> Well it’s that time of year again. Will Ferell has a new movie out and it’s probably going to destroy the box office. Have you seen the trailers? It’s the one where he plays a crazy out of date sports star. No not Kicking and Screaming. It’s the one with all the product placements, no not Talladaga Nights either. Oh come on! You’ve seen the preview, it’s the one where he just goes around yelling….no it’s not Blades of Glory.
No this weekend Will Ferrell stars in his fourth sports movie in less than three years called Semi-Pro! The movie is about a ragtag basketball player obsessed with sports and sex. Sound familiar? Yikes. This is just getting ridiculous. Don’t 4 identical movies seem a little excessive Will? I mean really, we got the joke the first, second and third time. Why don’t we try something new?
Which brings me to another point. Are we done with Will Ferrell? I mean, yes, he is still funny and a rare natural talent. But aren’t we done with the Will Ferrell that has pretty much been doing the same stuff since Old School? Aside from side projects like the wonderful Stranger than Fiction, Ferrell’s career seems to be in a comedic rut, which is ironic because one of the reasons that he became one of SNL’s biggest stars was because we never knew what to expect from him. Sadly it seems that that time has past.
After all, isn’tt time for actors like Ferrell, Jack Black,Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Steve Zahn to step aside and make way for the new Comedy Mafioso Judd Apatow and his gang of fresh comedic darlings. After super hits like Knocked Up and Superbad they are certainly the new comedic brat pack and don’t they just make Will Ferrell come off as old and tired?
But Semi-Pro will still have an amazing box office weekend and then probably fade pretty quickly, just like a certain someones career if they aren’t careful.
>The internet today it was all about David Archuleta. “His contest to lose!” “Have we found a winner already?” “Mike’s Bloggity Blog Blob is Awesome!”
Ok, I added the last one. But I just got sick of reading the same headlines over and over today.
So tonight it is the girls night on American Idol and quite frankly they must be a little bit nervous. Anything less than David Archuleta (cause there are still two other Davids) is pointless. So tonight I’m going to cut down the descriptions and rank them. That is unless someone really shines through. Hey Carly I’m talking to you.
-Carly Smithson started the show off with Heart’s classic “Crazy on You” and she sang just that. The exact same version of the song. Sang it great. But nothing that screamed CARLY!
-Brooke White would probably win tonight if it was Folk Idol with Carly Simon’s “Vain”. -Syesha Mercado had one of my favorite performance of the night with “Me and Mr. Jones”. Classic, confident and cool.
-With “Don’t leave me this way” Ramiele Malubay proves that she still has one of the biggest voices out of the littlest girls. The song was kinda alright, but it was nothing special.
-Holy shit did you know Kristi Lee Cook liked horses?!? Hey Kristi, do you know what’s “no good”? That outfit. But the singing was better than last week. But something about her rubs me the wrong way……(insert your own joke here).
-Oh no, Sweeney Todd has taken over for Amanda Overmyer…oh wait that’s her!?! Shit, that must have been some electric shock. Aside from her look this week, I’m liking Amanda more and more mostly because I imagine that she beats people like Kristi Lee Cook up. “Carry on my wayward” idol. -Alaina Whitaker has to be the most forgettable contestant left this year. Which is good cause that’s exactly what I want to do to her version of “Hopelessly Devoted to You.”
-Did Alexandrea Lushington just name drop 9/11? I didn’t even know you could do that. That’s all I’m writing cause her song was almost as bad. -Kady Malloy sings the night’s second Heart song all while just recently being attacked by the world’s biggest Bedazzler. I thought the good girl trying to sing a bad girl song just didn’t work for her. Amanda should have sung this.
-Remember Diana Degarmo? Well I do now, thanks a lot Asia’h Epperson and your version of “all by myself”. Who are picking these girls song. The 70′s was the decade of cocaine, disco balls, hippies and goldfish in shoes. And these are the songs they come up with.
I would like to personally thank TIVO because tonight I was able to watch the hour and a half American Idol in 40 minutes. Sweet.
So who is going home? Does it really even matter. But for bragging rights: 1)Alexandrea Lushington 2)Alaina Whitaker
-Tonight’s episode was brought to you by the 70′s tablecloth that attacked Paula Abdul-
> Remember a couple of months ago during the season finale of The Hills MTV told us actually they were lying and that is was just taking a break and that the third season would be back in the spring? Well….guess what…..It’s back! That’s right, spring is just around the corner and judging from the new extended preview, the show is faker and better than ever.
After watching the preview it’s too bad that it couldn’t just have been turned into a movie or at least an actual drama. The story lines are soooo good and juicy you know that they can’t be real. I think another cool angle would be to show Lauren & co. has the celebrities they really are. The show makes it a point to not show them in magazines and movie premieres, but that is their real life. Wouldn’t it be cool to see Lauren’s reaction after watching Heidi’s first “music video“. Or what about Audrina when she sees what an ass Justin Bobby really is while watching an episode of The Hills? Or Spencer calling the paparazzi to tell them where they’ll be eating (and fighting).
