Charlie Sheen and Maria Schechter on the set.

Maria Ocana-Schechter attended the Komen Pink Tie Ball in June and had a great time, dancing and dining with her husband, her sister and many friends. Little did she know that she would soon make a new friend, a famous one by the name of Charlie Sheen.

Maria and her husband Bruce participated in the Live Auction at the Ball, winning a VIP package that took them to the CBS studios in Burbank for a taping of the hit television show “Two and a Half Men.” How much fun was it? Maria, Bruce and guests had front row seats for the taping, got to meet stars Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer afterward, plus enjoyed wine and appetizers before a tour of the set, backstage and props. They also met the show’s creator and executive producer Chuck Lorre and received two signed vanity cards. (If you watch the show, you know what they are.)

“Charlie is as handsome in person as on screen,” Maria reports. “It was a fabulous experience that my husband and I enjoyed immensely thanks to Komen.”

Save the date: the 2010 Pink Tie Ball will be May 15.

De acterende familie Estévez bestaat uit vader Ramón en kinderen Carlos, Emilio, Ramón en Renée. Ramón is de zoon van een Ierse moeder en een Spaanse vader, beiden Amerikaanse immigranten. De acterende Ramón besloot zijn familienaam achter zich te laten en een artiestennaam te zoeken. Hij was erg gelovig en vond de naam bij Fulton J. Sheen, een katholieke bisschop en theoloog. Het werd uiteindelijk Martin Sheen. Klinkt niet slecht. Maar klinkt het zo veel beter dan Ramón Estévez? Dat heeft ook wel iets. Iets exotisch. Sheen bouwde een stevige carrière uit met als hoogtepunt de rol van Captain Willard in de oorlogsfilm Apocalypse Now van Francis Ford Coppola. Geniale film, geniaal geacteerd. Hij bleek ook naast zijn filmcarrière erg productief en kreeg vier kinderen: Carlos, Emilio, Renée en Ramón. Estévez dus, niet Sheen. De vier kinderen stapten zoals dat hoort in de voetsporen van hun vader en gingen acteren. Emilio, Renée en Ramón behielden hun vaders geboortenaam, Carlos nam de artiestennaam van zijn vader over. Emilio Estévez heeft als ‘grootste’ acteerprestatie de rol van Gordon Bombay in The Mighty Ducks neergezet. Renée en Ramón moesten het met heel wat mindere B-films doen. Het grootste succes in de familie was uiteindelijk weggelegd voor zoon Carlos, die zichzelf omdoopte tot Charlie Sheen. Iedereen kent zijn naam, zijn gezicht, maar eigenlijk heeft hij een belabberde filmografie. Of vindt u Major League, Scary Movie 3 & 4, Hot Shots en de tv-serie Two and a Half Men om mee uit
te pakken ?

“No man is kept poor because opportunity has been taken away from him or because other people have monopolized the wealth and have put a fence around it.” Wallace D. Wattles The SofGR

“No one is kept in poverty by a shortness in the supply of riches; there is more than enough for all.”   Wallace D. Wattles The SofGR

Does Bud believe there is a ”shortness in the supply of riches?” 

It’s a hard question to answer.  His actions demonstrate he may have been victim to the belief that there is a shortness of riches.  He started out well enough.  Signs indicate he was hard working, wanted to make it on his own, wanted to prove he had “insight” that others did not demonstrate.  I think in his young state, naive if you will, he thought his dogged determination would carry him through to the outcome he desired – MONEY. 

When he meets Gordon, it’s as if he says good-bye to his innocence and gives in to Gordon’s way of doing business.  He lets go of his “work hard” ethic and moves into “work smart.”  Of course, to Bud, “work smart” means doing things Gordon’s way – getting information by whatevert means is possible and leveraging the information.

To read the strategy by itself, it doesn’t sound all that bad.  Unfortunately for Bud and Gordon, it’s an illegal strategy in the world of investing.

If Bud had truly believed in the abundance of riches, he may have been able to see that wealth unencumbered was available to him.  Perhaps he could have found a way to leverage Gekko’s power legally.

Chapter 4 soon…..

This is the flag of Slovakia. Get nice and familiar with it, Medal Podium.

