It was a long weekend last time around, looking back, Captain America made another 200 million over Easter at the box office. On the flip side, the new Johnny Depp movie, umm, didn’t do so well. Transcendence, made about 11 million dollars. Ouch! Probably cost that much just to sign Johnny to do the movie. Those producers are taking a hit, big time.
Now for this week's, “comic karmic movie producer irony of the week”… OK, working on a better title, anywho:
Movie Producer, Jerry Bruckheimer says bad timing is delaying the making of Bad Boys 3. Really Jerry?!..It’s not a horrendous script, or just a flat out bad movie idea holding you back?. Movie fans, look into your soul, ask yourself, Do we really need a Bad Boys 3?... And yes I did check, Michael Bay is set to direct it. Again, a Jerry Bruckeimer and Michael Bay helmed Bad Boys 3…Think about it, do we really need this?
Actual decent news from the movie world, a life-sized bronze statue of late movie critic Roger Ebert has been unveiled. It took place at annual film fest Roger started, Ebertfest. The statue features Ebert sitting between two empty theatre seats, where visitors can sit with him. 2 Thumbs Up to this…By the way, time flies, it was just over a year ago Roger Ebert died following his long battle with cancer, he was 70.
The Easter weekend also marked International Record Store Day on the Saturday. Some cool stuff came out of this. First up, Jack White made history creating the World's Fastest Released Record. On Record Store Day, immediately after performing 2 songs* at his ‘Third Man Records’ in Nashville, Jack sent the master tapes to be pressed into vinyl. The record was up for sale just 4 hours later. Cool.
And best yet following Record Store Day, vinyl is making a comeback. I’ve been telling you this for years, and the numbers are finally showing it in a significant way. 2 years ago 1-in-20 of us had bought a vinyl album in the past 12 months. As of this past year, the number is up to 1-in-10 of us…By the way, in addition to vinyl, cassettes are making a comeback too. Mark my words on this one.
And some “Top” lists were announced this week. Here’s some highlights:
Time Magazine set Robin Wright, from House of Cards, at the top of their '100 Most Influential People in the World' list. People Magazine has named 12 years a Slave star Lupita Nyong'o this year’s ‘World’s Most Beautiful Woman’. And GQ came out with it’s list of the 'Funniest People Alive', a Redhead topped the list. No, not me, it was Louis C.K. though. Hats off to Louis!
-Gilmore
--Oh P.S. *-Jack performed a cover of Elvis Presley's Power of My Love, it was the B side. And, this tune Lazaretto. It’ll be the title track on his next album. Enjoy:
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
These Are The Things I Think About -- Apr 14th–Apr 20th
Easter Long weekend is up ahead, you’ve got some excellent plans with friends and family I hope. To send you into the weekend in style, here’s a look at what’s been going on this week:
You, yes you, have a chance to land a starring role in a movie! Well OK, it’s a terrible movie, but still. Producers of ‘Sharkando 2: The Second One’ are trying to crowd fund money online to film an epic bonus scene; This bonus scene described as quote “Chainsaws and Sharks”…classy right?! And, sweetening the pot, they will guarantee you a role in the movie with a $5000 donation. The part I look forward to most. Your acting being better than the actual paid actors in the movie….Tara Ried, I’m looking at you.
Over on TV, the final season of Mad Men started up this past Sunday. The show's creator has come out explaining it will be broken into 2 disinct halves. The first 6 episodes will focus on the characters trying to attain material things. Then a hiatus. When the show returns, the final episodes will show what the characters do once they have the material things they want. Oh and I’m guessing drinking. Tonnes and tonnes of excessive drinking…All season long.
It was a scary week for AC/DC fans, rumours were swirling the band might retire. The stories were Malcolm Young suffered a stroke, and the band was set to spit up rather than continuing without him. Well, an official statement from the band has been released. The group confirmed Malcolm has been sick, adding though he is recouping, and AC/DC is not breaking up. Excellent. So it’s official, Let There Be Rock..for years and years to come.
Exciting news if you're a fan of The Goonies, the movie is getting a sequel. This has been confirmed, and to get you more revved up, the director plans to bring back the original cast. 26 years on, you’ll remember Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman and Sean Astin were part of the original cast. And this has to be extra exciting for Corey Feldman, and his one fan. He could likely use the work….On a more serious note anything else he does has to be better than his singing career*. It’s as bad as the acting in Sharknado.
And some Easter food for thought to leave you with. Apparently 76% of us eat the ears off a Chocolate Easter Bunny first. Pay attention this weekend and see if you do…Happy Easter you deranged, mutilating, psychopath.
-Gilmore
--Oh P.S. *-I'm a fan of stuff that is so bad its good…this, this on the other end, is so bad it’s terrible:
You, yes you, have a chance to land a starring role in a movie! Well OK, it’s a terrible movie, but still. Producers of ‘Sharkando 2: The Second One’ are trying to crowd fund money online to film an epic bonus scene; This bonus scene described as quote “Chainsaws and Sharks”…classy right?! And, sweetening the pot, they will guarantee you a role in the movie with a $5000 donation. The part I look forward to most. Your acting being better than the actual paid actors in the movie….Tara Ried, I’m looking at you.
