The Fast and The Creamy?

From the people who brought you the drumming gorilla...

Monday Morning Box Office

Following are the top 10 films at the North American box office for the three-day weekend beginning on March 28, led by the new release "21," according to studio estimates compiled on Sunday by Reuters.

1 (*) 21 ............... $ 23.7 million
2 (1) Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! .. $ 17.4 million
3 (*) Superhero Movie .. $ 9.5 million
4 (2) Meet the Browns .. $ 7.8 million
5 (4) Drillbit Taylor .. $ 5.8 million
6 (3) Shutter .......... $ 5.3 million
7 (5) 10,000 BC ........ $ 4.9 million
8 (*) Stop-Loss ........ $ 4.5 million
9 (7) College Road Trip ............... $ 3.5 million
10 (8) The Bank Job ..... $ 2.8 million
NOTE: Last weekend's ranking in parentheses. * = new release.

TOTALS TO DATE
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! .. $117.3 million
10,000 BC ........ $ 84.9 million
College Road Trip ............... $ 38.4 million
Meet the Browns .. $ 32.8 million
The Bank Job ..... $ 24.1 million
21 ............... $ 23.7 million
Drillbit Taylor .. $ 20.6 million
Shutter .......... $ 19.1 million
Superhero Movie .. $ 9.5 million
Stop-Loss ........ $ 4.5 million

Friday Funny

Today featuring Russell Peters (WARNING LANGUAGE-NSFW!)

What That Stink...Oh, it's the 80's!

The 80's had many wonderful one-hit wonders but "The Politics of Dancing" by The Re-Flex had to be my fave. The Band was formed in 1981 and featured John Baxter (vocals/guitar), Paul Fishman(keyboards/vocals), Nigel Ross-Scott (bass) and Roland Kerridge (drums). Politics was a big international hit but they were never able to follow-up on that success.
The band's entire music catalog is either out of print or unreleased but there is word of the albums being re-released in the future.
For more information on The Re-Flex click on this.

American Idol Top 10

The Idols this week choose songs from the year they were born, so for the most part it turned into an 80's night and Paula tried to dress accordingly with her gloves and faux-torn dress. BTW, for some straight insight into an Idol's life check out Amanda Overmyer's interveiw package over at EW.com.

Top 3 Performers

1. David Cook - sure he took Chris Cornell's version but he did it extremely well and hit that big note. He is a lot like Daughtry at this stage, but he is a better singer.
2. Michael Johns - finally found that right song(s) and got to showcase his strut.
3. Syesha Mercado - I wasn't a fan of the song but she is getting stronger every week so watch out.

Bottom 3 Performers

1. Ramiele Malubay - she has run her course and it is time to walk out that door and await the tour before obscurity hits.
2. Cary Smithson - it pains me to put her here because I'm a fan but she is faltering and almost trying to hard. She actually looks pained to be on stage.
3. David Archuleta - he got a bit of a free ride from the judges last night because it was a mess from the choice of song to the opening moments to the dancing.

Before my prediction, kudos to Kristy Lee for picking a song that Simon couldn't criticize unless he wanted to be run out of the good ol' US of A. Prediction - Ramiele should and must go.

Tuesday Time Wasters

Links to get you through a dreary Tuesday

• The best free stuff on the Web is highlighted here
• Check out these pics of Darvaza (The Burning Gates), a natural gas well that has been burning for 35 years
• And probably the biggest Time Waster, the entire South Park
  world is now available for viewing free online (of course, anything from South Park may be considered NSFW so be careful!).
  

Butters' Surprise!

It Was 35 Years Ago Today...

Back in March 24th in 1973 Pink Floyd released Dark Side of The Moon on this date in the UK. The album has sold over 35 million copies to date. For other interesting facts (30 in total) go to the official website.

In honour of this celebration, Bigger Pants presents part 4 ("Money") of the Dark Side of The Rainbow. This is the mashup of the Wizard of Oz and Dark Side of The Moon that works but all members of Pink Floyd say it's a coincidence.

Monday Morning Box Office

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.
1. "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who," $25.1 million.
2. "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns," $20 million.
3. "Shutter," $10.7 million.
4. "Drillbit Taylor," $10.2 million.
5. "10,000 B.C.," $8.7 million.
6. "Never Back Down," $4.9 million.
7. "College Road Trip," $4.6 million.
8. "The Bank Job," $4.1 million.
9. "Vantage Point," $3.8 million.
10. "Under the Same Moon," $2.6 million

Did You Catch This....

