Brent's Blog 3-9-10

Happy Tuesday! PLease FOG GO AWAY!!!!

CELEB QUICKIES

• 41-point-three million viewers tuned in to Sunday's Academy Awards telecast, making it the most-watched Oscars in five years, according to early Nielsen estimates.

• Brooke Burke has been named the new co-host of Dancing With the Stars. Burke, who won the competition in 2008, is taking over for Samantha Harris.

• The funeral for Marie Osmond's son Michael was held yesterday in Provo, Utah. His uncle Donny gave a tearful invocation at the ceremony at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Chapel.

• Growing Pains star Andrew Koenig was remembered at a private memorial service Saturday in Topanga Canyon, California. Cast members from Growing Pains and the original Star Trek were among the attendees. Andrew's father, Walter Koenig, played "Chekov" on Star Trek.
  
• • Quentin Tarantino is being sued by a man who claims he stole his concept to create Kill Bill, T-M-Z reports.

• Will and Grace star Sean Hayes has finally come out of the closet. Four years after playing the flamboyant "Jack McFarland" on the hit show, Hayes confirmed his sexuality to The Advocate, saying, "I am who I am. I was never in, as they say. Never."

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INTERNET SITE OF THE DAY

Die-hard sports fanatics always have opinions about the big sports news of the day and want nothing more than to voice those opinions to anyone who'll listen. But what do you do if no one is around or no one wants to hear your opinion? You can record your two cents on camera and then upload the video to WhoTheMan.com for all to see.

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WIERD STORY WITH A BANG

A University of Central Florida student was taken to jail after a class project got him in trouble with police.

19-year-old Matthew Pye had constructed a prop that resembled three sticks of dynamite taped together. The sticks had wires coming out of them and were attached to a timer.

Many people saw the fake bomb in the back seat of Pye's Toyota and reported it to police. He had already shown it to his teacher by the time the police had discovered that the explosive device wasn't real.

Pye faces a charge of manufacture, possession and display of a hoax weapon of mass destruction.

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Guys are simple. Women are complicated -- if not totally maddening.

According to Lemondrop.com, here are some things about women that guys just don't understand:

• What does our zodiac sign have to do with anything?
• Why do you need so many pillows?
• Why are greeting cards so important?
• Why do you need to post everything on Facebook?
• Is that a purse or a suitcase?
• Is crying the answer for every emotion?
• If you don't like her then why is she your "friend"?

Source: Lemondrop.com

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NOW ON BLU-RAY Precious is new to D-V-D and Blu-Ray today. Mo-Nique got an Oscar and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe got an Oscar nomination for the dark drama that now comes with commentary, making-of featurettes, a deleted scene, interviews and Gabourey Sidibe's audition tape. Up in the Air is also available. The tale of a corporate frequent flier nabbed Oscar nominations for George Clooney, Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga. It comes with deleted scenes, storyboards and the Sad Brad music video "Help Yourself." Old Dogs stars John Travolta and Robin Williams as pals who suddenly find themselves caring for seven-year-old twins. Extras include bloopers, deleted scenes, outtakes and a music video featuring Travolta and his daughter Ella Bleu. In the animated adventure Planet 51, an astronaut lands on a far-off planet where life is like cheerful 1950s America. It features the voices of Gary Oldman, John Cleese, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Jessica Biel and Justin Long. It comes with extended scenes, an interactive game and the special "The World of Planet 51." Michael Moore looks at who crashed the economy in the documentary Capitalism: A Love Story. It comes with more than 80 minutes of featurettes and deleted scenes. T-V that's gone digital includes the seconds seasons of Breaking Bad and In Plain Sight.  MUSIC NEWZ Christina Aguilera has designed an eco-friendly Chrysler hybrid that will be auctioned off next month to raise funds for Haiti quake victims. Adam Lambert will tack the new song "Voodoo" onto his For Your Entertainment re-mix album, which will hit stores this spring. The cast of Glee has added a third New York City performance to its North American tour -- a matinee show on May 29th.

 

 

Brent's blog 3/8/10

A big thank you a movie critic Ryan Jay for joining talkin' Oscars!