GateHouse — I don’t write about sports very often, which is too bad, since we as a nation are running pretty low on providers of completely superfluous sports commentary (maybe we can get some of you guys on a cable TV show or something), but nevertheless I am here to report the SPORTS SHOCKER OF THE WEEK, one which will melt your face, light your mustache on fire and make it seem like you’re being punched in the tongue by Terry Bradshaw. Before you read further you may wish to sit on something concrete and put on a welding mask. (You should probably do that anyway, as swine flu is caused by the radiation that comes out of computer screens, obvs.)

Here we go: Last Saturday, the U.S. men’s national “soccer team,” which according to my research and the Internet computer machine has been around for like totally a bunch of years, lost to the nation of Slovakia in soccer, or as they call it overseas, “football, the wildly popular sport that many Americans believe to be totally boring although many of them watch baseball, things Charlie Sheen is in and movies about vampires in high school.”

The final score of the U.S./Slovakia throwdown: 1-0. ONE TO NOTHING, because when the U.S. takes on Slovakia in anything it’s always a shootout. As per Slovak custom, the afterparty was held at the White Castle in Whiting, Ind. Needless to say, the Knights of Columbus served as the hotel lobby.

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And even though soccer is America’s 35th most popular sport, just ahead of international yacht racing, unsettling contests involving Incredible Dogs and the NBA, this is a BIG DEAL for my homeland of Slovakia. And those guys could really use it these days, partly because most of you reading just went, “What the hell is Slovakia?” which is kind of the national chamber of commerce’s first problem, really. (The second is this Actual No. 2 Google News headline for Slovakia right now: “Voter Indifference Has Bottomed Out In Slovakia.” See, I told you it could be worse, South Carolina!)

Indeed, not much happens in Slovakia, except when the Von Trapp kids wander over, and yet when the U.S. faces off against Slovakia in soccer (or anything, really, although you’d be surprised how infrequently these two countries compete in anything that doesn’t necessitate a bobsled or a goat) I am a man torn between two loyalties, like Spock in the new “Star Trek” movie or Steven Tyler. In fact shortly after learning that Slovakia was winning, I took to the Twitter to tweet or twort or twunk a good-natured pro-Slovak chide that read something like YOU SUCK, AMERICA, which when taken out of the context of international soccer fury pretty much assures I’ll be denied air travel for the rest of my life.

Because, as I’ve written many times before in an attempt to snag free entrance to Whiting’s annual Pierogi Festival, I am of Slovak descent, and Slovakia — or whatever country Slovakia was when my family came over, that was like three or four names ago — is enjoying a sports resurgence, the likes of which haven’t been seen since Pavol and Peter Hochschorner took Olympic gold in Canoeing Slalom in the 2004 Olympics (Bratislava got TORE UP that night, y’all). Which is helpful, because our only other recent claim to fame, pop-culture wise, was serving as the setting for the hilarious family comedy “Hostel Part II,” in which meaty, thick-handed Slovaks went all torture-y on some nubile American blondes or whatever.

So for the moment have to resort to offer congratulations and a hearty cheers with a mug full of dark beer and sauerkraut to both sides, and avoid having to pick a favorite nation for now. It is a plan I hope to hold onto as long as I can, or at least until the next Canoeing Slalom event rolls around.

Le 10 Septembre 2009, l’acteur Charlie Sheen a adressé une demande vidéo au Président Barack Obama, afin de demander la réouverture d’une enquête sur les attentats du 11 Septembre 2001.

Ceci fait suite à sa lettre au Président Obama, «20 minutes avec le président», portant spécifiquement sur 20 points clés qui doivent être éclaircis au cours d’une enquête véritablement indépendante.

La lettre évoque des éléments de preuves, appuyée par une bibliographie en ligne substantielle, qui démontre que l’histoire officielle du 11/9  est fausse et que cette conclusion a été également évoquée par la majorité des membres de la Commission du 11/9, renforçant la nécessité de rouvrir l’enquête sur ces attentats terroristes.

Il exprime son espoir que le Président Obama donnera suite à ses promesses de changement et de transparence du gouvernement, en utilisant ses pouvoirs exécutifs pour réexaminer le 11/9, ajoutant qu’il a voté pour Obama, étant entendu qu’il suivrait une voie différente de l’administration Bush.

