Jazz hands. (Photo: Flickr)

Hugh Jackman's constipation face.  Hugh Jackman's massive pecs. Hugh Jackman's yelling face. Now look! Hugh Jackman is flying, somehow. Oh, and a hashtag. That's what you see in (possibly?) the world's first Vine-based teaser for a movie trailer for The Wolverine, an epic film about a shirtless Mr. Jackman racing to brunch before his reservation window expires.

Much like the world's first Vine resume, which we weren't particularly keen on either, there is precious little need to create a trailer for another trailer. However, shouts to the 20th Century Fox social media intern who just scored Klout point with his bosses. The full trailer debuts Wednesday night on MTV, hopefully with less of a headache.

Since Twitter hasn't made any usable features (like embedding) for Vine yet, you’re just going to have click here to feel the pain.

We're skeptical, too. (Photo: App Store)

As anyone who still can't believe that the Battleship movie was a real thing (seriously, wtf) will no doubt testify, Hollywood is looking a little strapped for ideas lately. Well, New York Times reports that an unlikely savior might be materializing on the horizon: smartphone apps.

So it's come to this.

The Times profiles the brand extension efforts of one mobile startup in particular--Outfit7, which is responsible for the Talking Tom app, featuring such memorable characters as "Tom, an irreverent cat, and Ben, a gassy dog." Yup, that sounds about right. 

Of course, Outfit7 isn't exactly striking out into the untamed wilderness--an Angry Birds movie is already due to hit screens sometime in 2015.

But for an app that doesn't occupy quite the same amount of cultural bandwidth, matters are a little more complicated. There's the fact that, as Zynga learned with Draw Something, the popularity of these games is sometimes more viral than sustainable.

Nor is the development process as simple as cutting a deal with a kids' channel, because the app's users occupy an unusually wide swath of the age spectrum--stretching from 13 to 44, equally split between guys and gals--and the thing about a kids' show is that it "could make Talking Tom uncool for men in their 20s." Yes, and it could also make them look like creeps.

We're confident, though, that Hollywood will find a way to make this work, because anything's preferable to developing an actual original idea.

We admit this looks kind of fun. (Photo: iTunes)

If you thought the app craze had already hit critical mass, wait until you read today's Wall Street Journal story about Hollywood's attempt to break into the app world. Turns out the next big marketing tool for Hollywood agents is branded apps for their celebrity clients. (Shhh, we can hear you groaning from here.)

Creative Artists Agency, one of the most prominent talent management agency in L.A., has partnered with publisher Moonshark "to enlist CAA's roster of actors, directors and other creative types in making new apps for smartphones and tablets." As if the current app market isn't already littered with junk.

As an example of CAA's foray into the digital, the Journal points out that J.Lo has agreed to promote an iPad game called "DancePad" which--like a Dance Dance Revolution for lazy people--allows you to perform breakdance moves with your fingers.

Moonshark CEO Matt Kozlov told the Journal that he's "working on other apps with comedian Demetri Martin, plus a celebrity chef and a comic book creator, both of whom he declined to identify."

That celebrity chef better be Teresa Giudice.

Hello, my name is Kim Dotcom. You killed my website. Prepare to die.

Now that Kim Dotcom is in custody, details about the FBI's two year investigation into Megaupload are surfacing. According to CNET, the grunt work can be traced back to the Motion Picture Association of America.

Record labels and software and videogame companies all accused Megaupload of copyright violations, but it was Hollywood that presented the FBI with  "significant evidence."

Although reports have said pressure came from managers of the four major record labels, it was the MPAA that "first referred MegaUpload and DotCom to law enforcement." In their minds, it was the TV shows and movies that contributed to MegaUpload's estimated $500 million in lost revenues.

It's as though the record industry was blazay blah about the alleged piracy, however, they were just too busy trying to get LimeWire shut down:

"The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the trade group for the four largest record labels, also spoke to the FBI about MegaUpload but provided little information outside of listing the pirated songs available on the site. At the time, the RIAA was much more focused on its court fight with file-sharing service LimeWire, which it eventually won. LimeWire was forced to shut down operations in 2010."

The Justice Department wouldn't elaborate about the lead up to the bust, but Neil MacBride, the U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, who filed the indictment, did tell CNET:

"In general, it is clear that the U.S. government receives referrals from all sorts of sources in criminal cases, including victims of crime. We will investigate any referral containing significant and concrete evidence of criminal conduct. Intellectual property enforcement is no different."

So does that mean we can report Congress to the DOJ for crimes against the Internet?