The movie sequel is a funny thing. So often the hype is enormous and so often they disappoint. But we keep going back, and our ticket sales feed the giant budgets of more to come. But in some cases, the sequel can turn an automatic profit without much effort. Look at Saw, for example. That [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Hooray for Sequels!
Posted in movies on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday Birthdays
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today is June 29th. That means it’s birthday time! Yes, it’s Mel Brooks’s big day. And John Cusack. But the real big name is Mike White, who turns 38 today. A two-time winner at the Independent Spirit Awards, White is perhaps most recently remembered as Ned Schneebly, the substitute teacher and roomie of Jack Black [...]
Wednesday’s Headlines
Posted in headlines, music on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From CNN.com:
Global warming could destabilize “struggling and poor” countries around the world, prompting mass migrations and creating breeding grounds for terrorists, the chairman of the National Intelligence Council told Congress on Wednesday.
Wait, so you’re saying global warming exists? I thought we didn’t believe in that. Migrants? Yuck.
Offensive “WTF” licence plates exchanged for free: I don’t [...]
People I Get Mixed Up
Posted in baseball, movies, sports on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Paz Vega and Penelope Cruz : One was born in 1976 in Seville, Spain. The other was born in 1974 in Madrid, Spain. Both starred in two films in 2007. One ranked #82 on the Maxim Hot 100 of 2008 List; the other ranked #85.
Tony Gwynn and Kirby Puckett :One was 5′11″, 200 pounds in [...]
What’s Up on Saturday
Posted in headlines, movies, music, technology on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Starting next year for the 81st Academy Awards–Oscars, for short–a new rule will come into effect. It seems the Academy finally wised up and decided to restrict the number of songs that can be nominated from a single film. “Best Original Song” will no longer to nominate pieces of crap movies like Enchanted for every [...]
So It Goes
Posted in basketball on June 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What Happens on Tuesday
Posted in Holiday, headlines, movies on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
R Kelly acquitted of child porn counts –You’re telling me it took six years to drag the guy to the courtroom but less than a day to deliberate? Couldn’t we have done this earlier? Did no one have a couple to hours to spare in the last half-decade to sort this out?
Death penalty [...]
Wednesday in History
Posted in headlines, history, website on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, June 11, is an historic date on many levels. In the climactic moments of the Trojan War approximately 3194 years ago today, Troy was “sacked and burned,” according to many historians. The accompanying picture attempts to represent those goings-on.
In an equally memorable display, Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc set himself alight on [...]
5000 Visitors Can’t Be Wrong!
Posted in Holiday, Japan, headlines, travel on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am pleased to announce that today What It Do surpassed 5000 page views. A hearty huzzah has been issued. This all makes me very proud that a blog with no real purpose can still pull in the readership. And now we set our sights on the top of the blogging charts!
But [...]
Happy Natalie Portman Day
Posted in Holiday, fashion, movies, website on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Monday is actress Natalie Portman’s 27th birthday. To celebrate, What It Do has established June 9th as Natalie Portman Day in the United States and Israel. Last time I checked, there was no American-Israeli holiday-founding committee, so I’ve taken up the responsibility of establishing this long overdue celebration.
According the International MDB, Natalie will [...]
