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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.
music, TV

Report: Springsteen promises he won’t let Superbowl audience down during halftime, he wants to party!!!

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Look like Springsteen and the E Street Band will be playing their greatest hits at the Superbowl halftime after all. Springsteen revealed that he promises a good time for the audience at the game. Him and the band only get to play a 12 minute set, which will only fit about 3 or 4 songs. Of course, Springsteen refuses to say what songs him and the band will perform, he wants them to be a surprise.

See the article here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/sports/football/30springsteen.html?ref=sports

I’m betting your money that he will definitely play a few songs off “Born In the U.S.A.”, he’ll play the title track, “Glory Days” and maybe “Dancing In the Dark” too.

Rumours swirling the web, that Springsteen may pull up Courtney Cox from the Superbowl audience for him to dance with during “Dancing in the Dark”. Could this actually happen? Courtney Cox from “Friends” TV show will be at the Superbowl to dance with the boss on stage? We’ll have to wait and find out!

On a side note, Max Weinberg and Labamba Rosenberg will be performing in the band as well, as they are taking time off from the Conan O’ Brien show to rehearse for the Superbowl gig with Springsteen. Weinberg has been a member of the E Street band for many years.

I’m looking forward to the Superbowl this Sunday. I’m no NFL fan but I do watch the Superbowl every year. I’m also looking forward to seeing how Jennifer Hudson is going to sing the “National Anthem”, that’ll be interesting to see too.

Kev

movies

Confirmed: John Stevenson is the director of the new “He-Man” live action movie…

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The new live action “He-Man” movie which is being produced by Joel Silver and being developed by Warner Bros., finally has a director. “Kung Fu Panda”, co-director John Stevenson has been signed to helm the new He-Man flick simply titled, “Masters of the Universe”.

Stevenson at first wasn’t interested in directing the film, he came close to turning it down, but then he immediately jumped on the opportunity when he visited the Mattel headquarters to a secret room where it had the classic He-Man action figures locked up.

The He-Man character was already made into a live action movie that starred Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and Frank Langella as Skeletor, but the film bombed. Now that the next He-Man reboot will be taking place on his home planet of Eternia, He-man fans would be in for a treat! The script is written by Justin Marks.

Variety Reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999246.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Glad they’re moving forward with the film and found a director, that’s awesome. Now the film has finally hired a crew, they need to start casting now. I hope they find a good actor for He-Man, Man at Arms, Teela, Skeletor, and the Sorceres of Grayskull. Just don’t bring the Gwildor character back!!!!!

For He-Man, why not bring Dolph back? Dolph made a perfect He-Man portrayal, and I think it would be great if they got him again. He’s still doing action flicks, so why not? I liked the Dolph version of “Masters of the Universe” very much, I still think it needed improvements so I’m glad a He-man reboot is happening.

As for who to play Skeletor, it shouldn’t be Langella again. Someone more intense who can act, Skeletor needs to have a good actor so it can be a moving and powerful performance, a good actor who can play Skeletor and make it good would work. I think either Daniel Day Lewis or Liam Neeson might be pretty damn good choices!!! 

Kev

music

Report: Led Zeppelin to perform at the Grammy awards? Eh, sort of…

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Robert Plant and Allison Krauss will be performing at the Grammy Awards. I never watch the Grammy’s anymore but I’ll watch it just for that one performance and then I’ll probably switch the channel after. I love the Robert and Allison project. I wish people would appreciate the Robert and Allison bluegrass project rather than obsess with the Led Zeppelin reunion. The Robert and Allison duo is a full time thing, it isn’t a side project for Robert, he is committed to it.

Do yourself a favor and buy the album “Raising Sand” if you haven’t yet, and you would see why Robert loves the project so much. It’s one of the best albums I’ve heard in years. One record I can never get tired of listening to.

I think Robert and Allison will one day be bigger than Zeppelin. While I am a die hard and obsessive Led Zep fanatic, I do not want the reunion tour to happen. Let the O2 Dec. 10th 2007 gig be their final and last good show. Leave the legacy at a positive note. Don’t let the nostalgia of Led Zep overshadow Robert and Allison.

More on it here:

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/29/u2-kid-rock-plant-krauss-and-rihanna-added-as-grammy-performers/

Kev

WWE news

Thought: Ric Flair to wrestle Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 25 instead of Rourke?

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Since the announcement of Mickey Rourke backing out of Wrestlemania for the match against Chris Jericho, I have came to another thought that the legendary Ric Flair could possibly be Jericho’s replacement opponent instead. Notice when Jericho and Rourke were feuding together for a little bit, there was a lot of Ric Flair talk.

Although Ric Flair is a retired wrestler in real life right now, I think he’ll make his one last match at Wrestlemania against Jericho. I don’t think it’s possible that Jericho will take the World Champ belt from Cena, because John Cena will probably keep the belt until Wrestlemania.

The Wrestlemania 25 main event will indeed be Cena vs. Orton, so Jericho’s definitely out of the title shot at Wrestlemania even though Jericho will have a title shot at the next WWE PPV “No Way Out”.

I could be wrong again, maybe Jericho does have a chance at getting the title before Wrestlemania because there’s a few more WWE ppv’s before Wrestlemania. If Jericho does indeed become World Champion before Wrestlemania and faces Randy Orton at the main event, then maybe WWE will have Ric Flair as the special guest refferee for that match.

