La la ... la la la.... Movies...

Rush Hour 3... blah, blah, blah. Detective James Carter is the only role Chris Tucker has played since the original Rush Hour came out in 1998. No Jackie Chan yet.

Episode III is posting casting news on StarWars.com. Go ahead and look if you want. Samuel L. Jackson is giving away 'spoilers' but if you didn't know them already you haven't been paying attention to the story. ("But... Where do all the Jedi go?")

Mulholland Drive star Laura Harring is set and X2 star Rebecca Romijn-Stamos is in talks to join the cast of Artisan Entertainment/Marvel Studios' The Punisher for director Jonathan Hensleigh. (Oddly enough adding Rebecca R-S gives me more security about this movie. Mmmmm. Mystique.)

From Sir Ian McKellen's site - "Seeing this three hour version, without Howard Shore’s music or Jackson’s editing, let alone the visual and sounds effects, I could easily tell why everyone here is agreed that this last film will be the best of the three. Some situations are effortlessly tear–provoking and the physical excitement and pageantry eclipse even the Helm’s Deep fighting of the Two Towers. Elijah Wood’s performance deepens and ripens, but all the hobbits have their acting chances and run with them."

This ad from ILM rules. (Ben's comment: "Yoda would whip his ass.")

Smallville: The Complete First Season, a six-disc DVD set that arrives in stores on Sept. 23. "Saves You From Car Man!" The first season was cheesy but is set up some great stuff.

Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Plastic Man share the spotlight on Oct. 1 in World's Best Comics: The Golden Age DC Archives Sampler, a 48-page collection of some of DC Comics' greatest Golden Age tales that is priced at 99 cents.

.... I hate this.

This is stupid. Okay, I understand that roles should be re-evaluated since the world is changing, but... Really.

"Some employees are currently exempt because they hold advanced degrees or did postgraduate study. But most white-collar workers with any education beyond high school would be placed in a category of “learned professional” and would likely be exempt — unable to earn overtime."

"Workers would no longer be required to exercise decision-making and judgment in order to be considered a professional, or to mostly do “production” work in order to gain overtime rights. Instead, an employee considered to be in a “position of responsibility” could be made exempt."

"Even if employees who mostly perform routine, non-exempt tasks can still be made exempt. In one example the study cites, someone who stocks shelves could be considered an exempt employee if they also spend some time handling customer complaints."

Wheee!!

Happy half-birthday, Sean!

Happy almost birthday, Tim!