Christian Bale and Ewan McGregor, former on-screen lovers in Velvet Goldmine, now share the same look upon June magazine covers. Is it me, or is Bale a tad gaunt like he appeared in The Machinist? Christian tells his GQ interviewer that he's glad people created dance mixes out of his famous temper tantrum and he absolutely despises having his photo taken. Yeah, sure.
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In 1956, producers for the movie Battle Hymn, flew twenty-five Korean war orphans to California to star as extras in the movie. Battle Hymn follows the true story of the documented rescue of 950 orphans and 80 orphanage staff from the path of the Chinese advance during the Korean War. Air Force colonel Dean Hess took charge of the airlift, and was later protrayed by (the dashing) Rock Hudson. Hess also penned an autobiography about his wartime efforts, with the proceeds going towards establishing orphanages in Korea.
Guinea pig factoids: Four toes up front. Three in the back. They can chirp like birds, though no one is sure why they do this.
Hey, it's Ajumma and her husband caring for our three guinea pigs! Actually, if you've ever been to my house you know each of my pigs has a cage the size of a basketball court.
Spencer is our 4-year old lad from a shelter in Baldwin Park, California. He likes carrots, his girlfriend Yachi (who he can see only through his cage bars), and long walks on the beach. Spencer used to have a bell in his cage that he could ring for a treat, but we got tired of him ringing it at 4:00 AM. 
A former law school student is selling cupcakes from a NYC truck. New Yorkers literally chase his Cupcake Stop mobile down the street. I would chase it down and then puncture the tires so it couldn't go anywhere. Drool over Cupcake Stop's menu here.
Shesh, shesh y'all. The Beastie Boys announced yesterday they're releasing a new album titled Hot Sauce Committee. Adam Ad-Rock Horowitz says of the album, "It's political, depending on what you call political. You know, if toilet talk and fart jokes are political, which they can be, in that sense yeah, very."
I stumbled upon some magazines I'd been saving, today!
Also in the Bale issue of Entertainment Weekly was giddy chatter about Heath Ledger's gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain. The Oscar-winning drama was scheduled for release the following year.
In 1997, between ads for horrid fur coats and million dollar rings, Gong Li graced Town and Country magazine. Of course, she looked AMAZING. This was the glorious period before Miami Vice, Hannibal Rising and Memoirs of a Geisha. Basically, this was back when Gong Li had a career.
In 1991, Seventeen magazine asked "Where Are They Now?" about actors from '80s movies. It pin points each actor's career high and low points. Since it's 18 years later, I think it's due for an update:
Wil Wheaton
Career high point: Star Trek: Next Generation, as Wesley Crusher
Career low point: Toy Soldiers (even though I saw it in the theater). Cue the Martika song.
What he's doing now: Wil's blogging and writing. He loves the new Star Trek movie.
Corey Feldman
Career high point: The Goonies (It's loved by more people than Stand By Me, so I disagree with Seventeen magazine)
Career low point: Drugs, drugs, drugs. That, or his recent TV show, The Two Coreys with Corey Haim.
What he's doing now: He's vegetarian, holla. Corey's making music and presenting an award to the filmakers of 11th Hour on May 31.
River Phoenix
Career high point: I'm going to say Stand By Me or Mosquito Coast. And hello, he played the original young Indiana Jones.
Career low point: Being dead
Drugs, drugs, drugs! River was an amazing actor and I'm disappointed he didn't stick around to make more films, advocate for animals and shake shit up. I get shivers when he fades away at the end of Stand By Me.
What he's doing now: Not much
Jerry O'Connell
Career high point: Marrying swimsuit model, Rebecca Romijn
Hooray for the fat kid getting the hot girl. If he didn't marry a model, this definitely would have been Jerry's high point.
Career low: He was in the recent Beyonce movie, so I'm going to say THAT.
What he's doing now: Jerry and his wife just had twin girls. He also joined the cast of the movie, Piranha 3-D. He's certainly not allowing himself to be type-cast.
Remember the fabulous loft in L.A.'s Chinatown featured in Dwell Magazine? The property is now for sale. The asking price for the renovated space is a mind blowing $2.59 million. For that much money in Los Angeles I'd demand at minimum a few acres and an ocean view. And a hot gardener. To see more photos of the colorful place on Sun Mun Way, visit Curbed Los Angeles.
Ajumma's city of Whittier, California has had the highest number of dog attacks on postal carriers this year. This is especially disturbing since Whittier is only 15 square-miles in area. With 3,000 letter carriers attacked by canines last year, the United States Postal Service calls dog biting a nationwide public health problem.
Wonbin brought his mop top and skinny bod to the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival, yesterday. The Korean actor and his co-star, Kim Hye-Ja, made the festival rounds promoting their new film, Mother. More pics here.
Looking at Wonbin at Cannes, I realize I miss the old Wonbin. Here he is about a decade ago, broadnosed and wide-eyed. You know he's about to bust out his famous wonky grin.
Here's Wonbin today. Emaciated. Tired. Not to mention he's altered his handsome face. Binner pics from Teazed
Ajumma assumed all women were repulsed by boys in leggings, but apparently females in Georgia love them.
Carol Struycken, the actor who played the mysterious giant in Twin Peaks, is scheduled to appear at this year's Twin Peaks Fest in Washington state. Twin Peaks Fest, which celebrates David Lynch's hilarious and disturbing TV series, occurs July 24-26, 2009. Carol will dine with fans on the second night of the annual gathering. "New shoes!" 
Speaking of Twin Peaks, artist Jesse Riggle has created eight character portraits (such as the Log Lady, above) for a show in Los Angeles. See more of Jesse's Twin Peaks portraits here.
Mike Shinoda is blogging about Linkin Park's new song for Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. The band is also helping to score parts of sequel. I don't know about you, but I am totally getting T2 (Transformers 2) and T4 (Terminator 4) mixed up in my head these days. Transformers 2 is due in theaters on June 26, 2009. Pic: Joe Hahn gallery
On a related note, Transformers 2 star Shia LaBeouf recently proclaimed that his ma is the sexiest woman he knows. He told The Insider, "If I could meet my mother and marry her, I would." Lovely.
Last fall, a college in Ajumma's town installed a sidewalk at the edge of its campus. This sidewalk was meant to be a gateway, or welcome, to the rest of the town. It didn't take long for students to notice how the sidewalk resembled a male reproductive organ. Word spread on campus and online, and eventually the college performed a circumcision on the sidewalk.
I think the college should have responded by saying, "You're all a bunch of pervs! It's a beautiful sidewalk and since we're not made of money, it stays."
The sidewalk now looks like this.
Kip Fulbeck, photographer/creator of Part Asian, 100% Hapa, is working on a new photo book with a focus on multiracial kids. His book is due out next spring.
Koreans are celebrating the blooming of Cherry Blossoms across the peninsula! Festivals are going on, April through May, throughout Seoul and various provinces. For a relaxing cherry blossom experience Ajumma recommends strolling through palace grounds around the capital.
Check out the JoongAng Daily for more details on festivals in Korea.
