http://entertainment.donyell.net pop culture served up for your delight... Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:09:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://entertainment.donyell.net/closing-doors-for-the-time-being/ 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 ... http://entertainment.donyell.net/todays-birthday-november-15-2007/ 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. http://entertainment.donyell.net/alicia-keys-no-one-is-my-1-jam/ 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 ... http://entertainment.donyell.net/todays-birthday-november-14-2007/ Enjoy this Nintendo Wii & Amy Winehouse "Rehab" parody... http://entertainment.donyell.net/they-tried-to-make-me-go-to-wiihab/ 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 ... http://entertainment.donyell.net/todays-birthday-november-13-2007/ 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 ... http://entertainment.donyell.net/jj-abrams-star-trek/ 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 ... http://entertainment.donyell.net/rush-hour-3-better-left-unmade/ 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 ... http://entertainment.donyell.net/todays-birthday-november-12-2007/ 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 ... http://entertainment.donyell.net/bourne-ultimatum-is-kick-ss-good/ If it weren't for her mother, Alicia Keys might have a radically different image. Keys, who has a new album titled "As I Am," says that when she was trying to choose a professional name she went through a dictionary and stopped on the word "wild." She tells Newsweek in the ... http://entertainment.donyell.net/alicia-keys-could-have-been-wild-without-moms-input/ There was a time around 1997 when no matter where you were — in the car, on the StairMaster, at the dentist's office — you couldn't help but hear "My Heart Will Go On," the soaring Celine Dion ballad from "Titanic."Resistance was futile. It did go on, and on, and ... http://entertainment.donyell.net/has-the-movie-theme-song-died/ Losing one's mom is probably one of the biggest hurts in the world. Condolences to Kanye West: Donda West, mother of Kanye West and former chairwoman of Chicago State University's English department, has died, a spokesman for the rapper said. Donda West died Saturday night in Los Angeles, said the spokesman, who ... http://entertainment.donyell.net/kanye-wests-mother-passes-away/ 1. "Bee Movie," $26 million. 2. "American Gangster," $24.3 million. 3. "Fred Claus," $19.2 million. 4. "Lions for Lambs," $6.7 million. 5. "Dan in Real Life," $5.9 million. 6. "Saw IV," $5 million. 7. "The Game Plan," $2.4 million. 8. "P2," $2.2 million. 9. "30 Days of Night," $2.1 million. 10. "Martian Child," $1.75 million. http://entertainment.donyell.net/us-estimated-weekend-box-office-november-9-11-2007/ The People Choice Awards are scheduled to air January 8, 2008 on CBS. In the meantime, they have released their list of nominees and opened up voting to the public. Here are the nominees and my picks (bolded). I didn't choose for every category, but oh well. So what are some ... http://entertainment.donyell.net/nominees-and-voting-for-the-people-choice-awards/