Ric Flair will probably make a short return to WWE to help stick up for his friend Mickey Rourke. In a storyline, Vince McMahon forced Ric Flair to retire by having a “retirement” match against Shawn Michaels on a ppv. In real life, Ric Flair really wanted to retire.

Even though Vince hates Flair in a storyline and would not want Flair back in WWE, there is still a way for the writing team to bring Flair in, like maybe have Shane or Stephanie McMahon sign Flair to Wrestlemania. I think it’s a possibility that Flair will be coming back to WWE to confront Jericho while he’s on the journey for the World Champ.

Kev

 

Kev

movies

Confirmed: Fox to make Narnia 3 “Voyage of Dawn Treader”!!!!

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Walt Disney pictures is out of making Narnia 3, Twentieth Century Fox is in!!! Just a month after Disney pulling out to make “Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of Dawn Treader”, 20th Century Fox has teamed up with Walden Media to make the third installment. Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, and Georgie Henley are set to return in the cast.

More on it here at Variety:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999226.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Very cool. I’m actually excited that Disney isn’t making it anymore. That means more intense violence and maybe more blood in the action scenes as well?

Hope Twentieth Century Fox don’t screw it up and they keep it the original style as the first two films. I love the Narnia series.

Kev

movies

Report: Joaquin Phoenix confirms career switch is a prank after all???

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Reports are swirling the web that Joaquin Phoenix is hinting us that his career switch from film actor to rapper is all a joke after all.

Like this article here for example:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28897958/

I think everybody knew that Joaquin is just fooling around. I can understand why he wants to have some fun since he did so many drama movies over the years, he wants to do something different, so he’s pulling an Andy Kauffman/Borat kind of thing.

He ain’t done with acting, I think he’ll do movies for the rest of his life until the day he dies. There’s no way he’ll give it up.

Kev

movies, WWE news

BREAKING NEWS: Mickey Rourke pussies out of Wrestlemania match against Chris Jericho…

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After Mickey Rourke saying at least a couple of times, he is dying to go to Wrestlemania to fight against Chris Jericho, Rourke for some reason changes his mind. He claims that he is entirely focused on his acting career although he has his full  respect toward the WWE as Rourke is a huge fan of the wrestling business.

More on it here:

http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2008/08/12/wrestler-rourke.jpg

Yep, I can see Jericho on RAW this coming Monday, calling Rourke a coward for backing out, that’s exactly what he’s going to do!! LOL!!

What a bummer! I really wanted to see this match too.

Ah well, now Jericho can have an actual match with an actual wrestler at Wrestlemania, not have a match against a celebrity movie star. Maybe Chris Jericho can now take the World Champ belt from John Cena, so it can be Jericho vs. Randy Orton at Wrestlemania, now that’s a match I’d rather see instead!!

Kev

movies, Videogame news

Report: Please give Lara Croft role to Rhona Mitra for new “Tomb Raider”!!!!

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It would be a smart thing for Warner Bros. to do if they sign Rhona Mitra as Lara Croft for the new live action “Tomb Raider” movie. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that they are definitely moving on without Angelina with the reboot.

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i85756b4e0ca108bcc0e6cf82b7389501

They better give the role to Rhona Mitra, I hope. I think Rhona did the best portrayal of Lara Croft. Rhona looks exactly like the video game character and she has the perfect speaking voice for the character. They should bring Rhona to the live action version.

Rhona is good at live action films because she is starring the leading role in “Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans”. Come on Warner Bros., ask Rhona to do it, I’m sure she would do it if she was asked!!! This will make video gamers go crazy if she was in the new “Tomb Raider” flick.

I liked the first Tomb Raider with Jolie, but didn’t like the second one, so I’m actually glad they’re starting over.

Kev

WWE news

Cool Video: Mickey Rourke vs. Jericho heats up on Larry King live last night…

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Mickey Rourke and Chris Jericho both appeared on Larry King Live last night to help promote Wrestlemania 25. Mickey was in Larry’s studio live in person, Jericho was on via sattelite.

Of course, Jericho is in character acting like the badguy he always is, and Mickey is just being a nice guy throughout most of the interview. Yes, wrestling is fake, but these guys are just trying to make this storyline realistic. In this interview you can clearly see that Jericho is making Rourke look like a little kid, lol.

Mickey challenged Jericho a boxing match, not a wrestling match. See the funny interview here. Will Mickey actually appear on RAW in person this coming Monday? We’ll have to tune in and see.

Kev

Celebrity news

Report: Brangelina to be New Yorker’s…for a while at least…

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You think the most powerful couple and richest people in the world would NOT want to live in a small craphole area of New York State? Well think again. Yes,  you heard that right, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and their children will be moving to Long Island, New  York for a while, not permanently.

The couple have bought a 22,000-square-foot mansion in a private cove along the Long Island North shore. The only reason the couple is moving to New York State for a while is so Angie can film her next movie “Salt”, which is being filmed in Long Island.

More on it here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28871489/

For those living in Long Island, good luck on trying to meet Brad and Angelina when they’re out in town. You’d be lucky to meet them if you can!!!

Kev