{"id":4860,"date":"2015-09-08T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-michael-jackson-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-hayao-miyazakis-theme-park-and-more\/4860\/"},"modified":"2015-09-08T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-michael-jackson-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-hayao-miyazakis-theme-park-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-michael-jackson-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-hayao-miyazakis-theme-park-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: Michael Jackson in &#039;Guardians of the Galaxy,&#039; Hayao Miyazaki&#039;s Theme Park and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-michael-jackson-39guardians-galaxy39-hayao-miyazaki39s-theme-park-more\/19148?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\">Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-michael-jackson-39guardians-galaxy39-hayao-miyazaki39s-theme-park-more\/19148?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201509\/ps-guardians.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Takedown of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In honor of a new <strong>M. Night Shyamalan<\/strong> movie coming out, Honest Trailers happens to <strong><em>The Happening<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Alternate Dimension Movie of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What if <strong>Michael Jackson<\/strong> and <strong>Andy Warhol<\/strong> starred in <strong><em>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em><\/strong> in the 1980s? Peter Stults designs alternate dimension movie posters imagining other era castings for everything from <strong><em>Fantastic Four<\/em><\/strong> to <strong><em>Bridesmaids<\/em><\/strong>. See the lot <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveforfilms.com\/2015\/09\/08\/cool-art-movie-posters-from-another-time-and-place\/\">at Live for Films<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Character Lesson of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn how to be <strong>James Bond<\/strong> with these seven simple steps:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Alternate Dimension Theme Park of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a perfect world, <strong>Hayao Miyazaki<\/strong> really would have his own <strong>Disneyland<\/strong>-like theme park, as designed by animator Takumi and seen below. See more detail <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/nerdist.com\/forget-disneyland-check-out-the-plans-for-a-hayao-miyazaki-theme-park\/\">at Nerdist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201509\/Miyazaki1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marilyn Monroe<\/strong> in one of her final musical performances, for <strong><em>Let&#8217;s Make Love<\/em><\/strong>. The film opened on this day 55 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201509\/letsmakelove.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Before They Were Stars Video of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some recently unearthed footage of <strong>Angelina Jolie<\/strong> in an acting class from 2000. Yep, right around the time she was about to win an Oscar (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/young-angelina-jolie-acting-class-820480\">via The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Dragon Con brought out a lot of <strong><em>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/em><\/strong> fans and cosplayers over the weekend, and they managed to all take a group photo (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jowrotethis\/status\/640717335129493504\">via Joanna Robinson<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201509\/dragon%20con%20fury%20road.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><em>Star Wars<\/em> of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>People make fun of how easily it was to destroy the Death Star in <strong><em>Star Wars<\/em><\/strong>, but in this funny cartoon the architect of the structure offers his defense of the exhaust ports (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/news\/the-architect-of-the-death-star-speaks-out-after-its-destroyed\">via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Poster Parody for a Good Cause of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The iconic <strong><em>Jaws<\/em><\/strong> poster is reinvented for a campaign to raise awareness against shark culling (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/designtaxi.com\/news\/379459\/Brilliant-Anti-Shark-Culling-Ad-Mimics-Iconic-Jaws-Movie-Poster\/\">via Design Taxi<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201509\/laws%20jaws.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today is the 15th anniversary of the premiere of <strong><em>Almost Famous<\/em><\/strong> at the Toronto International Film Festival. Watch the original trailer below:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p>Send tips or follow us via Twitter:<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service &#8211; if this is your content and you&#8217;re reading it on someone else&#8217;s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org\/content-only\/faq.php#publishers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-michael-jackson-39guardians-galaxy39-hayao-miyazaki39s-theme-park-more\/19148?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: Michael Jackson in &#039;Guardians of the Galaxy,&#039; Hayao Miyazaki&#039;s Theme Park and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-michael-jackson-39guardians-galaxy39-hayao-miyazaki39s-theme-park-more\/19148?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-michael-jackson-39guardians-galaxy39-hayao-miyazaki39s-theme-park-more\/19148?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201509\/ps-guardians.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Takedown of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In honor of a new <strong>M. Night Shyamalan<\/strong> movie coming out, Honest Trailers happens to <strong><em>The Happening<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Alternate Dimension Movie of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What if <strong>Michael Jackson<\/strong> and <strong>Andy Warhol<\/strong> starred in <strong><em>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em><\/strong> in the 1980s? Peter Stults designs alternate dimension movie posters imagining other era castings for everything from <strong><em>Fantastic Four<\/em><\/strong> to <strong><em>Bridesmaids<\/em><\/strong>. See the lot <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveforfilms.com\/2015\/09\/08\/cool-art-movie-posters-from-another-time-and-place\/\">at Live for Films<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Character Lesson of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn how to be <strong>James Bond<\/strong> with these seven simple steps:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Alternate Dimension Theme Park of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a perfect world, <strong>Hayao Miyazaki<\/strong> really would have his own <strong>Disneyland<\/strong>-like theme park, as designed by animator Takumi and seen below. See more detail <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/nerdist.com\/forget-disneyland-check-out-the-plans-for-a-hayao-miyazaki-theme-park\/\">at Nerdist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201509\/Miyazaki1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marilyn Monroe<\/strong> in one of her final musical performances, for <strong><em>Let&#8217;s Make Love<\/em><\/strong>. The film opened on this day 55 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201509\/letsmakelove.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Before They Were Stars Video of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some recently unearthed footage of <strong>Angelina Jolie<\/strong> in an acting class from 2000. Yep, right around the time she was about to win an Oscar (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/young-angelina-jolie-acting-class-820480\">via The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Dragon Con brought out a lot of <strong><em>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/em><\/strong> fans and cosplayers over the weekend, and they managed to all take a group photo (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jowrotethis\/status\/640717335129493504\">via Joanna Robinson<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201509\/dragon%20con%20fury%20road.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><em>Star Wars<\/em> of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>People make fun of how easily it was to destroy the Death Star in <strong><em>Star Wars<\/em><\/strong>, but in this funny cartoon the architect of the structure offers his defense of the exhaust ports (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/news\/the-architect-of-the-death-star-speaks-out-after-its-destroyed\">via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Poster Parody for a Good Cause of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The iconic <strong><em>Jaws<\/em><\/strong> poster is reinvented for a campaign to raise awareness against shark culling (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/designtaxi.com\/news\/379459\/Brilliant-Anti-Shark-Culling-Ad-Mimics-Iconic-Jaws-Movie-Poster\/\">via Design Taxi<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201509\/laws%20jaws.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today is the 15th anniversary of the premiere of <strong><em>Almost Famous<\/em><\/strong> at the Toronto International Film Festival. Watch the original trailer below:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p>Send tips or follow us via Twitter:<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service &#8211; if this is your content and you&#8217;re reading it on someone else&#8217;s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org\/content-only\/faq.php#publishers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}