Dec. 21, 2008 49 Comments
Perez Hilton recently reported that “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke has been replaced for the film’s sequel “New Moon” by director Chris Weitz (“The Golden Compass”).
Next in line for a possible replacement is Taylor Lautner, who Blast already mentioned could be getting booted from his role as Jacob. Hilton said that actor Michael Copon (“The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior”) is a possible candidate for the role.
Dec. 20, 2008 Leave a Comment
A pair of Russians, workers at the Alscon aluminium plant, were kidnapped Saturday in Ikot Abasi, Nigeria, on the Niger River Delta. “Today in the morning, an armed attack was made on a settlement in the south of the city of Ikot Abasi in Nigeria where RUSAL employees are living. They were working at the [...]
Dec. 19, 2008 Leave a Comment
Sony Creative Software is revamping and adding new features to ACIDplanet.com, its social networking site for music developers. To coincide with the 10th aniversary of the Acid software family, which Blast loves, Sony is giving away downloads of ACID Xpress 7 for free and adding the following features to the software: Multiple events per track [...]
Dec. 19, 2008 Leave a Comment
BROOKLINE, Mass. — The first flakes began to fall in the city moments ago, signaling the start of the first major snowstorm in Boston this season. At the local Whole Foods Market, the usually jocular and friendly natural foods shoppers were replaced by a hoard of college students from Brighton in pajama pants and sweaters [...]
Dec. 19, 2008 1 Comment
The movie is not a must-see, but anyone looking for a fun sci-fi film, go see “The Day The Earth Stood Still.” Anyone who won’t be annoyed by the fact the film tends to not make sense, go see it. Anyone who likes special effects more than plot and character development, by all means, go see it. But as a film based on a film that was a warning to take better care of our planet, “The Day The Earth Stood Still” does not nail its message home. Anyone going to the movie theater to see a quality piece of film, take your money and go see something else.
Spoilers included.
Dec. 19, 2008 Leave a Comment
In a disappointing upset added to an even more disappointingly upsetting winter of un-action, the Red Sox announced the team was not a contender in obtaining star slugger Mark Teixeira. In an e-mail to Boston media from Sox owner John Henry Thursday night, he explained that “we met with Mr. Teixeira and were very much [...]
Dec. 17, 2008 1 Comment
Redskins legendary QB Sammy Baugh, who was the last remaining member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s inaugural class, died today at the age of 94. Mr. Baugh had battled Alzheimer’s and dementia in his later years, as well as low blood pressure, kidney problems and double pneumonia. “It wasn’t the same Sam we [...]
Dec. 16, 2008 Leave a Comment
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (Air Force News Service) — Air Force officials have scheduled to deploy two contingents of F-22A Raptors to the Pacific theater in January 2009 for approximately three months. Current plans call for 12 of the fighters to deploy to Kadena Air Base, Japan, from Langley Air Force Base, Va., and [...]
