It’s been a long long time since we’ve seen Eminem at the Grammy’s haven’t it? Yes, it has! The rapper scores 10 nominations, topping the most nominations this year. I hate the Grammy’s but Eminem making it this year is great news. It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Eminem’s music. I admired his work for a long time. I think he’ll sweep everything.
Kev
Chris Nolan announced the sad and not so surprising news that he’ll be quitting the Batman movies, after the “Dark Knight: Rises“. Warner Bros. will probably continue to make more Batman movies without Chris, but it makes you wonder what would happen if a director other than Chris helms a Batman movie? Here’s what I think. Nobody can make a better Batman movie than Christopher Nolan, period. I think we all know that. I’m a little worried that when Chris Nolan leaves after “DK: Rises”, the Batman franchise will go back to making crap movies again. Maybe a different director can make a good Batman movie, who knows…if a different director does happen to make a good Batman movie without Nolan being involved, it could be possible, but no other director could top Nolan. Nolan made the Batman movies the way they are supposed to be.
Hell, I’m even a little nervous about Chris Nolan’s “DK: Rises” flick that he’s planning. You’ll never know that the “DK: Rises” could turn out to be a shit movie or might turn out ok, but nothing will be better than ‘The Dark Knight” with Heath Ledger. I think, “The Dark Knight” is the best Batman movie out of all of them made from the past. I don’t just like, “The Dark Knight” just for Heath Ledger’s performance alone, he was great, don’t get me wrong. I like the whole movie overall ’cause it told a great story and the action was just amazing.
Don’t expect anybody to make a great Batman movie ever again. “The Dark Knight” was a very special film in so many ways. “The Dark Knight” should have gotten BEST PICTURE for the Oscars as well which didn’t make it that year. “The Dark Knight” was just a perfect Batman film, that I’ll never get tired of watching it. “Rises” won’t be any better, I bet your money on it. People want the next Batman flick to be better, but I don’t think it will happen. That’s how powerful, “The Dark Knight” film really is.
Just my 2cents folks, just don’t get all excited about “Rises” this soon.
Kev
The internet is buzzing about this today, Susan Boyle choking during “O Holy Night” on the View. People immediately think it wasn’t a lip synched performance ’cause she stopped the singing in the middle of the song.
For proof that she was lip synching, at about 0:54, she makes this weird face while she was singing, as she made that face, her voice kept going. It definitely wasn’t live ’cause ABC didn’t air the whole performance, which I’m willing to bet they edited out the part where she really messed up.
I don’t think you need more proof than that, do ya?
Kev
Seriously, I don’t hate John Cena. I’ll admittedly respect him. This is the god honest truth. I don’t hate Cena, I just want WWE to stop using him so much. Cut Cena some slack and give someone else a chance to hit the superstar, big time.
I know a lot of people hate Cena, but in reality, he is one performer that should be respected. WWE uses him a lot for a reason. As long as he’s getting a mix of boos and cheers from the crowds, that’s the reason right there WWE keeps using him. If nobody cared, then WWE wouldn’t continue to push him. Like it or not, Cena has gotten bigger than the Rock and Stone Cold. Maybe not bigger than Hogan, but Cena definitely topped the Rock and Stone Cold for sure. You can’t deny that Cena did have some brilliant and historic ppv matches.
John Cena matches are best when he has them against Randy Orton. Cena did come a long way. People accuse Cena of knowing just a few moves but if people get their facts straight, Cena has years of wrestling experience before he signed to WWE back in 2002. In the year 2000, Cena went to, “Ultimate University” which is a wrestling school, the school where he learned it all from. He then went to OVW wrestling to train for WWE. I’m pretty sure he knows plenty of wrestling moves, he’s pretty skilled. He just uses the few that is right for the character he plays on RAW.
Watch these videos, the early days of John Cena before WWE, I’ll post his WWE debut too. Notice how Cena’s wrestling style is different back then? Notice how he was a better wrestler in the old days?
Cena didn’t become an icon for nothing. It took him a long road to get where he is today. As you can see, Cena and Orton go way back.
Kev
Here are more Hootenanny live music footage from that show I went to over the weekend. This is Troy’s own, Maurizio. To you local readers out there, you may already know who he is. Enjoy!
Kev
Since a lot of former WCW and WWE guys are working for TNA wrestling, that made wrestling fans wonder if Bret “The Hitman” Hart will ever work for TNA Impact someday. Will he ever? Well in this article, Bret has some positive things to say about TNA and not so positive things about TNA.
The positive? Bret says that TNA is more of a wrestling show because of the company’s lighter schedule than WWE. He says TNA is a serious rival against WWE, but doesn’t put the blame on the actual wrestlers. He also says good things about TNA star, Samoa Joe, who is the top star of the company right now and he worries that Hulk Hogan might take Samoa Joe’s spotlight if he has a match against him.
