Swing Vote

PG-13 | Comedy Movie
A man gets reunited with his daughter and finds that his vote is vital to the outcome of an election.
Synopsis:
Bud Johnson, an apathetic, beer-slinging, lovable loser, is coasting through a life that has passed him by. The one bright spot is his precocious, over-achieving twelve year-old daughter Molly. She takes care of both of them, until one mischievous moment on Election Day, when she accidentally sets off a chain of events which culminates in the election coming down to one vote;her dad’s.

Director: Joshua Michael Stern
Starring: Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez, Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton, Judge Reinhold, Willie Nelson, Mare Winningham, Richard Petty

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What tha?

These two ummm "films" have me perplexed with my lips extremely pursed. All I can say is: 'Who?' 'What?' and most definitely 'Why?' Also 'Huh?' and "The F**k?"

To wit, first up is Tichina Arnold (Pam in "Martin", aka 'BDB') in a dramatic role that seems to be a race reversal of "Black Snake Moan-The Sketch Drafts". That's the most I can say.




The second one is beyond description. When I saw it on the blog "Long Live The Message" I must have stared at the computer screen for a full minute after it was over.



The "star" of this "movie" is Ryan Leslie, the supposed manager of "singer" Cassie, who is also maybe probably Diddy's fiance. Since Ryan has the head- throbbing vanity to make this butter-fried mess, I am quite sure he is vain enough to Google himself on the daily. So Ryan, listen up-you are made to act like Cassie is meant to sing. Nuff said.

Today In B'Days....

Laurence Fishburne is 47.

Vivica Fox is 44 (cough). Her hairline is 82.*

*you saw that one coming didn't you?

Hello There...

Hi all. I guess it's safe to say I'm back for awhile for 3 good reasons:

1) I was moved by the concern of my safety in the quake via email (btw, it scared the sh*t out of me, and I was in the big one in San Francisco).

2) If I die in a quake, I don't want my last blog post legacy to be a week old "today in b'days post", haha.

3) Your girl is monetizing her blog a bit, which means I have to get my slacking self together and actually write on my own blog a bit regularly (the nerve). I even answered your recent comments (!).

So, there has been a lot of little, unimportant news...I'll get to some of it. Thanks for all who emailed me about the Black Cinema stamps. I actually wrote about them a while ago in February HERE. I usually write about things way ahead of time, so if it seems like I'm late or not aware of something current, use my searchbar to check the archives.

First up. a funny story Sergio emailed me about the Oprah/Tyler Perry "romance" (lmao):

“He just kept complaining to Oprah that he’s this successful film director and yet the paparazzi ignore him,” said a source close to Perry’s camp. “So [while on vacation in Italy] Oprah took him by the arm and said, ‘come on, let’s go take some pictures.'"

According to the source, Oprah made sure the paps got all the shots they needed of the pair while they vacationed with Oprah’s BFF Gayle King in Portofino, Italy last week.“Apparently, he complains a lot to Oprah because she did the same thing for him while they were in L.A. together last year,” said the source.

From IW: Damn, just sad.

Did you know that Charles Dutton served some serious hard time? I didn't. My man has overcome some serious odds. From Variety:

Random House's Crown Books will publish multihyphenate Charles Dutton's memoirs in 2010. The book's working title is "From Jail to Yale.''

In 1968, at age 17, the Baltimore native was convicted of manslaughter, and he served 7½ years in prison.

Less than two years later, he went back to prison after being convicted of possession of a deadly weapon. During his second stint behind bars, he became involved with prison theater groups and after his release went on to college and the Yale School of Drama.

From IW: Interesting.

This is very random: Sanaa Lathan and Nia Long will be two of the voices on "The Cleveland Show" a spin-off of the cartoon "Family Guy". This should be interesting as I am usually not amused by the "satire" of Blacks on that show. At all.

