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New TV Show: Awake

2012-02-17T10:46:00.000-08:00

‘Angry Birds Space’ blasting off in March

2012-02-17T10:41:00.001-08:00

The fourth major release in the Angry Birds series is a departure in more ways than one. The hook? You'll be lobbing birds on entirely new planets while contending with zero gravity, leading to new gameplay elements like slow-motion puzzles and "lightspeed" destruction. And just like with other Angry Birds games, expect those outer-space physics to be dead on.

Dev - In My Trunk

2012-02-16T18:45:00.001-08:00

New TV Show: Touch (with Kiefer, I mean Jack Bauer)

2012-02-16T09:38:00.000-08:00

Moss back to Pats?

2012-02-13T10:27:00.000-08:00

Monday is Randy Moss' birthday, and he had an announcement to commemorate the occasion: He wants to end his brief retirement and return to professional football in 2012.

"I wanna play football," Moss said on UStream on Monday morning. "Your boy is going to come back here and play some football, so I'm really excited. I had some things I had to adjust in my life."

Moss abruptly retired on Aug. 1 with a one-sentence statement from his agent, Joel Segal. But the ink had scarcely dried on the stories listing his career accomplishments -- 954 receptions for 14,858 yards and 153 touchdowns over 13 seasons -- when reports began to surface that Moss would be willing to return if the right situation presented itself. Tom Brady, with whom he connected for a single-season record 23 touchdowns for the Patriots in 2007, even said he'd welcome Moss back to New England.

That didn't happen. But Moss, who turned 35 on Monday, says he's ready to get back on the field and that he has his family's blessing: "It's fine, whatever you wanna do," he said of their reaction to his plans.

"Faith, family, and football, that's my M.O., bro," he added.

Moss' retirement followed a turbulent 2010, in which he was traded by the Patriots back to Minnesota, released by the Vikings and picked up by the Tennessee Titans. He recorded career lows of 28 catches for 393 yards and five TDs that season.

Moss' 153 touchdown receptions are tied with Terrell Owens for second on the career list. He's fifth all-time in yards and ninth in receptions.

Selected 21st overall by the Minnesota Vikings from Marshall in 1998, Moss set about punishing the 20 teams that passed him over in the draft, catching 17 touchdown passes his rookie season on his way to the Offensive Rookie of the Year award.

He led the NFL in touchdown receptions five times, was selected to the Pro Bowl six times and was named first team All-Pro four times. His 23 TDs in 2007 led the entire NFL and his 138 points scored that season were second only to kicker Mason Crosby.

Ultimate Tazer Ball zaps Toronto

2012-02-10T09:49:00.000-08:00

The Ultimate Tazer Ball league – where players use 300,000-volt Tasers as part of the game – is coming to Toronto. Think of it like a combination of football, rugby and stinging electric currents zapping you at every turn. Canada’s contribution, the Toronto Terror, is now beginning to form its six-person roster.

“Obviously, with anything, there’s controversy so we’re expecting people to complain about it being a violent game,” explained Eric Prum, one of the three co-founders of the league. “But if you look at shows like Fear Factor and the UFC, we’re very far from that.”

The game is full-contact with four-on-four players on 200 by-85-foot soccer field, trying to score goals using a giant soccer ball. The clincher is whoever is running with the ball has the opportunity of getting zapped.

And if you were to watch the league’s YouTube video – which went viral recently with more than a half-million views in the past two week – the pain is clear.

“The Tasers we are using are five to eight milliamp, 300,000-volt Tasers, so they’re completely safe and non-cardiac,” Prum said. “They’re essentially stun guns. They do give you a jolt, but they’re nothing like the police tasers (in the United States). The fun thing about an electric shock like that is it creates a spasm that you can’t really control. So if you’re running, you’ll trip or if you’re holding that big ball and you get hit, you’ll drop it.”

The league formed roughly a year ago in Southern California by Leif Kellenberger, Erik Wunsch and Prum — all of them involved in extreme paint balling.

Trailer: The Bourne Legacy

2012-02-09T13:00:00.000-08:00

It's only a game

2012-02-09T08:49:00.000-08:00

If you wonder why that snarling NFL linebacker just blew past your precious little Alexis for an autograph, you can blame it on the kind of insanity we're seeing around the New England Patriots right now.

To too many of us -- sports writers, analysts or supposed Patriots fans -- the Super Bowl is a zero-sum game. Win and we would step in front of arrows for you. Lose and you're the biggest choker since the Hillside Strangler.

Tom Brady is hearing all that ugliness now. So is Wes Welker. So is Bill Belichick. They don't deserve it. They don't deserve anything near it.

"You blew this Super Bowl," Boston Globe sports writer Eric Wilbur wrote of Brady on Monday. "You denied your coach No. 4. You let down your teammates."

This is the same Brady who broke a Super Bowl record with 16 straight completions during the game. The same Brady who's taken the Pats to five of these big games. The one who was on the cusp of tying Joe Montana with four Super Bowl wins.

And you wonder why Brady lives in L.A.

