Holy Blades of Glory!


Updated 05/22/08 10:11 PM · Posted by · 7 comments

Holy Blades of Glory!

Russian gold medalist Evgeni Plushenko has lost his ever-lovin' mind. We found a priceless video of him warming up the Olympic crowd with his figure-skating routine to Tom Jones's "Sex Bomb," complete with foam muscles and a gold bikini bottom. Gyrating, mugging, and generally making a fool out of himself, Evgeni proves that when retires his skates, Chippendale's will welcome him with open arms. Read more

Box Office: Semi-Pro Semi-Beats Out Competition


Updated 03/04/08 6:48 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 10 comments

Weekend Box Office Results 2008-03-03 08:30:00

Despite earning the top spot at the box office, the predictable laughs in Will Ferrell's Semi-Pro only earned $15.3 million over the weekend. This is considered a disappointing sum, especially compared to opening weekends of other Ferrell films like Talladega Nights and Blades of Glory. Variety reports that this underwhelming performance by the basketball comedy may have been due to mediocre Read more

Semi-Pro: Funny Little Shorts, Same Old Jokes


Updated 03/03/08 5:22 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 2 comments

Semi-Pro: Funny Little Shorts, Same Old Jokes

By now the Will Ferrell formula is apparent: Find some job or sport or fashion era that has loads of inherent humor, give the main character some insurmountable challenge to face, and . . . action! This time it's basketball in the 1970s. Not that I’m complaining, really; the movie's predictable laughs are still laughs. In Semi-Pro we find Will Ferrell shoving his gigantic, blindingly white Read more

What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday


Updated 08/28/07 3:30 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 9 comments

What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. "Heroes" — Season 1 The first season of NBC's hit sci-fi drama "Heroes" is now available on DVD and it's extras-tacular. The show follows "ordinary" people who happen to have extraordinary powers Read more

Box Office: Disturbia Not Disturbed from Top Spot


Updated 04/23/07 2:20 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 6 comments

The many of you who want to see Disturbia are not alone: The teenage thriller held steady at No. 1 at the box office, raking in $13.5 million. With the plethora of thrillers out now, three out of the top five movies this weekend were of the genre, with Fracture claiming the No. 2 spot and Vacancy coming in fourth. Will Ferrell's Blades of Glory was at No. 3 while the family flick Meet the Read more

Shia Sells: Disturbia Tops the Box Office


Updated 04/22/07 9:19 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 14 comments

Shia Sells: Disturbia Tops the Box Office

Shia LaBeouf is everywhere, and don't expect him to go away any time soon, because this weekend proved the young star has serious star power. His new movie, Disturbia, was No. 1 at the box office this weekend, reports Variety, taking in $23 million. Carry-overs Blades of Glory and Meet the Robinsons took second and third place, while the dreadful Halle Berry vehicle Perfect Stranger landed in Read more

Grindhouse Loses the Box Office Race


Updated 04/11/07 4:49 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 15 comments

Grindhouse Loses the Box Office Race

Mediocrity topped curiosity at the box-office this weekend, with two tepidly reviewed holdovers — Blades of Glory and Disney's Meet the Robinsons — landing in the No. 1 and 2 spots with $23 million and $17 million in ticket sales, respectively. Both movies beat out Grindhouse, the groundbreaking double feature directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, which earned just $11 Read more

Blades of Glory Skates Into No. 1


Updated 04/02/07 6:19 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 8 comments

Blades of Glory Skates Into No. 1

What good is a mindless Hollywood comedy if it doesn't win big at the box office? Fortunately, Blades of Glory didn't have to find out. Not surprisingly, the latest Will Ferrell movie, was No. 1 at the box office this weekend, Variety reports. According to the weekend box-office estimates, the entertaining if somewhat idiotic men's figure-skating comedy took in $33 million in its opening weekend. Read more

Rewind: This Week's Buzz


Updated 03/31/07 4:05 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 0 comments

Rewind: This Week's Buzz

Can't wait for "The Office" to return? Watch this intriguing video preview or check out Jenna Fischer naked. Can you spot the fake TV pilots? Take my quiz and find out. It's guaranteed to be more entertaining than some of the schlock the networks are working on. Try the new and improved Recast challenge for Rear Window — you just might win a tshirt. Will Ferrell rules in the mindless but Read more

Movie Night: Will Ferrell Movies


Updated 03/31/07 9:45 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 12 comments

Movie Night: Will Ferrell Movies

Will Ferrell's endearing, off-kilter acting style seems to have spawned its own genre: call it, simply, the Will Ferrell Movie. While I find too-similar routines obnoxious in some actors, Ferrell movies are often so easily digestible that I crave them when I need a lighthearted film fix. In honor of Ferrell's latest triumph, Blades of Glory, I thought I'd pay tribute to the man in this week's Read more