The Setting: Don't worry: they were not harmed and they're doing just fine. I gave a review of the movie The Hangover back in June. I thought it was a great movie and I recommend it. In case you were wondering, no animals were harmed during the filming of the movie. I found this site that explains the "featured animal action." You can read about how the animals were treated and how the scenes were filmed. Also, check out the American Humane site. I had no idea this existed...
The Setting: This Saturday, July 11 is 7-Eleven Day (it's 7/11 - get it?), the day 7-Eleven
celebrates its 82nd birthday.
Y'all know how much I love me some Slurpees, right? Well, guess what! As part of the celebration, 7-Eleven is giving away free Slurpees! There will also be some free cash prizes. Go to the 7-Eleven site for all the details. Get there early because they are only giving away 5 million Slurpees on Saturday. Woot!
The Setting: The latest rumor is that dermalogist Dr. Arnie Klein is the biological father of Michael's two oldest children.When asked about that rumor by Larry King, Klein stated that he had donated sperm at some point, although not to Michael Jackson. And he made this statement on Good Morning America: "I can't say anything about it, but ... to the best of my knowledge, I am not the father of these children," he told Diane Sawyer. "I can't answer it in any other way. I don't want to feed any of this insanity that is going around."
To the best of your knowledge? Hmm...
Allegedly, Debbie Rowe may now want custody of the two oldest kids. Now some people are saying that they may not even be HER biological kids. If the dermatologist is the father, here we go with a whole bunch of other worms.
Well, Debbie and Arnie, if you want all this speculation to end, just take a DNA test. People typically only hesitate to have the test because they're unsure or afraid of what the results might be. Unfortunately, depending on the results, the kids could be the ones who end up suffering.
The Setting: It seems a lot of celebrities have died over the past couple of weeks. Weird...Once several celebrities had died, rumors quickly started spreading online about a whole bunch of others dying. I heard the rumors about Jeff Goldblum and I seem to recall something about Natalie Portman, but I had not heard the rumors about Harrison Ford, George Clooney, and Britney Spears. There's some dude named Rich Hoover who has a site called fakeawish.com, that "allows users to input celebrity names into five false news templates with outlandish stories about their deaths." Apparently, after Michael Jackson died, people used this site to generate false stories about other celebrities. Some people then read the stories and reposted links to them on their Twitter and Facebook pages without reading the "small disclaimer" that said the stories were not true. Others then jumped on the bandwagon and reposted / retweeted the fake stories themselves. Hoover said, "I'm absolutely flabbergasted by the success of this and the impact these social networks have on communication -- and the communication of misinformation."Well, that's the thing. All this social media is great for quickly spreading information. Only problem is, it may not be true. Hell, you don't even know if what I just said is true. Here's a link to the article about celebrity death rumors.
The Setting: Sarah Palin said she will stop down as Governor of Alaska by the end of this month and will not run for a second term in 2010.Palin gave a press conference where she didn't really provide a clear reason why she is resigning but she did say:
"Once I decided not to run for re-election, I also felt that to embrace the conventional lame duck status in this particular climate would just be another dose of politics as usual, something I campaigned against and will always oppose."
One annoymous source feels that Palin's "book deal and other issues" were "causing a lot of friction" in her home state. Here are Mark Halperin's 10 Possible Reasons for Palin's Decision. I think the main reason is #10 - she's stepping down so she can start the process for becoming the Republican party's 2012 presidential nominee. We'll see...
1958 - 2009
The Setting: I really like seeing movies when I don't know too much about them. As I mentioned in a previous post, previews give way too much of the movie away. I must not have seen more than a couple previews for The Hangover, because I only had a vague idea of what it was about. But I needed some comedy in my life today so I decided to go check it out, and I am SO glad I went.Four friends hit Las Vegas for a bachelor party before Doug's wedding. The next day, Doug is missing. Not only do his friends not know where he is, they have no idea what happened last night or why there's a tiger in the bathroom. The movie is about the guys using the few clues they have to piece the story together, find Doug, and get him to the church on time. It is a great ride as the story unfolds. I laughed out loud more times than I can remember. Along the way they meet a baby, the menacing Mr. Chow, and (yikes) Mike Tyson.A la Trading Places and Coming to America, this movie has lots of great lines that people like me will amuse ourselves quoting every chance we get. One of my favorites: when asked directions somewhere, Dr. Valsh replies, "Yeah, it's on the corner of 'get a map' and 'fuck off'." The movie stars Justin Bartha as Doug; Bradley Cooper as his married thrill seeking buddy, Phil; Ed Helms as straight-laced, henpecked dentist, Stu; and Zach Galifianakis as the bumbling but well-meaning brother-in-law to be, Alan. You won't hear me say this very often, but I give The Hangover four Slurpees out of five. It may not win any Oscars, but I highly recommend that you go see it if you just want to laugh your ass off.
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