Here are the winners:

The Hurt Locker won Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow at last night's Academy Awards. Jeff Bridges was named Best Actor for Crazy Heart and Sandra Bullock brought home Best Actress for The Blind Side. Avatar was largely shut out.

THE BIG WINNERS

• The first big winner to take the stage was Christoph Waltz. He ended his awards-season sweep with a Best Supporting Actor trophy for playing a cream-craving Nazi in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.
• Precious director Lee Daniels was the first one from his film to hit the stage for a screenplay win and gave an emotional acceptance speech. Host Steve Martin quipped that, in fact, he had written Lee's speech.
• Mo'Nique got her expected Oscar gold for her supporting-star turn in Precious. In accepting, she thanked the voters for choosing performance over politics.
• After a long, gushy introduction from past nominees, Kate Winslet presented Jeff Bridges with Best Actor. He was near tears as he looked to the sky to thank his late parents, and especially dad Lloyd Bridges for teaching him how to act on the set of T-V's Sea Hunt.
• Sean Penn presented Sandra Bullock with her big win. She thanked her fellow nominees and was near tears as she credited her win to her late mother and husband Jesse James.
• Kathryn Bigelow, who beat her ex-husband and Avatar favorite James Cameron, dedicated her directing win to the men and women of the U-S military. Tom Hanks announced the Best Picture win soon after, and Bigelow returned with a second dedication to the military.

ON THE RED CARPET

• Sandra Bullock was one of the first celebs to arrive in the rain and find cover on the tented red carpet along Hollywood Boulevard.
• Mo'Nique bluntly told reporters, "I did not shave my arms. I did not shave my legs."
• George Clooney, a nominee for Up in the Air, had his Italian-model girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis on his arm.
• Presenter Tina Fey, a habitual red-carpet disaster, rocked a one-shoulder number and told U-S-A Today that her red-carpet strategy these days is to "hang low and stay under the radar."
• Charlize Theron, who is dating Hurt Locker star Jeremy Renner, raised eyebrows with some strategically placed rosettes over her breasts.
• Presenter Miley Cyrus went with a champagne prom dress. She told Ryan Seacrest that she might have real love for her Last Song co-star and boyfriend Liam Hemsworth.
• James Cameron said he'd be "tremendously proud" if his ex-wife and main competitor Kathryn Bigelow won for directing The Hurt Locker. He didn't exactly look thrilled when she did.
• Mariah Carey, who has a role in Precious, showed lots of leg and cleavage while on the arm of her man Nick Cannon.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

• Neil Patrick Harris opened the night with a big song-and-dance routine. Alec Baldwin introduced us to an "actor, writer, musician, Grammy and Emmy-winning, one of the most enduring entertainers of all time, Mister Steve Martin." Martin in turn unceremoniously introduced his co-host  Baldwin after they were lowered from the rafters. The pair gave us a celeb-insulting monologue that included an allusion to a Martin-Baldwin threesome, accusing Woody Harrelson of being stoned and sporting 3-D glasses to see James Cameron. They also called attention to the race between ex-spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow, saying she sent him a gift basket with a timer and he reciprocated by giving her a Toyota.
• Presenters Tina Fey and Robert Downey Junior, with blue glasses to match his bowtie, did a writer-versus-actor bit in awarding Best Original Screenplay to The Hurt Locker.
• Ben Stiller presented the award for makeup to Star Trek dressed as a blue Na'vi from Avatar.
• Molly Ringwald and Mathew Broderick headlined a group of iconic '80s brat-packers who eulogized the late director John Hughes.
• Twilight co-stars Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner introduced a salute to horror films, which the Academy historically ignores.
• Presenter Tyler Perry tossed the show to a backstage shot showing Baldwin and Martin relaxing in a Snuggie-for-two. The two also shared a bed in a Paranormal Activity spoof.
• Martin ended the night by telling us that the show ran so long that Avatar now takes place in the past.

MUSICAL MOMENTS

• James Taylor sang the Beatles classic "In My Life" during the tribute to the stars that have gone to the great gala in the sky. The list included Patrick Swayze, Dom DeLuise, Brittany Murphy, Ron Silver, Jennifer Jones, Karl Malden, Natasha Richardson, David Carradine and Michael Jackson.
• None of the nominated songs got live performances, with show producers opting to feature them with film clips.
• Miley Cyrus, along with Big Love's Amanda Seyfried, stumbled though presenting Best Song to Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett for "The Weary Kind" from the film Crazy Heart.
• A troupe of 69 dancers, many from T-V's So You Think You Can Dance, provided the big production numbers. They leapt across a mostly bare stage for interpretative routines set to Oscar-nominated scores.

