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I don’t know if everyone has heard this story yet, but I’ll let the Dallas Morning News tell the gist of the story:

SAN ANTONIO – Penn State coach Joe Paterno was asked if he could still “do it” at a Valero Alamo Bowl news conference Friday. Coach, that is.

“Holy smokes,” Paterno said. “I’m not Hugh Hefner, ya know.”

Paterno thought the Texas A&M yell leader who made a disparaging remark about the 81-year-old legend during a joint pep rally was “trying to be funny.” Paterno otherwise brushed off the yell leader’s comment, which prompted quick apologies from A&M officials.

“Joe Paterno’s on his death bed! And someone needs to find him a casket!” the yell leader screamed Thursday night in a Riverwalk auditorium filled with A&M and Penn State fans.”

This came from AggieMoms.org, hope they’re proud!

I’m not out to condemn someone for one thing that they said. Part of what makes this story so sad is that there’s something really endearing about watching the 81 year old Paterno still coaching at Penn State after all these years AND a broken leg on the sidelines a couple years back.

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Good lord, I’d retire after that.

Being mean to old people is like being mean to waiters at a restaurant who are trying really hard to be nice. There’s just no reason to do it (especially if they weren’t provoked) and I think that this A&M Yell Leader suffers from a problem that a lot of sports fans have – talking crap and not being funny, while also not knowing a lot about the game.There have been way too many USC Football games that I’ve been to where annoying fans have caused a ruckus in the stands – mispronouncing names, calling our guys by the name of the player who wore the jersey the previous year, and cheering for penalties that actually net us fewer yards. If this Texas A & M yell leader knew more about the game of college football beyond his beloved Aggies, he would know that Joe Paterno is one of the most respected coaches in college football and a true living legend in the sport. Never EVER should a true college football fan say something like that to someone who has earned and deserves the respect that Paterno should have after his illustrious career.

If you go to a game or you’re one of those loud, screaming types? Know what you’re talking about or at the very least, be funny, not an asshole.

Check out RT Editors’ Best Movie Picks of 2007 !

The Rotten Tomatoes editors and I all made lists of our favorite movies of 2007.

I’m all the way on Page 4.

I’ve decided that I’m going to post Rotten Tomatoes links that are relevant to me (translation: I helped write them) up here because Rotten Tomatoes is indeed the inspiration behind the name of this blog.

Check out RT Editors’ Best Movie Picks of 2007! I’m all the way on Page 4.

From my Rotten Tomatoes blog

I’m feeling very gassy after a dinner at Mario’s Peruvian Seafood here in LA. A friend of mine wants to go to Don Antonio’s of The Hills fame later tonight for second dinner. We’ll see if the stomach can handle it with the help of some Pepto (charming, I know. I use The Vine as my subscription-free version of Match.com, if that wasn’t obvious).

After that glorious introduction, I thought I would take a second to review some of the movies I’ve seen recently. I think one of the good parts about having an extremely addictive personality is that when you like something, you REALLY like something. There is no inbetween, no gray area, you are balls to the walls, in it to win it, in there like swim wear.

The bad part about having this kind of personality is that when you’re “over” something, you’re REALLY over it. Whether that’s a food, person (or parent, in my case), celebrity, television show, when you declare you don’t like it, you don’t like it forever (this is why I don’t like you, Sarah from my 11th grade science class. Call me weird again and see if I care).

A pleasant surprise to me is that my newest love is movies. I know that I haven’t seen as many movies as “the next guy” (whoever he is and I’m sure he is well endowed), but with all the craziness that goes on in my underdeveloped dinosaur brain, I’m sure to catch up soon as a result of my addictive personality. As a result, I thought I’d take a second to rate some of the flicks that I’ve flocked (that makes no sense) over the past couple weeks.

Sweeney Todd (87% on the Tomatometer, 7/10 for me)

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Sweeney

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wasn’t really what I was expecting, but it was close. For some reason, I thought it was going to be a little bit spookier, less stomach curdling, with more haircuts (Barber!! Right?? Not beard shaver!!), and more bloody. I think that everyone who said that Mr. Todd’s antics were bloody disgusting (I am too much sometimes! The wit! The cheap laughs!) has never seen Hostel. After you’ve seen Eli Roth’s blood bath diarrhea fest (figuratively), nothing is that bloody. I did really enjoy the story because I had never seen the musical and I thought dreamboat Johnny Depp did a fantastic job as a stylist to the stars (look out, David Evangelista). There was even more singing in Sweeney than there was in Hairspray, which means it was a wee bit too much for me. I didn’t find any of the songs particularly memorable, but I did really enjoy being transported into Todd’s dark and dirty world courtesy of Senor Tim Burton. ‘Twas good, but I was a wee bit emo after watching it, so I ate the additional $7 in parking fees so I could do the good ole’ theater hop straight intooooooo….

