By The Way...

An official trailer for X-MEN: The Last Stand has hit the net! And like the "announcement" footage from a while back, things look good at this point, despite a director change so late in the process.

Take a look and you can decide if I'm right, or just plain nuts. I cheered after seeing that actor Bill Duke has a role in the sequel! He totally rocks (I can't believe I just wrote that!!).

Some news on the aftermath of OSCAR '06

Variety's Gabriel Snyder and Dave McNary tell us that surprise best picture winner Crash is headed back to the big screen! Read all about it in their article "'Crash' rides Oscar's wave". Meanwhile, the trade paper's TV ratings guru Rick Kissell, lets us know that while the numbers for the telecast were off by some 8% over last year, he says things are better than we first thought in "Down But Not Dire".

I feel so much better knowing that all is not lost for the awards show...Whew! Big sigh of relief! Given how I felt about the show this year and most of the reviews, you would think the ratings slide would have been bigger...It doesn't matter that most of the general public didn't see the 5 best picture noms. The ceremony should still entertain, no mater what the size of the viewing audience is, right? If I invest 3 hours plus in a TV program of any kind--it had better be worth it--that's why you tune in...You can always find out who the winners are later...