The Los Angeles Kings have won their first Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history bringing yet another championship of sorts to the city of angels. The Kings went on to win the the game with a score of 6 to 1 against the New Jersey Devils, who had won two straight games to avoid a sweep.
It seems like just a week or two ago we were watching Miley as Hannah Montana or maybe that was an episode of Punk’d? Either way, it has been confirmed that the former Disney starlet and Hunger Games’ beau are engaged and have been for about a week. The on again off again couple for three years became engaged on May 31. Miley fans were overwhelmed with joy and excitement of an engagement when Miley tweeted a picture of a ring on her finger back in March. Miley shot down all rumors that she was engaged at that time. Miley and Liam are both young and are continuing to expand their careers. I send my congratulations to the both of them courtesy of Blended Entertainment.
Will Smith is back on top after an absence of nearly four years but for how long? The third installment of Men In Black released this past weekend and ascended to number one on the box office charts with a total of 69.25 million. Was it enough to beat out The Avengers? Yes it was. Was it enough for Will to reclaim the title as “Mr. Blockbuster”, only time will tell. Will has the ability to produce sequels for past blockbuster franchises such as Bad Boys, I Am Legend, I Robot, and Hancock but for now that it is a waiting game with a lot of speculation. Will Smith is one of my favorite actors and he can sure deliver but can this installment of Men In Black out perform the not so good Men In Black 2? The first film is a classic and helped continue to push Will to the moon. With the production budgets being so high for his films, these movies really need to bring in a ton of money. No matter how much Men In Black 3 makes internationally, it is important to bring in high profits domestically as well. Lets just hope that we’ll see much more of Will Smith in the near future. He is one of the rare attractions as an African American in Hollywood, especially when it comes to the representation of global superstars.
Junior Dos Santos put the icing on the cake in what was billed as the” first heavyweight only UFC PPV in history”. Dos Santos defended his title successfully by putting an end to Frank Mir in the second round. The one thing that UFC has over boxing is that the heavyweight division division is much more exciting and much deeper. Dos Santos’ next opponent could be another clash with Cain Velasquez, but there are quite a few other prospects including Daniel Cormier. What was interesting was the fact that former heavyweight champ, yet currently retired Brock Lesnar attended the show and he appeared to have something to discuss with Dana White. Now while Brock is currently involved in angle with the WWE, he may possibly be looking for a squash match within the octagon in the future if that is even possible for him after what he has endured.
This week saw two very popular shows albeit the recent ratings will say differently crown winners. The Dancing With The Stars trophy went to NFL Wide Receiver, Donald Driver. At the very beginning I had picked Roshon Fegan (Disney’s Shake It Up) to win the mirror ball trophy but he didn’t even make it to the finals. The NFL has a good history with the Dancing With The Stars program with previous winners Emmitt Smith and more recently Hines Ward. You never know, we may see a Tim Tebow in the future depending on whether or not his popularity rises or falls in New York. Opera Singer, Katherine Jenkins and Cuban actor, William Levy came in second and third respectively which will only help boost their public images.
American Idol saw their finale despite it being the lowest rated one in history. Fox was happy to know that it dominated the social media platform despite the t.v. ratings. In the end it was Phillip Phillips who was declared the winner in an Idol season that I thought was ultimately going to end up with Jessica Sanchez celebrating a victory at the end. I was wrong with both predictions but this is part of the unpredictability of reality television or perhaps the predictability of a popularity contest.
The CW Upronts were today and particularly this time of the year is special because networks finally narrowed down their programs that they feel are either good enough to come back or are good enough to sustain or in some cases gain success. Typically quite a few stars show up from some of the networks’ top shows and also the newcomers show up as well. At the CW Upronts, four of their original programming which includes 90210, Hart of Dixie, Supernatural, and ANTM are moving to new nights while another three are moving to new times. The network is banking on original programming to increase their success. I am really excited for the new season of Supernatural and that will lead me to check out the new series, Arrow since it precedes Supernatural. If you enjoy Blake Lively and Leighton Meester among others a part of the ensemble cast of Gossip Girls, you’ll be sad knowing that this fall will host the sixth and final season. Here is what the schedule looks like for the 12-13 season:
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM 90210 (New Night)
9:00-10:00 PM Gossip Girl (New Time)
(THE CARRIE DIARIES premieres January, 2013)
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Hart Of Dixie (New Night)
9:00-10:00 PM EMILY OWENS, M.D. (New Series)
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM ARROW (New Series)
9:00-10:00 PM SUPERNATURAL (New Night)
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE Vampire Diaries
9:00-10:00 PM BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (New Series)
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICA’S Next Top Model (New Night)
9:00-10:00 PM Nikita (New Time)
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