OBSOLETE ARTISTES: EMINEM AND U2

GAWD! It is such a chore to listen to Eminem. He is always bitching about the world of celebrity and all its weird and wonderful inhabitants. Does Eminem realize that he is the biggest friggin freak in that celeb-world? Who does he think always dissing others to no end. (Although I do admit that some of them REALLY do deserve a good diss or two!)

Eminem, you silly white boy -- your songs are tired, your lyrics are contrived and your music videos are just plain stupid. Give it a rest white kid!

The only thing worth watching that involves Eminem was when comedian Sacha Baron Cohen flashed his big fat white butt at Eminem's face at the recent MTV Movie Awars. Eminem was furious and he walked out of the MTV Movie Awards as a result. Just go to Youtube.com and see the hilarious scene for yourself!

Ahem! And now as for U2 -- to Bono, I say: "Gramps! Give it a rest already!"
U2's music videos from the latest album are horrendous and the songs are, to put it plainly, unimpressive. YAWN!!!!



Eminem photo from: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,386337,00.html

U2 photo -- featuring The Edge and Bono from: http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/02/u2-album-myspac.html

BEST OF 2008: GLOBAL STARS -- MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA: BEST ANIMATED FILM

I confess I didn't like the first Madagascar film, except for the times when Sacha Baron Cohen's King Julien appeared n screen.

But the second Madagascar film -- is a great second helping indeed! It is a case of the sequel being better than the first one. Madagascar 2 is funny, cheeky and engaging and it has the level of irreverence that the Dreamworks studio is so famous for (remember the first Shrek film?).

And the additional voice talents like Alec Baldwin (Makunga), Will.I.Am (Moto Moto) -- are insired choices indeed!

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is the perfect antidode to the sterile and nauseating animation that Pixar keeps churning out from its production line.

MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA...WHEN IT DOES COMEDY, THIS ANIMATED FLICK ROCKS!

I managed to catch Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and I must say that when they do comedy, the scripwriters and the voice talents are spectacular in rising to the occasion. You will be roaring with laughter at their lines and antics.

When Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa dishes out jokes after jokes, the film is wonderful.

However, when the scriptwriter have the actors trying to emote serious emotional issues (family issues, sappy friendship issues... yadda yadda yadda), then this computer animated film threatens to fizzle -- until a gag comes along from any of the furry leads to save the day! Mercifully, there are plenty of jokes to keep this comedy afloat.

As usual, when Chris Rock's part is suitably trimmed, he can be funny, although his Zebra character has to indulge in some disgusting spit antics. The Hippo (a very saucy Jada Pinkett Smith), Lion (the airhead Ben Stiller) and Giraffe (the needy David Schwimmer) are funny in parts as well as in their sum, especially when all these four animals are together. My personal prized possession in the Madagascar films (although the first film was mostly sucky for me, except when the king of lemurs was on screen!) is of course the Lemur king, King Julien the hedonista-extraordinaire, as voiced by Sacha Baron Cohen. King Julien is the craziest and most deliciously delusional character in the Madagascar films and it is sheer delight to see how King Julien gets away with his lunacy.

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is one of those rare movies where the second film is actually better than the first film.

Oh, I just can't resist saying this -- the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, is going to get a skewering from me for being such a lame and worthless film. More on the kebab-ing of Quantum of Solace on my next blog entry!

TRAILER REVIEW: CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC

It's thumbs up for Isla Fisher in the upcoming comedy "Confessions of a Shophaholic". The girl's comic timing is perfect and her delivery of lines is comicly impeccable. I dare you not to burst out laughing out loud when, at the end of the trailer, she bullshits her way out of a sticky situation by slapping a man and nonchalantly saying, "Men like you are the reason I left Finland!"

Isla Fisher is a solid young actress coming to her own!


(Photo of Isla Fisher. She is the wife of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen who is famous for playing/chanelling Borat)