Over on TV, the final season of Mad Men started up this past Sunday. The show's creator has come out explaining it will be broken into 2 disinct halves. The first 6 episodes will focus on the characters trying to attain material things. Then a hiatus. When the show returns, the final episodes will show what the characters do once they have the material things they want. Oh and I’m guessing drinking. Tonnes and tonnes of excessive drinking…All season long.
It was a scary week for AC/DC fans, rumours were swirling the band might retire. The stories were Malcolm Young suffered a stroke, and the band was set to spit up rather than continuing without him. Well, an official statement from the band has been released. The group confirmed Malcolm has been sick, adding though he is recouping, and AC/DC is not breaking up. Excellent. So it’s official, Let There Be Rock..for years and years to come.
Exciting news if you're a fan of The Goonies, the movie is getting a sequel. This has been confirmed, and to get you more revved up, the director plans to bring back the original cast. 26 years on, you’ll remember Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman and Sean Astin were part of the original cast. And this has to be extra exciting for Corey Feldman, and his one fan. He could likely use the work….On a more serious note anything else he does has to be better than his singing career*. It’s as bad as the acting in Sharknado.
And some Easter food for thought to leave you with. Apparently 76% of us eat the ears off a Chocolate Easter Bunny first. Pay attention this weekend and see if you do…Happy Easter you deranged, mutilating, psychopath.
-Gilmore
--Oh P.S. *-I'm a fan of stuff that is so bad its good…this, this on the other end, is so bad it’s terrible:
Friday, April 11, 2014
These Are The Things I Think About -- Apr 6th-13th
Huge Late Night TV news. Ladies & Gentlemen welcome Colbertterman (copyright Gilmore) It’s official Stephen Colbert will replace David Letterman to become host of the Late Show on CBS. Hey NBC, you taking notes?!, see, this is how you make a Late Night TV decision right the first time.
Rock & Roll Hall of fame inductions went Thursday night. Word is Courtney Love joined Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic on stage when Nirvana was inducted. Didn’t see that one coming; she was sober and everything, wow! Then again you can’t believe everything you hear, it is Courtney Love after all. Either way, I'm betting Dave Grohl, after having to hug her, took a bath in hand sanitizer and burned his clothes when he got home*.
The FXX network has purchased the rights to air reruns of The Simpsons. Not messing around, they will be re-running all of them…in a row. Yep, all 522 Simpsons episodes will be shown back-to-back-to-back at the end of August. Better start working on that butt groove on couch. As for how much FXX paid for the Simpsons rights, I hear it’ was a lot of D’oh… Boo! (sorry I couldn't resist)
Sad news from the Comics world. They are killing off Archie. Archie Comics says he will die saving a friend in the upcoming July issue of “Life with Archie”. Silly comic writers, you can’t kill a Ginger. Our one advantage of having no soul.
Attention fans of naked women, “Playboy” is reprinting its debut 1953 edition. All in celebration of the magazine’s 60th anniversary, the coming collectors edition will be an exact replica of the original; including Marilyn Monroe, and a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. '50s doctor recommended high tar cigarettes sold separately.
It’s a big weekend ahead on TV. Stock up your liquor cabinet so you can play along, Mad Men returns Sunday for it’s final season. The MTV Movie Awards also go Sunday. Conan O’Brien is the host. Unless Jay Leno somehow sneaks his way in there. Good thing it’s MTV, and not the NBC movie awards...just sayin'
-Gilmore
--Oh P.S. *-Yeah, Dave Grohl, post hug with Courtney Love, this is how I picture it:
P.S.S.-- Trying something new out, behold "The Friday/Weekly Rundown" essentially a video version of my blog entries. It's perfect for you too lazy to read. Check it out:
…lemme know what you think!
Rock & Roll Hall of fame inductions went Thursday night. Word is Courtney Love joined Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic on stage when Nirvana was inducted. Didn’t see that one coming; she was sober and everything, wow! Then again you can’t believe everything you hear, it is Courtney Love after all. Either way, I'm betting Dave Grohl, after having to hug her, took a bath in hand sanitizer and burned his clothes when he got home*.
The FXX network has purchased the rights to air reruns of The Simpsons. Not messing around, they will be re-running all of them…in a row. Yep, all 522 Simpsons episodes will be shown back-to-back-to-back at the end of August. Better start working on that butt groove on couch. As for how much FXX paid for the Simpsons rights, I hear it’ was a lot of D’oh… Boo! (sorry I couldn't resist)
Sad news from the Comics world. They are killing off Archie. Archie Comics says he will die saving a friend in the upcoming July issue of “Life with Archie”. Silly comic writers, you can’t kill a Ginger. Our one advantage of having no soul.
Attention fans of naked women, “Playboy” is reprinting its debut 1953 edition. All in celebration of the magazine’s 60th anniversary, the coming collectors edition will be an exact replica of the original; including Marilyn Monroe, and a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. '50s doctor recommended high tar cigarettes sold separately.
