More than six years have passed since the death of Pat Tillman, the professional athlete who gave up a multimillion-dollar football contract with the Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the military after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Tillman was killed by “friendly fire” in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004, but the Bush administration and the [...]

Sep 02, 2010 @ 9:58 pm | Have your say »

Michael Douglas went on Letterman Tuesday and talked about the recent saddening news that he has throat cancer.
He has just completed his first of eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy, and appeared a little thinner than usual, with his suit slightly oversize. With the coming weeks of treatment, he said, his voice may change [...]

Sep 02, 2010 @ 10:39 am | Have your say »

We’re almost there, just one day away until finally, college football is officially back. However yesterday, before the first snap of the season, a big storyline has already emerged.
Heisman Trophy winning running back Mark Ingram will miss at least the University of Alabama’s season-opening game against San Jose State this week after [...]

Sep 01, 2010 @ 12:01 am | Have your say »

In addition to another “new” Michael Jackson CD due out by year’s end, there are now rumblings around the blogosphere about another Michael Jackson concert film as well.
This time the source material stretches back to 1981, and the responsible party behind the project is a man named Ron Newt. He tells TMZ that Jackson [...]

Aug 31, 2010 @ 11:59 pm | Have your say »

After weeks of rumors, “Dancing with the Stars” officially unveiled their Season 11 cast during Monday night’s “Bachelor Pad.”
Show co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke confirmed that former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff, crooner Michael Bolton, reality TV party boy Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino, R&B star Brandy, former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner, Sarah Palin’s daughter [...]

Aug 30, 2010 @ 10:27 pm | Have your say »

What can you say, but wow, congratulations yet again to Pixar. Over the weekend, the smashing success of “Toy Story 3″ continued on its path, crossing the $1 billion threshold. Easily one of the best movies of the summer — and probably the best of the three — Disney proudly announced via press [...]

Aug 30, 2010 @ 10:26 pm | Have your say »

As of late Sunday night, the fright flick “The Last Exorcism” and the heist thriller “Takers” were in a neck and neck race for the top spot at the weekend box office.
Lionsgate’s “The Last Exorcism” had a thin lead with a $21.3 million debut, closely followed by Sony’s “Takers” with a $21 million opening. [...]

Aug 29, 2010 @ 11:02 pm | Have your say »

I’m not sure I’ve yet to come across anyone who didn’t like “American Beauty.” Fueled by the script from future “Six Feet Under”/”True Blood” creator Alan Ball, the mix of Sam Mendes and Kevin Spacey was as close to cinematic mastery as we’ve seen in years.
Spacey’s Lester Burnham mixed perfect amounts [...]

Aug 29, 2010 @ 11:00 pm | Have your say »

I’ll admit, our weekend pick of “Piranha 3D” last week wasn’t great, but then again, none of the box office openers were. This week brings a potential contender to dethrone Sly and his crew with the Eli Roth produced documentary style thriller, “The Last Exorcism.”
I would guess most people are expecting “The [...]

Aug 27, 2010 @ 12:15 am | Have your say »

For over a year now, the Jim Carrey-Ewan McGregor gay prison romantic comedy, “I Love You, Phillip Morris,” has been trying to secure a distribution deal despite boasting a pair of A-list stars.
Why? Well, because even in 2010, it’s awfully hard to market a gay prison rom-com such as this.
After nothing happened at Sundance [...]

Aug 27, 2010 @ 12:13 am | Have your say »

It’s been public knowledge for some time that while Barbra Streisand will be reprising her role as mother Focker in “Meet the Parents: Little Fockers,” Dustin Hoffman however, was a no-go for father Focker. It seems that is no longer the case. It was reported yesterday that the Ben Stiller/Robert De Niro-starring December comedy came [...]

Aug 26, 2010 @ 11:34 am | Have your say »

Are people out to get Randy Quaid? If you hear the “Vacation” star tell it, he’s been targeted by a vast conspiracy to swindle him out of millions of dollars. The actor is on the offensive against his financial advisors and his bank, accusing them of plotting to pocket his hard-earned dough.
Acting [...]

Aug 26, 2010 @ 11:32 am | Have your say »

In May 2003, Aron Ralston, an American mountain climber, became famous when he was forced to amputate his lower right arm with a dull knife in order to free himself after his arm became trapped by a boulder when he was mountaineering in Utah.
Ralston was in Blue John Canyon (near Moab, Utah), when [...]

Aug 25, 2010 @ 11:39 am | Have your say »

An Oregon State University offensive lineman has been dismissed from the team after police say they found him naked and intoxicated in a stranger’s home and had to use stun guns to take him into custody.
Tyler Patrick Thomas reportedly went drinking that day and by evening, a Corvallis resident called police to inform them that [...]

