Jurassic Parks

The director of next summer's Jurassic World movie tweeted this out to Chris Pratt (the star of his movie) to wish him well on today's opening of Guardians of the Galaxy…



I've liked Chris since I first saw him on Parks and Recreation and I'm glad he's doing so well. I think he's going to be very busy for quite a while.

He better get ready…

She won't be ignored

The first pics of Glenn Close (left) as "Nova-Prime" in the upcoming Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy have surfaced...



She's got quite and "up-do" there on her noggin.



Glenn plays the leader of this motley crew of unusual superheroes...



I don't know anything about this part of the Marvel Universe, but they've pulled together a pretty interesting group of actors for various parts:



Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation and Zero Dark Thirty) as Star-Lord



Zoe Saldana (Star Trek and Avatar) as Gamora



Dave Batista (WWE wrestler) as Drax the Destroyer.



Benicio del Toro as The Collector.



Michael Rooker as Yondu.



Lee Pace (Pushing Daisies and The Hobbit) as Ronan the Accuser.



Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) as Nebula.



And, although it's not "officially" confirmed..the word on the street (and "accidentally" earlier on his Facebook page) is that Vin Diesel is about to be announced as the voice for the tree character, Groot.

Let the "wooden acting" quips begin...

Rob Blows

I'm glad that Parks and Recreation is finally back on the air. Funny or Die did a hilarious promo for the new season that features Rob Lowe throwing an extremely profane fit in front of the cast after finding out that they hadn't actually been on the air for the past five months.

"I'm Robert Becefius Lowe."

That middle name could explain all the anger...

A haunting we will go

My dear friend Maggie moved back east to Tennessee last year and I miss her terribly (you might remember her from my visit to historic Jonesborough and Abingdon, VA.).

But, she's found her happy place there and, for whatever reason, doesn't seem to miss the traffic and chaos of Los Angeles one bit. So, I'm very happy for her.

While there, she has become an integral part of a group called the Haunt Masters Club. Here is a bit of info on them:

The Haunt Masters Club is a not-for-profit paranormal research and investigative group that formed in 2003 and services northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia and western North Carolina. Our investigations are conducted with professionalism, discretion, and thorough analysis. We also maintain a rigid privacy policy and your information will never be shared with outside individuals.

Maggie and another member of her team, John, were interviewed recently on their local news show, Daytime Tri-Cities, about what they do and how they handle the variety of unusual cases that come their way. They're kinda like the Scooby Gang of Ghostbusters. I'll let them explain it...



The Daytime Tri-Cities setting and the host remind me a lot of the fictitious Pawnee Today local news show on Parks and Recreation.



Now that's spooky!

The only thing scarier would be Paul Lynde doing the weather...