Category: Movies/TV

  • Series 7: The Contenders

    Seeing all of these previews for the new Fox series Drive makes me yearn for a faux reality show that was pitched to the networks but was eventually created into a feature release, now on DVD. Series 7: The Contenders Five contestants are selected from a city in a seemingly random lottery and the winner […]

  • Dakota Fanning on Rape Scene Furor: Deal With it, Haters

    Dakota Fanning will turn 13 next month, and she has a short answer for anyone who questions her decision to play a 1950s girl who gyrates in her underwear, wakes up as her naked father climbs into her bed, demands that a prepubescent boy expose himself to her in exchange for a kiss and, finally, […]

  • Discovery Channnel's Before the Dinosaurs

    If you get a chance, catch Discovery Channel’s Before the Dinosaurs. I rarely ever go nuts over a special like this but it is VERY VERY good. The creature animation is absolutely stunning. Tons of detail for the behavior of these pre-dino animals. Very much worth catching. I love the animation – and the virtual […]

  • And Paula Zahn Wept: Charges Against Karr Dropped

    And JonBenet pundits live to see another few years of publicity and publishing to squeeze out of the murder of a little girl. Prosecutors decided not to charge John Mark Karr in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, his lawyers said Monday after a TV station reported that the schoolteacher’s DNA failed to match genetic material […]

  • Drunken Mel Gibson Rants About The ‘Fucking Jews'

    Mel Gibson went on a rampage when he was arrested Friday on suspicion of drunk driving, hurling religious epithets. TMZ has also learned that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department had the initial report doctored to keep the real story under wraps. The report says Gibson told the deputy, "You mother f****r. I’m going to […]

  • Dan Rather Wishes

    Does anybody else harbor a secret fantasy of Bill Moyers, Dan Rather and Ted Koppel all getting together and doing a total news media takedown with blistering documentaries and reportage?

  • Celebrity Colonialism: Brad and Angelina in Namibia

    A Western security force has effectively taken over the small African nation of Namibia. A beach resort in Langstrand in Western Namibia has been sealed off with security cordons, and armed security personnel have been keeping both local residents and visiting foreigners at bay. A no-fly zone has been enforced over part of the country. […]

  • Larry King: Sit Up Straight

    Was Larry King a great interviewer at one time? I’m watching his interview with Jon Stewart and King has all the charm of James Lipton on Inside the Actor’s Studio (does anyone else notice that Lipton seems to put the same foundation makeup on his lips that he does on his face so his lips […]

  • Oprah: Tom Cruise Talks About Breaking Up with Katie Holmes

    Okay not really. But it is a nice video mix of Oprah’s Jame Frey shakedown and the legendary ‘I WILL EAT YOUR BABIES’ Tom Crusie episode.

  • Origin of the Borg

    JB asked and here’s the official story: (from Wikiepdia) It has also been speculated that there could be a connection between the Borg and V’ger, the vessel encountered in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (TMP); this is indicated in the Star Trek Encyclopedia and is advanced in William Shatner’s novel, The Return. The two entities […]