• A fan has put together his personal Top Ten Jackie Chan stunts.
• Youtube has announced the winner of the 2007Youtube Awards.
• Mentalfloss has the 5 Greatest Bank Robberies in history.
• And from Yahoo!, the 10 Most Historically Inaccurate Movies.
  

The winner in the Adorable catergory - Baby Laughing (I dare you not to smile while watching this!)

Friday Funny

Today from Ed Bryne.

Free Music Download of The Week

This week's download from Download.com is Mr. David Gray. The song "You Mean The World To Me" can be found on his greatest hits package released in November. Gray's biggest hit was "Babylon" which was released in 2000.

Stalingrad 2 - A Tower Defense Game

A very challenging tower defense game where you must continually upgrade your defenses. Good luck!

American Idol Top 11

So last night, the producers of American Idol decided that the Lennon McCartney thing went over so well, let's follow that up with a Beatles night. Good in theory...bad in practice. These kids for the most part are completely unfamiliar with the work of the Fab Four (should be taught in schools!!) and didn't or couldn't connect with the songs. Me thinks, Idol needs to fast forward about three decades and quick.

Top 3 Performers

1. David Cook - Performer is a good title for Mr. Cook. He made his 90 seconds seem like a little concert and he rocked!
2. Cary Smithson - Great voice, horrible wardrobe choices. Do they not have a mirror backstage?
3. Syesha - Sounded good, looked OMG amazing!

Bottom 3 Performers

1. Kristy Lee Cook - Chose her song based on title and then proceeded to destroy another Beatles classic.
2. Ramiele Malubay - She seems more than a little lost. Ramiele looks very small on the big stage.
3. Michael Johns - Bad song choice but at least he didn't seem so sweaty.

Please, I begging you the American voting public, please send Kristy Lee Cook home before she creates anymore havoc in the music industry.

80's Metal Lives

Forget about drinking Diet Pepsi too feel young. Instead watch the video below from Airbourne, a quartet of rockers from Australia who bring the hair, sneer, and head-banging from the 80's to 2008.

Tuesday Time Wasters

After three plus hours of shoveling I'm almost too tired to post these but I will for the greater good.

EW.com has an interview with George Lucas on the future of Star Wars

Candystand has a challenging tower defense game and other games here

If you like reading books on-line Neil Gaiman's American Gods is available from Harper Collins

Watching Wild Bill on AMC reminded what an under-rated actor Jeff Bridges is. His website is perhaps one of the most unique and visually gratifying sites owned by a "movie star".

Happy St. Patricks Day

The Irish Rover by The Dubliners and The Pogues

Pot of Stew

Here is St. John's, NL we are expecting 50cm snow to fall in the next 24 hours and that is on top of the dumping we received yesterday. But what we really gets to me is the freaks who get some kind of sick, tormented, perverse joy of telling everyone about the coming storm with the biggest smile they can muster. WHAP! Shovel to the head....As a dog owner I firmly believe that I should clean-up after my dog but why do the supermarkets have to provide such flimsy bags. I'm lucky if 20% of the bags are reusable for that purpose...CBC's new show Sophie is actually kinda funny, what the hell is it doing on the CBC?....Right now, I am approximately 1 winner for 100 cups in Roll Up The Rim!!! Arrgggghhhhhh!!!....This season of Lost has been terrific....Good for you Daniel Cleary on your contract extension with the Red Wings....Ummmm, is anyone making a Tims run?

Monday Morning Box Office

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!", $45.1 million.

2. "10,000 B.C.," $16.4 million.

3. "Never Back Down," $8.6 million.

4. "College Road Trip," $7.9 million.

5. "Vantage Point," $5.4 million.

6. "The Bank Job," $4.9 million.

7. "Doomsday," $4.7 million.

8. "Semi-Pro," $3 million.

9. "The Other Boleyn Girl," $2.9 million.

10. "The Spiderwick Chronicles," $2.4 million.

Bravo! Bravo!

She may be a little off center and eccentric would be a kind word to describe her style, but she is also very courageous. During her concert in Shanghai last weekend Bjork shouted "Tibet! Tibet!" after her song "Declare Independence". China's response was of course to crack down on future performers and to state that Tibet is a part of China. The story from Reuters can be read here. Bravo! Bravo! Bjork!

Happy Birthday!!!

Today, is the birthday of such "legendary" music singers as Dee Snider (53) of Twisted Sister, Terence Trent D'Arby (46), Brett Michaels of Poison (45), and Mark McGrath (40) of Sugar Ray. But I think that the biggest music star born on this day has to be Berry Gordy's little boy, Rockwell who turns 44 today and unfortunately for him, I don't think anybody is watching anymore.

