Kurt Angle Movie

The trailer is available for Kurt Angle's upcoming movie called End Game (click on the link below). I'm not sure if this is hitting theatres or going right to DVD (probably the latter). Looks interesting, but the broad from Survivor better be taking it off if this is going to do any business:

http://www.northshore-pictures.com/video/EndGame_Trailer/EndGame_Trailer.html

ROH Wrestling

I watched last night's lame last hard-sell for WrestleMania. The ending with the McMahons coming out to beat up Legacy was ridiculous. Maybe I got spoiled on Saturday by watching the second episode of Ring of Honor's new wrestling show on HD Net (Saturdays at 8PM EST/7PM CST). It was great to see a wrestling show where they aren't ashamed to showcase wrestling. The production values were good and the matches were solid. I also liked the commentary as well as the interviews (especially the Briscoe Brothers). If you have HD Net, be sure to check it out.

Celebrity Apprentice

This week it was TLC's T-Boz vs. Dennis Rodman as project managers on Celebrity Apprentice. To no one's surprise, Rodman self-destructed and finally got the long-awaited boot. Everyone concluded at the end that Dennis had a drinking problem. No shit. This is the guy who ten years ago nearly fell asleep during a tag team wrestling match-- of which he was a participant. I hope the clown gets some help. At least the eye candy was spared. Fun show.

(Photo from nbc.com)

WWE Film Bombs

Will WWE finally stop making films? Their heavily hyped latest offering, 12 Rounds starring John Cena, escaped on Friday and finished 7th for the week, earning $5.8 million dollars. Ironically, it finished one spot behind The Rock's latest movie, Race To Witch Mountain, which was in its third week of release (which should be good for at least two more years of Cena's whining about The Rock). It's a bonafide flop. WWE, please no more films, no more football leagues, no more bodybuilding federations. Just stick to what you do best-- shitty wrestling!

Prince on Leno

Check out Prince's performance from Wednesday night on the Jay Leno show (he'll be back tonight for his third performance in a row). Good stuff, but where in the hell are Lisa, Wendy and that guy with the jerri curl? The new CD comes out Tuesday exclusively at Target:

NCAA Basketball Tournament

What's the best thing about this year's NCAA basketball tournament? No, not your stupid office pool. WWE decided to do a special Divas photo shoot dedicated to the tournament and it's one of their better shoots in awhile. The pictures feature Alicia Fox (above), Layla (below), Mickie James (below in the Mizzou jersey), Michelle McCool, Jillian Hall and others sporting the jerseys of the top NCAA contenders. You can check out the pix on this link.

(Photos from wwe.com)

Celebrity Apprentice

I haven't mentioned it yet, but I am really enjoying this season of Celebrity Apprentice. They put a really good cast together, a good mix of interesting personalities, jackasses and eye candy. I thought Andrew Dice Clay was great but he only lasted the first week. My other favorites include Jesse Jaymes, Brandi Roderick and Brian McKnight. Last week, they sent another of my favorites packing, Claudia Jordan from Deal or No Deal (above), at the hands of the villianous Melissa Rivers. I can't wait to see Melissa, Joan, the poker player lady and Dennis Rodman get sent home. If you haven't checked this season out, by all means I give it the highest Hollywood Nation recommendation.

(Photo from nbc.com)

The Road To WrestleMania

How great was the ending of Raw last night? I cackled throughout the last ten minutes. Randy Orton is great. How can one man beat up an entire family? This man has whipped everyone but the kids and the family dog! It was fantastic. That was my WrestleMania!

(Photo available at allposters.com)

Trish Does the Weather

Former WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus doing an appearance as a guest weather person on a Canadian newscast. She has black hair now!:

I'm Back

I took a long weekend in my home-away-from-home, Chicago. I visited relatives, toured downtown, had some Garrett's popcorn, feasted on some Gino's East and met the latest addition to the Hollywood family, little Brooks Allen. Quite a little weekend. And now back to gossip and horrible wrestling booking.

Dancing With The Stars

I'm so pissed! The first one gone from this season of Dancing with the Stars unfortunately was one of my favorites, Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Gos. My favorites always get kicked off early. Sure she was kinda lame, but they could have cut her some slack. After all, us fans know dancing was never her strong suit, as witnessed by the clip below:

Brooke Hogan on the Pole

Who didn't see this coming at some point?