Toutefois, comme il le souligne dans sa lettre, cette première année de la présidence d’Obama indique clairement qu’il ne fera rien pour inverser la politique élaborée par le régime de Bush, et en fait, cherche même à dépasser les outrages de l’administration précédente dans des domaines comme les mandats pour les écoutes téléphoniques, les restitutions, les détentions sans procès, et les guerres au Moyen-Orient – des politiques qui sont présentés comme la conséquence même du 11 Septembre 2001.

Ceci est un appel à l’action et une déclaration de guerre contre les mensonges du 11/9 qui ont forgé le justificatif à des guerres interminables à l’étranger et à l’État policier. Sheen demande aux militants pour la vérité et à ceux qui se soucient tout simplement de l’avenir de leur pays et du monde, de se tenir debout et d’exiger la vérité du pouvoir.

Le message de Charlie Sheen est un appel à l’action, non seulement pour le président Obama pour qu’il réponde aux questions pertinentes, mais pour les activistes du monde entier à faire pression sur leurs représentants et leurs dirigeants, afin d’obtenir une réouverture d’une enquête.

House é o nono da lista

Segundo a Reuters, em Los Angeles, a Forbes soltou a lista dos homens mais bem pagos do horário nobre da TV americana, baseando-se nos lucros de 01 de junho de 2008 a 01 de junho de 2009:

1. Simon Cowell, US$ 75 milhões
2. Donald Trump, US$ 50 milhões
3. Ryan Seacrest, US$ 38 milhões
4. Charlie Sheen, US$ 21 milhões
5. Steve Carell, US$ 20 milhões
6. Howie Mandel, US$ 15 milhões
7. Kiefer Sutherland, US$ 13 milhões
8. Jeff Foxworthy, US$ 11 milhões
9. Hugh Laurie, US$ 10 milhões
10. David Caruso, US$ 9 milhões

Leia mais clicando aqui.

Sairam os nomes que vão concorrer ao People’s Choice Awards 2009. ‘Twilight’ e ‘True Blood’ estão entre os mais votados. Os fãs dedicaram mais de 18 milhões de votos para as duas atrações.

‘Twilight’ é o favorito a Melhor Filme, Franquia e Melhor Elenco (Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson e Taylor Lautner). Stewart e Pattinson também concorrem individualmente por Melhor Atriz e Melhor Ator, enquanto Lautner concorre a Melhor Revelação.

‘True Blood’ foi nomeado para o prêmio Maior obsessão e Melhor Série Sci-Fi/Fantasia, enquanto Anna Paquin concorre a melhor Atriz de Drama.

Os fãs podem votar em seus favoritos no site oficial da premiação.

Veja aqui a lista completa de indicados relacionados a TV:

Série de Drama

CSI
Grey’s Anatomy
House
Lost
NCIS

Série de Comédia

Desperate Housewives
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory
The Office
Two And a Half Men

Ator de Drama

Hugh Laurie
Kiefer Sutherland
Mark Harmon
Matthew Fox
Patrick Dempsey

Atriz de Drama

Anna Paquin
Blake Lively
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Katherine Heigl
Mariska Hargitay

Ator de Comédia

Alec Baldwin
Charlie Sheen
Jim Parsons
Neil Patrick Harris
Steve Carell

Atriz de Comédia

Alyson Hannigan
America Ferrera
Amy Poehler
Eva Longoria Parker
Tina Fey

Maior Obsessão na TV

Dexter
Gossip Girl
The Hills
The Secret Life of The American Teenager
True Blood

Talk Show

Chelsea Lately
Live with Regis & Kelly
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Tyra Banks Show

Série de Sci-Fi/Fantasia

Heroes
Lost
Supernatural
The Vampire Diaries
True Blood

Show de Competição

American Idol
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Survivor: Samoa

Nova Série de TV

V
Eastwick
FlashForward
Melrose Place
Mercy
The Forgotten
The Good Wife
The Vampire Diaries
Three Rivers
NCIS: Los Angeles

D Day, Dooms Day, 9-11-01, 3 Tombstones of Democracy. What will happen if 9/11 truth & justice is not served? Everything points to a huge cover-up… Fiction clip based on facts by Mon Rasz.

