BLACK DYNAMITE

You must check out this trailer. If you don’t love it then I guess you don’t miss DOLEMITE as much as me.

Review of Zombi 2 (aka Zombie)

“The boat can leave. Tell the crew.” Zombi 2 is perhaps the most famous film from Italian director Lucio Fulci. The title is cause for some confusion because in Italy, George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead was distributed by Dario Argento as Zombi. Fulci’s film is an unofficial follow-up, thus in some circles it’s referred to as Zombi 2, while in others it’s simply Zombie. Now that all that’s out of the way…

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Anticipation

I don’t typically listen to pop music unless it’s mixed in to a Girl Talk track or I’m out and can’t avoid it.  It’s not that I don’t like it, but it’s usually not my first choice for driving tunes. However, in the past year or so, I’ve completely embraced Britney Spears as my popular side.  If I could invent another personality, Britney would be my Sasha Fierce.

Photo by Peggy Sirota for Rolling Stone via BritneySpears.com

Most of her danceable singles were on my computer from the need for college party mixes and because I don’t live under a rock, but Blackout was the first album I bought.  Surprisingly, I loved it.  It came out almost a year ago, and I can honestly say that it has not left my car’s 6-disc changer.  It’s not always my first choice, but it’s an album that can brighten my day in seconds.  Yesterday, for example, I cranked “Ooh Ooh Baby” and belted it out while driving home from work.

So what’s with my title then?  Well, for those of you who do live under a rock (or in a Britneyless world)–December 2, less than a week from now, her latest album, Circus, hits stores!

I have already preordered on iTunes to guarantee myself the bonus track.

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Help a family keep their home.

I’m a pessimist.  I’ve spent my life believing people aren’t willing to help others.  For once, I really hope I’m wrong.

You see, my friend Ebony and her husband Daniel have a small problem. Actually they have several small problems that add up to a big problem.  Ebony is a stay-at-home mom with her two kids.  Things were going along well until Daniel lost his job.  Then the car died and without money to get it fixed, they couldn’t go job hunting.  And without a job, there is no money to fix the car.  With bills piling up and their cars failing, they took out a second mortgage on the house to keep the family moving.  Months later, now they’re facing foreclosure.  They need the money by December 8th or they have no place to live.  “You don’t happen to have $10,000 laying around, do you?” Ebony joked with me.

This bothers me because it shouldn’t happen to them.  It shouldn’t be happening with anyone.  But it hits me personally because she’s done so much to help so many people.  When we went to high school together, her mom passed away and she used the money from that life insurance to buy the house her family is in.  It’s sentimental for that reason and I would hate to see them have to leave it now.  And god knows we aren’t getting a bailout package.  It’s hopeless right?  This is where the pessimist in me kicks in and I felt so useless because I want to help.  After all, they’re both ministers who scraped together the money they had to help other people and now they don’t have anyone to turn to.  Her oldest son is developmentally delayed so they have to pay for his nurse and special schooling.  Then, surprise!  Ebony found out she was pregnant on top of it all.  You’re kidding me, right?  It’s impossible.  No one can possibility get $10,000 in that short of time.  For once, I don’t want to believe the worse in people.  Just this one, I’m putting on a happy face.  So I said I’d ask around online.

I’ve been calling around to news stations to see if one of them would be interested in doing a human interest story on them.  I feel like it wouldn’t take a lot for this to happen but I’m so doubtful.  Look, I know you guys aren’t rich.  And I don’t ask for this type of stuff often.  Hell, I understand if you’re hesitant to help. But if we get 10,000 people to read this post and each one of them donates $1, we can help a family keep them home.  I spend so much on things much less worthy and I’m willing to bet a lot of you do as well.  Whether you want to call it a miracle or whether you believe in people coming together during the worst of times… whatever you believe, all I’m asking is $1 from each of you.  One minute of your time and for you to believe that this can happen.  Please prove this pessimist wrong.

10,000 hits. $10,000. Please donate $1.
Help Daniel and Ebony keep their home.