The negative? Well Bret slams Hogan and Bischoff. Explaining his experiences with Hogan and Bischoff when they worked together for WCW. Bret never got along with Hogan and Bischoff in WCW behind the scenes. He also says that Hogan believes in his heart that he is the star of the show and he is wrestling, which is a polite way of saying that Hogan is an egomaniac. Bret reveals that he will not work for TNA as long as Hogan and Bischoff are still working for them. Bret may consider working for TNA, whenever Hogan and Bischoff leaves.
Read more on what Bret have to say, here.
Can’t blame Bret, so good on him. Notice how a lot of other wrestlers hate Hogan and Bischoff in real life. Hogan and Bischoff have huge egos ’cause they think they are pioneers of wrestling, they think they started it all. Hulk Hogan didn’t invent professional wrestling, he only helped make it mainstream. I’ve always been a Hogan hater myself. There are other wrestlers that are more legendary than him.
In my opinion, Mick Foley, is the one that made professional wrestling to what it is today. Not Hogan.
Kev
In social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, people all over would talk about what TV shows are currently on that are so great. People will talk about American Idol, Glee, Dancing with the Stars, V, Heroes, Lost, Dexter, etc. You name it. I say to myself, “Wow, people watch a lot of TV” lately, huh? Not me. I hardly watch any of it. I spend most of my time either playing guitar, working out, playing video games or just watch movies.
I only watch a few shows and only watch TV at night. Only stuff I watch on TV are professional wrestling, UFC, NFL Football, late night talk shows like Conan/Jimmy Fallon, “The Event” on NBC, and now I got turned on to watching, “The Walking Dead” on AMC. How did I hear about the show? Well, facebook and twitter of course. I’ve grown into watching the show by seeing people talking about it online. Since it’s a horror fiction show and it has zombies in it, I’m like, I gotta check this show out myself.
Turns out to be a really really good show. Last night’s episode, “Wildfire” is just the best of the series so far. There’s one more episode of this sadly, ’cause Season 1 only has six episodes, but there will be a lot more for Season 2, thankfully. “The Walking Dead” is good storytelling. Best TV show in a long time and ranked high up in my top 5.
I’m not so big on TV, but once in a while, there will be a really good prime time drama show that comes around. I’m already looking forward for the “Walking Dead”, to come out on DVD.
Kev
Legendary film director, Irvin Kershner, most famous for his work in, “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” also passed away over the weekend. Kershner has been directing films since the ’50’s but didn’t become recognizable when he was hired to direct Star Wars. After “Empire Strikes Back”, he directed the Sean Connery 007 film, “Never Say Never”. He appeared as an actor in, “The Last Temptation of Christ”. He then directed, “Robocop 2” which was his final film of his career. When he retired from film making, he directed an NBC sci fi TV series, “Sea Quest”, which only lasted 3 seasons.
Today is another sad loss for the movie industry. RIP Kersh. “Empire Strikes Back” is my favorite Star Wars movie ever made.
Kev
How will John Cena come back to WWE TV after being fired by the Anonymous General Manager and Wade Barrett of the Nexus? Cena will be coming back under a new gimmick. He will be disguised in a Mexican costume and will be renamed, Juan Cena. A Mexican gimmick. It’s to hide the John Cena identity, as a way to come back to WWE to feud with the Nexus some more.
Remember, the Hulk Hogan/Mr. America storyline? It’s the same thing as that. As usual, the WWE can never come up with original storylines, they just keep rehashing old ones.
Here’s the Juan Cena, theme song, a Mexican version of John’s original version.
I love how some people online, think John Cena is really fired, when it’s all part of a storyline and part of a script. John’s not really fired. Remember, WWE has done this “you’re fired” storyline to many superstars in the past: Stone Cold, Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, etc. Again, nothing new, rehashing old storylines.
Cena will probably be on RAW tonight. Not sure if he will be in this new gimmick yet though.
Kev
Edit to add:
Here’s John Cena as the Juan Cena masked gimmick at a RAW House show, a non televised event….
Some very sad news to report in the world of entertainment. Comic legend, Leslie Nielsen passes away today. He is most famous for starring in films such as “Airplane” and the “Naked Gun” trilogy. Leslie Nielsen first began his acting career working for television, he got his start by starring in a TV show, called, “Television’s Golden Age” and went on to a major starring role in the classic sci-fi film, “Forbidden Planet”. In 1956, he made his acting debut for the big screen in a movie called, “Ransom!”. While he did work on a lot of films over the years, he didn’t become recognizable until the movie, “Airplane”, obviously. He also had a role in Stephen King’s, “Creepshow” directed by, George A. Romero. He became a household name when he did, “The Naked Gun” trilogy in the early 90’s. What else? He also played Dracula for, “Dracula: Dead & Loving It” and he was President Harris in “Scary Movie 3”.
One of my favorite projects he has done, was when he made his own videos spoofing professional golf with videos such as “Bad Golf My Way” and “Bad Golf Made Easier”. Leslie Nielsen was a hero and inspiration to me. I watched all of his movies and looked after him for years. He was such a talented and funny man. He will certainly be missed. May him rest in peace.
Kev
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