"Epic fail," Kerry J. Byrne wrote of Belichick on ColdHardFootballFacts.com. "Epic failures from one end of the organization to the other."

This is the same Belichick Byrne had previously praised for directing a team that had given fans "a stunning string of colossal victories, big moments, all-time records and memorable games for the ages."

The Patriots should not renew Welker's contract, suggested Luke Hughes of Boston's NESN.com. "It's a hard sell to start with and an even harder one when you consider that [fourth-quarter] drop," he wrote.

Let me get this straight. You're going to get rid of the man who led the NFL in receiving this season, everybody's first-team All-Pro, because he couldn't haul in a ball that was high and over the wrong shoulder?

Apparently somebody agreed with Hughes. Eight thousand Butterfingers were dumped in Copley Square on Tuesday to mock Welker.

Tough crowd.

A little decaf, folks: The Patriots lost the Super Bowl on the last play of the game when a tipped ball failed to stay in the air another quarter second longer so a one-legged Rob Gronkowski could possibly catch it. If it had, all three of these writers would be hailing Brady, Belichick and Welker as just slightly greater than Lincoln.

How fickle are you people?

"There is no fall as far as when you lose the Super Bowl," says John Elway, who lost three of them. "The second you lose, you drop all the way back to the bottom, down there with every other team that played that season. It's like you did nothing. The minute it's over, they literally start bumping you out of the way to set up the ropes and the award stand. It's like, 'Uh, can you move, please? We've got some people to celebrate here.'"

Elway is lucky he didn't play in Boston. People would've pelted him to death with Starburst and never seen him win his last two.

Why must the Super Bowl be all-or-nothing? Why must we detest the losers as much as we love the winners? It doesn't happen anywhere else. Nobody is going to heckle Meryl Streep if she loses the best actress Oscar this year.

You suck, Streep! Two-for-17? Go back to dinner theater!

Remember 20 years ago, when Duke stunned Kentucky in arguably the greatest game in college basketball history on Christian Laettner's 17-footer at the buzzer? According to "The Last Great Game" by Gene Wojciechowski, thousands of people cheered those Wildcats upon their arrival in Lexington.

Jack Nicklaus won 18 majors. But he finished second in them 19 times. Did anybody call him "the former Golden Bear" the way Byrne called Brady "the former Golden Boy" this week?

What happened to grace? To "it's just a game"? To "thanks for a great season"? Fans are lashing out at their team with the kind of vitriol reserved for Court TV villains.

"Tom Brady is a CLOWN," tweeted Andrew Lucid (@TheFriarMan). "Selfish, choke artist, arrogant."

"Can't catch that lollipop? go focus on [your] mustache," Sean Hayden (@Irishsph) tweeted of Welker.

"Fire Belichick, trade Brady, kill Welker. I'm out," sent @VinnyDamato.

Charming.

Were these three men not sorrowful enough? Didn't they hear about Brady sitting with a towel over his head for 18 minutes afterward, inconsolable? Didn't they hear Welker fighting back tears as he said, "It comes to the biggest moment of my life, and [I] don't come up with it"? Didn't they see Belichick standing on the podium looking as if somebody had just stabbed him in the big toe?

As the NFL gets more and more behemoth, the more of this kind of Super Overreaction I see. The more of this two-faced loyalty. The more of this I'll-never-get-over-this or I'll-never-forget-this reaction. When San Francisco punt returner Kyle Williams muffed two punts leading to the 49ers' loss to the Giants in the NFC title game this season, he got numerous death threats. Sick.

The players see all this and put up even bigger walls between themselves and the fans. Can you blame them? Who wants to pet a dog that might bite three seconds later?

"What happened to you?" Wilbur taunted Brady in his article.

What happened to us?

By Rick Reilly
ESPN.com

Trailer - The Amazing Spiderman

2012-02-07T09:59:00.002-08:00

It's a huge group of GIRLS

2012-02-07T09:59:00.001-08:00

~ Courtesy of Care Bear.

K'NAAN feat. Nelly Furtado - Is Anybody Out There?

2012-02-07T09:58:00.001-08:00

My new favourite song!!!

Marvel's The Avengers Super Bowl XLVI Commercial (Extended)

2012-02-07T09:57:00.001-08:00

Brandy & Monica - It All Belongs To Me

2012-02-07T09:55:00.000-08:00

More than a decade after topping the charts with “The Boy Is Mine,” Brandy and Monica reunite to deliver their highly-anticipated follow-up “It All Belongs To Me,” which has leaked online. No longer fighting over the same man, they’ve matured and are finally ready to kick him to the curb both broke and naked. Good for them!

Patriots fan Maria Menounos loses Super Bowl bikini bet

2012-02-07T09:50:00.000-08:00

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Turns out that Patriots fan Maria Menounos was so confident that her team would win that she promised to host her show in a bikini if New England lost. “God is a Giants fan!” said her Extra colleague A.J. Calloway, who offered her some mittens to keep her warm.

