What’s your Bacon Number?

What is your kevin bacon numberI heard about this game many years back and I always thought how amazing it was, that one statement turned into a phenomenon called the Bacon Number!

Kevin Bacon, in a 1994 Premiere interview for the film The River Wild, while talking about his fame and career, comments that he’s worked with everybody in Hollywood or someone who’s worked with them.

It was then, that 3 students got together and created a game called “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”. According to this game, Kevin Bacon was at the “center of the universe” and the “Bacon number” of an actor or actress is the number of degrees of separation they have from Bacon, as defined by the game. The higher the Bacon number, the farther away from Kevin Bacon the actor is.

Did you know that Pope John Paul II had a “Bacon Number” of 3?

Step 1 - Pope John Paul II was in Padre Pio — Tra cielo e terra (2000) with Giovanni Lombardo Radice.

Step 2 - Giovanni Lombardo Radice was in The Omen (2006) with Vee Vimolmal

Step 3 - Vee Vimolmal was in Where the Truth Lies (2005) with Kevin Bacon.

So what’s your Bacon Number?

June 19, 2008 | Filed Under General, People | 5 Comments 
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Unforgettable Bad Guys in Movies

Forest Whitaker Last King OF Scotland MovieWe were watching Last King Of Scotland on television 2 nights back and it reminded me of what a great job Forest Whitaker has done in that movie. His portrayal of Idi Amin is so believable and does appear fearful.

It got me thinking about other great performances by actors portraying bad guys and how they actually injected fear into your head during and after the movie. Some of the ones I could think of were:

Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs,
Jonathan Scott-Taylor as Damien Thorn - Omen 2
David Prowse James Earl Jones (voice) - Star Wars 4,5,6
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Terminator 1
Robert Patrick - Terminator 2
Alan Rickman - Robin Hood and Die Hard
Denzel Washington - Training Day
Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson - A Few Good Men
Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator
John Travolta - Broken Arrow
John Malkovich - Con Air
Gary Oldman - Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Michael Douglas - Wall Street
Arnold Vosloo - The Mummy / The Mummy Returns
Jack Nicholson - The Shining
Ian McKellan - X-Men
Michael Madsen - Reservoir Dogs
Wesley Snipes - Demolition Man

I am sure I have left out some other great performances, let me know if you think there are other good performances to mention.

June 6, 2008 | Filed Under General, Movie Facts and Trivia, People | 7 Comments 
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So who is crazier? Denise Richards or Charlie Sheen?

So who is crazier? Denise Richards or Charlie Sheen?Charlie Sheen has claimed that his former wife, Denise Richards, asked him (in an email) for a sperm sample so she can have more of his children.

Denise Richards says that she was seeing Ritchie Sambora at the time of the email and that if she wanted sperm, she would have asked Ritchie. Can you imagine what their children must be going through?

So who do you think is crazier?

May 22, 2008 | Filed Under People | 6 Comments 
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What Will We Do When We’re Left With Lindsay Lohan and Ashton Kutcher?

Empty Theatre Seats I just noticed the birthday box on the left… how can Harvey Keitel be 69 and Bea Arthur be 86?? Doesn’t that somehow seem excessive, or is it just me?

It dawned on me that at some point in the not so distant future, we will be subject to losing some greats due to age. Look out lifetime achievement awards. Judi Dench, Jack Nicholson, Sean Connery, Ian McKellan… these guys aren’t getting any younger are they? I’m not suggesting that they’re all going to just drop dead, but I imagine they aren’t going to go on acting forever.

Gosh, those were just the first few I thought of… the next ten years can expect some big hits I’m thinking.

Without falling too deeply into morbidity, who am I forgetting?

May 13, 2008 | Filed Under General, People | 2 Comments 
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Watch out everyone, Foxy is out

Foxy BrownRapper Foxy Brown is out of prison after serving 8 months in the New York City prison. Foxy Brown was charged for battery when she assaulted 2 nail salon stylists over $20.

She was sentenced to 3 years of probation in 2006 but the judge felt that she was not taking her probation seriously so he threw her into the slammer for one year. In October 2007, she received 76 days in isolation for getting into a fight with an inmate and also refusing to take a drug test.

Anyways, she has been released into the custody of her mother (how is that going to help?).

Foxy Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, has written songs for movies such as 40 year old virgin, Bringing down the house, Cradle 2 the grave and Rush hour 2.

April 21, 2008 | Filed Under People | 4 Comments 
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