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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.
movies

Whose Side Are You On: Clash of the Titans vs. War of Gods…

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There’s a controversial feud with film makers battling between the “Clash of the Titans” remake and original film “War of Gods” which are both Greek mythology films. It’s Warner Bros. vs. Relatively media, fighting over which film to start production first. Warner Bros is remaking “Clash of the Titans” which will be directed by the same man who made the new “The Incredible Hulk” movie Louis Letterier. “Clash of the Titans” is a 1981 Greek mythology fantasy film, a film about Persues on a journey to battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.

“War Of Gods” is an original film directed by Tarsem Singh and will be made by Relatively Media. As stated above, they are at war on which Greek Mythology film to be made first. “War of Gods” plot revolves around a young warrior prince named Theseus which he forms his own army to battle against another army of demons and titans.

Both can not be made and released at the same time because they don’t want two Greek mythology films competing with each other box office wise. Warner Bros. greenlighted “Clash of the Titans” right after they hired “The Incredible Hulk” director.

Variety Reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117988133.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

What film should I think get made first? Hmmm, this may surprise some of you but I’m gonna go with “War of Gods”.

I don’t even want a “Clash Of the Titans” remake. The original 1981 film is one of my favorite films of all times, leave the original right where it is. “Clash of the Titans” remake should not be made ’cause it’s gonna suck, we all know Warner Bros. is gonna make “Clash of the Titans” remake full of CGI effects and make it a popcorn film. While I have a feeling Warner Bros. will win to get this made first because of how powerful of a company they are, I feel this is a pointless remake. It’ll turn out to be a popcorn action family film.

“War of Gods” sounds very good! Sounds like “War of Gods” won’t be a family film, it’ll be more adult oriented. Maybe “Gladiator” or “Braveheart” style with “War of Gods” if you know what I mean. I would want “War of Gods” get made first. The film is already sparking my interest while I have no interest in the “Clash of the Titans” remake.

Kev

 

music

Report: Amy Winehouse made it to Nelson Mandela concert with a short set…

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After she’s been hospitalized for a few days, rumours were started by her father that she had emphysema, turns out by her reps it is not true. No one knows what is wrong with her but her body inside is in pretty bad shape due to her drug use. Anyways, the pop singer made it to Nelson Mandela concert as she said she would. She only performed a small set, singing Nelson Mandela “Happy Birthday”, then comes “Rehab”, and another song titled “Valerie”.

The photo above is her performing the Nelson Mandela concert and she looks damn good even when getting out of the hospital. She is also committed to playing the Glastonbury concert this weekend which is happening now as you read this.

More on it here:

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Amy_Winehouse_Performs_At_Nelson_Mandela_Birthday_Concert_19619.html

See the video of her performance at Nelson Mandela’s birthday bash below.

Now that was a great performance Amy! Don’t fuck up your career and life! GET OFF THOSE DRUGS AND GET CLEAN WOMAN! You’re better than that!

Kev

Celebrity news

Report: Uma Thurman to Jack Jordan, “Sorry dude, but I would rather be in love with a rich man, surprise, I’m a golddigger!”…

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Poor Jack Jordan have to be on probation while he have to suffer and read the news of Uma Thurman getting engaged to a multimillionaire, this ought to make Jack happy. Uma Thurman is now engaged to Swiss multimillionaire Arpad Busson.

She just got an expensive engagement ring that is probably worth more than an expensive car.

FOXNews reports:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372861,00.html

Yep, no surprise to me. She likes to attach herself to rich men,  yet this is probably the most richest guy she’s ever dated.

She won’t let Jack Jordan be her boyfriend because he’s not a wealthy person who still lives with his parents. She doesn’t like those type of people.

Kev

 

True Crime, Videogame news

Report: Long Island teenagers brings Grand Theft Auto IV to real life…

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A gang of six teens in Long Island, New York decided to go on a major crime spree, to impersonate Nico Belic a character from the “Grand Theft Auto IV” game. The kids decided to do the same things that Nico Belic has done in the game, everything including car jacking, beating up innocent civilians in the streets for no reason,  and even breaking into stores.

