TGIFinley!
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as football, Jermichael Finley
One of my up-and-coming football players this year, Jermichael Finley (Twitter / Facebook) has a website, I found out. He’s also selling T-shirts with his slogan “Thank Goodness It’s Finley” on them.
He’s pretty awesome to watch fly across Twitter on a daily basis. I’ve been picking him up in every Fantasy Football league this year, because I know he’s going to be that awesome, and he’s a sleeper behind the likes of Dallas Clark, Vernon Davis, etc.
The Expendables, or Action Clowns?
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as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Sylvester Stallone
I am interesting in seeing this movie purely based on knowing how bad it will be, yet have some awesome kickass action movie stars in it. Anyone up for laughing at it with me soon?
In the rousingly explosive ’80s-pulp climax of The Expendables, Sylvester Stallone’s old-tin-soldiers-of-action mercenary thriller, the director-star and his right-hand lug, Jason Statham, lead a band of commandos in an assault on the island fortress of a corrupt general. The funny thing is, they don’t really have a plan. The ”plan” is this: They show up and attack the general’s men with fists, knives, and very big guns. The way that Stallone directs, though, every machete thrust and relentless round of bullet spray is staged with a certain undeniable conviction.
Apple updates iPhones again, cutting off jailbreak
Apple has just released an update to iOS, labeled iOS 4.0.2. The update, amongst other things, plugs the PDF security hole used by the website jailbreakme.com.
This of course, means that you jailbreakers, if you update and have yet to jailbreak your OS4 software, will need to wait until the hackers release a new version.
Spider-Man musical finally hitting Broadway after monetary battles
in Movies & Television
as musical, Spider-Man
The long-awaited Spider-Man musical with music by U2 members Bono and The Edge, will open on Broadway in December, the show’s producers said on Tuesday, after being caught in financial problems. “Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark,” which has been in the making for several years and was originally due to open earlier this year, will begin preview performances on November 14 with opening night set for December 21, the show’s producer Michael Cohl said in a statement.
Lady Gaga stagedive video
Following up on my previous post, I have the video of Lady Gaga stage diving at Lollapalooza, as well as out “outfit” that she wore again. I am actually surprised she made it out alive / unraped.
The lead singer of Semi Precious Weapons, Justin Tranter, states:
“She stood on the side of the stage, and then during the song ‘Magnetic Baby’ she started playing drums with Dan Crean. She used to get on stage with us all the time, but since she’s so famous, normally it’s not safe for her. But she played the same stage we played three years ago, and I think she was so excited about us playing that stage. Then she started singing back-up vocals, then she and I made out. Then she stage-dived and I joined her while she stage-dove. And then we made out while stage diving. And then she left.”
Sadly, Will Ferrell wins
in Movies & Television
as Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell
I’m not a Will Ferrell fan, and I still don’t plan on seeing this movie until it hits Netflix. Inception was an awesome movie.
“The Other Guys” are the main guys at the box office, knocking off “Inception” to take the No. 1 spot. The buddy-cop parody starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg made $35.6 million in its opening weekend, according to Sunday estimates from Sony Pictures.
It’s the second-highest debut for a film in which Ferrell has starred, and yet another strong showing for the movies he’s made with his frequent collaborator, writer-director Adam McKay. Their biggest opening was “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” which debuted at No. 1 with $47 million in August 2006. “Step Brothers” made $30.9 million and came in second place when it opened in July 2008. And their first film together, “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” opened in second place in July 2004 with $28.4 million.
“Inception,” which had been the top film in the country the past three weeks, fell to No. 2 with $18.6 million. Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending dream thriller from Warner Bros. has now made $227.7 million since its debut July 16.
Here are your weekend’s top-10:
- “The Other Guys,” $35.6 million
- “Inception,” $18.6 million.
- “Step Up 3-D,” $15.5 million
- “Salt,” $11.1 million
- “Dinner for Schmucks,” $10.5 million
- “Despicable Me,” $9.4 million
- “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore,” $6.9 million
- “Charlie St. Cloud,” $4.7 million
- “Toy Story 3,” $3 million
- “The Kids Are All Right,” $2.6 million
Gaga turns on Lollapalooza
I still need to go to this Chicago concert some time. Maybe drag Stu with me.
Quite the “costume”, there, Gaga! Although, I’d find it rather dangerous to stage dive at your level of fame wearing, basically, nothing.
Lady Gaga’s first Lollapalooza performance was on a small side stage in 2007, where she received more than a few bewildered stares and was unapologetically called a “trainwreck.” So when she headlined the first night of this year’s Lollapalooza, wearing the same silver-jeweled bra she wore at that first performance, she wasn’t going to let anyone forget where she started.
Barry still clinging on to his story
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as Barry Bonds, baseball, court, drugs
Wow. I had forgotten about Barry Bonds. I mean, it’s been what, forever, since we’ve had news of the perjury / steriods incidents?
Apparently his trial date is set for March 21, 2011. They also hashed out a schedule to file legal documents and to hold pretrial hearings to shape what the jury will see and hear during the three-week trial.
Bonds’ initial February 2009 trial date was delayed at the last minute when prosecutors appealed the judge’s ruling excluding vital evidence. The prosecutors ultimately lost that appeal and have decided to go ahead with the trial anyway. The former San Francisco Giant has pleaded not guilty to charges he lied to a grand jury in December 2003 when he denied knowingly taking performance-enhancing drugs.
Bootlegging lemonade as a 7 year old?
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When health inspectors cite you for it, get famous.
Julie Murphy, a 7-year-old Oregonian, set up a lemonade stand on July 29 at an art fair in northeast Portland. County health inspectors shut her down, however, telling Julie and her mother, Maria Fife, that they needed a temporary restaurant license, which costs $120. The penalty for selling food without a permit, they warned, was $500. At 50 cents a cup, that’s a lot of lemonade.
Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Jerry
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as Emmitt Smith, football, Hall of Fame, Jerry Rice
Today two of the greatest football players of all time made it. The greatest receiver, and one of the greatest runningbacks (despite playing for the Cowboys, yech!)
That they are being enshrined in Canton was inevitable. That they are receiving the sport’s most prestigious individual honor together as part of the Class of 2010 is unprecedented. ”Who would have thought that we would be going into the Hall together?” Rice said shortly after the list of this year’s inductees was revealed.