Rock of Love Bus

It was good to see Ashley and Brittanya finally get their walking papers. I only wish the whiny Beverly could have left too. They need to take Ashley, Brittany and their bizarre boyfriends and hose them down for about an hour. They're all just nasty. Good luck on Rock of Love Games or whatever your future holds. Of the girls left, I think this is pretty much Mindy's to lose.

(Photo from vh1.com)

Box Office News

Dwayne Johnson's "Race to Witch Mountain" earned twenty-five million dollars over the weekend to finish at number one on the box office charts. This was Johnson's second biggest opening weekend, right behind the "Scorpion King". Anyone remember back when Triple H and Shawn Michaels tried everything in their power behind the scenes to keep The Rock down? How did that turn out?

Destination X Results

Results from last night's TNA Destination X pay-per-view in Orlando:

- Taylor Wilde, Roxxi, and The Governor beat The Beautiful People in about five minutes when Taylor pinned Madison Rayne

- Brutus Magnus beat Eric Young in a "bonus match"

- Matt Morgan beat Abyss in a thumbtack match

- ODB picked a winner in the bogus "Win a Night with ODB contest". Said to be brutal and a waste of time

- Awesome Kong beat Sojo Bolt in a short match

- Samoa Joe beat Scott Steiner by DQ in about two minutes. Samoa Joe's new outfit is said to be hideous. They have totally runined this man.

- A.J. Styles beat Booker T for the Legends Title

- Team 3D beat Beer Money by DQ

- Suicide won the Ultimate X match in what was reportedly a very good match

- Sting beat Kurt Angle. They had some kind of cluster**** ending that I won't even bother to describe.

This was said to have been an awful show. I really want this group to succeed but until the current "creative team" is replaced it's all downhill from here. In fact, it might be too late already.

Andrew "Test" Martin, 1975-2009

I was sorry to hear about the passing of Andrew Martin, 33, who was best known as "Test" during his WWF/WWE career. He was found dead in his apartment yesterday in Tampa, Florida. No cause of death has been reported yet. He had a good run as a strong mid-carder during the WWF glory period of the late 90's/early 2000's. Probably his best run was when he was paired on-air with Stephanie McMahon and had a feud with Shane McMahon. They even staged a wedding where he was supposed to marry Stephanie (the infamous angle where Triple H stopped the ceremony to reveal that he was already married to Stephanie). His last national appearance was in 2007 when he had a very brief run in TNA as Andrew "The Punisher" Martin. He was also known for dating both Stacy Keibler and Kelly Kelly. My thoughts go out to his family and friends.

Flair Debuts in ROH Tonight

St. Louis area wrestling fans, don't forget, tonight is Ric Flair's debut appearance in ROH Wrestling. He will be doing an interview during the show, along with a pre-show autograph session from 6PM-8PM (autograph tickets are $30 for the first item and $20 each additional item). The show takes place at the Gateway Center (One Gateway Drive, Collinsville, IL 62234).

Impact Preview

Tonight on Impact: it's the final sell for Sunday's Destination X pay-per-view show. Kurt Angle and Sting mix it up again, there's a six-man match, a tag match with Lethal Consequences vs. Scott Steiner and Booker T along with additional partners, some broads, and inevitably someone climbing up a pole. Impact, 9PM EST/8PM CST only on Spike TV.

American Idol Results Show

A sad night for the minorites. The first two cuts this season were a black and a Puerto Rican. Sad times. To make matters worse was the introduction of the new rule change: the judges can save one person this season. As a result the person who gets cut each week will now suffer a double humiliation, as not only does America vote them off, but on top of that the judges vote to not save them. Someone is going to be hanging from a noose by Week 8. There were also performances by Kanye West and and a thick-assed Kelly Clarkson. That new song blows. Horrible night. At least Paula had the boobs out though.

American Idol: The Top 13

The "real" competition started last night as the Final 13 took on the songs of Michael Jackson (with mixed results). The show also saw the season's first appearance of Drunk Paula, who put on one of her wildest performances to date. It was classic Drunk Paula with her babbling incoherently and giving standing ovations during awful songs. As for the contestants, I liked Lil Rounds. The worst was Tattoo Girl's rendition of "Rockin Robin". Dreadful song choice. They are going to send two home tonight, but they should send about five. Tonight will also have performances from Kanye West and Kelly Clarkson, along with an announcement about a rule change that could effect the whole show. Oh boy.

