On Saturday night March 6, HBO will debut a documentary about Magic Johnson and Larry Bird -- Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals. As a Gen X basketball fan, these NBA all stars were all kinds of amazing. Sounds really cool. Check it out.
Some of your favorite actors from ER have been cast in pilots for the upcoming television season. David Lyons, Shane West and Laura Innes are all going to be starring in NBC's The Cape, The CW's Nikita, and NBC's The Event respectively. Check it out.
Were you a fan of the Rockford Files back in the 1970s starring James Garner? It is back, coming to NBC, with Dermot Mulroney playing Rockford. Check it out.
Neil Patrick Harris will be directing the production of Rent set to premiere at the Hollywood Bowl, August 6-8. So cool. Harris starred in the production of Rent in Los Angeles in 1997.
In its second week in release, Shutter Island came in at no. 1 again with over $22 million. In just 10 days in release, it has taken in over $75 million domestically.
Kevin Smith's new release Cop Out, starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Sean William Scott, Adam Brody, and Jason Lee did very well coming in at no. 2 with over $18 million. New release The Crazies, starring one of my favorite actors Tim Olyphant, came in at no. 3 with over $16 million. Check out all of the movies this weekend here.
What an unbelievable hockey game. With 24 seconds left in regulation, Team USA tied the game up 2-2. In sudden death overtime, Canada scored first - winning the gold medal. Ryan Miller, the goalie for Team USA, was visibly majorly bummed - however he did such an amazing job throughout the Olympics. Team USA ended up with the silver medal which is quite an accomplishment.
The new song by Prince is streaming on Dr. Funkenberry right now...
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Just saw From Paris With Love and let's just say that John Travolta should hang up his "bad guy suit" forever! The movie couldn't decide whether to be a comedy, a buddy film, a thriller, or an action movie so they tried all of them at once. You could have easily placed Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan into these roles and it would have made more sense. While I like John Travolta (and Jonathan Rhys Meyers) things just did not click here. A few action/chase scenes and a small twist were cool, but not enough to save this movie.
New Prince track "Cause & Effect" is set to debut on Friday! Bring it!
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Jason Segel, one of my favorite How I Met Your Mother actors, (and of Forgetting Sarah Marshall and I Love You, Man fame) will be starring in a movie with Cameron Diaz called Bad Teacher. He will be playing a gym teacher and I am sure hilarity will ensue as it always does with him.
Out on DVD...
The Informant!
Nurse Jackie: Season One
Jersey Shore: Season 1 Uncensored (Amazon.com Exclusive)
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (Two-Disc Edition)
Night Court: The Complete Third Season
Out Today...
American VI: Ain't No Grave by Johnny Cash
I'm just not feeling any other new releases...
Tom Petty's website states that a major announcement is coming soon. I hope it's a tour announcement!!
Tom Petty's Website
Speaking of the Oscars, there will be a special tribute to filmmaker John Hughes (who passed away suddenly at age 59 last August) at this year's Oscars. Pretty cool. Coincidentally both co-hosts appeared in Hughes movies: Steve Martin in the classic Planes, Trains, and Automobiles and Alec Baldwin in She's Having a Baby.
Check out Roger Ebert's Oscar predictions for this year. The Oscars air 2 weeks from tonight on ABC and will be co-hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. Do you agree with his picks?
is so incredibly good it's ridiculous. Just caught up on the latest episode -- you never know what's going to happen next. They keep you guessing all the while knowing that every scene is there for a reason. So awesome. Are you tuning in?
With over $40 million, Shutter Island is the number 1 movie this weekend. Valentine's Day came in at Number 2 with over $17 million and its 11 day domestic total is over $87 million. Another new release, Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer starring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Kim Catrall, averaged over $44,000 a theater in its 4 theater limited release. For all the weekend box office news, click here.
Vince Vaughn and his wife are currently sitting in the front row of the Chicago Bulls' game at the United Center in Chicago. As we previously mentioned, he has also been seen at a lot of Chicago Blackhawks' games. He has featured Wrigley Field in his movies. Cool how he supports his Chicago teams.
Were you a huge Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan? Catching every show and discussing the nuances at length? Then this is for you -- check this out!
The latest collaboration by Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island, opened on Friday with a strong showing of over $14 million. The ensemble film, Valentine's Day, which had a huge no. 1 opening last weekend, was a distant no. 2 on Friday with over $5.5M. Are you planning on seeing either one?
The We are the World remake song/video debuted on the opening night of the Olympics, and though it has received mixed reviews, it was quite remarkable to watch only 11 days after it was recorded. This week it reached number 2 on the hot 100 chart bested only by Ke$ha's Tik Tok which has been at number 1 for nine weeks. Check it out.
