en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/606940 Comments by IrishCop http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/13/catholic-league-denounces-nicki-minajs-vulgar-grammy-performance/#IDComment293067739 I certainly don't disagree with you on the constant need for the young to "shock" the older generation. The gap just seems to be growing exponentially. I also enjoyed seeing bands like Santana, The Doobie Brothers and Blood, Sweat and Tears in concert. Very few gimmicks here. Hell, Carlos wouldn't even take center stage for most of his show. He kinda laid back off to the right and played his little stoner heart out. The Doobie Brothers and Blood, Sweat and Tears were just some of the tightest, most professional musicians I've ever seen. Nice light shows, but basically just playing their music. Where did that go? You hardly even SEE musicians on stage any more. It seems like it's all canned. A shame, really. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:10:45 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/13/catholic-league-denounces-nicki-minajs-vulgar-grammy-performance/#IDComment293067739 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/13/catholic-league-denounces-nicki-minajs-vulgar-grammy-performance/#IDComment293064369 Couldn't agree more, mousie. Her dominance of the Grammy's was well deserved...and not a little suprising, considering the state of the recording industry. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:04:39 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/13/catholic-league-denounces-nicki-minajs-vulgar-grammy-performance/#IDComment293064369 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jgreggs/2012/02/14/does-jamie-lee-curtis-think-obama-could-have-saved-whitney-houston/#IDComment293059239 Government involvement in drug abuse treatment has/is already been tried. "Drug Courts" exist in numerous states (even my home "Red State" of Alabama. Defendants with non-violent histories who are charged with drug crimes are tried in a seperate court, whose mandate is court supervised treatment/probation. The problem with this is that no one...and I mean NO one...can beat addiction no matter how effective the treatment unless THEY WANT TO STOP. Beating addiction involves being totally self motivated to that end. No program, government or privately structured or funded, will be successful unless the candidates for said treatment truly want it to succeed. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:57:11 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jgreggs/2012/02/14/does-jamie-lee-curtis-think-obama-could-have-saved-whitney-houston/#IDComment293059239 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/14/media-pounce-on-bill-oreilly-for-saying-houston-wanted-to-destroy-herself/#IDComment293023814 I've had more than one person I've arrested thank me for saving their lives. I'm not a narc. They were charged with everything from burglary to murder. Their period of incarceration was what ammounted to their "hitting their bottom". Some of them stayed clean after their release and really changed their lives...most didn't. Addiction is an extraordinarily powerfull adversary, no matter the drug in question. The only common denominator I've seen is the consistent and overwhelming urge to self destruct. And everyone around these people see it coming. Their deaths are never a suprise. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:56:00 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/14/media-pounce-on-bill-oreilly-for-saying-houston-wanted-to-destroy-herself/#IDComment293023814 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/13/catholic-league-denounces-nicki-minajs-vulgar-grammy-performance/#IDComment291800737 It's becoming more and more apparent that todays "musical artists" rely more and more on shock value and less on true musical ability. This appalling trend seemed to begin with Madonna and has spread to every flash in the pan "star" in the business today. Hey, I'm not against combining theater and music. I thorughly enjoyed Pink Floyd, Kiss and Alice Cooper when I was young. All of them integrated theatrics into their live performances. There was some shock value, especially with Alice, but it involved mock hangings and songs like "Dead Babies". Altar boys praying to a woman's crotch wasn't in the picture. And it damn sure wouldn't have made it's way into a live television broadcast. I hope her candle, and Lady GaGa's and too many others to mention, burns out soon. But I wonder what the hell comes next? Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:54:53 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/13/catholic-league-denounces-nicki-minajs-vulgar-grammy-performance/#IDComment291800737 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/02/10/denzels-safe-house-hollywood-loves-wikileaks-spilling-security-secrets/#IDComment290039260 Oh, you really MUST give "Man on Fire" a look. Not perfect, but very good, and quite intense. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:27:03 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/02/10/denzels-safe-house-hollywood-loves-wikileaks-spilling-security-secrets/#IDComment290039260 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/11/carolla-slams-progressives-for-ruining-a-day-at-the-beach/#IDComment290035174 Jeez. A beach where you can't play Frisbee or drink a beer? So the local lawmakers actually took the time to construct and pass legislation to ban these horrible activities, and will spend money enforcing them? Okay, it's official. The lawmakers in California, and the people who keep electing them, are a half a bubble off of plumb. I like Adam, and have ever since that sex show he and Dr. Drew had on MTV. I watched "The Man Show" whenever the wife was away (hey, that's how you stay married for 35 years...don't rub their nose in it). Conservative Liberal, Liberal Conservative, Libertarian call him what you will. His opinions are generally well thought out and logical. Cheers, Mr. Carolla. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:20:47 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/11/carolla-slams-progressives-for-ruining-a-day-at-the-beach/#IDComment290035174 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/11/treasures-from-the-warner-archives-the-super-cops-1974/#IDComment290023158 I remember reading the paperback adaptation of this movie, and seeing it when it came to my local theater. Even at the tender age of 19 I could tell this wasn't your typical Hollywood movie...not as slick, definitely grittier. I enjoyed it then. Guess I'll need to see just how I feel about it almost 4 decades later. Thanks for jogging my memory, Mr. Nolte. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:58:47 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/11/treasures-from-the-warner-archives-the-super-cops-1974/#IDComment290023158 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/07/daily-call-sheet-redbox-domination-ax-rose-makes-you-feel-old-best-song-crybabies/#IDComment286612851 One of the best documentary's I've seen in years in "Standing in the Shadow of Motown -The Funk Brothers". The story of this amazing group of musicians, who provided the instrumental tracks on ALL of the Motown hits, is just wonderful. Their story, interspersed with a reunion of all of these great old men playing their greatest hits with some new and one or two veteran singers, makes for a great evenings entertainment. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:08:40 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/07/daily-call-sheet-redbox-domination-ax-rose-makes-you-feel-old-best-song-crybabies/#IDComment286612851 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/07/trailer-talk-new-amazing-spider-man-spot-serves-up-the-action-too-much-of-the-plot/#IDComment286419273 Hank, I started reading Spidey comics in the 60's and stopped in the early 70's. Spidey's parents were never mentioned much, except that they were killed in a plane crash or some such. I understand the storyline has been updated somewhat...they were some kind of intelligence agents. Who knows what the movie will bring. Please, some more current readers of the comics chime in here. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:59:46 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/07/trailer-talk-new-amazing-spider-man-spot-serves-up-the-action-too-much-of-the-plot/#IDComment286419273 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/20/redford-blasts-blockbusters-films-silent-on-stars-with-budget-busting-salaries/#IDComment270493273 "Government supported independent films" sounds like an oxymoron to me. And just what would my tax dollars get me for this government supported art? Films like "The Brown Bunny", which ends with a full blown (pardon the pun) graphic oral sex scene? Or maybe that wonderful piece of art, "The Piss Christ"? No thank you. If an artist can't sell his or her work, they need to change their approach or get another job. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:25:39 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/20/redford-blasts-blockbusters-films-silent-on-stars-with-budget-busting-salaries/#IDComment270493273 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/01/19/bh-interview-cuba-gooding-jr-red-tails-represents-my-love-letter-to-the-armed-forces/#IDComment269568264 I for one really want to see this movie. And I think some folks are forgetting that this is a MOVIE, not a documentary. I don't expect this to be an absolutely factual account of the Tuskegee Airmen. Like a lot of "historical" movies, it is based on their story, not a historical treatise. Certainly the film makers have taken liberties with the story in order to make it an effective piece of entertainment...just like Mel Gibson did with "The Patriot" and "Braveheart" (two movies I love) and a whole bunch of other writers and directors who have made fact-based movies. And for those who have a problem with them portrying racism as it existed in the 1940's, let's wait and see how they handle it, okay? It did exist, it was a part of their story, and I don't see how they could make the movie without telling that part of it. