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According to Sky News, 27-year-old singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead in her North London home. Though the cause of her death is unconfirmed right now, it appears to be drug-related. The Grammy-award winning singer battled drug addiction for years, having most recently checked back into rehabilitation in May.
SOURCES: The Daily Mail, Huffington Post
If you are a frequent reader of my blog, you know that I’m a big fan of Jimmy Fallon’s musical comedy…And if you know me personally, you know that I’m a HUGE fan everything Justin Timberlake does. So naturally, I was super pumped when the two got together last fall on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and performed a very excellent “History of Rap” medley.
Thankfully, JT returned to Late Night yesterday and performed ‘History of Rap Part 2’ featuring a whole new arsenal of old-school (and new-school) rap songs. Check out the video below!
Happy Father’s Day! A couple years ago I compiled a list of some of the most memorable ‘Movie Dads’ for Father’s Day…As much as I hate recycling old blog posts, I can’t help wanting to share this list every year on Father’s Day. So check it out below, and feel free to share your thoughts or your own picks for the best and worst dads in film:
5 BEST MOVIE DADS
5. Mac MacGuff, Juno (played by J.K. Simmons)
A dad who is funny & sarcastic yet also very caring and understanding. Even after finding out his teenage daughter is pregnant, Mac MacGuff is still able to keep his cool and do anything to help her out.
4. Marlin, Finding Nemo (voiced by Albert Brooks)
Sure Marlin was a little over-protective at first, but how can you blame him? After losing Nemo, he lets his guard down and does anything and everything to get him back.
3. Mr. Levenstein, American Pie series (played by Eugene Levy)
Jim’s dad is the kind of dad who isn’t afraid to talk to his son about anything. Sure his advice about sex, love, masturbation, etc. is often horrendously awkward, but at the end of the day he is really just looking out for his son.
2. Daniel Hillard, Mrs. Doubtfire (played by Robin Williams)
Daniel Hillard cares so much about his kids that he is willing to dress up as an old lady and pose as a nanny just to spend time with them. Now that’s dedication.
1. Chris Gardener, The Pursuit of Happyness (played by Will Smith)
Despite desperately struggling to make money and find a home, Chris Gardener does whatever it takes to support his son. For that, he truly deserves a ‘World’s Best Dad’ award.
5 WORST MOVIE DADS
5. Jack Byrnes, Meet the Parents series (played by Robert De Niro)
The father-in-law from hell: a former CIA agent who is constantly giving his son-in-law a hard time, always watching him through surveillance cameras and even forcing him to take a polygraph test.
4. Royal Tenenbaum, The Royal Tenenbaums (played by Gene Hackman)
Stealing money, blaming his kids for the divorce, and pretending to be dying just to move back home…Royal Tenenbaum is not exactly the ideal father figure.
3. Dr. Evil, Austin Powers series (played by Mike Myers)
No one wants a dad who cares more about killing his arch-nemesis and spending time with his miniature clone than listening to his own son…in fact, he tells him to ‘zip-it’ every time he has something to say.
2. Lester Burnham, American Beauty (played by Kevin Spacey)
This pot-smoking, fast food working dad is more dedicated to scoring with his daughter’s hot friend than keeping his dysfunctional family together.
1. Jack Torrence, The Shining (played by Jack Nicholson)
A dad who forces you to live in an isolated hotel and then goes crazy and tries to kill your family probably isn’t the ‘world’s best dad.’
After a series of hilarious parody trailers, The Muppets have finally released a real full-length trailer…and in my opinion, it’s the best one yet! Check out the trailer below:
Source: The Playlist
The Muppets’ brilliant marketing campaign continues…
In case you aren’t up to date: Walt Disney Pictures has launched a viral marketing campaign that includes fake movie trailers to promote their highly anticipated reboot of The Muppets franchise coming out this Fall. So far they have released trailers for a spoof-romantic comedy called Green With Envy and an obvious parody of The Hangover Part II called The Fuzzy Pack (You can watch both of the previous trailers here).
Disney’s latest fake trailer brilliantly parodies Green Lantern (which comes out this weekend). The trailer features stars Chris Cooper, Amy Adams, and Jason Segel and makes hilarious use of self-referential humor (“What’s with all the fake trailers??”). And if we’re being completely honest here, this trailer is a hell of a lot better than the actual trailer for Green Lantern. Check out the latest trailer and the new poster for The Muppets below:
The actual film, simply titled The Muppets, comes out on November 23rd, 2011. It’s directed by James Bobin (The Flight of the Conchords, Da Ali G Show), written by Jason Segel & Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and stars Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and an endless array of celebrity cameos.
Sources: The Playlist
