Saturday night's Chicago Blackhawks' game had no shortage of local celebrities / athletes. Sightings included: Jim Belushi, Josh Mora, Tony LaRussa, Billy Dec, Robbie Gould, and Roberto Garza. Did you see anyone not on this list?
New releases Sex and the City 2 and Prince of Persia were bested by Shrek in its second week in release. While, Sex and the City 2 made over $45 million since it opened on Thursday, its Friday through Monday take of $37.1 million came in at no. 3; worldwide it made over $78 million. Prince of Persia came in at no. 2 with $37.8 million, however, its worldwide total was over $130 million its first 4 days. For all the box office news, click here.
What did you think of the 2 hour series finale of 24? I thought it was great. It was non-stop action, twists and turns (Chloe and Jack, the president!!!) that had you glued to the tv. The show declined in viewership and has gotten some negative reviews but looking at it just as far as entertainment value goes, it has been lots of fun. And there is still that hope of a movie.
It's quite the time of year for sports fans. To name just a few sporting events: Baseball (MLB)season, Basketball (NBA) and Hockey (NHL) playoffs, French Open time for Tennis, Indy 500 on Sunday for race car fans, the World Cup is about to begin for soccer fans. And so much more. Do you have a favorite sports or event to watch?
Did anyone see the season finale? I thought it was really great. Funny (Barney in all his get-ups), touching (Robin becoming romantic), insightful - people (Lily) seeing what she wants to see. Not to be too dorky, but I thought it was extra awesome.
So sad. Gary Coleman of Gen X fave Diff'rent Strokes and so much more passed away today at only 42 years old.
She's on the USPS.com website endorsing stampstotherescue.com, I pass her Vitamin Water billboard every day...Now this...
Ellen DeGeneres starts own record label, signs YouTube kid
Out Today...
True Blood: The Complete Second Season (HBO Series)
The Road (Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron)
I Know What I Saw (History Channel UFO Documentary)
Out Today...
Stone Temple Pilots' self titled CD
Widespread Panic's Dirty Side Down
Smashing Pumpkins' Teargarden By Kaleidyscope 1: Songs for a Sailor [Box set][Limited Edition]
Well, now that the Lost and Fringe finales have aired where do we go from here? What do we do now!?!? Just a few thoughts...
Lost: Glad to have the closure. I think the show ended with a good mix of answers while leaving room for interpretation. I know the blogs are going crazy - did they all die in the original crash? Was this all a dream of Jacks? Were they in hell? etc. etc.
Personally, I think the flash sideways were Jack's hopes, dreams, and/or fears and are not to be taken literally. I think Jack died while saving the island and, in doing so, saved everyone else and found salvation for himself. I think he was in a "way stattion" between death and the afterlife and once his "mission" was complete he was able to cross over to the other side. Those are my 2 cents and I'm at peace with it.
Fringe: Great Season Ending! I loved this show from the pilot. The other night things ended with a great cliffhanger (although you could see it coming) and some great scenes with Leonard Nimoy!
Paula Abdul is back as a judge on a CBS dance competition series called "Got to Dance". Check it out!
Cyndi Lauper performed and Bret Michaels, not only appeared, but won the Celebrity Apprentice! Wild night. And for you Lost fans - an epic series finale.
will be at the Celebrity Apprentice finale tonight. According to TMZ, he was on his way from his hotel just a short while ago and there will be a doctor present.
No surprises there. Shrek Forever After was no. 1 with over $70 million. Iron Man 2., in its 3rd week out, was no. 2 with over $26 million. Robin Hood, in its second week out, made over $18 million.
In other new releases, MacGruber, based on the SNL sketch based on the tv series McGyver, only took in a little over $4 million. For all the box office reports, click here.
Vince Vaughn, his wife, and Kevin James are at the Chicago Blackhawks game tonight. They are currently in town to film the Ron Howard movie Cheating Hearts.
It is Pacman's 30th Birthday! Wow. Google, always changing things up, has the coolest logo on its site today in honor of the occasion. Can you believe it has been 30 years?
George Wendt, Joe Mantegna and Robert Smigel are reuniting at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival as their characters, the Superfans, for a charity event June 19. Mike Ditka, a central part of their sketches, will participate in the event as well. How cool is that? For more about the event, click here.
Just came back from seeing Conan O'Brien's first of two shows in Chicago. It was hi-freakin-larious! He had so many funny bits both familiar and new and used lots of interesting technology including some pre-made really humorous videos. Like in every other city, he had special guest stars unique to Chicago come visit -- Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears and actor John C. Reilly. Very cool.
A nice bonus -- opening act Reggie Watts was super funny!
Out Today...
Invictus
Valentine's Day
Extraordinary Measures
The Messenger
Out Today...
Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers
Black Keys' Brothers
The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street
[Deluxe Edition][Extra Tracks][Original Recording Remastered]
LCD Soundsystem's This Is Happening
Nas, Damian Marley's Distant Relatives
Triumph's Greatest Hits Remixed
The fall schedule for NBC has been revealed. It does not feature Heroes or the original Law & Order, however it does feature back to back episodes of Law & Order: SVU and the new Law & Order: Los Angeles. J.J. Abram's new show, Undercover,s is part of the line-up as is Sex and the City's Cindy Chupack's show Love Bites.
First of all, can you believe Bret Michaels made it to the final two on Celebrity Apprentice? Pretty wild. The Sunday night, May 23 finale will reveal if he indeed will be named Celebrity Apprentice.
Second of all, a new docu-series about his life will air a first installment on VH1 on May 31 and the rest will come in the fall. Check it out.
