Movie Review: Opening tomorrow, Chronicle. Three High School buddies make an amazing discovery that gives them super powers. At first they have fun with their newly acquired powers, but soon things get out of control. Fabulous effects and great script, this is a very good sci-fi thriller and this could become a franchise with more to come. (Rated PG-13) – (84 Minutes) – (3 Stars).

Super Bowl Stuff: More food is eaten on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day – other than Thanksgiving. By The Number – Super Bowl Food Nuggets, 1.25 billion chicken wings eaten if laid end-to-end would circle the globe twice. Oh yeah, there’ll also be 1.3 billion gallons of beer consumed.

TV News: Simon Cowell is in real hot water. He promised FOX X-Factor would beat Idol, dominate ratings and make the network millions. Well, none of that has happened and sponsors are now abandoning ship. No wonder Simon is firing everybody. … NBC is betting the farm on their new show, Smash. They are betting over $30 million in production and promotion money, that Smash moves them from #4 to #3 network next quarter. If it does, it will generate $450 million in new revenue next quarter. … MTV has green lighted a spin off of Jersey Shore, but Hoboken N.J. Mayor Dawn Zimmer has told MTV, they’re not welcome in her city.

Odds and Ends: I told you the Jackson Brothers and Larry King’s 1 Man Show were canceled. However, the William Shatner 1 Man Show opens this week in New York and will play 15 other cities through the summer.

TV Review: A new, hilarious, reality show debuts tonight, on the TLC network. You’re not going to believe it, it’s about 3 single Princes (like Prince Charles). All 3 are filthy rich, and have moved into a house together. Cameras follow them as they look for love and spouses! The problem is they’re clowns. One is a very fat African Prince named Zulu, one is from Sir Lanka and must find a wife or lose his inheritance and the third is from one of the richest families in India – oh yeah, he’s gay and looking for a dude to marry. Hilarious! Undercover Princes (3 Stars).

Super Bowl and Celebrities: Adam Sandler, Ben Affleck, Michael Douglas, Steven Tyler, Bill Clinton, Bill O’Riley, Robert De Niro and Spike Lee are all going to the game. I’ll have more on the Super Bowl all week.

Concert Tours Canceled for Lack Of Interest: Larry King One Man Show and The Jackson Brothers reunion tour with Randy, Marlin and Tito! Not going to happen.

Odds and Ends: Mickey Rourke has been showing up at gay bars in N.Y. It’s research, Mickey will play Garth Thomas, the greatest Rugby player of all times, who played in Wales and kept it secret that he was gay. … Michelle Williams, nominated for Best Actress, is a great mom, taking the next 2 years off just to raise her daughter. The baby daddy was Heath Ledger. … Katie Couric’s new Talk show, coming this summer, has now cleared all Top 50 markets and scoop is, the show will be a smash!

БогородицаScoop on Demi Moore: 24 hours before being rushed to the hospital, Demi was with friends and described as wobbly, confused and having trouble talking. 5 foot 5, Demi only weighs 90 pounds. And as far as we know, Ashton Kutcher still hasn’t contacted Demi’s family about her condition.

Movie Review: Man On A Ledge is a solid thriller in every way – plot, script, acting and entertainment value. Falsely accused of stealing a diamond and looking at hard time in Sing Sing, Nick, played by Sam Worthington, escapes custody when allowed to attend his fathers funeral and ends up on a Manhattan sky scrapper ledge, threatening to jump. Elizabeth Banks is the police negotiator trying to talk him down, but there’s a lot more to the story.
(Rated PG-13) – (98 Minutes) – (3 Stars).

TV Review: Saturday night on HBO, a great documentary, Namath, the story of former New York Jet quarterback Joe Namath, with a lot of vintage film from his Little League days to Super Bowl 3 and being a party animal! Even if you are not a big football fan, you’ll love this. (4 Stars).

TV News: The Office has really gone down hill since Steve Carrell left the show, but that won’t stop NBC and producers from doing a spin show, starring Rainn Wilson. Yep, Dwight Shrute is getting his own show. … When a recent American Idol contestant was cut, the reject lashed out by taking a shot at Steven Tyler’s National Anthem caterwauling.

Love Nugget: P-Diddy wanted Cameron Diaz to pass on Fashion Week in Paris and stay with him in New York, they argued and argued and argued and Cameron is in Paris today.

Nitrous Oxide, pain killers and lots of pot is what put Demi Moore in the hospital. She has been severely depressed since the divorce.

