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Spike Lee is back in business at HBO.  No nothing about the levees in Louisiana but this time he’s hooking up with noted producer John Ridley to create Da Brick, a boxing drama that has the support of one of the game’s biggest names in Mike Tyson.  The story will focus on a young, African American kid who ends up going to prison and returns to the street of Newark, New Jersey to re-gain his life.

Spike Lee

The Hollywood Reporter says casting will include John Boyega in the title role.  He was recently cast in the movie Attack the Block.  Also a familiar name and face on HBO in Julito McCullum who was in the network’s The Wire.  Milauna Jemai from NCIS will also be cast in the drama according to the Hollywood Reporter as Boyega’s character Donnie‘s mother.

Mike Tyson

The storyline has Donnie leaving prison at 18 years of age and becoming a man in what the Reporter quotes as “what it means to be a young, black man in supposedly post racial America.”

Yes, like the Mike Tyson story.

No word on start of production.

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Oh boy, here we go again.  Another story about more people in the public eye that just can’t play right and now FOX News commentator Bill O’Reilly finds himself in the middle of a big mess that could get a lot stickier for the conservative talk host.

Bill O'Reilly

Gawker, the blog that really seems to have it in for anything related to FOX News, is reporting that Bill O’Reilly tried to use his influence as a well known personality to investigate a cop for allegedly is having an affair with his wife.

Gawker is reporting this, not us, as we always give credit where credit is due here at RealTVCritics.com because we can’t afford high priced lawyers.

Here’s the story.  Bill O’Reilly’s wife has apparently found residence in a different location than the FOX News commentator.  Gawker says Maureen O’Reilly has left the building after 15 years of marriage.  And the man who got chased in a van by Cheaters host Joey Greco undercover private eye Gomez was a police officer in the Nassau County PD.

Um, couldn’t she pick someone with, well let’s be real, more money?  Let’s see, police officer…leading talk show host on FOX News.  This is not Chinese arithmetic.

Anyway O’Reilly gets word that his wife is bumping you know whats with Kojak and all hell breaks loose.  Apparently another cop, the boss, brings up the affair to Kojak on behalf of Bill O’Reilly and the game is on.  Actually told the new boyfriend to end the affair.

Problem for O’Reilly…he was chatting with the former police commish about giving them a donation.  Um we mean a cash donation.  Not a good career move for Bill O’Reilly and with a Democratic Governor in the name of Cuomo running the state of New York, an investigation could ruin a lot of careers in the Nassau County Police Department.

This story stinks to holy hell and Bill O’Reilly, if he actually did this dirty deed, is a real dirty guy.  Oh, and by the way Bill, this is not the way to reconcile with your wife.  I know cause I watch a lot of Dr. Phil.

Read more at Gawker.

http://gawker.com/5834808/how-bill-oreilly-tried-to-get-his-wifes-boyfriend-investigated-by-the-cops

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So last night I’m shutting down my computer, getting ready for a night of restful sleep (or is that restless sleep!) when I turn on KTLA’s 10 O’Clock News only to see what I thought was a vision.  A nightmare maybe or one of the strangest dreams I have ever had that didn’t include last year’s cast on The CW’s America’s Next Top Model.  No, unfortunately for me it was not that show but it was KTLA The CW.  And that was about all that was connected to watching this man climb the historic broadcast antenna of the Los Angeles based television station.

Guy Climbs KTLA Los Angeles Broadcast Antenna

Now KTLA is located east of the real, true Hollywood craziness but crazy seems to have moved further down Sunset Boulevard to an area where I used to live.

Now I know why I moved out of Hollywood.

A man decides to climb the tower last night not because he likes KTLA, or Micah Olman or anyone associated with the station.  He was on a mission.  To send what he called “a message of revolution.”

Um, okaaaaaaaaaay!!!

He goes on to say that there are other revolutions taking place all over the world and there needs to be one here, I guess on Sunset Boulevard, and he wants all of us to join in on his mission.