For the second week in a row, Iron Man 2 was number 1 at the box office taking in over $52 million. In 10 days, it has made over $210 million domestically and over $400 million worldwide. New release Robin Hood with Russell Crowe was no. 2 with over $36 million. Letters to Juliet, another new release, came in at no. 3 with over $13 million and Just Wright, the new release with Common and Queen Latifah came in at no. 4 with over $8 million. For more on the weekend box office, click here.
Just saw A-ha last week in Chicago. They are playing only a handful of dates in the U.S. for their farewell tour. Their smash "Take On Me" and cool cartoon/reality video made them stars in the 80s. In the States, however, they remained only a 2-3 hit wonder along with "The Sun Always Shines on TV" and the theme to James Bond film, "The Living Daylights". Nonetheless, the show was fun - they had a big video screen behind the band that played some cool footage - art, videos, stuff from their early days, etc. Long live the 80s!
will not only be starring in Transformers 3, but will star in a comedy by the writers of The Hangover. Mandi Bierly of Entertainment Weekly is feeling nostalgic for the 80s. Are you feeling some gen x nostalgia?
Very exciting. Not only will Top Chef be back June 16, but Eric Ripert will join the show as a judge for the contestants. Should be a cool season.
Winona Ryder was spotted in Chicago's Gold Coast area shopping this week. She is currently in town to film Ron Howard's latest movie also starring Kevin James.
Total bummer. After 20 years, the original Law & Order centered around New York has been cancelled. Law & Order: SVU will be back and a new Law & Order: Los Angeles will start next season as well.
Out Today...
Jackson Browne's Love Is Strange
Keane's Night Train
Meatloaf's Hang Cool Teddy Bear
Out Today...
Legion
Daybreakers
thirtysomething: The Complete Third Season
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Complete Fifth Season
Just saw Iron Man 2 - the effects were amazing and it was definitely entertaining, but it lacked something I can't put my finger on...perhaps a story? Hhhmmm, I know it's a superhero movie, but something wasn't 100% right about this. Nonetheless, it was great eye candy.
Lenny Kravitz, along with Ani DiFranco, Mos Def, and others will be headlining an event Sunday night to benefit relief efforts for those affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Tickets are $50 and the event takes place in New Orleans.
Check out A.O. Scott's take on Gen X from a pop culture perspective. very interesting.
Last year we mentioned when Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox pitched a perfect game on July 23, 2009. An incredible accomplishment - only the 18th time it had been done in major league baseball. Today, less than a year later, Dallas Braden of the Oakland A's was the 19th person to accomplish this incredible feat.
Can you it has been 40 years since the Beatles released their final album, Let it Be? Check this out.
SNL got its best ratings in 18 months with the special Mother's day show guest-starring Betty White. Did you watch?
With an estimated $133 Million take at the box office, Iron Man 2 came in at no. 1 for the weekend. Have you seen it yet? A Nightmare on Elm Street, in its second week out, came in at no. 2 with over $9 Million and How to Train Your Dragon came in at no. 3. In other new releases, the documentary Babies made over 1.5 Million its first weekend out in just 534 theaters.
THE CAST OF “LOST” JOINS JIMMY KIMMEL FOR THE FIRST AND ONLY COLLECTIVE INTERVIEW PLUS EXCLUSIVE ALTERNATE ENDINGS !!
“Jimmy Kimmel Live: Aloha To Lost” Sunday, May 23 on ABC
Also, ABC extends the Lost Finale by an additional 30 minutes!
Can't Wait!!
Cirque du Soleil is joining forces Michael Jackson!
Cirque du Soleil and Michael Jackson
Just saw Kick-Ass. Yes, I know what you're thinking - shouldn't the title be a warning about the movie itself? True, but from the trailer it seemed like a spoof of superhero movies which could have been funny. Instead, this movie was a complete mess of 10 different movies and genres in one. It's ultimately a Quentin Tarantino wannabe and it fails miserably. The movie felt like it would never end. It doesn't even deserve the energy I'm exerting to write these comments. 'Nuff Said!
Out Today...
Leap Year (Amy Adams and Matthew Goode)
Nine (Daniel Day-Lewis and Penelope Cruz)
The Facts of Life: Season Four
Out Today...
James Taylor & Carole King's Live At The Troubadour [CD / DVD Combo]
Court Yard Hounds' Self Titled Debut (members of Dixie Chicks)
Toni Braxton's Pulse
Deftones' Diamond Eyes
Josh Ritter's So Runs the World Away
Minus the Bear's Omni
-check out the single "My Time"!
Mike Patton's Mondo Cane (former lead singer of Faith No More)
Nightmare on Elm Street came in at no. 1 with over $32 million. In other new releases, Furry Vengeance came in at no. 5 with over $6 million. In limited release, Michael Caine's new film, Harry Brown, made a per screen average of over $9,ooo. For more on the weekend box office, click here.
Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, Rob Halford of Judas Priest and many other musical acts will be back this summer in August for 6 dates from August 14 to 24. For more information, click here.
A Dark Night sequel is in the works for all you Batman fans out there. Read all about it here.
There have been many rumors about whether Charlie Sheen will be coming back for the next season of Two and a Half Men. According to TMZ, a deal is close that could bring him back for another year of the comedy hit.
There are all sorts of new vending machines coming out. It is unbelievable. They include machines selling fruit and vegetables, oatmeal on the go, buying and selling used and new video games, pretzel M&Ms and much, much more. Read more about them here.
Doctors are very optimistic about Bret Michaels' progress. He may even appear on the Celebrity Apprentice finale on May 23 and go back on tour a few days later. Check it out.