Interesting Oscar/Super Bowl nugget: Ann Mara, the majority owner of the Super Bowl bound New York Giants, is the grandmother of Best Actress nominee, Rooney Mara, from Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

TV Ratings: Top 4 slots last week were NFL Football and American Idol. Then CBS dominated, Big Bang Theory, Person of Interest, Mentalist, NCSI, 2 ½ Men and Criminal Minds. That is huge! … TV News: NBC News has quietly dropped Chelsea Clinton’s contract. … In the Oscar nominated movie, Artist, there is a Jack Russel terrier that steals every scene he’s in, well, Simon Cowel has hired that dog to carry out props on next season’s X-Factor and America’s Got Talent.

Sports Shorts: 50 Cent bet and WON $525,000 on the New York Giants against the S.F. 49Ers! He’s letting it ride on N.Y. in the Super Bowl. … Promoters did not pay Tiger Woods $1.5 million just to show up for their tournament in Dubai, they paid him $2 million, just to show up! … Michael Jordan owns great steak restaurants in Chicago, Connecticut and New York. Now looking into opening Michael Jordan Burgers!

Medicare News: Mick Jagger is planning a major face lift and Keith Richards, who had serious eye surgery last week, will have to have another eye surgery. Friends worry Keith is losing his site.

The Academy nominated 9 movies for Best Picture. They could have kept it to 5, The Help, War Horse, Hugo, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and the odd duck The Artist! As for the other 4 films. Descendants, Moneyball Midnight in Paris were good, but not great, And I hated Tree Of Life. I don’t think George Clooney or Brad Pitt deserved Best Actor nominations! Instead I believe for Ryan Gosling for Ides of March and Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar should have been nominated, they were great! Best Actress is the best category. Viola Davis for The Help should win, but Meryl Streep for Iron Lady and Glen Close who played a man in Albert Nobbs, have a chance. Michele Williams in My Week with Marilyn is a long shot.

TV Review: Tonight on FOX, the premier of Touch, with Kiefer Sutherland as the father of an autistic boy who is obsessed with numbers, who can stop world disasters, with his knowledge of numbers. It’s so confusing I never could figure it out. The best part is seeing Kiefer again.

Michael Jackson News: Micheal’s family wants Dr. Conrad Murray to pay them $100 million. But now, Murray has just lost his medical license in all States and he’s declared bankruptcy. How they going to get money from him? And, they have just opened a Music Learning center at the brand new Michael Jackson Elementary School here in L.A. Odd, after all the Child molesting charges and dieing of drugs, they still name a elementary school after Michael Jackson.

Love Nuggets: Kevin Federline hardly ever sees his kids anymore. Kevin spends most of the time out of the country with his horrible reality show. Kevin Federline is now 50 pounds over weight. … I hear Katie Perry just won’t stop calling Russell Brand. … Friends say they were not surprised at Seal and Heidi Klum’s break-up. She has a sharp, mean tongue and Seal has a quick violent temper. That is not a good combination. … Rumor is, Rihanna and Chris Brown are quietly seeing each other. Chris snuck over to Hawaii for a rendezvous last week. … I told you 17 days ago, now confirmed, Johnny Depp and his long time girl friend, Vanessa have called it quits.

Odds & Ends: Oscar nominations this morning! … Steven Tyler stunk it up singing the national anthem before the Patriot game Sunday, but that hasn’t stopped him from telling folks he’d like to sing it again at the Super Bowl. That’s not going to happen. … It Is True? Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber have been pitched a movie – they would play a teenage couple, just graduated High School, that hitch hike across the country, it’s a comedy. … It is not true that Miley Cyrus is going to star in a new Sex and the City. … Prediction – I think Lindsay Lohan will regret the tattoo she just had done that reads, Live Life without regrets! … TV Ratings – The NFC Championship game Sunday, pulled a 50.7 rating and American Idol that followed dropped to a 19.4 – not good for them.

БогородицаThis just in. For leaving the ship before the passengers,‭ ‬That cowardly ship captain today will be charged with‭ ‬Premature Evacuation‭!

TV News: Shocker!‭ ‬On Thursday,‭ ‬in the most sought after‭ ‬18-49‭ ‬demo,‭ ‬Big Bang Theory beat American Idol. That’s amazing. … Bill O’Riley’s book,‭ ‬Killing Lincoln -‭ ‬The Shocking Association,‭ ‬a great book,‭ ‬is coming to television.

Celebrity Dreams:‭ ‬Johnny Depp says he‭ ‬often dreams of being a vampire and that is one reason he decided to star in his buddy Tim Burton’s,‭ ‬new movie,‭ ‬Dark Shadows based on an old‭ ‬1960′s‭ ‬TV Show.‭ ‬The new movie will also star Michelle Pfeiffer. … Michelle Williams,‭ ‬who I believe will get a nomination for Best Actress for playing Marilyn Monroe,‭ ‬in,‭ ‬My Week With Marilyn, says she dreams of‭ ‬her baby-daddy,‭ ‬Heath Ledger,‭ ‬at least once a week.