It’s a big weekend ahead on TV. Stock up your liquor cabinet so you can play along, Mad Men returns Sunday for it’s final season. The MTV Movie Awards also go Sunday. Conan O’Brien is the host. Unless Jay Leno somehow sneaks his way in there. Good thing it’s MTV, and not the NBC movie awards...just sayin'
-Gilmore
--Oh P.S. *-Yeah, Dave Grohl, post hug with Courtney Love, this is how I picture it:
P.S.S.-- Trying something new out, behold "The Friday/Weekly Rundown" essentially a video version of my blog entries. It's perfect for you too lazy to read. Check it out:
…lemme know what you think!
Friday, April 4, 2014
These Are The Things I Think About -- Mar 31st-Apr 6th
First things first on behalf of the weather, April Fools!! That has to be the only explanation right?! Ridiculous…
Of course April Fool's Day was Tuesday, lots of folks thought a prank got pulled on them early though. “How I Met Your Mother” aired it’s series finale Monday night. It got huge ratings, and, a pile of fans upset long the way. If you missed it. The Mother dies. Yep…Some fans are really unhappy with it, and an online petition is out demanding producers re-write and re-shoot the final episode. Yeah, like that’s going to happen, come on. Besides, turns out one fan has already redone the finale*.
Saturday is the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death, his body found 20 years ago this coming Tuesday if you are keeping score at home. Well just in time here’s your latest Nirvana news, Courtney Love is in the early stages of turning Kurt Cobain’s life story into a Broadway musical. Ok then. Says she’ll do the project if they can quote ‘get the right people involved’…I’d argue more importantly might be having her NOT involved, not sayin’, I’m just sayin’…Or you know, just don’t do it in the first place.
The Duff Man is back! It’s an old school re-teaming for Guns N’ Roses. Following a tweet by Duff McKagan --on Tuesday, and people thought it was an April Fool's prank-- it is now confirmed, Duff will join Guns N Roses for it’s upcoming South American tour. He’s subbing in for Tommy Stinson who is on sebatical from GnR to play with the Replacements.
Some legitimate April Fools news. CBS did a cool prank. Drew Carey and Craig Ferguson switched jobs for the day. Craig hosted the Price is Right, Drew helmed the Late Late Show.
Which brings us to sad news from Late Night TV. On Thursday, David Letterman announced he’s retiring from the Late Show in 2015. Now in his 32nd year behind the desk, Letterman is the longest serving late night talk show host in TV history. Dave you will be missed. Top 10 reasons Dave Letterman will be missed: #10-1 ‘cause Letterman’s awesome'.
And touching back to the Price is Right, a strange but true story. Police and the bomb squad were called to "Come On Down" to Bob Barker’s house last weekend. A suspicious package arrived in the mail. Turns out it was medicine, all is good.
With that saying good bye; And remember help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered.
-Gilmore
--Oh P.S. *-Here's the fan made recut of the How I Met Your Mother finale:
The Story of Ted and Tracy (HIMYM Finale Recut) from HIMYMFinaleEdit on Vimeo.
Of course April Fool's Day was Tuesday, lots of folks thought a prank got pulled on them early though. “How I Met Your Mother” aired it’s series finale Monday night. It got huge ratings, and, a pile of fans upset long the way. If you missed it. The Mother dies. Yep…Some fans are really unhappy with it, and an online petition is out demanding producers re-write and re-shoot the final episode. Yeah, like that’s going to happen, come on. Besides, turns out one fan has already redone the finale*.
Saturday is the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death, his body found 20 years ago this coming Tuesday if you are keeping score at home. Well just in time here’s your latest Nirvana news, Courtney Love is in the early stages of turning Kurt Cobain’s life story into a Broadway musical. Ok then. Says she’ll do the project if they can quote ‘get the right people involved’…I’d argue more importantly might be having her NOT involved, not sayin’, I’m just sayin’…Or you know, just don’t do it in the first place.
The Duff Man is back! It’s an old school re-teaming for Guns N’ Roses. Following a tweet by Duff McKagan --on Tuesday, and people thought it was an April Fool's prank-- it is now confirmed, Duff will join Guns N Roses for it’s upcoming South American tour. He’s subbing in for Tommy Stinson who is on sebatical from GnR to play with the Replacements.
Some legitimate April Fools news. CBS did a cool prank. Drew Carey and Craig Ferguson switched jobs for the day. Craig hosted the Price is Right, Drew helmed the Late Late Show.
Which brings us to sad news from Late Night TV. On Thursday, David Letterman announced he’s retiring from the Late Show in 2015. Now in his 32nd year behind the desk, Letterman is the longest serving late night talk show host in TV history. Dave you will be missed. Top 10 reasons Dave Letterman will be missed: #10-1 ‘cause Letterman’s awesome'.
And touching back to the Price is Right, a strange but true story. Police and the bomb squad were called to "Come On Down" to Bob Barker’s house last weekend. A suspicious package arrived in the mail. Turns out it was medicine, all is good.
With that saying good bye; And remember help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered.
-Gilmore
--Oh P.S. *-Here's the fan made recut of the How I Met Your Mother finale:
The Story of Ted and Tracy (HIMYM Finale Recut) from HIMYMFinaleEdit on Vimeo.
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