The Jeff Beck/ Eric Clapton co-headlining tour started in Madison Square Garden and it sounded amazing. Click here to read all about the legendary guitarists rockin' out.
The Dave Matthews Band is set to perform at Chicago's Wrigley Field for 2 yet to be determined nights in September. Awesome. Billy Joel and Elton John were also going to perform there for a night but John just announced today they were canceling because Joel wants to take a break.
So I finally caught up on Lost. I'm glad that it's the final season. I love the show, but it's time to wrap things up and move on. While the characters and the story still intrigues me I have a feeling that I'm going to be disappointed at the conclusion of the series. The new episodes are good, but at the same time they are so far out there that it's practically comical. What the heck is going on!?!?
Out Today...
Madonna's Revolver (Mixes)
Help for Haiti's Everybody Hurts
k.d. lang's Recollection (greatest hits)
Out on DVD...
Law Abiding Citizen
Good Hair
Goodfellas (20th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]
Out on DVD...
A Serious Man
Couples Retreat
Emma
The Time Traveler's Wife
Out today...
Soldier of Love by Sade
Live in Las Vegas by Dave Matthews Band
Heligoland by Massive Attack
Andy Bell, lead singer of Erasure, has a new single, "Will You Be There?". I like it!
Check it out...
Andy Bell Official Site
Dear John, the Lasse Halstrom directed movie starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried, came in at no. 1 over the weekend with over $32 million. Avatar still did very well at no. 2 taking in over $23 million. John Travolta's new movie, From Paris With Love, released this weekend did not do as well coming in at no. 3 with just over $8 million.
What did you think of the game? Were you happy New Orleans pulled out the win in the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance? And then there are the commercials, of course. Any favorites? I thought the Betty White /Snickers one was particularly hilarious. I also thought the David Letterman, Oprah, Jay Leno commercial was quite funny.
Check out these pictures from inside the studio as the musicians including Barbara Streisand and Jennifer Hudson and actors including Vince Vaughn and Jeff Bridges all gathered together on Monday to record the new version of We are the World. Lots of surprises there including Lionel Richies's granddaughter. I still can't believe the first one was 25 years ago. That is just too wild. Can't wait to hear this new one!
Them Crooked Vultures, the newly formed group with John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl and Josh Homme, will be musical guests on Saturday Night Live and then, of course, The Who will be rockin at the SuperBowl.
The group Tributosaurus picks an artist every month to cover. Last night Tributosaurus "became" Prince. It was a fan.tas.tic. show!
The musicians, the band (with horns!) and singers were amazing (a few singers rotated throughout the night). They played hits and hardcore fan favorites. They got Prince's nuaces, inflections, and quirks all down to a science - very cool!
The set list included:
Sexy MF, When Doves Cry, Alphabet Street, Nothing Compares To U, Little Red Corvette, Housequake, Sign of the Times, Call My Name, Electric Chair, P Control, Lady Cab Driver, Head, Pop Life, Let's Go Crazy, Purple Rain, Sometimes it Snows in April, Starfish and Coffee, and 7
I would like to hear Prince play this exact set!!
Tributosaurus Website
How cringe worthy was Alan's date at the beginning of the new episode Monday night? It was hard to watch yet I couldn't look away. Fascinating that, Steven Eckholdt, the guy who played "Mark" in the Rachel/Ross debacle is back as another potential "Mark". Very interesting "to be continued"..Thoughts on what you think will happen?
What did you think of the new episode Monday night? Sportscaster Jim Nance and current NY Yankee (and former Chicago White Sox Player) Nick Swisher guest starred. It was pretty cool to see them on the show. Barney's over the top behavior never ceases to amaze me and Lily is consistently funny as she always has the need to comes up with a wacky way to save the day.
New Releases...
Who I Am by Nick Jonas & The Administration
Hellbilly Deluxe 2 by Rob Zombie
Rebirth by Lil Wayne
Out on DVD...
Zombieland
-loved this movie!!
2012
Jersey Shore: Season 1
In years past I would "tivo" the show and fast forward through everything except a few select performances or presenters. This year I found myself watching more of the performances themselves and skipping most of the awards presentations and speeches. I thought it was cool to see Elton John and Lady Gaga together, Pink's acrobatic's were cool, and Jamie Foxx was awesome with Slash. It was really about "the show" this year.
My one disappointment was the Michael Jackson tribute. The 3-D film fell flat (although it was a cool idea) and the performers singing Earth Song, while all good in their own right, didn't gel into a "MJ" experience. It was nice/sad, however, to see (and hear) MJ's kids, Prince and Paris, accept an award for their dad.
Just saw The Book of Eli and liked it a lot. I thought the story and the message were great and the way the film was shot (i.e. scenery, cinematography, etc.) was really cool. Great performance by Denzel Washington.
