Month: March 2013

Not so funday Monday morning headlines

MONDAY MARCH 4 2013



FIRST LIGHTNING STRIKES THE VATICAN, NOW THIS: More stories of high strangeness regarding the departure of Pope Benedict..A mild earthquake strikes Castel Gandolfo, the home of Pope Emeritus’ home.. just days after he arrives.. I am sure this is all just coincidental. Right? Keep thinking that.. if it makes you feel better..





Winter storm watch across America.. midwest today.. Mid Atlantic by Wednesday.. (Crossing my fingers that Eastern PA gets it, we can use one last (and somewhat a first) big storm this winter at HORROR REPORT home base..






First big budget film of 2013.. first big budget bust: JACK THE SLAYER has really, really weak opening weekend..





A new 21st century late shift coming? Rumors abound that Jay Leno will be out at the TONIGHT SHOW with Jimmy Fallon replacing him.. In my opinion, it’s time for a female to host a late night talk show.. I have some thoughts. CHELSEA HANDLER FOR LATE NIGHT!

And replacing Jimmy Fallon on LATE NIGHT: David Letterman. Just kidding.
Actually.. I think it’s time for a woman to take over some air time on late night TV.. And no, not Oprah. I think the best choice for the future of late night would be Chelsea Handler. I am serious about that. She would bring a creative feeling to late night—and if she’s put into the Fallon slot, she would be able to continue her irreverent style of comedy.. 
Leno has grown extremely stale. So has Letterman—anyone who is still a David Letterman fan is only one for two reasons: 1) They were fans since the Late Night days and 2) out of respect because of his late night days. 
As for Fallon? I’ve never been overly fond of him.. 
But Chelsea Handler can re-invigorate late night TV.
And for God’s sake, isn’t it time that corporate executives try to bring a female into the fold of TV show history? I say yes.

Just a few quick Sunday headlines

It’s going to be a wild year.. A year of the comet.

The Florida sinkhole house will be demolished.... Demolition..

All the world fixated on Florida.. a sinkhole seen around the world..

DAILY BEAST: Should you worry about sinkholes?

The sinking feeling: The sinkholes that have swallowed homes, cars and businesses across the country in the United States..

Expectant parents die in crash.. But the baby survives..

Were there wiretaps in the Vatican?

I should live until 120 if this is true: New research suggests that PESSIMISTS live longer than happier persons..

New late shift? Rumors abound that Leno is out.. Fallon is in..

Last Exorcism II aims to free horror of its ‘bad name’..

Ruling by fear: Reality TV style

Move over Honey Boo Boo. Reality TV in China just got real..
As the LA TIMES reports:

Chinese state television Friday broadcast live images of the last moments of four foreign drug traffickers who were about to be executed for the 2011 killings of 13 Chinese fishermen on the Mekong River. Although the cameras pulled away before the lethal injections, the coverage was unprecedented, unleashing a storm of criticism and debate about the death penalty.
Psychologists decried the coverage as distressing to children. Lawyers complained that it violated a clause in the criminal code against parading the condemned before execution.