What I am amused by, however, is a new blog I discovered called "You Know You Dead Azz Wrong". It is crazy, hilarious, and extremely mean and ignorant. Keep that last part in the forefront of your mind if you click on the link, and view sigh inducing pictures like this one (sorry folkses):

Revenge Of The Star Wars Animation Menace

George Lucas is well-known as one of the great CGI technological vanguards and trendsetters of Hollywood's current history, driving forward such techniques as motion control and CGI with the single-mindedness of a prophet. So there's a clear logic in the transition of the “Star Wars” saga from increasingly CGI-heavy, nominally live-action feature films into pure CGI animation in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” This fully animated version will takes place between “Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones” and “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.” The Clone Wars are raging between the Separatists and the Galactic Republic. When Jabba the Hutt's son is taken by a group of renegades, two Jedi are summoned to investigate. Anakin Skywalker

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American Teen

PG-13 | 1 hr 41 mins | Teen, Documentary Movie
A documentary following the lives of four teenagers;a jock, the popular girl, the artsy girl, and the geek in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school.
Synopsis:
Follows the lives of five teenagers; a jock, a popular girl, a heartthrob, an artsy girl and a geek in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school. Hannah Bailey is smart and beautiful, but a misfit in her high school. She is a liberal living in a traditional, Christian, conservative town and dreams of moving to California after graduation. Colin Clemens is the star of the high school basketball team--and in Indiana, basketball is everything. Colin is under enormous pressure this year playing not only to make his town, his school, and his father proud, but for a college scholarship. Jake Tusing is considered to be a nerd in high school. Though quite funny and charming one-on-one, he is painfully shy in group situations and crushed with self-doubt. In his senior year, he vows that nothing will stand in the way of him finding a girlfriend. Megan Krizmanich is the student council vice president and the youngest daughter of a prominent local surgeon, anxiously awaiting word from the University of Notre Dame admissions. Wealthy, pretty, smart and popular, she rules her high school;just don’t get on her bad side. When Megan’s peers challenge her authority, she can’t help but take action, even if it means risking her future. Mitch Reinholt is an attractive and charming Varsity basketball player with a soft side. When he puts his social status on the line, avoiding his popular friends for dates with artsy Hannah Bailey, he strains to maintain his reputation while discovering a new side of himself.

Director: Nanette Burstein
Starring: Hannah Bailey, Colin Clemens, Megan Krizmanich, Mitch Reinholt, Jake Tusing

Movie Trailer American Teen

Step Brothers

R | 1 hr 35 mins | Comedy Movie
Two spoiled guys become competitive stepbrothers after their single parents get hitched.
Synopsis:
Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old, lives with his mother, Nancy. Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old lives with his father, Robert. When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. As their narcissism and downright aggressive laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will orchestrate an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back together. To pull it off, they must form an unlikely bond that maybe, just maybe, will finally get them out of the house.

Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, Adam Scott, Katherine Hahn

Movie Trailer Step Brothers
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Cell Phone Unlocking

Sometime we need to unlock our cell phone for some reasons. As example if you want to travel to another country and want to buy a pre-paid SIM card so you can have cell phone access without roaming charges.
When you purchase a cell phone from service provider that promote their network product and offer cheaper or lower prices than regular cell phone prices, typically the company that sold you the phone already 'locked' the phone before you bought it, so you can only use it on their network. This means that you cannot use your phone on any other network, even if you change the SIM card.
There are lots of free website provide the secret tips and tricks for Cell Phone Unlocking all leading mobile phone or cell phone. Some people maybe understand their, but for some people, it is hard to understand and very difficult so they are very afraid to try unlocking their cell phone by their self.
For you who don’t want take risk damaging your cell phone, there are lots of services that offer to provide unlocking capabilities for some money. You can use their service but be careful to check out that their service not just scam. Chose Cell Phone Unlocking service is legitimate and guaranteed.

Something To Look For The Newest Mummy Venture

For better or worse, this third film on Mummy franchise still tickling my curiosity on it. Yet the series never been masterworks of brilliancy, but this bland version of Indiana Jones for the turn of the millennium had it own charm in both of adventure and comedy which I've enjoyed though the first and second film, everybody who has a sense of humor might be will agree with me. But with not carrying much expectation when watching it, I think this newest O’Connells’ adventure anyway still bringing back

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The Dark Knight: A More Believable Box Office Commander

The last seven days, “The Dark Knight” keeps making history at the box office with many moviegoers who really love the film helping their superhero to crushing records on an almost daily basis. And this weekend, once again a new flurry of records fell, most remarkably largest second weekend ever and fastest film to reach $300 million. The legendary

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The X-Files: I Want To Believe

PG-13 | Thriller, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Supernatural Movie
Mulder continues his unshakable quest for the truth, and Scully, the passionate, ferociously intelligent physician, remains inextricably tied to Mulder's pursuits.
Synopsis:
The always-complicated relationship between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully moves in unexpected directions. Mulder continues his unshakable quest for the truth, and Scully, the passionate, ferociously intelligent physician, remains inextricably tied toMulder's pursuits.

