Liam Neeson hasn't exactly been a slouch as an actor over his many years, but he kind of got new life with his movie "Taken" a couple years back for the younger crowds. In that movie he played the ultimate badass out to find his kidnapped daughter and pulls a James Bond/Rambo role to save the day.
"Unknown" has gotten mixed reviews, and many say that it is kind of a movie that tries a bit too hard. It is another action Thriller of course and I'm sure the box office will love it regardless. It also stars January Jones from Mad Men, who is basically the current "hottest chick around" beauty right now according to a lot of people out there.
The story is more or less a "memory loss" one where Neeson gets in an accident, loses his memory, finds out everything he thinks is true is somehow wrong, blah blah. I assume the acting is decent and the action is heavy so surely it is at worst a good popcorn flick.
Unknown's $6.7 million on Friday was half-a-million good enough to top I Am Number Four's $6.2 million. I Am Number Four sounds like a kind of Twilight-esque sort of franchise. I figured it would win the weekend, and maybe still will since it is close after a day. Some that have read the books say the movie was kind of half-assed. This franchise is going to have another movie already in August so it definitely needs a bit of a showing. It's about some alines that are hiding on Earth. Number Four is fighting alien rivals.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Radiohead Releases Album Online; Website Overloaded
Radiohead, who released their last album In Rainbows basically "free" in a pay what you want fashion, has released The King Of Limbs early, and online without a major release party. Not free this time, but still cheaper than most. $9 for the .mp3 version, and $14 for .WAV files.
Anyways, the website to download the album is overloaded and you couldn't buy it if you wanted to. Guess I'll go get some animal cuts.
The unique thing about this release is that it was released worldwide. Typically releases are done in the U.S. and the U.K. first and then several months later to other places like India. The CD version will be released in May in a package with a bunch of crap in it for those that still buy that stuff.
That they didn't release it for "free" this time may be a bit of a knock on the download fans who never pay for tunes anyways. Guilting people into it I guess didn't work well enough and they still make more selling it apparently than asking for a handout.
Anyways, the website to download the album is overloaded and you couldn't buy it if you wanted to. Guess I'll go get some animal cuts.
The unique thing about this release is that it was released worldwide. Typically releases are done in the U.S. and the U.K. first and then several months later to other places like India. The CD version will be released in May in a package with a bunch of crap in it for those that still buy that stuff.
That they didn't release it for "free" this time may be a bit of a knock on the download fans who never pay for tunes anyways. Guilting people into it I guess didn't work well enough and they still make more selling it apparently than asking for a handout.
Support Fringe PLEASE!
If you are one of the Nielsen families that has that handy little box in their homes, please start watching Fringe on Friday nights at 9 PM ET on Fox. Fringe was moved to the Friday "Death Slot" earlier this year as Fox loves to do with its sci-fi shows that do OK, but are stalling in the ratings.
Literally the only thing that matters for these shows to get renewed is for the Nilsen ratings to hit the numbers in the 18-30 something demographic. A sad state of affairs since it is our demo that typically watches these shows on DVR, online, or other methods. None of these other methods mean squat. It's the people with the box tuning in on Fridays at 9 PM ET.
If you are a fan of Fringe you know how great it is, and that it is getting better as the show progresses. Season 3 right now has introduced all kinds of interesting plots and the show, while quasi-scientific still allows for a bit of interesting and more intelligent sci-fi than the other reality crap on right now that appeals to the indoor tanning lotions crowd and the most dominant one right now.
I started watching this show last year sometime, and I love it. I am not a big TV watcher for most shows because there simply isn't all that much out there that I can watch live and enjoy. Breaking Bad, Dexter, and Fringe are probably about it. Anything on AMC is worth watching like MAd MEn, and Walking Dead (maybe, this show put me off a little and was boring in the first season already).
The difficulty with this show is that getting new viewers is tough since it isn't episodic, but has a series mythology much like the X-Files did. Of course the X Files had much more Monster of the Week programming than Fringe does.
You can watch all the way back to the pilot here.
Literally the only thing that matters for these shows to get renewed is for the Nilsen ratings to hit the numbers in the 18-30 something demographic. A sad state of affairs since it is our demo that typically watches these shows on DVR, online, or other methods. None of these other methods mean squat. It's the people with the box tuning in on Fridays at 9 PM ET.
If you are a fan of Fringe you know how great it is, and that it is getting better as the show progresses. Season 3 right now has introduced all kinds of interesting plots and the show, while quasi-scientific still allows for a bit of interesting and more intelligent sci-fi than the other reality crap on right now that appeals to the indoor tanning lotions crowd and the most dominant one right now.
I started watching this show last year sometime, and I love it. I am not a big TV watcher for most shows because there simply isn't all that much out there that I can watch live and enjoy. Breaking Bad, Dexter, and Fringe are probably about it. Anything on AMC is worth watching like MAd MEn, and Walking Dead (maybe, this show put me off a little and was boring in the first season already).
The difficulty with this show is that getting new viewers is tough since it isn't episodic, but has a series mythology much like the X-Files did. Of course the X Files had much more Monster of the Week programming than Fringe does.
You can watch all the way back to the pilot here.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Michael Jackson's Estate Earns $310 Million; Half Used To Pay Off Debt
If you thought MJ's heirs were going to be able to pocket everything they earned off the deceased King of Pop you may be somewhat surprised at how debt is actually being paid down with the earnings.
Michael Jackson's estate has generated $310 million in revenue from album sales, a film, merchandising and other products since the "Thriller" singer died in 2009, according to court papers filed on Thursday.
His estate's administrators have used $159 million to pay down the pop star's debt, which when Jackson died amounted to more than $400 million, court records show.
"Although there remain unresolved creditor claims, pending litigation and additional challenging business, tax and legal issues, and the estate is not yet in a condition to be closed, the executors have made substantial progress in reducing the estate's debt," the documents state.
The records, which were made public as part of the estate's probate proceedings, are the most detailed accounting yet of the finances of Jackson's estate from his death until December 31, 2010.
They aren't exactly starving, but I was surprised to see that so much debt was taken care of. I assumed that they would try to keep it in court for much longer and not have to use it. Then squander it all on underwater cameras and theme parks and pretend they were poor. Of course they really can't do that since it is an estate and it owes the money and they got dibs.
Michael Jackson's estate has generated $310 million in revenue from album sales, a film, merchandising and other products since the "Thriller" singer died in 2009, according to court papers filed on Thursday.
His estate's administrators have used $159 million to pay down the pop star's debt, which when Jackson died amounted to more than $400 million, court records show.
"Although there remain unresolved creditor claims, pending litigation and additional challenging business, tax and legal issues, and the estate is not yet in a condition to be closed, the executors have made substantial progress in reducing the estate's debt," the documents state.
The records, which were made public as part of the estate's probate proceedings, are the most detailed accounting yet of the finances of Jackson's estate from his death until December 31, 2010.
They aren't exactly starving, but I was surprised to see that so much debt was taken care of. I assumed that they would try to keep it in court for much longer and not have to use it. Then squander it all on underwater cameras and theme parks and pretend they were poor. Of course they really can't do that since it is an estate and it owes the money and they got dibs.
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