Fanboy here for the latest in pop culture... holy dung, is that a boy in a balloon?
Yeah I know, I'm sick of hearing about it too. But the fact is that little Falcon Heene and his kooky, hoax-producing parents have brought up an interesting question. We've long talked about the blurred line between news and entertainment but with the Heene's using every major news organization as their own personal publicists, has the line gone from blurred to simply nonexistent?
The Larimer County Sheriff's Office in Colorado have already announced that Richard and Mayumi Heene may be charged with "falsely reporting that their 6-year-old child had drifted away in a large home-built helium balloon to drum up publicity for a reality TV show."
Now Sheriff Jim Alderden says there might be co-conspirator in the charges, a media outlet.
Could it be that a network may have been in cahoots with these amateur storm chasers? According to Robert Thomas, who worked with Heene on several ideas, the couple apparently wanted to star in a show that would see the Heene's working on a range of weird experiments.
And if it is found that a network helped pull off this hoax, are they more or less responsible than the parents who were OK with teaching their kids to lie "for the show?"
TV theme song composer Vic Mizzy has died at the age of 93 in his home in Bel-Air, Calif.
While you might not know the name, Mizzy was the man behind two of the most well known theme songs of all time, "Green Acres" and "The Addams Family."
"I sat down; I went 'buh-buh-buh-bump [snap-snap], buh-buh-buh-bump," he recalled in a 2008 interview on CBS' "Sunday Morning" show. "That's why I'm living in Bel-Air: Two finger snaps and you live in Bel-Air."
The next film in Ben Stiller's "Meet the Fockers" series got a couple of new stars this week.
Laura Dern and Jessica Alba will join the cast of the tentatively titled "Little Fockers." Dern will play the headmistress of the elementary school that the Focker children attend.
"American Idol" contestants Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta have announced the titles and release dates for their debut albums.
Lambert, last season's runner up will release "For Your Entertainment" on Nov. 23. Iraheta's album drops Dec. 1 and will be called "Just Like You."
"Idol" winner Kris Allen's album comes out...who are we kidding? Does anyone care? (It's Nov. 17)
Good news for fans of Jackie Earle Haley.
Haley, who made a name for himself as Rorschach in "Watchmen," will play horror icon Freddy Kreuger in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" reboot due out in April 2010. Now comes word that Haley will star in another geek classic: "Green Lantern."
According to various outlets, Haley is in talks to play the villain Sinestro in the superhero film. This news was paired with a rumor that Superman, yes, the character, may appear in the film as well.
It seems like every week we've got some more cool "Glee " news. This week is no exception.
Some of you may know that Lea Michelle who stars as Rachel on the hit series got her start on Broadway in the musical "Spring Awakening." Well now her Broadway co-star, Jonathan Groff, will be joining the show for five or six episodes as the male lead of Vocal Adrenaline, the group's show choir rivals.
Groff's character might also be a potential love interest for Michele's Rachel.
In other Gleek news, director and nerd icon Joss Whedon is confirmed to be guest directing an episode of the Fox series. Whedon has already garnered acclaim two other musical ventures, "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" and another fan favorite, the musical episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
Yeah I know, I'm sick of hearing about it too. But the fact is that little Falcon Heene and his kooky, hoax-producing parents have brought up an interesting question. We've long talked about the blurred line between news and entertainment but with the Heene's using every major news organization as their own personal publicists, has the line gone from blurred to simply nonexistent? The Larimer County Sheriff's Office in Colorado have already announced that Richard and Mayumi Heene may be charged with "falsely reporting that their 6-year-old child had drifted away in a large home-built helium balloon to drum up publicity for a reality TV show."
Now Sheriff Jim Alderden says there might be co-conspirator in the charges, a media outlet.
Could it be that a network may have been in cahoots with these amateur storm chasers? According to Robert Thomas, who worked with Heene on several ideas, the couple apparently wanted to star in a show that would see the Heene's working on a range of weird experiments.
And if it is found that a network helped pull off this hoax, are they more or less responsible than the parents who were OK with teaching their kids to lie "for the show?"
TV theme song composer Vic Mizzy has died at the age of 93 in his home in Bel-Air, Calif.
While you might not know the name, Mizzy was the man behind two of the most well known theme songs of all time, "Green Acres" and "The Addams Family."
"I sat down; I went 'buh-buh-buh-bump [snap-snap], buh-buh-buh-bump," he recalled in a 2008 interview on CBS' "Sunday Morning" show. "That's why I'm living in Bel-Air: Two finger snaps and you live in Bel-Air."
The next film in Ben Stiller's "Meet the Fockers" series got a couple of new stars this week.
Laura Dern and Jessica Alba will join the cast of the tentatively titled "Little Fockers." Dern will play the headmistress of the elementary school that the Focker children attend.
"American Idol" contestants Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta have announced the titles and release dates for their debut albums. Lambert, last season's runner up will release "For Your Entertainment" on Nov. 23. Iraheta's album drops Dec. 1 and will be called "Just Like You."
"Idol" winner Kris Allen's album comes out...who are we kidding? Does anyone care? (It's Nov. 17)
Good news for fans of Jackie Earle Haley.
Haley, who made a name for himself as Rorschach in "Watchmen," will play horror icon Freddy Kreuger in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" reboot due out in April 2010. Now comes word that Haley will star in another geek classic: "Green Lantern."
According to various outlets, Haley is in talks to play the villain Sinestro in the superhero film. This news was paired with a rumor that Superman, yes, the character, may appear in the film as well.
It seems like every week we've got some more cool "Glee " news. This week is no exception.
Some of you may know that Lea Michelle who stars as Rachel on the hit series got her start on Broadway in the musical "Spring Awakening." Well now her Broadway co-star, Jonathan Groff, will be joining the show for five or six episodes as the male lead of Vocal Adrenaline, the group's show choir rivals.
Groff's character might also be a potential love interest for Michele's Rachel.
In other Gleek news, director and nerd icon Joss Whedon is confirmed to be guest directing an episode of the Fox series. Whedon has already garnered acclaim two other musical ventures, "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" and another fan favorite, the musical episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
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