Yesterday, Paramount released War of the Worlds. Mr. Tom Cruise is currently on a promotional tour for the film so 21st Century Paladin was extremely fortunate to have one of Hollywood’s biggest stars agree to an interview.
After his recent controversial comments on the Today Show, his publicist, Ms. Pat Kingsley, advised against the interview but [...]

I was told to expect something different from the standard Bat-fare. Perhaps it was the switch to Christopher Nolan (Momento) from Burton and Schumacher. So even though Marvel signed off on the project, Batman Begins was more an early biography than comic book tale.
The story began with a young Bruce Wayne living in his [...]

I just love lists, rankings, charts, tables, graphs and all that stuff. So naturally I’m drawn to the quantifying of America’s greatest resources… our people.
Before getting to the list, we’ve got to remember that political correctness is a disease of the mind and has spread to the four corners of our great land. The Discovery [...]

Now that the draft is over and the teams have their players, what of those devastated souls who came out early to find that nobody would play with them?
Being a Kentucky fan, I could have counseled Azubuike and Morris better than whoever it was that gave them their “free” advice. Forde has it right when [...]

When I saw the trailer for Coach Carter, I knew immediately that I wanted to see it; not necessarily in a theater but definitely on video. It turns out that it didn’t take long for the movie to take that trip.
I’m a huge fan of basketball. I grew up in Kentucky after all. But other [...]

Radiohead’s album OK Computer has been named the best of the past 20 years by US music magazine Spin.
I’m a huge fan of Radiohead and I absolutely love OK Computer, but top of the last 20? Wow.
Opting Out in the Debate on Evolution
The know-it-all scientists are so fervent in their defense of evolution that they [...]

As I’ve written recently about the Pros and Cons of raising the minimum age limit for entering the NBA, it looks like the increase from 18 to 19 is being met with something less that open arms.
Both Lute Olson and Roy Williams don’t think the change “will have any affect at all.‚Äù Other analysts agree.
The [...]

It’ll cost you about $100 grand if you’ve got a Web site with suicide instructions. Kinda crazy in our day and age that we have to make laws against things that it seems a hundred years ago was common sense. What’s up next? A campaign that cries, “Chopping up kittens for a souffle is wrong!”

I’ve just completed the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series by Tad Williams and do you know what I think? I think it’s even better than Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
Tolkien blazed a fiery trail for all who would come after him. Now writers like Williams have the opportunity to build on that [...]

It seems almost more science-fiction than reality, but it’s an incredible concept that is going to be available for consumers in the near future. No more barking dogs? Crying babies? Where do I sign up?

It seems the state government in Vermont is overstepping its bounds because they are not allowing Shawn Byrne to register this vanity plate. I wonder is ALAHRLZ would get the hook as well? Whatever clerk or manager that denied this plate should be ashamed.

You’ve heard of the DaVinci Code, now there’s the Michelangelo Code. But it’s not a book, it’s a discovery by some doctors who believe that Michelangelo hid some anatomy secrets in the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling.
I’m not saying they’re wrong but it seems to me to require a bit of imagination. Color me skeptical.

Much like last week’s Best Movie Scenes Ever, we now have AFI’s Top 100 Movie Quotes.
Looks like they’ve caught most of the big ones. Here’s a few I thought might be included:

“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.” – It’s a Wonderful Life
“Just the facts ma’am.” – Dragnet
“You take the blue pill, [...]

Game 7 was a hard-fought battle. End of the first period, Spurs by 2. At the half, Detroit by 1. Third period? All tied up. The difference in the 4th was the Spurs defense. Detroit wasn’t able to get good looks while Duncan and Ginobili were hitting their shots.
So for the second time in three [...]

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