Director: Chris Carter
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Xzibit, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley

Movie Trailer The X-Files: I Want To Believe

Welcome To The Jungle Of Tropic Thunder

While Robert Downey Jr. is already experiencing a career revival, thanks in large part to his performance in “Iron Man,” his next “risky” performance as "Kirk Lazarus," an Australian multiple Academy Award-winning method actor who portrays an African American character Sgt. Osiris in “Tropic Thunder” definitely will stands to be the role that define his career. Within the involved racial issues, Ben stiller who wrote

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Today In B'Days....

Eriq LaSalle is 46.

Marlon Wayans is 36 (wasn't he 36 last year?).

Omar Epps is 35.

I'll be honest, all three of these dudes kinda annoy me, but for different reasons. It's their day, so I won't elaborate--plus I know plenty of you have crushes on at least one of them.

Bad And Weird Together Is A Box Office Good

“The Good, The Bad, The Weird” is like John Woo’s “Red Cliff,” both film was prepared and expected as the biggest Asian release films of this year. When “Red Cliff” succeeds to arousing big box office storm in Asia and also broke many records, “The Good” also playing very well at the domestic box office and open a very big chance to make it as the

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The Dark Knight’s Hallway Of Achievements

Day One:
It all begins on the first day, “The Dark Knight” amazingly turn Batman’s joust with the Joker to be an astonishing box office record breaker that easily shattering every previous ever made. The movie's Friday haul surpassed the previous record of $59.8 million set last year by "Spider-Man 3," with a $66.4 million on opening day, due to the great result is really possible for the film to also break the opening-weekend record of $151.1 million, also held by "Spider-Man 3." "The Dark Knight" started the

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Space Chimps

G | 1 hr 21 mins | Adventure, Animated Two NASA chimps find themselves on a strange, uncharted planet where they embark on a fantastical journey to save its inhabitants from a tyrannical leader.
Synopsis:
When a $5 billion Space Agency probe disappears into an intergalactic wormhole, the agency recruits Ham III, grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, to help retrieve the wayward craft. But Ham is a free-spirited circus performer more interested in zero gravity high jinks than living up to his illustrious heritage. The simian slacker becomes a reluctant hero and learns the true meaning of courage as he and his crewmates, the fearless Lt. Luna and their uptight commander, Titan, risk everything in an effort to save the peaceful inhabitants of a distant planet from an evil dictator.

Director: Kirk De Micco
Starring: Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth, Stanley Tucci

Movie Trailer Space Chimps (2008)

An Open Letter To Eddie Murphy....

Dear Eddie:

I'm not much for writing these, as a matter of fact, I haven't written one in 7 months. But after viewing "Meet Dave" for over an excruciating and mind boggling hour, I felt it was that time again. I haven't really been a fan of your film or personal life for a very, very long time, but watching this movie made even me feel sorry and sad for you.

While relaying my Meet Dave watching experience and the fact that this film did 5 million in it's opening weekend, a friend of mine suggested that maybe director Brian Robbins has pictures of you and Johnny Gill in a very compromising position. This theory does seem to make a lot of sense; first he directs you in your post Oscar embarrassment "Norbit", then this current insane debacle, and next up the sigh inducing "Thousand Words" in which you are only allowed to say 1,000 words before you die. Which also seems to be the definitive death knell in your career as well.

I've been around Brian Robbins while working at the studio That Will Henceforth Remain Unnamed (TWHRU). He is a very charming guy, granted, but certainly not worth losing the respect of the general public. If he has pictures of you and Johnny, come clean--I promise you'll feel so much better once the heat wears off. If not, please consider 2 things:

A) Getting a restraining order against Brian Robbins

B) Putting this acting thing down for good, and producing some films that will make us care about you again.

