Kiss Me I’m Irish

March 17, 2010
by jrarcieri

Although I have already blogged about St. Patrick’s Day for the Mount Holyoke News, here is one more way to get your Irish on.

Watch this YouTube clip and happy Leprechaun hunting!

Happy Earth Day! Avatar gets a release date

March 16, 2010
by jrarcieri

Mark your calendars. Avatar has a release date and it is April 22 – Earth Day. For director James Cameron this date makes perfect sense because of the film’s “Save the Planet” message. But there is a catch. Avatar will only be available in 2D. The small screen certainly won’t benefit Avatar and having seen it in 2D, I can tell you that Avatar in 2D is easily one of the worst movies ever made.

H0w do you think Avatar will fare on DVD? Will it break DVD sales records as well?

And in case you haven’t seen this interview with James Cameron, he answers questions about Avatar and the future of 3D.

Gabourey Sidibe’s Late Night Chat Fest

March 14, 2010
by jrarcieri

Precious was released on DVD this week and its star Gabourey Sidibe has been making the late night talk show rounds. Sidibe has been a breathe of fresh air in Hollywood. Unlike other young stars like Kristen Stewart who has a perpetual stick up her ass, Gabby does not.

Sidibe appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to talk about the Oscars, where she threatened to shank Sandra Bullock.

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It’s National Umbrella Month!

March 13, 2010
by jrarcieri

As someone who has not owned an umbrella in almost two years, I was surprised to learn that March is National Umbrella Month. Naturally, this led me to Google all things umbrella and not only is an umbrella the title a very catchy Rihanna song, but a pretty nifty object.

Did you know, for instance, that the umbrella was invented over four thousand years ago? Their purpose (protection from the sun and rain) has remained practically the same over the years. Except when Gene Kelly got his hands on an umbrella. Or rather, tossed it to the side and danced.

Another recent (and frankly weird) umbrella contraption is the Air Umbrella. It simply blows away the rain. How this umbrella will survive a heavy rainfall, I don’t know. But the Air Umbrella is pretty wild. Maybe I should get one to replace my non-existent umbrella.

Skins Recap – What Just Happened?!?

March 12, 2010
by jrarcieri

I haven’t posted recaps for the last three episodes of Skins because of my schedule. But the episodes “Katie”, “Freddie”, and “J.J” basically went like this: The Fitches went bankrupt, Katie and Emily more or less made up, Naomi and Emily did not, Pandora still clearly loves Thomas, JJ got a girlfriend, JJ and Thomas have the best scenes together, Cook broke out of prison, Freddie dealt with a manic-depressive, bipolar Effy and Effy attempted suicide. Now that we’re caught up, let’s get on with the recap.

There is a HUGE spoiler in this recap. Read at your own risk.

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