“Green Lantern” Begins Test Shooting Outside of New Orleans

Principal shooting for Green Lantern doesn’t actually start for another couple weeks, but film crews are doing test shooting for the film in and around New Orleans according to NOLA.com. A section of Lake Road in Madisonville will be closed intermittently on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon, as a film crew prepares to shoot […]

“A Game of Thrones” Officially Green Lit By HBO

Fantasy fans rejoice! HBO has finally green lit the production of the long awaited, A Game of Thrones, adapted from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice.  The series has been green lit for a full season after HBO execs watched the pilot, which was made last year. Game of Thrones isn’t your […]

“Hurt Locker” Producer, Nicolas Chartier, Banned From Oscars

Last week producer of The Hurt Locker, Nicolas Chartier, sent an email out to certain Academy members urging them to vote for his gritty drama over blockbuster extravaganzas. While he never mentions Avatar by name, it is painfully obvious that is who he is targeting. Add in the fact that it is probably The Hurt […]

NOW 33 CD Track List

Here is the track list for Now 33 which will be released on March 23rd 1. Ke$ha “TiK ToK” 2. Lady Gaga “Bad Romance” 3. Rihanna featuring Jeezy “Hard” 4. Jason Derulo “In My Head” 5. Snoop Dogg “I Wanna Rock” 6. Young Money featuring Lloyd “Bedrock” 7. Jay Sean featuring Sean Paul & Lil […]

“The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” Removed Off Hulu

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report are among the two biggest shows on Hulu, but as March 9th rolls around, you will no longer be able to watch them on the popular video content provider. The move is being done because the online revenue stream generated by Hulu for Viacom is […]

OK Go – This Too Shall Pass – Rube Goldberg Machine – Viral Video

Viral Video kings, OKGo, have done it again. (Watch previous videos here.) This time they have done their second video for their song “This Too Shall Pass”.  Although, this time it is a high complicated Rube Goldberg machine that took four months of planning to construct, and lots of run throughs to get it right. […]

August: Osage County – Theater Review

It has been about two hours since I left the Fabulous Fox after seeing Steppenwolf’s August: Osage County, and I am still trying to process the most raw and intense theater experience I have ever had.  Everything from the sets, to every piece of dialogue was exquisitely done, and couldn’t have left me with a […]

Lil’ Wayne Starts New York Prison Sentence Today

Rapper Lil’ Wayne turned himself into police custody today to begin his one year prison sentence for a weapons conviction. The rapper whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. had postponed his incarceration date by a month to settle affairs during his time away.  Among them were: A dental appointment. The rapper apparently had […]

Watch Roger Ebert on Oprah Find His Voice – Video

Roger Ebert has strong opinions on the films he sees, but the man is almost always succinct, and after you read his reviews you can usually understand where he is coming from. In the cruelest form of irony, Ebert has had no talking voice of his own for sometime now. The famous film critic has […]

James Cameron’s Hiroshima Film Falls Through

This has to sting a little bit. In January we reported that James Cameron had optioned the book, “The Last Train From Hiroshima” (read the article here) a book about the WWII bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The book had been receiving rave reviews, and was optioned by Cameron before the book was even to […]