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This week in entertainment – iVillage

March 18, 2010 By

Do you read entertainment magazines or websites? I do, because I love getting a glimpse into how celebrities live. I’ve been subscribing to Entertainment Weekly for almost 20 years!  I also keep a bookmarked list of entertainment sites to browse when I need a break from working.  One of my recent discoveries is iVillage Entertainment, which has one great feature other entertainment websites don’t have.

On iVillage Entertainment, the main page of the site shows a slideshow of the top 5 stories of the day. To freeze the slideshow, you just move your house over the page. Then, on the right side, you can “Chime In” on the story with your own comment. What’s unique about that is that you don’t have to register for the site or log-in, you just type your comment, click “share your opinion”, and there it is!   Here’s a screenshot of one of today’s top stories with the “Chime In” on the side:

I answered the question by saying yes, I do believe he cheated, and he’s an idiot for doing it.  I couldn’t believe it when I read that she cancelled her appearance at the London premiere of The Blind Side because of this.  Way to ruin her big moment, dude.

iVillage Entertainment also has a Photos page – I LOVE the photo of Padma Lakshmi (“Top Chef”) holding her new baby – as well as sections devoted to Movies, TV, and entertainment news that appeals to Kids (Joe Jonas is dating Demi Lovato! Apparently that’s a big huge deal).  It also has a Games section, but these aren’t your typical online games. Take a break from work by playing “Celebrity Matchmaker” – match the star with the amount of time they spent in jail, for example.

So, tell me in a comment – what are some of your favorite entertainment sites? It’s okay to leave a link, but any obvious spam will be deleted. I know I’m not the only one who likes them!

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Slumdog Millionaire on DVD and Blu-Ray

April 24, 2009 By

slumdogSlumdog Millionaire is almost like two movies in one. Running parallel to each other are the story of Jamal (played as an adult by Dev Patel), the young man competing in India’s version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”, and having reached the final question, being interrogated by the police as to exactly how he could possibly know the answers to the questions. After all, he’s a “slum dog”, having grown up in the poorest neighborhoods, orphaned as a child and having raised himself and his brother from an early age.

As he explains to the interrogator how he came to know the answer to each question, a flashback shows the young Jamal and his brother Salim surviving on their own, including living literally in a trash dump where they befriend a charming little girl named Latika (played as an adult by Frieda Pinto) and spending time in a gang.

Throughout his life, Jamal hangs on to his memories of Latika, finding her and losing her twice. When they are finally reunited, you may find yourself standing up and cheering right in your living room. This movie has brutal torture scenes and harsh treatment of children, so be careful about showing it to younger kids. I watched it with my 12 year old and at the end he said “Mom, that was an AMAZING movie.”

Pick it up on DVD and Blu-Ray in stores and on Amazon.com.

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Why we have Family Movie Night

January 5, 2009 By

When even my three year old has her own MP3 player, it gets harder and harder for me to gather everyone together in the same room for more than a few minutes at a time. We eat dinner together at the kitchen table every night, but getting everyone to unplug themselves from their personal electronics and do, you know, family stuff is getting harder all the time!

And I have to admit, I’m just as bad. My husband is always griping at me to close my laptop and actually pay attention to the TV show we’re watching. Because otherwise I spend the whole time going “wait a minute, what? What did he say?” lol

Having us all watch a DVD together seems like the obvious choice, but it’s hard to find a movie that is entertaining for everyone. The last movie we watched together was WALL-E, which turned out to be a great choice. It’s just getting everyone to give a movie a chance if it doesn’t contain aliens or explosions or car chases that can be tough!

There’s a movie coming out on DVD January 13th that looks promising, it’s called All Roads Lead Home The Movie. I hadn’t heard of it until I read about it on SocialSpark. It’s a movie about a 12 year old girl, Belle, who loses her mother in an automobile accident. Her father Cody is struggling with the loss of his wife and trying to help his daughter work through her anger over the accident, so he sends Belle to live with her Grandpa Hock on his horse farm. Hock agrees, but has a hard time dealing with Belle because she reminds him of the daughter he lost. What helps Belle rediscover her ability to love is an adorable new puppy that she saves.

All Roads Lead Home stars Peter Coyote as Hock, Jason London (“Wildfire”) as Cody, Vivien Cardone (“Everwood”) as Belle, Patton Oswalt (“Reno 911″) and Peter Boyle (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) in his last film before his death. The movie won the Best Drama award at the International Family Film Festival and looks like it would make a great choice for a Family movie night! You can pre-order All Roads Lead Home on Amazon and it will get shipped when it’s released on January 13th. Here’s a clip:

What do you think? What makes a good Family Movie for your family?

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