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The Top Fifteen – Year In Review news…

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This is another Best of 2011 that I do pretty much every year on this site. Considering this site is about entertainment news, this is a year in review kind of thing of which I thought was the most interesting or got the most attention in this blog site. Now that 2011 is completely over, I thought I would do this today.

I will do 15 of them, enjoy the read…

15. Lindsay Lohan poses for Playboy, Marilyn Monroe style – Playboy has been trying to get her for years, but Lindsay turned down all the offers until now. Even if she’s getting so much hate over this, people are still buying the magazine ’cause Hugh Hefner says the issue is breaking record sales. Like I said, people wouldn’t resist seeing Lindsay Lohan naked, just out of curiosity. I’ll admit that she’s kind of a hot lady whether she is airbrushed or not, she is still a cute looking woman, just admit it now.

14. Movie being made about the Gotti’s – Looking through my earlier blog posts through the 2011 year, this movie about the Gotti mobsters certainly got a lot of attention in this site, so I had to include this one. The film makers have been having a tough time trying to keep some cast and crew on the job ’cause a lot of people dropped out, including Joe Pesci, and who else, Lindsay Lohan. So far, the film stars, John Travolta, Ben Foster, and Al Pacino.

13. Amanda Knox gets murder conviction overturned and is now a free woman – The story of Meredith Kircher has been all over the web non stop. Amanda got herself a memoir deal confirmed earlier this year, so expect a book soon. Would I buy her book when it hits the shelves? I’m not sure yet. She got mixed opinions on this case. Some say she’s guilty and some say she’s innocent. I’d say she’s guilty as fuck.

12. Netflix raises the prices of subscriptions, angers customers – Before the price raise, Netflix was a very popular service. Pretty much everyone I knew had the service, which inspired me to get it. I subscribed to Netflix, a few months before they announced the price raise, I remember. Pretty much the whole internet was angry about it. People threatened to cancel their accounts and Netflix lost a lot of subscribers. They still have some support though and I’m one of those very few people who would gladly support Netflix still. Netflix rocks, fuck the haters, ya know?

11. Bill Murray all skeptical on “Ghostbusters 3” movie script – Just when are they ever going to get this damn movie made? They want Bill Murray to do it so he can reprise his role as Peter Venkman, but Bill claimed he has never read the script yet. We still haven’t heard from him. Does the script suck that bad? Is that why Bill won’t respond on whether he will do it or not? This story has got a lot of attention in this blog, so I had to include it.

10. The West Memphis Three released from prison – This story was pretty huge, so this had to be part of the top 10. Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley Jr., and Jason Baldwin were accused of murdering young boys, they were released from prison earlier this year as part of a Alford plea deal. These three got a lot of support by the music community. A lot of famous musicians supported them and said they were innocent. Music fans all over the web supported them as well. I watched the first “Paradise Lost”, movie about them and it was pretty interesting.

9. The Ultimate Warrior feuds with Hulk Hogan – This was a pretty real feud. It was no wrestling storyline for sure. The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan feuded throughout most of 2011. What the Warrior is upset at Hogan about is that Hulk Hogan has been attacking Warrior in interviews publicly. Hulk has used some of Warrior’s image and catchphrases in other things too. So Warrior made all these video blogs calling out Hulk Hogan that he should stop what he’s doing. Of course, typical Hulk plays the innocent victim and claims he’s doing nothing wrong like usual. This story got a lot of attention here as this was an entertaining feud so I couldn’t help myself.

8. Donald Trump feuds with President Barack Obama – The Donald announced he was going to run for President, so as an idea to get his campaign to get more attention, he decided to feud with Barack. Saying that he is the worst president of the U.S. and accused Barack of not being a U.S. citizen. So The Donald demanded Barack to release his long form birth certificate, so the Donald got his wish when the President released his certificate at the White House press conference. This was a pretty entertaining feud, the Donald is a good trash talker for sure.

