http://crapfilter.net Movies, music, entertainment and all manners of awful pop culture Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:00:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Trolling through the news today, it is clear that this country has a problem. People, and companies made up of people, are not willing to accept the rules that are made for them. Forget Paris Hilton, just for today. In this case, I am talking about ... http://crapfilter.net/2007/06/08/are_laws_meaningless/ Sigh…I guess I should have seen this coming. Paris Hilton was released from jail today. Apparently, the waifish celebutante was refusing to eat her prison rations, and this “medical condition” caused her to be sent home for house arrest. There are thousands of people who would ... http://crapfilter.net/2007/06/07/cartoonish_justice/ Ah, it’s springtime again. Time for picnics, college lacrosse, and the best thing of all…children who can spell antidisestablishmentarianism! The Scripps National Spelling Bee concluded yesterday, with the championship going to California’s own Evan O’Dorney. O’Dorney beat out many other pretenders to the crown, and become ... http://crapfilter.net/2007/06/01/no_bully_could_spell_like_this/ I am sure that by now many people are familiar with the tragic death of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock. If you have followed this story, you are likely aware that the 29 year-old had more than twice the legal blood alcohol limit when he crashed his ... http://crapfilter.net/2007/05/24/would_josh_be_proud_of_his_dad/ The Mahoning Valley HitMen are an indoor football team based in Ohio. Their incoming running back Maurice Clarett was arrested this morning after being maced by police. Seems Clarett had a number of loaded guns in his vehicle at the time, and was non-cooperative with officers. ... http://crapfilter.net/2006/08/09/put_me_in_coach_im_ready_to_fight_fight_fightcops/ Syd Barrett, possibly the single most notorious embodiment of all that what was great, awful, brilliant, insane, beautiful and ugly about the psychedelic movement of the late ’60s, has finally died. I say finally because if you’ve ever read much about him, it’s fairly obvious that he’d been living ... http://crapfilter.net/2006/07/11/the_madcap_dies/ Yes, Crap Filter lives! Don’t worry kids, we’re going to resume publishing on a regular schedule with a new, less “bloggy” design very soon. In the meantime, here’s a little something to make you happy: AMSTERDAM (Hollywood Reporter) - Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine will headline a spinoff of 20th Century Fox’s ... http://crapfilter.net/2006/06/28/jackman_promises_more_logan/ Satisfied? I am. I didn’t find the finale OVERwhelming, but it was far from UNDERwhelming like last year’s cliffhanger. I thought it was nearly perfect. There was so much going on it’s still sinking in for me, but I’ll try to get through everything as quickly as ... http://crapfilter.net/2006/05/25/the_mother_of_all_lost_season_2_finale_reviews/ I was told that in a television commercial for the finale, Jack demands that Michael tell “them” (who’s them?) what he did. I have to believe that if Michael’s secret gets out, he will no longer be trusted or accepted by the Camp. I see him choosing ... http://crapfilter.net/2006/05/24/last-minute_lost_finale_speculation/ The word on the street is that 58th or 59th Street near 5th Ave. in New York City will be closing down tonight around 6 p.m. for a “major live band” to play at the opening of Steve Jobs’ latest affront to God. Curbed seems to think it’ll be U2, ... http://crapfilter.net/2006/05/19/red_hot_chili_peppers_to_play_at_apple_store_opening/ **MUTHAFUCKIN’ SPOILERS AHEAD** Back off if you haven’t seen last night’s episode of LOST. Every few weeks, the Lost writers give us an episode that essentially “sets up” the next few weeks or, as it were, the 2-hour finale that is coming next Wednesday. Set-up episodes can be hit ... http://crapfilter.net/2006/05/18/episode_22_three_minutes/ I don’t know how newsworthy this is, but I figured I’d write since I have to wait until Invasion is over before I can watch tonight’s TiVo’d episode of Lost. I was sort of happy to see the Red Hod Chili Peppers have the No. 1 album at the ... http://crapfilter.net/2006/05/17/chili_peppers_top_the_charts/ Eko and Locke take a tour of the island, and discover even more of its secrets. This review is pretty heavy on the summary, but I’ve put together a few pretty good observations. We’ve got pictures aplenty for your forensic pleasure. The usual spoiler disclaimers apply, so if ... http://crapfilter.net/2006/05/11/lost_eko_and_locke_take_a_trip/ Thoughts? http://crapfilter.net/2006/05/11/optimus_prime_test_footage/ The Hanso Foundation, the organization behind the mysterious Dharma Initiative, has issued an ad in major newspapers, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, attacking the new book “Bad Twin,” by author Gary Troup, who has not been seen since Oceanic Airlines flight 815 disappeared over the South Pacific en route from ... http://crapfilter.net/2006/05/09/hanso_foundation_strikes_back_at_bad_twin/