Poppedy Popped Culture

I just don’t have the time to make a go of this blog - at least not right now.
So, this little baby is closed until further notice.

Judge Joseph Wapner is 88.
Statesman Howard H. Baker Junior is 82.
Actor Ed Asner is 78.
Actor John Kerr is 76.
Singer Petula Clark is 75.
Comedian Jack Burns is 74.
Actress Joanna Barnes is 73.
Actor Sam Waterston is 67.
Pop singer Frida (ABBA) is 62.
Actor Bob Gunton is 62.
Director-actor James Widdoes is 54.
Rock singer-producer Mitch Easter is 53.
Actress Beverly D’Angelo […]

Alicia Keys’ new single “No One” is now my #1 jam.
I hope the rest of her new CD “As I Am” is as good.

Former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali is 85.
Actress Kathleen Hughes is 79.
Jazz musician Ellis Marsalis is 73.
Writer P.J. O’Rourke is 60.
Zydeco singer-musician Buckwheat Zydeco is 60.
Britain’s Prince Charles is 59.
Actor Robert Ginty is 59.
Rock singer-musician James Young (Styx) is 58.
Singer Stephen Bishop is 56.
Blues musician Anson Funderburgh is 53.
Pianist Yanni is 53.
Actress Laura San Giacomo is […]

Enjoy this Nintendo Wii & Amy Winehouse “Rehab” parody…

Actress Madeleine Sherwood is 85.
Journalist-author Peter Arnett is 73.
Producer-director Garry Marshall is 73.
Country singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard is 61.
Actor Joe Mantegna is 60.
Actress Sheila Frazier is 59.
Actress Frances Conroy is 54.
Musician Andrew Ranken (The Pogues) is 54.
Actress Tracy Scoggins is 54.
Actress-comedian Whoopi Goldberg is 52.
Actor Chris Noth is 51.
Actor Rex Linn (”CSI: Miami”) is 51.
Actress […]

I am actually looking forward to the new Star Trek Movie. It seems to be well-casted - Chris Pine as James T. Kirk; Zachary Quinto as Mr. Spock; Karl Urban as Leonard “Bones” McCoy; Simon Pegg as Montgomery “Scotty” Scott; John Cho as Hikaru Sulu; Zoe Saldana as Uhura; Anton Yelchin as Pavel Checkov; Eric […]

So after seeing Bourne Ultimatum, I was again willing to give another one of these three-quels a try.
Thus far, I’ve seen Spiderman 3 and was disappointed. Uncle Ben died in the first flick, stop with the rehashing. No more long speeches from Aunt May please. It would have been great if they had left out […]

Rhythm-and-blues singer Ruby Nash Curtis (Ruby and the Romantics) is 68.
Actor-playwright Wallace Shawn is 64.
Singer Brian Hyland is 64.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Jimmy Hayes (Persuasions) is 64.
Rock musician Booker T. Jones (Booker T. & the MGs) is 63.
Singer-songwriter Neil Young is 62.
Rock musician Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser (Blue Oyster Cult) is 60.
Country singer Barbara Fairchild is 57.
Actress-talk […]

I admit that I was hesitant to see the third installment of the Bourne Trilogy. I was miffed when they unceremoniously offed his girlfriend in the second flick. Further adding to my hesitation was how disappointing bad third movie installments have been lately. Both Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Spiderman 3 faltered miserably. But […]