VH1 "world premiere" "They Don't Really Care About Us" from Michael Jackson's This Is It

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VH1 made a lot of hoopla about its "world premiere" of "They Don't Really Care About Us" from Michael Jackson's This Is It. Fans rushed to turn on their television sets last night at 10pm Eastern...only to see the same exact segment they saw in the theateres. It was the same segment with NO extras. Ah well, for those who have been suffering through withdrawal since the movie left the theater, (Planet has had access to a copy of the movie all along and it's not one of those poor quality pirated copies either) this was a welcome appetizer for the main course that will be released next Tuesday. Play it over and over to your heart's content.

Mo'nique gets her acting props at the Golden Globes

Mo'nique won a best-supporting actress award at the Golden Globes last night for her portrayal of an abusive mother in Precious.  She also picked up a best supporting actress award for the same role Friday night at the Critic's Choice Awards.  Mo'nique gave a tearful, heartfelt thanks to the film's director Lee Daniels Friday night, bringing tears to his eyes as well.  These two awards only serve to heighten the Oscar buzz for all those involved with the film. 

Sneak Preview: This Is It extra footage

Precious earned 8 NAACP Image Awards nominations

The movie Precious earned a leading eight NAACP Image Awards nominations, including nominations for  for director Lee Daniels, lead actress Gabourey Sidibe and supporting actors Mariah Carey, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton and Lenny Kravitz. It also received nominations for Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Independent Film.  Drums fingers waiting for the Academy Awards and Golden Globe nominations to be announces...

Mariah gets an acting award...

Guess it's true what they say when pretty plays ugly, they give you an award...

Mariah Carey's moustache received the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in 'Precious' at the Hollywood International Film Festival in Capri. She took home the award for her unglamorous role as a welfare case worker in the film and is poised to get the "Breakthrough" award at the Palm Springs film festival next month. The entire cast is also up for an ensemble SAG award.

What's Jenna Doin?

So, my daughter's best friend, Jenna's moms gets me on the phone and asks: "Mr. Stimulus, how do you make your COLLARD greens?" I wasn't about to tell her to put her foot in them or ask her if she knows Paula Deen, so I told her to simply go to the canned vegetable isle of the supermarket and get a big can of 'Glory' low-sodium collards. "That's it?", she asked? "That's it."
I haven't heard from them since, so I was assigned the task of taking my teenage daughter to see Sherlock Holmes. If you read any of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle books, you'll likely be disappointed. Since I haven't lately, I was entertained.

Holmes and Watson open the movie by fighting their way into a secret ceremony to stop the villainous Lord Blackwood from sacrificing a female victim at an altar. Blackwood is captured and sentenced to be hanged for the five maidens he's already killed, but at the hanging does his best David Blaine impression, survives the hanging and on about the third day seems to rise from the dead and busts out his crypt.

The rest of this movie revolves around Holmes relationship (Victorian bromance) with Watson and visualizes Sherlock's thought processes from how he deducts a case to how he fights an adversary. Whenever Sherlock doesn't have a case to devote himself to he sits up in his room at 221b Baker Street drinking Dr. Watson's eyeball medicine and performing experiments on his farting bulldog.

There is a French version of 'Deebo' from 'Friday', there are Tasers, I can't stand Jude Law but he was an excellent Watson, there are 'Matrix-like' fight scenes, a secret society of powerful men and there's a plan for world domination. Did I say Downey is outstanding and it is refreshing watching an American convincingly play a British icon for a change?

While the movie is rushed like a summer popcorn flick, Sherlock Holmes gets an inverse TWO out of (1 is best, 5 is worse) five theatre chairs.

Johnny Depp says he didn't base Willy Wonka on MJ

“I was inspired by him because I think he was a great artist but he was not the inspiration for Willy Wonka contrary to what most people say.”  Depp, 46, also denied he was playing Jackson in a film.

“No no no, I never ever thought of playing Michael Jackson in a film, I think if anyone should play Michael Jackson in a film it should’ve been Michael Jackson,” he said.

“A mother and a father have lost a son, siblings have lost a brother and millions of people around the world have lost someone they love,” Depp said of Jackson’s recent passing. “Children have lost a father so it’s obviously a very sad, sad moment.”

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'Princess and the Frog' #1 at the box office

'The Princess and the Frog' had no trouble snatching the crown at theaters this weekend, coasting to the top spot at the box office as family films flexed their holiday muscle. The Disney fairy tale earned $25 million, according to studio estimates from Nielsen EDI, almost $10 million more than the closest competitor.

The film, a twist on a Brothers Grimm tale about a woman turned into a frog after a kiss, enjoyed the highest debut for an animated movie released in December. The film also drew a surprising number of unaccompanied adults. Nearly one in five moviegoers came to the theater without children, according to Disney exit polling.

"That's the number that's sweetest," Disney's Chuck Viane says. "We knew families were going to come. But we didn't know about the adults without kids. That was going to depend on reviews." About 83% of the nation's critics recommended the movie, according to RottenTomatoes.com.

"You can do your movie in 2-D, 3-D," Viane says. "But it's not going to save you without a good story. Especially when you're talking about kids and family films. They depend on word of mouth." And families have been talking. The Blind Side, the Sandra Bullock football film, took second place with $15.5 million. The fact-based film has earned $150.2 million.