7. New Superman/Batman movies moves forward – Warner Bros./DC is in a huge legal war against the Segel heirs over Superman copyrights. This is why Warner Bros. is rushing the new Superman movie because of the lawsuit. Warner Bros. hired Christopher Nolan to be “Superman’s” mentor, not director. So Chris Nolan and WB’s hired Zack Snyder to direct, “Man of Steel”. The reason Chris couldn’t direct the new Superman movie is because he was going to work on the new Batman flick, “The Dark Knight: Rises”. Both movies have been hard at work and looking good so far for both films.

6. Jared Lee Loughner goes on shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords survives shooting. – I couldn’t leave this one off of here. I’m glad to see Gabrielle Giffords doing better and doing okay. Lets hope that sick fuck, Loughner, gets what he deserves.

5. Steve Jobs dies – The Apple head honcho and inventor of many computers and gadgets. Macintosh, Ipod, Ipad, Iphone, etc. The man was a technology genius, love him or hate him. I guess you can consider that the Ipad I got for Christmas was in honor of Steve, RIP.

4. Lou Reed & Metallica collaborates – When Lou Reed & Metallica announced they were collaborating, they kept their project top secret for now. Everyone got excited at first ’cause we were thinking if they were going to get together to play their hit songs in the studio. It turns out the project wasn’t that. When they announced the album they were going to do is titled, “Lulu”, based on the German play by Frank Wedekind and they released a few samples off the album, the project sparked some controversy online. You either loved it or hated it. I thought it was kind of interesting how people reacted to this project. I do support the album, “Lulu” ’cause it is great.

3. Casey Anthony found not guilty of first degree murder – Yep, another one walks a murder a free woman. Poor little Caylee Anthony, is spinning in her grave while her killer is still out there.

2. Amy Winehouse dies – While the UK popstar’s death was expecting, I didn’t think it would happen this year. So her death was pretty shocking to me. Her death got mixed reactions. Some didn’t care ’cause of her drug problems, and her die hard fans mourned her death. She was quite a talent. I loved her music and it’s a shame she’s gone too soon. If she got her act together and got herself clean, if she survived, she would have had a big career ahead of her. Her music career was sadly very brief. Kind of like Jimi Hendrix’s career was very brief.

1. Charlie Sheen vs. Chuck Lorre feud – So Charlie Sheen gets fired from his sitcom, “Two and a Half Men” after talking trash about the show’s producer, Chuck Lorre, in interviews. After this, Charlie continued to feud with Lorre in interviews for radio and TV. Earlier this year, Charlie did a few live internet broadcasts shows called, “Charlie Korner’s” in which he filmed at in his home. In 2011, Charlie became the most talked about actor on the internet. He was everywhere. Facebook, twitter, etc. It was basically his “Winning” catchphrase, that gave him all this attention. Even though Charlie is pretty calm and easy going today, I wish he would get back into the insane Charlie ’cause I’ll admit that insane Charlie was pretty entertaining.

Kev

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The Best and Worst Movies of 2011…

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Ok guys, finally here it is. The blog post that you’ve all been waiting for. Here is the best and worst for 2011. One thing to keep in mind though that the films I choose in this post are my opinions alone. I don’t need to have the same opinions as everyone else, so if you disagree with something, I don’t care.

It’s really hard picking the best films, simply because, I’ve seen way too many movies this year, so I went through the ones I’ve seen and in this best of list, are the films that I loved the most. For the best films, I will choose 15. The worst, I will choose only 5 choices.

It wasn’t that great of a year for movies but I did the best I could to see the good stuff, and here’s what I could find.

Enjoy the read…

15. Cowboys and Aliens 

(This is a fantastic popcorn action/adventure by “Iron Man” director, Jon Favreau. Two of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford team up together in this movie which makes it even better. The story is fun and just an exciting movie all around.)

14. Captain America: The First Avenger

(I hate most Marvel movies, and finally, they did a really good one. I was very impressed with the Captain America movie. Chris Evans made a great Captain America, plus Hugo Weaving playing the villain Red Skull was badass. The action was fun too.)

13. Rise of the Planet of the Apes

(This was actually a pretty well made movie, I was pretty impressed with it. Of course, we could do without James Franco in it, but other than that the movie was fine. Andy Serkis and John Lithgow were part of the reasons they made this movie worth watching. I’m a huge Planet of the Apes fan, always have been.)

