All posts by Kev Brock

I'm a musician, singer/songwriter, blogger, writer, poet, bodybuilder, movie lover, music lover, video gamer, history/political buff, conservative/republican, etc. I like to do a lot of things.

BREAKING NEWS: Taylor Swift is no. 1 on the Billboard again, teen country/star puts Springsteen and the Fray to shame!

What a shocking twist in the Billboard 200 this week. Yep, Taylor is back to no. 1. Bruce’s “Working On a Dream” made no. 1 for two weeks, The Fray made no. 1 for one week, now Taylor Swift is back at the top. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’s “Raising Sand” moves way up quickly due to their big Grammy win, Coldplay moves up pretty high too.

Billboard reports:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/swift-back-to-no-1-as-plant-krauss-coldplay-1003942353.story

I’m gonna have to pick up Taylor Swift’s album, just to see what’s so special about it. I actually came close to buying it at Best Buy a few times but refuse everytime.

Does anyone out there enjoy Taylor Swift’s music? I would think Taylor’s fanbase is nothing but mostly young kids. I don’t think 30’s and 40 something people would listen to this. If there really are people that listen to Taylor Swift who are in between the ages of 30-5o, I’d be pretty surprised.

Kev

Report: Beyonce, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens confirmed to perform music at the Oscars!!

Oh my, yes, The Oscars turning into the MTV Movie Awards and a Nickelodeon show it may become. The Oscars never used to be for the younger viewers. I am now actually a little scared to watch the Oscars this Sunday!

Even more secrets have been revealed publicily on entertainment sites. Beyonce will sing live at the Oscars Sunday, and so will Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, both “High School the Musical” stars will also perform.

It’s also rumoured that Miley Cyrus will be part of the Oscars somehow, whether she’s presenting or performing.

More on it here:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/02/ready-for-oscar.html

I can see why the Academy wants this year’s Oscars to be more for the younger movie fans, since “Slumdog Millionaire” got a lot of nominations. Come to think of it, “Slumdog Millionaire” isn’t a kids movie, it’s R rated. Most of the Best Picture nominations are R rated films. Beware, parents could be protesting the Oscars about promoting R rated films to children.

Kev

Thought: Stallone and the Governator in a movie together is a dream come true for movie fans!

Everyone knows that Sly and Arnold teaming up in a film together is long overdue. Movie fans, especially action movie fans or bodybuilders out there have been waiting for this to happen for years.

Now, I wouldn’t immediately assume that Arnold being in the film is just a 20 or 30 minute cameo. Arnold could possibly be in “The Expendables” throughout the entire film. Arnold is scheduled to film the movie for one day, think how many scenes they can film for Arnold for one full day, early in the morning ’til real late at night. It all depends of how Sly written Arnold for the script. It could be just a cameo or a long supporting role for Sly. I’m sure we’ll hear from Sly himself telling us how Arnold is going to be in it.

Whether it’s a cameo or the whole movie for Arnold, this is the moment all movie fans been waiting for. This film will automatically be a huge box office draw, simply because Arnold and Sly in the film alone. Sorry Quentin Tarantino, but “The Expendables” will be the hit of the year, not “Inglourious Basterds”.

Arnold playing himself in, “The Expendables” may sound kind of silly, but it makes sense as a way to get Arnold be interested in the film. Arnold and Sly together in, “The Expendables” will be huge. Could it sell bigger in the box office than, “The Dark Knight”? Could, “The Expendables”‘ be a hit for Terminator fans? Yes, could be possible.

I think Sly’s got enough big names for this film, I feel that he needs no more big names, because Arnold is all he needs to complete it. Will Arnold somehow have an action scene in “The Expendables”? That is possible too ’cause you can’t see Arnold in an action movie, and not having him be part of the action.

I think fans would want to see Arnold in a small fight sequence, not a long one but something to give what Arnold fans want. You can’t just sign Arnold to a Sly movie and just have a scene where Arnold is talking to Sly in a movie. Arnold’s gotta be in some type of action stunt scene, like Arnold can punch Mickey Rourke or Dolph Lundgren in the face in his governor’s office or something like that. I think Sly will let Arnold be in action somehow, we’ll have to wait and see what happens.

Having Arnold in one of Sly’s movies now is perfect timing. Might as well have Arnold in Sly’s movie now before both men get too old and die, if you  know what I mean. You can only live once, and might as well get things done before it’s too late.

This is really exciting news, and now I really can’t wait for “The Expendables”. Bring it on Sly!

Kev

Report: Jennifer Aniston to present award at the Oscars? John Mayer too?

So, guitarist John Mayer may present an award for “Best Song” category and Jen Aniston might present something in the film categories of the Oscars this Sunday? John and Jen said they are going, so they must be part of the Oscars somehow, although this article didn’t confirm why they are going. They weren’t nominated for anything, so they must be award presenters as well.

