan promise to stop flipping people off.

"OK, guys, so here's the deal (chuckle) ok (laughing) on 3, let's flip off the all the moms at the park." Ohhhh, those boys, always with the antics...

Also, you know, from a marketing standpoint, it is kindof cool.  If you are familiar with the poster for “The Back-up Plan” then you know the bit with ”Fall in love. Get Married. Have a baby. (not necessarily in that order)” and it is accompanied by arrows showing that these steps have been rearranged.  I think you could do something showing that the date 4/23/10  now includes 1,2,3,4, but rearranged.  Boom, synergy!

“The Taqwacores” is getting a lot of great reviews and good buzz following Sundance.  I do have one question, to which I cannot seem to find an answer: Did it sell?  That is really the purpose of Sundance, right, to get in front of people with money so they can buy and help distribute your film.  Anyway, buzz is good.  EOnline mentions it as a Buzzworthy selection.  Time Out London picked it as one of the ten best of the festival.

One of controversial characters is Rebeya, played by Noureen DeWulf.  Several of the review focus in part on this character.  Many of the write ups from Sundance praise the character and DeWulf herself.  The character and actress display intelligence and understanding, as exemplified by this quote from the Park Record:

“I just love the idea of making your whole life a testament to the very thing you oppose,” DeWulf said about the character. “It’s not easy being a Muslim woman in this country post 9/11 and everybody has the right and the ability to create who they are.”

“People like to associate Muslims with a certain type of behavior and that is usually not punk rock behavior,” she said.

Congrats to everyone involved.

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Also, I am all for artistic expression whatever the form, but I am not sure how to justify and align the theory of punk rock with the spectacle of Broadway.  I just cannot do it.

Please see OnlineJLoFan and LovelyLopez for tons of photos and videos before during and after the Grammy extravaganza.