Miami Nice

Mark Wahlberg has been spotted in Florida over the past week and he seems to be keeping his usual cool.









Besides hanging out with his family, he was also spotted with another healthy choice...



Yes...that's Dwayne Johnson.

A double whammy!

I'm heading to Milwaukee in the morning for work for a couple of days.

I have a feeling my sights will be a little less enjoyable.

Rings the Bell

Maggie Smith is NOT leaving Downton Abbey after the upcoming third season...

Despite weekend reports that Maggie Smith has asked to be written out of Downton Abbey after season three, a representative for Carnival Films says the rumors are "complete nonsense." She goes on: "We never comment on future story lines but it's not true that she's leaving."

Whew!

I love me some Maggie Smith and, to prove it, here is a reposting of some of her best lines of the past couple of seasons.



She is so damn funny...

Meow Mix

It looks like something is "rising" above the Dark Night's beltline. Wonder why they gave him a random "pooch" above the buckle?

You'd think they'd have Bat-Spanx for something like that.

Say, CHEESE!

Happy National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day!

The Ancient Romans were the first civilization to make a cooked bread and cheese sandwich, but many cultures have invented their own take on this ancient dish. In France, people enjoy Croque Monsieur (a grilled ham and cheese sandwich) while in Switzerland it is customary to melt the cheese and toast the bread separately before combining them. The classic American grilled cheese sandwich emerged in the 1920s when inexpensive cheese and affordable sliced bread became available. It is now a staple in cafés, diners, and school cafeterias across the country.

It's one of my favorite sandwiches in the whole wide universe.

America's Tweetheart

Betty White just got on Twitter and already has over 100,000 followers in one day...



Sharing a night with Ryan Seacrest is my idea of a nightmare...not a dream.

Tagged

Oh sure, it might be one of the cutest pictures ever. However, what's with the warning label on the dog bed and the tag showing on the baby clothes?

What does it mean?

Damn you abstract photographer!

Passing

60 Minutes' newsman, Mike Wallace, passed away this weekend...

In a career that spanned seven decades, Wallace evolved from a radio entertainer in the 1940s and TV game-show host in the '50s to the no-nonsense inquisitor of CBS' top-rated news magazine, 60 Minutes, which launched in 1968. He applied his trademark reporting technique — steely questioning, skeptical debating and ambush-style assault on the unsuspecting — well into his 80s.

Wallace died Saturday night at a care facility in New Canaan, Conn., nearly a month shy of his 94th birthday.



Also, "Painter of Light" and Hobbitish cottageland artist, Thomas Kinkad passed away this weekend as well...

Thomas Kinkade, the self-styled "Painter of Light" who died Friday at 54, once said he worked to "create images that project a serene simplicity." But despite his astonishing commercial success with luminous seascapes and paintings of cottages and street scenes, Kinkade's life in many ways was neither serene nor simple.

In the last decade he had been locked in legal battles with former Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery owners, some of whom accused him in lawsuits of trading heavily on his Christian beliefs even as he drove them to financial ruin.

He had battled alcohol abuse, former business associates said in court records and interviews, and in 2010 his mug shot went viral after his arrest on a drunken driving charge to which he later pleaded no contest.

I always saw his paintings in mall shops and oftentimes imagined what living in one of his magical cottage or woodland villages might have been like.

They always make me think of Rivendell (where the elves lived in Lord of the Rings).

Eggscellent

Have a great Easter Weekend everyone!

Hailing frequencies open, Commander

It looks like Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek's Uhura) beamed down to meet President Obama recently...

Earlier this year Nichelle Nichols visited President Obama at the White House. Though the official photos were taken back in February, it took several weeks for Nichols to receive her copies. So she tweeted one last night showing Obama giving the Vulcan salute while admitting to Nichols that ”he was definitely a Trekker!”



Atta Girl.

Sparkle

Here is the trailer to Whitney Houston's last movie, Sparkle, starring Jordin Sparks (from American Idol)...

She plays the mother of a trio of singing sisters destined for stardom during the Motown era. Title character is played by Jordin Sparks, and her sisters by Carmen Ejogo and Tika Sumpter. Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Omari Hardwick and Cee-lo Green also star in the project directed by Salim Akil and written by Mara Brock Akil from a story by Nicholas August and Howard Rosenman. The TriStar release is slated to open August 17.



All things considered, it looks better than the original Irene Cara version and it also seems like Whitney actually does a pretty decent job as the mother.

So, that's something.

Rock on

Check out the new trailer for Rock of Ages, starring Tom Cruise as a head-banger from the 80's....



I hear the play is fun, but the trailer really isn't "wowing" me.

But, the soundtrack should be cool.

Bearly Legal

If this movie is anywhere near as entertaining as Family Guy and Seth Macfarlane are, it should be a hoot.

Mark Wahlberg plays a grown man who meets the woman of his dreams (Mila Kunis) but has to contend with his teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish. The Universal release is slated to open July 13.

The profanity-laden trailer is pretty entertaining.



Not so sure that parents will be taking their kids to see this one.

I'm in.