I say this with love,

Invisible Woman

Did You Know....

That 'The Pursuit Of Happyness" was pretty much BS? This from Sergio via "Cracked":

The Hollywood Version: Chris Gardner is a hard-working man with a pain-in-the-ass wife and an adorable little son boasting one of the greatest afros we've ever seen on a child. All Gardner wants to do is make enough of a living to provide for his son.

Through what we assume is black magic, he solves a Rubik's Cube in record time, wowing an employee at Dean Witter and he apparently passes the only test needed to qualify a man to become a stock broker. He toils for months, sleeping in subways and churches with his son at his side, but in the end it all pays off when he claims the one and only opening at Dean Witter, crying tears of joy and getting jiggy wit it in the streets of San Francisco.

In reality ... Gardner did get a chance to show his stuff in the Dean Witter training program (though we're sad to report his acceptance had nothing to do with solving a colorful puzzle game). But, as the more honest book version points out, he apparently wasn't quite the father the film made him out to be.

First, he was so focused on getting a job and earning his first million that, well, he actually didn't even know where the hell his son was for the first four months of the program.

Chris, Jr. was apparently living at this point in time with his mother, Jackie. Did we mention that the boy had been conceived when Gardner was still married to another woman?

In addition, instead of being arrested just before his big interview due to parking tickets ... well, it seems that Chris was actually arrested after Jackie accused him of domestic violence.

Don't get us wrong, Chris did indeed get his life turned around after landing the job as a broker. There were just some things in Gardner's past that they couldn't quite bring themselves to have Will Smith do on screen. Like selling drugs (as Gardner admits he did briefly), or doing cocaine with his mistress, with little doses of PCP and a hearty helping of Mary Jane tossed in for good measure.

Adulterous sex? Cocaine? Neglecting your child for months at a time? It says something about the man that he didn't drop the pursuit, despite having pretty much found happyness already.

From IW: Interesting. It seems those "small" real-life details are maybe what put dude in his downtrodden position in the first place, not just generic bad luck.

Speaking of Sergio, his "Black Harvest" film festival is coming to Chi-Town, aka Chicago. Here are the details:

14th Annual Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video

The Gene Siskel Film Center welcomes you to the 14th edition of the "BlackHarvest International Festival of Film and Video," from August 1 through28

The Midwest¹s biggest and best celebration of the black experience on film,Black Harvest highlights talent from around the nation and around the world,with a special emphasis on our own Chicago-based filmmakers. An array of special events, personal appearances, and filmmaker discussionskeep this year¹s festival exciting from beginning to end.

Filmcritic/cultural commentator Elvis Mitchell is our special guest on Tuesday, August 5, at 8:15 pm, with an advance screening of HBO¹s THE BLACK LIST,VOL. 1, presenting dramatic insightful portraits of influential African Americans. A special advance screening on Wednesday, August 6, at 6:15 pm,of TROUBLE THE WATER, set in post-Katrina New Orleans, provides a sneakpreview of one of the most acclaimed documentaries from the 2008 SundanceFilm Festival. The festival panel discussion "How to Get a Movie Made," on Saturday,August 9, is a valuable free workshop for filmmakers and aspiring filmmakers.

Five Black Harvest directors provide detailed advice on how toget your production off the ground. New this year, we feature a freevendors market in our gallery/café from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, providing information and demonstrations of production equipment. In recent years, Chicago has become a notable center for black independent filmmaking. This thriving scene includes producers, directors, writers, and many actors. We are pleased to present a stellar crop of newly completed features and shorts by local directors, several of whom have presented work in Black Harvest in the past.

