At The Movies

The Game Plan

Quarterback Joe Kingman (Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) is known as one of the toughest players to ever take the field. But his world is suddenly sacked for a loss when he discovers Peyton, the 8 year old daughter he never knew existed, on his doorstep. Now, just as his career is soaring, Joe must learn to juggle his old lifestyle of parties, practices and dates with supermodels while tackling the new challenges of ballet, bedtime stories and baby dolls. But, as the championship grows nearer, Joe is about to realize that the game that truly matters has nothing to do with money, endorsements or even touchdowns, it's all about the really tough stuff: patience, teamwork, selflessness and winning the heart of the one little fan who turns out to count the most.

 

On DVD

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
The enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben must unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer and confront the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom, before all hope is lost. Incredible visual effects and a decent storyline will make the majority of watchers happy with this film.

The Buzz..

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno lodged its 12th consecutive broadcast year in the lead, with Late Night With Conan O'Brien winning 13 straight years in its time period, according to Nielsen Media Research data for the TV season ending last week. Leno (5.5 million viewers) came out ahead of CBS' Late Show With David Letterman (4 million) and ABC's Nightline (3.4 million) for the full year. Leno was down from 5.7 million viewers the year before, and Letterman down from 4.1 million. Nightline remained even.

Ozzy Osbourne's official web site is currently hosting a poll for fans to vote on what song should be the next single from his Black Rain CD. There are three tracks to choose from: Black Rain (currently with 49% of the votes), Civilize the Universe (11%) and Here for You (40%).

Oprah Winfrey keeps topping Forbes' rankings of the rich and famous. The talk-show titan took the top spot on Forbes.com's list of The 20 Richest Women in Entertainment in January; six months later, she topped the magazine's annual Celebrity 100 Power List for the second time.

Lollapalooza announced the American music festival will rock Chicago’s Grant Park from August first to third next year. Some of the bands set to grace the stage will be Pearl Jam, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Amy Winehouse.
 

Madonna and disco queen Donna Summer are among nine acts nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the hall embraces more musical genres. Other nominees include rock singer John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, The Dave Clark Five and instrumental rock band The Ventures. Also nominated are New York-based funk group Chic, rap pioneer Afrika Bambaataa and hip-hop group The Beastie Boys, reflecting the Hall of Fame's willingness to accept a diversity of genres.

Nikki Sixx's The Heroin Diaries debuted at number-seven on the New York Times Best Seller list this week.

Avenged Sevenfold, Bloc Party and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are among the acts contributing songs to Need for Speed, a street-racing video game due in stores on November 14th.

There's Trouble in store for Amy Winehouse fans come November 6th, when her first DVD, I Told You I Was Trouble, hits shelves. The disc combines live footage taped at a London show in April with behind-the-scenes material, including interviews with Winehouse and members of her family. Amy is slated to return to the road shortly after the package's release, with a British tour that will kick off November 12th.

Jay-Z wants to name a sports arena in New Jersey after his Rocawear clothing line. The rapper is planning on bidding for the rights for which could cost up to $600,000 dollars. Jay is a part owner of the New Jersey Nets who play in the Meadowlands arena.

Dave Grohl and the folks at Gibson guitars have collaborated on a new signature axe that will be available October 4th. Known as the DG-335, it's inspired by the head Foo Fighters's own Trini Lopez model Gibson, a model the company produced between 1964 and 1971.

Superstar producer and frequent cameo maker Pharrell Williams has signed on as a consulting producer for the upcoming dramatic series Limelight. The show follows kids attending a performing arts school in New York, similar to the one Williams attended growing up in Virginia.

Fans lined up yesterday for the release of the biggest video game of the year, Halo 3. It’s anticipated that the game will generate billions of dollars around the world. There was one glitch with the release; some of the limited edition versions have packaging which is scratching the discs. Although gamers can still play the videos, Microsoft say they’ll replace the damaged copies. This can’t be good news for the company who also spent $1.1-billion fixing faulty Xbox 360 consoles.

Fergie is busy working on her second solo album. The glamorous singer's first solo album, The Duchess was released last year and hit double platinum. Will.i.am is once again producing Fergie’s chart topping sound. The Black Eyed Pea says he tried to convince Fergie to release the album this December but she wasn’t ready to do that.