Just a bunch of bored teens hanging at New Hyde Park in Long Island decided to bring Grand Theft Auto IV into town. It took police at least two hours to catch all the teens.

The New York Post reports:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06262008/news/regionalnews/video_villains_come_to_life_117336.htm

Come on kids, I’ve said once before and will say it again! DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME! It’s only a game! Just because you can successfully escape from cops in the videogame, does not mean you can do it in real life. That’s why the kids do it in real life to see if they can try to escape police in real life just like in the videogame. Now those kids who just did this are looking at a 20 year prison sentence. Don’t ruin your life over a videogame.

Kev

 

 

Celebrity news

Report: Hugh Hefner suffering major back pains from too much bed rustling…

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An 82 year old Hugh Hefner who lives at the Playboy mansion with three different girlfriends (or god knows how many more girlfriends he has) admits to suffering back pains from too much “bed rustling”. He admits that fooling around with Playboy playmates at the mansion has been causing him back pains.

He also admits that his close family members were against him and wasn’t liking Hugh’s idea when he started the Playboy empire at first. But he went ahead with the Playboy empire anyway because it was his dream to own his own mansion where he could get any hot woman he wanted in the bedroom with him.

More on it here:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4598088a1860.html

Man, I sure would love to live Hugh Hefner’s lifestyle, I feel him and sounds like the man is living a good life and having so much fun getting all the sexy and beautiful women he wants.

He seems like a good dude that loves what he does. More power to him.

Maybe I should open up my own porn magazine so I can get all the women I want.

Kev

 

Celebrity news

Report: Verne Troyer, midget actor sues TMZ.com…

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Midget actor Verne Troyer who is most famous and well known for his role as Mini Me in the Austin Powers trilogy sues gossip website TMZ.com, due to TMZ posting a leaked sex tape that had Verne Troyer in it. Verne Troyer reportedly had a sex tape that was leaked online for everyone to see. TMZ posted a small clip of the sex tape that just shows Verne making love to a woman that is much taller than he is.

Verne also sued the man who stoled the tape which Kevin Blatt got a hold of, he was the person who distributed the movie “One Night In Paris”. In the lawsuit, Verne wants the tape an injuction prohibiting further dissemination of the video.

TMZ.com reports:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/06/27/verne-troyer-sues-tmz/

Harvey Levin, the owner of TMZ is a lawyer himself, don’t worry he’ll get away with this clean.

Kev

 

movies

Report: Robert Rodriguez and Rose McGowan in for “Red Sonja” remake…

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Robert Rodriguez had been confirmed to direct and actress Rose McGowan has been confirmed to star the leading character in the upcoming remake of “Red Sonja”. “Red Sonja” is the remake of a 1985 fantasy film that starred Brigitte Nielsen and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Rose McGowan herself was the one that wanted the film made because she loved the script too much that she handed it over to her longtime husband Robert Rodriguez. The film makers plan to get it released sometime in 2010.

USA Today reports:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-06-26-red-sonja-rodriguez-mcgowan_N.htm

I wonder who will get the role of Arnold’s character Kalidor? Could it even be Arnold himself? Will Arnold reprise that character again? Who knows, Arnold maybe done being governor by the time filming starts production so it could be possible that Rodriguez would want him.

Kev

 

Celebrity news, movies

The Life and Career of Angelina Jolie…

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So you may ask…how does she do it? How did Angelina Jolie go from a wild crazy and sexual chick back in her younger years to a big superstar mom? Is her relationship with Brad Pitt responsible for making her a big superstar? WRONG!

Angelina Jolie has always been a huge superstar in entertainment media way before she started dating Brad Pitt. Before “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” as pictured above, she wasn’t that well known. Before “Tomb Raider” she was doing all kinds of low budget films that no one even know about. Films like “Gia”, “Foxfire”, “Hackers”, “Pushing Tin”, etc. She started becoming a big name when she landed a role in “The Bone Collector” and “Girl Interupted”. But when she signed on to do “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” the whole world knows her now.

