New Album Releases 12/13/12

Bruno Mars: Unorthodox Jukebox- Fresh off earning his fourth No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, Bruno Mars now has his sights set on the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart.

MIA: Matangi- M.I.A. took to Twitter to talk about her new album, Matangi. According to Maya, the album will be out in December, it sounds like “Paul Simon on acid” (yes!) and features no collaborations or “fame whore” producers.

Warrior is dance-pop-by-numbers, inflected with guitar. Kesha's strident rap retains all its obnoxiousness on the title track.

Green Day: !Tre!-We should be impressed by the sheer songwriting prolificacy Billie Joe Armstrong and his brothers in pop-punk arms have put on boisterous display. This band that’s been going since 1987 just tacked on another third to their studio recording catalog, and did so, it seems, with incredible ease.

Kris Menace: Features- Nobody listens to him!!!!!!!

12/11/12 Blog Entries

TED
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane brings his boundary-pushing brand of humor to the big screen for the first time as writer, director and voice star of Ted. In the live action/CG-animated comedy, he tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish...and has refused to leave his side ever since. 

THE Bourne Legacy
An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.

Why Stop Now?
When a college piano prodigy tries to check his mother into rehab, he is taken hostage by her drug dealer and swept along on a wild adventure.

ice Age:Continental Drift
Scrat's nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he's been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences - a continental cataclysm that triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny, Diego and Sid. In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home

UNRAVELED BACKWARDS
Just days before Bernard Madoff captured headlines as the largest Ponzi schemer in U.S. history, Marc Dreier, a prominent Manhattan attorney, was arrested for orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that netted hundreds of millions of dollars from hedge funds. Brazen forgeries and impersonations branded the white-collar crime spree remarkable. Unraveled is set in the "purgatory" of house arrest -- an upper East Side penthouse -- where the Court has ordered Dreier confined until his sentencing day

Blog Entries For Monday, December 7 , 2012

Playing for Keeps: Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Dennis Quaid star in Playing for Keeps, a romantic comedy about a charming, down-on-his luck former soccer star (Butler) who returns home to put his life back together. Looking for a way to rebuild his relationship with his son, he gets roped into coaching the boy's soccer team. But his attempts to finally become an "adult" are met with hilarious challenges from the attractive "soccer moms" who pursue him at every turn.

Bad Kids Go to Hell: Six private school high school kids find themselves stuck in detention on a frightfully dark and stormy Saturday afternoon. During their 8 hour incarceration, each of the six kids falls victim to a horrible "accident" until only one of them remains. And as each of these spoiled rich kids bites the dust, the story takes on a series of humorous and frantic twists and turns. Is one of the kids secretly evening the school's social playing field? Or have the ghosts of prestigious Crestview Academy finally come to punish the school's worst (and seemingly untouchable) brats? One thing is for sure...Daddy's money can't save them now.

Dino Time: There's nothing Ernie loves more than an excellent adventure. Whether he's zooming around town on his rocket-powered skateboard or stealing an early peek at the cool new fossil exhibit at the Dinosaur Museum, Ernie never lets the strict rule of his mom, Sue (Jane Lynch) or his tag-along sister, Julia, keep him from stirring up some fun. While visiting his best friend Max's house, daredevil Ernie stumbles upon Max's dad's latest invention: a sleek, egg-shaped time machine. When Julia bursts in on the boys' discovery, the time machine whirs to life and closes its doors on the three arguing kids. It whisks them away to a lush jungle untouched by mankind, where a living, breathing T-Rex named Tyra (Melanie Griffith) mistakes them for her newly-hatched children, joining her family with hyperactive dinosaur son Dodger (Rob Schneider).

Waiting for Lightning: A documentary on pro skateboarder Danny Way's tough childhood and his contributions to the sport, including footage of his jump over the Great Wall of China.

12/4/12 blog entries

The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan and the story with David S. Goyer. Featuring the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the third and final installment in Nolan's Batman film trilogy, and it is the sequel to Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). Christian Bale reprises the lead role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, with a returning cast of Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman as James Gordon, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, and Cillian Murphy as Dr. Jonathan Crane. The film introduces two main characters to Nolan's series: Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway), a cat burglar whose appearance in Gotham City sets in motion a chain of events that leads Batman to come out of retirement; and Bane (Tom Hardy), a mercenary whose objective is to destroy Gotham.

Hope Springs
Hope Springs is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by David Frankel, written by Vanessa Taylor, and starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell.

Butter
In small-town Iowa, an adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town's annual contest. 

The Odd Life Of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green is an American fantasy drama film directed by Peter Hedges and released by Walt Disney Pictures on August 15, 2012. Based on a concept by Ahmet Zappa, the film is about a magical pre-adolescent boy whose personality and naivete have profound effects on the people in his town. It received mixed reviews from critics and had modest ticket sales in its debut weekend.

