Ryan Reynolds Sexiest Man Alive? Who Cares! Green Lantern And Scarlett!

Today is Ryan Reynolds day. The actor's scoring a rare double PR hit, being named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive, and starring as Hal Jordan in The Green Lantern Movie Trailer. But really, this blogger doesn't care about Ryan Reynolds's as "Sexiest Man Alive" because, given the Old Spice Commercial spoof from a few months ago that I was in, Ryan's met his match.

But Ryan Reynolds is definitely kick-ass in The Green Lantern Trailer. He plays a combination of the Top Gun fun loving white frat guy type and the person he transforms into: one of the Guardians of the Universe.

Here's the trailer:



Other than The Green Lantern, Ryan Reynolds is notable for being married to Iron Man II star Scarlett Johansson. This was an incredibly played role. OK, it wasn't a heavy part, but Scarlett stole every scene she was in. Here's a review of her work by Reelz Channel:



Ryan Reynolds, today's your day. Enjoy!

Ryan Reynolds Sexiest Man Alive? Who Cares! Scarlett Johansson All Day!

The Internet's buzzing because Ryan Reynolds, who plays Air Force Pilot Hal Jordan, who becomes "The Green Lantern", in The Green Lantern, was named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.

 This blogger says "who cares" because the one person we're really interested in, happens to be the woman he's currently married to: Scarlett Johansson.

What this blogger give props to Ryan Reynolds for is a kick-ass portrail of Hal Jordan, in an equally kick ass trailer for The Green Lantern. And if you haven't seen the trailer, here it is:



Other than that, and being married to Scarlett Johansson, who was amazing as "The Black Widow" in Iron Man II, what do we give Ryan Reynolds props for? Ok. Being cool.

Ryan Reynolds came to Comic Con and recited The Green Lantern oath for a nine-year old boy. Here's the video:



Then, Reynolds gave him an autographed photo backstage.

That is why Ryan Reynolds is cool. Sexiest man alive? Who cares.

Ryan Reynolds: Green Lantern Movie Trailer

After a ton of excitement generated by his Comic Con debut as "The Green Lantern" it's out, the Ryan Reynolds: Green Lantern Movie Trailer.

It features Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan and quickly takes us from his career as an Air Force pilot, to how "the ring found" him, to his struggles with fear and being a Green Lantern.

The Ryan Reynolds: Green Lantern Movie Trailer reveals a film that is, in a way, in the style of another movie that is to be released in January: The Green Hornet.

The similarities are in how Ryan Reynolds and Seth Rogen's characters present the "fun-loving, wise-cracking, every-young-white college-educated frat guy" take. This is vastly different from comic-book-to-film movies like The Dark Night, Spider-Man, The Hulk, and the Iron Man series, where Tony Stark is a billionaire playboy along the lines of Oracle's Founder and CEO Larry Ellison.

What's the reason for this? It may have something to do with the fact that Spider-Man, The Hulk, and Iron Man are Marvel Comics characters, with production approaches that are a bit more controlled and thus truer to how the characters were in the comics. Thus, the DC Comics are, perhaps, less "controlled" and thus more reflective of the ideas of the production houses that aren't managed by DC commics.

This is speculation. Stay tuned for a follow-up. Meanwhile, enjoy the Ryan Reynolds: Green Lantern Movie Trailer.

Dancing With The Stars Bristol Palin Catalyst For Nutcase Gun Rampage

According to TMZ.com, a Wisconsin man named Steven Cowan became so enraged over Dancing With The Stars Bristol Palin's dancing Monday night, he got his gun and shot his television, before turning the weapon toward, of all people, his wife.

The obviously nutcase Steven Cowan told police that Palin's dancing awful and she was on the show only because of her famous mother, Sarah Palin. Cowan's wife fled their home to escape her husband's wild rantings while brandishing a gun. His behavior caused police to bring in the local SWAT team. (Let's hope his wife files for divorce after this story.)

Palin's Dancing Upsets Many

Bristol Palin's appearance on Dancing With The Stars has caused a massive uproar, which has become worse sense the famous teen mom beat Brandy in voting to determine which celebrity remains on the show; Brandy lost.

The result, and Dancing With The Stars' producer Conrad Green's statement that the TV show producers did not analyze voting patterns, caused bloggers to ask if the voting system could be and was rigged for Bristol Palin to win.

Cowan Charged With Reckless Endangerment

Mr. Cowan was charged with "reckless endangerment," a charge that could land him in jail for up to 10 years, if he's convicted.

Meanwhile, Bristol Palin has another PR problem. She and her younger sister Willow have been branded as "homophobic" after gay slurs were written by Willow toward a school mate, using Facebook.

More at TMZ.com.

Bristol Palin Beats Brandi On Dancing With The Stars? Voting Rigged?

The unbelievable happened Tuesday night, causing my Mom to say she would never watch Dancing With The Stars again. Ever.

The Kansas City Star said that Bristol Palin's fans ruined the show.

