Friday, April 15, 2011

Honey, why don't we get married in the nude?

That's what this couple did in Austria, taking their vows in their birthday-suits, in front of the entire crowd which included their close friends and family. Crazy...

Check out the entire article here.

First spotted on Twitter from @sliceofl

Monday, April 11, 2011

The Brittney Spears Horribleness

I don't think we've ever done a Brittney Spears post, either here on the Spinoff or on good ol' TS. But sometimes, we just have to do things. And this mash-up of Old Brittney (when she was young, hot, and nimble) and New Brittney (older, post-kid, and tired-looking) first spotted on PopEater, it just horrible. Sad to see what Brittney has become.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Where Do People Find These Clips?

Think about this: the same person that uploaded this clip to youtube is probably the same person who has a DVD of a Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen movie. What kind if a person is that? Anyways, how racist is this clip on a scale of 1-10?

Monday, March 28, 2011

Jimmy Kimmel gets winning in the mouth

The one and only warlock of our lives, Charlie "Winning" Sheen made a surprise appearance on JKL last week, and gave everyone some free stuff. Winning.

Friday, March 25, 2011

I want my Whopper Jr. NOW!



Looks like sometimes wanting your food at BK can be too much to handle. Check out these bikini-clad girls on spring break in Florida, lead by Kimesia Smith, who just wanted her Whopper Jr. and fries NOW. Pandemonium ensued. Smith was eventually arrested and charged with battery. Think she wants fries with that?

First spotted on MSNBC.com.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Blinky is freaky

This short is pretty amazing. And pretty scary. And what's worse, is how realistic it really is. Think about it.

Blinky™ from Ruairi Robinson on Vimeo.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Snoop Dogg Samples Classic 80's Track

Boom-shaka-laka. Legendary West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg hooked up with T-Pain for a hell of a track that has just been released to the masses. T-Pain helps popularize the boom-shaka-laka phrase originated from NBA Jam back in the day, while producer Scott Storch samples the classic 1980's dance track "Situation" by Yaz. Here's the video for "Boom" along with the original 1980's classic record.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Bond for International Women's Day, in a dress



Daniel Craig decided to get all gussied up for this not-funny video for International Women's Day, being held today to mark the 100th anniversary of the day that draws attention to the inequity in the rights of the sexes. And while the idea itself it quiet funny: James Bond in a dress, with high heels, the resulting video with M (Dame Judie Dench), in anything but.

Makes me wonder what exactly it might take to give everyone an equal chance. And the answer is simply smarter people who can recognize that just because you are not one particular sex doesn't mean you are any less capable of performing any task.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Token Oscar Picks

After failing horribly at my Razzie Picks last night, I feel a little more confident going into the Oscars, especially since I've actually seen some of these flicks.

So here are my picks for some of the big 83rd Academy Awards categories:

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
  • Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours
  • Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
  • Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich, Toy Story 3
  • Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit
  • Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini, Winter's Bone
Token Pick: Aaron Sorkin.  Does anyone really think Sorkin won't be walking off with an Oscar tonight?  His script was typical of his style, but fantastically brilliant.

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
  • Mike Leigh, Another Year
  • Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson & Keith Dorrington, The Fighter
  • Christopher Nolan, Inception
  • Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right
  • David Seidler, The King's Speech
Token Pick: The King's Speech.  While Nolan's Inception was mind blowingly frightening, Seidler's story of the King who wasn't suppose to be, overcoming his horrible stutter, was the kind of thing Oscar loves.

