This kid clearly has a future in comedy:

This is another Guest Book Review by fiction writer Jessica Schneider who also writes for the highly visited site Cosmoetica, is Book Editor for Monsters and Critics and is the only contributor to her own blog. ADVISORY: Some of this review deals with adult-oriented passages. Book Review: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan by Jessica Schneider On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan is an OK book, but nothing more than that....

A history of sorts was made Friday when ‘Goal’ became the first Indian Bollywood movie to get simultaneous release in the cinema halls of India and Pakistan. ‘Goal’, a contemporary story of the Asian community in the UK, told through the dynamic prism of professional football, has already created a tremendous buzz in India. Pakistan and India share a common passion for cricket and Bollywood...

NOTE: This is a Guest Voice Post by skippy the bush kangaroo (who writes in lower case and who originated the word “blogtopia”). Hollywood Writers Strike: All Hollywood Writers Are NOT Millionaires by skippy the bush kangaroo hi everyone, skippy the bush kangaroo here, and i’m very honored to be writing for the moderate voice today, about something very close to my heart — the wga writers...

Do you wish to know more about Mao Tse-tung’s ‘Mao suit’, or Richard Gere’s the ‘American Gigolo’ suit, or Charlie Chaplin’s the ‘tramp’ suit, or The Beatles the ‘Hard Day’s Night’ suit, or Cary Grant’s the ‘North by Northwest’ suit, or Malcom X’s the ‘zoot suit’, please click here…

What’s it like to be on the front-lines of the Hollywood Writers’ strike? What did a day on the picket lines look like? How many people showed up for a day earmarked as a show of support? What celebrities were out in force to give their support to the writers who give them the words that showcase their enormous talent so they can become rich and famous and artistically satisfied? To find out the...

Here’s another Guest film Review by Dan Schneider, who has this heavily-visited website and whose reviews for TMV have been highly popular. DVD Review of Robot Monster Copyright ©2007 by Dan Schneider Ok, a DVD review is not exactly what this is. Yes, I watched the 1953 legendary schlock B sci fi film Robot Monster on a DVD, but since it was on one of those cheapo 50 movie DVD packs, there were no...

Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant BONUS: And what if you could get inside of Barry Bond’s head and look at the thought process flow chart? Would it look LIKE THIS?

If the pen is mightier than the sword, some supporters of the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike feel that the mailed pencil is mightier than the email. And the pencil underlines the picket line. skippy the bush kangaroo (who writes in lowercase) is a progressive blogger who has a site chock full of links and often witty posts (Jon Stewart once mentioned him in passing). He’s also a professional...

A screamingly funny and wild lesson from Moe Howard of the Three Stooges — given in his final years in this rare clip from the Mike Douglas daytime TV show (with guest host Ted Baxter). THEY HAD FUN.

Jeff Parker, Florida Today

Back by reader demand. Yes, I did find it. My favorite lip sync. Watch this teenage comedian (who has a real future ahead of him if he does more with his physical comedy) lip sync to Jim Carrey’s rendition of “Cuban Pete,” using soundtrack from “The Mask.” A brilliant, energy filled comedy lip sync: If you want to watch the original number as performed by Carrey in the film, CLICK...

This is a Guest Book Review by fiction writer Jessica Schneider who also writes for the highly visited site Cosmoetica, is Book Editor for Monsters and Critics and is the only contributor to her own blog. Book Review: Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore By Jessica Schneider Because I was interested in learning some history behind Josef Stalin, I wanted to read Simon Sebag Montefiore’s Young Stalin....

Here’s a comprehensive Guest Book Review by Dan Schneider, who has this heavily-visited website and whose reviews for TMV have been highly popular. This is the FIRST TIME a review for this upcoming book has appeared on the Internet. Review Of Michael Shermer’s The Mind Of The Market Copyright © 2007 by Dan Schneider Michael Shermer has a new book coming out in early 2008, titled The Mind...

Mike Keefe, The Denver Post

THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz: Bush Gives Musharraf Tips on Eliminating Democracy ‘Benefit From My Experience,’ President Tells Pakistani In what he described as “an emergency mission to help a key ally in the war on terror,” President George W. Bush flew to Islamabad today to give General Pervez Musharraf tips on how to eliminate democracy. Mr. Bush said he...

Always SMART politics: SNL still gets a very young and enthusiastic audience. He was also able to use satire in the sketch that was to his advantage. Plus…he showed again that he has stage presence and “it.” PS: John McCain was a scream on SNL and showed he could quit politics and go into show biz. No joke. Look at THESE.

Duane ” Dog ” Chapman has issued an apology in attempt to bail himself out from a controversy involving a phone call he made using racist language that led to his popular show “The Bounty Hunter” being pulled from the A&E Network. At issue: use of the “n-word” which also derailed comedian/actor Michael Richards’ career. The link to the phone call (we won’t...

Here’s a Guest film Review by Dan Schneider, who has this heavily-visited website and whose reviews for TMV have been highly popular. Film Review Of Elizabeth: The Golden Age Copyright ©2007 by Dan Schneider To flee the brats of Halloween, my wife dragged me to see Elizabeth: The Golden Age, even though the reviews I’d seen of it made Halloween, and the need to get out of the house for a night,...

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This is a Guest Book Review by fiction writer Jessica Schneider who also writes for the highly visited site Cosmoetica, is Book Editor for Monsters and Critics and is the only contributor to her own blog. Review of Kafka on the Shore By Jessica Schneider This is the first time I’ve ever read a novel by Haruki Murakami. I’d read a collection of his short stories called After the Quake a while...

Here’s a Guest film Review by Dan Schneider, who has this heavily-visited website and whose reviews for TMV have been highly popular. Film Review Of Into The Wild Copyright © 2007 by Dan Schneider How did the bus get there? Of all the questions (pseudo and real) that Sean Penn’s latest film, Into The Wild, is so manifestly trying to provoke- and in a semi-retarded hippy-cum-tree hugger sort...

“Certain friendships,” Robert Redford once said about Paul Newman, “are too good and too strong to talk about.” This month, Redford broke his silence to say that the final movie they planned to make together was not to be: “It’s not happening, sadly. Paul and I were planning to do a film version of Bill Bryson’s wonderful book ‘A Walk In The Woods.’ “I...

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Mark yesterday as the day when you-know-where finally froze over: Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is no fan of Rush Limbaugh, but the Nevada Democrat praised the conservative radio talk-show host on the Senate floor Friday for raising more than $2 million for charity — by auctioning on eBay a letter in which Reid condemns Limbaugh. “I think it’s really good that this money on eBay is going...