Grantland.com

Bill Simmons' new sports and pop culture website now has an official name, URL and a debut date of sometime in June.

Grantland.com "will be set apart from information-rich sports and news sites with a simple and elegant graphic style designed by renowned magazine designer Walter Bernard. Said Simmons, “We will not throw up 100 posts every day. We’ve figured out a way to highlight the best things we publish and make it easier for people who might not have a chance to visit the site more than three or four times a week to find everything they want.”

"a mix of original columns, long-form features, blog posts, and podcasts."

Notable talent

Bill Simmons - Editor-in-chief

Dan Fierman (former senior editor of GQ and EW) - Senior Editor

Consulting Editors - Malcolm Gladwell, Dave Eggers and Chuck Klosterman (Chuck will be writing about sports and culture exclusively for Grantland.com)

ESPN - All-Star Roster of Writers and Editors to Join New ESPN Site

The Dark Knight Rises to Begin Filming

TDKR, sequel to The Dark Knight and the third Christopher Nolan Batman film, will begin filming in Jodhpur, India this coming Friday, May 6.

Confirmed cast for TDKR.

Christian Bale - Bruce Wayne/Batman

Anne Hathaway - Catwoman

Joseph Gordon-Levitt - John Blake

Tom Hardy - Bane

Marion Cottilard - Miranda Tate

Gary Oldman - Commissioner Gordon

Morgan Freeman - Lucious Fox

Michael Caine - Alfred

NolanFans - The Dark Knight Rises Set to Begin Production in India

Wikipedia - The Dark Knight Rises

Artist: FAILE

Brooklyn-based artist duo Patrick McNeil (Edmonton, CA) and Patrick Miller (Minneapolis, MN) FAILE.

Wikipedia - FAILE

Google Image Search - FAILE

Official Website

"Steve Jobs In Carbonite iPhone Case"

$35

via uncrate.com

Metrodome / NFL Draft

Photos from - StarTribune.com

"Since March 25, crews of ironworkers, laborers, heavy-equipment operators and supervisors from Birdair have been replacing the Dome's 29-year-old storm-tattered roof with new Teflon-coated fiberglass, one panel at a time."

As crews work on fixing the dome and U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson in Minneapolis denying the NFL's appeal, the Minnesota Vikings will be here in New York tonight with the 12th selection in the 2011 NFL draft.

Who should we draft? Nebraska CB Prince Amukamara, California DE Cameron Jordan? Anybody special going to fall to #12? Are we going to trade up? Trade down? Washington QB Jake Locker?

Beastie Boys - "Make Some Noise"

A lot of famous actors in this (on top of what we knew before - Rashida Jones, Steve Buscemi, Orlando Bloom)

The full 30-minute video is premiering at midnight tonight on MTV2, MTVU and VH1 Classic.

Tha Carter IV

Album artwork released today.

Album scheduled to come out June 14, 2011.