Aug 25, 2010 @ 11:37 am | Have your say »

The past couple of weeks when it comes to picking movies, we’ve tilted in the direction of men with “The Expendables” and “Piranha 3D.” Well, for today’s DVD selection, we’re going with one for the ladies – “The Back-Up Plan.”
Written by Kate Angelo and directed by Alan Poul, the movie is essentially a vehicle [...]

Aug 24, 2010 @ 12:50 am | Have your say »

From best golfer of his generation, perhaps ever, to broken down, $100 million settlement divorcee. Yes, it has been finalized and the damage is a cool $100 mill heading to now former wife Elin Nordegren’s pocket.
Woods is currently the highest paid athlete according to Sports Illustrated magazine so some may say, “Big deal. [...]

Aug 24, 2010 @ 12:49 am | Have your say »

Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables” won another fight, taking top honors at the weekend box office yet again.
Lionsgate’s “The Expendables” remained number one for a second straight weekend with $16.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Directed by and starring Stallone, the action flick about mercenaries aiming to overthrow a dictator raised its total to [...]

Aug 22, 2010 @ 11:05 pm | Have your say »

When it comes to cigarettes and the big screen, a new study shows that there’s a lot less smoking depicted in movies in recent years.
Tobacco use on the silver screen peaked in 2005 and has been on the decline since, according to research that looked at the most popular films from 1991 to 2009.
Last year [...]

Aug 22, 2010 @ 11:04 pm | Have your say »

Maybe because it was filmed in our backyard of Lake Havasu, AZ, or maybe because a few of us can relate to the potential of disaster occurring out on the lake up there, but whatever the case, for today’s weekend pick I’m going (really because we talked about “The Switch” last week), “Piranha 3D.”
After a [...]

Aug 20, 2010 @ 11:11 am | Have your say »

Yesterday’s indictment of Roger Clemens for lying to Congress about alleged steroid use isn’t the end of this saga, but rather just another sad chapter in the life of the former MLBer and onetime lock for a first ballot Hall of Fame.
Every few weeks, it seems, the sport of baseball is embarrassed yet [...]

Aug 20, 2010 @ 11:04 am | Have your say »

Earlier this week Fox released the first trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Black Swan,’ a thriller starring Natalie Portman, Barbara Hershey, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder and Mila Kunis. Ok, but let’s be honest, this is really about Portman and Kunis
The director of “Requiem for a Dream” and “The Wrestler” takes a New York City production of [...]

Aug 18, 2010 @ 10:39 pm | Have your say »

An outbreak of salmonella illnesses linked to shell eggs has prompted a nationwide recall of 13 brands of eggs produced by an Iowa company and triggered a multi-state investigation that is expected to grow.
The Associated Press estimated the total recalled at 228 million eggs, although the company in question, Wright County Egg of Galt, [...]

Aug 18, 2010 @ 10:36 pm | Have your say »

Residents in Seattle, Washington, were shaken Tuesday afternoon by what sounded like explosions after two F-15s were dispatched in response to a report of a small plane that entered restricted airspace where President Barack Obama was campaigning for Sen. Patty Murray.
The rumblings, caused by sonic booms from the jets, rattled buildings, windows and nerves in [...]

Aug 17, 2010 @ 10:16 pm | Have your say »

The much-anticipated documentary about the crazy, bearded, hip-hopping rebirth of actor Joaquin Phoenix arrives in theaters next month, and the teaser trailer is drawing quite a bit of attention on the web.
Phoenix is one of Hollywood’s great contemporary actors– arguably best known at this point for his role portraying Johnny Cash in the biopic [...]

Aug 17, 2010 @ 10:13 pm | Have your say »

Over the weekend I stumbled upon the “Jackass” movie on MTV, and being pretty much the only reason to not flip right on by MTV these days, I stayed and caught myself watching it while literally laughing out loud like it was the first time I’d seen it. This got me even more geared [...]

Aug 16, 2010 @ 11:54 pm | Have your say »

Ending one of the most drawn out and closely watched casting searches for an actress in years, Sony Pictures Entertainment and director David Fincher have chosen Rooney Mara to play Lisbeth Salander in “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,” the film that begins shooting this fall in Sweden with Daniel Craig starring that’s set to [...]

Aug 16, 2010 @ 11:41 pm | Have your say »

Men clearly dominated the box office this weekend in a gender battle that pitted Sylvester Stallone’s “Expendables” against Julia Roberts’ “Eat Pray Love,” proving Sly still has some earning power at the box office.
Stallone and his testosterone-fueled pals lifted Lionsgate’s 1980s-style action flick to a number one debut with $35 million. While the [...]

Aug 15, 2010 @ 11:05 pm | Have your say »

It seems as if every resort is jumping on the “Eat, Pray, Love” bandwagon.
If you don’t know about the Julia Roberts movie based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling autobiographical book about her search for peace, happiness and fulfillment in Rome, India and Bali after a messy divorce, you must have been off the grid for a [...]

Aug 15, 2010 @ 11:04 pm | Have your say »