While I certainly do appreciate his movies, Quentin Tarantino has always seemed a little douchebaggy to me - if you have any question in your mind about this (or whether 'douchebaggy' is a real adjective), be sure to check out Q's acting in the final vignette of 'Four Rooms'.
If you still aren't convinced, check out his act in this clip shot at Sundance recently.
I don't think anyone likes paparazzi, but if you're famous you just need to tolerate it.
Hey, I wouldn't be in that good of a mood either if I was responsible for 'Grindhouse', but this is ri-cork-ulous.
You know the old saying about a "Canadian Mounty always gets his man"?
I never gave any thought to that before I saw this clip of some Toronto cops confronting some knife-wielding nut in the street and instead of putting any of the cops at risk of getting shanked, they just hit the dude with a cop car repeatedly until he finally submits.
To repeat, they use a CAR as a makeshift battering ram - not against someone in another car, but against a guy on foot walking in the street!
If this was any crazier, it would be roughly equivalent to Britney Spears before her daily dose of Risperdal.
Dwight Howard is a beast - every time I see that guy play, first of all I can't believe he's only 21. I seriously doubt the Magic would trade him for any player in the league.
Maybe LeBron - but perhaps not even him.
I think the guy is going to be ripping up the NBA for the next decade, and it will be a joy to watch.
I only have one complaint, and that is this: I don't like his jersey number.
You don't need to tell me that I'm a loser for thinking about things like this - but every time I see #12 on his jersey, it looks out of place to me.
A guy that size shouldn't have a small number like that. He should have a number in the 30s, 40s or 50s, right?
Additionally, a jersey with #12 on it makes me think of quarterbacks, and that translates to a point guard on the basketball court. Big guys shouldn't have small numbers.
Don't even get me started on Kevin Garnett wearing #5 as a Celtic. Speaking of wearing low numbers, in case you ever wondered why baseball pitchers never wear single-digit numbers, check out this strong article on that topic.
I said that I only had ONE complaint about Dwight Howard, but actually that's not true - I thought of another. Not a big fan of the fact that D-Ho has started hanging out with porn stars. Wasn't he supposed to be all wholesome and stuff? What's he doing leaving tickets at Will Call for a walking venereal disease?
That makes less sense than watching 'Pulp Fiction' edited for network TV, and makes even less sense than eating unsalted trail mix.
It's too bad that there is a two-week gap between the championship games and the Super Bowl, because that's a lot of time to fill with useless stories.
Unfortunately, the rumor mill is so rapacious that the media will search for anything they possibly can and use it as grist.
Perhaps you saw the story about Giants' DE Osi Umenyiora, who is a little hacked off at Pats' offensive lineman Matt Light. Osi is claiming Light played a little dirty a few weeks ago, when the two teams met during Week 17.
“It was a war out there, and to be honest with you, I’m not quite sure that he thought he was going to see me again because of some of the things he did and said during that game. But, you know, unfortunately he does have to see me again.”
Even though there are dozens of these little subplots and mini-dramas that surround every Super Bowl, this one caught my attention because it immediately reminded me of Ben Dreith, the referee who flagged a guy for a personal foul in a Bills-Jets game back in the 1980s, and said that the offending player was "giving him the business".
Awesome, and if you've never seen the clip you must check it out.
This led to an homage from another ref years later, who was officiating an NCAA game.
I like how the crowd responds with an uproar of laughter after the announcement is made.
This, of course, made me think of the infamous NBA moment when Reggie Evans yanked on Chris Kaman's junk in the middle of a game. He was *definitely* giving him the business.
And then, finally, I was forced to recall the photo of English soccer villain Vinnie Jones (who has now gone to act in films like 'Snatch', 'Gone in Sixty Seconds' and 'Euro Trip'), assaulting an opponent. He clearly has malice in his heart, as you can see by the look on his face, and the expression of his hapless is victim is priceless.
Why does my mind work like this? How did we end up here?
I'm a little ashamed of myself, so I better stop right there, because I don't like the direction this is heading.
This is a juicy bit of scuttlebutt: Recent reports out of Las Vegas have rap mogul (and co-owner of the New Jersey Nets) Jay-Z losing a $500,000 hand of poker. Sounds like Jay-Z got a little frisky with an overpair (pocket Queens) and got stacked by a Las Vegas pro who probably couldn't believe his good fortune.
"Mediatakeout.com is reporting that Jay-Z lost more than 500k in a high stakes poker game in Las Vegas.
A source at the game told the website: "It was supposed to be a friendly game with everyone betting only [a few hundred dollars] a hand ... Jay Z was down only about [a thousand dollars] when he raised [another player] $500,000. It was a bold move for Jay Z - unfortunately his pair of queens didn't beat [the other player's] flush." The source added, "There were professionals at the table, he really should have known better than that."
You can get the link here, though I think I already block-quoted the entire thing above.
This raises a couple of interesting questions: (1) If we assume that the story is true and not some unsubstantiated rumor, considering that Jay-Z is worth an estimated $500 million, how upset would this really make him?
An even better question, (2) Considering that Jay-Z goes home to Beyonce every night, how upset would this really make him?
That's what I thought.
(A third question might be: Why is Jay wearing two watches in the picture above?)
Some Things You Might Not Know About Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Birth records incorrectly list his first name as Michael
• King graduated high school at age 15 and got his Ph.D. in theology when he was just 25.
• The campaign for a federal holiday honoring King began with Stevie Wonder’s 1980 hit song “Happy Birthday.” The holiday was first celebrated in 1986.
• Dr. King had an antagonistic relationship with the FBI, especially with J. Edgar Hoover - who seemed bent on digging up dirt on the popular civil rights leader. The efforts, which focused on attempting to prove that King was a communist, were unsuccessful.
I thought that this photo tour of the construction of the Indianapolis Colts' new stadium was pretty cool - you don't often get to see these kinds of things until the finished product is ready.
Unfortunately, the name of the Colts' new building will instantly replace the Ravens' M&T Bank Stadium as the worst stadium name in the NFL.
What is it going to be called, you ask?
Lucas Oil Stadium.
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
Good luck with that, Indy. Did Lucas Oil outbid 'Uncle Goober's Likker 'N' Sundries'? That's a horrible name for a stadium, and this is coming from a guy whose home NFL park is called 'Monster Park'.
