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Paul Young came out to the premiere of Megamind and the 54 year old singer looks amazing. He looks just like he did when he was on the top of the charts 25 years ago. I just wish instead of singing Every time You Go Away, he would sing something that would bring him back because he had some really awesome tunes!
Mark Ruffalo was added to the terror advisory list reportedly because he organized screenings for the documentary Gasland that is about natural gas drilling. According to the SF Chronicle, “his efforts to raise awareness and demand a stop to natural gas drilling reportedly attracted the attention of officials from Pennsylvania’s Office of Homeland Security – and he recently discovered it had landed him on a terror alert watchlist.” So how does he feel about it? He reportedly told GQ magazine, “(It’s) pretty f**kin’ funny.”
The world is a lot less funny today because Leslie Nielsen passed away today in Florida at the age of 84 from pneumonia according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Canadian star began as a serious actor before making the switch to comedy and we all got to laugh along with him in several parody movies including Airplane and the Naked Gun franchise. Even though he will not be any more movies, we can still laugh with him in the ones that he did. So today make some time to watch your favorite Leslie Nielsen movie and remember the comedic genius. And don’t call him Shirley. I will surely miss him and I know I am not alone.
Tears for Fears’ Curt Smith is releasing his first original holiday song in his 30 year music career tomorrow and it is called This is Christmas. The background vocals features his two daughters Diva and Wilder, and a local school’s choir. The song doesn’t only have his family involved with it, but that is what it is about because here is how he described it, “an adult visiting his parents at Christmas and lamenting how he’s always made to feel like a child when he returns home. It culminates in his realization and acceptance that they’re family after all, and nothing will (or even should) change that.†Let’s be real we all know that no matter how old we get, when we go home we are like children all over again. Saying that everyone can relate to this future Christmas classic so download it at iTunes and Amazon starting tomorrow, or get an autograph copy via Curt Smith’s website.
And if listening to it on your computer or iPod isn’t enough, you will be able to hear it on December 15th on USA’s Psych. The show that Curt Smith made his acting debut on earlier in the year!
Lastly Smith will be playing several solo LA shows next year before touring with the Tears for Fears on the West Coast and South America. I know I am going to go see the man who sings my all time favorite song Mad World!!! And I mean the TFF version and not the others.
