When people say that Hollywood has run out of ideas, they aren’t kidding. The musical Rock of Ages is being turned into a movie that’s being released this summer. Showing that Hollywood won’t try letting a good idea stand up for itself, they’ve cast Tom Cruise as an aging rock star. As part of the movie being a musical, there’s singing involved. Unfortunately, Tom Cruise does his own singing as evidence by this week’s Worst of Music winner. Continue reading
Scientology
Not News of the Week
As we always say: If it’s not worth talking about, then it’s definitely not news. If you’re looking for a theme for today’s Not News, I really couldn’t give you one. Maybe I’ll go with Crime & Punishment.
A survey of over 3,000 Chinese have found that prostitutes are the third most trusted people by profession in China. This puts them behind farmers and religious workers but ahead of soldiers, teachers, scientists and politicians. In one Chinese daily English-language newspaper, a columnist wrote that “a list like this is at the same time surprising and embarrassing.” I wouldn’t feel too bad if I were him. I trust hookers more than politicians too. Fortunately for politicians, they (miraculously) didn’t fall on to the list of least trusted professions. Scoring the lowest in the survey were real estate developers, secretaries, agents, entertainers, and directors. Continue reading
The Lowdown 