I can take a guest with me to the Times Square preview of THE REAPING, a new occult thriller starring Hilary Swank in a modern day holy smackdown with Biblical overtones. I think she plays a Christian lesbian boxer who has to go 15 rounds with the devil. It can’t possibly be any scarier than Brian De Palma casting Swank as a sexy femme fatale in THE BLACK DAHLIA. The preview for THE REAPING is this coming Monday evening, if you’re interested and here in NYC. Just shoot me a message.
Archive for March, 2007
my network reality show
Friday, March 30th, 2007Why can’t Whoopi Goldberg produce this for me?!?!?!?! Why?!?!?!?!?!
I want to host “Double Dutchin’ with the Stars”. Brought to you by McDonald’s. And standing next to a couple of Black girls from Chicago holding some jump ropes, I want to say “Let’s give it up for our first celebrity jumper — Miss Heather Mills!!!” Can ya dig it?
Let’s just see Heather make it to week #2 after that ghetto realness. (She’s a featured player on a dance show, America thinks Sanjaya Malakar has star quality talent, and Alberto Gonzalez still has a job. What a world, what a world, what a world.)
bobby rivers premiere radio
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Why does Adam Sandler look like Bob Dylan in the trailers for his new drama, REIGN OVER ME? How did the Patriot Act land a couple of sweet kids and their toy in goverment custody? And what new project teams a Dreamgirl with an African dictator? Find out tomorrow morning (Friday) on Wake Up With Whoopi. My entertainment segments will be heard between 7:30 & 8:30 to help you start your weekend planning. To see what station (hopefully) carries the show in your city, log onto www.Whoopi.com. Or just link into it from my homepage.
on the cutting room floor2
Thursday, March 29th, 2007This morning’s international press services have picked up details on the circumcision story from the U.N. that I wrote about right under this one.
The director of the World Heath Organization’s HIV/AIDS department is Dr. Kevin De Cock. I’m not making that up, y’know.
I agree with Heath in Sacramento, one of my loyal letter readers. What ever happened to cleanliness, personal hygiene, safe sex and honesty between partners? THAT should be sufficient. Now I’ve got a few words on the doctor’s name. Kevin De Cock — lord have mercy, you just know that name made his high school years hell on toast. That’s probably why he wants to take a knife to straight men’s genitalia today. (If he’s a baldheaded man wearing a turtleneck, that would just make the whole picture complete.)
on the cutting room floor
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007On the press wires comes word out of Geneva that United Nations health agencies recommend that heterosexual men undergo circumcision because of “compelling” evidence that it can reduce their chances of contracting HIV.
What about the men who are NOT heterosexual? Why are they (no pun intended) cut out? And why hasn’t any sharp national news reporter posed that question?
I still strongly believe that a big help in the fight against HIV would be TV commercials for condoms airing in the afternoons and in primetime just as frequently as we see those for beer, violent video games, and erectile dysfunction pills. I am very proud that work at a radio station, WKTU-FM in New York City, that airs Trojan commercials during the day.
HBO Rocks
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007I got an invite to attend last night’s premiere party for the upcoming final season of The Sopranos. All of us the audience at Radio City saw the entire cast from all the seasons taking a bow onstage, with creator David Chase making a lovely mention of the last Nancy Marchand. She passed away early in the show’s run but her presence as Tony’s mother is still felt.
We were shown the first two episodes from the final season, beginning April 8th. They were like vintage episodes. Tense, very funny and better than some major motion pictures that are out right now. After the screening, all headed right across the street to 30 Rock for a buffet dinner. The Italian food was great — so were the classic Sinatra recordings playing in the background — and, if all those well-dressed partyers had been wearing rags, they could’ve been Third World citizens who’d just received a UNICEF food drop. They went after those free eats with a fury. But the highlight of the evening was the fine writing and acting in those two episodes. Thanks, HBO, for the invite.
screen scene
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007Future credits that I am quite sure we’ll all see one day:
“…also starring Sanjaya Malakar as Jennifer Beals…”
cnn tonight
Monday, March 26th, 2007Tonight, Larry King will talk about the results of the Anna Nicole Smith autopsy report. His guest will be the medical examiner and the lawyer for Howard K. Stern. Larry King’s other guest will be veteran Hollywood actor Mickey Rooney. In the 1930s and ’40s, Rooney worked with Judy Garland, who also died of an accidental prescription drug overdose just like Anna Nicole did. Rooney will discuss the eerie similarities in the final days of the two women and then provide DNA to prove that he’s not the father of Anna Nicole’s baby.
Check your local listings.
programming note
Sunday, March 25th, 2007Remember to catch the premiere of the new show that I’m hosting, America’s Top 5 Most Beautiful CIA Operatives. That’s Monday night following “Dancing with the Stars” on ABC. I think it’s the new show that’ll keep everyone saying, “Who knew?!?!”
Hustle & Float
Friday, March 23rd, 2007Attractive African-American teens in Speedos should be enough to get some folks in movie seats to see Terrence Howard’s new movie. In the real-life sports story, Pride, he plays the coach to a team challenging the segregated world of competitive swimming in 1970s Philadelphia. If you can tune in to “Wake Up With Whoopi” today, I’ll be reviewing it. Catch it if you can or read the review later in my section of Whoopi’s radio show website, which you can link into via my homepage.
Is Pride predictable? Yes. Have we seen this kind of inspirational sports bio before? You bet. But Terrence Howard is terrific and, personally, it did my heart proud to see a Black inner city kid go home at night and pick up a book instead of picking up a gun. Those little moments hold great power on a big screen. Have a good weekend. Keep the faith.