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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

Report: Megan Ellison wins Terminator rights!!!

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“The Terminator” franchise has finally found its owner. That new owner happens to be a woman named, Megan Ellison, who runs her film company, Annapurna Films. She successfully won the rights in a bidding auction with Lionsgate studios.

For a long time now, “The Terminator” franchise had trouble with copyright issues, most notably with Pacificor. Now “The Terminator” has finally found a new home. Megan Ellison has set a deal to make two “Terminator” movies that will star Arnold in the leading role and Justin Lin to direct. It was said that Justin Lin will direct the film, only if the script is good enough.

Deadline, reports.

This is sounding like a re-boot is happening for sure. Starting the “Terminator” franchise over again. I’m sure Linda Hamilton won’t return because she’ll be too old for the role, but if they can’t get her, they should get Lena Headey from the “Sarah Connor Chronicles” to play Sarah.

A lot of people are laughing at Arnold that he’s too old for the role of course, but everyone did the same to Sly when he was playing Rocky and Rambo for one last time. Sly was successful at playing Rocky and Rambo for one last time. If Sly can do it, I’m pretty sure Arnold is capable enough of playing the Terminator for a few more films. Arnold is not that old, he’s younger than Sly.

Kev

TNA Impact

Cool Video: Mick Foley is the Network Rep, See the return of Chyna on TNA!!!

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Last night’s TNA episode, was actually a great episode. Mick Foley ended up being the Network Representative, that’s been busting on Hulk Hogan and Immortal for a long while. Mick made the announcement that TNA changed the name to their Thursday shows to “Impact Wrestling”, making the announcement public and official. TNA’s name change is an attack at WWE for leaving out wrestling out of their new name. Mick also introduced the return of Chyna, Joanie Laurer.

I’ll admit that Chyna is still looking really hot. Yes, she had plastic surgery, breast implants and wears too much make-up but you can’t deny that she turns you on every time you see on her TV. She hasn’t been on wrestling television for a little over ten years, she’s been gone for that long.

I hope Chyna’s run in TNA will be full time, and not just a short run. We’ll wait and see. Enjoy the videos, here, and here.

Kev

TV

Why Ashton Kutcher was hired to take over Charlie Sheen’s role in “Two and a Half Men”…

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I never really watched the show “Two and a Half Men”, but I can understand why CBS hired him right away. Why? Because after all this mess with Charlie, I’m sure CBS lost a lot of fans and stopped watching the show. Ashton Kutcher gets a lot of publicity, he’s extremely popular. He’s very like-able by a lot of people out there. CBS hired him simply because to help the show’s popularity grow and keep the ratings up.

Even if I’m not a fan of Ashton Kutcher’s acting, it’s a smart move by CBS. Charlie and Ashton never worked together in the past, but Ashton did work with the Sheen family before. Ashton had a role in the Emilio Estevez directed movie, “Bobby” that also starred Martin Sheen. So Ashton is pretty close to the Sheen family.

So that’s a sign that Ashton and Charlie could possibly already know each other. I’m pretty sure Charlie still wants to play on the show, but maybe he’ll even agree that Ashton is a good pick. We’ll wait to hear Charlie’s thoughts on this soon.

Kev

UFC

BREAKING NEWS: Lesnar is sick again!!!

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Shocking news broke today in the world of MMA. Yes, you heard that right. Brock Lesnar is sick again. He had a relapse of Diverticulitis, which forced his fight against Junior Dos Santos to be canceled at UFC 131. Shane Carwin is set to replace Brock for that fight.

More on it, here.

This is very sad. Look like we’re going to get another long break from Brock Lesnar in UFC. Even worse, his career could be over soon.

He really loved the company and was hoping for another title run. Look like another title run won’t happen for him anytime soon. I hope he gets well.

He’s not everyone’s favorite athlete. You either love him or hate him, but I respect him for a lot of reasons.

Kev

movies, Stallone news

Report: New poster and plot synopsis revealed for “The Expendables” sequel…

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Nu Image Millennium released the new poster and plot synopsis for “The Expendables” sequel yesterday.

Check them out, here.

So look like Mickey Rourke is only going to get a small role in the beginning of the next film and then he’s killed off. They will also get a big name actress to play his daughter, Fiona.

I’m sure a few of the cast members from the first movie will return for the sequel. I know Dolph Lundgren and Jason Statham will definitely return. Arnold and Bruce Willis will come back too. I don’t know about Randy Couture, Jet Li or Terry Crews though.

I’m sure Sly will add more big name tough guys to the Expendables group. Hopefully Jean Claude Van Damme and Kurt Russell will be in.

Stone Cold can’t come back ’cause his character was killed in the last one, but I’m sure Sly will find another former WWE wrestler to join the cast. Dwayne Johnson maybe? I’m glad Millennium is moving forward with the movie pretty quickly. We’ll know who the new director is soon, and then they’ll start casting.

I really liked the first “Expendables” movie but it could be a better movie, it needed improvements. I hope the next film will be better than the first.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Netflix DVD rentals…

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So yesterday afternoon on the Netflix website, I also signed up for the extra, “DVD Rental” where you can do this, “Rent 1 movie at a time” thing for about a few dollars extra to your account. I went looking through the Netflix DVD rental and they pretty much have all the new DVD releases on there.

