Akeelah and the Bee: 7.5 out of 10. I've had the soundtrack for Akeelah and the Bee for some time, but last night I actually finished the film. It's an endearing, charming movie with Keke Palmer doing a great job as the lead character who captures our heart. You
ESPN conducted a survey of 141 active NHL players. They were asked questions like "who is the best natural goal scorer in the NHL" or "who is the toughest player in the NHL". Players couldn't pick teammates. I got a chuckle from question number five. "Game 7 of the Cup
Let's talk Bosh this morning. The Raptors MVP will start for the Eastern Conference in next month's All-Star Game. He's only the second Raptor to get voted into the all-star game. The other, Vince Carter, wasn't voted in this time. When we drafted Bosh I knew he was going to
I did good tonight. I redeemed all of Canada. When Whorella Mundane requested an MP3 of Gord Downie's Hallelujah, I emailed it right away. That is, after all, my duty. I got this email from Whorella shortly thereafter. Oh my god that was so fast! Thank you so much. You
I've never played Mortal Kombat, but when I saw some cat named Ed Boon was demonstrating Mortal Kombat Armageddon on the Nintendo Wii, I thought I'd check it out. After all, his name is Ed Boon and there's no "e" at the end of that surname. It's actually a very
In shocking news, it's been revealed that the average price of a Toronto home is significantly higher now than it was in 1981. It's true! The price of homes in the 416 have risen 290%, from $90,203 to $351,941. As a Toronto homeowner, it's nice to see I've
Premature Death of Rock Stars - This is a very thorough listing of dead rock stars. It includes their age at the time of death and how they died. Heart attack seems to be the biggest killer, followed closely by drug overdose. The average age of death is a remarkably
Idol was in New York yesterday and we were pummelled with the crazies. There were a few good auditions, however, including one from Jory Steinberg. Jory Steinberg is Canadian. She was born and raised in Ottawa and a little Googling reveals she starred in Les Miserable at the age of
I watch American Idol. Don't sound so surprised, I admitted I did the Idol thing here. Since my 2007 pledge was to make this blog all about me, I'm no longer hiding the fact I watch AI, or the fact I refer to it as AI. I do, and now
20th Century Fox blames Canada for film piracy. "Canada has become a hotbed for film piracy," Bruce Snyder, Fox president of U.S. distribution, said in this article. "It's a serious problem." Apparently it has something to do with the fact we can't get arrested for bringing a camcorder into
I wish I had kept my Transformers. Naturally, I favoured the Autobots, collecting Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Hot Rod, and of course, Optimus Prime. I also had some Decepticons, like Rampage, Ramjet and Megatron. There are now Star Wars Transformers, and James has a few. There's also a movie coming out, so
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing. The Gandharvas - The First Day of Spring Last
The passing of John Majhor got me thinking about "Toronto Rocks". Majhor was the original host of "Toronto Rocks", a video show I used to watch after school. For the longest time I thought J.D. Roberts was also a host of that show. It turns out my mind was
John Majhor was 53. He was the host of City-TV's "Toronto Rocks" and "Lunch Television" as well as a popular disc jockey on CHUM-AM.
I start watching a number of movies I never finish. If the movie is boring or just plain awful, I'll bail. You never read my reviews of these movies because I don't review the flicks I don't finish. Deepa Mehta's "Water" has been nominated for best foreign-language film. It's the
They announced the nominees for the 79th annual Academy Awards this morning. Here's the complete list. Up for best picture are the following flicks. BabelThe DepartedLetters From Iwo JimaLittle Miss SunshineThe QueenCanadian Ryan Gosling is up for best actor for his role in "Half Nelson". From "Breaker High" to Oscar
I've waited twenty-two years to break this beauty out again. We're not here to start no trouble, we're just here to do the Super Bowl shuffle.
Without failure, whenever there are rumours of a snowstorm, I get the same emails and instant messages from my mom. She wants to know how much snow we're getting and when we're getting it. For my mom, I made a little change to this home page. Beneath those photos on
I mentioned I had pretty good seats for the Raptor game on Friday night. Sitting in the front row, right beside the basket was none other than Aubrey Graham. Most of you probably don't have a clue who Aubrey Graham is. I'm not embarrassed to tell you that both Taryn
I don't watch much NFL football these days, but I caught the last quarter of the Colts - Patriots game last night. It was thrilling. The Colts were down 21-3 before Peyton Manning led them all the way back to a 38-34 victory in the AFC title game. All week
If you head on over to humbleandfred.com this morning, you'll see a new look and a new podcast. In addition to the hour long show there's a shorter RAW file of naughty outtakes that are NSFW. Up until last night I was using a rather embarrassing shot of the
This may come as a surprise to younger readers of this site, but the Leafs once won the Stanley Cup. In fact, the Stanley Cup banner I'm staring at right now shows we won it eleven times, most recently in 1967. The Conn Smythe Trophy winner in 1967 was none
We sort of broke with convention when we put Regina Spektor's Fidelity on SLS16. We just dug the tune so much, we couldn't leave it on the cutting room floor. I even slapped it on my ten favourite songs of 2006 list. Regina Spektor's got a video for "Fidelity". It's
If you listen to "new rock" radio, you've probably heard Fall Out Boy's new single This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race. It's not a bad tune, it's sort of catchy, but I can't stand hearing it on the radio. The reason? It's far too heavily censored. I understand
The big debate at my house yesterday was whether the Leafs would make the playoffs or not. Ryan said we'd finish 8th in the conference and therefore make the playoffs. Steve said we'd finish 10th. I think we'll likely finish 11th. Ryan, I present last night's game as exhibit A.