Madonna - Give Me All Your Luvin' (Feat. M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj)

2012-02-07T09:48:00.000-08:00

Hockey prodigy Oliver Wahlstrom, 11, strikes again with incredible lacrosse goal in Boston

2012-02-02T07:43:00.001-08:00

Negative Woman

2012-02-02T07:37:00.000-08:00

Stare at the red dot on this woman's nose for thirty seconds. Then, look over at a blank white space (a piece of paper or an empty browser tab will do). Did you see the "correct" version of the image? Here's how it works: stare long enough at an object and the eye's photoreceptors (particularly the color-sensitive cone cells) lose sensitivity from overstimulation. Divert the eyes to a blank space, and the surrounding cone cells send out a much stronger signal. The brain interprets this discrepancy as looking at the precise opposite colors, in what is known as a 'negativea afterimage.' Nifty, no?

Adrian Peterson's Jersey Rant

2012-02-02T07:36:00.000-08:00

Nobody wants to hear a rich man whine, but this NFL star brings up a pretty good argument.

Adrian Peterson hatched what seemed like a good plan on Twitter to change his Minnesota Vikings uniform number from 28 to 23. That was last week. Now the star running back has changed his mind, blaming the power brokers behind pro football merchandise sales for spoiling his idea.

Peterson told his 212,000-plus Twitter followers that he "received a call" from an unnamed source informing him he'd have to buy all the jerseys that have been made with his No. 28 on them if he wanted to change his number. The Vikings star tweeted the amount of money "blew my mind!!!!!"

How much would it cost?

A cool $1,000,000 -- according to Peterson.

That's when the franchise running back unloaded on what he feels is an injustice to star players. Pointing out to his cyber minions that he's among the leaders in NFL jersey sales, Peterson complained that he doesn't "even get paid a million dollars" from his individual Nike sponsorship deal.

As of last April, NFL.com had Peterson's No. 28 jersey ranked 15th in NFL jersey sales, ahead of Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger among other notable stars.

The NFL jersey contract just ended with Reebok, and Nike takes over starting with the 2012 season. The Star Tribune points out that players who switched numbers in the past had to pay Reebok a refund for existing jerseys. It's unknown if that rule will continue with the Swoosh.

Peterson ended his Twitter rant by saying "You must be smoking something to thing (think) I'll waste that type of money just to change a number on my work uniform!" (Spell check isn't yet available on Twitter.)

Before you run to direct-message Peterson about being another spoiled athlete, somebody already beat you to the punch. The Vikings star responded to the microblogging critic: "Someone just hit me saying stop crying! Lol I'm sharing my thoughts! I thought that's what twitter was all about."

Peterson said he originally wanted No. 29 in high school to emulate childhood hero Eric Dickerson, but his high school didn't have it.

Acura Super Bowl Ad with Seinfeld

2012-02-01T14:26:00.001-08:00

Honda reveals Ferris Bueller Super Bowl ad

2012-01-31T12:18:00.001-08:00

Griffin's INSANE dunk of the year!

2012-01-31T12:12:00.001-08:00

The Big Pink - Hit The Ground (Superman)

2012-01-31T12:09:00.000-08:00

Feist - The Bad In Each Other

2012-01-31T12:08:00.001-08:00

Trailer - Friends With Kids

2012-01-27T11:41:00.001-08:00

DEV - Dancing Shoes

2012-01-26T10:30:00.000-08:00

NEW Dev & Enrique Iglesias - Naked

2012-01-26T10:29:00.000-08:00

Ballboy makes incredible catch during Federer-Nadal match

2012-01-26T09:46:00.001-08:00

Sak Noel - Paso (NSFW)

2012-01-24T08:11:00.000-08:00

Trailer - RESIDENT EVIL: Retribution

2012-01-24T08:09:00.001-08:00

Trailer - Jeff Who Lives at Home

2012-01-24T08:08:00.002-08:00

Goldfrapp - Yellow Halo

2012-01-24T08:08:00.001-08:00

Trailer: Rugrats (FoD Spoof)

2012-01-24T08:07:00.001-08:00

Rugrats from Alia Shawkat

FreeSol - Fascinated ft. Justin Timberlake, Timbaland

2012-01-24T08:05:00.001-08:00

will.i.am - T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)

2012-01-24T08:04:00.001-08:00

Nicki Minaj - Stupid Hoe

2012-01-24T08:02:00.001-08:00

Oscars 2012: And the nominees are...

2012-01-24T08:00:00.001-08:00

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards. This year’s most nominated film? Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, with 11 nominations, followed by Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist, with 10.

The Oscars will be televised on ABC on Sunday, Feb. 26.

Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

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Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Best Actor
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash & Nat Faxon, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
Peter Straughan & Bridget O’Connor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Animated Film
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Nelly - The Champ

2012-01-13T09:57:00.000-08:00

Amazing Volleyball Rally In China

2012-01-13T09:51:00.000-08:00

Drake feat. Lil Wayne & Tyga - The Motto

2011-12-28T09:21:00.001-08:00

Why Patriots are going to the Super Bowl

2011-12-22T12:06:00.001-08:00

Remember six weeks ago when I guaranteed the Patriots will win the AFC East? The statement sparked plenty of doubt and harsh criticism. Simply scan through the comments section of that blog and see for yourself.

