Twitter has given celebrities a forum to say what is on their minds and today Chris Rock gave us an interesting spin on the death of Whitney Houston. He gave us these Words of Wizdumb, “If somebody told you 20 years ago that 20 years from now bobby brown magic Johnson mike Tyson and Charlie sheen would be alive and Whitney Houston would be dead you would have told them they were crazy” Add to the list Robert Downey Jr, Rob Lowe, Keith Richards, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Busey, Courtney Love and Leif Garrett you would be even more shocked that they all outlived Whitney Houston. Amazing what can happen in just two decades?
Hours after Whitney Houston passed away, her ex-husband Bobby Brown went on with his show. The singer was set to perform with New Edition in Southaven, Miss and instead of cancelling the show, he decided to perform. Something that proved very tough for him because he broke down in tears as he remembered the mother of his daughter Bobbi Kristina.
Hell to the No. Whitney Houston has passed away today at the age of just 48 according to TMZ. At this time the cause of death is unknown.
I remember a story that Billy Joel once told at a concert I saw him at years ago. Back when Whitney Houston was a teen and a model, he saw her performing at a piano and she told him something along the lines, “I am going to be a singer. I am going to be star!” And he was like, “Yeah, right kid.” He looked back at the incident was like boy was I an idiot for not believing in her.
She not only became a star, she became a superstar. Not only for her music, but also for her acting in the films The Bodyguard and The Preacher’s Wife. She had just finished shooting Sparkle, so we will see her on the big screen one last time in August.
Whitney’s untimely death is also a little bit sadder because yesterday The Hollywood Reporter was saying she was being considered for a judge on The X Factor, something that could’ve turned her life and career around.
My heart goes out to her 18 year old daughter Bobbi Kristina that she had with Bobby Brown. No one should lose their mother at such a young age.
Even though her voice has been silenced, it will live on like her notes did on her songs like I Will Always Love and Didn’t We Almost Have it All. Such a powerful voice to be taken away so young, but we can keep it going by listening to her music that has touched us at some point in our lives. So right now honor her by listening to one of her many hits and sing along because you know every word to her songs because we have all heard them so many times.
Tonight at 10p Kevin Smith is back with his second special on Epix and this one is called Burn in Hell. If that title is not enough to make you watch, I don’t know what is.
Kevin Smith tours the country talking to his fans and tonight you get to experience what one of those one night stands are like. He talks about his movie Red state, protesting Westboro Baptist Church, the loss of his father, his other films, critics, Ben Affleck and how important it is to be creative in a way only Silent Bob can.
It is an enjoyable 90 minutes where you really get to know the writer/director/actor who brought us such movies like Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob and Red State. So tune in or the guy who is Too Fat To Fly will protest you.
Tonight at 8p on Hallmark Channel Cupid is going to debut and you are going to love this movie that puts an arrow through your heart. Well you know what I mean.
Eve Lovett (Joely Fisher) is a workaholic TV show host who has never made time for love, but that is all going to change. For Valentine’s Day her producer (Roark Critchlow) insists that she does a Love Week and he books a guest who will change her life forever. He doesn’t know it, but he has booked Cupid (Jamie Kennedy) and he tells Eve she has up until February 14th to find the perfect love match or she will lead a loveless life. She thinks he means she must match two people and starts setting up her co-workers with each other. Some work out, some don’t. As the V-Day approaches, she is told she hasn’t succeeded. Will she find out what Cupid meant about finding love or she will she never find it? Tune in for this perfect Valentine’s movie whether you are single or have a special one tonight on Hallmark Channel.
Blue Ivy Carter is barely a month old and her parents Beyonce and Jay-Z are showing her off on her very own Tumblr page. How cute is the Princess of Hip Hop? She looks just like her dad, no doubting that he is the father. Although many of us are doubting that Destiny Child was actually carried by Beyonce.
Van Halen is back on the road with David Lee Roth promoting their first new album with him in almost 30 years; and I have a pair of tickets to give to one lucky winner in the United States. All you have to do is email me the answer at SeriouslyOMGWTF@yahoo.com to “Before their brand new CD A Different Kind of Love, what was the name of the last album David Lee Roth sang with Van Halen on?” by February 22nd with your full name, email, phone number, and your choice of city/venue and concert date. One winner will be chosen at random. Only the concert tickets are provided, you will need to provide your own transportation and such.
Van Halen, Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductees and one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time, announced their return to the live stage with an extraordinary 2012 North American tour. Known around the world for some of the most iconic live performances in music history, the legendary rock band will begin their tour on February 18.
Tickets for the Live Nation-promoted tour go on sale beginning January 14 at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.
In addition, Van Halen confirmed their new album, A Different Kind Of Truth, will be released in the U.S. by Interscope Records on February 7. The first single from the album, “Tattoo”, and its accompanying video will be debut simultaneously on Tuesday, January 10th, with album pre-orders starting that day. A Different Kind Of Truth is Van Halen’s first original studio album with singer David Lee Roth since the band’s classic multi-platinum album 1984.