Brad Pitt is not responsible for her fame. She did it on her own without the help of anyone. She didn’t care if a movie she does bombs or if it’s a hit, she’s doing it for the love of acting. It was her father Jon Voight that got her started in acting, she had her first role as a child when she starred alongside Jon Voight in her debut of a film titled “Looking To Get Out”. She’s just like Drew Barrymore. Angelina has been acting in films ever since she was a little girl just like Drew.

Angelina had a long marriage with fellow actor/musician Billy Bob Thornton, during her relationship with him, she was still the wild crazy and sexual woman. But now she’s with Brad Pitt, Angelina quickly changed into this supernice and friendly mother instead of this wild person she used to be.

The truth is, she never changed. She always had been herself from day 1. She always had been a world traveler and always been a crazy and sexual person. The media had always tried to make a big story out of her because she is the daughter of legenary actor Jon Voight. So to say that Brad Pitt helped her become a different person is pretty laughable. She’s a powerful woman because she’s one of the most sexiest actresses in Hollywood today. She’s a talented actress that can play anything that throws at her.

I’m looking forward to seeing “Wanted”, I’ll be seeing that one too of course. Glad she’s finally got an action movie role. Hopefully she’ll still be on for “Tomb Raider 3” if they ever plan to do a third one.

Kev

 

music

Report: Prince on a suing rampage again, but this time against a record label doing a cover album of his songs…

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The Purple one just won’t stop being such a threat to the music business! This man is evil. EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL! Prince is suing a Norway record company that is releasing a 5 disc Prince tribute album. An 81 track album featuring musicians and artists from the country of Norway covering nothing but Prince songs. Prince and his teams of lawyers is demanding the label to stop the project immediately and destroy all copies of music made of the album. All the artists involved with this project weren’t paid, they were just doing it for fun and to respect the legend that Prince is but of course, Prince don’t care about his own fans!

While this project may be stopped, the bands and aritsts on the album still have the Prince covers available on their websites or myspaces, so expect Prince to go after the artists too.

Rollingstone reports:

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/06/26/prince-sues-norwegian-record-label-over-covers-album/

Wow! Now Prince doesn’t like musicians covering his songs! Pretty hilarious considering that he’s the one that stole Radiohead’s song “Creep” which he completely ignored Radiohead’s request to keep it in youtube. For once I agree with Rollingstone, he is a fucking hypocrite.

I understand musicians being protective over their music all they want, but Prince is being way too protective of himself. A selfish man who deserves no career in the music business, retire Prince ’cause everyone’s HATES YOU!

Kev

 

business, music

Report: McDonald’s being whipped by Devo…

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McDonald’s fast food chain is being sued by the 80’s popular new wave band, Devo. Back in April, McDonald’s released new toys for the Happy Meals with an “American Idol” based collection of toys each representing a different musical genre. One of the toys was New Wave Nigel which grabbed the attention of the band Devo. The New Wave Nigel toy had a hat that looked exacly like the one Devo wore in the video of “Whip It”. Devo owns the trademark and copyright of the red hat, and the band is taking legal action on McDonald’s. The band claims the company used it without the band’s permission.

Devo bassist Gerald Casale claims McDonald’s ripped off the band, he also made it clear that the band doesn’t like McDonald’s food, and he is committed to suing the company and taking them down. Gerald is the creator and designer of the red hat.

More on it here:

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_popmachine/2008/06/devo-looks-to-w.html

I’m sorry to say this Devo, but McDonald’s gonna win. McDonald’s will win the dismissal. And here’s why.

If you compare the two hats that Devo and New Wave Nigel wore, both are similar style, but they are not exactly the same.

If you look at New Wave Nigel on the below pic, the hat is a bright orange color, not a dark red color that Devo wore. Plus Nigel’s hat is much wider than Devo’s. McDonald’s is completely safe here. It is not a copyright and trademark infrigement because of the differences of colors.

New Wave Nigel looks no where near Devo style. I think McDonald’s intended to make New Wave Nigel look different than Devo so the company wouldn’t get sued by the band.

Yes, I am defending McDonald’s and ripping into the band. Devo has not been in the music business for years, a bunch of old guys waiting for something to happen so they can win the lottery. Devo, bunch of losers!

Kev