A Week of Entertainment - Issue 5

We'll just get the depressing stuff done first.


RIP Rooney - Last Sunday we lost someone who's been entertaining us for nearly a century.  Mickey Rooney passed away at the age of 93.  And he kept going til the last, still making movies.  I'll always remember him for some of the children's movie roles I grew up seeing and hearing him in, such as Tod in The Fox and the Hound and Lampie in Pete's Dragon.  And then of course who can forget the awkwardly racist Chinese landlord in Breakfast at Tiffany's.  He had kept decades of people entertained on the big screen and small.  RIP Mickey Rooney, hope you get your eternal Summer Holiday.


RIP Warrior - First off, I have to say I haven't watched professional wrestling in years.  But, like every other young boy of the 80's, I grew up watching the stuff back when it was still the WWF.  The Ultimate Warrior passed away this past Monday.  I didn't follow him as much as some of the other wrestlers, but I had a college roommate who was his ultimate fan.  Sad to see another one of the originals go, and at such a young age of 54.


Maximum Carnage - So, comic book movie news is getting to be old hat by now.  I'm a fanboy, so I still love most of the movies, but the news front can be a little annoying.  However, the viral site for the new Spider-Man series has reference to Kasady, who would become Carnage.  This is more speculation than news, but a Carnage movie done right and rated a hard R would be amazing.  A Venom movie has already been confirmed, so Sony, make it happen.


Replacement - Following on the heels of Letterman's retirement news last week, they have already found a replacement for him when he leaves.  That man is Stephen Colbert, who got his start on the comedy news show The Daily Show.  He then went on to do his own satirical new show, The Colbert Report.  This move intrigues me because of the contrast between the two men and their respective shows.  Will Colbert bring his political satire to late night network television, or will he change his tune a little to fit the mold of the late show program?  I think he's a funny man and would like to see him bring a good balance between the two to give us something that sticks out from the two Jimmy shows.  We'll see soon who becomes the new reigning king of late night talk shows.


That is all for this week.  It is funny, I've found since doing this weekly blog, that most "entertainment news" you find out there is all the same.  Comic movies, reboots, sequels, and casting rumors.  If there's something of real interest that I may have missed (this is just a hobby on top of my full time job after all), let me know.


Until next time....I swear I saw a dragon!


Weekend Top 10 at the box office:
1 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier $41.4M
2 - Rio 2 (new release) $39M
3 - Oculus (new release) $12M
4 - Draft Day (new release) $9.8M
5 - Divergent $7.5M
6 - Noah $7.5M
7 - God's Not Dead $5.5M
8 - The Grand Budapest Hotel $4.1M
9 - Muppets Most Wanted $2.2M
10 - Mr. Peabody & Sherman $1.8M

A Week of Entertainment - Issue 4

First things first, let's start off with a little title that opened up this weekend called Captain America: The Winter Soldier.  It had the highest ever April opening with $96.2 million.....because it's awesome!!  Now, on to the week that was.


Le Wolv - I usually don't really care much for a lot of the big celebrities.  There are a few though, that I sometimes see do things and get the impression that they are a halfway decent person.  Hugh Jackman is one of those.  (If anyone has proof that he does suck, keep it to yourself...I like the guy).  Being a big celebrity that can poke fun at yourself is a good way to get me to think you're alright.  And that is exactly what Jackman does in this video.  I think this video is great.  This is also the guy who came to the tiny town of Iowa Falls, IA for the reopening of an old theatre, the Metropolitan Opera House, last year, that my sister-in-law manages.  He had a double screening of The Wolverine and Prisoners.  Keep it up Jackman, you're a real class act.


Ride into the Danger Drone - Always with the remakes and reboots and sequels to 80's hits.  Now it looks like Maverick is flying into the future with a new Top Gun sequel.  Not a lot of details, but as of now it will deal with pilots versus drones.  Does anyone else here think that Tom Cruise may BE the drone?  I mean does he even age at all?  Well, I guess this could give Goose something to do.  Haven't seen him much since his ER days.  Maybe then he can go on to do Gotcha! 2 or something.  Or am I the only one who even saw the first one?


April Fool's - Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 is happening.  That's gotta be an April Fool's joke right?  Wait, but I saw the announcement on April 2.......nooooooooo!!


Stepping Down - Last, but certainly not least, another king of late night is finally stepping down to give way to the younger generation.  Earlier this week, David Letterman announced his retirement.  I admit I haven't watched him in years, but back when I was growing up I always preferred him over Jay Leno.  The last of the previous generation is now going away.  I think they've left the late night in fairly capable hands with the new generation of Jimmys.  One of which used one of Letterman's signature bits to talk about the retirement here.


Any other entertainment news worth mentioning?  Let me know?


Until next time......here is this week's Top 10 (box office):


1 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier (new release) $96.2M
2 - Noah $17M
3 - Divergent $13M
4 - God's Not Dead $7.7M
5 - The Grand Budapest Hotel $6.3M
6 - Muppets Most Wanted $6.3M
7 - Mr. Peabody & Shermon $5.3M
8 - Sabotage $1.9M
9 - Need For Speed $1.8M
10 - Non-Stop $1.8M