Bring Me Dilbert's Head

As you may have read in your local paper this week, Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, has been running a series called "Pronouced Hay-Soos" about a new employee whose name is Jesus. As a Roman Catholic (not devout mind you...do they still say Mass in Latin?) I think they are a riot. You can judge for yourself at Dilbert.com.

Of course, some people have taken offense and you can read Adams' response to one such complaint here.

He Has Better Moves Than Me!

Friday Morning Funny

This morning...Game show and TV bloopers

Link This...

While surfing the web on this miserable day I found these...

• 15 cool Indiana Jones facts from EW.com
• Really cute pics of Flocke the baby Polar Bear from Funtasticus
• From Just a Guy Thing 10 Guy Movies You've Probably Never Seen
• The trailer for the new Incredible Hulk movie starring Edward Norton was unveiled yesterday. You can check it out here
  
  

Adam Clayton from U2 is 48 Today

Theme from Mission Impossible

He Did What Now?

On this day in 1781 Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus! While Uranus does make some people giggle at merely the mention of it's name, it is indeed a planet in our solar system. To find out more about Uranus go to the Nasa website or to read some infantile but funny jokes about Uranus click here.

It Was 35 Years Ago Today...

Back in March 24th in 1973 Pink Floyd released Dark Side of The Moon on this date in the UK. The album has sold over 35 million copies to date. For other interesting facts (30 in total) go to the official website.

In honour of this celebration, Bigger Pants presents part 4 ("Money") of the Dark Side of The Rainbow. This is the mashup of the Wizard of Oz and Dark Side of The Moon that works but all members of Pink Floyd say it's a coincidence.

Sweet Baby James is 60

James Taylor is 60 today. Enjoy!

American Idol Top 12

Finally after weeks of bad auditions, followed by the whittling down of contestants on the small stage we get the payoff. The top 12 hit the new Idol stage last night singing for the first time the songs of Lennon-McCartney. A couple of notes before I divulge my top and bottom 3 from last night. I like that they are making the singers the centerpiece of the stage and moved the band to the Idol attic, and the whole hatin' on Simon bit is getting really old. Every singer respects most what Simon has to say (and want to have his seal approval more than Randy or Paula's) so Paula needs to stop babbling after she has spoken so that we the audience and the Idol, can hear Simon's usually on-point observations. Also, I thought that at some point last night that Ryan and Simon were going to get into the mother of all cat fights!!!

Top 3 Performances

1. Chikezie - the biggest risk of the night followed by the biggest payoff of the night (and I am not talking about that argyle sweater vest). He made me say "Wha....that rocked!!"
2. Carly Smithson - or as Simon called her that Irish girl (when he couldn't remember her name), she is the true rocker of the group even if her outfit looked like a blue garbage bag pulled over her head with her stuck her arms out.
3. Brooke White - it was a toss-up between her and David Cook but her performance was so heartfelt that the lack of power in her voice and wonky notes can be overlooked. She should teach the others (yes, Ramiele I mean you) how to inject emotion into your song.

Bottom 3 Performances

1. Kristy Lee Cook - there is taking advice and running with it and then there is the Kristy's school of thought. Taking some advice and beating it into a bloody pulp and then taking a Beatles classic and pummeling so badly that not even Doc Robbins and David are able to identify the body.
2. Ramiele - no emotion, no wow, no chance.
3. David Archuleta - I know he is not going home and won't even be in the bottom 3 tonight but his performance was awful. Forgotten lines, flubbed lines, and no confidence. Did he peak too early and set the bar for himself too high? I guess we will find out next week.

Prediction - Kristy should and must go home before she becomes a song serial killer!

Hmmmmm...Will I be a clown or a drug dealer?

Let's ask Ricky Gervais...

Free Music Download of The Week

The B-52's have returned!!! That other band from Georgia are back with a new album "Funplex" that is set to be released on March 25, 2008. But you can download the song "Hot Corner" from that album here today.

You'll find glimpses of the band's Athens, GA roots in the lyrics of "Hot Corner," too. "That was a real corner by our old studio, in the Morton Building, where a lot of hot action took place," Kate recalls. "Like 'Love Shack,' the song is a mix of all things Athens: the bus station where Keith and Ricky worked, the dance parties we crashed, the crazy outfits we wore."

Tuesday Time Wasters

Monday is done but there are still four days left of the work week. Here are some sites to get you through today.