There is tons and tons more happening and screening. For more info: Gene Siskel Film Center 164 N. State Street Chicago, IL 60601 phone 312 846 2075 fax 312 332 5859 email mrubin1@saic.edu Visit our website at: http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/

Gosa: Lone Bloody Korean Horror Ranger

In Korea, summer is also conventionally known as horror movie season. But after a series of flops of their products last year, the industry is taking a bit of time out this year and instead trade in some horror titles from other nations, especially Thailand hot products such as “Body” and “The Coffin.” Anyway, there’s still one big exception, Korea will release their lone horror film of this summer season, it’s “Gosa: Pihee Jungkangosa” with the literal translation of “Exam: Bloody Mid-Terms,” the film also known with another English title which is

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Womens Designer Shoes

If you are a woman who just likes many other women who are obsessed with designer shoes, you may have noticed that you spend lot of money to buy you shoes. Today Designer shoes are a hot fashion item and Designer clothing has become big money. You should more wisely to spend your money to buy them. Even if money may not be an issue for you, there is some considerations you should remember when shelling out vast amounts of money on Womens Designer Shoes.
Here are some tips if you are going to spend a lot on footwear or shoes. Firstly, do try on the shoes and is it good for you feet and do not pinch your feet. You have tried them in a shop and know that the style is comfortable. If you already tried, you can buy online because you already know how comfort that shoes. The other factor is Style, be sure that the style you are choosing will be easy to walk in. After comfort and Style you should check prices on line as well as offline price. Other important factor is quality, look at the quality of the manufacturer and don't be blinded by big names and labels. If you are paying expensively for shoes, be sure that the manufacturing standards fit the price. And the last tip, in order to get the best deal when looking to purchase Womens Designer Shoes
. Wait until the end of the season and you will get the lower price.

Mamma Mia! (2008)

PG-13 | 1 hr 48 mins | Musical, Adaptation Movie
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA.
Synopsis:
Donna, an independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, is about to let go of Sophie, the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends practical and no-nonsense Rosie and wealthy, multi-divorce Tonya from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own. On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna's past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities.

Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Starring: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski

Movie Trailer Mamma Mia! (2008)
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Old School Music Friday...

This week's meme is "Break Up Songs". This is an interesting one for me, as I've only really felt two of the break-ups I've had in my whole life. I know lots of my old school crew are going to post something sad and serious, but for the most part, my attitude is pretty much like this hip hop group's right here; "NEXT!"



Believer 1964 - http://ruhoffman.blogspot.com/Cassandra - http://celeb-blitz.com/CC Groovy - http://ccgroovy.blogspot.com/Chocl8t - http://thechocl8tdiaries.wordpress.com/Danielle - http://funkyfingaproductions.blogspot.com/Danielle Vyas - http://modernmusings.com/Dee - http://donotcolorme.blogspot.com/DP - http://therealready.blogspot.com/Fresh and Fab - http://freshandfab.blogspot.com/Hagar’s Daughters – http://hagarsdaughters.blogspot.com/LaKeisha - http://kreativetalk.blogspot.com/LaShonda - http://thee-biz.blogspot.com/Lisa C - http://lisacwrites.blogspot.com/MarvalusOne - http://www.themarvalusview.com/Mrs. Grapevine - http://mrsgrapevine.com/Quick - http://thequickcatchup.blogspot.com/Regina - http://reginasfamilyseasons.blogspot.com/Shae-Shae - http://shaedoves.blogspot.com/SJP - http://sojournersplace.blogspot.com/Villager - http://electronicvillage.blogspot.com/Vivrant Thang - http://songsinthekeyoflife.wordpress.com/AJ -http://overanalyzeit.wordpress.com/Mike - http://thehappygoluckybachelor.blogspot.com/Thembi - http://whatwouldthembido.blogspot.com/ Kim - http://thepunkin-patch.blogspot.com/

If I've left anyone off, please let me know!

Get An Absolute High With Pineapple Express

Pineapple Express is being produced by the new godfather of comedy, Judd Apatow who has brought last summer two surprising success “Knocked Up” and “Superbad.” Maybe he’s not too fortunate with "Drillbit Taylor" or “Forgetting Sarah Marshal” this year, but nonetheless he could look forward to another big success again with this new project, while it was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg

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WTF??!!

This one is too intense even for my WTF Volumes....it stands head and shoulders above the rest. Here is an update on my story the other day on the Nixon/Jeffrey Wright bar fight. From D-Listed:

As you know, Josh and Jeffrey were arrested in Shreveport this past weekend for their involvement in some bar brawl. A part of their arrest was caught on cell phone video and it shows some gross shit.

The video reportedly shows Jeffrey getting tasered and pepper sprayed several times by the cops as he lay on his stomach in the street. TMZ reports that several officers cursed Jeffrey out and used the the "N" word towards him. Josh was trying to control the situation, but ended up getting pepper sprayed in the eyes. The video hasn't been released yet, but you know it's coming.