Most readers thought this was the year the New York Jets would capture the division. Some even thought the Buffalo Bills had a shot. Well, we've seen how that turned out.

Now it's time to take it a step further. Here is another prediction you can take to the bank: The Patriots (11-3) will represent the AFC in Super Bowl XLVI.

Sorry Steelers, Ravens, Texans, Broncos and Jets fans. This is the year New England runs through the AFC playoffs.

Here are four reasons why you will see the Patriots in Indianapolis in February:

Reason No. 1: Tom Brady

When it comes to quarterbacking in the AFC, there's Brady and there's everyone else. Brady is the biggest trump card New England has. No team in the conference can match it.

Here are potential quarterbacks Brady could face in the playoffs: T.J. Yates, Tim Tebow, Mark Sanchez, Joe Flacco and an injured and gimpy Ben Roethlisberger.

Brady is 3-0 against Sanchez and Tebow this season by a combined score of 108-60. We've already seen how those scenarios play out. Those three games against the Jets and Broncos weren't close.

Houston's Yates is a rookie fifth-round draft pick and former third-string quarterback. Do you think Yates can out-duel Brady in Yates' first postseason? Flacco of Baltimore has been inconsistent this year and is notorious for not playing well in playoff games.

The Steelers' Roethlisberger is Brady's biggest competition at quarterback. Pittsburgh is the only AFC playoff team to beat New England this season. But Roethlisberger isn't the same player after suffering a high-ankle sprain. He had three interceptions and a fumble in Monday's loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Roethlisberger at 50 percent cannot beat Brady clicking on all cylinders. High-ankle sprains are serious injuries that take at least a month (if not more) to heal. It could be even longer for Roethlisberger if he continues to play on it leading up to the postseason.

The two playoff quarterbacks with the best chance of out-dueling Brady in the playoffs are Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints and Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers. But both are in the NFC and have to deal with each other first. New England will only have to worry about one of those quarterbacks once the Patriots get to Indianapolis.

Reason No. 2: Home-field advantage

The road to the Super Bowl most likely goes through Gillette Stadium. All the Patriots have to do is beat a pair of AFC East bottom-feeders -- the Miami Dolphins (5-9) and the Bills (5-9) -- at home the next two weeks.

That will be a huge advantage for the Patriots in the playoffs. New England is 5-1 at home this season and 22-1 in its last 23 games at Gillette Stadium. (The Patriots did drop of pair of playoff games, but we will get to that later.)

With two home games to finish the regular season and probably home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, the Patriots won't play on the road until they reach the Super Bowl. At that point, it will be a neutral site against the best team from the NFC.

Teams like the Jets (2-5) and Ravens (3-4) have looked awful on the road this year. The Steelers (4-3) have been slightly above average away from Heinz Field. That could come into play if those teams travel to New England in January.

Also, for all the criticism New England's defense has received, the group plays its best football at home. New England is allowing just 18.2 points per game at Gillette Stadium, versus 23.5 points per game on the road. The Patriots' offense will score plenty of points. Therefore, New England will be very tough to beat if its defense maintains its home scoring average in the postseason.

Reason No. 3: Patriots are hottest team in the AFC

Remember the Packers last year? They got hot toward the end of the season and rode the wave all the way to the Super Bowl.

This year's New England team is even hotter than the Packers were in 2010. The Patriots have won six in a row and most likely will enter the playoffs on an eight-game winning streak.

Momentum means a lot this time of year. The Patriots have it. No other team in the AFC can make that claim. The Ravens, Steelers, Texans, Broncos and Jets are all coming off losses. Behind the Patriots, the hottest team in the AFC is the San Diego Chargers (7-7), who have won three in a row but may not make the playoffs.

Overall, the AFC is a flawed conference this year. The Steelers have a horrid offensive line and a gimpy quarterback playing on one leg. The Ravens are an enigma on the road. The Texans are trying to win playoff games with a rookie at quarterback. And the Jets and Broncos don't have enough offensive firepower and simply aren't good enough to make a title run.

There are no complete teams in the AFC and that leaves it wide open for a hot team with home-field advantage like the Patriots to advance to the Super Bowl.

Reason No. 4: Motivation not to be one-and-done

As hard as it is to believe, the Patriots haven't won a playoff game since the 2007 season. That will change this year when a focused and motivated New England team takes the field in January.

Brady and coach Bill Belichick will not allow the Patriots to be one-and-done for the third year in a row. The stakes are too high.

Their legacies are on the line. The Hall of Fame pair do not want to be remembered for losing early-round playoff games in the second half of their Patriot careers as much as their three Super Bowls in the first half. It's starting to get to that point, especially if the Patriots suffer another early exit this season.

It's been four years since New England last experienced playoff success. That's an eternity for Brady and Belichick, who are accustomed to winning big games. Time also is running out for Brady to make another Super Bowl run. He's 34 and only has a few elite years left. The Patriots will not squander this opportunity.

Expect to see Brady versus Brees or Brady versus Rodgers in Super Bowl XLVI.

The Raptors unveil alternate, camouflage jerseys

2011-12-22T11:59:00.000-08:00

One of the cooler things we've always enjoyed about having an NBA team in Canada is the Remembrance Day ceremonies that take place when the Toronto Raptors play on Nov. 11. There's usually a ceremony before the game, and the team's coaching staff and employees all wear the symbolic poppies.

On March 21, though, the Raps are taking things a bit further. In that home game against the Chicago Bulls, the Raptors will be sporting camouflage uniforms as a way to tip their hat as they support the Canadian military. Nice gesture, but, well … look:

(Cue my favorite camouflage joke: "I can't see Andrea Bargnani! Where'd he go?")

Again, appropriate gesture, but these threads trend toward the uglier side of things. The Remembrance Day poppies are classy and dignified, whereas these uniforms are a bit over the top.

Joseph Casciaro of Raptor Blog takes things a bit further, calling the uniforms "sick," and ending his post with this take:

On Remembrance Day, you can wear a poppy, donate to various charities and legions, and do countless other things to show your support. But I'd bet that if you walked around in head-to-toe camouflage, it would be seen as unnecessary, and in fact, might even be seen as making a mockery of the whole day.

To me, this is the same thing, you don't have to parade your team around in camouflage to prove that you care about the armed forces. Make no mistake, these uniforms will enhance the Raptors' reputation as league laughing stock in some circles more than they will do any good for our troops and veterans.

We'd like them a lot more if news spilled out that the Raptors were planning on donating ALL proceeds made from the jerseys to charities in support of Canadian military veterans. With three months to go before the game against the Bulls, we'll eagerly await that follow-up.

Nicole Scherzinger Admires Simon Cowell's Moobs

2011-12-22T09:17:00.000-08:00

Trailer - The Dark Knight Rises

2011-12-21T08:45:00.001-08:00

Trailer - The Hobbit

2011-12-20T13:21:00.000-08:00

AZEALIA BANKS - 212 FT. LAZY JAY (wilkes reco)

2011-12-16T13:55:00.000-08:00

Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)

2011-12-16T13:54:00.001-08:00

Birdman - Y.U. MAD ft. Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne

2011-12-16T13:52:00.001-08:00

Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa - Young, Wild and Free ft. Bruno Mars

2011-12-16T13:51:00.000-08:00

Trailer: MEN IN BLACK 3

2011-12-16T13:49:00.001-08:00

Calvin Harris - Feel So Close

2011-12-16T13:48:00.001-08:00

Trailer: G.I. Joe: Retaliation

2011-12-16T13:47:00.000-08:00

Taylor Swift - Ours

2011-12-16T13:46:00.000-08:00

Trailer - Battleship

2011-12-16T13:45:00.001-08:00

Just watch this dude's face in the first 10 seconds... priceless!

2011-12-06T10:59:00.000-08:00

Big Sean - Dance (A$$) Remix ft. Nicki Minaj

2011-12-05T10:11:00.001-08:00

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Golden Age

2011-12-05T10:08:00.000-08:00

Super old song, but still awesome!

Rihanna - You da One

2011-11-29T10:43:00.001-08:00

Martin Solveig & Dragonette ft. Idoling - Big In Japan

2011-11-29T10:40:00.000-08:00

Teaser Trailer: Young Adult

2011-11-29T10:36:00.000-08:00

Trailer - Largo Winch - The Heir Apparent

2011-11-25T09:04:00.001-08:00

James Morrison - Up ft. Jessie J

2011-11-25T09:01:00.000-08:00

Miguel - Sure Thing

2011-11-25T09:00:00.000-08:00

Selena Gomez & The Scene - Hit The Lights

2011-11-25T08:59:00.001-08:00

Feist - How Come You Never Go There

2011-11-25T08:58:00.001-08:00

LA King's captain drinks his water a little oddly...

2011-11-25T08:56:00.000-08:00

Florence + The Machine - No Light, No Light

2011-11-18T09:46:00.000-08:00

Predators’ Craig Smith spectacularly blows empty net goal

2011-11-18T09:41:00.000-08:00

The Ting Tings - Hang It Up

2011-11-14T12:45:00.001-08:00

Katy Perry - The One That Got Away

2011-11-14T12:44:00.001-08:00

Trailer - The Hunger Games

2011-11-14T08:07:00.000-08:00

Trailer - Snow White and the Huntsman

2011-11-14T08:03:00.001-08:00

Down With Webster - Big Wheels

2011-11-10T10:57:00.001-08:00

Batman Chooses His Voice

2011-11-10T10:49:00.000-08:00

The Roast of HBO

2011-11-10T10:46:00.000-08:00

Trailer - Safe House

2011-11-10T10:41:00.001-08:00

Trailer - Shame

2011-11-10T10:39:00.000-08:00

Trailer - Goon

2011-11-08T11:14:00.000-08:00

What's in a name? A sweet trip to an NFL game if you happen to share the same handle as a professional athlete.

2011-11-08T11:12:00.001-08:00

Kirk Morrison, 20 year-old Canadian business student, got the VIP treatment at a Buffalo Bills game thanks to a social media trade he made with the linebacker who he shares the same name, according to the Regina Leader-Post.

The starter for the Bills wanted to switch his Twitter name from @kirkmorrison55 to @kirkmorrison because he had gone from the Jacksonville Jaguars to his new team and changed jersey numbers from 55 to 58. The University of Regina student had ownership of the Twitter handle.

The NFL's Morrison worked out a sweetheart deal for the younger version. The Canadian Kirk handed over his Twitter handle in return for a fully paid trip for two and sideline passes to a Bills home game of his choosing.

Canada Kirk picked Sunday's game against the New York Jets and decided to take his brother Kent to the Nickel City. NFL Morrison spared no expense, flying the brothers to Toronto, where they stepped into a town car ordered by the Bills for the short drive to Buffalo. They got into town early enough Saturday to catch a Sabres game before heading over to the Bills game.

Early on Saturday, the Kirk Morrisons met face to face for the first time at the Bills team hotel.

"He is such a great guy," said fan Kirk of player Kirk to the Regina Leader-Post. "He was super nice and friendly with us and happy to see us."

No. 58 told the AP last week that he was "pumped up" about meeting his namesake. The NFL player moonlights as a nationally syndicated sports talk host on the popular weekend lineup at Fox Sports Radio.

Buffalo fans heard about the meeting and invited the Canadian Morrison, via Twitter, to special tailgate parties in the parking lot before the game. He got to hang with Bills legend Jim Kelly at his tailgate party, where the NFL legend was "grilling up burgers."

After the parking lot party, the Morrison brothers had field passes for pre-game festivities. They strolled out of the tunnel with Bills players and met former running back Thurman Thomas.

When the game started, Canada Kirk sat in the stands with the NFL's Morrison's mother and watched the Jets beat the Bills, 27-11.

The Morrisons (player and student) then rubbed shoulders at a Bills post-game event in a private suite at Ralph Wilson Stadium before Kirk Morrison returned to the mundane routine of college life in Saskatchewan.

Kirk Morrison the college student can now be found on his new Twitter handle @KirkMorrison91 (the year he was born).

He's probably now hoping for another trade.

Enrique - I Like How It Feels

2011-11-02T10:07:00.001-07:00

Taio Cruz - Hangover ft. Flo Rida

2011-11-02T10:05:00.000-07:00

Beyoncé - Party ft. J. Cole

2011-11-02T10:03:00.000-07:00

Scarjo discusses nude photos

2011-11-02T09:53:00.000-07:00

Just a few weeks after stolen nude photos leaked on the Internet at the hand of accused hacker Christopher Chaney (he has since been arrested, apologized, and said he plans to plead guilty to all charges), Scarlett Johansson told CNN that the “unjust” incident felt “wrong.”

The pictures in question, however? Johansson definitely doesn’t see anything wrong with those. In an interview with Vanity Fair, which she graces the cover of for their December issue, the actress said succinctly of the photos, “I know my best angles.”

She went on to say that the pictures had a specific intended audience of one, “They were sent to my husband (ex Ryan Reynolds),” adding, “There’s nothing wrong with that.” Johansson defended her photos again, telling VF, “It’s not like I was shooting a porno. Although there’s nothing wrong with that either.”

Johansson also discusses her friendship with Woody Allen, her feelings on President Barack Obama and her divorce from Reynolds (“I had a very public separation. It was difficult. I felt very uncomfortable”), but I’m assuming most of you blacked out around the part where she said “there’s nothing wrong with [porno].”

J.K. Rowling on why Hagrid was spared, and what sealed Lupin's fate

2011-11-02T09:49:00.000-07:00

J.K. Rowling is in a dishy mood. Or at least she was last year when Harry Potter‘s creator sat down with the character’s big screen portrayer Daniel Radcliffe for a conversation filmed for the Blu-ray edition of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2, on sale next week. By now you’ve probably heard about one provocative excerpt — how Rowling considered killing Harry’s red-headed best bud Ron Weasley while writing the seven novel series. The disclosure comes after Radcliffe asks if the author considered killing any of the big three: Harry, Hermione, and Ron. “Funnily enough, I planned from the start none of them would die,” Rowling says. “Then, midway through [writing the series] — which I think was a reflection of the fact that I was not in a very happy place – I started thinking about polishing one of them off. Out of sheer spite!”

But there’s more.

Rowling reveals that from the start, she always knew that the final chapters of the last novel would include these beats: That Harry would walk willingly to his death; that he would be joined by the spirits of his parents and other loved ones during that death march; and that Hagrid would carry Harry’s (apparently) lifeless body out of The Forbidden Forest. Rowling tells Radcliffe that the image of Hagrid cradling “dead” Harry — a bookend to the beginning of the series, when Hagrid brought infant Harry to the Dursleys – stuck with her the entire time she wrote the books and she never let it go. If she had, Rowling says Hagrid would have been a “natural” target for elimination. “That image kept him safe,” she says.

