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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.
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Report: John Woo takes a shot in making a sports movie based on Olympics diving…

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Legendary film director John Woo wants to take a break on making action and martial arts flicks by making a strictly sports film based on the Beijing Olympics in the pool diving games. The director held a charity dinner at the Beijing Olympics and he announced that he wants to make a movie with gold medalist divers Liu Xiang and Guo Jingjing.

While John Woo is wanting to make a sports film it may not happen this soon because he is still working on three other films such as the sequel to “Red Cliff”, “1949”, and a new American film called “Caliber” that stars Johnny Depp.

It is not known if John Woo will be on board to direct the Olympic sports film. For now, the man is just producing it.

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i80fd5f88550d7e2d95633e24e73810a2

He would make a great sports film, glad he’s doing something different.

Kev

Celebrity news, movies

Report: Who knew that David Duchovny is such a ladies man…X-files star checks himself into rehab for sex addiction!!!!

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The X-Files leading star David Duchovny just checked himself into rehab, not for drugs but to kick his habit against sex. He is admitting to the public that he is addicted to women and sex, the actor is wanting to cut back.

David’s publicist released a statement by David himself saying he wants the public to respect his privacy during this difficult time but David refuses to give details of his private sex life. David is married to actress Tea Leoni and have been married together since 1997. David’s latest film is the X-Files sequel “I Want to Believe” which he reprises his iconic role of Fox Mulder, the film was released earlier this summer.

The Associated Press reports:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIKS2VA1z5ViTv3lIBTzcLcRBGKgD92RLA7G0

Hmmmmmmm…..

This makes me wonder if David banged Gillian Anderson in real life before he married Tea.

He probably did and wouldn’t surprise me if it’s true.

Kev

music

Report: Lars Ulrich interview…Metallica drummer speaks on cocaine use, Dave Mustaine, negative fan reviews on “St. Anger”, and more…

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There is an interesting interview with Lars Ulrich at The Quietus website where Lars talks about a variety of topics. He speaks how Noel Gallagher from Oasis inspired Lars to get off cocaine.

He is still talking about Dave Mustaine of Megadeth to the media when Dave was fired from Metallica 24 years ago. Lars says that he and the rest of Metallica aren’t friends with Dave, Lars says he won’t telll Dave to back off and move on because he isn’t that kind of guy, Lars still has respect for Dave as a person and as a musician. Lars respects Dave’s work with Megadeth as Lars is a fan of Megadeth as well. Lars says that he is flattered that Dave Mustaine still loves Metallica to this day. Although they respect each other musically, they never got along personally.

More on it here:

http://www.thequietus.com/articles/metallicas-lars-ulrich-on-cocaine-oasis-megadeth-and-that-quietus-incident

I’ve always thought Megadeth was much better than Metallica anyways.

Will Dave and Metallica ever bury the hatchet and become friends in the future? It could be possible but I doubt it will ever happen. I’d love to one day see Metallica and Megadeth tour together but I don’t ever see Dave asking Metallica to play for Gigantour. They once shared the stage for Woodstock ’99 and that’s probably the only time you’ll see them share the stage.

I don’t think they should move on and stop thinking about the past. Mustaine is just trying to get answers on why Metallica kicked him out, and Metallica continues to refuse to admit the truth to the public. It’s no wonder Dave is still bothering Metallica because the band continues to act like assholes to him.

Kev

TV

Report: Michael Phelps to host Saturday Night Live for 34th season premiere…

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In the new upcoming season of Saturday Night Live, the golden boy Michael Phelps will host and will act in various comedy segments for the 34th Season Premiere of SNL on Sept 13th. Lil Wayne will be the musical guest that night.

It’s been said that the kid has never done any acting in his life before and it will be interesting to see how he does since this is live TV and all.

The Associated Press reports:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g7EC8Z00Mx2-fgOjyWQysNHNx06QD92QT8VG0

SNL probably won’t give Phelps many lines to say in his scripts since he never acted before, they’ll probably give him simple stuff so the audience can laugh at everything he says no matter what.

They’re gonna turn Phelps into a big TV star now. Don’t be surprised if they do the same to Shawn Johnson as well.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

San Diego photos #1

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Palm trees in the bright skies of San Diego, near my brother's house...
Palm trees in the bright skies of San Diego, near my brother's house

 

Random beach picture
Random beach picture

 

Small apartment houses right on the docks
Small apartment houses right on the docks
Various plants and flowers in the Rose Garden at Balboa Park
Various plants and flowers in the Rose Garden at Balboa Park

 

A plant in the Rose Garden at Balboa Park
A plant in the Rose Garden at Balboa Park
A hallway of some building in Balboa Park
A hallway of some building in Balboa Park
A random building in Balboa Park
A random building in Balboa Park
People enjoying the day in Balboa Park...
People enjoying the day in Balboa Park...

 

A dancing couple entertaining a crowd at Balboa Park, they brought out a big crowd too
A dancing couple entertaining a crowd at Balboa Park, they brought out a big crowd too
Outside the Air and Space Musuem in Balboa Par, the Star Trek theme song is playing as you walk in!!!!
Outside the Air and Space Musuem in Balboa Park, the Star Trek theme song is playing as you walk in!!!!
Space, the final frontier, I think you know the rest...
Space, the final frontier, I think you know the rest...
Hanging posters of various Star Trek characters...
Hanging posters of various Star Trek characters...
More posters of various Star Trek characters, the Borg Queen from "First Contact" is in the front...
More posters of various Star Trek characters, the Borg Queen from "First Contact" is in the front...
The main entrance of the Star Trek Exhibition!!!!
The main entrance of the Star Trek Exhibition!!!!

