Cited: ABC News
Randy Quaid and his wife are seeking asylum in Canada claiming that they fear for their lives. It seems that the exploits of Oscar nominated actor Randy Quaid and his wife are taking a turn for the bizarre even by Hollywood standards.
The increasingly eccentric duo, who are wanted in California for allegedly skipping [...]
Cited: Time
Making cheap, R-rated sequels and releasing them in October seems to be what the folks at Paramount Pictures think of as the secret elixir for box-office success. Following that October 16 weekend debut for Jackass 3-D, the $20 million movie that made $50.4 million in 3 days, Paramount released “Paranormal Activity 2″ a prequel [...]
Cited: TheWrap.com
“Avatar”, the box office phenomenon, will have a pair of sequels! Fox and James Cameron recently agreed that the first sequel is targeted for December 2014 with the 3rd film slated for release the following year. Cameron will begin work on the scripts early next year.
The first film, which was released in 2009, has [...]
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cited: MTV News
Country queen, Reba McEntire has hit it big with her second #1 country album debut, Keep on Loving You. Thanks to selling 96,000 copies (according to Nielson SoundScan), it will take its top spot on the Billboard 200 next week. Third Eye Blind, the 1990’s alternative pop band that hasn’t released a new [...]
Cited: Associated Press
Superman, Aquaman, Iron Man, X-Men: all these undefeatable superheroes have suffered defeat at the hands of an industry that often functions more as a money-making tool than actual entertainment.
So calling “Batman: Arkham Asylum” (Eidos, $59.99, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) one of the best superhero games ever is kind of a backhanded [...]
cited: InformationWeek
McAfee just released its third annual list of the internet’s most risky celebrities. They found that 20% of searches for “Jessica Biel,” “Jessica Biel downloads,” Jessica Biel photos”, etc., take the searcher to malware-full websites. Spyware, adware, spam, viruses, and phishing mechanisms all fall under the company’s definition of malicious programs. If a computer [...]
cited: New York Times
48 years after first publishing, Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” finally topped the best-seller list. With its rise to the top, the book brought all the fatty goodness home gourmets did their best to ignore while Lipitor swept the nation.
The book, given a huge lift from the recently released [...]
cited: The Movie Critics
Tarantino took plenty of liberties with Inglourious Basterds- from casting the gore-heavy director of the Hostels, Eli Roth, as the “bear Jew” who loves smashing Nazi heads, to transforming Christoph Waltz’s character (SS officer, Col. Hans Landa) into a light-footed, nimbly joyful philosophizing detective (and the most interesting character of the film)- [...]
Cited: NewsDaily
A short novel- titled “Close to Zero”- appeared on bookshelves last month. Thursday, someone realized that the tale of corrupt Russian officials, bribed journalists, and dirty cops was penned by someone with definitive expertise on the subjects. Apparently, the author was none other than the Kremlin’s chief political strategist Vladislav Surkov, who published under [...]