This is why the cops always scare the fuck out of me. I talk a big talk, but when the cops come around, I become a 4-year-old girly with a speech impediment.

And how the hell are those cops going to taser, pepper spray and curse at Jeffrey?! Obviously they never saw Basquiat.

Expect a groveling, fake ass apology from these dumbass cops in 3...2.....


From IW: I am speechless.

*sigh*

Lord Jesus...."DRAMA!" as my 'zesty' pals usta say.

The wigs alone make me want to lay down and take a long, long, nap.

Early Why So Serious Appraise

Who’s got the game? Who’s truly rule the Gotham City this time around? It’s Joker man…. Why so serious? Agree or not, “The Dark Knight” is beyond doubt belongs to Heath “Joker” Ledger. Jack Nicholson version to the maniac psychopath is definitely just become a blurry history when this newest, darkest, craziest edition of Batman’s most irritated enemy widespread to the

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Today In B'Days....

The always lovely Whitaker is 47.

The usually annoying Eddie Griffin is 40.

Their birthdays were actually over an hour ago, but this is the first chance I had to post. I also wanted to post a related story....

Remember that debacle Eddie had about a year ago at the ultra boo-jee Black Enterprise 14th annual Golf and Tennis Challenge? If not I wrote about it HERE.

Well, Afro Nerd posted this story about the new version of this with the Bernie Mac/Obama function, and I could not agree more. Don't expect champagne when you buy Colt 45, I'm just sayin'!:

Must everything relate to Senator Obama? I think for the moment, the answer will be a resounding, "yes!" First off, please excuse the expletive laden stand up routine as performed by the incomparable Bernie Mac. It appears that Senator Obama's staffers were unaware or had a lapse in judgment by hiring a blue comedian such as Mac and then expecting Walt Disney corporate humor-don't let his recent work on the family friendly, Bernic Mac Show fool you! Eddie Griffin received a similar comeuppance last year when hired to perform in front of the Boule/Jack & Jill set (Black Enterprise members/supporters, more specifically) and his microphone was snatched from him by Enterprise publisher, Earl Graves. This time it was Obama coming to the "rescue" and denouncing. Word of advice to the good Senator-you can't denounce everyone. Check out this excerpt, courtesy of the Huffington Post:

CHICAGO (AP) _ Comedian Bernie Mac endured some heckling and a campaign rebuke during a surprise appearance Friday night at a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Toward the end of a 10-minute standup routine at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Chicago, the 50-year-old star of "The Bernie Mac Show" joked about menopause, sexual infidelity and promiscuity, and used occasional crude language.

"My little nephew came to me and he said, 'Uncle, what's the difference between a hypothetical question and a realistic question?'" Mac said. "I said, I don't know, but I said, 'Go upstairs and ask your mother if she'd make love to the mailman for $50,000.'"

As the joke continued, the punchline evoked an angry response from at least one person in the audience, who said it was offensive to women.

"It's not funny. Let's get Barack on," a man shouted from the crowd, which paid $2,300 each to support the Illinois senator.

About 15 minutes later, Obama tried to smooth things over with a joke of his own.

"We can't afford to be divided by race. We can't afford to be divided by region or by class and we can't afford to be divided by gender, which by the way, that means, Bernie, you've got to clean up your act next time," Obama said. "This is a family affair. By the way, I'm just messing with you, man."

From IW:

A) I thought that ish was hella funny (I know Obama did too) and wasn't offended at all.

B) Ummm....Obama; you might want to calm down with the "denouncing", homes.

