Now that the Superbowl's over, introverts the world over can enjoy watching the commercials, the best part of Sunday's festivities, without partaking in the drinking, the Buffalo wings and yeah, I guess, the football. The ad-nerds at Hulu have even taken the time to meet the needs of people with drastically shortened attention spans by creating "AdZone 2010." And while the Snickers ad with Betty White surely is the cream of this year's crop, it's the movie teasers that really demand attention. Considering that these ads have to get across in 30 seconds what their stories are all about and considering how pricey they are (CNNMoney estimates that sponsors will have to pay anywhere from $1.8-2.6 million for a 30 second-spot this year), the stakes are pretty high. Viewers are distracted and just want to know on a gut basis if they want to see it or not. So to satisfy that basic need, here's a quick pass/fail guide to this year's Superbowl movie teasers.

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Not wanting to interfere with the disappointment many will feel during a lonely Valentine’s Day, Fresh Direct decided to let its customers down early Business Insider reports. The city-wide online grocery store announced it has stopped taking orders for Wednesday because of the predicted snowstorm.

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If cat people drive you nuts, recently released serial kitty slayer Sean Lynde can sympathize.

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Not everybody was amused by the commercials during this year’s Superbowl. White Stripes frontman Jack White has steam pouring out from under his porkpie hat thanks to an Air Force Reserve ad that uses what sounds just like White Stripes tune “Fell In Love With A Girl,” according to a statement on the band’s website.

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David Byrne gave a talk back in January at The Bell House about how, when a songwriter composes a piece of music, he often considers the space in which it is to be performed. This, Byrne suggested, was why the Talking Heads played spiky, detailed songs in a tiny venue like CBGB’s while opera composers write lofty compositions to fill giant halls; certain types of music fit better in particular spaces. Friday night’s show at BAM, as part of the Sounds Like Brooklyn festival, would have served as a perfect case-in-point moment for this lecture: The sounds of The Antlers fit the space. Those of Ra Ra Riot did not.

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The Tony Award-winning musical Passing Strange would have never made it to Broadway if it hadn’t been for some dedicated theater folk who went out on a limb to help Stew and Heidi Rodewald develop it into more than the onstage ramblings of a musician with a microphone. Now the rock duo has taken its experiences and will present them as a new multimedia performance piece, Making It, at St. Ann’s Warehouse Feb. 17 through 22.

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As the girls file into the dressing room, they all see the note Shangela left in lipstick on the mirror after being told to sashay away, which Tyra almost immediately wipes off before claiming Shangela’s spot as her own. This, children, is what is known as foreshadowing.

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Tonight, Knight School is at The Studio at Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. (betw. 3rd & 4th Aves.), 212-353-1600; 8, Free.

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Security at the airport is a bitch, isn’t it? First they have a silly rule to make you take off your shoes and the next big thing are full body scans. The whole process is enough to make a guy want to just bypass security, climb inside the landing gear of a plane, and stowaway for a 14 plus hour flight from New York to Tokyo. One torchbearer proudly did that this weekend, and we will be the first to interview him about how that worked out as soon as he thaws.

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A group of nearly 50 theater professionals gathered at Gramercy Theater on Sunday night to write, direct, rehearse and produce the third annual 24 Hour Musicals.

As the name suggests, the 24 Hour Musicals are four 15-minute musicals produced in 24 hours that culminate in a performance on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Gramercy Theater. Proceeds from ticket sales and auctions at the event will benefit The Orchard Project, a summer theater development retreat for emerging and established writers and performers.

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