I’m not going to lie, I didn’t expect this year’s Grammys to live up to the hype that I’ve heard over the last week. All of the talk about special performances and secret duets didn’t sound like anything worth staying up for. Yet, I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of entertainment this year. A few memorable moments include:
Lady Gaga’s performance with Elton John
Pink swinging in the air. I heard Pink say that her performance was “wet” several times over the last few days. This performance was much better than I had expected.
Additionally, Bon Jovi performed for the first time at the Grammys while Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood, Usher, Smoky Robinson and Jennifer Hudson performed a special 3D tribute to Michael Jackson that was followed by a”thank you” from two of Jackon’s children.
With the winter Olympics coming up right around the corner, there is quite a bit of buzz about the athletes who are set to amaze us with their talents. Most notably, Shawn White has been on the news, in the papers, and all over the Internet.
After hearing about his performance in the X Games, I thought it would be smart to check out some of his videos on YouTube. To my surprise, I found this video from Red Bull - apparently the company has built a private half pipe that is secluded so Shawn can practice in private. Hope we get to see some super cool new tricks for the Olympics in Vancouver!!
I don’t know what surprises me more - the fact that Jason Castro got hitched this weekend, or the fact that he has an album coming out. You might remember Jason as the surprise fourth place finisher in the seventh season of American Idol -OR as a young mean with dreadlocks who almost seemed to want his run on the hit show to end with sub-par performances and lack luster excitement from the performer.
According to Reality TV Magazine, Jason Castro proposed to his bride on Halloween and the two were dressed as Beauty and the Beast for the ceremony which took place in Texas over the weekend.
Castro’s five song album - Love Uncompromised - is expected to be released on January 12th.
I have to admit, when I suggested going to the movies this weekend Avatar was on the bottom of my list. Without knowing much about the film, besides the fact that there was a lot of hype about it, I had virtually zero interest in seeing a movie with computer generated characters.
Fast forward 24 hours, and I’ll admit that I was wrong.
The movie has a somewhat original concept (to me at least), and includes some amazing affects and decent actors. Additionally, we were able to see the movie in 3D, which made some of the action scenes incredibly realistic and cool.
The only negative, dare I say, is the length of the film. Two hours and 40 minutes is quite long, and having gone to the 10pm showing I found myself fighting to keep my eyes open at the end.
The Procrastinator’s Pitstop take: Go see Avatar 3D