But for now we are supposed to be things like that the cameras just happened to filming Lauren in class when Stephanie Pratt walked in and all of it’s other glorious flaws.
Ahh who am I kidding, I’m pumped for March 24th!!!
Check out the preview below. (Facebookers click here)
>Hey! Remember last week on American Idol when pretty much everyone sucked except for a handful of Idol hopefuls?
Well they are back. Not all of them, but some of them made the cut from last week.
So what are you going to do with the next 90 minutes of your life? Read a book? Go for a walk? Why would you do any of that
We start off with Michael Johns who describes himself as a joke. A tennis joke. I didn’t even know that counted. Just start singing already. And singing he does by completely rocking Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way”. I think as long as he sticks to the rock songs he’ll be ok. Country night should be interesting.
Jason Castro has hates doing interviews!?! What a shocker. I thought he was going to say that he hates washing his hair….cause he obviously hates washing his hair. Jason does another nice acoustic song that I’ve never heard of. But it’s from the 70′s so really isn’t a suprise. Have you noticed that this season was touted as the season with the instruments and Jason is the only left with one? Too bad Randy doesn’t feel the same way.
Luke Menard says he’s been to Hong Kong! When I go in April I’m going to ask around about him. I bet he’s lying. He’s performance is a little better than last weeks, which isn’t saying much. He’s still super cheesy. I kinda want Michael Johns to punch him mid-song (kinda like this). Oh snap! He does look like Dawson!! Must hurt to be burned by the Ryan.
Robbie Carrico tries to defend his title as this seasons rocker. He takes a step in the right direction by letting the bandana go. While he can sing (or “blow”), I thought his song was really lame. I hope maybe he gets through next week and comes out and sings a broadway tune. As much as I hate to say it, the judges are usually right and it would be cool if he came out and surprised us!
It’s too bad Danny Noriega has such an annoying personality and tries so hard because I really really like his voice. (also, can the producers please stop getting the audience to wave their hands?) And what’s this? Simon being nice to to Danny? Wow. Is it April 1st already?
David Hernandez used to be a gymnast and went to the Grand Canyon Olympics, funny I don’t remember those. He is also the first to sing the first real disco song with “Papa was a rolling stone”. David is one of those guys with a great voice but seems to be rubbing people the wrong way (see above). But you cannot deny that can sing! Wow! Those last few notes? Crazy!
Ryan asked Paula was did the 70′s have so many great songs. The answer is easy. Cocaine.
Does anyone else think that Jason Yeager used to be one of the guys from the Moffatts? It could just be the blond streaks. Ohh and he is a self taught musician…how classy. But all jokes aside his version of Long Train Runnin’ (thanks Google) was just alright. Maybe he should tune down the cheesy dance moves a little bit, but then again some old blind ladies like it.
Have you noticed that they are interviewing people a lot more this season? I think this is due to the flack they got last year for showcasing the celebs too much. I think it so far.
Next we get to learn the origin of Chikezie‘s name. Personally I liked Simon version (Jacuzzi) better. I still can’t believe the voice that comes out of that little guy. I think this was the performance that we all wanted last week. Usually people fumble on good ol’ Stevie tunes, but Chikezie passed with flying colours…no pun intended.
David CookBedhead is up next and his secret talent is that he is a word nerd. Maybe I should hire him. Oh and he brought out a guitar too. Take that Jason Castro. He looks so much more comfortable with the guitar this week. And damn that guy can play. And did you notice that it looked like he had Robbie’s bandanna in his back pocket. Very very sneaky.
Which finally brings us to the ever popular David Archuleta. I’m going to be honest. I had a whole entry written about David and how I didn’t get him. Even though my best friend Kelly Clarkson is apparently a fan, I just thought he was cheesy and too young to handle something this big. But then he sang Lennon’s Imagine. Wow. Those ever guys don’t stand a chance.
So who is going home? I’d like to think Jason Yeager and Luke Menard for simply being forgettable.
Now let’s get back to David’s performance. Check it out below:
>Ok. Picture this: -Veronica Mars..I mean Kristen Bell. -Judd Apatow -Paul Rudd -Kenneth from 30 Rock -Hawaii
Pretty much perfect right? Too good to be true? Nope. It’s all true. And on April 18th we get to watch all of it in all of it’s glory on the big screen.
The world is slowing discovering Kristen Bell. Whether it be from Veronica Mars, Elle on Heroes or the voice of Gossip Girl. Of course, we are ignoring Pulse. Because that obviously doesn’t count. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is going to make Kristen Bell HUGE. Soon we’ll be saying Izzy who?