Odds and Ends: Last week,‭ ‬Steve Martin dropped one of his funniest lines,‭ ‬at a Golden Globe party. Martin said,‭ ‬I really believe the most beautiful,‭ ‬most natural,‭ ‬wholesome thing, money can buy is still sex. … That Suri Cruise is a spoiled little brat – misbehaves, throws tantrums. … After his last movie,‭ ‬Tower Heist‭ ‬bombed,‭ ‬word is,‭ ‬if Eddie Murphy’s‭ ‬next movie,‭ ‬1000‭ ‬Words‭ ‬flops,‭ ‬he will retire.

Movie Review: Opening in limited engagement, Madonna directed, WE, the story of love letters that were found at an auction of WE, Windsor Estate. The letters were between American divorcee Wallis Simpson and King Edward the 8th, who gave up his thrown, to marry Ms. Simpson. Does it sound boring? Well it is. While the story is interesting enough, I didn‘t care.
(Rated PG-13) – (118 Minutes) – (2 Stars).

Movie Review: Contraband, with Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster and Kate Beckensale is an action, crime, drama, thriller that has a great story and fabulous action. Wahlberg is a former criminal, that turns his life around for the straight and narrow. But when his wife’s brother get’s in trouble with the mob, he comes to the rescue and jumps back into crime with both feet!
(Rated R) – (121 Minutes) – (3 Stars).

Busy weekend. I’m in a movie today, then Sunday I’ll be all over the Golden Globes, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Look for MC Ricky Gervais to be on his game, (4 Stars), taking shots at everybody. Always the best Awards Show because of the free booze at the tables and the stars are often smashed during the show. As for the awards, Help should get Best Picture, Best Actor in a Drama, Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar, and Viola Davis, best actress for The Help. Unfortunately, the Hollywood Foreign Press likes to be artsy-fartsy and will probably give way to many awards to the, black and white, silent movie, The Artist.

Odds and Ends: Kim Kardashian did a test to host Regis and Kelly and she was horrible, almost laughable.

Court Nuggets: Latest ridiculous comment from accused child molester Jerry Sandusky’s attorneys, People should remember the name Richard Jewel, he was also falsely accused! Richard Jewel was accused of bombing the Atlanta Olympics, how does that compare with 18 boys swearing Sandusky raped them over 15 years? … Conrad Murray is headed back to court asked to pay the Jackson family restitution for causing Michael’s death and loss of income. Problem is that, the estate has made more money with Michael being dead than alive.

Sports Shorts: Why am I not surprised, two sports networks are pitching a reality show, what a shocker, for Tim Tebow! And, when football season is over, Tebow will hit the road to do fund raisers for Christian Schools.

Odds and Ends: Ellen DeGeneres is opening a chain of Vegan restaurants! The January 31st episode of Glee, tribute to Michael Jackson’s music, may be the best Glee ever and Michael’s kids may make an appearance. … Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Impregnator has quietly moved back in the house with Maria and the kids. … The bidding has started for the first pictures of Jay-Z and Beyonce’s baby. … Katie Perry was suppose to appear at the People’s Choice Awards last night, but was a no show. She is supposed to be at the Critics Choice Awards tonight, but will not be there. She’s keeping a low profile, because of the divorce.

TV News: Tomorrow night at the Critics Choice Awards, Sean Penn will be given the Humanitarian Award. Like him or hate him, the work Sean Penn has done in Haiti has been amazing, he has spent 300 days there. … Paul McCartney will perform on this year’s Grammys and Paul will host two Musical, Variety, TV Talk Specials later in the year.

Elizabeth Taylor News: Kim Kardashian is all made up to look like Liz in her perfume print ads, but while Elizabeth was glamorous, and very hot, Kim looks like a Cheap Hooker. … On the other hand, Lindsay Lohan is penciled in to play Liz Taylor in a biopic for Lifetime TV and I think Lindsay will be great.

Kim Kardashian Nuggets: Sketchers has taken back their offer to have Kim in their Super Bowl commercials. … The Kardashian’s are considering starting their own tabloid.

Odds and Ends: Justin Bieber takes weekly music lessons for guitar, drums, keyboards and singing. … Is it true, Casey Anthony’s lawyers are going to put out her book themselves. … Double takes in Richmond, Virginia, where Steven Spielberg is shooting, Abraham Lincoln. Star Daniel Day Lewis goes everywhere in costume as Lincoln and he looks exactly like Old Abe. … Palm Springs is a great place to be in April. Three weeks of music festivals from Snoop Dog, Dr. Dre, Radio Head, Brad Paisley, Sara Evans Steve Martin, Blake Shelton.