Posted in News on Sep 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Britney Spears and the MTV Video Music Awards were both big winners on Sunday. Spears won three awards, the first Moonmen of her career, and made viewers forget her debacle at last year’s show. The telecast also rebounded, it averaging 8.4 million viewers, its biggest total since 2004, and up from 7.1 million last year. [...]
Posted in News on Aug 13th, 2008 No Comments »
It’s been a summer of superheroes. Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Batman… and now Aquaman, aka Michael Phelps. The extraordinary American swimmer has won five gold medals at the Beijing Olympics with three events remaining in his quest to surpass Mark Spitz’s record seven golds. Phelps, a humble and appealing champion, has helped NBC net [...]
Posted in Film on Mar 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
As you’ve surely seen from the DVDs rolling into the shops, all the high-end drama that made Oscar night so blah is now available in all its shrink-wrapped glory. While it certainly represents some of the best stories and performances of the year, it wouldn’t be too far off the mark to call it [...]
Posted in The Rant on Feb 25th, 2008 No Comments »
No Country For Old Men wins Best Picture. “Totally Lamesville” exclaimed Juno.
A newly sober Linday Lohan explores new ways to get the attention of Best Week Ever.
Mattel releases Heath Ledger inspired action figure. Everyone feeling a little awkward about it.
New blog features comic strip with a solo Jon Arbuckle. Proves funnier than the original Garfiled [...]
Posted in News on Dec 13th, 2007 No Comments »
The Hog did well with our movie picks (25 of 32 in the major categories) and less so with our TV picks (19 of 32).
Some observations:
Seven drama nominees (was there a three-way tie for fifth place?) and still no room for “Into The Wild,” which had to settle for two music noms.
“Charlie Wilson’s War” got [...]
Posted in News on Dec 12th, 2007 No Comments »
The Golden Globe nominations will be announced on Thursday morning.
Who do we like?
Our Joyhog predictions:
Best Drama Picture
“American Gangster”
“Atonement”
“Into The Wild”
“Michael Clayton”
“No Country For Old Men”
Best Drama Actor
George Clooney, “Michael Clayton”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”
Tom Hanks, “Charlie Wilson’s War”
Viggo Mortensen, “Eastern Promises”
Denzel Washington, “American Gangster”
