Archive about 'Entertainment'
One Man Star Wars was just hilarious
The Kentucky Center had two events going on last night — the preview night for “Nutcracker Suite”, and Charlie Ross doing his “One Man Star Wars” show. I’m thinking those of us who saw the Charile Ross show had the better time and better use of our entertainment dollar. Because you can rent Nutcracker Suite […]
Why do media companies often fumble handling their own bad press?
You would think that a media company would be, well, media-savvy. Especially if it’s a Web media company like CNET, surely they must understand how the 24-hour news cycle works in this new Internet age. You don’t let the rumour mill and blog posts just churn away for days, you have to respond immediately and […]
I can’t believe Thriller was released 25 years ago
I was listening to NPR today and they had a lengthy story about how yesterday was the 25th anniversary of the release of Michael Jackson’s Thriller album. Like I need another reminder of how damned old I’m getting.
Man I remember that album. And yes, a vinyl album is how I first heard it. My Dad […]
I’m sure Pamela Anderson’s latest wedding will last
This is how all 50-year marriages start: an exchange of vows on the Vegas strip squeezed in between the twice-daily performances of the bride’s stage show. At least, that’s how Pamela Anderson’s future 50-year marriage begins — she just wed Rick Salomon, best known for making the sex tape with his former girlfriend Paris Hilton.
Really, […]
‘Sunshine’ was okay despite being surprisingly derivative
After watching the sci-fi thriller ‘Sunshine’, I’m surprised more reviewers didn’t make the obvious comparisons to Event Horizon. Both movies were about risky missions sent out into space, that run into trouble when they find a vessel that was supposed to be lost on a previous mission to the same part of space. They also […]
At least Lohan isn’t a terrorist bomber
We see a lot of press around here about all the bad behavior from Hollywood stars–Lindsey Lohan’s drugs & drinking problems, Paris Hilton’s inability to obey traffic laws, Mel Gibson’s anti-semitic rants, and so on. But while Hollywood stars may be annoying, at least they aren’t muderous terrorist bombers like Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt.
What’s interesting is that despite a […]
Spidey 3 better than I expected
Spider-Man 3 became the first of three big May blockbusters to reach the discount theater here in Louisville last week. So despite my reservations, I decided to see it last night at the 9:40 p.m. showing. And it turned out to be better than I had expected.
Now part of that of course is the fact […]
Fastest time from release to second-run
The movie DOA: Dead or Alive was just released last Friday at the first-run theaters, but this week it has already arrived at the second-run Village 8 theater. That has to be some kind of record, one week in general release before being dumped at the bargain theater.
BoxOfficeMojo shows that it earned less than $1,000 […]
11 months between Amazon.com orders
I just ordered a couple things from Amazon (main thing was an HD-DVD edition of Forbidden Planet), and when I was done it occurred to me that I didn’t know when my previous Amazon order was. So I clicked the link to view my order history and it turns out it has been well over 11 months, […]
No more English-language telenovellas
Well the great experiment has gone bust–MyNetwork TV has killed their telenovella format in favor of cheaper reality shows and sports programming. The telenovellas were basically prime-time soap operas. The distinction with a telenovella is that it airs only for a fixed run, usually a couple months or so, rather than over multiple seasons. And it runs in a […]