NHLPA Agree to NHL Realignment

The National Hockey League's Players Association has ratified the NHL's Board of Governor's plan of realignment.  The Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets will switch to the Eastern Conference, while the Winnipeg Jets finally goes to the West.

Justin Bieber Tries to Act Tough

I'll admit it.  I don't like Justin Bieber.  Say what you want about his throngs of fans and records sold (which really isn't that many) he contributes not one iota to musical history or any contribution of significance.  He will hold as much a legacy in music as the Backstreet Boys or Manudo.  Remember them?  Don't worry not many people do.  I mean how many bubblegum singers of the sixties can you remember?

So it gave me a hardy laugh when I saw this video from TMZ showing little Bieb hiding behind his bodyguards "trying" to get to a photo tog who insulted him after he and his bodyguards quickly stormed past him to a waiting SUV.

 You just know his bodyguards were snickering to themselves, "Yeah, sure Biebs," when Bieber most assuredly went off at the mouth inside the safety of his SUV, saying how he would have did "whatever" to the guy who I'm sure outweighed him by about 200 pounds.

This is why someone launched a water bottle at your head, you little dweeb.  Well, that and you suck.

Leia Returns

Carrie Fisher has confirmed that she will reprise her role as Princess Leia Organa in the upcoming, as of yet untitled Star Wars: Episode VII film set to be released in 2015.
Mark Hamill has said that although he has been approached by the film-makers, about reprising his role as Luke Skywalker, no contracts have been signed, although he is interested.

As was earlier reported in several blogs and entertainment programs, Harrison Ford is, perhaps, close to agreeing to reprise his iconic role as Han Solo.  IGN has reported that it's already a done deal.
There's also reports of a spin-off of the Han Solo  and Yoda characters and Ewan McGregor has stated he wants to do an Obi-Wan Kenobi spin-off as well.  The Solo spin-off is reportedly to include Boba Fett and  the genesis of the famous animosity between the two.

Super Cafe

If you haven't visited the most supremely awesome movie parody site, How It Should Have Ended, then treat yourself to some funny animated takes on how movies "should have ended."  They take regular movies and show the loopholes in the plot and how logic dictates how it really should have ended.
They do Star Wars, Star Trek, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Looper, Lord of the Rings, Alien, The Hunger Games and just about every other popular film of the last 30 or so years.

But the funniest stuff is what they call "Super Cafe."  Simply put, it's Superman and Batman sitting in a diner drinking coffee and ragging on each other.  Actually I've yet to see Superman drink any coffee, but they are hilarious.  Other superheroes make regular appearances (I think it's only superheroes that have been immortalized in movies) and there's even one cultural icon that appears who argues with Supes and Bats whether he is a real superhero or not.  You'll know what I'm talking about when you see it.
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RUSH on the Q

In honor of RUSH finally getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, here is an interview they had with Jian Ghomeshi on Q TV

Beatles 49th Ed Sullivan Anniversary Marks A Hard Day's Night with Variances of US/British Releases

This Saturday, Feb. 9, marks the 49th anniversary of the Beatles' debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.  Digital CD releases of the Beatles catalog reveal how the track listings and number of them differed between the American and British releases.

New Star Wars Film Based on Seven Samurai?

Disney, the new owners of the Star Wars franchise has apparently decided to base the new SW on Akira Korusawa's 1954 classic The Seven Samurai, the film that Star Wars creator George Lucas has said on many occasions his iconic space opera was formulated after.  However, director Zach Snyder has denied such reports.

Snyder in fact may still be true to his word about not directing Episode VII as the purported film will be a stand-alone feature and not directly related to the next trilogy in the works as promised by Disney.

Back in November, the Los Angeles Times reported that Man of Steel and 300 director Zack Snyder said he had no interest in directing the hotly anticipated seventh Star Wars film. But Vulture has learned that while this may be specifically true — he won’t be doing Episode VII — it was a bit of misdirection: He is in fact developing a Star Wars project for Lucasfilm that is set within the series’ galaxy, though parallel to the next trilogy. It will be an as-yet-untitled Jedi epic loosely based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic Seven Samurai, with the ronin and katana being replaced by the Force-wielding knights and their iconic lightsabers. 

It’s not clear just where Snyder’s untitled Jedi film would fall within the Star Wars chronology, but one insider expects it will not be considered part of the “numbered” episodes, but rather a stand-alone film set sometime post–Episode VI events, meaning the next phase of the franchise development is much broader than previously thought.