Box Office Weekly #068 (MP3 - 14.5 MB - 21 min)
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In todays show: A reality show that really should be called Survivor… News people laugh at your puny mortal laws… and in my commentary; I talk about sequels, because the commentary I did about them last year was so successful. All this and Spider-man [...]

You thought WHO WANTS TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE was in poor taste. You cringed when a British BIG BROTHER contestant admitted to suicidal thoughts, brought on by the continual lack of privacy. Bruddah, that ain’t nothin’.
Endemol, a TV production company with offices built over the mouth of Hell itself, has announced it is going through [...]

A thought-provoking blog post over at Mo Rocca 180 (”only half as tedious as the regular news”) concerning Marlee Matlin’s presence at the AMERICAN IDOL finale. Why would a deaf person bother to show up, he asked - and Marlee Matlin responded. Worthwhile reading, ya hear?

Ultimately, this is what a holiday weekend is for: getting around to watching all the stuff you’ve TiVo’d for the last few months. And it was thus that I finally got around to watching Russ Meyer’s BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. Perhaps the very first thing you see in this movie says it best: [...]

Ah well, it IS Part III - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END has pulled in $112.5 million dollars for Fri-Sunday, making it only the fifth largest 3 day opening of all time. It comes in behind SPIDER-MAN III, SHREK III, and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN II, among others.
And how’s this for irony:
Adding in [...]

What a month May has been! Spider-man III opens and breaks records, Shrek III opens and breaks records, then Pirates of the Caribbean III opens. I think it has broken records. Such widely diverse movies - what could the possibly have in common?
Look, sequels are a fact of life. Show business is different than a [...]

DONALD TRUMP SLAMS VIEW CO-HOSTS
Fine with me, as long as he doesn’t diss their hair.
“PIRATES” SETS RECORDS FOR MOST THEATRES IN OPENING
Soon the only way to beat this record will be to include opening-day bittorrents.
OPERA TO BE BASED ON “DANCER IN THE DARK” 
It’s about time that someone noticed that movie is depressing enough to be [...]

This link takes you to a recipe for open-source cola! You can mix the stuff up yourself.
The downside to the process, as pointed out by BoingBoing, is that you realize the Cola is just a cup of sugar with enough other ingredients to dissolve it. Plus, you may want to pay attention to these warnings:

Caffeine [...]

From Daily Variety, the first paragraph of their review:
The third voyage in the “Pirates” trilogy could be touted as “the biggest, loudest and second-best (or second-worst) ‘Pirates’ ever!” — not necessarily a ringing endorsement, but honest. “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” clocks in at more than 2¾ hours, but, unlike last year’s bloated [...]

Box Office Weekly #067 (MP3 - 14.2 MB - 20.4 min)
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In todays show: NBC says anchors away!… Robert “El Mariachi” Rodriguez takes on the worst movie ever made… and in my commentary; I warn you how to spot a big-budget dog, but just a little too late. All this and Shrek’s the name, James [...]