• Follow the exploits of that randy Gov. Spitzer in the NY Times
• Check out the pics at Funtasticus (Warning: some pics are NSFW but you are usually pre-warned)
• Play the sequel to the number search game, Mysteriez!, here
• Patrol through the Marvel Universe and read up on your favorite heroes and villains

Monday Morning Box Office

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. “10,000 B.C.,” $35.7-million.

2. “College Road Trip,” $14-million.

3. “Vantage Point,” $7.5-million.

4. “Semi-Pro,” $5.8-million.

5. “The Bank Job,” $5.7-million.

6. “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” $4.8-million.

7. “The Other Boleyn Girl,” $4-million.

8. “Jumper,” $3.8-million.

9. “Step Up 2 the Streets,” $3-million.

10. “Fool's Gold,” $2.8-million.

Righteous Kill - Teaser Trailer

New movie starring Donnie Wahlberg, 50 Cent, Carla Gugino and directed by Jon Avnet. Oh yeah, it also stars Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro working as partners tracking a killer!! Pacino and DeNiro working side by side is what movie goers have wanted for years. Heat gave us a tease but this is the real thing. Watch the trailer over at Yahoo.

An Inspirational Story from The Onion News Network

Fat Kid Successfully Avoids Ridicule By Swimming With Shirt On

It works great for fat adults as well!!!

Spam, Lovely Spam

Now that Monty Python has wet your appetite for Spam, Metal Floss has some tasty tidbits about our favorite meat in a can.

American Idol Season One - Where'd They Go?

In honour of the top 12 being named for American Idol, Season 7 we thought we would check up on the top 10 from season one (called American Idol: The Search for a Superstar, btw) to see if indeed the journey was just beginning for them as the judges are so fond of saying on elimination night.

EJay Day - was the first to be eliminated and has been very quiet since his departure from the show. According to Wikipedia, he is currently performing on cruise ships. Enough said.

Jim Verraros- was the next to be sent home. Jim has been busy since he left the show putting out an indie CD and an album for Koch Records as well as starring in the gay-themed romantic comedy Eating Out and the sequel, the cleverly named (or maybe not), Eating Out 2, Sloppy Seconds. More information on Jim is available on his website


AJ Gil - apparently has taken to calling himself Juda, according to his MySpace page. His website states that AJ or if you prefer Juda has taken on many new exciting projects and that the site will be soon updated (yeah, and I'm still waiting for that restaurant to re-open that closed for renovations two years ago). Checkout his MySpace page for Juda's latest music.


Ryan Starr - voted second sexiest female in Idol history behind Katherine McPhee. Her single "My Religion" has sold over 360,000 copies on iTunes but has yet to release a full album. Starr has also appeared in such TV shows as CSI, That 70's Show, and The Surreal Life. More info can be found on her site


Christina Christian - has continued in the business with various acting and hosting gigs. She will portray a young Celia Cruz in an upcoming documentary. Her songs and bio can be found on her MySpace page.

RJ Helton - what was it with all the "J"s that season. RJ put out a Christian album in 2004 which according to Wikipedia sold over 21,000 copies. His website states that RJ was in the Jan.08/07 US Weekly magazine and they are working on a RJ book. Yes, a book!?!?


Tamyra Gray - considered by many to be the second best talent to come out of season one. But for all her singing talent she has been more successful in acting. Appearing in Boston Public, Tru Calling, and Las Vegas. She also married Sam Watters, from the 90's group Color Me Bad (he was the odd looking one).


Nikki McKibbin - released an album in 2007 called Unleashed on Chenoa Records. Her videos can be seen at her website and more music can be heard on her MySpace page. Nikki also appeared on Fear Factor and Battle of the Network Reality Stars.

Justin Guarini - the runner-up with the "hair" has had a rough go of it. From the failure of "From Justin to Kelly" movie to disappointing album sales. But he is still performing around the US and has acted in a couple of independent films. Justin put out a jazz album in 2006 called Stranger Things Can Happen and is recording a new album. His website and MySpace page is very well maintained and updated, unlike the other finalists. I always felt he should have been more successful.

Kelly Clarkson - let's see; the most successful idol winner ever, over 18 million albums sold worldwide, multiple awards, worldwide tours, and thousands of adoring fans. Yeah, I think she's done all right with this whole idol thing.

Friday Morning Funny

Laughs courtesy of the Animal Kingdom.

The Watchmen Cometh

The Watchmen movie being directed by Zack Synder based on Alan Moore graphic novel is one year away and the first official pictures of the main characters have just been released. For more pictures click here. I'm starting to get a little excited!!!