Beasts of southern wild
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in "the Bathtub," a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink's tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he's no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack-temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink's health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother.
  
Silent Night 

 The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve. 

Thunderstruck

hunderstruck is a 2012 children's film starring NBA player for the Oklahoma City Thunder Kevin Durant, along with Taylor Gray, Jim Belushi, Brandon T. Jackson, and Doc Shaw, and directed by John Whitesell. It was released on August 24, 2012.

 

Sports, Entertainment and The Arts

Sports:

NFL won't suspend Suh for low hit on Schaub

The NFL won't suspend Ndamukong Suh for his low hit on the Texans' Matt Schaub. The league will still review the incident regarding a potential fine in the future. Replays of Suh's hit weren't clear as to whether it was an intentional hit or not.

Entertainment:

Co-stars, fellow actors grieve over loss of Larry Hagman

Linda Gray, who played J.R. Ewing's wife on 'Dallas,' says Hagman was 'bigger than life. Hagman's J.R. Ewing inspired Joan Collins to play Alexis, Collins says. Hagman was 'an element of pure Americana,' says Barbara Eden of 'I Dream of Jeannie. Hagmand died Friday of complications from cancer.

The Arts:

Yasser Arafat's body exhumed

Former PLO leader Yasser Arafat was exhumed Tuesday. Forensic experts from three countries took samples from his remains for testing. Palestinian officials want to know if Arafat was poisoned with a radioactive element.

DVD Releases Predictions

I believe that most people would buy Brave because its a kids movie and everyone has kids. Most people would rent the movie Bigfoot because its a horror movie. People don't really buy horror movies around this time of year. Out of all, I believe 2 days in NY would be the least selling movie out of all. There is not really a big promotion on this movie therefore there are not many people that know about this movie.

CNN Student News

                                                     

 Cave becomes classroom for Syrian kids  

A cave's interior has been carved into cube-shaped rooms. Improvised lighting, barely strong enough to illuminate the cavern, shows children sitting, legs crossed, on the bare floor.

They are calling out boisterously, raising their hands eagerly, clamoring to answer questions.

These are some of the students in Syria who, because of civil war, have deserted their schools and taken classes literally underground.

An amateur video, posted by a local activist on YouTube, gives a glimpse of one of these cave schools, which is reminiscent of the stone schoolhouse from "The Flintstones."

Behind the citizen reporter, Abu Diyaa, is a group of first- through fourth-graders who greet him graciously with a round of applause.

"Why here?" Abu Diyaa asks a male instructor.

"We want to keep educating our children," says the teacher, who does not give his name. "But in the city, there is always this imminent danger that the regime choppers or planes will bomb us or drop the TNT barrels."

DVD Releases

I believe that most people would buy Brave because its a kids movie and everyone has kids. Most people would rent the movie Bigfoot because its a horror movie. People don't really buy horror movies around this time of year. Out of all, I believe 2 days in NY would be the least selling movie out of all. There is not really a big promotion on this movie therefore there are not many people that know about this movie.

Weekend Release(top three films)

Fun Size- October 26, 2012; A teenage girl is forced to take her brother trick-or-treating on Halloween. When he goes missing, she recruits her friends to help track him down before her mother finds out.

Pusher- October 26, 2012; The exploits of a low-life drug-slinger get a flashy English-language makeover in Luis Prieto's Pusher, a remake of the gritty 1996 Danish original by DRIVE director Nicolas Winding Refn (who serves as executive producer on the new film and gave Prieto his full blessing).

Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story- October 26, 2012; Rudy meets Hoosiers in this documentary film that chronicles the struggles of a teenage boy searching for his deceased father's approval by pursuing the impossible dream of becoming the first one-armed basketball player in NCAA Division One history.

Sports.

ESPN Fantasy Projection.

It's not surprising that last season's compressed schedule took its toll on Wade, who turned 30 years old in January. He missed 17 games and required offseason knee surgery, though he should be fully healthy when this season starts. The downside is that the Heat likely will put less weight on his shoulders to limit his injury risk. Even last season we saw some dramatic changes in his production. He doesn't attack the lane as much; last year, he took 2.5 fewer free throw attempts and snagged 1.6 fewer rebounds per game than the previous season. He also essentially stopped shooting 3s. At this stage of his career, he's no longer a top-five fantasy option, but he should be a steady contributor worthy of an early second-round pick. Let's just hope he can stay healthy.

IPAD Mini

IPAD MINI.

Yes, the iPad mini was finally showN. Sporting a new design, the iPad mini is just 7.2mm thick and weighs just 308g, and the big news is that it packs a 7.9-inch, 1,024 x 768 screen - the same resolution as the iPad 2.

Apple has dubbed the iPad mini "every inch an iPad", highlighting the fact that the 275,000 iPad specific apps will run seamlessly on the smaller slate, so users won't have to worry about any unsightly black spaces as seen on .

movie ive seen last weekend

PIRAHNA

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Fisherman Matt Boyd (Richard Dreyfuss) is fishing in Lake Victoria, Arizona when a smallearthquake hits, splitting the lake floor and causing a whirlpool. Boyd falls in and is ripped apart by a school of piranhas that emerge from the chasm and ascend the vortex.

Jake Forester (Steven R. McQueen) is admiring attractive tourists as spring break begins. He reunites with his old crush, Kelly (Jessica Szohr) and meets Derrick Jones (Jerry O'Connell), an eccentric pornographer, as well as Danni Arslow (Kelly Brook), one of his actresses. Derrick convinces Jake to show him good spots on the lake for filming a pornographic movie. That night, Jake's mother, Sheriff Julie Forester (Elisabeth Shue), searches for the missing Matt Boyd with Deputy Fallon (Ving Rhames). They find his mutilated body and contemplate closing the lake, however this is made difficult by two thousand partying college students on spring break who are important for bringing revenue to the small town. The next morning, a lone cliff diver is attacked and consumed by the marauding fish.

Jake bribes his sister and brother, Laura (Brooklynn Proulx) and Zane (Sage Ryan), to stay home alone so that he can show Derrick around the lake. After Jake leaves, Zane drafts Laura to go fishing on a small sandbar island. They forget to tie the boat down and are stranded in the middle of the lake. Meanwhile, Jake goes to meet with Derrick and runs into Kelly, who invites herself onto Derrick’s boat, The Barracuda. Jake meets Crystal Shepard (Riley Steele), another of Derrick’s actresses, and cameraman Andrew Cunningham (Paul Scheer).

International News Report

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BAD PAKH, Afghanistan — When American military advisers fly into Afghan Army outposts like the one nestled on the floor of this forested valley, they keep their body armor on and their weapons loaded.

Their guard was up even though they were there for a day of training Afghan soldiers without once leaving the confines of a fortified base — even when chatting with the Afghan officers over a lunch of goat meat and yogurt.

Afghan soldiers and police officers have gunned down 51 American and allied troops so far this year, and now no one is taking chances. The advisers’ extreme caution lays bare the steep challenge ahead after the official end of the American troop “surge” on Friday and as the mission shifts toward the next chapter of the war: preparing the Afghans to fight on their own.

“They come here and they look like they are going to fight us,” said Sgt. Abdul Karim Haq, 25, an Afghan soldier at the outpost. “They are always talking down to us like we are little children.”

18 Year-Old Henok Tesfaye

Henok Tesfaye

ATLANTA — An arrest has been made in the Tuesday shooting death of a DeKalb County teen.
Late Thursday, investigators from the DeKalb Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad apprehended Henok Tesfaye for allegedly killing 16-year-old Frederick English, authorities said.
Tesfaye, 18, has been charged with murder. He was also wanted for a Sept. 4 armed robbery in which he is accused of taking an Apple iPhone and $250 at gunpoint.On Tuesday, police said, English was walking with friends in a residential neighborhood near Lithonia when someone in a black vehicle pulled up and started shooting. English was hit and staggered to the next street, where residents tried – unsuccessfully, according to Channel 2 Action News – to call for help through 911 before driving him to the hospital.

DvD Release,this week

Your Sister's Sister's
DvD Release.

 A year after his brother Tom's death, Jack is still struggling emotionally and Mentally . When he makes ascene at a memorial party, Tom's best friend Iris  offers up her family cabin on an island in the Pacific Northwest so Jack can seek The Pain . Once there, however, he runs into Iris' sister Hannah who is of a seven-year relationship and finds solace in Tom's unexpected presence. A blurry evening of drinking concludes with an awkward sexual incident, made worse by Iris' sudden presence at the cabin the next morning.

I would watch this movie because its emotional and happy moments thats why this movie will interest me.

Film/Entertainment

Meagan Good 
Film/Entertainment
 is an American film and television actress and occasional film producer. Beginning her career at the age of four, Good has appeared in numerous commercials, television shows, feature films, and music videos

Olympic's 2012-Sports

Olympics Women Usa Track
-Allyson Felix 
is a track and field athlete, who competes  for the USA. Her specialty is the 200 meter race , winning the 2012 Olympic gold, two Olympic silver medals, and three world championship golds. She also competes at the 100 meter and the 400 meter distances, winning three Olympic gold medals as a member of the United States' women's relay teams, two at 4x400 meters and one as part of the world record 4×100 meter team.