Below is the red-band trailer for the new movie. And in case you don’t know what red-band trailer means, you’ll know by the end of it. Let’s just say it’s racy and it’s not the version they show in theatres. If you are at work? Turn the speakers down low.
So apparently I am one of the few that stayed up and watched the entire Oscar’s ceremony. Of course it helps that on the west coast it wrapped up around 9:45pm which meant the East Coasters had to stay up close to the 1am hour.
Overall I thought the Oscars were the Oscars. A little bland, some funny moments and truly memorable ones too.
My favorite moment of the night came from Marketa Irglova who is one half of the duo that one for Best Song from their movie Once. I’ve said it before and I’ve said it again: this movie is amazing. It is seriously a must see. But I’m not going to lie, when Jon Stewart brought Marketa back on stage so she could say thank you it brought a tear or two to my eye. Her speech was wonderful and sincere….unlike a certain brother of the Coen nature.
As for gracious winners, Marion Cotillard definitely charmed the audience even though no one has even heard of her movie La Vie en Rose. But how can you not love someone that was as genuinely surprised and appreciative as the french actress was. La Vie en Rose is available on DVD now and sounds like it’s probably worth a viewing.
And on a side note I feel like I must talk about No Country for Old Men. Which has to be the scariest movie to win Best Picture. I mean besides Oliver. Seriously, I saw this movie yesterday afternoon and had my face covered for half of it. I’ve always had an unnatural fear of Javier Bardem but this movie just made it worse. And that gun he carries around with him through the second half of the movie? What the hell!?!?! The movie was great, I really enjoyed it. I especially enjoyed Kelly MacDonald who played Josh Brolin’s wife Carla. Her last scene in the movie is pretty much the definition of heart breaking.
So in case you missed it here is Marketa’s thank you speech after being brought back on stage. And don’t talk to me until you’ve seen Once.
>It is only a couple of months until we get to the see the Sex and The City movie. And since it’s release a couple of days ago, the full-length trailer has been hard to find! But I think I finally tracked it down, although it might not last for long before it gets pulled down. So check it out.
Warning: It is one of those trailers that pretty much tells you the entire movie. Watch at your own discretion. And yes, that isJennifer Hudson!
>Some say that temptation is the root of all evil. Instead I like to think of it as more of a challenge. And because temptation can come in many different forms (sex, drugs, alcohol) it always hard to know how people will actually be tempted or not. So what’s my temptation? Vancouver.
Since spending the past couple of days exploring the home of the 2010 Winter Olympics I can’t help but wonder what could have been. While I am happy with my relationship with Calgary, sometimes a man can only resist so much.
But can you blame me? During my time in Vancouver I didn’t see one single cloud. And while I know that is not the norm for the normally rainy city it still felt damn good to have a beer on an open patio overlooking the waterfront.
The amazing thing about Vancouver is that it is only an hour a way and because of this one can’t help but be intrigued. In Vancouver’s case the grass really does seem to be greener on the other side. This is mostly due to the fact that they actually have green grass. As well as flowers and palm trees.
And as someone who constantly finds myself arguing with native Calgarians about some of this cities biggest issues (recycling, conservative governments and hypothermia), the fact that none of these are issues in Vancouver makes me start to regret that commitment ceremony Calgary and I shared last stampede.
The main argument you’ll hear from anyone (especially if they are Albertan) is that Vancouver is just too darn expensive. But do you know where else is one of Canada’s most expensive cities? That’s right good ol’ Cowtown. Unless you think that paying $12 to park downtown for an hour and a half is reasonable.
But Vancouver isn’t all roses (although they do have a lot of those). It’s disconcerting how drivers honk at pedestrians for walking too slow. Plus, is there anything lamer than Provincial sales tax? No thank you. And after spending a morning sipping Starbucks (of course) by English Bay I couldn’t help but wonder: “Where is everyone running to?” Vancouverites in general always seem to be running somewhere and I’ve never been able to trust people who run unless they are being chased. And what’s with the Art Gallery? Every day they seemed to be protesting about a dozen different things. I wanted to be supportive but instead just became confused.
After a couple of days my trip to Vancouver had to come to an end. We had had an amazing time together. We laughed, we cried, it really was an emotional rollercoaster. But at the end of the day she wasn’t home….yet.
While I’m not necessarily ready to pack up my life and move to Vancouver she certainly did give me a lot to think about. My basic rationale is this: If I am going to live so far away from the Maritimes and pay ridiculous rent for a small apartment, what difference does an hour flight make? Think about it: I’d still have the mountains but I would also have the ocean, warmer winters and a better chance of becoming an accidental movie star. Plus just think how popular I would be during the Olympics! But I wouldn’t have the stampede and let’s face it: That is the ultimate deal breaker.