American Idol Top 8 Women

Well, the salute to the 80's continued on Idol last night as well as Paula's flashback freak-out but only this time she passed it on to Randy and Simon. The top and bottom for last night were:

Top 3 Women

1. Carly Smithson - The girl can flat out sing and perhaps drink most men under the table.
2. Brooke White - She is the darkhorse of the competition. Her take on "Love is a Battlefield" was superb.
3. Asia'h Epperson - the best of the rest. Besides Carly and Brooke nobody really stood out.

Bottom 3 Women

1. Kady Malloy - She's fighting for her Idol life so she decides to come out and sing a Queen song that needs to have Freddie Mercury's persona to pull off. As Simon would say "Sorry!! I didn't get it!"
2. Amanda Overmyer - She's a one trick pony.
3. Ramiele Malubuy - She had a tough week with racy pics of her hitting the net but unlike David Hernandez she didn't rise above it. Her phrasing of "Against All Odds" didn't work but kudos to the way she handled her mini interview with Ryan.

What's That Stink....Oh, it's the 80's

If we had to name the greatest German hitmaker of the 80's of course we name Falco. Or Nena. Or Opus. They would be the greatest that's for sure. Hey, we gave them Hassleoff so I think we got the better end of the deal. But for my money I'll take Falco (but Nena was cute)!

Falco - Der Kommissar




Or if you like the remake (Yes! There was a remake that was a top 5 hit) by After The Fire better, here it is.

Free Music Download of The Week

The download this week is from Band of Horses, one of the hottest bands that you haven't heard of. Or have you? Their song "Funeral" is playing during the Ford Edge commercial where the girl is staring out the sun-roof and hasn't noticed her friends have gotten out. That song plus three others are available here and of course, it is free and legal.

American Idol Top 8 Men

Last night was 80's night and judging by Paula Abdul's weirder than usual behaviour it was causing some serious flashbacks for her. Also, we learned that Randy Jackson doesn't know the difference between INXS and Simple Minds, and that Simon Cowell and Lionel Ritchie shop at the same supermarket. On to the top and bottom 3 according to Stew...

Top 3 Males

1. David Cook - Rocked out with "Hello" and provided the night's best performance.
2. Jason Castro - Knows to keep it simple and sweet. Hallelujah!
3. David Hernandez - David stripped it down (See what I did there, LOL! I kill me sometimes.) and performed "Its All Coming Back to Me Now"

Bottom 3 Males

1. Luke Menard - The man with the weak voice decided to perform "Wake Me Up" by Wham, which featured George Michael's strong vocals, in other words it sucked.
2. Chikezie - Performance was bland and because Whitney Houston performed it, Simon declared it was not worthy.
3. Danny Noriega - His "Tainted Love" was OK, but if he goes I think what we will really miss is his attitude, because the dude can strut with the best.

Couple of quick other notes; have we seen a chink in David Archuleta's armour. He's got to realize that not every week can have this big dramatic number and he has to come across, even a little bit, as a seventeen-year old kid who is having fun and not being programmed. Also Michael John's performance was very so-so for me. This guy seems like he is losing steam every week and needs to find the perfect song that suits him soon.

Tuesday Time Wasters

• Check out these 25 animated shorts from Smashing Magazine.
• Great games are available at MiniClip
• With spring training in baseball underway why not spend some time going through baseball history with the Baseball Almanac
• And finally, from PC World the Best 15 Places to Waste Time on The Web

Mike Myers is The Love Guru

A couple of quick points about this trailer. It looks like Mike Myers is continuing to recycle old material, you gotta like when they say he is coming to America to help a player on the Toronto Maple Leafs (still in Canada, last time I checked) and Justin Timberlake as a French-Canadian hockey player looks hilarious.

Monday Morning Box Office

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. "Semi-Pro," $15.3 million.

2. "Vantage Point," $13 million.

3. "Spiderwick Chronicles," $8.8 million.

4. "The Other Boleyn Girl," $8.3 million

5. "Jumper," $7.6 million.

6. "Step Up 2 The Streets," $5.7 million.

7. "Fool's Gold," $4.7 million.

8. "Penelope," $4 million.

9. "No Country For Old Men," $4 million.

10. "Juno," $3.4 million.

On the Net:
http://www.mediabynumbers.com

Jeff Healey March 25,1966 - March 2,2008

Canadian musician Jeff Healey passed away yesterday after a long struggle with cancer. Healey's musical tastes ran from Jazz to Blues to Rock. He was refreshing talent during the synth heavy days of the 80's. Not to mention he was in the awesome movie Roadhouse which starred Patrick Swayze. His biggest hit was "Angel Eyes".