Fans can expect Van Halen to perform selections from A Different Kind Of Truth alongside songs from their arsenal of epic hits that include: “Eruption,” “Running with the Devil,” “Jamie’s Cryin’,” “You Really Got Me,” “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love,” “Everybody Wants Some,” “Unchained,” “And The Cradle Will Rock,” “Beautiful Girls,” “Mean Street,” “Somebody Get Me A Doctor,” “Jump,” “Panama,” “Hot For Teacher,” “I’ll Wait,” and more from their classic albums Van Halen, Van Halen II, Women and Children First, Fair Warning, Diver Down and 1984.
VAN HALEN 2012 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
2/18/12 Louisville, KY at KFC Yum! Center
2/20/12 Detroit, MI at The Palace of Auburn Hills
2/22/12 Indianapolis, IN at Bankers Life Fieldhouse
2/24/12 Chicago, IL at United Center
2/28/12 New York, NY at Madison Square Garden
3/1/12 New York, NY at Madison Square Garden
3/3/12 Uncasville, CT at Mohegan Sun Arena
3/5/12 Philadelphia, PA at Wells Fargo Center
3/9/12 Buffalo, NY at First Niagara Center
3/11/12 Boston, MA at at TD Garden
3/13/12 Manchester, NH at Verizon Wireless Arena
3/15/12 Montreal, QC at Bell Centre
3/17/12 Toronto, ON at Air Canada Centre
3/21/12 Ottawa, ON at Scotiabank Place
3/24/12 Atlantic City, NJ at Boardwalk Hall
3/26/12 University Park, PA at Bryce Jordan Center
3/28/12 Washington, DC at Verizon Center
3/30/12 Pittsburgh, PA at Consol Energy Center
4/1/12 Rosemont, IL at Allstate Arena
4/10/12 Fort Lauderdale, FL at BankAtlantic Center
4/12/12 Orlando, FL at Amway Arena
4/14/12 Tampa, FL at St. Pete Times Forum
4/16/12 Jacksonville, FL at Jacksonville Arena
4/21/12 Greensboro, NC at Greensboro Coliseum
4/27/12 Nashville, TN at Bridgestone Arena
4/29/12 St. Louis, MO at Scottrade Center
5/5/12 Tacoma, WA at Tacoma Dome
5/7/12 Vancouver, BC at Rogers Arena
5/9/12 Calgary, AB at Scotiabank Saddledome
5/11/12 Edmonton, AB at Rexall Place
5/13/12 Winnipeg, MB at MTS Centre
5/19/12 St. Paul, MN at Xcel Energy Center
5/24/12 Denver, CO at Pepsi Center
5/27/12 Las Vegas, NV at MGM Grand Garden Arena
6/1/12 Los Angeles, CA at STAPLES Center
6/3/12 Oakland, CA at Oracle Arena
6/5/12 San Jose, CA at HP Pavilion at San Jose
6/12/12 Anaheim, CA at Honda Center
6/14/12 San Diego, CA at Viejas Arena
6/16/12 Phoenix, AZ at US Airways Center
6/20/12 Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center
6/22/12 San Antonio, TX at AT&T Center
6/24/12 Houston, TX at Toyota Center
6/26/12 New Orleans, LA at New Orleans Arena
Weird Al Yankovic is in town for Sunday’s Grammys, which he has not one but two nominations, and because of that he was finally able to make his first appearance on The Late Late Show. In fact the singer told Craig Ferguson that in a way he is responsible for the Scot hosting the show. When the two met 13 years ago Weird Al told him he was wasting his talents acting on The Drew Carey Show and should be hosting a late night show on CBS, and yet it took him over 7 years to be on something he said should happen. Well there was a lot of blame dealt out and one curse word used over and over again to explain their frustration. Then after the fourth time, Weird Al pointed out that his awwwwdorable 8 year old was in the green room watching the unedited feed and he would have to explain what that word means. Then after that word was not uttered again for the rest of the night except by little Nina.
So why so much tension about it, you see Weird Al Yankovic never heard from Craig Ferguson’s people and Craig’s people assumed that Weird Al was two busy touring and the two assumed the other one didn’t like them. Well even though there was a huge miscommunication about it, it all eventually worked out and the two had a funny chat on the CBS show yesterday at 12:37a.
When was all said and done, Weird Al performed TMZ, his take on Taylor Swift’s You Belong to Me. If ever a song needed to be sung on a late night show in Los Angeles, it is that song. See how as Yankovic said, he makes every song better. I tend to agree.
Tonight at 8p on CBS’s A Gifted Man, the clinic is held hostage by a woman with a gun.
It is a normal day at the clinic except that they have a single father who came in with his injured daughter, but will be come a patient who is in desperate need of an emergency operation. As doctors Kate and Zeke and maintenance man Anton close up and await the ambulance to take the very sick to the hospital, a woman comes into clinic and points a gun them. She tells them that she is there for Dr Michael Holt, who is not there but instead back at the hospital. She refuses to let anyone, including the ailing man, leave until Holt gets there. So Kate and Zeke have to operate on him even though they have not done that type of surgery in a really long time. Holt shows up and the woman is still not satisfied. Eventually she will start shooting off the gun and someone will wind up being shot. As two people lives hang in the balance, will they be able be stop the hostage taker before someone dies? Tune in for the suspenseful episode that leave nervously waiting to find out how it is all going to end.