TWITTER

• Bill Maher was the Oscar Grinch. He tweeted, "It's amazing that the highest-rated show of the year is mostly bald guys making speeches in broken English...The only reason this [bleeping] show is nine hours long is so they can sell more commercials...Actors are just the best-est people in the world! We are so lucky to be sharing the earth with them."
• Neil Patrick Harris tweeted just after his opening number, "I told you I wasn't doing a duet."
• Kevin Nealon: "What is Jeff Bridges smoking, man?"
• Rainn Wilson: "Shhhh. I'm live tweeting from directly under Sandra Bullock's chair...Jeff Bridges is channeling the ghost of Colonel Sanders...I didn't know chicks directed things."
• Perez Hilton: "At Elton John's Oscar party! Just had a lovely chat with Victoria Beckham! Anthony Keidis and Joaquin Phoenix are at my dinner table! Elton and Betty White are at the table to my left!"
• Mandy Moore was a bit of a bummer. She tweeted, "In the time the Oscars are on, three U-S women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer, one every 47 minutes. Learn more."
• Jane Fonda tweeted from the Vanity Fair Oscar dinner, "Glad Mo'Nique won, but oops she forgot to thank [director] Lee Daniels."
• David Spade: "Oscars are on...I just blow dry my hair and sit in my living room in case someone doesn't show and they want me to run down and cover."
• Kevin Smith: "FINALLY! The Academy acknowledges John Hughes. Sweet and well-deserved."
• Denise Richards: "Was it me or did the Oscars seem long?"

BY THE NUMBERS

• The Hurt Locker won six of its nine nominations.
• Kathryn Bigelow made Oscar history by becoming the first woman to win Best Director.
• Mo'Nique is fifth African American woman to win an acting Oscar, 70 years after Hattie McDaniel was the first with a win for Gone With the Wind.
• Avatar began the night tied with The Hurt Locker with nine nominations, but only got wins for art direction, cinematography and visual effects.
• All of the major acting awards went to first-time winners, including Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges, Mo'Nique and Christoph Waltz.

Brent's blog 3-4-10

I'm going to Chicago!! Party!!!

SOOOO, no blog on friday...

What the...Cell phone's that pop popcorn?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5odhh_pop-corn-téléphone-portable-micro-o_news

Megan Fox, Why am I not on the list?

Millions of men would do anything to have sex with Megan Fox, but the number of guys who've bedded the Transformers hottie currently stands at two.

In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, the 23-year-old actress says, "I've only been with two men my entire life. My childhood sweetheart and Brian [Austin Green]." She adds, "I can never have sex with someone that I don't love, ever. The idea makes me sick. I've never even come close to having a one-night stand."

Guards at the building ran a metal detector over the bag and it went off, which caused the uproar. Roughly two hours later, the bag was opened and the pastry was revealed.

Brent's Blog  3-2-10

HAPPY HUMP DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

 A racy commercial featuring the new Dancing With the Stars contestant has been banned Down Under after censors received hundreds of complaints. In the ad for Crazy Domains, Pam plays a businesswoman who in a fantasy scene bumps and grinds with another woman while covered in milk.

CELEB QUICKIES

• Model Naomi Campbell allegedly assaulted her chauffer from the backseat as they drove through New York City yesterday. The driver called 9-1-1, and Naomi jumped out of the car and ran away. As of last night, police were looking for the hot-headed model.

• Jay Leno returned to The Tonight Show Monday and so too did the audience. Six-point-six million viewers tuned in to see Jay back at 11:30, which blew away David Letterman's Late Show. However, nine-point-two million viewers watched Conan O'Brien's first outing on The Tonight Show.

• The family of Andrew Koenig will soon hold a private, invitation-only memorial in California for the former Growing Pains star, according to E! News. Invitees have been asked to keep quiet on the details to maintain the family's privacy.