How Bernie probably side-eyed this foolishness

Mummy Is Awoken From Chinese Emperor’s Tomb

When the most beloved explorer of all time, Indiana Jones has return to the big screen and embarks on the new adventure accompanied by his new found son. Another Indiana’s wannabe from the successful Mummy franchise, Rick O’Connell also back on the track this year and found his new adventure with his growing up son who will change the focus of the story from his father to him. The Mummy franchise begun in 1999 with Stephen Sommer's “The Mummy,” a loose remake of Karl Freund's 1932 monster classic with Boris Karloff. A surprise hit, Sommers followed with 2001's

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Red Cliff Blew The Box Office Storm In Asia

New record in Chinese box office history has been written down along with the release of the reportedly Asia's most expensive ever film, John Woo’s “Red Cliff.” The film banked almost 27 million yuan ($US3.91 million) at the box office on its first day of release and total earning in its first weekend in China is 108 million yuan ($15.8 million), according to the China Film Group, setting a record among Chinese-made movies. Its opening day box-office takings were the highest on the mainland so far this year, and higher than last year's Hollywood blockbuster "Transformers," which took 22.41 million yuan on its first day. "The romantic epic fits the taste of audiences of all ages and the upcoming summer vacation will bring more people

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Weekend B.O.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
July 11–13, 2008 Studio Estimates (thanks Sergio!)

1) Hellboy II:The Golden Army Uni. $35,885,000

2) Hancock Sony $33,000,000 Total: $165,034,000

3) Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D NL $20,580,000

4 ) Wall-E BV $18,509,000 Total; $162,772,000

5) Wanted Uni. $11,586,000 Total; $112,045,000

6) Get Smart WB $7,105,000 Total; $111,468,000

7) Meet Dave Fox $5,300,000

8) Kung Fu Panda P/DW $4,300,000 Total: $202,043,000

9) Kit Kittredge: An American Girl PicH $2,357,000 Total; $11,046,000

10) Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Par. 2,250,000 Total 310,477,000


From IW: Okay I'll go through these one by one...

1) Hellboy: Zero interest

2) Hancock: After fiending to see it for months, I finally saw it this weekend. Sorry, I don't care what folkses say, I liked it very much, as I do with all Will Smith movies. When I first saw the director was Peter Berg I thought "this can't be the same dude that was in Corky Romano with Chris Kitean". But lo and behold it was. WTF? A him-bo trusted to direct a blockbuster?

Like I said, I liked it very much, and I think people are way too critical of it--wanting a Will Smith failure badly,, or something like that. It is better than 85% of the films I've seen in the past year....for real. The ending wasn't so hot, and the cinematography was pretty awful (they should have hired the "Spiderman" dude), but I definitely think it's worth checking out and enjoying a matinee.

3) Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Next! At least Brendan Fraser found a decent lacefront wig.

4) Wall-E: Normally I love Pixar movies (the only kids movies I like) but I have absolutely no desire to see this for some reason.

5) Wanted: I wrote about this ish HERE in "WTF-Volume 5". Maybe now that St. Jolie has the twins with the f**ked up names, she will concentrate on other things besides playing characters that are supposed to be Black. From reader Leo Of Borg:

"Having just read WANTED the comic, and NOT having Fox in the movie as a black anti-heroine, this just pissed me off. All this really looks like is yet another chance for Angelina to show off more [permanent?] ink. Feh.

Blogged here with my sentiments and with links to the comic."

6) Get Smart: Don't feel one way or the other. Like Steve Carrell and the original show...will probably see it one day.

7) Meet Dave: Holee shit!! Can somebody say nuclear bomb? I think only "Basic Instinct 2" opened this bad. Note to Eddie: Reality check!

8) Kung Fu Panda: Hmmmm. Don't have much to say about this one either; will probably see it eventually.

9) Kit Kittredge: Ummmm....guess Willow inherited the star power of her mama Jada and not Poppy Smith.

10) Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull: Is this mess still hanging around?

Hellboy To Become Box Office Real Deal Superhero

Even not so stronger as “Hancock” done in the week before, “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” that took over the top spot this week, grossed an estimated $35.9 million from 3,204 theaters easily exceeding industry expectations and outperformed the opening of the original "Hellboy," which debuted to $23.2 million on 2004. The reddish superhero becomes the third comic-book property to lead the field this

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National Lampoon's Homo Erectus

