naomi watts, in my opinion, is the best actress in hollywood and she is also "fair game" (november 5) ... ... photo from "fair game" facebook

george clooney is my favorite actor and he's also "the american" (september 1) ... ... photo from "the american" facebook

my old powerhouse gym amigo danny trejo is now headlining a movie that stars robert de niro, jessica alba, lindsay lohan, steven seagal, cheech marin, michelle rodriguez, rose mcgowan, jeff fahey & don johnson ... "yo danny! if you need a bench-press spotter in 'machete 2,' holla!" 66 years old & 188 films in 27 years!! ... telling y'all, danny trejo is the mama effing man! robert rodriguez's "machete" ... [trailers not suitable for work] Machete AndAlsoTheTrees | MySpace Video Trailer

"she sells seashells by the seashore / see silva-sonnen saturday the seventh ..."

out cold ... two ferns ... hang over ... due date ... zach galifianakis!! iron man meets his match ...

mark zuckerberg is the new tom ...

adam sandler's happy madison productions--spawned from "happy gilmore" & "billy madison"--gave us "joe dirt," "deuce bigalow: male gigolo" and "paul blart: mall cop" ... this friday, the man who once was "the waterboy" (a classic!) gives us the funny family film ensemble "grown ups." ... and in this movie, we get our happiest happy madison creation yet--happy madison riley aplanalp herself--thus fulfilling the prophecy today when she was featured here by maxim ... enjoy. ... photo by andrew mcleod / maxim

in the beginning, with the "middle men"--coming 08.06.10 ...

oh ye-eeaahh!!!!!!! ... season 7 starts june 27 ...

duhn-duhn-DUHN-DUHN-duhn-duhn ... duhn-duhn-DUHN-DUHN-duhn ...

rampage jackson plays mr. t's character b.a. in "the a-team" movie coming out june 11, but on may 29 he was more like rocky balboa in the beginning of "rocky III" when rock had ring rust because he did the celebrity thang & rashad evans won the grudge match just like mr. t's clubber lang ... huh? ... if that makes any sense. no matter ... love both fighters, as does everyone, and can't wait to see the eventual rematch, after rashad fights lyoto machida & rampage fights whoever he fights. also, can't wait to see rampage in the movie in a week-and-a-half ... i hear he kills in it! ... photo via bleacher report

it's the ultimate: quinton rampage jackson versus suga rashad evans ... 8 days away ... may 29.

the "24" finale (05.24.10) ...

i decided i'm gonna use this forum to deem something a 21st century classic every month and post it here ... everything from films to books to albums to tv shows ... one criteria: it's gotta be out for 10 years ... only then can we tell if something has the staying power to be knighted "classic" status. and since we're almost in april now, i'm gonna post three more in the next coupla weeks so that i get caught up on this time continuum for 2010, okay? that said, here's 21st century classic #1: "almost famous" not only do i love this film because it's the story of my life (yes, i am william miller, lol), but it is just pure brilliance--from the writing to the acting to the directing to the music, you name it ... best movie about rock-n-roll ever made. you could put the needle on any part of the film and hit a great scene. "i'm flying high over tupelo, mississippi, with america's hottest band ... and we're all about to die." best magazine lead in the history of magazines ... and it's not even from a real magazine article ... such is the screenplay of "almost famous" ... such is ...

you saw the first trailer for "iron man 2" here ... here's "iron man 2" trailer 2 (out may 7)

too bad my 2008 fantasy celebrity draft wasn't a keeper league ... "eclipse" june 30 ...

glad to know that the oddly odd "who shot mamba?" film that we love so much is also awesomely awesome, just as we thought ... because now it's "official"--ball in europe just gave wsm the oscar (robertson) award for best basketball motion picture of the year. and i think os davis should get an oscar himself for best movie review of the year ... you don't see writing this good on screenplays ... very spaethic!

coming september 2010, julian wilson's "scratching the surface"--an irons brothers production ...

just saw my celebrity crush tiffany doorn in the new trailer for "cross" ... and after imdb'ing miss doorn, found out that the 2006 miss washington usa has the character name "trance" in this new movie. perfect.

we know we've hyped it before ... and again ... but, hey, we got another new trailer now ... here's kelly slater & raimana van bastoaler in "the ultimate wave tahiti 3d imax" ...

channing tatum & amanda seyfried in "dear john" (friday release) ...

speaking of kelly slater, don't forget the february 12 release of "the ultimate wave tahiti 3d" in imax ...

just in the nick of time: the return of gordon gekko ...

i know we're not even 3 weeks into the new year, but i already have my fave film of 2010--it's "the book of eli", y'all!! if you didn't see it opening weekend, go see it now ... if you did see it opening weekend, then watch it a hundred more times like me for the rest of 2010, okay???

1. "THE BLIND SIDE" directed by John Lee Hancock ... screenplay by John Lee Hancock ... book by Michael Lewis ... IMDB 2. "DUPLICITY" directed by Tony Gilroy ... screenplay by Tony Gilroy ... IMDB 3. "NINE" directed by Rob Marshall ... screenplay by Michael Tolkin & Anthony Minghella ... Broadway musical by Arthur Kopit & Maury Yeston ... Broadway musical Italian original by Mario Fratti ... IMDB 4. "UP IN THE AIR" directed by Jason Reitman ... screenplay by Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner ... book by Walter Kim ... IMDB 5. "FUNNY PEOPLE" directed by Judd Apatow ... screenplay by Judd Apatow ... IMDB [NSFW trailer] 6. "THE HANGOVER" directed by Todd Phillips ... screenplay by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore ... IMDB 7. "AVATAR" directed by James Cameron ... screenplay by James Cameron ... IMDB 8. "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS" directed by Quentin Tarantino ... screenplay by Quentin Tarantino ... IMDB 9. "THE HURT LOCKER" directed by Kathryn Bigelow ... screenplay by Mark Boal ... IMDB 10. "ADVENTURELAND" directed by Greg Mottola ... screenplay by Greg Mottola ... IMDB FAVE ACTOR PERFORMANCE: Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" also ... George Clooney in "Up In The Air" Daniel Day-Lewis in "Nine" Zach Galifianakis in "The Hangover" Paul Giamatti in "Duplicity" Jackie Earle Haley in "Watchmen" Clive Owen in "Duplicity" Brad Pitt in "Inglourious Basterds" Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker" Adam ...