Some links of interest. Or maybe not. Either way.
—Dave Zirin hopes for an Iverson comeback.
—Which “Detroit” products are really Detroit.
—Robin Williams in a Bobcat Goldthwait picture.
—Fedor won’t be in the UFC anytime soon.
—A-list stars are struggling at the box office this summer. The only movie I was even remotely seeing in the theaters out of these was “Funny People.”
indeed, indeed 
August 21, 2009 at 10:16 am |
for a while i thought maybin was an option for the lions at number one. glad i wasn’t consulted in the pick.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp09/news/story?id=4413437&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
August 21, 2009 at 10:20 am |
i would house a 6 pack of vernonrs right now.
how good is a boston cooler with vernors?
August 21, 2009 at 12:25 pm |
What a stupid fucking kicker at the end of that movies article.
Twitter and Blackberries and Facebook are not the reason why Hollywood movies are failing.
They put out shit on a regular basis and no one has the money to watch it anymore when a Netflix subscription or onDemand or Cable TV or HD or doing any of a million other things are cheaper and at least equally entertaining…
Not to mention piracy.
August 21, 2009 at 1:14 pm |
go the “the hurt locker” best movie ive seen this year.
and it has no a listers. screw those a’s.
August 21, 2009 at 2:37 pm |
I don’t think piracy is hurting movies at the theater, except when it lets people know the movie is a stinkbomb before they have to blow 25 bucks on taking their date to find out.
The point of that article easily could have been: “Terrible movies not doing good business at the box office” this summer. Or: “Americans not quite lame enough to pay megabucks to see crap only because they’ve seen the star in other things.”
Aside from “Public Enemies” and “Funny People,” which got mixed reviews, did any of those other movies have any positive buzz whatsoever?