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Some time ago, I wrote a post about those uncomfortable encounters that occur when you have a difference of opinion.  You know what I’m talking about.  It usually happens in one of two ways:  1) You proclaim your annoyance with a certain topic and nearly everyone in the room is appalled, they verbally gang up on you, and leave you wishing that you had just kept your mouth shut; or 2) Everyone in the room begins talking about how much they love someone/something.  You disagree, but you keep it to yourself because, hey, that’s easier than being at the center of a disagreement.  But somehow during the discussion, you’re left wondering what’s wrong with you that you’re in the minority.  How can you be so off on what is popular?

My original post, I’m so controversial, focused on beloved celebrities that I can’t stand.  Well, as I’ve discovered recently, there are many other things that the world loves that I just don’t understand and simply can’t get behind.

Facebook Applications

Yoville, Farmville, Pet Society, Mafia Wars – you name it, I don’t understand it.  I use Facebook to communicate with people.  I do not use Facebook to play games—especially pointless games where I have to sell cows and plant corn.  I already allow Facebook to take up too much of my time.  No, Facebook friends, I don’t want to pet your dog, help you find a home for that lost sheep, or join your mob.  Quit sending me invitations or I’ll block you.

Hoops and YoYo

A few years ago, I started receiving cards with these two creatures on them.  Much to my confusion and dismay, upon opening them I would hear a chorus of phrases:  “WEE!”  “YAY!”  “OOOO!”  “Unintelligible other noises!”  Apparently the cards and the creatures therein are funny?  Hmm.  I’m not sure how or why.  They seem pretty annoying to me and I can never understand what they are saying.  One of the creatures is a cat while the other is a rabbit.  I defy you to decipher which is which.

Novelty Footwear

For as long as I live, I don’t think that I’ll ever understand how such ugly footwear such as Ugg Boots or Crocs have become so popular.  Ok, I can understand how sometimes in high school, really ugly things become trendy because the cute, popular girl wears them and soon other lemmings follow but this seems to be a nationwide trend.  How does that happen?  Who decided that this footwear was cool?  Crocs seem like they’d just make your feet sweatier (you’re wearing plastic on your feet, after all.  Don’t you remember the ill-effects of jellies?).  Ugg Boots are supposed to keep your feet really warm in the winter.  But they’re made of suede and it seems like suede and winter slush are a bad combination.  The biggest argument in favor of this foot wear is the phrase: “Oh but they’re so comfortable!”  Yeah, so are my slippers and I don’t wear them outside of my house.

Talking about how drunk you got last night/weekend

“Man, I was so wasted on Saturday!”  “I got so drunk that I puked!”  “I don’t even remember Friday night, I was so tanked!”  Am I supposed to think that you’re cool?  Should I be impressed with your high tolerance, or lack thereof?   Well you’re not and I’m not.  Here’s an idea, grow up.  We’re not in college anymore, we have jobs, and adulty responsibilities and you should have learned by now how to consume alcohol responsibly.  If you haven’t, then I just feel sorry for you.  Enjoy living in the past!

Olive Garden

General population, I hate to break it to you but Olive Garden isn’t a fancy restaurant.  It’s an easy mistake to make.  They have a wine list and their menu items are overpriced.  But, really, those two things don’t make it a high end restaurant.  Simply put, it’s a chain restaurant that is oftentimes so crowded that patrons must wait well over an hour for a table.  A tip for you, America: Go to a local Italian restaurant.  The food will be better and more affordable and I bet you get a table right away.

E*Trade Baby

I don’t even know what E*Trade sells or does.  I imagine it has something to do with money but I also imagine that it has NOTHING to do with a talking baby.  Who were the ad geniuses that came up with this one?   But once again, people seem to love this ridiculous talking baby.  He’s not funny.  In fact, he seems kinda like a jerk.  Jerk baby, I don’t want to trade with you or buy your money or whatever it is that E*Trade does.  Try again.

Two and a Half Men

Charlie Sheen must be into some voodoo magic or something.  How in the world he managed to get everyone to forget that he is a sex addict, was involved in drugs AND a prostitution ring, and divorced his pregnant wife is beyond me.  Not only did he get everyone to forget about his many indiscretions but he got them to fall in love with his sub-par sitcom.  HUH?!  I do believe that there is one contingency that we can blame for the population’s love Two and a Half Men:  old people.  Old people love CBS and old people loved Everybody Loves Raymond.  And old people hate changing the channel; hence, the unnecessary popularity of this “comedy.”  Thanks a lot old people.

