Recently, the World Championship of Sand Sculpting was held near Seattle and the aesthetic achievements are mind boggling. As someone without artistic talent, I truly marvel at those who are blessed with such creativity. So cool. Check it out.
If you live near New York, you are in for one awesome treat. Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong will be coming to Broadway for the week to join the musical American Idiot as St. Jimmy. He debuts tonight. Are you able to check it out?
So what do you think of RIM's introduction yesterday of the BlackBerry tablet, PlayBook? It certainly sounds pretty cool and has lots of the fixins that one would hope for in such a device. For all the details, click here.
Out Today...
Iron Man 2
The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts
Family Guy: Partial Terms of Endearment
Scrubs: The Complete Ninth and Final Season
Out Today...
Mark Ronson & the Business International's Record Collection (with special guests Q-Tip, Boy George, and Simon Le Bon)
Marcy Playground's Indaba Remixes from Wonderland (fan remixes of songs from their album Wonderland)
Seal's 6: Commitment
Phil Collins' Going Back
Eric Clapton's Clapton
Neil Young's Le Noise
Doobie Brothers' World Gone Crazy
So I watched the pilot episode of The Event and I thought it was awesome. I have to catch up on last night's because I was watching the Bears / Packers game, but I digress. The shows jumps around chronologically, has lots going on including mystery, action, thriller, politics, romance, and keeps you guessing. Did you watch?
Just saw Wall Street Money Never Sleeps and thought it was good. It wasn't great, but it definitely kept my attention even though it was a bit long. Michael Douglas is perfect as Gordon Gekko and there were a lot of interesting camera angles and visually striking scenes.
Very exciting. The season premiere of The Good Wife airs tonight. The show left off at quite the cliffhanger so it will be interesting to see how the season starts...
American Idol announced that Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler will be the new judges along side Randy Jackson and host Ryan Seacrest. I think it will be fun to watch Tyler's antics...we'll see what happens when American Idol returns in January, 2011!
Just saw Roger Waters perform The Wall at United Center. It was a fantastic show!
The production and sound were great. The Wall was created by using multiple "bricks" that doubled as a huge video screen that spanned the width of the arena.
Don't miss a chance to see the show!
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Out Today...
Spartacus: Blood and Sand - The Complete First Season (2010)
How I Met Your Mother: Season Five (2009)
Modern Family: The Complete First Season (2009)
Castle: The Complete Second Season
Desperate Housewives: The Complete Sixth Season
30 Rock: Season Four (2009)
Robin Hood (Single-Disc Unrated Director's Cut) (2010)
Robin Hood (Two-Disc Unrated Director's Cut) (2010)
Just saw Moon, directed by Duncan Jones (David Bowie's son). Very, very good. With nods to 2001: A Space Odyssey and other classic sci-fi it was totally engaging!
Out Today...
Maroon 5's Hands All Over
Zac Brown Band's You Get What You Give
Santana's Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time
John Legend & the Roots' Wake Up!
Ben Affleck's the Town took the no. 1 spot at the box office with over $23 million. Easy A came in at no. 2 with over $18 million. Devil came in at no. 3 with over $12 million. Other new release Alpha and Omega came in at no. 5 with over $9 million. In addition to the many new widely released films, a bunch of films came out in limited release: Catfish made over $21,000 per screen in 12 screens, Never Let Me Go made over $30,000 in 4 screens. Phillip Seymour Hoffman's Jack Goes Boating made over $7,000 per screen in 4 screens, and Edward Norton's Leaves of Grass made over $8,000 in 3 screens. The Freebie made $4,500 at 1 screen.
This is wild. Entertainment Weekly has a Must List app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod. You want to know their picks for the top 10 musts in entertainment on a given day, with a simple click you will have all of the info at your fingertips.
Sacha Baron Cohen is set to play the late Queen lead singer Freddy Mercury. I think he could pull this off! What do you think?
Sacha Baron Cohen to Play Freddy Mercury
Out Today...
The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Third Season
Glee: The Complete First Season
Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Sixth Season
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season Five
Fringe: The Complete Second Season
Out Today...
Brandon Flowers' Flamingo
Chromeo's Business Casual
Weezer's Hurley
Robert Plant's Band of Joy
Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns
Gen Xer Chelsea Handler hosted a seemingly scandal free evening compared to last year's Kanye West / Taylor Swift situation. Lady Gaga was the big winner. Lots of great performances including Eminem, Drake, Mary J. Blige and Swizz Beatz, Linkin Park, B.o.B., Bruno Mars, and Hailey Williams, Paramore, Florence and the Machine, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Usher and Justin Beiber. Did you have any favorites?
In a pretty quiet weekend at the box office, Resident Evil: Afterlife came in at no. 1 with over $27 million in its first weekend in release. There was a $21 difference between the no. 1 and no. 2 top movies, with Takers taking in $6 million in its third weekend out. In other new releases, I'm Still Here made $5,500 per screen in limited release and The Romantics made $22,200 in limited release. For all the movie news, click here.
Speaking of Megadeth's new album release today, mentioned below, Dave Mustaine of Megadeth and formerly Metallica, has a new autobiography out - which is on the NY Times' Best Sellers List - that sounds quite intriguing. Will you check it out?
Interestingly, it was not a huge weekend at the box office for movies. George Clooney's The American came in at no. 1 over the long weekend with over $16 million. Machete came in at no. 2 with over $14 million. Other new release, Going the Distance, came in at no. 5 with over $8 million. For all the movies news for the weekend, click here.
Out Today...
Killers (Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher)
Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season
The Office: Season Six
Smallville: The Complete Ninth Season
Criminal Minds: Fifth Season
Chuck: The Complete Third Season
Quidnunc -- a person who seeks to know all the latest news or gossip. Just came across this word. How awesome is it??!!
Out Today...
Sara Bareilles' Kaledoscope Heart
Interpol's Self Titled CD
Jerry Lee Lewis' Mean Old Man
Megadeth's Rust in Peace: Live
Bachman & Turner's Self Titled CD
How cool is that? The Beverly Hills zip code, 90210, well known by the tv series in the 90s and now, is actually the date today. Check this out - a trip down 90210 memory lane.
