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Dreamgirls

nobody@vox.com(Jason) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 23:34:12 -0800

Just go see it. Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy are enough. Beyonce is kinda wack, as expected, but not distracting enough to detract from the experience of Eddie Murphy in his finest performance maybe ever (Oscar Worthy) and Jennifer Hudson's electricity every moment she is on the screen. Every moment. When she sings "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" it is, perhaps, the best vocal performance ever on film. I shit you not. And she shines in every other emotional moment in the picture. Just, you know, wow.

Wow.

Best Actress. Don't Sleep.

I took the fam to see the Road Show early engagement at The Arclight this afternoon. Here's the shwag we got:

Dreamgirls Road Show

Fancy.

It was a lovely way to spend Christmas Eve.

I'm thinking about picking up the damn soundtrack, I enjoyed it so much.

Dear Jennifer Hudson, I'm so sorry I thought you were a googly eyed hot mess when you were on American Idol. You've set me straight.

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QotD: I Rock The Mic

nobody@vox.com(Jason) — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:20:51 -0800

What song makes you rock the karaoke mic?
Submitted by Ann.

Yay Ann!

The only time I've rocked the Karaoke Mic was my freshman year of college (93 y'all) and it was as a group doing Love Shack by the B-52s.

If, however, I ever come across a Karaoke Machine featuring Eddie Murphy's Party All The Time or Bobby Brown's On Our Own (with Rap) then I will take the mic and turn the mutha out.

eddie murphy - party all the time

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QotD: ROFL

nobody@vox.com(Jason) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:17:30 -0800

What comedian makes you pee your pants laughing?
Submitted by pookieb.

In the early days of Comedy Central and back when HBO was cable's serious comedy network, I was a pretty big stand-up afficianado. I'm not ashamed to say that I loved Sinbad's one hour comedy specials and I co-sign with George that Steven Wright is ridiculously funny. I'm not a huge fan of Ellen DeGeneres, Talk Show Host but I actually think she's right up there with Eddie Murphy as maybe too good at creating one hour sets. Their jokes flow so well into each other it's kind of overwhelming to watch.

That said, my favorite comedian is a constant battle between Richard Pryor and Chris Rock.

But my favorite bit is probably Warren Hutcherson's joke about his Black Militant father and Santa Claus.

Santa Claus: What do you want for Christmas, little boy?
(father in the background): Tell 'em you want your freedom! You got some freedom in that bag, fat man?!
Young Warren: Well, i wanted some rock 'em sock 'em robots but Ali Baba over here says I gotta have some freedom.

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