Todo mundo só lembra daquela música melosa da banda Berlin, mas o que tira o meu fôlego é Danger Zone, com o Kenny Loggins,

e , principalmente, a instrumentral Top Gun Anthem.

Embora You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling, do Righteous Brothers, faça parte da trilha, a cena leva por Melhor Karaokê (ou seria Vergonha Alheia?).

PS1: A Academia não concorda com este blog, porque eles concederam o prêmio para Take My Breath Away. Isso foi em 1987.

PS2: Essas músicas também podem ser escutadas no Blip dos Indicados. Clique aqui.

PS3: Tá lembrado da paródia do Top Gun, com o Charlie Sheen? Não? Veja de novo: http://tinyurl.com/yjda28v

PS4: Quer ver o trailer?

I feel the need…the need for speed!

WolfGang’s Bar and Grill takes the traditional American type eatery and turns it upside down, all the while pushing the boundaries and reinventing the classics we love. First impression: inviting atmosphere, friendly staff, and a line out the door.

I ordered samples of most of the items on the menu. I love chocolate chip cookie dough! It is so fun to be a critic. The Artichoke Soup stood out along with the Crab Cakes. Both had a musical sensibility and a playful demeanor, yet I was not craving seconds. Next I enticed my lips with the Southwest Super Salad. OH MY GOD! LET ME TELL YOU! It should have been named the Midwest Normal Salad if you catch my drift. LOL.

The main courses arrived at my table in a flurry of attractive people. Ah yes, Steak Tar Tar with shitake mushrooms: sublime. Clam Chowder Brisket: delectable. Honey Nut Short Veggie Rib tossed with Tortellini pasta: flirtatious.

We all know the Puck is a genius in the kitchen but not so much in design. In homage to his roots, the décor includes a series of hockey puck photos in different locales around the world. To be honest, it was quite distracting trying to eat Alaskan Rabbit Quiche while looking at a “French Puck” sporting a beret.

I ended the evening with two desserts. Wood Fried/Grilled Gelato and Baby Banana Mania with Hershey Bar Explosion. I was hooked. I had such a sugar high that I literally passed out. When I came to it all started to make sense. I sat back and gazed around with new eyes. I was one with the “Ethiopian Puck”, the sexy people, and this consciousness altering cuisine. I can eat this shit all day.

(Rob has not eaten at this restaurant)

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D Day, Dooms Day, 9-11-01, 3 Tombstones of Democracy. What will happen if 9/11 truth & justice is not served? Everything points to a huge cover-up… Fiction clip based on facts by Mon Rasz.

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What?

It is the mid-1980s. From out of the sky, Soviet & Cuban troops begin landing on the football field of a Colorado high school. In seconds, the paratroops have attacked the school & sent a group of teenagers fleeing into the mountains. Armed only with hunting rifles, pistols & bows and arrows, the teens struggles to survive the bitter winter & Soviet KGB patrols hunting for them. Eventually trouble arises when they kill a group of Soviet soldiers on patrol in the highlands. Soon, they will wage their own guerrilla warfare against the invading Soviet troops….under the banner of ‘Woverines’! 

Where?

At the girlfriends.

With?

On my own.

Why?

I’d heard of the movie years ago, I’m fairly certain my brother and his friends always used to go on about it, but I never get around to seeing it. It’s a great concept, starring some of the best young actors of their generation, that turns the siege movie on it’s head and with the remake (surprise!) on the horizon, no is as good a time as any to check it out.

Worth It?

It didn’t do much for me I’m afraid, the whole experience left me cold. I’m not entirely sure what it was that caused this, the acting was decent, the script snappy but during the 114 minutes of Red Dawn, I never once felt convinced of a threat to our protagonists.

In fact, I never once felt convinced by the story at all. Now, I’m a crusader for suspending belief for film, It’s something I feel is essential as my love of film boils down to the pure escapism it provides, but Red Dawn just did not feel like at any point in the future, the actions on screen could be a possibility, which is sad when you look at the subject matter because there is a chance in the future it could!

I don’t have too much to say about this one really, very disappointing.

5/10