Dennis Rodman Fiasco

Dennis Rodman was again the center for a fiasco in the media only this time it will surely catch international attention. Rodman was a member of a group of Americans that journeyed to the infamously walled off military state of North Korea in the hopes of spreading good will and collaboration between the two countries. In an interview about the experience Rodman seemed a little bit out of the focus, some have jumped to the accusation that he had recently gone binge drinking right before. Nonetheless in the interview Rodman was asked about the imprisonment of Americans in North Korea for charges that the government will not disclose. In Rodman's response he defended the North Korean government in a tirade of confusing slurred language that was hardly decipherable. Cuomo was asking specifically about the imprisonment of Kenneth Chung a Korean American. Kenneth Chung's sister Terri in another CNN report done by Anderson Cooper expressed anguish at the insensitivity of Rodman.

Toronto Bust

The Toronto authorities have come across a disturbing group of people. The Toronto police have come forward to the public about a huge child pornography ring they have been chasing and shutting down. The police have seized a warehouse holding thousands of graphic movies featuring presumably trafficked children. This case has been going on since the early 2000's across several countries through an internet website. This website was observed by several undercover officers and was traced back to several predators who had taken advantage of these children and recorded their despicable actions. The police upon seizing this cache tallied their digital content to 45 terabytes worth of footage. The most striking aspect to this story is the victims can search their names and find traces of this horrific time on the internet.

Kanye West wore a Jacket

Recently Kanye West was seen by the paparazzi wearing a jacket that had a small confederate flag embroidered on its sleeve. This is controversial seeing as West is an African American and he is bearing the flag that history has seen for the most part abused the African American people. He claims that wearing this jacket is to promote himself, West attributed this to his new song New Song. The image was reviewed by CNN and addressed the situation. Now this story seems a bit intriguing and unorthodox it seems a little far fetched that it is being covered by CNN, a network that has such high regard for reporting vital international news.

Friday Night 2-25-2013 Release

This Friday the movie Bad Grandpa is being released to theaters. The film is directed by Jackass so the movie is undoubtedly going to be raunchy with its themes. The trailer gives the audience exactly that. There are a lot of funny moments in the trailer between the grandfather and the 8 year old grandson. The film follows the basic campy guide lines with the journey across America and imminent bonding.
The film is rather controversial of course because it is by Jackass. To be specific the instance in the young beauty pageant. The child is featured doing explicit dancing. The film is still given the R rating so there probably isn't much explicit content dealing with the child. There will probably be heavy profanity. The shots will more than likely be standard and feature the typical scenic American landmarks and driving sequences. This movie will probably do well on its release because of its crude comedic themes

Friday Night Gravity

Last Friday Gravity premiered in the United States. The movie stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts in space. The movie appears to detail the average astronaut until everything goes awry. It doesn't appear based off of the trailer that aliens are to blame. It would seem as if there is just a miscalculation of some sort and the space station falls apart. The majority of the trailer features close ups of Sandra Bullock floating around in space untethered and franticly terrified.
This premise seems to be very interesting but I fail to see any sort of solution to this issue realistically so  it is likely that deus ex machina will come into play. The idea of isolation in space is good but this limited perspective plus the excessive amounts of CG because its in space will ultimately make the movie scary. At first watch you cannot see how Clooney comes into play but he is at one point tethered to Bullock so this most likely means that he will play a supporting role.

E60 Jody

This E60 video follows the story of a 10 year old who gets molested by his karate instructor. This video takes place in the 80's and it intercuts with the people in Jody's life including himself in present day. They mostly reflect how terrible the situation was but Jody explains how he ultimately was able to move on. The clip ends with Jody leading a support group helping similar victims to help them cope.
This video can get some raised eyebrows because it utilized the actual clip of the perpetrator getting shot after getting off of an airplane. This presumably the actual footage judging by the quality and the background of the clip. The father was the assailant who who killed the rapist, and did not spend any time in jail for a) killing someone, and b) bringing a gun to an airport. This video leaves the viewer with the question on whether or not it is justifiable to kill someone if raped your child.