If you can’t afford to help, please link this post around. I’d appreciate any help you can offer. Thanks a lot. If you don’t feel comfortable sending money online, I can provide an address to mail donations. Leave a comment with an email for details.

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To Twilight or not to Twilight

O my. Stephenie Meyer has started a mania. Throngs of screaming fans choking malls across the country. That kind of mania.

I’m behind, I admit. And due to peer pressure, I’ve reneged my own order of things… I saw the movie before reading the book. Hate that. But all friends were set on that movie Saturday night. So I caved.

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Futurama: Bender’s Game (2008)

Rooooooccccccckkkkkeeeetttttt Ship.

I am sitting here watching the new Futurama for the second time and i have to say, I have been so anxious to see this again. This is the third straight-to-DVD movie and the first that really truly made me hark back to the glory days of the FOX series.

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Lucy Continues to Grow

In the past few months, Lucy has increased her number of writers and readers. With the extra help, we’re able to release this new issue, and we have plans to release a holiday mini-issue. This is a very exciting time for us, the staff, who started out with the desire to reach the masses. Thanks to Google Analytics, we’re positive that we’re getting readers from all over the US and different corners of the globe. That’s right, it’s not just the friends we spam on Facebook and AIM or our parents, we have you! (And we’re absolutely delighted.)

Lucy has also added a fourth to the staff. Because I’m obsessed with the movie The Craft, I feel that our new Entertainment Editor completes our Lucy coven. AJ Star, of TV Rewind and Stalking with the Stars, has agreed to take on supervision of our popular Entertainment Section and a myriad of other responsibilities including our newsletter to subscribers. With her help, we’re moving on to the challenges of self-promotion and finding sponsors. So check her out over at TV Rewind and leave some love. Also, while you’re in the loving mood, use the convenient Add This bar at the end of articles to promote your favorite Lucy pieces on Digg, Twitter, Facebook and whatever other sites you might be addicted to.

In the coming months, we hope to continue our progress. We have big plans for the new year including expanding our Style Section, making some shiny new graphics and marketing materials, less time between issues and much more! As always, we would love to hear from you with ideas. Feel free to leave a comment or email us with what you would like to see.

Thank you for helping to make Lucy all it has become!

Enough speculation!

Dear American media,

I’m pretty sure with 300 million people in this country you could find something more interesting to cover than the “will she? won’t she?” circus that has mushroomed out of Obama’s recent meetings with Senator Clinton.

Of course, my fingers are crossed that this isn’t all hearsay and that she takes the job. I mean, I was in her camp first. Love her. Love the dirty politics and how she can serve it back to anyone who dishes it out. And I will never apologize for that. But I’m so over the ambivalent headlines feining urgency and factual proof. Continue reading »

Win a walk on role in Judd Apatow’s “Funny People”

Fans of Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin, and Superbad take note: you now have the chance to meet Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman.

MySpace and Universal Pictures have announced an exclusive contest for Judd Apatow’s upcoming film Funny People. The grand-prize winner will be given a walk-on role in the movie. Already underway, you can submit an entry if you have MySpace account  (see? Signing up for MySpace was good for something…).

To enter, contestants must log into MySpace and friend the Funny People official MySpace page Then, in 100 words or less, leave a comment explaining why you should win the role.  

Deadline for submissions is December 8, 2008. Winners will be judged on quality of expression, originality, and enthusiasm (but that doesn’t mean ALL CAPS and !!!!!!! is OK, people).

Funny People is slated for a summer 2009 release and features Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Leslie Mann and Jason Schwartzman.

Wedding Dreams Deferred

Above all, I had wanted to keep it simple. No, that’s a lie. If I had wanted a relaxed, effortless wedding, I would not have strived so hard to be unique. I never thought I would have to give up one to achieve the other.

In 2005 and again in May, I watched both my older sisters get married at the same hotel, with the same traditional series of events, and most of the same guests. I knew that if my parents had their way, they’d be giving me away at that hotel, too, in a tried and true template ceremony created by my mother when her first daughter stepped up to the nuptial plate at the tender age of 26.

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