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Archive for December, 2011
Christmas Around The World
Posted: 15th December 2011 by Yorkshire Girl in UncategorizedTags: Christmas, Santa Claus
I love Christmas.. I love everything about it.. The atmosphere, the lights, the magic, family, the gifts! Okay… especially the gifts. There’s something about that man with a white beard and red suit climbing down the chimney that brings joy to our hearts young and old.
A Clint Eastwood Family Reality Show?
Posted: 14th December 2011 by Dion in Film, News, TelevisionTags: Alison Eastwood, Clint Eastwood, Dina Eastwood, E!, Kyle Eastwood, Reality Show
According to TMZ, Clint Eastwood’s wife and two daughter have penned a deal with Kardashian reality show producer Bunim/Murray, to star in a family-oriented reality show.
NEW Trailer for G.I.Joe Sequel…
Posted: 13th December 2011 by Dion in Film, NewsTags: Dwanye "the Rock" Johnson, Film, G.I.Joe, Sienna Miller, Trailer
The brand-spanking new trailer for the sequel to 2009’s G.I.Joe: Rise of Cobra has been released and it looks… um ok, I guess.
Two long-lost Doctor Who episodes rediscovered!
Posted: 11th December 2011 by Brian in Doctor Who, TelevisionBetween its debut in 1963 and its initial cancellation in 1989, 695 individual episodes of Doctor Who were produced, and one of the great scandals of television history is that of those 695 episodes over a hundred of them (all from the show’s 1960s black-and-white era) were summarily erased by the BBC in the mid-1970s […]
Chicago Blues Guitar Icon, Hubert Sumlin Passes at 80
Posted: 10th December 2011 by Dion in Music, News, ObituariesTags: Chess Records, Cream, David Johansen, Eric Clapton, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Muddy Waters, Obituaries, Robbie Krieger, Robbie Robertson, The Blues, The Delta, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Willie Dixon
Blues Guitar legend Hubert Sumlin, whose signature scream and snarl defined Howlin’ Wolf’s sound, died in Wayne, New Jersey this week at the age of 80. A highly underrated guitar pioneer in the Chicago “Electric Blues” scene of the late 1940’s- to late 50’s, Mr. Sumlin is revered in the music, directly influencing musicians such as Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, […]
The Podwits – Episode IV: Mr. Crankypants Goes to the Movies
Posted: 10th December 2011 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Podcast, Science Fiction, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Cabin in the Woods, Drew Goddard, Ernest Borgnine, Farrelly Brothers, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, George Lucas, Howard Hawks, John Carpenter, John W. Campbell Jr., Joss Whedon, Paul Verhoeven, Remakes, Robert A. Heinlein, Shatfish, Square Enix, Star Trek, Star Wars, Starship Troopers, The Thing, Three Stooges
Brian’s got a chip on his shoulder and a bug up his butt about some new remakes in the Hollywood pipeline, J. and Dion try to talk him off the ledge, and many film buff hijinks ensue. Plus listener comments and your Borgnine fix. Getcher red hot Podcast right hee-yah!
The Podwits - Episode IV: Mr. Crankypants Goes to the Movies [ 42:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (371)James Bond Playing At Casino Royale…
Posted: 8th December 2011 by J. Marcus in Film ReviewTags: Burt Bacharach, Casino Royale, Daniel Craig, David Niven, Film, Film Review, George Lazenby, James Bond, Peter Sellers, Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, Timothy Dalton, Woody Allen
The good folks at Eon Productions have been the caretakers of the James Bond franchise, through thick and VERY thin for almost 50 years. Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig… These names roll off the tongue rather easily as all being the aliases of 007. Thanks to the” miracle” […]
R.I.P. Harry Morgan (1915-2011)
Posted: 7th December 2011 by Dion in Film, News, ObituariesTags: Dragnet, Dragonwyck, Harry Morgan, High Noon, Inherit the Wind, Jack Webb, M*A*S*H*, Oxbow Incident
Harry Morgan, the veteran actor with over 100 films under his belt, died today at the young age of 96. Morgan, who acted in such classics as The Oxbow Incident, Inherit the Wind, Dragonwyck and High Noon passed away at his home in Los Angeles Wednesday morning.
Muppet Song “Mahna Mahna” Sourced to a Porno
Posted: 6th December 2011 by Dion in Music, News, Sex, The MuppetsTags: Jim Henson, Mahna mahna, Sweden: Heaven and Hell, The Big Lebowski, The Muppets, XXX
Who would of known. I don’t know why it has taken until 2011 for this to come out, but rumor on the street is the classic Muppet song “Mahna Mahna” is from a 1968 Italian porn film entitled Sweden: Heaven and Hell. Huh.