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:55:18 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/01/19/bh-interview-cuba-gooding-jr-red-tails-represents-my-love-letter-to-the-armed-forces/#IDComment269568264 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/18/wiig-rattles-hollywoods-power-structure-by-avoiding-bridesmaids-sequel/#IDComment268606993 Eddy Murphy, in one of his stand up films, explained why he agreed to do "Best Defense", a movie he agreed sucked. "Cause they threw SO much money at me." Hope Wiig can resist. Don't know if I could. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:41:40 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/18/wiig-rattles-hollywoods-power-structure-by-avoiding-bridesmaids-sequel/#IDComment268606993 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/14/sid-and-nancy-the-collectors-edition-blu-ray-review-biopics-dont-get-much-better-than-this/#IDComment264574670 ...and his turn as the heavy in "The Fifth Element"? Kinda hard to do real evil and funny at the same time. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:49:32 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/14/sid-and-nancy-the-collectors-edition-blu-ray-review-biopics-dont-get-much-better-than-this/#IDComment264574670 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/14/sid-and-nancy-the-collectors-edition-blu-ray-review-biopics-dont-get-much-better-than-this/#IDComment264573590 I can't think of any reason why Gary Oldman hasn't been nominated, much less won, an Oscar. I think he's the finest actor working today. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:47:49 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/14/sid-and-nancy-the-collectors-edition-blu-ray-review-biopics-dont-get-much-better-than-this/#IDComment264573590 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jfrazier/2012/01/11/friends-with-benefits-review-chemistry-cast-trump-smug-premise/#IDComment262188193 I really enjoyed "Friends With Benefits". It was funny, relatively smart and had more than just a little bit of heart. Kunis and Timberlake did indeed have chemistry between them, and did a pretty good job of making you care about their characters. And let's not forget the point of this movie: it's difficult, if not impossible, to share something as intrensically intimate as sex without developing an emotional bond. Oh, I'm not naive. I know that there are people who do just that. But I can't help but think they are people who are emotionally incomplete in some way. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:32:48 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jfrazier/2012/01/11/friends-with-benefits-review-chemistry-cast-trump-smug-premise/#IDComment262188193 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/11/daily-call-sheet-awesome-bond-blu-ray-collection-coming-armond-white-strikes-again-streaming-debate/#IDComment261763289 Absolutely correct! I'm beginning to think I have alzheimer's and dyslexia...I don't remember much and what I do remember is backwards. Mea Culpa. ;O) Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:05:31 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/11/daily-call-sheet-awesome-bond-blu-ray-collection-coming-armond-white-strikes-again-streaming-debate/#IDComment261763289 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/11/daily-call-sheet-awesome-bond-blu-ray-collection-coming-armond-white-strikes-again-streaming-debate/#IDComment261692807 Yeah, I even liked her in "Blade II"! Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:17:00 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/11/daily-call-sheet-awesome-bond-blu-ray-collection-coming-armond-white-strikes-again-streaming-debate/#IDComment261692807 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/10/the-guard-blu-ray-review-gleeson-gets-his-close-up/#IDComment261271930 I wasn't aware of Brendan Gleeson until I saw "Lake Placid". What a preformance! His portrayal of the local sheriff trying to deal with unexplained killings, professional interlopers and general mayhem was awesome. I immeidately put him on my "must see" list. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:02:26 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/10/the-guard-blu-ray-review-gleeson-gets-his-close-up/#IDComment261271930 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/09/act-of-valor-production-needs-your-help-to-thank-the-troops/#IDComment260842165 Bravo Fred! Well said! Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:11:51 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/09/act-of-valor-production-needs-your-help-to-thank-the-troops/#IDComment260842165