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Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Thursday, 6th December 2007 @ 1:25 AM

In a world that seems to be obsessed with competitiveness, it seems that we've used so many outlets to feed this need. We've seen basketballs bounce until their flat. We've seen football players pound into each other until they pass out. We've seen hockey players skate until the ice is gone. We've seen soccer players run up and down the field until it was just dirt. It seems that even watching people sing until their vocal chords give out has become boring. It se... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By Richard Runion @ Tuesday, 4th December 2007 @ 10:29 PM

You have three basic options of the type of multimedia player to buy. There is a player that comes with a hard disc for program storage, another that uses flash memory (memory sticks, flash cards, etc.) and yet another using standard CD format with storage of music in mp3 or other compressed formats. Features, design, usability and battery life differ with each manufacturer. Before you zero in on the model you want, consider the pros and cons of every product. Your selection is li... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 4th December 2007 @ 7:44 PM

Every year, for one season, people huddle around their television sets to watch the Fox program American Idol where wannabe singers compete for the chance at a record deal and almost instantaneous fame. It is this show where people either cheer or jeer for Simon Cowell's scathing critiques of sub par singing. It is this show where people watch as Randy Jackson gives an unenthusiastic I ain't feelin ya, dawg. And it is this show where we tune in to view Paula Abdul's latest... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 4th December 2007 @ 7:43 PM

Obsession is a young man's game. This is the line delivered by Mr. Cutter (played by Michael Caine) to Robert Angier (played by Hugh Jackman) in the Christopher Nolan directed film The Prestige. And obsession is a theme, among several others, that takes key precedence in this brilliantly crafted film about a very heated professional rivalry between two stage magicians that spans the course of several years. Alfred Borden (played by Christian Bale) is a stage magician in London who s... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 4th December 2007 @ 7:40 PM

In 2005 film director Christopher Nolan brought Batman back to the big screen with the critically acclaimed film Batman Begins. This was the first time a Batman movie had received widespread critical acclaim in almost ten years, and with good reason. Many comic book fans and movie goers were not only less than pleased with the previous Batman film Batman and Robin, they were down right outraged. Fans did not appreciate Joel Schumacher's vision of a smirking George Clooney as the Dar... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 4th December 2007 @ 7:36 PM

It seems as though there are some television series that exist solely to try and capitalize on a genre that was popular several years before. CBS series Moonlight is one such series. The series is a show that Anne Rice, Buffy, or vampire fans in general are all too familiar with in terms of story. Moonlight is a story about a vampire who falls in love with a mortal who is unaware (through the first few episodes) of his nocturnal activities. I suppose I should go deeper into the s... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By Peter Finch @ Monday, 3rd December 2007 @ 8:52 PM

Chat rooms for the deaf are places where you will find other deaf people looking for conversation and looking to meet new friends everyday. Did you know that there are hundreds of websites on the internet just devoted to this? Yes, there is something for everybody. You no longer have to be worried about using sign language only to communicate. You can let your fingers do all the talking! There are all sorts of chat rooms. You will find community based rooms, ideas and ideology based rooms... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Friday, 30th November 2007 @ 9:04 PM

Protecting your children from the programming that appears on television that is more geared toward adults is harder these days than it used to be simply because there is so much more content that is just not for kids to see. What you find appropriate and what someone else finds appropriate for their children to watch certainly may vary, but one convenient thing about satellite TV service is that it often allows you to control what your children watch and often in several different mann... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Wednesday, 28th November 2007 @ 11:05 PM

When it was announced in 2005 that Michael Bay, the director of such hits as Pearl Harbor and Armageddon, would bring the classic 1980's cartoon Transformers to the big screen, fan boys and fan girls met the news with a rather mixed reaction. With rumors circling around the movie fans were both ready to jeer and cheer. For those unaware of the animated series, here is a brief description. On the planet Cybertron, there is a war for the source of life (the Allspark) of its robotic in... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 27th November 2007 @ 9:33 PM

Fans of the hit anime Dragon Ball will soon get their long held wish courtesy of 20th Century Fox and if it goes off without a hitch, it will be in theaters around the beginning of summer 2008. What are we talking about? A live action, English movie based off of the hit manga and anime series that has swept Japan and the United States since the 1980's when it was first developed by Akira Toriyama. The series has spawned two additional TV shows since its debut, including Dragon Ba... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 27th November 2007 @ 9:30 PM

A lot of people like to entertain guests inside their homes and one of the most common types of parties is the sports party. No matter what kind of sport you and your family or your neighbors are into watching, it is likely that you have held a party to watch the game at one point or another. How many households do you know of that have not ever had or been to a Super Bowl party? Not too many, right? So, how do you make sure the party is done correctly and make sure that your home is... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 27th November 2007 @ 9:29 PM

On November 5th, 2007 the entertainment industry, and industry which is known to always have something in development, came to a near stand still when The Writer's Guild of America East and the Writer,s Guild of America West went on strike. While there are always multiple reasons for strikes, the specific cause of this strike was over royalties from DVD sales, union jurisdiction over animated and reality programs, and what is considered by some the most important: new media (such as... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 27th November 2007 @ 9:28 PM

Television has come a long way since it was first developed back in the early 1900's and while a large number of people thought that it was a fad that would go away with time, it has taken center stage around the world as a source of entertainment and information. The number of channels available for a person to watch are almost endless, all the way from adult channels to channels for the smallest of children to watch. There are almost as many different service providers t... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 27th November 2007 @ 8:42 PM

With New Year's Eve coming up soon, many people are wondering whether they should have a New Year's Eve party or not. If you have a big enough house to throw a good sized party in, you might be able to turn this into one of the greatest parties your neighborhood has seen this year, but in order to make it a great one, you may need to invest in a little sprucing up of your house and that starts with your TV. Most people in the United States that celebrate New Year's Eve lik... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 27th November 2007 @ 8:41 PM

Come on, let's face it: everybody likes to watch TV. Some people say that they do not, but if you put them down in front of a show about a subject that they are interested in, they will watch it. This has been true almost since the very beginning of television back in the early 1900's and even though the basic concept has remained the same, television has changed quite a lot since them. Back before television existed, the kitchen used to be the sole center of the house... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 27th November 2007 @ 8:40 PM

When it was announced by TBS that Frank Caliendo would be in his very own comedy sketch program, I was thrilled. Caliendo, a long time Mad TV veteran, is best known as an impressionist. He is also known for other people such as Jack Nicholson, the entire cast of Seinfeld, George W. Bush, Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Dick Cheney, and his most famous: John Madden. As I sat down ready to laugh, I couldn't help but notice that some of the jokes felt rather forced. I am not saying that the... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 27th November 2007 @ 8:39 PM

Everyone knows just how secretive film studios can be with their properties. They usually just release a still photo of filming, or a shot out of the movie and call it a teaser poster and then give a very vague description of the plot. Then, within four months of release time (perhaps even longer), they release a full length trailer and by then so many websites have spoiled the movie for everyone that people only see it to know whether or not it lives up to the hype. In early 2007, J.J. ... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 27th November 2007 @ 8:39 PM

The Motion Picture Association of America first introduced a rating system due to the number of complains about the levels of violence, nudity, sex, and profanity in the motion pictures that were being produced in the United States. The MPAA decided at the time that if anyone was going to regulate the content of the films being put out in the United States that they, not the government, would be the ones to do it. The code first started out with the nickname the Hays Code, name... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 27th November 2007 @ 8:39 PM

In the first two Spider-Man films, Sam Raimi, the director of the Evil Dead series, brought the Marvel Comics superhero to life on the big screen. Audiences thrilled as Spidey battled the Green Goblin, foiled the plans of Dr. Octopus, and cheered as he got the girl each time. The first two films garnered critical acclaim, and box office winnings to match. With Toby Maguire returning as the web slinger, and Kirsten Dunst as the love of his life Mary Jane Watson, does the film live up to i... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment | By dror klar @ Tuesday, 27th November 2007 @ 8:38 PM

If you like being able to control what your kids watch on TV, then you might want to consider signing up for satellite TV service offered by one of a number of providers in the United States. These are superior to standard cable service and offer a number of features that normal cable services do not offer in most areas. One of the great things about most satellite TV services is the built in parental controls. These can be really handy if you have kids that are constantly watching pr... more...