It's All in How the Dog Is Served - New York Times: "OU know those hot dogs that you know and love, and can't wait to eat this time of year? The ones served at Katz's Delicatessen, Gray's Papaya, Papaya King, the legendary Dominick's truck in Queens and the best 'dirty water dog' carts?"
Paris Hilton's burger ad called 'soft-core porn'; Renee Zellweger gets star on Walk of Fame; P. Diddy to appeal child support order: "Paris Hilton's new TV commercial for a burger chain has sparked furor, with a family group calling for it to be pulled.
In the recently debuted commercial for Carl's Jr.'s 'Spicy BBQ Six-Dollar Burger,' the hotel heiress is seen in a revealing black bikini cavorting with a water hose while washing a Bentley, sensuously covering herself and the vehicle with suds. The ad ends with Hilton's signature line, 'That's hot.'"
Richard Linklater will direct a movie version of the book that started it all. I can't imagine the plot. Do you think the cows will rise up against their oppressors in some sci-fi twist?
Cinematical: "Richard Linklater is so back, it's not even funny. He's got one summer blockbuster candidate (Bad News Bears) in the can, and one sci-fi art film (A Scanner Darkly) in post, and this fall he'll direct an adaptation of Eric Schlosser's non-fiction phenomenon Fast Food Nation, starring Oscar nominee Catalina Sandino Moreno. Variety is calling the project a 'fictionalized thriller'; Jeremy Thomas and Sex Pistols impresario Malcolm McLaren will produce for Thomas' Hanway Films, and shooting will begin this fall."
My god man - can't you leave us fast food eating people alone?
USATODAY.com - Take another bite out of fast food: "he producer, director and star of the acclaimed documentary Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock continues to foment rebellion against fast food in his new Don't Eat This Book."
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Everyone here at Fast Food Fever wants to congratulate A Hamburger Today on finishing their first week of hamburger blogging - and if anyone here at Fast Food Fever hasn't checked out A Hamburger Today - go check it out. It's a really well done site on just hamburgers.
A Hamburger Today: Special. Saucy. Since May 2005: Workin' for the Weekend: "We're about to start our weekend here at A Hamburger Today, so let's end the debut week on a fun, upbeat note. Above is a screen capture of a Flash illustration by Alex Eben Meyer. Click through to the acutal illustration to see it in action. We view it as a metaphor of the search for the perfect burger: The goal is always before us yet always just out of reach."