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What is that " putting lipstick on a pig " saying again?  Or is it a pop star?  Random Thoughts ~I'm not sure where I am going to apply next for a newspaper gig, but it looks like the school newspaper won't give me a call. And, that's okay, but a bit troubling. ~ Kanye West gets into a little hot water over his Twitter remarks : Please, someone take the Twitter away from celebrities. Twitter has caused more harm than good for people. Remember, that Ashley Todd has a Twitter account, the one that scratched a “B” on her face. Kanye Made some remarks about women getting knocked up and trying to get cash for abortions. Kanye is a bit off, but not controversial. There are certainly women that use a child as a paycheck, but not for abortion money. ~ Justin Bieber, can he just go away? : Why is this guy getting more fame and stories than anyone else in the world? I can't take a dump without hitting a story about this guy. Just why was he on CSI agai...

World’s worst Bank robbery…and cops Yes, it took the bank robber 3-4 minutes to actually break through the bulletproof glass.   The whole of point of robbing a bank is to get in and out in a matter of minutes, and not to take your time breaking the glass window.   I also like the fact the security woman calmly stands there and calls the police right in front of him.   This guy is not the Joker from the Dark Knight . The police don’t appear any better in this clip too.   They try to catch him by his leg as he tries to get out of the window.   Then they shoot at him through the hole in the window.   

Can you imagine the sheer power of D-baggy-ness of within this photo, I found on Amber’s blog “Nostomanic” .  Kirk Cameron alone can fill the room of shitty-ness, but the added power of Jeremy Miller gives it more staying power.  So, what happened to Jeremy Miller ?  He rested on his laurels from Growing Pains and sort of retired.  You know it is a sad time when he receives less work than Kirk Cameron . 

Sheen: "Hey, at least we're not in prison.  Am I right fellas?" Bernsen:  "Being on Two and Half Men is Prison enough, Charlie.  Am I right?"  _____________________________________________________________________ Major League 3, uh I mean Major League 4...Charlie Sheen wants in Yes, there was a Major League 3 called Major League: Back to the Minors  and it starred Scott Bakula post Quantum Leap. Well, Sheen needs to keep his drug and pornstar train rolling and it runs on green stuff.  And, it keeps getting better. From Screen Crave, (( According to  EW , Morgan Creek “currently have a script for another sequel from David Ward, who wrote the screenplay for the original. This time around, the Indians convince Vaughn, Willie Hayes ( Wesley Snipes ), and Pedro Cerrano ( Dennis Haysbert ) to re-join the team as bench players to help salvage their season, but complications ensue when Vaughn’s long-estranged son, born out of wedlock, joins the team from...

Kirsten Dunst, what happened? While surfing through TMZ , I cam across this picture of Dunst. And, I didn't believe it was her, until I squinted. I kind of bashed her in Spiderman 2 for not looking as good, as she did in SM1. But, this photo just looks bad. I'm hopi ng that this was just a bad day for her. And, I'll let you in on a secret, I thought she was really cute in Bring It On . I really feel bad for her.   Did you know that both  Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union both starred in episodes of different Star Trek shows early in their careers?  Bring it on...  

Silent Hill 3 “You’re not here” The woman that sings this creepy song is Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. She’s actually a long-time videogame voice actress. She sings a lot of the erriy songs in the SH franchise. The point of the video was to show off the voice/mouth matching software, which was just starting to get off the ground. (It was kind of used for MGS2 and extensively in MGS3) -There is a shot of Heather, the main character, sitting in the wheelchair. The game has tons of shots of wheelchairs throughout the story, but there are no shots of Heather being in a wheelchair. Some believe this was deleted footage. It should be noted that the Wheelchair theme was also in SH1 too. And SH1 and SH3 are directly connected. -The heather character looks into the camera a lot in the music video, which is creepy moments, because there are only a couple moments in the game when she does that. -This video also shows off the weary designs of Heather. Note the discoloration of the skin aroun...

Dwayne McDuffie 1962-2011 http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=13003967 Mr. McDuffie was a writer I looked up to because he was a black comic book and animation writer.   McDuffie was one of the people responsible for the minority-based comic book line called Milestone with a few other writers.   McDuffie was also very important to the DCAU with his strong involvement with Static Stock and Justice League Unlimited .   He was one of the people that were responsible for deep continuity storylines based on comic book stories.   For me, I fondly remember working in retail and spending hours on my breaks and lunch breaks in book area reading Milestone Comics and DC Comics.   I still have my Superman/Milestone crossover comic book series and pull them out to read from time to time.   Plus, you can actually see some of his Milestone influences with the main DC universe now, because most of the Milestone characters are in the DC universe now.   H...

