Sunday, July 10, 2005

Weekend Update

Jim Edmonds for NL Gold Glove. His web gems this week will show why he will soon be in the Hall of Fame.

Johnny Damon has a 24 game hitting streak. That is pretty impressive. He'll need 33 consecutive games with a hit if he wants to break Joe DiMaggio's record. The Sox record is 34, set by Dom DiMaggio in 1949.

Improv celebrates 50 years by going back to where it all began.

Actress couldn't say no to Yes.

Live-8 was a success as the G-8 voted to relieve the debt and increase aid by 2010. Unfortunately, one member refused to get on board with the Kyoto Protocal to decrease vehicle emissions. That one person: George Bush. That shows how much of a corporate sell-out he is and how he cares more about oil than animals. Polar bears are going on empty. One-hundred million people will be forced out of their coastal homes as the sea rises approximately 3 feet.

Gary Sinise joins the ranks of Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Russell Crowe, Bruce Willis and many more.
Add to the list Steppenwolf Theatre Company co-founder and current CSI:NY star Gary Sinise. The acclaimed actor plays bass guitar for the Lt. Dan Band, performing tonight at Casino Rama, near Orillia, Ont., north of Toronto, with Nova Scotia pop singer Melanie Doane.

Sinise confides that he won't be trading in his acting career for music any time soon. "It's all for fun," he says. "Look, there are musicians who end up acting in movies. Why can't movie actors play in bands?"
St. Louis now has 3 pitchers with wins in double digits (Mulder, Morris, Carpenter). Jason Marquis and Jeff Suppan have 8 each now. The Cards lead the MLB in starting pitchers with wins (49).

Conan's legacy is apparent...I think.

Ben Stiller's friends party on.
Question: What do you think of being called the frat pack?
Answer: It's a little bit constructed to be honest with you...The big common denominator to the whole thing is Ben Stiller, the guy that gave opportunities to a lot of us. He put Will Ferrell in Zoolander, put Owen in a bunch of stuff, he fought for me to be in Dodgeball. The only movie I've done with Will really is Old School, and then we both were in Starsky. I did a cameo for him in Anchorman, he did something in this, but this is Owen and my first movie together. We were both in Starsky, we didn't have much to do together. And I've never even been in a scene with Jack Black, the only movie I've been in with Luke is Old School, and we both did a cameo for Will in Anchorman.

Q: Do you see any similarities between your group and the Saturday Night Live/Second City comedians of the '70s who made films together, such as John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Chevy Chase?
A: No, those guys all started off with Second City, then they went to Saturday Night Live together. Will (Ferrell) was a Groundlings actor, Ben started off doing The Ben Stiller Show. Owen (Wilson) came out of Texas really, where he was doing those smaller movies. Me and (Jon) Favreau (who co-stars with Vaughn in The Break Up) met on a movie called Rudy and made Swingers and then we made Made together and pursued independent lives as well. I have respect and think all those guys are talented and I have enjoyed working with them, but it's not like it's an organized group saying, 'What's our next move?'
In other movie news, Natalie Portman says her haircut has caused her to be suspected as a terrorist.
Natalie Portman says her shaved head makes her a target. The actress, who shaved her head for a movie role, suspects she was stopped by police near the Midtown Tunnel because she looks like a terrorist. Portman told Newsweek, "My registration was expired because I had been out of town...They wouldn't let me go in. But he said to take the bridge instead. And I didn't understand that logic. If you're a suspect, don't take the tunnel, take the bridge?" The other question is why did cops let her drive off without proper registration?
In other news, I will be on vacation til next Monday.

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