Best Achievement in Directing
  • Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
  • Joel & Ethan Coen for True Grit
  • David Fincher for The Social Network
  • Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
  • David O. Russell for The Fighter
Token Pick: David Fincher.  Now, keep a close eye on this, because usually whoever wins Best Director means that movie will win Best Picture, but we could see a first tonight.  I say Fincher's ability to use smooth camera moves to make hooded sweatshirts look cool with Aaron Sorkin's words beats out Hooper's royal King's Speech.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Amy Adams for The Fighter
  • Helana Bonham Carter for The King's Speech
  • Melissa Leo for The Fighter
  • Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit
  • Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom
Token Pick: Melissa Leo.  All signs seem to indicate this will be only one of The Fighter's big awards.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Christian Bale for The Fighter
  • John Hawkes for Winter's Bone
  • Jeremy Renner for The Town
  • Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right
  • Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech
Token Pick: Christian Bale.  And this will be the other award for the Fighter, most likely barely beating out Geoffrey Rush's brilliance.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right
  • Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole
  • Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone
  • Natalie Portman for Black Swan
  • Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine
Token Pick: Natalie Portman.  After collecting the Independent Spirit Award last night, she has a bunch of trophies on her mantle for the title role.  Looks like Oscar will be joining them.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
  • Javier Bardem for Biutiful
  • Jeff Bridges for True Grit
  • Jessee Eisenberg for The Social Network
  • Colin Firth for The King's Speech
  • James Franco for 127 Hours
Token Pick: Colin Firth.  Firth's turn as the Royal Monarch was mesmerizing, and will earn him his first Oscar of his already storied acting career.

Best Motion Picture of the Year
  • 127 Hours
  • Black Swan
  • The Fighter
  • Inception
  • The Kids Are All RIght
  • The King's Speech
  • The Social Network
  • Toy Story 3
  • True Grit
  • Winter's Bone
Token Pick: The King's Speech.  While The Social Network grabbed all the early critics awards, The King's Speech has won the awards that matter when picking a winner for the Academy.  In other words, in other award shows where members of the Academy are also voting members, The King's Speech wins.  So this year, for what may be the first time, we'll have a different movie winning Best Picture and Best Director.

Check out all the nominees here, and don't forget to watch on ABC. 

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Token Razzie Picks

Tonight is the Razzie Awards, where the worst movies in Hollywood are celebrated the night before the Oscars celebrate the best movies in Hollywood. Started back in 1980, the Razzies have been handing out The Golden Raspberry Award to "winners" that include Sandra Bullok.

This year's nominees include, yet again, some of the biggest money-makers (Twighlight Saga: Eclipse) and stars (Jennifer Aniston, Miley Cyrus, Jessica Alba, Jack Black) in this year's Hollywood "films."

Let's take a look at who The Spinoff thinks will take home some of those Golden Raspberries. And let's keep in mind that The Spinoff only watches good movies, so we don't watch these crappy pieces of so-called cinema.

Worst Prequal, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequal
  • Clash of The Tians
  • The Last Airbender
  • Sex & The City 2
  • Twilight Saga: Eclipse
  • Vampires Suck
Token Pick: Twilight Saga: Eclipse. The Razzies love to nominate the Twilight movies. 'Bout time it takes one home.

Worst Screen Couple/Worst Screen Ensemble
  • Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler, The Bounty Hunter
  • Josh Brolin's Face & Megan Fox's Accent, Jonah Hex
  • The Entire Cast, The Last Airbender
  • The Entire Cast, Sex & The City 2
  • The Entire Cast, Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Token Pick: Josh Brolin's Face & Megan Fox's Accent. Brolin's face alone was freakin' horrible.

Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3-D
  • Cats & Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty Galore
  • Clash of the Titans
  • The Last Airbender
  • Nutcracker 3-D
  • Saw 3-D (aka Saw VII)
Token Pick: Nutcracker 3-D. From everything I read from the Boston Globe review of Nutcracker 3-D, not only was the 3-D horrendously bad (as any post-conversion will be), but the movie took away the heart and sole of the story: the music.

Worst Actress
  • Jennifer Aniston, The Bounty Hunter & The Switch
  • Miley Cyrus, The Last Song
  • The Four "Gal Pals," Sex & The City 2
  • Megan Fox, Jonah Hex
  • Kristen Stewart, Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Token Pick: Miley Cyrus. I don't know how she's been able to stay a star in the first place.

Worst Actor
  • Jack Black, Gulliver's Travels
  • Gerard Butler, The Bounty Hunter
  • Ashton Kutcher, Killers & Valentine's Day
  • Taylor Lautner, Twilight Saga: Eclipse & Valentine's Day
  • Robert Pattinson, Remember Me & Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Token Pick: Taylor Lautner. Any actor who never puts his shirt on in a movie deserves to be labeled the worst.

Worst Picture
  • The Bounty Hunter
  • The Last Airbender
  • Sex & The City 2
  • Twilight Saga: Eclipse
  • Vampires Suck
Token Pick: Vampires Suck. Of all the films nominated, this one recieved the lowest score from RottenTomatoes.com. Give it the Golden Razzie.

Check out all the nominees for the Razzies here.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Real Life Mario Kart

Say no more. This is awesomeness in a two minute vidoe format. The banana peels, the supermarket run, the fat security guard chasing after this guy...it has it all. It makes me wanna play Mario Kart. Now.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Is This Song Catchy?

It seems to be catching on the United States. 22-year-old British Rapper Tinie Tempah and singer Eric Turner collaborated on the track "Written in the Stars". It's already gone #1 in England, and it's making waves in America now. I can't decide how I feel about this track. It kind of reminds me a passionate, meaningful song that B.O.B would come out with, so it must the British accent on Tinie that's eating at me. Is it wrong that his dialect spoils what could be a legendary track. I mean, the song is the new theme for Wrestlemania (need I say more). That means there's something epic about this song, I'm just not sure what it is. Listen for yourself:

Friday, February 4, 2011

Bieber Gets Big Boos

There you have it...not everyone is obsessed with Justin Bieber. This time, at Madison Square Garden during a recent Knicks game, Bieber's mug on the jumbotron elicited more boo's than cheers. I guess there weren't too many 14 year old girls at the Knicks game.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Lots of Zuckerberg on One Screen

Here's the best clip from "Saturday Night Live" with a whole lot of Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg featured for one television. There was the NSL Zuckerberg (Andy Samberg), the movie Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisienberg), and the actual Zuckerberg...who can't act for s$$&.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Sign of the Apocalypse: Jersey Shore Begins Around The World

The MTV show is taking over the world. Slowly, but surely, and now they're their "talents" to Italy for season 4:
Yes yesss y’all — the rumors...are true. “Jersey Shore” will be shooting its fourth season in ITALY! According to an official hot-off-the-press release from our employer, the entire cast and crew of MTV’s wildly popular hit show will be trading in their shot-filled road trips to Seaside Heights for a sure-to-be mini-bottle laden plane ride to their homeland.
The people who have never seen the Jersey Shore are moaning in anger, while the Jersey Shore die hards are proclaiming "who thought it couldn't get any better? what a brilliant idea." It is a great idea, mainly to see the guido wanna-be Italians are going to be spitting game on girls who probably doesn't speak any English. On second thought, that should work to their advantage.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Wiz Khalifa to Perform At AFC Championship

2010 was a breakout year for rapper Wiz Khalifa, and 2011 could be even bigger. As his single sits in the top 5 on the billboard charts, he has gotten the opportunity to perform his hit song with a Pittsburgh theme in his home town...in front of 80,000...at the AFC Championship pre-game on Sunday.
Wiz will perform his hit during the pre-game festivities at Heinz Field. Wiz is also being granted the honor, along with actor and Pittsburgh native Billy Gardell, of leading the Steelers fans in the Terrible Towel Twirl before kickoff.  No doubt this is a tremendous honor for diehard Steelers fan Khalifa.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Gervais's jokes biggest suprise at Globes

Well, last night's Golden Globes didn't have many surprises, except maybe for Ricky Gervais's extreme off-color jokes, which according to many media outlets, is getting him banned from hosting the show ever again. Even worse, "...any movie he makes he can forget about getting nominated." Take a look for yourself.



Need we forget, however, that this is Ricky Gervais? Did we really think his jokes weren't going to be edgy and risque? And here's a question, did the Hollywood Foreign Press not review his jokes before the show? If he went off script, then by all means be mad at him, but if his jokes were approved, then shuddup and deal with it, boys.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Goldeneye is what you'd expect, but not

Think back to the game you loved on N64. GoldenEye was considered the premiere first-person shooter, the game that actually pioneered the genre. It's been 13 years since that original version of the game came out, and a few months ago, a new version of GoldenEye was released for the Wii. I got my hands on a copy a few weeks ago, and let me tell you something: this is not the GoldenEye you remember.

This game is better.

