Bye-Bye to a Decade of Celebrity Scandal
Farewell to 2010 and to some of the decade's scandalous celebrity news which, in my humble opinion, got too much airtime. Looking back on the past 10 years of celebrity coverage, Hollywood reports...
View ArticleWhy MTV Should Shed the Public Service Spin on ‘Skins’
If you read my last post of 2010, I wasn't intending to be prophetic, but it also didn't take a crystal ball to see that actor Charlie Sheen was spiraling out of control, or that Tiger Woods would...
View ArticleKeep Questions About Reality TV Out of the SAT Exam
I am not a fan of reality TV, or "junk reality" as I referred to it in this earlier post. However, over at the College Board, the organization in charge of administering the Scholastic Aptitude Test...
View ArticleWhoever Was Stupid Enough to Pick Up This Botox-Mom Story Should Pay
This latest Balloon Boy-type hoax involving the 8-year-old girl getting pricked by her own mother’s Botox-laden hand might turn out to be a disgusting ploy used to tug at our heartstrings to sell us...
View Article‘Judy Moody': Deliberately Annoying and Definitely Heartwarming
Going to the movies with the little ones is risky business. Lately, it's all too common to be taken by surprise by some of the high tech gimmicks, swaggering violence, or other age-inappropriate...
View ArticleA Badge-Free Comic-Con: May the Force Be With Us!
You don't need no stinking badges to be part of the buzz of this year's epic Comic-Con, touching down in San Diego July 20-25. There's plenty of stuff going on outside of the Convention Center's walls...
View ArticleColin Farrell, Backwards and Forwards, at Comic-Con
Comic-Con first-timer Colin Farrell did double takes and rewinds during multiple presentations for his films “Fright Night 3D” and “Total Recall” at the annual geek convention. The “Horrible Bosses”...
View ArticleThinking … It’s Never Good to Do That at a Vampire Movie
After his film re-debut in the comedy “Horrible Bosses” (which I enjoyed very much), Colin Farrell comes back with a vengeance in “Fright Night” in 3D, a remake of the 1985 horror film. This version...
View ArticleWho Said Reality TV Is All Bad?
The Modern Gypsies, the San Diego team who won it all in the first season of ABC's "Expedition Impossible," are living proof that reality TV can have an encouraging outcome for the greater good....
View ArticleWhen ‘Jersey Shore’ Goes Ivy League
The chorus of disapproval against Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi's appearance as guest speaker at Rutgers University earlier this year was evidently not loud enough in the world of academia. Another...
View Article‘Spartacus’ Creator Defends the Show’s Sex Addiction — Both Straight and Gay
Heard about the television show "Spartacus" and wonder what all the fuss is about? Let me warn you there will be plenty of mayhem in the upcoming third season of this show to talk about — the primal...
View Article‘The Hunger Games’ Rating: Did the MPAA Get it Right?
On the eve of the wide release of "The Hunger Games," the debate on whether the Motion Picture Association of America appropriately gave the film a PG-13 rating is heating up. Some argue that rating...
View ArticleWant to Catch Comic-Con? Here’s How
Comic-Con arrives in downtown San Diego in two weeks, and you don't have a badge. Perhaps sitting in front of the computer for over two hours while EPIC, Comic-Con.org's ticket sales website, held your...
View ArticleComic-Con Highlights: ‘Twilight,’ Stan Lee, Geeks and the Governator
"The Twilight Saga — Breaking Dawn: Part 2" In a small press conference held at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel immediately before the cast's final appearance in Hall H, the vampires were brought in two...
View ArticleDisney’s New Cars Land Attraction Revved by Movie Magic
Whether Walt Disney intended to use Hollywood as a model for his beloved theme parks or not, walking into the newly opened Cars Land at California Adventure Park's 12-acre attraction one would think it...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Factually Flawed Films Hit Our Classrooms?
Besides anticipating who Seth MacFarlane is going to have Ted wear at the podium as they announce the Best Animated Picture, there are other serious reasons why I am admittedly eager about this year's...
View ArticleMarketing Advice for Disney: Check With Parents First
Is it just me, or has the Walt Disney Company recently made some thoughtless decisions that aren't quite in tune with the family entertainment company's wholesome brand? To be clear, I love all things...
View ArticleMy Comic-Con Survival Guide
The lengthy timetable for this weeks Comic-Con in San Diego doesn't help the logistical nightmare ("Bates Motel" type imaginings) that attending panels in Ballroom 20 or Hall H (Hmm, 'H' for...
View ArticleJack Black Brings His Ghost Ghirls to Comic-Con – but Does He Believe in Ghosts?
Jack Black was last seen at Comic-Con in 2005. But Black was back for the start of the 2013 nerd convention promoting his newest online venture: “Ghost Ghirls.” Black and the Ghost Ghirls — Amanda Lund...
View ArticleI Learned the Secret to ‘Haven’ at My Luncheon With the Cast at Comic-Con
"A few years ago, I was at Comic-Con to get our show noticed," noted Emily Rose who plays FBI agent Audrey Parker in the Syfy channel's series "Haven." Rose has been in San Diego before, but she and...
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