END OF THE WEEK:
This was the week that had Leap Day, that special time every four years when an extra day on the calendar is added and everything else on the calendar happens a day later than usual. So, because of this, I decided to postpone the newest installment of "End of the Week" from the usual Saturday night timeslot to Sunday night. OK, that's a lie. The truth was that I barely had time on Saturday to do this, so I waited until today. But wasn't that a good improvised excuse for what was yet another delayed post? Seeing as how I can't read your response through this writing, I'm just going to assume that you agree.
Anyways, without further ado, here are my choices for the week's bests and most memorables of what was the 9th week on the 2012 calendar:
Record of the Week: Adam Sandler's 11 Razzie Nominations
I wonder what Sandler must have thought when he first heard of this news (if he heard it at all). On one hand, it should be considered a slap in the face from his own industry, a sign for him to try to get his act together and at least go back to the days of "Punch Drunk Love" and "Eight Crazy Nights" (or, hell, even if it were just "Click" or "50 First Dates"). On the other hand, society keeps giving him millions of dollars for these crappy movies every year, so there's a possibility that maybe he just doesn't give a crap. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I believe that it is the latter.
Video of the Week: "Pete Weber: GOD DAMMIT I DID IT WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE"
I always thought that Squash Taunting was the best kind of taunting, but this takes the cake!
Political Victor of the Week: Mitt Romney
The man avoided the potential embarrassment of losing his home state of Michigan in the primaries, defeating his main opponent, Rick Santorum, by nearly 3 percent. In addition, the former governor of Massachusetts swept pretty much every other primary that took place this week, also taking the victories in Arizona, Wyoming, and Washington.Now all he needs is a big night on Super Tuesday next week, and it's very much possible that the time will finally come for Republicans to do what many feared would be the worst: rally around a man they don't like to rally around for (that is, until Santorum takes a few other states a week later, at which point that inevitable moment will be delayed for at least another two weeks).
Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week: Storms Demolish Towns in Indiana and Kentucky
-The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Colorado Governor Accidentally Calls Lt. Governor a "Rising Sex Star" to Children
Yes..."accidentally."
Person of the Week: Actor/Writer Jim Rash
This week's honors could have easily gone to anyone who ended up taking home the Oscar at last Sunday's annual Academy Awards ceremony, since it's the most prestigious honor in all of popular entertainment. But I've decided to choose Rash specifically because none of this week's winners (outside of the winning actors and winning producers of "The Artist," of course) seemed to have had a better week after than this man. The wonderful week after began, as mentioned, on Sunday, when Rash (along with co-writers Nat Faxon and Alexander Payne) won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "The Descendants," but that wasn't the only highlight he made in that moment. Just before Payne was about to give his speech for the win, Rash made headlines by mimicking the right leg post that award presenter Angelina Jolie made as she was announcing the nominees a few years back. It was a pretty funny moment, one in which made Rash one of the many water-coolers talks of that night and a moment which helped launch the "Angelina Jolie's leg" meme all across the Internet.
The "generally better than you" week wasn't over for Rash. On Tuesday, it was announced that Rash, along with Faxon, sold a brand new script for an action-comedy to Indian Paintbrush studio that would star "Saturday Night Live" and "Bridesmaids" co-star Kristen Wiig. Then, over the course of the rest of the week, Rash also became something that fans of the show "Community" (of which he stars in as the lovable Dean Pelton) really wanted since the hiatus: something that NBC could use to finally promote the show just in time for their upcoming March 15th return. Not only was he the main star of this promo during an airing of "30 Rock," but he was also on "The Soup" (hosted by his "Community" co-star Joel McHale). Hopefully this recent string of promotion just might be the thing to help save this show from cancellation and into its long hoped for 4th season.
And that's the way it was! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
If you have any opinions on today's post, or if you just have any suggestions or tips for my next blog entry, e-mail me at: mj1599@aol.com. Your e-mails are greatly appreciated.
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