GoldenEye for Wii
is not that same story you remember from the movie or the original game. Instead, we are given a vivid retelling of the story, and Daniel Craig is James Bond this time, giving the action more spunk and pep, and more danger. Instead of jumping off the dam with a bungee-cord, we jump off the bridge with nothing at all. Take this idea and stuff it into every story line, update the technology, and there you have it: 2010's GoldenEye for Wii.

GoldenEye is a fun game to play with good weapons and realistic game-play. As in the original, you can still slowly move around maps to remain undetected, or go guns blazing and try to take as many of the bad guys with you. Which, as usual in these sorts of games, there are a lot of. They must offer great benefits packages to these goons. Maybe I can get in on that.

The graphics are smooth, and awfully good, but still video-game like. We are on a Wii after all. But hook up your system to a nice stereo-surround sound system, and prepare to be blasted away. One of my friends thought the explosions were actually taking place in his home.

Game-play is awfully interesting with the Wii remote and nunchuck. While it all makes sense, I found myself having trouble to turn right and left quickly enough to find enemies, especially in multiplayer mode. There is the option of using the classic controller or Wii Zapper (which I did not enjoy using). But overall the control scheme using the remote was clean and efficient.

Multiplayer mode, by the way, is exactly what you remember from the original. You can all go at it in a split-screen mode and try to kill each other, or go into a team mode. Of course there is a Golden Gun mode, where you kill everyone with one shot from the infamous weapon. And then there is the online mode: that's right, a Wii game with an expansive online play feature. Now you can team up with friends against strangers and shoot each others guts out in several different modes, and garner experience points to unlock new weapons, gadgets, and online-game modes.

Overall, this game is awesome, which is why it is already being hailed as the best first-person shooter on Wii (IGN). If you go and buy just one game for the Wii in the next few months, buy GoldenEye. Then make me your friend so I can come and kill you.

GOLDENEYE 007 FOR WII FINAL GRADE: A

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Check out this Rapper's New Tattoo!

Holy crap! The ice cream man! With lightning bolts...all over your face? Forever? Rapper Gucci Mane, known for making music with the likes of R&Bs singer Mario, Mariah Carey, Usher, and Jamie Foxx threw this outlandish tattoo on his face recently and the photo has made its rounds on the internet blogosphere. Wow.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Free Music Week 2

Here's the second release of my weekly dose of free ipod filler. This track is called "We Built This City" and samples the classic Starship track of the same name. Enjoy!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Not exactly safe for work Chinese invention


This one's kinda out there. Nothing like rejuvenating those sagging or small breasts with a little vibrator. The advertisement is practically soft-core porn.

Reminds me of the Shake Weight.



Or even worse, the Shake Weight for Men.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Live to Dance...and Faceplant

Great viral video from the debut of CBS' reality show "Live to Dance", also known as a feeble attempt to grab American Idol's ratings. Still, they got my attention with this wicked wipeout last night. Check out the golf ball bruise on this girl's head after her performance:

Saturday, January 1, 2011

New Feature for 2011: Free Music by...ME!

This was a longtime match made in heaven. I make music. I don't take myself or my music too seriously, and it will likely never be anything more than a hobby. When my college roommate and I recorded our first song in 2006, Token Sports/Spinoff CEO/Co-Founder Mike was right there behind the boards, producing for us. Ever since, I've always enjoyed making a track from time to time. We picked the name D.A. Finest (aka "DnA") cause it was easy to remember, and our names are Doug and Alex. No rocket science needed there.

Fast forward 4 years later. We're college graduates who are trying to turn the Token Sports empire into the greatest thing to hit the web, so why not use the site as a platform to promote my music, and give it to all of you for free? This was one of the biggest "duh" moments in the history of Token Sports. It's a New  Year, so it's time to step things up. I give you free music, I promote the site, and I get to hear what you think.

To classify DnA music as "a typical white kid rapping" is unfair. Being a fan of everything from Lifehouse to Ludacris, Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne, I take my experiences and my wide taste in music to put together something fun for everyone to listen to. I make party songs, I make love songs, I make catchy songs...I don't corner myself creatively. Here's the first dose of free music from me, a fast-paced dance track called "Come Over" featuring Young Quis. Watch the video and download it for free below!