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Murphy’s Top Ten Rock Guitar Players of All Time

November 12th, 2015

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By Ian Murphy (Who else would it be by?)

This is where my two primary obsessions tend to intersect. Music nuts are as defensive and passionate about their favorite guitarists as boxing fans are about their favorite fighters. Sometimes the reasoning is ludicrous, like saying Floyd Mayweather, JR. is “The Best Ever” and other times it is sound, like making an argument for Jimi Hendrix as top guitar player. To make it a bit easier on myself, I have decided to make my top ten Rock guitar players only, so this takes out the whole Stevie Ray Vaughan vs Jeff Beck vs Van Halen vs Dimebag Darrell nonsense, as these men are all amazing in their own right but have enough difference in style, approach and genre to separate them.

Bruce Willis SHOCKS Fans – Breaking Entertainment News

November 11th, 2015

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EXTRACTION
In Theaters & On-Demand December 18th

When a terrorist group kidnaps retired CIA field operative Leonard Turner (Bruce Willis), his son Harry Turner (Kellan Lutz), a government analyst who has been repeatedly turned down for field service, launches his own unsanctioned rescue operation. While evading highly skilled operatives, deadly assassins, and international terrorists, Harry finally puts his combat training to the test in a high stakes mission to find his father and to stop a terrorist plot.

Directed by: Steven C. Miller
Written by: Umair Aleem and Max Adams
Cast: Kellan Lutz, Bruce Willis, Gina Carano, D.B. Sweeney, Dan Bilzerian, Olga Valentina, Lydia Hull, Tyler J. Olson
Studio: Lionsgate Premiere
Rating: R
Runtime: 83 min

Chuck Mangione: Master of the Flugelhorn

November 10th, 2015

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By Dave Siderski

I was introduced to jazz at an early age by my father. Listening to Chuck Mangione with him one day, I enjoyed it but remember saying: “Dad but there are no words!” He told me that with music like this: “No words are needed.” As I grew into adolescence, I discovered bands such as Van Halen, AC/DC, Rush and Black Sabbath. Listening to jazz definitely was not cool at that point. However, as I got older, I rediscovered an appreciation for jazz as an art form. Not cool? What the hell was I thinking! Musicians like Miles Davis, Etta James, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, and Louis Armstrong were the epitome of cool!

Book Review: Garry Kasparov Puts Vladimir Putin in Check with “Winter Is Coming”

November 10th, 2015

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Review by Chris Benedict

“Just as when analyzing a chess game, what we call the postmortem, talking as if everything was going just fine until this or that event is usually absurd and harmful to the process of honest analysis,” states Garry Kasparov in his new book Winter Is Coming, the first of an intended trilogy published in late October by Public Affairs with a title inspired by Game of Thrones. “Of course huge isolated blunders in otherwise good positions do occur, but they are even rarer in diplomacy than in world championship chess.”

I Know What It Is To Be Young: Orson Welles – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

November 8th, 2015

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Rocky Mountain High: John Denver – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

November 4th, 2015

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Polygamy Meets Murder: ID’s New Series The Wives Did It – Breaking Entertainment News

November 3rd, 2015

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One man. Many wives. From the outside, it’s a cozy picture of contented sister-wives raising a house full of kids. But, on the inside, it can become more “sister-knives” – with sizzling bitter rivalries, simmering tensions and surging jealousies. Investigation Discovery’s (ID) all-new series THE WIVES DID IT takes viewers inside the homes of polygamist perpetrators, where lies and resentment grow unchecked in these expanded households. THE WIVES DID IT sheds more than a bedroom night light on scandalous tales that took place inside polygamist families: the three-part series premieres Friday, November 6 at 10/9c, only on ID.

Dave’s Top 10 Great Villains in Movie and Television History

November 3rd, 2015

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By Dave Siderski (Who else would it be by?)

The term villain is defined as: “a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot.” The best of them exhibit behavior that is so offensive that they grab the audience’s attention and move them emotionally. My personal favorite villains are the ones with a dual nature. They exhibit abhorrent behavior while also showing their human side from time to time. Without further ado, here are my ten personal favorite villains.

10. JR. Ewing. Dallas (1979-91)

J.R. Ewing, played by Larry Hagman, was such a sleaze bag that when he was shot in the 1980 season finale, just about anyone on the show could be considered a suspect, including his own wife. J.R. is the eldest son of oil tycoon and entrepreneur Jock Ewing. His legendary father leaves J.R. with big shoes to fill. J.R’s motto is lie, cheat, steal and do anything to stay on top. He constantly schemes to cheat his brother Bobby out of his part of the company. Fidelity to his wife, Sue Ellen? Forget it. This guy is a serial philanderer. Even his mother can’t stand him. J.R. Ewing was a villain who captivated and infuriated television audiences for over a decade.

Do You Know Where You’re Going To ( Theme From Soundtrack Mahogany) : Diana Ross – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

November 3rd, 2015

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Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Broadcast: Merriment and Mayhem from the Skies Above to the Streets Below

November 2nd, 2015

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By Chris Benedict

The Mercury Theatre’s October 30, 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast was both trick and treat. The perpetrator, star and narrator of F For Fake, speculates in a poignant segment of this-his last completed film-that one day our works in stone, paint, and print-the treasures and frauds alike-will ultimately fall to war or wear away to ash. Despite the fact that our songs will all one day be silenced, he urges us nonetheless to collectively go on singing, proposing that one man’s name alone may not matter all that much.

