The release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince has been delayed from November of this year, to July of 2009.
The reason the studio gave...wait for it....
...The Writer's strike.
According to Warner Bros., The writer's strike caused an upheaval in the lineup of films that were scheduled to come out next summer. Leaving a void for big name movies.
The studio is claiming that it is for this reason that they moved the film from November 21st (which would have allowed the Gilmore Family to go see it Thanksgiving night, like they have for all of the Potter films that have been released in the fall) to July of '09.
The real reason for the change, as I have discovered.
Danile Radcliffe's Penis.
That right, his penis. Radcliffe is performing in the play Equus which opens in New York this fall. In the play, Radcliffe has a love scene with a woman, and a love scene with a horse. Neither of which the studio would like to see having anything to do with the fall release of the 6th Potter film.
Every interview Dan did for the Potter film, would contain questions about the play.
So I guess for now, I will just have to keep watching the trailer over and over again.
I just spent more time, just hanging out in my garage, than I have in the last year plus that I have lived here.
Growing up, basically until today, I never understood how guys could just hang out in the garage all day, drinking bad beer and watching a race on a 13 inch TV.
All I wanted to do for the last hour was stand, one hand itching my balls, the other wrapped around a Genny Ice, a pointless race on in the background, and just stand and look at my bike, grunting occasionally.
I finally understand.
side note.... if you look closely in the picture above you will see my newly painted wheels on my Man Wagon. I went from sort of gay, soccer dad wagon, to completly bad ass international man of mystery, all with a few cans of paint and some patience.
In a world where the negative is always focused on, R News missed a chance to tell a truly wonderful story. Nick Warner left yesterday on his run to raise money for GVRC, the camp for children with disabilities that he works at. Nick ran to raise money for the camp and R News was supposed to film the send off. At the last minute R News called to tell Nick that they would not be making it out because there was a breaking news story in the city. I will not go into detail about what the breaking story was, it does not matter. What matters that there was a chance to tell a rally wonderful, powerful story about someone making a difference in the world. Instead they chose to tell of more death, and negativity. It's no wonder I don't watch the local news.
That was the title of an article on AOL's main page yesterday. That is a perfect example of the power of the corporate media. The power to frame an arguement to make it sound like this thing is closer than it really is.
Obama has a 5+ point lead in the national polls. That translates right now to a blowout in the electoral college. The problem is, the corporate news media needs to sell commercials for the next three months. People will not be watching election coverage if the media were to tell the truth, that Obama is running away with it, and John McCain's "Spinal Tap" campaign is spiraling out of control.
On the morning of October 16, 1968,[2] American athlete Smith won the 200 metre race in a then-world-record time of 19.83 seconds, with Australia's Peter Norman second with a time of 20.06 seconds, and American Carlos in third place with a time of 20.10 seconds. After the race was completed, the three went to collect their medals at the podium. The two American athletes received their medals shoeless, but wearing black socks, to represent black poverty.[3] Smith wore a black scarf around his neck to represent black pride.[3] Carlos wore beads which he described "were for those individuals that were lynched, or killed that no-one said a prayer for, that were hung and tarred. It was for those thrown off the side of the boats in the middle passage."[4] All three athletes wore Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) badges, after Norman expressed sympathy with their ideals. Sociologist Harry Edwards, the founder of the OPHR, had urged black athletes to boycott the games; reportedly, the actions of Smith and Carlos on October 16, 1968,[2] were inspired by Edwards' arguments.[5]
Both Americans intended on bringing black gloves to the event, but Carlos forgot his, leaving them in the Olympic Village. It was the Australian, Peter Norman, who suggested Carlos wear Smith's left-handed glove, this being the reason behind him raising his left hand, as opposed to his right, differing from the traditional Black Power salute.[6] When "The Star-Spangled Banner" played, Smith and Carlos delivered the salute with heads bowed, a gesture which became front page news around the world. As they left the podium they were booed by the crowd.[7] Smith later said "If I win, I am American, not a black American. But if I did something bad, then they would say I am a Negro. We are black and we are proud of being black. Black America will understand what we did tonight."
As a result of their actions, Tommy Smith and John Carlos were ostracized. They were removed from the American Olympic team and not allowed to continue to compete. The predominately white sporting community was outraged by their actions. It took these men the majority of their adult lives to overcome the effects of their actions that day. It was a sacrifice they were willing to make in order to stand up for what they believed in.
Forty years later how far have we come. Early this year NBA star Kobe Bryant released a Public Service Announcement concerning the atrocities that are taking place in the Darfur region of the Sudan. It is known that the Chinese Government has been supporting the violence there both economically and through the sale of weapons.
Upon arriving in China for the Summer Olympics, Bryant was asked what he feels about being in China, knowing that they support the very violence that he spoke out about previously. Bryant's response, as well as that of LeBron James and others was that he was there to play basketball not be an international diplomat.
On the surface this would appear to be nothing more than a typical response to a hot button question. I by no means intend to place the responsibility on Kobe. He is free to do what he likes. I just find it coincidental that Bryant does not want to ruffle any feathers in China now, knowing that he is on a national stage there right now, seeing as China represents a significant portion of the worlds population and is the next frontier of the NBA and it's international superstars.
Those are a lot of jerseys that wont be sold if Bryant, James, or anyone else stands up and speaks out about what is taking place in Africa, as U.S Olympian Joey Cheek did, which resulted in him loosing his Visa and not being permitted to compete. Something that is so quickly forgotten when the games begin and there are sports to watch.
I hold my athletes to a high standard and maybe that is unfair. I am choosing not to watch these games and that is a choice that I am making. But I have seen athletes stand for something, and sacrifice for something.
I am sticking to my story, it is going to be a landslide. Obama is going to win by double digits nationally. He will win Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina, New Jersey and Georgia.
I saw my first McCain 2008 sticker the other day while driving down Long Pond Road the other day.
I do too much driving for work and am constantly on the lookout for stickers, so I had found it note worthy that it took so long to see a McCain sticker.
As suprising as it was that it took so long to see a McCain sticker, it was not suprising at all to see what type of vehicle said sticker was placed on.
That is a 2008 GMC Acadia which gets about 15 miles to the effing gallon...Yea off shore drilling and record profits for big oil companies.
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