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (35% on the Tomatometer, 4/10 for me)

So the jump from Sweeney straight into Treasure was a weird one. I’ll start this out by saying that I thought that National Treasure was a National Grumper. In the first Treasure, I felt as though the dialogue was stupid (and not funny) and the things they came up with remind me ideas that small children have while they’re playing with their action figures and still have an hour to burn before dinner time.

Hey, let’s make some money with a crappy movie!

However, what makes me hate National as a series is that so many people LOVE IT and think that it is one of the greatest movie serieseseseses ever. I don’t think it’s the worst movie ever, but for people to list this movie on Facebook as one of their favorite movies of all time is worse than me listing You Got Served on my favorite movie list (which I do). So for Treasure hunting fans, have no fear! The tradition of ridiculous dialogue, semi-cool action scenes, and farfetched ideas about the history of the good ole’ U S of A continues in the sequel. It is dumb, but it is dumb fun. I wouldn’t watch it again, but it was watchable…but stupid.

Bratz: The Movie (7% on the Tomatometer, 1/10 for me)

B-F-F’s!

Effing. Kill. Me. This thought went through my head about five times over the course of the nearly two hours that I sat through Bratz, which I had high hopes for. First, I didn’t know that you could say “MySpace” so blatantly so many times during a movie (”I LOVE MYSPACE!!!” being my favorite subtle product placement line). Second, I never realized that a teen movie could be so bad that I thought it was beyond bad. Normally, I like most every teen movie because something about it is good – dancing, hotties, jokes, funny asians, pointless nudity, something! NOTHING about Bratz is good.

The girls are too good at everything. They’re too smart, talented, and flawless for us to like them. They are all spoiled except for one girl who really needs a scholarship, but still has a walk-in closet (probably just a scholarship for hair products). I can’t even begin to talk about this movie without getting annoyed at how incredibly bad it was. It wasn’t funny, nor was anything about it cool. I will say that the movie was really colorful, which was nice to watch on my 40″ LCD HDTV, but two girls one cup, this movie was awful.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (80% on the Tomatometer, 6/10 for me)

As a teen movie lover, I had to see Fast to see where a lot of the roots of teen movies came from. What I loved about Fast was seeing and hearing a lot of the phrases that people still use today being used in the movie and finally realizing where they came from! From Sean Penn’s classic portrayal of a surfer “dude” to Phoebe Cates’ famous boobs, there was a lot to like at Ridgemont High. I really enjoyed the movie, though nothing was particularly hilarious about it. The film was entertaining from start to finish and I’m sure that it was very edgy and “hip” in its day.

Mullet! Mullet! Mullet!

I wouldn’t say it was one of my favorites, but if I saw the movie when it came out in 1982 (which would have been about a year and a half before I was conceived), I’m sure it would have been at the time. Cool movie and I’m happy that I saw it!

And now, I’m off to watch Superbad. Addictive personality for teh win!

Perez Hilton made a bunch of us celebrity crazed fools happy by showing up on time to Kitson on Robertson today in Los Angeles. The line was filled with mostly girls who I was surprisingly much older than, but it was pretty exciting to meet one of the most prominent entertainment bloggers today.

That’s a lot of blogging in one picture.

I'm here at Kitson, Los Angeles, where Perez Hilton is scheduled to make an appearance from 2PM to 4PM today. I'm here early, so hopefully he doesn't show up too fashionably late because my meter runs out at 3:19!

I know this is movie-related rather than television, but I’d love for everyone to check out RT Presents 12 Days of Christmas Movies over at Rotten Tomatoes .

It’s my first feature for Rotten Tomatoes and I’d love for everyone to check it out! Happy holidays!

Hi guys,

I’d love for everyone to check out my first ever feature on Rotten Tomatoes! It’s a countdown of 12 of the top reviewed Christmas movies of all time. I’m really happy with the way it turned out and hope that you enjoy it!

While you’re there, check out my roommate Ryan’s Rotten Tomatoes Holiday Buyers’ Guide, which is written about 10x better than mine because Ryan is a much better writer than I.

Some people hae asked me what Christmas in LA looks like, so here's The Grove at Christmas.

Check out my thoughts on the movie that went direct to DVD and direct to my heart on my Rotten Tomatoes blog!