Cut! Folks, let’s take a lunch break while I talk to the director.

Okay Lamar, what IS it with you? First you screwed up a lavish production of Animal Fair and we had to pull the plug on it, and now this?

How hard is it to make super-hero movie, Lamar?

If they can do Superman and Batman and Wonder Woman and Spider-Man, why couldn’t you handle the cult classic Green Lantern?

Lamar, the REAL Green Lantern fights crime with powers from a magic ring, he doesn’t just pop his eyeballs out and wave cheesy green lanterns at folks!

Your guy looks like you got him out of that Goofy Face Museum and Doughnut Shop, in Washington, DC.

And what’s with that shirt? Is his secret identity a fricking GOLFER?

But Lamar, the worst thing about it is this movie tie-in merchandise you authorized.

Do you really believe parents all over the country are going to want their children walking around with working lanterns, cans of Green Lantern Kerosene and Green Lantern Cigarette Lighters? REALLY?

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An activist from the Powermen Union holds kerosene lamps as he shouts anti-government slogans during a protest against privatisation of the Punjab State Electricity Board in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh April 16, 2010. REUTERS/Ajay Verma

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Blog Guy, are you forgetting something? You haven’t given your coveted Visual Irony Award for this month. That’s the only reason many of us read your blog.

Wow, is it really that time again? Thanks for the reminder. The latest Visual Irony Award goes to a plain-clothes policeman in Azerbaijan.

In where?

Oh, you know, it’s over  there near Europe or someplace, I think.

You don’t even know where it is, do you?

Not a clue. Anyway, the cop in our photos here is arresting an activist.

I see. And what is this guy demanding?

Freedom of speech.

Ah, I think I see where you’re going with this, Blog Guy. Good choice! I’ll be back next month.

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A plain-clothes policeman detains an opposition activist demanding for freedom of speech during a rally in central Baku, April 14, 2010. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

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Apr 16 – Wu Yulu, China’s self-proclaimed most famous inventor prepares to show off his home-made robots to the Shanghai Expo (May 1 – Oct 31).

Blog Guy, I have a problem. I’m a very attractive woman and people tell me my hair is one of my best features.

But whenever I get a new hairstyle, my boyfriend doesn’t even notice! How can I get his attention?

Maybe your changes are too subtle. Like, if you just go from brunette to blond, or shoulder-length to short hair, most dudes aren’t going to spot something like that.

But if you style your hair like this lady above, to look like the tail fins on a 1959 Cadillac, you’ll get our attention.

Or say you have a huge cobra coiled in your green hair. Even the dullest guy will notice, especially if you have a nice smile like that model.

I didn’t realize men were so dim-witted. What else?

Go for danger. We like “bad” chicks. Over on the right, that might just be an average lady, with her hair styled by a hedge clipper and routine yellow lipstick.

But look at her hands. She appears to have ripped out her postman’s heart, just for tearing the cover of her new Neiman Marcus catalog, so suddenly she looks pretty hot.

And the one below her. That hair says, “We’re out of zombie food again, Sweetie, I’m going out for brains.”

Danger, huh? I think I get it, Blog Guy. So like if I got my hair styled like, say, convicted killer Phil Spector, my boyfriend would notice?

Right. I didn’t say he’d LIKE it, but he’d notice….

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Top left: A model presents a creation by British designer Alexander McQueen as part of his Spring/Summer 2010 women’s collection during Paris Fashion Week, October 6, 2009. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Top right: A performer shows off a hairdo presented by a Japanese salon during “Splash International 2010″ in Tokyo, March 16, 2010. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

A model wears a creation by designer Jose Castro during his Fall/Winter 09/10 show at the Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week in Madrid, February 20, 2009.
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A model presents a creation from New Order’s 2010 autumn/winter collection during the Fashion Rio Show in Rio de Janeiro, January 13, 2010. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

Bottom left: Record producer Phil Spector arrives at Superior Court in a 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

Bottom right: Spector is seen in this undated police booking photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on April 13, 2009. REUTERS/ Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department/Handout

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apache Corp accidentally tipped off analysts to their upcoming $2.7 billion deal with Mariner Energy, sending out an email on Wednesday evening to schedule a conference call on the takeover.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – While Halls of Fame that honor sports heroes and rock and roll idols generally receive the most attention, they’re not the only facilities that laud those that are at the top of their field.

BERLIN (Reuters) – Cologne are offering frustrated airline passengers stranded because of the volcanic ash that has blanketed much of Europe free tickets to their Bundesliga match Friday.

Blog Guy, whatever happened to Jack Kevorkian, that assisted suicide guy? He’s in prison, right?

Not anymore. He served eight years but got out a couple of years ago.

Interestingly, he’s the subject of a new HBO movie, “You Don’t Know Jack.” Kevorkian is played by Al Pacino.

Good casting. There’s an uncanny resemblance between the two.

Anyway, the movie, which also stars John Goodman and Susan Sarandon, just had its premiere in New York. The real Kevorkian was there to promote it, posing with most of the actors.

What do you mean, MOST of them?

Well, we don’t actually have him with Sarandon.

I don’t know for sure why that is, but she was on crutches at the event. My guess is that Kevorkian said something like, “I can help you out with that,” and she hobbled away at a high rate of speed.

Yikes! Well, he must be a very interesting guy. After the evening was over, what did Pacino and Goodman say about meeting with him?

Nothing. Neither actor has been seen since then.

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Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian poses with actor Al Pacino, who plays Kevorkian in the TV film “You Don’t Know Jack”, during the film’s premiere in New York April 14, 2010.

Cast member Susan Sarandon arrives on crutches for the premiere.

Kevorkian shakes hands with actor John Goodman at the premiere.

REUTERS photos by Lucas Jackson

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Blog Guy, whatever happened to Jack Kevorkian, that assisted suicide guy? He’s in prison, right?

Not anymore. He served eight years but got out a couple of years ago.

Interestingly, he’s the subject of a new HBO movie, “You Don’t Know Jack.” Kevorkian is played by Al Pacino.

Good casting. There’s an uncanny resemblance between the two.

Anyway, the movie, which also stars John Goodman and Susan Sarandon, just had its premiere in New York. The real Kevorkian was there to promote it, posing with most of the actors.

What do you mean, MOST of them?

Well, we don’t actually have him with Sarandon.

I don’t know for sure why that is, but she was on crutches at the event. My guess is that Kevorkian said something like, “I can help you out with that,” and she hobbled away at a high rate of speed.

Yikes! Well, he must be a very interesting guy. After the evening was over, what did Pacino and Goodman say about meeting with him?

Nothing. Neither actor has been seen since then.

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Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian poses with actor Al Pacino, who plays Kevorkian in the TV film “You Don’t Know Jack”, during the film’s premiere in New York April 14, 2010.

Cast member Susan Sarandon arrives on crutches for the premiere.

Kevorkian shakes hands with actor John Goodman at the premiere.

REUTERS photos by Lucas Jackson

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