I’m not exactly sure how to process the latest madness to come from Charlie Sheen’s head.

His appearance on The Today Show makes me think:

1. He’s used too many drugs and now that he’s sober, his brain has left on a train to crazy land.

2.  He’s been abducted by aliens and they’ve left behind a paranoid pod person, who doesn’t understand basic human interaction.

3. He’s been taking crazy lessons from Kieth Richards.

4.  He’s just a really good actor, who knows how to fake crazy.

You judge for yourself.

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Of the Top 10 Oscar categories that I made picks for this year, I only got 6 correct. Not great odds for me this time around.

My problem this year was with The King’s Speech.

It’s a great movie about overcoming adversity and conquering your fears and it’s also got a great radio theme in it too, but COME ON. This is a new British invasion. The movie is about King George VI. Don’t we know that he shares a name with the same guy who fought with us in the American War of Independence which led to the formation of the United States? (King George III)

This is downright unamerican and I think we should call for a recall of The King’s Speech…simply so my pick for Best Picture: The Social Network wins.

Who’s with me?

Here’s how I think the pics are gonna play out…

Rated R – 1h45

Just one question for the makers of Hall Pass. Why save your most funny ideas for the end credits? The extreme lengths that men will go to, in order to get lucky, is what makes comedies like these funny.

Hall Pass is a social-marital experiment of sorts. Two archetypical suburban men-children feel trapped in married life. Their wives grant both men a week off of marriage. They are allowed to do anything they want, including see other women. The idea is that it will breathe new life into the old relationship and with it’s new found freedom, the old relationship will blossom once again.

The comedy should have come from the extremes that the main characters Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudekis) would take their new freedoms. It’s doesn’t. In fact, most of the plot is boring with enough male-directed laughs to keep you waiting for the next one.

It’s hard to watch when a joke completely falls flat. I counted about five instances in Hall Pass before I gave up. One involved a comic mix up between the group Snow Patrol and the Cuba Gooding Jr. movie Snow Dogs. Owen Wilson is trying to hit on a hot barista, when another man calls him out. Another involves male frontal nudity, which done in a particular way, can be quite funny. This time, they didn’t seem to work and it was like pressing pause in the movie.

Overall this movie fails in its attempt to serve as a raunchy-guys movie, because it tries to walk into the feel-good date movie territory. Choose one formula and stay there. It makes a lot more sense to the viewer.

The Farrlley Brothers, who have delivered us comic gems like Dumb and Dumber and There’s Something About Mary, are know to throw some raunch in for fun. I know its not fair to continually judge them according to the success of There’s Something about Mary, but I say either go overboard with it or just keep it to one joke.

With all the turmoil going on at the State Capitol these days, a lot of people have a lot of politics on their minds.

When the Governor’s not being prank phone called, he might just have his sights set on the next big job.

At least he wouldn’t have to contend with George Clooney.  There’s a buzz rumbling about people ready to start making Clooney for President signs.   The handsome Hollywood star says it’s not going to happen though, because Clooney says he’s too honest.

To quote a Newsweek article of his

“I didn’t live my life the right way for politics, you know.  I f**ked too many chicks and did too many drugs, and that’s the truth.”

He believes honesty should be the policy when it comes to political campaigns and knows buried skeletons will always come out of the woodwork.

The actor claims if he ever were to run for office he “would start from the beginning by saying, ‘I did it all. I drank the bong water. Now let’s talk about the issues.’”

Weird.  An honest politician.  That may be a first.

Oh, this could be rich.  Charlie Sheen as a mentor.

According to The Hollywood Writer, there’s a new Major League baseball movie coming soon and Charlie Sheen may reprise his Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn character.  What’s more is that Vaughn may be a mentor of sorts to the younger player.

The movie is also said to be reuniting other cast members from the original 1989 movie, filmed in part at the old Brewers County Stadium.

That could mean Wesley Snipes, Corbin Bernsen, Tom Berenger and Bob Uecker could be back.  Cool, but the guy I really want to see is Dennis Haysbert.  Since playing the Jobu worshiping slugger, he’s gone on to play the President in the first season of 24 and now does countless and annoying Allstate Insurance commercials.

At least not like this guy.

Believe me.  if you live through the late 80’s & 90’s, at one point this is the song you tried to sing.  Outside of Axl Rose, I don’t think anyone’s come this close.

There is no debating.  There is no budging.  There is no compromise.

Yeesh. I sound like the Governor here.

What I am talking about is not what’s going on in downtown Madison.  No, my focus is on downtown Hollywood this weekend and The 83rd Annual Academy Awards.

I’ve taken the Top 10 Oscar categories and locked in what is sure to be guaranteed winners.

How do I know these will be winners?  Don’t ask such silly questions.  Some things must remain unknown.

Best Motion Picture of the Year
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem for Biutiful.
Jeff Bridges for True Grit.
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network.
Colin Firth for The King’s Speech.
James Franco for 127 Hours.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right.
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole.
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter’s Bone.
Natalie Portman for Black Swan.
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale for The Fighter.
John Hawkes for Winter’s Bone.
Jeremy Renner for The Town.
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right.
Geoffrey Rush for The King’s Speech.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams for The Fighter.
Helena Bonham Carter for The King’s Speech.
Melissa Leo for The Fighter.
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit.
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom.

Best Achievement in Directing
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan.
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for True Grit.
David Fincher for The Social Network.
Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech.
David O. Russell for The Fighter.

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2

Best Documentary, Features
Exit Through the Gift Shop
GasLand
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

See…I thought you were supposed to drink beer BEFORE exercising!

A Bavarian brewmeister is touting its no-alcohol beer as the latest sport drink for athletes, handing it out at the finish line of sporting events and touting its regenerative benefits.

Unlike Gatorade, Erdinger Alkoholfrei is served up with a frothy head. And it comes in one color – a golden hue – unlike conventional sport drinks.

The company touts the beverage as an isotonic, vitamin-rich, no-additive beverage with natural regenerative powers that help athletes recover from a workout. In other words, it’s carbohydrate-loaded refreshment without the alcoholic buzz of beer or the jitters caused by some energy drinks.

Now I know. Drink beer AFTER working out.

Thanks to Huffington Post.com.

The Die Hard franchise is quickly going downthe same road that Friday the 13th, Aliens, Rocky and Police Academy.

Really, how many sequels will there be until John McClain finally puts his shoes on and goes home?

Die Hard 5 is up next.  No deal has been struck yet with Bruce Willis (umm, might want to get started on that), but “John McClane” has publicly expressed enthusiasm for continuing the series. The previous installment — Live Free or Die Hard — scored an impressed $383.5 million at the box office, so this sequel was nearly a certainty, right?

By the way, in case you’re wondering … Friday the 13th currently has 12 movies in the series; Star Trek has 11; Police Academy has seven; Rocky has six; Aliens has six; Rambo has four (with another one in the hopper).

TOP 5 JOHN McCLANE LINES FROM THE DIE HARD DYNASTY:

5. “I had no idea Canada could be this much fun.”

4. “I could come and find you, kick your a– and throw you out of your own party. What do you think about that, d—head?”

3. “Nine million terrorists in the world and I gotta kill one with feet smaller than my sister.”

2. “Just once, I’d like a regular, normal Christmas. Eggnog, a f—in’ Christmas tree, a little turkey. But, no. I gotta crawl around in this motherf—in’ tin can.”

1. “Yippee-ki-yay, motherf—er.”

Thanks to Stuckinthe80s with Steve Spears.