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Its funny that PRN is proactively trying to squeeze some Stephen King in amongst his non-fiction reading.
You really only need to read one of his to get the experience. His stuff never really changes. I’ve always liked him for his style, mood, ideas and pacing. He just never seems to knock it clear [...]

Osama, a pot-smoking pervert who loves to watch McGyver and is obsessed with Whitney Houston? That’s what his former lover says. Well—frankly, I wouldn’t doubt it. Surveys seem to show time and time again that the most sexually repressed places in the world are within Muslim cultures. It’s hillarious nonetheless. You just know all these [...]

Great article by UK Defense minister Michael Portillo explaining why France is messing up things in Lebanon, and more amusingly, why the French are complete ponces who never have anything useful to offer on the geo-political stage. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-2330259,00.html

BREAKING NEWS ALERT:
In my review of the new Romancing the Stone DVD this week, The DVD Journal is (as far as we know) breaking the story that porn star Ron Jeremy possibly appears briefly in one of the movie’s deleted scenes, bumping into Kathleen Turner on the street.
Review is here. Screencaps are here.

Last night I finished watching the first 6 episodes of the old TV series "Miami Vice." I used to be one of many teenagers captivated by the show’s fashion and music, but remember little else about the series. When I saw the new movie a few weeks ago, however, the super-serious vibe seemed, to me, [...]

Jonah Goldberg uses M.E. Russell’s Culture Pulp as a reference here.

This Ricky Gervais World Cup bit is not exactly brilliant comedy, but listen closely for Ian Wright’s appreciation of true comedy when it cuts back to the studio.

While I was in Vancouver BC I decided to listen to Top 40 radio all week just to see what it was like. Without a doubt the two biggest songs of the week (and apparently the summer) were:
Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
and
Me & U by a Beyonce/Aliyah chick named "Cassie" (Tommy Motola’s [...]

There’s a great article in last months Rolling Stone (Led Zeppelin on the cover) about Syd Barrett, original member of Pink Floyd who died recently. Even if you don’t care about Floyd, the article is just so well written and fascinating. It’s about an extremely talented artist on the brink of stardom and [...]

I also feel obligated to mention that Mr. Springsteen is releasing a second edition of "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" with 5 extra songs on October 3rd. Just in time for my birthday;-)

Ah, The Boss. Hero of the Workin’ Man. Double-dipping his previous album, adding 5 new songs, and no doubt sure [...]

By now, you’ve probably heard the single "Crazy" from the band Gnarls Barkley.
That cut killed me from the get-go because the vocalist, C. Lo (formerly of the Goodie Mob–part of the whole Atlanta "movement" in R & B, which is probably the best thing to happen to the genre since Motown), sounds [...]

Just saw Michael Mann’s "heat." Loved it. Loved it. Loved it.
It was a great flick. But I loved the way it dealt with the criminal/cop story through the lens of maleness, what drives the two men, their passion, and doing what they are good at—instead of the more simplistic (although [...]

I didn’t realize that in addition to Indiana Jones part 4 and Rocky 6?, they are also making a 4th DIe Hard.
The Indy supposedly co-stars Natalie Portman as Indy’s daughter. That will suck so bad. His clever daughter making fun of him. That worked so well in Indy 3. Awful. [...]

First, I Heart Huckabees is deeply flawed, but has a hilarious performance by Mark Wahlberg in it. And Naomi Watts is damn pretty.
Now to John Hughes: Eric is right, of course (and, as usual, hilariously so). Although I still think Sixteen Candles holds up well as a classic of the era, the rest of his [...]

Yeah, all true about John Hughes. I think that the Breakfast Club actually holds up the worst over time. I remember thinking that was the most insightful piece of writing I had ever been exposed to. It was mind-blowing. I left the Tualatin Twin Cinemas in awe of John Hughes ability. [...]

How strange that Pretty in Pink should come up today. I actually watched it last night for the first time in years.
I know, we all love John Hughes because we were suburban kids and just the right age to identify with the characters in Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day [...]

Here’s some interesting facts about Pretty in Pink.
It was directed by Howard Deutch, not John Hughes.
The part of Duckie was originally going to go to Anthony Michael Hall but he turned it down. Also considered was Robert Downey Jr. (nah). They chose Cryer because of his vulnerability.
Molly Ringwald had [...]

Just to make the point clearer that Americans are from Mars (the God of War) and Europeans are from Venus…..here’s a fun article from the NYT that discusses the Italian mind.
It’s a great article showing the cultural differences that are under the surface in our Western socieites that we often think are all alike. [...]

It looks like Paramount has dumped Tom Cruise due to his weirdness. I don’t think Tom Cruise’s career is over, but I do think that he is now in Hillary Clinton territory. A very solid 50% of the population can’t stand the guy, and unfortunately for him, it’s mostly women.
I think [...]