 Charlie Sheen from Ferris Bueller's Day Off MC brought up the fact that a heshed up Charlie Sheen has pretty much screwed himself out of a 2 million per episode gig by calling his boss some bad words. After all the hookers, booze and pornstars, I started thinking about his role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off as the stoned guy at the police station. It is the scene where he meets the lovely Jennifer Grey. If we look at Charlie Sheen today, he looks more like Gollum than that muscle guy from the Hot Shots movies, he is playing that “b oy in the police station ” 24 years later. It is very meta isn't it? It is very crazy how much he mirrors that role today by spending more time in jail and bars than on stage. From IMDB. Boy in Police Station : Drugs?  Jeannie : Thank you, no. I'm straight.  Boy in Police Station : I meant, are you in here for drugs?  Jeannie : Why are you here?  Boy in Police Station : Drugs. 

 Uh, Extreme gamers: 16-year-old kills his mom because she banned him from playing PS3 I've wrote in the past that there seems to be this extreme section of hardcore fanboys and gamers out there that seem to push a little bit too hard. It seems everyone from even the cool kids are turning into trolls and fanboys. Certain kids go crazy over getting banned or grounded from games. Kendall Anderson and his mother got into a heated argument about something.  And, his mother grounded him from playing his PS3.  That was when he plotted to murder her, the woman that gave birth to him.  From True Crime Report ((For the next three hours, Kendall paced the floor in his room in their Philadelphia home, plotting revenge against his mom for this egregious act of forced gaming withdrawal. When she finally went to sleep, he snuck into her room, then bashed her 20 times with a hammer. )) How about going outside and meeting people?  How about taking a walk or someth...

Captain Picard encounters “burtation” The set up was brilliant and Picard’s reaction is priceless.   What was Starfleet smoking if it sent this message? 

Big Mammas: Like Father, Like Son has a wide range from critics to audiences Looking at Rotten Tomatoes , this goes to show you the great divide between moviegoers and critics. Critics have a combine total of 9%, which is probably the reason the studio didn't even bother to screen it for critics. But, 70% of audiences liked the movie. However, this movie only made like 19 million on its opening weekend. However, it should be noted that Big Momma II made 20 million its opening weekend and proceeded to make 138 million worldwide. And, the box office take was almost equal between North America and Foreign markets. So, this movie will probably become a hit. And, to show you the studio had little faith in the movie, they released the first film (Big Momma’s House) on June 2, 2000.  That was right in the middle of the summer, meaning they were betting on a big box office take.  While the second movie was set in January, a known dumping ground, it was a hit. 

As you know, I kind of have a non-feud with a certain VJ from the 90s.  I noticed that my blog was listed on his official site under "recent news".  I got a laugh out of that because I've bashed guy over the months and now I have a listing on his official site.  Now, that's just funny.   I remember a time when you could bash and make fun of someone “famous” and not have him or her come out and track you down via their official site.   

Fox News and Black People aren't a good mix. Plus, you can throw in a story involving IHOP too. Second camera angle Okay, the story behind this incident is the people in the parking lot were mourning the death of a young man that had a fight with another person inside and outside the IHOP. What is with pancakes and people causing violence. I will probably never go to another IHOP again. The news crew came onto the scene and started asking question. Some of the mourners didn't want the crew there to ask questions. So, they got angry. Somehow, the news sites are reporting it as being an “mob”. Ten-eight people doesn't really make up a mob. What is interesting about the video is the very tall female camerawoman gets her hair pulled by another woman, but it is actually the reporter that knocked her down. The part I really disagree with is the guy in white kicking her while she is on the ground. That's pretty crappy. For me, I would have told the mourners to si...

Some added thoughts I wanted to give a shout out to MC on a pretty good post on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.    http://rantocracy.blogspot.com/2011/02/studio-60-on-sunset-strip-revisited.html I remember watching the entire season in a matter of days on Hulu a while back and really loved it.  While the Gulf War II stuff was ham-fisted into the show, the behind the scenes politics with the producers and network were some of its better points.  Plus, having Amanda Peet on the show didn’t hurt either.  (Still remembering that scene in The Whole Nine Yards…) I pretty much hate everything about Friends , but the show almost made Matthew Perry watchable.  I’ve been watching a lot of the Larry Sanders Show and noting how much Studio 60 owed its style to that show.   (Plus, 30 Rock) Hmm, 30 Rock and Studio 60 had similar concepts.  30 + 30= 60, and they both have numbers in their titles.  Hmm…