Final word.  Police and fire got him off the tower after chatting him down.  He has been taken for a psychiatric exam, which I remember they used to call a 302 hold or a 5150 when I was back in Philly, before they decide to either charge him with trespass or several other crimes or send him to his shrink to adjust his meds.

Hey you own a retail establishment in Philadelphia and see how many nut cases you come across.  You’ll know what a 303 or a 5150 hold is for sure.

Check out the link to the video.

http://www.ktla.com/videobeta/758d1fbc-6f1e-4364-961a-17a448ea57b3/News/KTLA-Man-Arrested-After-Climbing-KTLA-Tower-Olga-Ospina-reports

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Who isn’t waiting for this?  Name someone that has watched a season, any season of the FX hit series Sons of Anarchy and we are all waiting.

Charlie Hunnam is 'Jax' on 'Sons of Anarchy' - Premieres Tuesday, September 6 at 10PM

Well wait no more.  Sons of Anarchy returns to FX on September 6th and one blogger notes that it will be the most trigger happy season ever in the history of the series.  Clay (Ron Perlman) and stepson Jax (Charlie Hunnam) are apparently at each other in the new season four more than ever.  And if you watch the trailer you will see just how nasty it’s going to get.

SAMCRO gets hooked up with a Mexican cartel this coming season and the most feared Latino actor on television is going to be in the new arc of episode.  Danny Trejo from the movie Machete and tons of other bad guy flicks will be running around scaring the heck out of us all this season.

Can’t wait.  10PM both coasts on FX.

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A big day, a really big day today for actor Ed O’Neill.  Some thought he was branded as the slimy shoe salesman on the FOX television show Married With Children.  The show had a huge run for 11 seasons and 262 episodes that are still airing all over television in syndication which means you can find in just about anywhere.

Still on of the funniest shows on TV.

Ed O'Neill as 'Jay Pritchett' in ABC's 'Modern Family'

He plays the very quirky yet lovable Al Bundy with wife Peg (Katey Sagal) who went to star in FX’s Sons of Anarchy.  Along with Christina Applegate (Kelly Bundy) and David Faustino (Bud Bundy), Sunday nights were the most laughable nights on FOX on Married With Children.

Today Ed O’Neill got his props.  Outside the DSW Shoe Outlet on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as he gets a star for his efforts on television.

After Married With Children, Ed O’Neill went on to play Joe Friday in the short lived ABC cop drama Dragnet. Today he’s part of a great cast and a great show, again on ABC called Modern Family.  And he awaits word on his success with an Emmy Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Jay Pritchett.

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OK so I’m going to warn you all in advance that nothing is bleeped out in these videos.  So there’s some, OK so there’s a whole heck of a lotta words that should have been edited out only if this was on MTV.  Lady Gaga needs to get her mouth washed out,Tyler the Creator I’m still trying to find out who the hell is Tyler the Creator especially after he trashes my boy Bruno Mars and on and on.

Katy Perry - 2011 MTV Video Music Awards

Check it all out and we thank the Los Angeles Times for the video content but once again we warn you on some of the content that you probably shouldn’t be bouncing little Mary or little Johnny or little Hakeem on your lap with the audio up on some of what you’ll hear.

But a good back stage look at what really takes place off camera at the MTV Video Music Awards.

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…we can’t even get passed the rumor that’s “NUMBER ONE” with a an echo and a bullet on Google Trends that says Nancy Grace, or as some call her Nancy Disgrace is going to be two-stepping in on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.

Ron Artest

Here’s the full list of those joining the CNN host and former host of Swift Justice, one of those awful daytime shows.  Ron Artest (looks like there won’t be an NBA season), Kristin Cavallari, Hope Solo, Ricki Lake (HUH?!), David Arquette, Rob Kardashian, Chaz Bono, Kim Richards, Sherry Shepherd and Christina Millian.

Wow!

Nice lineup for Dancing with the Stars on upcoming season 13.  Tune in to Bachelor Pad 2 tonight at 8 on ABC  for the full lineup.  Oh this is so fun.

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One more passenger was all it took to end the career of one of R&B’s most sensational newcomers.  Just one more passenger.  Aaliyah and her entourage had just finished a music video in the Bahamas and weren’t scheduled to return to the United States until the following day.  On a bigger plane, a plane that could suffice the legal weight requirements of Aaliyah and members of her recording company that were in the Bahamas to work on her video.

Aaliyah on the Set of Her Video 'Try Again'

That turned out to be the biggest mistake of the short life of the singer, more a mistake by the pilot who had one more person on the plane, making it too heavy for travel, then crashing 200 feet beyond the runway.

Aaliyah’s career was over.  All for one extra passenger.  A stupid mistake, a life a great musical artist was gone.

Aaliyah: One in a Million was one of BET’s most watched programs on the network during it’s premiere last week which just tells us about the impact that the performer left on all of us in her short stint in the music business.  1.1 million viewers watched the show which includes behind the scenes content along with some of her really popular music videos with some additional content never seen by the public.

Aaliyah: One in a Million is airing all over BET so check your local listings for time.

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Crosby is getting some competition for Jasmine‘s attention.  And some serious comp.  OK let’s do a bit of set-up.  Crosby (Dax Shephard) hooked up with his baby’s mama Jasmine (Joy Bryant), moved in with her, bought her a house, did the “you are the father’ Maury type thing then bumped you know whats with Minka Kelly’s Gaby Moss, came clean (you never come clean) and Jasmine kicked Crosby to the curb.

That’s one heck of a fast forward.

Now enter DB Woodside, who I remember from FOX’s 24, another brother President that got messed up on that show.  Somehow all of the black Presidents get messed up on 24.  I didn’t see any of the white Presidents get shot or blown up on 24.

Somebody get Joel Surnow on line one.

DB Woodside (left) and Very Cute Friend on the Right

Now DB Woodside enters Parenthood on NBC, getting a five episode stint on the show as Dr. Joseph Prestidge, an Ivy League guy, probably from Penn, who is so different than the take it as it comes Crosby.  He does his thing to get close to Jasmine and of course all you know what will break loose in the Braverman clan over the good Dr. Prestidge.

That’s all according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter.

Executive Producer Jason Katims told THR “things maybe didn’t work out for them quite as well as it seemed” for Crosby and Jasmine as the end of last season had them “happy together” in the words and music of The Turtles back in 1967.  Google it because if I have to go back to 1967 the scotch on the rocks is kicking in on a Sunday afternoon when the temperature hits close to 100 degrees in Los Angeles.

Uh oh!  That top shelf scotch will provide a bit of creativity won’t it?

Parenthood is back on NBC September 13th.

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OK so yes this blog and this writer are based on the east coast.  Yes I’m from Philly and lived on the east coast for most of my life.  Doing Boston for a few years, New York for a couple of years.  So with a bit of concern with family in those areas I spent a good part of the day watching storm coverage on CNN.  Now this storm was on the radar for what about a week before it really hit the east coast so this gave everyone there plenty of time to get the hell out of Dodge City, right?

Then comes the story from Norfolk about these two idiots, maybe I should call them morons, that decided to get in a sailboat during a major hurricane.

Photo Courtesy WAVY

I’m not kidding.  A man and a woman get in a sailboat during  Hurricane Irene, predicted to be one of the most powerful storms in most of our lifetimes.

What is wrong with people?  I mean what is wrong with people?

I say the next time a couple of idiots or morons jump in a damn boat in a storm that we leave them in the ocean to die.  Die!

So watching CNN, watching  everyone on the east coast from Norfolk all the way up to Boston getting prepared for a major hurricane and these two people are out in a boat in the ocean.

So from the CNN anchor, this question to the guy from Norfolk Fire and Rescue.  “I’m curious, why were they out there, clearly they knew of this storm that was on it’s way, what were they doing in the water in the first place?”

“They were trying to out run the storm,” said Captain Mike Marsala from fire and rescue.  “They had some engine trouble.”

Idiots.  Morons.

Next time someone says they want the government out of their lives, remember they have to send money to Norfolk Fire and Rescue to go pickup, well a couple of idiots and morons.

You can watch the story from the link courtesy WAVY in Norfolk.

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