TV Shortens Your Life Span?

     Now-a-days, plenty of people indulge in the pleasure of watching TV whenever they have free time. It's as casual as it can be, and allows people to relax. Unfortunately, Australian researchers have discovered that like so many other pleasures in life, watching TV can shorten your life span.
    This artcile caught my eye since it seems as if many things point out that movies and television can ruin your life through some negative aspects, such as a recent post I did about TV Romances Ruining Your Real Life Romance. As a filmmaker, it makes me wonder as to how this will impact the industry. Will there be new documentaries on this, and will this be a thing along with healthy eating where commercials and shows will be made based on this concept. Such as the ones we already have with telling kids to be active (which is ironic since they send this message through television). With this news, will other studies show the bad effects of television and movies rather than the good they bring as well? When I join the business, would I have to worry about these studies lowering my ratings or earnings? We'll never know until we get there because society seems to choose which studies are important. They also choose about things to forget and not care about at all.

     Nevertheless, the study is the first of its kind to analyze the impact of television viewing on life expectancy. It will be appearing in the October issue of British Journal of Sports Medicine. Using the compiled data from the National Bureau of Statistics and from Australian Diabetes: Obesity and Lifestyle study, the researchers had generated life expectancy tables based on the viewing habits of Australians. It ranged from someone who watched an average of 6 hours of television a day to someone who watched none at all. The results were astonishing: For every hour of television viewed by a person over the age of 25, their life expectancy is reduced by 22 minutes. 

Brad Pitt in "The House I Live In"; Tackling the War on Drugs

     As with all things that involve celebrities, if they aren’t doing their usual thing --- such as acting or singing -- and don't do anything gossip worthy, the public tends to not care about what they say. However, Brad pitt's words won't go unnoticed. He has been thrown in behind a documentary that has been gaining rave reviews. The documentary is called The House I Live In and analyzes America's War on Drugs policy that had started in the 1970s. The Huffington Post has a quick interview with Brad Pitt and Eugene Jarecki (the director) on the matter.

     According to the documentary, more than 45 million arrests have been made. The arrests being mainly from poor communities, thus targeting minorities. Nonetheless, Eugene Jarecki's film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and even gained praise from the Los Angeles Times. They comment it was “one of the most important pieces of nonfiction to hit the screen in years." 

     Pitt, an executive producer on the film, has been known to be for the legalization of drugs. In fact, when Jarecki introduced the project to him years before, he told Pitt that he felt the war on drugs "is possibly a barrier to keep the impoverished down. To keep them shackled," Pitt explains. "And I thought well that may be even too liberal for me [laughs], but we just came off of Hurricane Katrina. We had just witnessed that there was a particular portion of our society that was being ignored and that this could be the case." 

Chistopher Walken is Honey Boo Boo's Mom?

This is just an interesting video. Since Seven Psychopaths is out (and I am actually interested in watching it) and I recently did an article about Honey Boo Boo, here comes this video. It's a it slow but picks up in the middle of it. Enjoy~

This week's official blog is linked here.

Sequel, Anyone?

     The Box Office Results:

1. Taken 2 (Fox) NEW [3,661 Runs] PG13

Friday $18.5M, Saturday $19.0M, Weekend $50.0M

2. Hotel Transylvania 3D (Sony Animation) Week 2 [3,352 Runs] PG

Friday $6.4M, Saturday $11.7M, Weekend $27.1M (-36%), Cume $76.8M

3. Pitch Perfect (Universal) Week 2 [2,770 Runs] PG13

Friday $4.8M, Saturday $5.9M, Weekend $14.6M, Cume $21.5M

4. Looper (FilmDistrict/Sony) Week 2 [2,993 Runs] R

Friday $3.5M, Saturday $5.1M, Weekend $12.0M (-42%), Cume $40.1M

5. Frankenweenie 3D (Disney) NEW [3,005 Runs] PG

Friday $3.2M, Saturday $4.5M, Weekend $11.1M

6. End Of Watch (Open Road) Week 3 [2,370 Runs] RFriday $1.1M, Saturday $1.6M, Weekend $3.8M, Cume $32.7M

7. Trouble with the Curve (Warner Bros) Week 3 [3,003 Runs] PG13

Friday $1.1M, Saturday $1.6M, Weekend $3.8M, Cume $29.7M

8. House At End Of Street (Relativity) Week 3 [2,720 Runs] PG13

Friday $1.1M, Saturday $1.6M, Weekend $3.7M, Cume $27.6M

9. The Master (Weinstein) Week 4 [864 Runs] R

Friday $498K, Saturday $839K, Weekend $1.8M, Cume $12.3M

10. Finding Nemo 3D (Disney) Week 4 [1,746 Runs] G

Friday $366K, Saturday $690K, Weekend $1.5M, Cume $39.0M

     This week, the box office has moviegoing up 41% from last year. Also, some movies have finally performed normally since July's Aurora shooting tragedy. Although that event will not be forgotten, normalcy is finally entering the industry. Furthermore, this weekend, the main stars of the moviegoing area are Taken 2 and Hotel Transylvania, both having low review ratings. 

Source: Rotten Tomatoes

     Its interesting to see that he top two movies have such low ratings. Be it through critics or consumers that are leaving comments and reviews. Nonetheless, ‘Taken 2′ Kidnaps Weekend For #1 & $50M As Moviegoers Return To Late Night Shows; Tim Burton’s ‘Frankenweenie’ Flops $11.1M. 

Honey Boo Boo Gets a Raise

     Before we get started, let me just inform you not to google "Honey Boo Boo." Instead look up "Honey Boo Boo Child."Do not click on the Wikipedia link. You have been warned.

"A dollar makes me holler, honey boo boo."

     Alas, Honey Boo Boo Child is no other than a reality television series on TLC. With a mother who was featured on Extreme Couponing, Honey Boo Boo Child has had some experiences with the camera. Her real name is Alana Thompson though and she was also a participant in Toddlers and Tiaras. Somehow, she has become quite internet famous and is a character people seem to love to hate. And because of that, her family has gained a raise.