You tell me if this Facebook Breakup Notifier isn’t creepy So, this app tells you if the woman or dude you’ve been stalking is now single.   That’s just creepy.   If you’re friends with them, you’ll get a note that their relationship status has changed anyway.   So, this app helps you to become a better stalker.   That doesn’t help the stalk-ie.   So, if you want to know when that girl you’ve been stalking is on the market, there’s an app for that.   I can guarantee no one will be using that app on me.   I have yet had a true stalker other than fans of Jesse Camp.   Things you’ll never see on Facebook:   James is now in a relationship …I don’t think Facebook would let me change my status to “in a relationship” because it has been stuck on “single” forever.   And, I’ve gotten use to the damn “single” ads on my profile.   Speaking of the fine art of stalking, I could never be a stalker because it takes a lot of effort, money or time....

It’s not Jackie Chan What in the hell?   I laughed when he held onto the buzzer.   It is so random that it makes it funny.   I love the look his wife gives him at that point.   

Dude, you reeeaaalllly need to put on some damn clothes. (Not safe for work or anything place else) http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d62_1298100537 I will not show the video here, but there seems to be a guy that went around the Coachella festival buck-naked...with a very small honker. Why is it that the people that shouldn't get naked are always the ones that do get naked in public? Supposedly, this 'tiny' man is called the Naked Wizard around the inter-tubes. Who is this guy? Did he use a disrobing spell on himself? Why would you get naked if you hat that equipment? I really feel bad for those cops because they had to touch him...a naked dude. Here's his proud mugshot .  

Star Trek TNG “Cause and Effect” Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Think of this as TNG’s version of Groundhog Day.  Cause and Effect is one of those Trek episodes that breaks out of the TNG format and completely goes with the concept all the to end.  And, I have to give the episode credit for that.  Before Brannon Braga ruined Star Trek, he was merely a writer on TNG that produced some interesting concepts with freaky science fiction.  Basically, the Enterprise is stuck in a time loop.  In this loop, the ship ends up colliding with another displaced Starfleet vessel and repeats the loop over and over again.  Each time they go through the loop the crew vaguely remembers things from the other loops.  The writing is very tight and it is a surprise given that this is Braga episode.  He layers the script with indications that the each loop has changed certain things. I also dig the mystery aspects of the crew actively trying to figure out how to get out ...

Kanye West “All of the Lights” All of Kanye’s music videos are interesting to watch and this one isn’t any different.   I like the violin solo at the beginning and the music behind the song.   But the most important thing in the video is watching Rihanna in that skimpy outfit.   She looks amazingly hot in that outfit.   How about that side view?   I’ve always said that she has an amazing body. I think I am in love.   

Digable Planets: Cool like That Ah, do you remember when rap music had a positive vibe without all the auto-tuning? During the early 90s to 1999, there was a smart hip-hop culture that was counter to the Gangsta Rap that was popular at the time. People called this smarter movement Alternative Hip-Hop. When I hear tracks like this one, it makes me point my anger at the Black Eye Peas, because they spawned out of this Alternative Hip-Hop. Somewhere, they got twisted into this trance auto-tuned mess we're in today. Alternative Rap kind of spoke to more intellectual groups than gangsta rap. Both were reactive to establishment in completely different ways. Alternative Rap kind of explained the problems in the black community and tried to give a positive spin. Gangsta Rap was the outcome of those said problems. At a certain point, both of them morphed into the pop music jumbled mess we hear on the radio. This song is smooth and has a nice vibe to it. The music video is ver...

It is the sex tape no one asked for . Tila Tequila has a sex tape?   I thought that was pretty much her entire career.   And, Tila pretty much has shown every part of her body to the public over the years anyway.   Did we forget her drunken U-Stream video? So, is she faked outrage over the so-called tape?   Please tell me she’s not trying to claim that it was just a personal tape for herself and her lovers…who happened to be pornstars.   Say what you want about Bieber or Gaga, but at least they actually do something.   Tila is merely a fame whore and this is just another one of those “Hey, look at me moments.”     Her little, paper-thin world will come crashing down around her when people start to lose interest in her.   Hopefully, this sex tape will be the final blow (pun intended) I think one of those Juggalos hit her in the head a bit too hard.   

Superman Lives Suit testing video Why does the Superman suit remind me of the Mr. Freeze suit from Batman and Robin?   They were planning on using this suit in the failed reboot movie Superman Lives.   The producer of the film never wanted Superman in the red and blue suit, so this Iron Man like suit was put in its place.   It just seems so wrong.   Then, there is that casting of Nicolas Cage... I really need to sit down and read the Kevin Smith script.   I just have to find the time to read it.   You can find out more about the doom and expensive project here.    http://www.supermansupersite.com/supermanlives.html  Has this been confirmed as being a real photo of Nic Cage as Superman? 

