(andPOP) - Today was my first flip-flops day of 2007, which means it's spring, which means it's almost summer, which means it's movie blockbuster time!
Some exciting news about the upcoming
The Simpsons movie -
7-Eleven variety stores will apparently re-brand themselves as Kwik-E-Marts in a promotional agreement with the long-running cartoon sitcom. Eleven 7-Eleven stores across the United States will change up their store fronts to mimic that of Apu's beloved quick stop and feature some of the products seen, like Buzz Cola and Squishees.
The Simpsons movie will finally descend on us on July 27 - hopefully signalling the closing chapter of the show while it still retains the last shreds of goodness it has.
Other movies to take in this summer? Watch out for
Spiderman 3, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (despite the god awful title),
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Shrek the Third and
Ocean's Thirteen.
Talking about sexy summerness, E! has released
three promotional posters for the new round of The Simple Life, starring those reunited BFFs, Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. At least I think they're reunited. Is it just me, or has Paris been kinda quiet lately? I'm sure this has nothing to do with the
Associated Press ban on the heiress. The only worthwhile tid I could find on Ms. Hilton is the recent
discovery of the troll who stole her virginity! Sadly, it's none other than Randy Spelling, younger brother of that crack job known as Tori. How Paris remembers the first of thousands of men she's lain is a testament to how intelligent she really is, though. Y'all better recognize.
I bet you thought a 50-foot Michael Jackson robot roaming the Las Vegas desert, shooting off lasers, was something you'd only see in your nightmares or while hopped up on shrooms. Well, it seems Wack-O is planning a mad comeback and
said robot firing off said lasers would be part of his Vegas stage show. No doubt the robot will eventually develop a mind of its own and take off across America looking for baby robots to touch in inappropriate places. That, or he'll be the only one in line for this
summer's Transformers movie.
Canada's princes (the grandchildren of that unnecessary queen figurehead) have been out makin' daddy proud this past week. First Harry literally
half-crawled, half-fell into his car, drunk off his arse in the early morning hours. The 'razzi have since accused Harry of pushing them. Aw, where's the playground monitor when you need him? Now, photos have surfaced of William
grabbing some random chick's boob. Kate Middleton is going to be so pleased. And really, don't these boys deserve Canada's tax dollars? Bloody right.
It seems Justin Timberlake is determined to commit career suicide. First that cheesy Grammy Moment contest (thank goodness even
JT himself realized it was pure cheese) and
now he's set to record a duet with ex-lover, ex-pop star and ex-sex icon Britney Spears. Apparently, "the pair are planning to visit a Los Angeles recording studio this week with producer Timbaland to re-record the Motown classic 'You're All I Need to Get By', originally a hit for Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in 1968." Does this at least mean I can tape my Britney and Justin dolls back together? Anyway, upon downloading the song I've realized it sucks balls in the way Britney's "comeback" will and that this story is probably bullshit anyway.
Finally, in a sad testament to the actual worth of the Canadian JUNO awards, CTV has announced it will air a
tape-delayed version of the Junos in order to broadcast
the American reality show The Amazing Race at 8 p.m. EST. Now, while the JUNOS have about as much worth as the American Music Awards, the fact that a Canadian broadcaster is bumping a live Canadian program in favour of a taped American
reality show is about as ridiculous as Britney Spears winning a mother-of-the-year award.