Bristol Palin, daughter of Sarah Palin, beat Brandi, which is another way of saying that Brandi was picked for elimination over Bristol Palin. It was all in the voting.

Voting not monitored by Dancing With The Stars producers.

Did Tea Party Movement assholes team up pick Palin over Brandi to make a statement? That's what many bloggers are speculating.  Why?

Because Palin's dancing was so bad at points,

This is what Death By 1000 Papercuts wrote:

We looked at several Tea Party forums and did find evidence of individuals in the comment section of one Sarah Palin site who bragged they’d voted multiple times for Bristol including one individual who boasted they’d voted for Bristol ’55 times’. Even so, were there literally ‘millions’ of Sarah Palin fans who racked up cell phone and text message bills to vote for Bristol? We doubt it as there were only a few individuals who admitted they’d voted multiple times for Bristol.

Was the ability to vote for Bristol more than once an ABC glitch? We don’t think so as we watched the entire season of the show and we can’t recall ABC warning viewers they could call or text only one ‘vote’. If individuals could vote more than once for Bristol there was ability of viewers to vote more than once for Jennifer Grey, Kyle Massey, and Brandy.

The problem is that Bristol Palin has earned lower dance scores than Brandi, yet stays on. It's a problem so large, the show's producers have made statements to calm the crowd. This is what Dancing With The Stars Producer Conrad Green told EW's Popwatch:

A little bit of a deep breath needs to be taken. If you look at the judges scores alone, undoubtedly, Brandy has been a better dancer throughout the competition. But the gap between her and Bristol has closed. One thing that people aren’t really taking into account [when it comes to Palin] is that a lot of viewers vote for improvement. Bristol has made a huge improvement. While she is obviously behind still in terms of technical ability, she’s that much closer than she ever was before.

There is a popularity contest element to it, but really we let the audience vote so they can put their spin on the results. Their spin could come from any number of sources. We don’t do research into how and why people vote. It might be because they like their teeth, they might come from the same state, it might be because they have always been a fan of their mother, it might be because they always liked their music. There are a million reasons people can vote. But we think its an important correction within the system. We get celebrities from all kinds of backgrounds and some people have got a lot more dance experience than others.

Don't do research into why people vote?

Is Green kidding?

In other words, the vote could be gamed, and the Dancing With The Stars
minders would never know it.

That's not good for the show or for America. It's certainly not good for Brandi.

Oakland News: Rash Of Assault Crimes At Adams Point

If you live in the Adams Point area of Oakland and walk at night, don't walk alone. There has been a rash of crimes in the area of late. For example, according to the Adams Point Yahoo Message Board, there were not one, but five muggings along Euclid Avenue.

All of the muggings were thought to have been done by a group of three black men, but that's not certain. Here are some of the notifications of what happened:

Monday, November 15th:

Hi neighbors,

My neighbor, a 20-year old Asian youth was just held up at gunpoint in
front of his house. The 2 African American men chased him and were
spotted by 4 concerned neighbors (alerted by his yelling) before they
ran up to their get-away car - a 4 door blue or black sedan with a
driver and sped away.

According to the police who arrived in minutes - this was their FIFTH
mugging within the hour between Lakeshore and the Laurel.

They followed my neighbor home and mugged him as he got out of his car.

They are currently on the loose and people should be very concerned and
lock your doors (as one of these robberies with the same motive in the
past week was a home invasion).

If you see anything looking like our suspects, please call the police
asap - as they are basically chasing these guys around town.

It's not clear if the person or persons who responsible were eventually nabbed by the CHP, but the overall point of this is to get to know people. A number of female members at Gold's Gym, as one example, walk alone and for long distances. There's also the Sidebar Restaurant, just down the street. Walk with someone from the gym or Sidebar, anyone. (As I write this, I'm in Georgia, so it's not about me. Seriously.)

We have a problem in the neighborhood where a black person like myself doesn't get robbed, but whites are a bigger target. Racism? Yep.

One way to combat this if you walk alone and insist on doing so, is to hold your head up and walk without fear. As silly as this sounds, it's really effective. Part of the issue is the expectation that something bad will happen. Take that out of your head.

But the best thing is to just not walk alone.

PGA Golfer Erica Blasberg Death - Dr. Thomas Hess Should Talk

Erica Blasberg. For some reason, this blogger thinks is spiritual, her name keeps coming back. Blasberg is the 25-year old PGA female golfer who died in her home about eight months ago outside of Las Vegas, Nevada.

 Reports were that she committed suicide, but her parents don't believe that. The last person she was seen with is a guy named Dr. Thomas Hess.

In August, after an investigation that took four months to complete, Nevada law enforcement arrested Dr. Thomas Hess.

 He posted bail, but in the process gave them little to go by and took a suicide note and meds from her place. In short, Hess's not talking much, which means he knows something.

And, again, what did the suicide note that Hess removed from her home read?  A question till not answered.

Stay tuned.