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Big Hollywood : Celebrities Mourn Houston's Passing on Twitter

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:35:20 +0000

Wow! Should have titled this article, "Fifteen celebs trying to make themselves relevant." Dave Chappelle puts things in perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo-ddYhXAZc

Big Hollywood : Grammy Awards Open with Prayer for 'Fallen Sister' Whitney Houston

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:26:55 +0000

I think you just hit on why the music industry is mourning Whitney -- she didn't need autotune.

Big Hollywood : 'SNL' Targets GOP - Again - with Opening Sketch

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:20:30 +0000

I have to admit, I'm not a Romney fan (go Ron Paul!), but still I found it devoid of humor. What's really funny -- unlike this clip -- is that I just had an epiphany as to why SNL is so defensive of Obama, and it has less to do with politics than you can imagine. Now, let's look at Obama for a second and go back to his 2008 campaign. As we all know, Obama never released any of his college transcripts, scholarly writings or anything that would expose his psyche from back when he was a consumer of academia. Also, we know that Obama has no writings attributed to him post-JD outside of his two books (which likely were scribed by a ghostwriter). Back in '08, we all thought that it was to hide is Socialist streak, but even if that were true, it would hide the whole story. Fast forward to the present time -- where we have $Trillion deficits ad infinitum, exacerbatingly waning job security at home, and chaos abroad; in other words, we are witnessing an incompetent job performance by Obama in the role of Chief Executive that rivals Jimmy Carter. Now, the reason Obama is performing so poorly is that the most important trait required of a leader is critical thinking, which he has often shown lacking the last three+ years -- which is also why he hasn't published in any journal (even though he was a college professor), and why his campaign has been so reticent about releasing anything related to his academic record. And, when you look at the SNL folks, whose own critical thought seemed to go to the grave with the late, great Phil Hartman (which is documented in the clip above -- or any clip from the show since the late 90's for that matter), it would make sense that the writing staff for this show would be acutely aware of Obama's analytical vapidity -- something they seem to share with the current POTUS. So, it makes sense they would defend Obama to the hilt even if Meyers, et al. happened to be right-leaning. After all, it's just human nature to defend someone who shares your own deficiencies -- a common political worldview just strengthens it. Then again, that political worldview might just be a byproduct of a lack of critical thought. I would hope that's not the case, but the empirical evidence runs contrary to my desires.

Big Hollywood : Samuel L. Jackson: 'I Voted for Barack Because He Was Black'; His Message Didn't Mean $%*@ To Me

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:10:42 +0000

Eddie Vedder never left, either.

Big Hollywood : Samuel L. Jackson: 'I Voted for Barack Because He Was Black'; His Message Didn't Mean $%*@ To Me

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:08:39 +0000

I guess you've never read Lewis Diuguid.

Big Journalism : Dare to Dream: 'Tweets and Blogs Threaten Future of Newspapers'

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 04:03:30 +0000

Same thing happened in Houston back in 1990 with the left-wing Post and the conservative Chronicle. Unfortunately, most of the Post writers emerged from the shakeup, and the Chronicle now is as liberal as the Post ever was.

Big Hollywood : Leave Ellen Alone: 'Family Group' Protests JCPenney for Hiring DeGeneres

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 03:42:58 +0000

I'm with you on that, but it doesn't look like she got her funny back.

Big Hollywood : As Leftist Hollywood Turns Their Back Against Breast Cancer Reseach, Patricia Heaton Stands Up for K

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 03:35:41 +0000

If David Bowie can recognize that abortion is infanticide, there might be a point to be made about that.

Big Hollywood : 'Chronicle' Review: Superhero Saga for the Facebook Generation

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 03:24:13 +0000

It was...

Big Hollywood : Box Office Predictions: 'Chronicle' Takes the Movies, Pats Take the Super Bowl

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 03:12:24 +0000

I don't know if it's that original. I just saw it and thought it was to Akira what Hangover 2 was to Hangover.

Big Hollywood : Daily Call Sheet: SAG Snubs Clooney & Streep, 'Ferris' Returns, and the Death of Cable TV?

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:57:24 +0000

Even better, why no Smiths' song when he's at the Natural History Museum? Just as an aside, First Friday rocks!

Big Hollywood : Katy Perry, the Simpson Sisters and Exchanging Faith for Fleeting Fame

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:40:29 +0000

What the Hell's a German? We don't say that in America.

Big Hollywood : What Shoulda Won? 2000 Best Picture Academy Award

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:24:02 +0000

"Chancellor Valorum is a character that will be remembered for-never." Wow! He went from "Kneel before Zod!," to getting jobbed by Palpatine. I should read IMDB more because I didn't know that was him. Apparently, there are small parts.

Big Hollywood : 'Underworld Awakening' Review: Beckinsale's Franchise Return Marks Time Better Spent Asleep

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:01:37 +0000

The former talks to kids who sees dead franchises.

Big Hollywood : Redford Blasts Blockbusters Films, Silent on Stars with Budget-Busting Salaries

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:07:06 +0000

Kids In The Hall point out the irony here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWEnqC1uPu0