Extreme Pogo, take a look for yourself

I also really got a kick out of watching this. I only wish I could pogo half as good. Once again, enjoy.

Ever seen a Panda sneeze?

Wow, Pandas pack a potent sneeze. I just added this clip for a few laughs. Enjoy!

McAdams, Pena, Robbins starring in Burger drama

Rachel McAdams, Michael Pena, and Tim Robbins have been cast in The Return, a drama being directed by Neil Burger. The story is about three soldiers, played by McAdams, Pena, and Robbins, who feel lost after returning from the Iraq War and end up on an unexpected road trip mission across the U.S. Shooting is scheduled to begin May 1 on a budget of less than $20 million. (Hollywood Reporter)

Will Smith in another rags-to-riches movie

Columbia Pictures has optioned Jeff Henderson’s memoir Cooked: From the Streets to the Stove, From Cocaine to Foie Gras for Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment and Escape Artists. The book tells of how Henderson went from street drug dealer to executive chef at the Cafe Bellagio in Las Vegas. He learned gourmet cooking while serving a prison sentence for dealing crack cocaine. (Hollywood Reporter)

Cruz, Kingsley to star in adaptation

Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, and Patricia Clarkson will star in Lakeshore Entertainment’s adaptation of Philip Roth’s novella Dying Animal. Isabel Coixete (The Secret Life of Words) will direct. The story is about a student who has an affair with her professor and returns years later with a revelation. Nicholas Meyer wrote the script; he previously adapted Roth’s The Human Stain for Lakeshore. Production begins in April. (Variety)

Shyamalan thriller to be released by FOX

20th Century Fox has picked up M. Night Shyamalan’s spec script for The Happening, a paranoid thriller he wrote and will direct in Philadelphia this August. Shyamalan will also produce with Sam Mercer and Barry Mendel, who produced Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. The movie is slated for an August 2008 release and will be the director’s first R-rated project. The story is about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity. The budget is estimated at about $57 million, and Shyamalan says he plans to cast a big male star for the lead. (Variety)

Trailer Alert: 7 and half minutes of Spiderman 3

Here is the new exclusive look at this summer’s most anticipated new film. The clips shows some amazing action sequences.

Why are people so homophobic?

The Snickers ad that ran during last month’s Super Bowl in which two mechanics munching at each end of a candy bar end up mouth to mouth and then register their disgust, offended not only gays but also religious conservatives, it turns out. The Smoking Gun website on Monday posted numerous complaints filed with the FCC over the ad. One wrote of feeling “violated” by the ad, writing “God knows, I didn’t turn on the superbowl [sic] expecting to be tricked into watching gay sex.” Another wrote that the spot violated “our religious beliefs and exposes our children to obscene and disgusting material they are taught are wrong.” Other letter writers complained about Prince’s performance during halftime likening it to gay porn. In all, the FCC received about 150 complaints about the telecast — a far cry from the tens of thousands of letters that rained down on the commission in the wake of the Janet Jackson “Nipplegate” scandal three years ago.
From: imdb.com

A parting thought
Why is any of this a big deal? Kids do not become gay from watching TV or bad ads, it is not a choice. I’m not gay, but I have friends who are and knowing them I know it wasn’t something they decided was “cool.” The real question is: Is it any of our business? No, it is not. Christians and conservatives are the problem, not the gays. This overbearing society breeds more problems than it solves. A lot of serial killers are made because of conflict between what they feel and what they are taught (the shame religion puts on you). John Wayne Gacy had sexual relations with 33 young men then killed them. He admitted to the murders but didn’t accept that he was gay. He couldn’t accept this fact because of his strict religious upbringing and society’s attitude toward gays. I’m not saying this is the sole reason but identity crisis in teens can lead to very disturbing behavior or leave a person who fears he/she has to live a lie to be “in.”