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Jack Johnson and his son were spotted out riding their bikes in Oahu on Thursday. He and his wife, Kim, and three children live on the Hawaiian island, where Jack was born and raised. He's hanging around near home during a break from his world tour since he was forced to cancel the remainder of his Japan appearances due to the earthquake. The singer will be back on the road in May though, to play Read more
Watch Andy Samberg and Jack Johnson duke it out — Funny or Die Stephen Fry will play Sherlock Holmes's brother in the sequel — Cinematical Check out this cool fan-made trailer for The Walking Dead — Ex Mortis Films Listen to Kanye, Jay-Z, and RZA's "So Appalled" — Vulture Jason Schwartzman introduces The New Yorker iPad app — New Yorker More on those Playboy bunnies you saw on Mad Read more
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder gathered his friends in Waikiki over the weekend to celebrate as he tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Jill McCormick. Tim Robbins was called upon to perform the ceremony, but the real action took place yesterday afternoon at the beach. Gabby Reece broke out her bikini to swim with her shirtless husband, Laird Hamilton, and musician Jack Johnson showed off his own Read more
A long weekend means Tuesday is this week's Monday — and lucky for you, Tuesday brings lots of new goodies into the entertainment world. Not into this week's DVD releases? Here are a few new albums to help celebrate the short week. You do know Jack: Jack Johnson doesn't stray too far from his mellow ways on his new album, To the Sea. It's the standard mix of Johnson's acoustic guitar Read more
Sarah Chalke will star in the pilot for ABC's political comedy Freshmen — Coming Soon Whoopi Goldberg and Kathy Bates join Kate Hudson in Earthbound — Inside Movies Brit Morgan has been cast as True Blood's latest new character: Debbie Pelt, Alcide's ex — The Ausiello Files The best films of Jeff Bridges — Rotten Tomatoes HBO renews Big Love for a fifth season — TV Squad Taylor Read more
Put Jack Johnson, Ben Stiller, and Hawaii together and what do you get? Hot funny fun. "Taylor" is a groovy, uplifting melody (aren't all of JJ's?), but the video is worth five minutes of your life, especially if you're a fan of spaz Ben Stiller. Ben arrives in Hawaii to direct a JJ video, but first he runs over a chicken. Of course, JJ is totally cool about it. Next we see Ben singing JJ in the Read more
Tuesdays are big in entertainmentville: Not only do all the new DVD releases hit Netflix, but new music also pours into stores, including iTunes. So I take a spin through each week's iTunes music releases and pick out some albums and tracks worthy of a download. Here's what's on my list this week: Free sneak peek: This list is usually all about music, but I got a heads up today about some Read more
The US House of Representatives is asking President Bush to issue a posthumous pardon of professional boxer, and one of the first celebrity athletes, Jack Johnson. When Jack Johnson became the first-ever black heavyweight boxing champion in 1908, many in the country went looking for "The Great White Hope" — a white boxer who could defeat Johnson. In 1910, undefeated champion James J. Jeffries Read more
Sun Salutation can mark a beautiful, introspective time in your day, and I'm a huge fan of employing the help of some happy, sunny tunes to get me motivated and centered. Starting a day with even just 20 minutes on the mat can make a big difference in how you look at the world around you. If your morning practice is feeling a little tired — or like me, you've literally fallen asleep on your Read more
PaleyFest was full steam ahead last night with the hilarious cast of New Girl taking the stage to discuss the first season of their runaway hit. The panel was an hour and half comedy routine filled with jokes about Max Greenfield's small nipples and interesting mole patterns, Jake Johnson's horrible dancing, and Zooey Deschanel's favorite scene to date. The cast also dished about what they hope Read more