That being said, Orson Welles is a name that very much matters. A professional mischief maker with a penchant for magic and flair for the dramatic, inspired by both William Shakespeare and Harry Houdini, Welles framed the narrative of his own contrived mythology, shrouding the fact and fiction of his personal biography alike in embellishment or outright illusion. He consumed food, wine, women, knowledge, and power in equal measure, with a gluttony which knew no boundaries, disregarded all the rules and held open contempt for authority which challenged his own. A self-manufactured enigma, Welles was many things to many people. A genius, a bully, a friend, a fiend, an open book, a closed fist.

A Man Without Love: Engelbert Humperdinck – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

November 2nd, 2015

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A Day In The Life: Bee Gees – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

November 1st, 2015

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Major Harris: Love Won’t Let Me Wait – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

October 23rd, 2015

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Come Live With Me: Isaac Hayes – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

October 22nd, 2015

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Dave’s 10 Really Dumb Commercials

October 22nd, 2015

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By Dave Siderski

The reality is most commercials are just an annoying nuisance. If you’re like me, you really don’t pay attention during the station break and won’t remember the vast majority of ads that are bombarding us over the television. However, there are some that are just so horrendous they stick out in your mind like the root canal you had last week. Here are 10 such commercials.

10. Xarelo

Arnold Palmer, Kevin Nealon, Brian Vickers get together for lunch at the country club and a round of golf. So what do three manly men talk about over a round of golf? Women? Cars? Sports? No, the subject of the day of the day is the blood thinning medication Xarelto. Now I’m sure this is a fine medicine that helps many people. But, I’m sorry can anyone think of a concept more contrived than four guys getting together talk about Xarelto? This commercial is utterly tacky.

I’m Gonna Laugh You Out of My Life: Nat King Cole – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

October 20th, 2015

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I Melt With You: Modern English – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

October 19th, 2015

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Mega Riffs Vol.4: “Ace Of Spades”

October 18th, 2015

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By Ian Murphy

When you think of the greatest intro riffs of all time, Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” absolutely needs to be at or near the top of the list. The raw power, danger and attitude are infectious and despite its breakneck pace, “Ace of Spades” is actually catchy. Well, it’s catchy enough to make you want to start throwing chairs and looking for that kid that picked on you in 8th grade. Equal parts influential (almost all thrash metal and hardcore groups trace their lineage back to Motorhead) and incendiary, “Ace of Spades” just kicks you in the mouth from jump-street. A killer track that can wake up the whole neighborhood, it will put hair on your chest, make your balls drop, and lower your voice into a guttural, throaty growl. Let’s just hope that you also don’t start growing moles on your face…

Actress Joan Leslie DEAD at 90 – Breaking Entertainment News

October 17th, 2015

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By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt

Hollywood actress Joan Leslie who is best remembered for fresh-faced ingénue roles in movies of the 1940s, including “High Sierra,” “Sergeant York” and “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” died this past Monday in Los Angeles. She was 90. Her family confirmed the death. Leslie appeared in many memorable performances but is best remembered as the bride of George M. Cohan in the hit 1942 movie Yankee Doodle Dandy, starring acting legend, James Cagney.

This Time I’ll Be Sweeter: Angela Bofill – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

October 17th, 2015

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The Twilight Zone: “To Serve Man” (1962)

October 16th, 2015

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By Chris Benedict

How closely do you straddle the fine line between critical thinking and cynical derision? More to the point, can you differentiate between the two? Better yet, do you prefer to remain impartial to social, political, and philosophical matters, therefore choosing to travel the path of gullibility and vulnerability with the indistinguishable lambs being led to slaughter by oligarchs who rule their peasantry through fear and paranoia or snake-oil salesmen who bamboozle potential customers with too-good-to-be-true promises and tantalize with the suggestion of utopian bliss?

Don’t Know Much: Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

October 15th, 2015

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Stand By Me: Muhammad Ali – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day

October 14th, 2015

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Dave’s Ten Funniest Movies Ever

October 13th, 2015

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By Dave Siderski

I think everyone can relate to coming home from a long, hard day, turning on the TV and just wanting to find something that will make you forget about your troubles. I’m not saying these are the 10 best comedy films of all-time, because as they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. However, I will say these are my 10 go-to movies that I put on the TV when I want a good laugh.

10. National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983). Chevy Chase, as the eccentric Clark W. Griswold, is on a quest to lead his family of four on the vacation of a lifetime as they drive cross country from Chicago to Wally World in California. However, the loveable buffoon that is Clark completely screws up the trip from start to finish leading the family into a series of hysterical misadventures to the delight of the audience. Vacation also features Beverly D’Angelo, as Clark’s wife Ellen, a young Anthony Michael Hall, as son Rusty, and Dana Barron as daughter Audrey. It also includes notable appearances by Randy Quaid, as the whacked out Cousin Eddie, John Candy, as a geeky park security guard, and finally Christie Brinkley as the hot chick in the Ferrari who is the object of Clark’s fantasies throughout the movie. For those who haven’t seen this, this classic 1980’s comedy is a must watch.