Bieber: Wreck em, damn near killed them.  Oh, they did kill him, never mind.   ___________________________________________________________ Wait, Justin Bieber was on CSI...for a second time? Man, is CSI slumming it. I've only seen two and a half episodes of this show and that was enough for me. I've never understood the appeal of the show. With outstanding shows like the Wire, the Shield and Southland, I see CSI and its spin-off to come across as bland and sometime silly. But, having the teen singing idol Justin Bieber on your show just smells of stunt casting. But, it should be noted that K-Fed was on the show for no apparent reason too . Then again, you can't pass this scene up without a bit of a chuckle. Regardless of the crap, that last moment was the “bomb”. Please, CSI, don't get Gaga on the show.

Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit) After watching the amusing review by Todd in the Shadows on the BEP song The Time, I had to watch the video for myself. My first thought is, “What were they thinking when they laid down the track?” Who created that strange thumping beat behind the robotic auto-tuning? You can mash this trance beat with the remake to the Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes song “Time of My Life”. It is like sticking an orange and can of chicken noodle soup into a blender. It doesn't work. I mean the first minute isn't that bad for real, but then it turns into a bunch of robots attempting to sing a song. Can someone dance to this tin-can sounding mess? I know that music has taken a nosedive of late, but this is re-goshdarn-diculous . So, what about the video? Well, it is okay. It does remind me of that Strong Bad E-mail with the virus attacking his computer . The video also reminds me of the Matrix except with a virus. I also half wanted Blade to...

Random Thoughts ~Re-watching DS9 “Emissary”: I'm currently going through the first episode and I am amazed on how much the show was good within the first episode. They seemed to get a handle on the characters from the start. While Rick Berman tried his best to downplay the darkness of the show, the first episode is very dark. The opening space battle with the Borg was impressive at the time and still holds up today. I still love the awkward meeting between Picard and Sisko. These are two different officers that probably would not have gotten along under normal circumstances. ~ Automan review by Brad Jones : Holy crap, I actually remember this short-lived show. I remember loving the Automan car that zipped sideways between traffic. Glen Larson knew that this show was a direct response to Tron, so even brought in some of the Tron people to work on FX in order to keep from getting a lawsuit from Disney. But, I don't Disney really care about Tron at that point. Dis...

Don't You Want me By Atomic Tom Yeah, this was promoted on Reddit, and they want you to name all 39 80s movie references. But, I want you to only notice one. In the Terminator one, look for Michael Biehn dressed in his Kyle Reese outfit. I know that he's in the movie Take Me Home Tonight, which is this a promotion for, but it was cool to see an actual actor from that era to spoof himself.   

60 degrees in February Today, it will be 60*.   This pleases me a lot.   I can’t stand the cold and hate the winter.   So, I will be taking the bicycle out for a short two-hour spin around Louisville today.   

Yet again, I am amazed how many stunts Lady Gaga can pull and still have fans.   I know that I am beating a dead horse.   (Why would someone want to beat a dead horse anyway?)   But, why come to the Grammys encased in a giant egg with some milky substance?   Okay, I didn’t like the meat dress she wore a couple of months back, but this is downright stupid.   She showed up in a damn Cadbury egg. (as Adam Carolla said on his podcast.) I have to repeat this again.   She can actually sing, but chooses to do these goofy stunts then claim that she is merely expressing herself (not Madonna).   It’s called marketing yourself on the most basic level.   Instead of showing off actual skill, distract them with fireworks and shiny things.   Look, I know many artists have tried to pull these media stunts before, but not on the sheer goofy scope as Gaga.    And, she’s not the worst as far as crass.   I remember a certain Tiger Woods mistress ...

Alexander Hamilton/Aaron Burr “Got Milk” ad The video above is the long version of one of the funniest ads ever.   Pretty much everyone should remember this ad.   It was the first ad in the long running “Got Milk” ad campaign.   Here’s the kicker, Michael Bay (The Rock and Transformers) directed the ad.   That’s right The Michael Bay.   If you look at the quick cuts and zooming shots, you can clearly see Bay’s influence.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got_Milk%3F Sean Whalen is the unlucky guy in the ad.   He’s become a character actor of sorts.   You might remember him receiving a fire-arrow in the chest in a season of Lost as the character Frogurt.   I remember Sean Whalen saying that people thought his character owned all the Burr-Hamilton Duel stuff, but actually there was deleted footage that clearly showed that he worked in a museum.    And the shorter version of this ad doesn’t make it clear at all.   Most people think ...