Mariah's New Video

Here's Mariah's new video for the song "My Love" (what's up with the hair?). I think the video is directed by Nick Cannon. Remember when Janet Jackson let that freeloader she was married to "direct" all of her music videos? Yeah, that turned out well. Anyway, enjoy the clip:

Britney's Wardrobe Malfunction

Apparently Britney had a bit of a wardrobe malfuntion at one of her recent concerts. Although you can't see it in the footage below, she does say a naughty word around the thirty second mark, which is worth the price of admission itself:

Dancing With The Stars Debut

The latest season of Dancing with the Stars debuted last night on ABC. It was kind of lame (I missed most of the second hour due to watching 24) but there was some nice eye candy. Lil' Kim looked good (despite the Michael Jackson-ish face work), Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go's held up well (nice rack), and Denise Richards was hot. As for a winner, I think the Bachelor reject girl is going to pull off the upset. Should be a fun season.

(Photo from abc.com)

I Love Money 2

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Last Night's Raw

It was another good show on the Road To WrestleMania, capped off with an angle that was allegedly shot in the hometown of Hollywood Nation, St. Louis. The Triple H/Orton home invasion angle was fun, but I liked it better over ten years ago when it was done with Steve Austin and Brian Pillman (below):

Kristal!

Congratulations to former WWE Diva Kristal Marshall, who placed second over the weekend in the 2009 Arnold Amateur NPC Bikini Championship Short Class. Check out the links below. I haven't seen pictures of the winner, but it is impossible that she can look better than Kristal:

http://www.musculardevelopment.com/photos/transferred/_MG_6288_YMWXOKDBKX.jpg

http://www.musculardevelopment.com/photos/transferred/_MG_6287_EUFMLZJBTT.jpg

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Do You Smell What Dwayne Is Cooking?

Dwayne Johnson hosted SNL on Saturday and of course he killed. Take a look at "The Rock Obama" sketch:

She's Back!

It looks like Britney Spears has made it all the way back to the top. She began her "Circus" concert tour on Tuesday and from all acounts (at least the two that I read), she is back in top form. Reportedly, she was in great shape, seemed coherent, the special effects were spectacular and her dance steps were on point. I also read that she didn't sing even one bit live. But then again, if you want to hear live singing, you go to see a church choir:

Special Programming Note

The Rock, ahhhh, Dwayne Johnson will be the host of this week's Saturday Night Live (to help promote his new movie Race to Witch Mountain). This will be his third time hosting SNL. So be sure to catch "Uncle Handsome", "DJ", or whatever the hell he is calling himself now.

The TNA Knockouts To Playboy?

Because WWE is now going for a more kid friendly image, this year will be the first time since about 1999 that one of the WWE Divas won't be in the March Playboy. Could that open up an opportunity for the beloved Knockouts of TNA Wrestling? So Cal Val of TNA (above) recently talked about this issue to the UK Sun:

"It would be a really good thing for TNA," she said. "I know the fans love our photo shoots and what could be better than to do one for Playboy? And, hey, if we’re going to get naked then this is the classiest way. It would also be great to show the WWE up – and have better pictures than their girls did."

I hope TNA doesn't botch this like they mess up the storylines each week. These poor girls are aiming for Playboy and they're going to end up in Beaver Hunt or Barely Legal.

I Love Money 2

So sad, but I guess it had to happen sooner or later. This week on I Love Money 2, they put the three finest women on the chopping block and unfortunately (cue the sad music) it was Milf (above) who was sent packing. Meanwhile idiots like Buckwild will be around for weeks! Where is the justice? I will watch next week's show while wearing a black veil. Bye Milf. See you on Cinemax.

(Photo from vh1.com)

WWE Raw

It was another good show on the Road To WrestleMania. The Randy Orton/Triple H confrontation was good although I was cheering for Orton to press charges for last week's attack. They know that boy has IED! Expect to see poor Cody and Ted jobbed out over the next couple of weeks... I was surprised that they gave away Edge vs. Cena on free TV with no build-up. Unfortunately, it looks like the Smackdown main event is going to be a dreaded three-way with Edge, Cena and Big Show. Lame... Who will be the mystery person to take on Jericho? Flair? Hogan? Rey? Rourke? Lawler? Disco Inferno? The choices are endless but they better hurry up-- the show is only about four weeks away!

Cornette Talks About Christian Cage

Here's a funny rant from Jim Cornette about Christian Cage's return to WWE (it seems to be from a radio show but I'm not sure which one). It's great to hear someone talk so much logic about the professional wrestling business. Too bad he's in a company that doesn't have the sense to have him in a promiment role on TV each week: