May sweeps entered its second week recently with some highly anticipated finales; namely Frasier and ER. There were also some not so highly-anticipated but still popular ones, such as Gilmore Girls and The Practice. In case you missed them, here's the lowdown:
Troy, the biggest buzz in Hollywood so far this year, took the box office by storm its first weekend. With a highly anticipated cast - Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger and Peter O'Toole (oh yes, Lawrence of Arabia is back) - moviegoers flocked to the theaters to see one of greatest epics in history played out on the big screen.
Every May, the gaming industry releases a fury of items for gamers to drool over at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly referred to as E3. The event, which is only open to members of the gaming industry, officially started May 11 with company conferences, and the expo itself was May 12-15.
The image of South Street is one painted with a crowded mess of tourists and punk teenagers adorned with piercings and tattoos. South Street seems to be continuously busy, traffic is never not a problem and one usually finds a plethora of people gathered among the quick and easy places to grab food.
Kill Hannah blends pop rock with the occasional club dance beat and sample to create its own sound on For Never and Ever. At times, this music could be confused with dance music because of the beats and the guitars that tend to sound like keyboards.
The Urban Legends Reference Pages, http://www.snopes.com, is an extensive collection of those stories that seem to reach everyone and make them wonder about their veracity. In addition to being entertaining, the site can also be a relief - or a shock - by answering some questions people have about some popular legends.
To an extent, it is refreshing to see Hollywood produce something that isn't there for the greed machine of the studios. The movie Elephant is a dramatic look into the lives of teenagers for one day at a high school in the Pacific Northwest that would define "normal" until a tragic turn of events.