Sorry, the inside of the Star Trek Exhibition did not allow photography so you will not get to see the inside of the Exhibition but I did take pics of the rest of the Air & Space musuem since the rest of it allowed photography.

More San Diego pics to come!

Kev

music

The Listening Room: Hear the new Ac/Dc song “Rock N’ Roll Train” NOW!!

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After 8 years of hearing no new music by Ac/Dc, the wait is finally over!!! 🙂

Here is the new Ac/Dc song “Rock N’ Roll Train”, the official song by the band themselves.

My thoughts?

It’s a typical 3 three chord and three or four minute pop song but it’s still a great tune though, I’m digging it. It’s definitely 10 x’s much better than “You Shook Me All Night Long”. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the album.

Kev

movies

Report: Even directors give their own movies bad reviews, director of “Babylon A.D.” trashes his own film…

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The new film “Babylon A.D.” that stars Vin Diesel and was directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, it appears that he isn’t happy with his new film that the director just made. Mathieu has a lot of harsh and nasty things to say about his film. His original vision of the film was that he wanted the film to be R rated violent but of course the typical FOX wanted the film to be PG-13 and Matthieu couldn’t win the ratings battle over FOX. He also said he hated the script, the film had bad producers, bad partners and calls it a terrible experience. The director says he loves the book though which the film was adapted from.

The film hits theaters this Friday.

To read more on his thoughts on Babylon A.D., read the rest here:

http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/2008/08/babylon-ad-mathieu-kassovitz.php

Hmmmm, it is actually nice to finally see a director who is not always proud of his work, he is being honest about it and that’s good. Most directors think all of their films they make are so “great”, but just like a musician or a rock band have to be their own worst critic when they listen to their own music, it’s the same with film makers when they look back at their films too.

Kev

movies

Report: Dimension films to move on without Rob Zombie for “Halloween” sequel?

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This blog is claiming that a magazine called Rue Morgue is confirming that Dimension studios could move on to a “Halloween” sequel without Rob Zombie.

To be honest, I am not believing this news as I am calling it a big fat rumour, hey I’m not blaming this blogger for starting the rumour, keep in mind that, magazines can make mistakes too.

I am not believe this news until Rob Zombie himself says he is not doing a “Halloween 2”.

More on it here:

http://joblo.com/arrow/index.php?id=13520

I really hope this ain’t true. I really enjoyed the Halloween remake by Rob Zombie. It’s an intense film and love it very much.

If Dimension is serious on ditching Rob Zombie for the sequel, then that would be disgraceful and a shame to the companies part. Rob Zombie made the “Halloween” remake one of the most successful horror film remakes ever made. Before the “Halloween” remake, there were hardily any horror movie remakes then. Now at the world of horror films today, most horror movie classics are all being remade now because Rob Zombie made that happen with “Halloween”. That’s how Rob changed the movie industry.

If it turns out true that Dimension is getting rid of Rob Zombie for the sequel, then I will have no interest in it at all whatsoever.

Kev

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Report: Dimension films to move on without Rob Zombie for “Halloween” sequel?

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This blog is claiming that a magazine called Rue Morgue is confirming that Dimension studios could move on to a “Halloween” sequel without Rob Zombie.

To be honest, I am not believing this news as I am calling it a big fat rumour, hey I’m not blaming this blogger for starting the rumour, keep in mind that, magazines can make mistakes too.

I am not believe this news until Rob Zombie himself says he is not doing a “Halloween 2”.

More on it here:

http://joblo.com/arrow/index.php?id=13520

I really hope this ain’t true. I really enjoyed the Halloween remake by Rob Zombie. It’s an intense film and love it very much.

If Dimension is serious on ditching Rob Zombie for the sequel, then that would be disgraceful and a shame to the companies part. Rob Zombie made the “Halloween” remake one of the most successful horror film remakes ever made. Before the “Halloween” remake, there were hardily any horror movie remakes then. Now at the world of horror films today, most horror movie classics are all being remade now because Rob Zombie made that happen with “Halloween”. That’s how Rob changed the movie industry.

If it turns out true that Dimension is getting rid of Rob Zombie for the sequel, then I will have no interest in it at all whatsoever.

Kev

music

Report: Ac/Dc’s “Rock N’ Roll Train” single to premiere online tonight at midnight…

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Although the new Ac/Dc single “Rock N’ Roll Train” debuts radio airwaves tomorrow, the song will make it’s world premiere tonight at midnight. So for you Ac/Dc fans dying to hear the new song and can’t wait to hear it, be sure to hop on over to iHeartMusic.com where the song will be exclusively uploaded for the world to hear early.

Blabbermouth reports:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=103609

I don’t know if I’ll be able to stay up ’til midnight tonight since I just got home from vacation, but I’ll try. If not, I’ll definitely hear it tomorrow.

Looking forward to hearing it.

I’m happy that Ac/Dc is finally back!

Kev