I selected 6 different movies but they will be getting mailed to me one at a time. I rented:

-Blue Valentine: The Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling drama that I’ve been wanting to see for a long time is finally out on DVD and Netflix has it available for rental, so that was my first pick. I should get this in the mail maybe even today or this weekend.

-Machete: The Danny Trejo action movie that was directed by Robert Rodriguez, I never got to see it and always wanted to check it out.

–The Green Hornet: The new Green Hornet movie with Setth Rogan. I never saw this in theater ’cause I don’t like Seth Rogan too much. So I waited for DVD rental on this one. Hopefully this will be a good one. Who knows, I might even like it after all.

–Justin Bieber: Never Say Never: I never wanted to watch this in theater since the theater audiences will be full of teen girls. So I waited for DVD. The reviews are saying this is actually a good movie even if you don’t like Justin Bieber, so I decided to select this one for Netflix rental. I’ve said before, I have no problem with Justin Bieber, he’s kind of cool and a badass to me.

-Faster: The Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton action movie I never saw in theater. I hope to check this out soon, ’cause I am a huge fan of the Rock and interested in seeing Billy Bob playing the badguy.

-Wall Street II: Money Never Sleeps: Another movie I never got around to seeing. I wanted to, but never got a chance. I hate Shia Labeouf as an actor, but I love Michael Douglas.

There you have it. Considering the PS3 Network is still down and I can’t watch Netflix on my PS3, I figure I would do this Netflix DVD rental thing.

Kev

Celebrity/musician deaths, TV

In Defense of Hilary Swank!!!

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Actress, Hilary Swank is in the news again. About what? It’s about her looks, of course. This never ending debate on whether she’s “hot” or “not”. What do I think about her? I’m going to side with her, and say that she’s “hot”.

And here is why….

She’s a normal and natural beauty. I don’t think she’s had plastic surgery like most celebs. She also doesn’t hide her so called, “ugly” looks like most celebs. Do you want to know why so many actresses like Megan Fox, Pam Anderson, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johannson, etc., all look so beautiful and perfect? Because plastic surgery and way too much make-up is what makes them hot women. How much do you want to bet that those women I listed, if they had their make up off, they would be much uglier than Hilary Swank.

I think Hilary is a beautiful woman. I would even date her if I could. You can’t deny that she’s not bad to look at. Look at her see through dress she’s wearing. Do they look like breast implants to you? No. Definitely not. They look like a good size rack and natural looking. You’d be insane to not have her in the bed with you.

If people are calling her ugly, then she must be doing something right. She doesn’t have to be “hot” and she doesn’t have to be a plastic barbie doll like most celebs. That’s how she is and she’s just being herself. She wears make up too but not as bad as other celebs.

She also happens to be one of the best actresses out there. I admired her acting talent for a long time. “Million Dollar Baby” was her best role, obviously. If you think she’s ugly, there are even uglier actresses out there than her. How about: Rosie O’ Donnell, Kristen Stewart, Miley Cyrus, Courtney Love, Rumer Willis, etc.

Nothing wrong with Hilary. It all comes down with jealousy when it comes to Hilary. Calling her ugly was pretty disrespectful, in my opinion. Hilary needs to be respected. She has talent and a two time Oscar winner. She’s also an icon, like her or not. I first heard about Hilary through her movie, “Boys Don’t Cry”, which is an amazing flick by the way. Hilary is wonderful and I would even like to meet her in person sometime.

Kev

Kev Brock music

Shameless Plug: Gig at Savannah’s tomorrow…

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Another shameless plug for the Brock, if you Albany folks have got nothing going on tomorrow night, please come out to this gig. Support local music, show up early to see all three musical acts.

See the facebook invite, here.

If you have a facebook account, feel free to let us know if you’re coming or not.

I’m probably going to be playing in front of 7 – 10 people or worse, a dead crowd but I’m still looking forward to it one way or the other. I’ll be video taping my performance for youtube.

Kev

movies

Report: Al Pacino to return to mobster films in “Gotti: Three Generations”…

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The cast of “Gotti: Three Generations”, is looking amazing so far. First John Travolta gets signed for “The Dapper Don” Jon Gotti Sr., Lindsay Lohan gets in for a role and Joe Pesci as well. Al Pacino has been signed to play Neil Dellacroce, who is Gotti’s associate and mentor. This would make Pacino’s return to mobster flicks, since “The Godfather” and “Scarface” era.

The Hollywood Reporter reports.

Well, I don’t think Travolta and Pacino ever starred in a movie before. Correct me if I’m wrong. This is a great team up!

Kev

Books, music

Report: Billy Corgan writing autobiography…

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There have been quite a lot of rock musicians writing their own autobiography books these days. Billy Corgan is about to join that bandwagon. Billy is writing a book titled, “Spiritual” which will focus on the history of the Smashing Pumpkins and his personal life.

Read more on it, here.

As a Smashing Pumpkins fan, I’ll be sure to read this one. I’m interested in learning about the Smashing Pumpkins history more than his personal life. Did Billy actually have a personal life? You always wondered that because he never had much women in his life from what I remember. He dated Courtney Love briefly but that was about it. There were rumors of him dating Jessica Simpson but both of them shot the rumors down last year. I’m sure he’ll be open about the Jessica Simpson friendship in the book too.

This book is going to be an interesting read for sure.

Kev