Catching up....

Since I was sick on Memorial Day and very busy the other days, I'm catching up with the blog starting with last Friday's news.

On Friday, the Red Sox won 8-4 against Tampa Bay. Julian Tavarez got the win and Papelbon the save. Lowell went yard. On Saturday, they won 6-4. Schilling moved to 8-2 and Papelbon picked up his 18th save. On Sunday, the Sox won 5-4 to finish the series against Tampa. Wakefield picks up the win and Taverez got the save. On Monday, they lost to the Jays 7-6. Beckett got the loss on Tuesday as the Sox lost 8-5. Yesterday, the Sox won 8-6 against the Blue Jays. Papelbon saved his 19th game as Jermaine Van Buren won his first game of the season.

Is Obama reunning in 2008?

The next state central cmte. meeting is set for July 8th at 1 PM in Maysville.

If you've seen all the X-Men films so far, this is one you will want to read.

Bayh voted against the nomination of Michael Hayden for CIA chief.

Peter Sullivan, a candidate for Congress in New Hampshire, has unveiled his energy plan. What do you think of it?

Ian McKellan discusses X4. So does Patrick Stewart. Heck, even Halle Berry is saying X4 might happen. If you read here, Patrick would rather do X4 than another Star Trek. Avi Arad originally said "No," but I feel he has had a change of heart since then due to the interview on this site.

Wow, check this article out. You know that there was crossover action in the comics. But what about the movies? The hard part about doing it in the movies is the licensing parts.

Ignoring Paramount, we've only got a few titles owned by the same studio; the biggest obviously being Fox's* control of both the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. These are two of the four heavy-hitters within the Marvelverse, and they've worked together plenty of times within the pages of Marvel comic books. Heck, there was even a recent crossover miniseries called X4 which was absolutely glorious. Charles Xavier and Reed Richards are old friends, and their teams have worked together on many occasions. The likelihood of a full-on X-Men/Fantastic Four team-up film is probably quite low; but with several confirmed and rumored spin-offs from the X-Men films there should be plenty of opportunities for a Fantastic guest appearance. Can anyone think of any strong candidates for such an occurrence? I'd love to see Beast consulting Reed (or vice versa) in the future, for one small example.

What about Hugh Jackman, the man who plays Logan/Wolverine in the films?

"It has never been my intention to turn the Wolverine film into 'X4,' " he cautions. "That would be cashing in on the spinoff and I have no need to even do this movie from a financial standpoint. I need to do this creatively, and I feel a solo Wolverine story needs to be told."

The need to explore a Wolverine origins story has been Jackman's plan since the unknown Aussie actor was cast as the heroic hairy guy in the first "X-Men" movie.

"I'm fully aware that this character launched my career," he says. "But I'm not doing this solo film out of any nostalgia. If I feel that Wolverine didn't have a solo film in him then I wouldn't do it."

That said, he insists that a few familiar "X" faces might make an appearance. "I'm not going to count anything out," Jackman hedges.

Peter Sullivan will address the NH State Democratric Convention at around 10:30 AM on Saturday.

Bayh continues to keep his options open for 2008.

The UK BatCats will face the Ball State Cardinals on Friday at Cliff Hagen Stadium.

Paulson, the Treasury nominee, has donated to Democrats.

Dave Barry offers a tip for the hurricane season beginning today.

The South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families was able to get twice the amount of signatures needed to challenge a law for this November's ballot with regards to a certain ban.

What happens over the summer will decide the fate of several players on SNL.

Comedy Central has announced both it's summer and fall schedules. Beginning Monday, September 19, if you want to watch Scrubs in syndication, now is your chance. It's time slot will be at 7 PM. If I have nothing else to do then, I'll probably watch it. It's starting it's 5th season so I wouldn't be surprised if they get through that many seasons before midseason.

The GOP will likely concede the next election for the governor's mansion to none other than Ben Chandler.

Wednesday, June 28 is the new release date for Superman Returns.

Getting back to X3 and the possibility of X4, read this:

All four say they’d jump at the chance to return in an “X-Men 4.” Still, they profess astonishment when a reporter informs them that there’s a secret teaser clip tacked on to the film – that runs after the closing credits – and that suggests, in tantalizingly vague terms, not just where such a sequel might head, but that it is inevitable.

“Oh, really?” says Paquin, leaning forward. “You’re kidding me.”

“You’re kidding me,” repeats Ashmore, who explains he walked out of a screening of the film after 45 seconds of end credits because “I already know everybody in the movie.”

“And this is after the chess scene?” asks Stanford, referring to what only appears to be the film’s last shot.

“Wow,” whispers Ramirez.

Sounds like some Junior X-Men didn’t do their homework.

“Congratulations,” says Paquin. “You just surprised all four of us.”

I'm caught up on this blog for now. Redbirds Fun will be updated later today or sometime tomorrow.