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The Walt Disney-prodcued movie High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) follows a group of high school seniors as they navigate the emotional highs and lows of their final year at East High. The film was the first theatrical release of the popular High School Musical trilogy, and it opened at number one in theaters, the biggest opening for a musical at the time. Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Honda S2000 from High School Musical 3
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Sometimes, a single Los Angeles street corner can tell several stories at once. When I snapped this photo in December 2025, the giant billboard overhead was promoting Jaws: The Exhibition at the nearby Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (just outside the frame to the right). The blockbuster exhibition celebrated the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s legendary thriller and ran for more than six months before closing at the end of July. If you missed it, you’ll have to wait and hope it resurfaces somewhere else.
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For Ridley Scott’s 1982 movie Blade Runner, filmmakers called upon concept artist Syd Mead to imagine the dystopian world of 2019 Los Angeles. In the science-fiction film, Rick Deckard, (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD officer of the Blade Runner unit, is assigned to track down bioengineered humanoids called replicants. Deckard’s personal vehicle is Police Sedan Number 56, a “spinner” that has been decommissioned and stripped of its ability to fly. (Angelinos: tell me that doesn’t remind you just a bit of a self-driving WayMo).
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Sometimes a piece of pop culture merchandise manages to capture the entire spirit of a film in a single object. This wonderfully dramatic Jaws Shark (Attack)Tiki Mug with Swimmer Swizzle Stick does exactly that, turning the iconic movie poster for Jaws into a three-dimensional drinking vessel and immersive, nostalgic experience.
Released in 2019 by Mondo and produced by Tiki Farm, the ceramic mug is shaped like the gaping jaws of the great white shark made famous in Jaws. The shark rises up through sculpted ocean waves, mouth open wide and ready to swallow whatever tropical concoction you choose to pour inside. Continue reading Shark Attack Jaws Tiki Mug!
No one ever sat you down and explained that movies and television might quietly shape the way you think about love. It happens gradually. Over the years you watch couples solve their biggest problems in under two hours, confess their feelings in dramatic downpours, and somehow always say exactly the right thing at exactly the right moment. Without realizing it, those moments start to feel like a blueprint for how romance is supposed to unfold — and you’re far from the only one absorbing those expectations.
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