Bulls/Celtics

How exciting was this series? I thought the Cetics would struggle without KG, and I guess they did considering it took seven games and seven overtimes and now Boston will face the defensive player of the year in Dwight Howard and Garnett still a bench warmer. This series was better than the excitement of the entire NCCA Tournement!

With the Number One Pick in the 2009 NFL Draft...

I watch the draft every year, 2009 was especially irritating because both ESPN and NFL Network spoiled virtually every pick before Commissioner Goddell announced them. Have all the mock drafts you'd like, but enough with the spoilers, I want to hear it from the Commissioner's own mouth!!

Parks and Recreation

Meh...There's not a bigger expert and fan of The Office on NBC and I was super excited about Parks and Recreation. One-Because Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, the two responsible for the success of The Office, are behind Parks, and two- my two favorite writers, Stupnitsky and Eisenberg, are writing the new show.
The pilot episode was just okay. Maybe not even okay, I was a little let down and hoping the show will ramp up, and maybe not be preempted next week (thanks KFOR).

54.51 %

Not very great. I was sitting at 100% at the Sweet 16, now I only have one of the final four. I took some gambles and lost out. Another tournament pool entry fee down the drain!

Tony Gilroy's last movie Michael Clayton was nominated for seven Academy Awards, this time he's back with a knotty, double cross, spy tale with a catch phrase lifted from CBS' "Survivor." Roberts and Owen play ex-spies hired by two rival corporate chief officers (both brilliantly played by Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson) after an unpatented trade secret. The script may be a touch long, but thankfully there's not a ton of love story here, once you think a scene may be getting to mushy, Gilroy has Clive Owen say something absurd and break the seriousness. Owen is probably one of the ten best actors working today, but I just don't think Julia has it anymore. Someone else could have played the role better, I think Gwyenth Paltrow could have done it, or maybe if Anne Hathaway were a bit older, she would have been perfect. So far the most enjoyable movie of 2009....3 1/2 stars (of four).

Eight shows in; still lame

You would have thought by now Jimmy Fallon's nerves would have calmed a bit. He's still uncomfortable as ever giving an interview. At this point, maybe he's made a style decision and he's going to run with the "I'm not a stuffy professional-I'm a just a endearing old friend from college" type of approach, but either way, it's brutal watching him stumble through a sit down, chat style interview. The bits have been just as bad as his interview questions. That includes "lick it for ten," which seems like a promotional deal for whatever product the studio audience members are licking. Same goes for the guy from engadget.com who came on the show, basically on behalf of PALM to showcase the new PALM PRE....lame.