- The
upcoming “Justice League” film is about to cop a ‘tude. J.K. Simmons, no
stranger to superhero movies, says his take on Batman's
police ally Commissioner James Gordon in the new JL movie will be different
than the gruff, yet kind image past versions of the character have taken on.
Simmons, who won an supporting actor Oscar for his role as a maniacal music
teacher in “Whiplash” two years ago, previously walked into the superhero world
as Peter Parker’s acerbic boss J. Jonah Jameson in Toby Maguire’s take on the
webslinger. Many actors have played Gordon, from Benjamin McKenzie (“Gotham”) and Gary Oldman (the “Dark Knight” trilogy) to Pat Hingle
(Tim Burton’s “Batman”), but
Simmons doesn’t plan to take inspiration from any of them. "Obviously, a
lot of really wonderful actors have played that character previously, and most
of them I saw at the time the movies came out, never imagining that I would be
doing the same thing,” he said. “So, I can’t say that I don’t have some impression
of that character in my head that’s based on what I saw, but I’m not planning
on going back and watching any of the other films.” As part of the DC Comics movie,
which begins shooting later this month, Simmons plans on “learning as much as I
can about him through the comics and getting my feet wet in the first movie,
and then hopefully continuing on from there.” Given his obvious on-screen
talent and versatility, Simmons seems like a safe bet to do this role, no pun
intended, a healthy dose of justice……..
- Someone
needs to ask Baltimore pastor Elder Harris is he’s willing to accept the Republican
presidential nomination. Some might see the pastor of a small community church
camping out on the roof of his place of worship until his unreasonable demands
are met as a sign that he’s finally lost his mind and gone from divinely
inspired to downright insane. Those people need to take a second look. This
visionary is camping out 30 feet in the air on the roof of Newborn Community of Faith Church until his
community gets out to vote. It is a peaceful and
nonviolent way of protesting and so many people have given their lives to give
us the opportunity to vote,” Harris said. His Sandtown community has seen
historically low voter turnover of late and during the 2014 primary season,
just 257 people showed up to vote. Harris is thinking big and with Maryland’s
presidential primary approaching fast, Harris wants to see that number double
this time around. “Something bold needed to happen to wake up our community,”
Harris said. If the community - the same one that rioted last year following
the death of Freddie Gray - shows up at the polls, then Harris will come down
and return to civilization. If not, a man whose absence probably won't faze
many people will presumably stay on the roof until something is done about the
problem. In his defense, this is a man who has been working to rebuild and
uplift his community following the chaos and he believes it starts with voting.
“What I am
doing is nothing in comparison to what our forefathers and mothers have done to
give us what I call a day of celebration,” Harris said. Fight the good fight, E……..
- It
may not be a fair trade, but it’s still a nice gesture. Toronto Blue Jays first
baseman Chris Colabello took an 87 mph fastball to the head this weekend,
sending him tumbling to the ground. The following day, he arrived as his locker
in the visitors’ clubhouse at Fenway Park to find an unexpected, glassy and
joy-filled vessel of apology courtesy of the man who drilled him in the dome
with a pitch. The morning after getting beaned by Steven Wright, Colabello
found a large bottle of liquor waiting for him in his locker. "Steven
decided that he was going to send over a gift,'" Colabello said. "He
didn't have to. I'm sure that's not cheap, too.” Sure, but when you leave a man
sitting on the ground being examined for a possible concussion, it’s best to do
something to offer up a mea culpa. "It's just more of a token of saying
I'm sorry," Wright said. "I didn't really want it to be a public
thing because it was really between me and him. I know it's not a necessary
thing. The gift was more for me than it was for him to kind of ease it for
myself for what happened." Wright showed contrition on the mound right
after the incident, taking off his hat and chatting with Colabello as he made
his way to first. According to Colabello, pitchers sending peace offerings to a
player after hitting him "happens more than people know. You build
relationships with people." Maybe next time just bond over your shared
love of “Game of Thrones” or roller coasters, because that would be slightly
less painful……..
- If
Donald Trump doesn’t become America’s next president, he may have a future
running Indonesia. After all, that overgrown Oompa Loompa is a big fan of
extreme interrogation measures, hostile treatment of undersiables and many
other things that civilized society would frown upon, so he has to love the
fact that Indonesia's current president is
defending his country's use of the death penalty for drug offenses. President
Joko "Jokowi" Widodo if of the opinion that drug abuse constitutes an
emergency and seems bizarrely proud of the fact that Indonesia has extremely
strict drug laws and more than 130 people on death row, mostly for drug crimes.
Widodo said that "Indonesia currently has an emergency, above all in drug
abuse, claiming that 30-50 people a day die in Indonesia because of drugs.
Speaking through an interpreter, he touted the fact that Indonesia is preparing
to execute more foreigners convicted of drug offenses even though similar executions
last year caused an international outcry. "Implementation of the death
penalty is carried out very cautiously,” Widodo explained. Those words flew
directly in the face of what he heard just moments before during a meeting with
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who underlined Germany's opposition to capital
punishment and its wish for Indonesia "not to implement it if
possible." Your wishes are not Jokowi’s command, Angela, so go ahead and
fly home with the knowledge that you just wasted your time and breath……..
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