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The producer at the TV station always has it hard, as does the news anchor with the perfect hair. While the former comes into the station at 1 a.m. to write for the morning news, the latter has to avoid letting those curious soccer moms from finding out that their match made in heaven wears a non-PETA-approved hairpiece. Even with sleep-deprived mornings and wigs considered, neither has it as rough as the weather man. Or at least that goes for Nicholas Cage’s “Weather Man”. “The Weather Man” ...

Truth be told, country music icon Johnny Cash’s life was anything but a line that he simply walked. He saw the world – whether it was serving in the Air Force or playing to sold-out crowds at the Grand Ole Opry – and blessed millions of fans with his numerous classic recordings. However, the fame and success was only half of Cash’s story. There was also the bitter, broken human being who was referred to as “a pathetic excuse for a man” by his first wife. This Johnny Cash, among many other thi...

As Curtis Jackson’s saturation of the music market continues, it is clear that the rapper – known to many as 50 Cent - is a force to be reckoned with. It’s also very clear why he changed his name. In 2005 alone, the top-selling Eminem protégé has released the record-setting Massacre disc, a bonus-DVD version of that same recording with videos for all 21 songs, a best-selling book, and most recently, the much-hyped semi-autobiographical film “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.” Beginning with a literal b...

Gone are the days in which Dennis Quaid would star in thought-provoking and emotional films, such as “The Right Stuff” or “Any Given Sunday”. The 2005 Quaid – whether it be due to a dry market for the aging actor or simply his love for dry scripts – chooses to take part in unnecessary movies geared solely towards America’s 11 year-old population, like the remake of 1968’s “Yours, Mine & Ours”. It’s hard to find much of an entertaining moment in this Nickeoldeon Studios flick, which follows th...

Chris Brander will tell you that it’s never easy residing in the county seat of the "friends zone". Especially when you’re just a tad overweight, the girl of your dreams is frolicking around with the football team, and you secretly sing along to Michael Bolton tunes while fantasizing of the girl you’ll never get. In "Just Friends", Chris (Ryan Reynolds) is more than just a citizen of the "zone" – he’s the mayor. Perhaps Chris’s live-at-home brother said it best when he raised his own hand aft...