R | 1 hr 27 mins | Comedy, Period Movie
National Lampoon's Homo Erectus story is centers on Ishbo, a philosophical caveman who yearns for more out of life than sticks, stones and raw meat. The rest of his tribe write off his forward-thinking ideas as the ravings of an idiot, including the cavegirl he loves from afar.
Synopsis:
Hapless Ishbo is a philosophical caveman who yearns for more out of life than sticks, stones, and raw meat. Determined to single-handedly advance the human race, Ishbo continually irritates his fellow Neanderthals with ridiculous inventions like the toothbrush, the spoon, and pants. The rest of his tribe, including his exasperated parents, write off his absurd gizmos and forward thinking ideas as the ravings of an idiot, something that doesn't help his efforts to impress the beautiful Fardart, the cavegirl he loves from afar. Fardart only has eyes for Ishbo's studly but dimwitted brother, Thudnik. As if things couldn't get any worse, the enemy tribe on the other side of the hill is readying for war. Will Ishbo ever win Fardart's love? Can he possibly survive a man-eating wooly mammoth or a man-hating tribe of beautiful but deadly Amazons? Can he finally pull his species out of the primordial doldrums before he's history?

Director : Adam Rifkin
Starring : Ali Larter, David Carradine, Tom Arnold, Talia Shire, Hayes MacArthur

Movie Trailer National Lampoon's Homo Erectus

Get On Down Jeffrey!

SHREVEPORT, La. - Actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright, along with members of a crew filming an Oliver Stone movie, were arrested during a bar fight Saturday morning, police said.

Shreveport police Sgt. Willie Lewis said Brolin, Wright and five others were arrested just after 2 a.m. at a club called the Stray Cat bar.

A call to deal with a rowdy patron drew interference from other patrons, Lewis said.

The Times of Shreveport reported that Brolin was booked and posted $334 cash bond to be released. Police could not say Saturday night whether he or the others had been released. The paper said they are part of the crew on an Oliver Stone film, "W," about President George W. Bush.

From IW: Ultradignified Jeffrey Wright in a barfight? Yeeeehaw!!

thanks sergio!

Today In B'Days....

Bill Cosby is 71. Damn!



Lisa Nicole Carson says she's 39. Where you and your boobage at girl?!


Here's Bill in one of my favorites of all time--"Uptown Saturday Night". I posted this clip once before, but what can I say? Love it!




Bonus clip: I also loved this hip hop group from back in the day...they were constantly paying homage to everything Black and 70's from Ernie Barnes/"Goodtimes" to the lovable "Uptown Saturday Night" and "Coolie High"---this is one of my very, very, very, very favorite songs of all time...let "luchini fall from the sky!":

What Happen To The Delayed Queen

One of the most ambitious projects in Thai movie history, “Queen of Langkasuka” has proved as not only the biggest in budget and the longest in production of Thai film ever, but now also become the anxious one to determine it release date. When firstly the film is due for release on March 6th 2008, but then has postponed to August 12, now it has been re-postponed again to October 9, what really happen to the “Queen”? The director Nonzee has gives a statement about this issue and cited Thailand’s current unstable political scene as the reason of the re-scheduling. Nonzee thinks

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Here Comes The Sunny Day

What attracts me first to know more about this movie was it poster. How artistically it describes a small woman stand alone in a war zone looking at the helicopters flying above her head, also with the great vintage colors that wrapped the picture. What then I found after my research about the film was the title is “Sunny” a.k.a Nimeun Mon Gose (English translation: Someone Dear is Far Away) and it’s one of South Korean summer movie releases that will goes to the cinema this July 24. And like what have been portrayed on the poster, the story will revolves around war time which specifically set in 1971 when the Vietnam War is

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A Good Day To Be Black And Sexy....

What day isn't? lol

Actually, this is the name of a film I've wanted to see for some time....a subject that comes up here quite often is why genuine Black Love isn't shown on screen (I mean really, wtf? I know our sh*t is intense, but damn!). "Medicine For Melancholy" was the first glimmer of hope, here is another---spotted on The Obenson Report:

For those of you living in the Philadelphia area, Sundance 2008 selection, A Good Day To Be Black And Sexy, (directed by Dennis Dortch) will be screening at the the ReelBlack Presents showcase on Thursday July 31st, at The Bridge Cinemas on 40th and Walnut Street.

No info on specific times. Go to REELBLACK for more info as the day approaches, or call the theatre.The film was picked up by Magnolia Pictures at Sundance and is scheduled for a fall 2008 theatrical release.

From IW: Love ReelBlack--they are always doing great things!

Here is the director talking about the film: