I had the great pleasure of attending the viewing party for "Are You The One" The brand new dating show airing on Mtv. Staring Atlanta's own Simone Kelly, a radio personality. Now Ms Kelly is not your average radio personality, she is beautiful, educated and has a ton of personality. The party was great lots of cool people came out to support one of our own. The show airs every Tuesday at 11pm on Mtv so be sure to check it out.
Are You The One goes like this, 10 beautiful ladies from all over the US are chosen. From their idea of what their perfect match is 10 men are chosen, one for each lady's specific requirements. The twist, well they are not told which guy is their perfect match, if they can figure it out, the couple wins a prize of 1 million dollars. All 20 are living in a beautiful house in Hawaii, all they have to do is find their match and win. Sounds easy right, nope not really, as tension and umm other things rise, so will the difficulty of figuring out who is that perfect match.
Are You The One premieres January 21, 2014 on Mtv.
Jack Bauer gets to "Live Another Day", The show 24 will makes its Debut on May 5 on Fox.
Kiefer Sutherland returns for a 12 episode season as Jack Bauer. The actor said he is very excited to be back with Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kim Raver and William Devane.
The Show is now set in London and will keep the real-time format, split screens and interwoven story lines. New location means new characters, the cast will now include Yvonne Strahovski and Judy Davis, both stared in the HBO hit series 'The Wire".
This was one of my favorite shows, cant wait to see how they continue the series. If your a fan of the show like I am, I'm sure you will be sitting in front of your televisions with pure excitement come May 5.
Hello fellow movie lovers, If you are like me, you look forward to Fridays, because every Friday new movies come to theaters near you. This post will take a look at a few notable ones I'm thinking about seeing. Usually when its a major release like a Man of Steel, or A Dark Knight. I will be one of those people in line at 11:30pm on a Thursday. Sorry to say, well at least not for me anyway, there is nothing of that magnitude to go see this week, but still there are a couple worth seeing.
First up, "The Legend of Hercules" This is the origin story of the son of Zeus, before he became a legend. Now despite all the bad reviews, and these horrible trailers. I think this might be worth seeing because this is a reboot of the Hercules films. As of late I have become a huge fan of reboots, Batman, spider man, and superman reboots have been awesome. Not to say that this film will be on that level but, worth seeing none the less.
Our next film is "Lone Survivor" starring Mark Wahlberg. This is the story of a Navy Seal Team who are ordered to bring down a Taliban leader, based on the true story of "Operation Red Wings" in 2005. Things get crazy and these seals can only count on each other to survive when they are ambushed by Afghan forces. There are guns and explosions, and Marky Mark probably takes off his shirt a few times, so both sexes will be pleased.
The Tony award and Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway play "August: Osage County" comes to the big screen with a touch of Hollywood. Starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, the dark comedy is about a dysfunctional family that is forced back to their Oklahoma home due to a family crisis. Secrets are revealed as tensions grow, and for the record anything with Meryl Streep in it is worth seeing.
There are plenty of great films in theaters right now, but these are my top three to be released this weekend. Check them out, I will and I might even post an update on all three. If you get a chance to see any of these films, please post a comment and let us know how you liked it, or if you hated it, either way, we look forward to your comments. Till next weekend, happy movie going! Trailers to all three films are at the bottom.
Common tackles Chicago violence with new album "Nobody’s Smiling"
Chicago rapper Common recently announced that he will release a new album, and the title will be...Nobody’s Smiling. Which makes perfect sense, his native City of Chicago has had an alarming rise in murders in the last few years. The veteran MC, will take on this under covered and discussed issue through his art. I applaud him for this, in a hip hop world that is consumed by glorifying sex, drugs, and violence. He chooses to give the youth what I believe they truly need, some guidance. Listening to the radio today, you hardly if ever hear anyone discussing this topic, its not on the news, its not a top concern for our leaders. Why, well that's another issue within itself. In the mean time, I am happy to see that someone with a voice is willing to speak out and make this a bigger topic of conversation than it currently is.
In a recent Interview with Revolt, the Chicago rapper said he worked with No I.D, they have collaborated on three previous albums. 1992’s Can I Borrow A Dollar, 1994’s Resurrection, and 1997’s One Day It Will All Make Sense. No date as of yet for the release, but I'm looking forward to it, check out the vid below first single off the album called War.
Sunday January 12 8pm ET/5pm PT
"The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards"
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler return as hosts of the can't-miss awards show!Im sure you all have seen the promos on tv and or online. This year these hilarious ladies will do it again. If that is not enough to get you glued to your televisions here is a list of the nominees, and boy are they good!
With the new year comes new films, 2014 has a few big sequels to look forward to seeing.
22 Jump Street
After the reboot of the TV show staring Johnny Depp did so well they had to do another one, and I am happy they did. The first one was a surprise hit with all ages groups and was a lot funnier than I thought it would be. Lets hope the second one will be as good. As long as they give Ice Cube more hilarious lines, it will be. In the first film as you know they pretended to be high school students, well only way to follow that is with the duo going to college of course. Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill return as the not so dynamic duo June 5, 2014
Dumb and Dumber To
Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey are back, as the dumb and dumber twosome for another sure hit with core fans. After the horrible prequel Dumb and Dumberer, glad to see the original dumb and dumber cast is back. Harry (Daniels) and Lloyd
(Carrey) track down one of their children in order to get them to agree
to a life-saving kidney transplant. November 14
300: Rise of an Empire
I don't think I need to even explain why, this is the ultimate man flick, violence, blood, and the cinematography is amazing, the original spawned several imitations, see Spartacus, The Immortals, and none of them came close. In this squeal expect more blood, more gore, more violence, and something I'm sure the ladies will love, more ripped abs. March 5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
This out of all the previous mentioned films, this has to be my personal favorite. The last one was in my opinion, the best of all the planet of the apes series ever made. The one with Marky Mark, (he hates it when people call him that) was ok. The old ones sucked ass if you ask me, but the last one Rise of The Planet of the Apes, despite is long title, was excellent and this one looks to be just as good, if not better. Added bonus, no James Franco, thank God, the more I see him act, the more I realize he can't. Look for this one on May 21
Update!!! check out the trailers for these films below!
Brian O'Connor, played by Paul Walker will
reportedly be retired from the franchise, the writers decided to go this route instead of having him killed off
in the next sequel.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Writer Chris Morgan is working on rewriting the script to around the footage that Walker shot before his untimely death.
Producers and studio execs want to give the character a respectable exit, while satisfying loyal fans wishes to see the character live on.
Universal Pictures confirmed in December that Fast & Furious 7's
release date will be moved to April 10, 2015 to accommodate script
changes.
I am very happy to hear that this is the direction they decided to go, anything else would have been too sad and fans and personal friends have hurt enough in real life. No need to make them relive it all over again on the big screen.