Rowling also reveals that in her original “sketch” (her word) of the series climax, one of the most beloved characters in the Potter canon survived: Remus Lupin — tragic werewolf, former Defense Against The Dark Arts professor, and husband to the metamorphmagus and auror, Nymphadora Tonks. (Gotta love the wordplay and names.) The seventh book tells us that before their deaths during the Battle of Hogwarts, Lupin and Tonks had a child. On the DVD, Rowling shares with Radcliffe that when she created Lupin’s character, she planned for him to survive the finale. While the author has said as much in other interviews, here, she elaborates, explaining that she changed her mind when she realized that her last Harry Potter story was really about war, and that “one of the most horrifying things about war is how it leaves children fatherless and motherless.” The most powerful way she could dramatize that idea, she says, was to kill a set of parents that were dear to readers. “I had no intention of killing [Lupin],” says Rowling. “But then it dawned on me he had to die.”

There’s much more to the interview, including the Professor McGonagall backstory that never made it into the books (a tragic romance with a Muggle; a vow of celibacy), and a moment where Radcliffe busts Rowling’s chops for making the business with the wands so complex in the last book… but we won’t spoil everything.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 1 - "Don't Take Too Long Mrs. Cullen" Clip

2011-10-26T14:27:00.001-07:00

The Black Keys - Lonely Boy

2011-10-26T14:26:00.001-07:00

Patriots Tight End gets in trouble for posing in picture with another (professional) Tight End

2011-10-26T14:20:00.000-07:00

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski said he apologized to team owner Robert Kraft after pictures of him with an adult film star appeared on Twitter during the team's bye week.

"I didn't intend anything to hurt the reputation of anyone on the New England Patriots or on behalf of Robert Kraft," said Gronkowski. "That's all, just a simple picture, that's all. From here on out, I'm just here to talk about the Pittsburgh Steelers and the big game this weekend."

Adult film star BiBi Jones posted photos of herself in Gronkowski's jersey standing with the tight end, who is shirtless.

She appeared on 98.5 the Sports Hub on Monday and said that the two of them share a mutual friend who played football with him at Arizona. Gronkowski was in Arizona at the time.

"I went into the room to take a picture with him and he said, 'Put on my jersey,'" Jones said to the radio station. "I asked him, 'Can I put these on my Twitter?' He was cool with it because I have more Twitter followers than him and he wanted me to get him more Twitter followers."

Jones added that nothing happened between the two of them, adding: "I wish something happened, but nothing happened."

Pressed on the matter Wednesday, Gronkowski tried to steer the conversation toward the Steelers. Asked if he had any regrets about the incident, Gronkowski reiterated his sentiment on the matter.

"[I was] not intending to hurt anyone or ruin the reputation of the New England Patriots in any way," he said. "[It's a] good organization here. ... I can't wait to get out to practice and focus on the Pittsburgh Steelers. That's all I'm worried about. It's all I care about."

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was actually relieved when he heard about the controversy.

"I'm just glad I'm no longer the one that people are making fun of on my team on a daily basis," Brady said Tuesday on WEEI-AM. "Gronk has definitely pulled into the lead there."

Drake - Free Spirit ft. Rick Ross

2011-10-25T14:02:00.000-07:00

Six Minutes of 'Dark Knight Rises' Preceding Mission Impossible

2011-10-25T13:59:00.000-07:00

Just as the Joker robbery prologue for The Dark Knight preceded I Am Legend, taunting the audience with a much better film than the Will Smith film they were about to see, so too shall a sequence from The Dark Knight Rises go out before the film of a prominent, grinning Scientology defender. As reported by a /Film source and since confirmed by others, a six-minute clip from Christopher Nolan's upcoming Batman film will be attached to prints of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, opening in IMAX on December 15.

Trailer - Hugo

2011-10-25T13:56:00.000-07:00

Harry Potter films disappearing from stores soon after Dec. 29!

2011-10-25T13:45:00.000-07:00

Harry Potter said his last goodbye this summer, with the release of the franchise’s final chapter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2, and Warner Bros. seems determined to prove they really meant it. As of Dec. 29, no more Harry Potter theatrical film titles (including Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection) will be shipped to stores, initiating a profitable home entertainment model not unlike the one at Disney, which periodically re-releases its classics for home purchase. (Warner Bros.’ moratorium on Potter will not include digital — Electronic Sell-Through and VOD — or games.)

Since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was released in 2001, the Harry Potter franchise has grossed more than $12.1 billion for Warner Bros. Entertainment — $5.1 billion of which came from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It’s fair to say that figure will grow even larger this holiday season, as children and young adults who grew up with the books and movies feel the pressure to snap up the Complete 8-Film Collection — at around $60 — while they still can.

Maks Chmerkovskiy blows up at DWTS judges

2011-10-25T13:43:00.000-07:00

Does Dancing with the Stars belong to Maksim Chmerkovskiy?

That seemed to be the pro’s perspective on Monday after he and Judge Len Goodman butted heads over the quality of his rumba with Hope Solo. (It earned a mere 20 out of 30). After Goodman called it their “worst dance of the season,” Chmerkovskiy lost his cool: First he suggested that “maybe it’s time” for Goodman to leave the business after the elder judge talked about being in it for 50 years, and then the hot pro got downright indignant when Carrie Ann Inaba chided him for being disrespectful. (Video embedded below.)

“With all due respect, this is my show,” Chmerkovskiy said to Brooke Charvet in the skybox. “I helped make it what it is. I love every aspect of it. I love every professional that has ever been here, and I love every celebrity that puts effort into it every week. Having said that, I’m a little tired that we are being judged, some on effort and some, being picked on (for) our heel leads.” (Among other things, Goodman also took issue with Solo’s choice of footwear).

After the show, Chermerkovskiy had yet to cool off. “It just kind of came to the point where I kind of had enough,” he told reporters. “It’s like give us a bad score, don’t call us out. Say it wasn’t my cup of tea…we’ll take the criticism. Don’t tell me it was your worst dance of the season because you’re an idiot, you know it’s not true. I’ve also danced for 27 years and I’ve won more titles than Len ever even participated in. That’s not to disrespect his opinion because we’ve all been here for 13 seasons. I’m just not going to sit back and let my partner get disrespected.”

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As for that comment about DWTS being “his” show, Chmerkovskiy first tried to deny saying it before explaining, “I feel like it’s my show and together with other pros I’ve dedicated six years of my life to this show and I’ve helped make it what it is. But I never took it away from everybody else who participated.”

At least one of his fellow pros supported his outburst. Lacey Schwimmer – who was upset with Judge Bruno Tonioli for calling a tuxedo-clad Chaz Bono a “cute little penguin” on Monday — said she’d like to occasionally talk back to the judges but just doesn’t have the guts. “Regardless of what Maks said or if he hurt people’s feelings, he had the courage to stand up for him and his partner and I think that is amazing,” she said. “A lot of us wish we would say stuff, but we never do. We’re afraid of it.”

As for Tonioli’s comment about her partner, “It’s hard to hear your friend bullied by three people we are supposed to respect and called names like animals. It’s unnecessary, it’s rude. I feel embarrassed to be standing there when he doesn’t deserve to be treated like that. I actually lost it backstage. I was crying because I was so hurt. It’s awful.”

Not everybody took the row between Chmerkovskiy and Goodman so seriously. “I have so much to say, but I’m not going to say anything,” said Pro Derek Hough. “As a seasoned professional, you should know not to do that, I think. There’s sort of an amount of self control…”

As for Chmerkovksiy saying it was “his” show, Hough quipped, “We’ve all had a laugh about that.”

Rihanna - We Found Love

2011-10-24T10:40:00.001-07:00

Not sure I like this video...

Beyoncé - Love On Top

2011-10-24T10:39:00.001-07:00

Warning, slowwwwww...

New Zealand wins Rugby World Cup

2011-10-24T08:27:00.000-07:00

But all I really care about is the Haka dance. North American sports really need this.

Evanescence - What You Want

2011-10-21T10:15:00.000-07:00

Drake - Make Me Proud ft. Nicki Minaj

2011-10-21T10:07:00.000-07:00

"Last name, Ever, first name, Greatest." If Drake didn't have enought street cred for playing Jimmy on "Degrassi" for six years, then we would have thought he was being cocky. But how can we hate on Jimmy? Seriously, though, Drake's new promo for his anticipated sophomore album, "Take Care," wants us to know one thing: Drake is the greatest young MC in the game.

Fan Dressed As Referee Stops Game on ESPN

2011-10-21T10:06:00.001-07:00

Trailer: When Harry Left Hogwarts

2011-10-19T10:33:00.001-07:00

A four-minute teaser has hit the Web for When Harry Left Hogwarts, Morgan Matthews’ behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of both parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Woman has $200,000 phone bill

2011-10-19T10:32:00.001-07:00

A higher than usual phone bill can leave anyone stunned. And when Celina Aarons got a jaw-dropper for more than $200,000, it was no mistake.

The Florida woman has a plan that usually costs her $175 a month. She includes two of her brothers on it, who are deaf and mute, and use smart phones extensively for texting and communicating more easily.

"He's a sweetheart, and he goes to college and I would do anything for him," she told WSVN television of her brother Shamir.

The problem was that Shamir went to Canada on vacation, and did not turn off his data roaming.

The bad news for big sister: a bill for $201,005.44.

"I was freaking out. I was shaking, crying, I couldn't even talk that much on the phone. I was like my life is over!" she told WSVN.

She said she thought "it's never going to get paid... I can't pay that. That's like paying a nice house right now based on what houses are going for."

Though T-Mobile did not have to reduce her bill, it wrote down her charges to $2,500.

"The case of Ms Aarons was extraordinary, even if the amount was correct. T-Mobile cut her bill to $2,500 and gave her six months to pay," a T-Mobile spokeswoman said.

Coldplay - Paradise

2011-10-19T10:30:00.002-07:00