12. Paranormal Activity 3

(This is the best of the trilogy so far. They did a good job with the scare this time around, and still can’t get over of how shocking the ending really was. Seriously the ending to this movie, will really blow your mind and will get you to scratch your head. I like what they’re doing with the Katie Featherston story and looking forward to seeing where it’s going next.)

11. Moneyball

(If Jonah Hill doesn’t get Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Role for this excellent film, I don’t know if I will bother watching the Oscars. Jonah Hill, is mostly known for comedy, but he decided to do something different and serious, to show off his acting talent. He wants to show you that he can be an actor and not just a funny guy, he proves that well. Brad Pitt’s performance was great, and it’s just a fun movie, giving you insight on the politics stuff about professional baseball.)

10. The Beaver

(This is Mel Gibson’s best acting in a long while. This was a serious movie and told a realistic story. I really hope the Oscars don’t snub Mel for this movie either ’cause he really deserves a nomination for this performance.)

9. Insidious

(Another one of the best horror films of this year. You don’t need to have blood & guts to be scary. James Wan is one of the best horror film directors around.)

8. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows – Part 2

(Even though the movie didn’t really follow the book, it still was a great film. The film was an action packed ride, and it was the darkest Harry Potter film of them all. Ralph Fiennes delivers a great performance as Voldermort in this one, and the film gets deep into Professor Snape’s past. If you plan on checking out the Harry Potter flicks, you have to watch them all in order or you won’t understand anything about the Deathly Hallows.)

7. Hobo With A Shotgun

(This movie had to be high on the list. It’s an indie film, wasn’t really shown in a lot of theaters around the States, but it’s still an amazing film. I loved it too much. It’s a violent action movie starring Rutger Hauer, a homeless guy who decides to fight crime himself. It’s violent and gory all the way through, plus the film’s directing style is great. Check it out. It should be streamable on Netflix.)

6. Colombiana

(Female action stars have a hard time being accepted in Hollywood lately, but I think it’s time for Zoe Saldana to shine. This movie got mixed opinions, you either loved it or hate it, but I fuckin’ loved it!!! It had everything you could ask for. Violence, gun shooting, explosions, fighting, etc. It was also hot and sexy. I thought the film told a pretty good story, it’s a revenge movie. I’m definitely looking forward to the sequel now.)

5. Immortals

(A lot of people bashed this movie to death, but did they see the same movie I saw? I absolutely loved it!!! Henry Cavill, the UK actor, proves he can be a good action star. The direction style of this movie is unique and different. This film had to be high on the list. Nothing wrong with the film at all, in my opinion.)

4. Warrior

(A sports film about MMA fighters that stars Tom Hardy. Nick Nolte also delivers a very strong Oscar worthy performance in this movie. I also hope Nolte gets nominated for this film. You can definitely call this film a modern day Rocky.)

3. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

(This is one of the best action movies of this year. Tom still has what it takes to be an action star. Go Tom!)

2. The Help

(This was gonna be my no. 1 choice, but I had to move it up a little. “The Help” starring, Emma Stone and Viola Davis. This is a serious film about the civil rights movement in 1960’s where black maids have a hard time working for white people. I loved this film too much. I hope Viola Davis gets nominated for this film and it will probably get a “Best Picture” nomination as well.)

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

(I just got back from this movie earlier tonight. The film was a total masterpiece. Way better than the Swedish version. David Fincher did a phenomenal job with the American Version. I thought Rooney Mara did fantastic playing Lisbeth. Most surprisingly of all, the movie followed the book very well. Didn’t really leave anything out at all. Plus Trent Reznor’s score keeps getting better and better, every film he plays music too. “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” is definitely the best film of the year. I was blown away by it.)

The Worst Films (with no explanation)

5. The Ward

4. Limitless

3. The Adjustment Bureau

2. Bad Teacher

1. The Muppets

There were more films that I liked this year, but I only listed the best ones.

Hope you enjoyed the list.

Kev