"Octomom" craziness

The View is on fire this week! Nadya Suleman, the "Octomom" mother of 14 children, came by for a visit. I haven't seen anyone this crazy for a long time, this lady seems nuts. She is either completely insane or on some sort of prescription medication or perhaps both. She seems so weird, I can tell the ladies were uncomfortable speaking with her. The most interesting thing was that she doesn't completely rule out having more children (she doesn't have a job). She also says she didn't know that the fertility doctor had implanted all those embryos inside of her and that she lost all that weight from carrying the 8 children naturally with no plastic surgery. She is a mess and a half, please check her out.

Jersey Shore cast on The View

Where do I begin? I really know
nothing about the hit reality show Jersey Shore, except for the fact that everyone keeps making fun of them and that they all appear to be extremely famous right now (I've never seen the show, but know several of their names already). It's a little strange that the cast is on "The View," seems outside of their normal demographic(probably just for ratings). First off, Joy appears to really dislike most of them. She seems to have issues with the fact that they are misrepresenting Italian Americans as promiscuous toe-heads. Joy also makes a point to let everyone know that "Snookie" is not even Italian. Whoopi seems oddly maternal and is preoccupied about their futures and whether they are saving up their money. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about (probably because I haven't seen their show). Now that I have heard them speak, I can definitely tell why they get made fun of so much. They're not the brightest bulbs in the box.

Pushing Daisies gets another season as a comic

Critically acclaimed, but cancelled, Pushing Daisies lasted for two seasons. The story centers around an eccentric pie maker who has the ability to raise the dead with his touch (but the drawback is that they can only stay alive for one minute or someone else will die). He then partners with a private detective who uses this ability to solve crimes and then collect the reward money. The pie maker finds out that his childhood sweetheart is murdered and not only sets out to solve her crime, but also raises her from the dead and keeps her alive (he can't touch her or else she will die again).

What ensues is a delightful fairytale forensic that is breathtaking to see due to its special effects and expansive set designs. The show had way too interesting of a plot to last on network television, my hope was that another network (possibly cable) would pick up the show. That didn't happen, but the story is going to continue as a comic for now. Not my ideal way for the story to continue, but at least it does continue. Maybe the comics will be successful and then they will make a movie.

Shutter Island

Shutter Island came out this weekend and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, and Michelle Williams and is directed by Martin Scorcese. The movie is about 2 detectives (DiCaprio and Ruffalo) who visit an asylum for the criminally insane because a patient has escaped. The asylum is located on this creepy island and almost immediately strange things start to happen. For starters, there appears to be absolutely no way that the patient could have escaped. How did she get out? Is she still in the asylum somewhere? These are the questions that you are supposed to ask yourself. Ghosts and gory images from the past begin to pop up along with all sorts of creepiness while Leo tries to figure out what is going on.

The movie has a "twist" ending which I figured out within the first 30 minutes (but don't let this deter you, it's still good even if you figure it all out). Not being a usual fan of Scorcese's directing, I already knew the movie would probably run about 30 minutes to an hour longer than it should be (true to form it was). All of the actors, especially DiCaprio, put in excellent performances. In my opinion, this might be Leo's best performance that I have seen so far. The movie was worth the $7 that I paid to see it.

The Tooth Fairy

Does the Tooth Fairy still come around for children? And if so, how much cash is she leaving these days? My teeth are fine, but could be loosened for the right amount.

Fantasia Barrino has a problem... the problem is her brother.

Fantasia Barrino, the singer who rose to fame after winning season 3 of American Idol in 2004, now has a reality show for VH1 called "Fantasia, for Real." The show mostly chronicles her family life and the makings of her upcoming third album. Besides showing her excessive spending and family drama, the show sadly doesn't offer a whole lot more. Fantasia's older brother "Teeny" does his best to capitalize on his sisters' success. He lives with her (or off of her), has no job (he claims to also be a singer) and does nothing but constantly cause drama in her life.

I'm not sure why she can't see this, seems pretty obvious. Perhaps she does know this and is simply trying to keep him out of trouble. "Teeny" drunkenly gets up on stage and embarrasses her and then commissions a studio in her own house that Fantasia never even asked for. She then gives him a budget for this studio, in which he goes over her head and almost triples the budget spending $40,000 (all of this without asking Fantasia who owns the house and is paying for the studio to begin with). She puts him out and then lets him come right back in after a few tears. Fantasia, you are very talented don't let your family drag you down to the ground (Keisha Cole has the exact same problem with her family). Hope Fantasia can keep it together and get her career back on track.

New Erykah Badu video, why did she even bother?

Erykah Badu has a brand new video for her upcoming album "New Amerykah, part 2: Return of the Ankh" that will be released on March 30th. The video is for a new song called "Jump Up In The Air (Stay There)" and features Lil' Wayne and Bilal. The song is interesting enough, but the video is so awful that it sort of ruins the song for me. That kaleidoscope effect that the video has makes me nausious. I don't think anyone would really want to watch this video as is. Maybe if the effect was only for a little while, it could be watchable. Towards the end of the video we actually get to see her entire face, I wish the whole video was that way. It will be interesting to see if this video actually gets played anywhere (do they still show videos on T.V.?)