Category: Things I Read

Have You Seen “Twilight: New Moon” Yet?

Looks like lots of people are going to see “The Twilight Sage: New Moon,” or at least every tween girl in the world. I haven’t seen it, might not see it until it ends up on DVD, but if the tween crowd has this much influence you better hope they don’t get the right to vote in the next election.

“2012” Looks Stupid-Fun. I’m There!

Sometimes I love movies that tend to be over-the-top preposterous, especially when they have hot chicks in them. For 2012 I guess John Cusack will have to do. Everyone is bashing it, but it look litle stupid fun, and I’m all about stupid fun so I hope to catch the flick.

Lots of People are Seeing “Precious”

It only made $1.8 million over the weekend, but when the movie is only shown on 18 screens, that number is huge. Such is the case for the move “Precious.” Sure, Jim Carrey and “A Christmas Carol” made $30+ million, but that wasn’t great, and won’t be generating any Oscar buzz, and it appears Michael Jackson is still more popular than George Clooney as “This Is It” did better than the goat movie.

The World Series – Does Anyone Care? I Do Now.

I have to say that I haven’t paid much attention to the World Series this year, but now that it’s winding down, I’m wondering if the World Series, Game 6, 2009 will finally put the New York Yankees back as the champions, this time beating the Philadelphia Phillies. It’s almost always about pitching, and the Andy Pettitte v. Pedro Martinez matchup should be fun, but if we can get to CC Sabathia winning Game 7, Cleveland Indians fans will once again have a reason to be pissed.

Please Steve, No Banjo.

The Oscar people decided that the awards are too big for one man, so why not two men? Yup, they decided to get Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to co-host The Academy Awards. The idea seems good on paper, both men are funny enough, but lately Steve has been promoting his banjo act, and nothing against the banjo, but I hope he leaves it at home.

I Have Got to Start Following Taylor Swift

Now that Miley Cyrus isn’t twittering anymore, I might need to start looking for new people to follow, and if Taylor Swift alerting us to an impending medical condition would be fun to read, well, her latest tweet about a heart attack coming on because of her being on Saturday Night Live might be just the thing to watch for. Of course her passing out during live television might be enough to bring back the publicity train now that the Kanye West episode is old news.

She was Hard, or as Men Might Say, A Bi&#*

So Kate Gosselin, yea, you know, the John and Kate Plus 8 lady who isn’t with John anymore, says she was “hard” on John. Ya think? Most men, and some women, wouldn’t say she was hard, they would say she was a bitch. The funniest part of the story: That Kate wants a career in film or TV. I’m sure there is a role out there for a stone-cold bitch, a part which she won’t really need to act.

Who is Lisa Niemi?

You might not know the name Lisa Niemi, but you probably know the name Patrick Swayze. Lisa is the widow of Mr. Swayze, and Oprah gets to be the first real interview with her after his death from pancreatic cancer. There will probably be tears, if not by her then by hundreds of housewives, and if I were to watch it, I’d probably weep a little, too.

Google Hasn’t Destroyed the Navigation Market, Yet.

In what is probably the most logical of progressions, Google today announced that they are entering the mobile GPS market, sending Tom Tom and Garmin shares into the tank, for a little while. But don’t count the GPS players out yet, Google is only on Android, on the Droid next week, and maybe the iPhone later, and really, aren’t we sick of Google yet?

We Should See “This Is It.” Ebert Says So…

What definitely won’t be the last thing we hear from Michael Jackson is hitting theaters, it’s the movie/documentary of what was supposed to be the resurrection of his career, it’s called “This Is It,” and Roger Ebert says it is, well, it. He gives the movie 4 stars, and I have to say that as much as I was curious to see the movie, his review might actually cause me to catch a matinee over the weekend because I’ll bet it looks a hell of a lot better on the big screen than in the comfort of my house.