More on it here:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,495405,00.html

Kev

Poll: Will Joaquin Phoenix present an award at the Oscars for laughs?

You also gotta wonder if Joaquin Phoenix will present an award for this Sunday’s Oscars. He’ll come out fully bearded, wearing sunglasses, and giving a bizarre speech to present an award. I think it’s a  possibility that he could be there too. It’ll be a way to promote his final film, “Two Lovers” and to help get TV ratings for the Oscars. Plus, it’ll be more footage that he’s filming with Casey Affleck for his documentary.

My choice? I think he’ll be there too knowing that he does have a lot of history at the Oscars.

Kev

Confirmed: Zac Efron will present an award at the Oscars!!

“High School the Musical” star Zac Efron has also been confirmed to present award at the Oscars. What? Is the Oscars starting to be more like the MTV Movie Awards? I think that’s where the Oscars is heading in that direction this year. They want this year’s show to be more viewable for the younger viewers.

So much for keeping award presenters top secret. I think the members of the Academy branch have been, bad, bad, bad ,bad, for telling their close friends about award presenters. Maybe that’s how the media is picking up the news. From close sources of people who knows certain folks who work for the Academy.

More on it here:

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b100295_pattinson_efron_oscars_are_heartthrob.html

Kev

BREAKING NEWS: OMFG!!!! ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER JOINS THE CAST OF “THE EXPENDABLES”!! OH WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

My jaw immediately dropped to my desk as soon as I went to Aint It Cool, seeing the very good news that Arnold has just signed on to star in, “The Expendables”!!! Is this for real? Yes, looks like it. 🙂 OMG!! I’m so thrilled! Arnold and Sly, finally in a movie together!!! WOOT! WOOT! WOOT! I’m so fuckin’ happy about this news that I could hardly beileve this!

Now you know why Sly and Arnold have been spending so much time together. AICN reports that Arnold will be playing himself in the film. Arnold will only shoot for one day.

AICN reports:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40151

Oh yeah! This is gonna be great! 😀

Kev

Report: “Friday Night Light’s” Scott Porter to play the Flash?

Is this the reason why “Friday Night Light’s” star Scott Porter, who plays Jason Street, left the show on NBC? Is it because he wants to go Hollywood and become a big movie star? It looks as though he is trying.

Scott Porter already auditioned for a role as Superman in George Miller’s “Justice League” film which the project is now dead. Now he is rumoured to be one of the top choices to play as the Flash in a live action movie of the DC Comics superhero. I can see why they would want Scott Porter as the Flash. Just look at his picture above. Does his looks smell Superhero all over him? Yeah, the way his face looks, he would look great in a superhero costume.

There are two other “Friday Night Lights” cast members that go back and forth to movies and to that TV show. Taylor Kitsch who plays Tim Riggins plays the main villain in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”. Kyle Chandler who plays Coach Eric Taylor recently had a role in, “The Day The Earth Stood Still” remake.

It’s great to see Scott pursuing a career in acting of film. Hope a possible film career would happen with Scott and I’m sure he would start getting movie roles soon.

More on it here:

http://thinkmcflythink.squarespace.com/movie-news/2009/2/10/exclusive-is-scott-porter-in-the-running-for-the-flash.html

Kev

Thought: Yep, Triple H is a RAW superstar now, he’s no longer Smackdown, sorry Glens Falls!!!

This is kind of sad news. For you wrestling fans who live in Glens Falls or anywhere in the Capital District looking forward to seeing Triple H, “The Game” perform in the Glens Falls Civic Center, March 1st, don’t get your hopes up.

Triple H just showed up at the very end of last night’s RAW after Randy Orton delivered Stephanie McMahon, the RKO. So this means that Triple H is staying on the RAW brand, so there is no chance of seeing Trips in Glens Falls, March 1st now. The good news is, that he is 13th time World Champ, that’s all that matters. It is dissapointing that Glens Falls won’t see Trips at the March 1st Smackdown show, that sucks. 😦

Oh well, we’ll still get to see the Undertaker on the March 1st Smackdown in Glens Falls though, so that’s gonna be awesome.

Last night’s RAW was good. Rowdy Roddy Piper came out to the ring to confront Chris Jericho about the Mickey Rourke thing, that was one of the best speeches I’ve heard from Piper in years. You can really see the emotion in Piper as he was explaining to Jericho about Legends in WWE and Rourke’s  movie, “The Wrestler”. A different Hall of Famer to confront Jericho each week on RAW until Wrestlemania?

What legend will confront Jericho on next week’s RAW? My money is on either the Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase Sr., “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes, Cowboy Bob Orton, Hulk Hogan or even Stone Cold. Stone Cold or Hogan will probably be the last to confront Jericho the week before Wrestlemania.

Kev