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Guess We Don’t “Want No Scrubs” – Part 2

Commish — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:09:38 +0000

- Don’t forget to catch the Preakness this weekend where the Kentucky Derby winner is barley being mentioned

- Pixar premiered Up this week at the Cannes Film Festival and – according to this reporter – was a clear hit

- Hilarious cause it’s true: A Milwaukee (?!) blogger took a look at old SNL “talk show” skits to help give Jimmy Fallon some tips

- Sometime you forget that female athletes can also be HOT athletes. So here’s a list of 20 that are boiling

Extra Slice – Video: Are you kidding me? Play that funky music, white girl!

Watch Amazing Beat Box Girl and more funny videos on CollegeHumor

Guess We Don’t “Want No Scrubs” – Part 1

Commish — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:21:08 +0000

- Even though I think Scrubs ended this season on the perfect note, I will still watch if they get renewed by ABC

- Marty Scorsese to follow up his Atlantic City movie with a movie about another Jersey icon – Frank Sinatra

- In two weeks Leno will close his chapter in Tonight Show history and help usher in the next one by making Conan his last guest

- By the way, if you haven’t seen Rich and Michele’s wedding site yet, you have to take a look. It’s a pretty impressive piece of wedding bliss…

Extra Slice – Video: Ok, when you put it that way, I can see how the original Star Wars resembles the most recent Star Trek

Watch My Favorite Movie (Star Trek vs. Star Wars) on CollegeHumor

Big Fish Returns – Part 2

Commish — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:27:35 +0000

- Tune-in Office fans: Holly returns tonight for the season finale (and maybe for the last time!)

- To support the launch of Punch Out for Wii (May 18!), Nintendo is hosting a tournament at their store in Rockefeller Center this Saturday

- Not that the Penguins of Madagascar is a hit, Nick is going back to the Dreamworks well for Kung Fu Panda: The Series

- Yet another reason to hate Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls: He hangs out with hot topless girls (click through for more – NWA)

Extra Slice – Video: Another twitter rip, only this time it looks like it hasn’t jumped the shark!

Big Fish Returns – Part 1

Commish — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:49:30 +0000

- Jason Taylor returns to his rightful home – Miami and my Dolphins (WOO-HOO! now bring back ZACH!) (thanks Michael for the heads up)

- The 2009 Maxim Top 100 are in (yes, that is Michelle Obama at #93). Your top five are: #1. Olivia Wilde #2. Megan Fox #3. Bar Refaeli #4. Malin Akerman and #5. Mila Kunis

- First Look: Check out Conan’s new Tonight Show set (reminds me a little of the set from The Larry Sanders Show)

- NYC’ers rejoice: Baja Fresh is coming to town, starting on the east side Memorial Day weekend and midtown in the fall! (thanks Em for the link)

Extra Slice – Video: Gotta love French pop stars. They just love to be naked in the streets (yes, yes, it’s WA)

Creepy and Kooky – Part 2

Commish — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:46:58 +0000

- With a week and a half to go, Terminator Salvation is ramping up its marketing efforts. Check out this four minute trailer (!) for the movie

- American Gladiators’ creator Johnny Ferraro is in talks to make a movie based on the franchise

- Great article by Bill Simmons looking at the years the Red Sox won the World Series and focusing in on the steroids era – were they all juicing? (thanks Em for the link)

- 10 Most Worst Mr. T Branded Toys: I’m not sure what the Mr. T Rubber Ducky is doing on this list, but alas, it is.

Extra Slice – Video: I’m not sure why anyone would waste their time compiling such a silly list, but the Guardian has put together a list of the top 10 misquoted lines in movie history including “If you build it, they will come” from Field of Dreams

Out of town tomorrow for a meeting – back on Thursday

Creepy and Kooky – Part 1

Commish — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:05:17 +0000

- As astronauts try to fix the Hubble telescope, here’s a look at some of the greatest photos the machine has taken

- “The Addams Family” to join the Broadway crowd next spring and will include a grown up Wednesday Addams (hmmm…)

- The writers of Star Trek discuss the William Shatner scene that never happened (actually sounds quite original)

- Did Michael Phelps really have a three-some with some Baltimore strippers? And if he did, then good for him! (NWA photos of the stripper here)

Extra Slice – Video: Timberlake delivered another fine SNL performance last weekend, highlighted by this great sketch (and no, it’s not the “Mother Lover” one)

Clutch – Part 2

Commish — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:12:41 +0000

- Windows V.7 is on the horizon: My guess is they’ll stay away from calling it Vista 2.0

- With just four months to opening night, Peter King takes a look at Post-Free-Agency, Post-Draft NFL Power Rankings

- “Jose Canseco decided to hold a press conference… [which was] only attended by a reporter from the Associated Press, a photographer, four camera crews and his lawyer…”

- Photos of Rhianna naked leaked out over the weekend. The question is: Are they really her? (and if so, does she really have her nips pierced???) (NWA)

Extra Slice – Video: I haven’t had time to watch it yet, but apparently Wanda Sykes brought the laughs this weekend at the White House Correspondent’s dinner

Clutch – Part 1

Commish — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:31:48 +0000

- Did Boston’s “Big Baby” save the Celtics post-season?

- Green Day’s new album, 21st Century Breakdown, is due to drop the end of this week. Catch a sneak listen at Rhapsody today

- Now that Star Trek is officially a successful relaunch, here’s a look at seven other franchises JJ should take a crack at (I love the Back to the Future idea…)

- Lady Liberty to open her crown again, and just eight short years since it closed (it better have been cleaned!)

Extra Slice – Video: College dude on Price is Right acts like, well, a college dude

Boldly Go – Part 2

Commish — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:15:47 +0000

- As my readers already know, the Star Trek sequel has already been greenlit. “As for what the sequel may be about, there’s talk of examining classic Trek episodes to put a new spin on them.”

- With Star Trek 11 avoid the awful “odd number” curse?

- An ode to the real Star Trek nerds. With the exception of a convention hall, may they never been seen in public dressed like this

- AND… Proof Star Trek isn’t just for nerds: A look at famous actors that have appeared in the franchise, sometime in full alien makeup

Extra Slice – Video: And finally this week… The new Star Trek movie is sure to provide some amazing new moments. Before you see it, look back on some of the classics over the last 10 films

Boldly Go – Part 1

Commish — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:30:55 +0000

- Praised from the nerds, loved by the critics, this is the day: Boldly go see Star Trek

- Newsweek looks at how Obama being nerd-ish makes us all Star Trek fans (def a stretch, Newsweek, although it lead to this awesome cover)

- It’s one thing to play an iconic character (say Batman or Superman), but how do you replace an iconic actor, such as William Shatner?

- Rating the top Star Trek villains (and trust me, Eric Bana’s Nero is destined to be on this list)

Extra Slice – Video: The original opening to Star Trek, as classic a TV opening as they come