British film magazine Empire cornered director Steven Soderbergh recently for an inetview. Did the publication punch him in the ear in critical response to “Solaris” or “Ocean’s Twelve”?
It did not. But he was asked about his recent casting of Gina Carano as the lead in “Knockout,” a spy thriller due to begin shooting in February.
“My feeling was, if I don’t do this, somebody else will,” Soderbergh said. “I felt, somebody is going to look at her and go, ‘She should be in a movie!’And I felt…
… on Spike TV at 10 p.m. ET is just a handful of hours from now.
It’s the moment of truth. We’ve been going back and forth in various threads all week about the possible outcome. Now let’s hear what you have to say in this official “Kimbo Slice vs. Roy Nelson” discussion thread.
Sound off, Maniacs. Predictions, por favor.
You gotta love the Todd Duffee/Matt Hughes fanboys over at Fightlinker. Duffee exploded onto the UFC scene with his seven second destruction of Tim Hague at UFC 103. He’s an imposing figure at 6-foot-3, 250 pounds. Almost superhero-like. But he doesn’t have a nasty nickname yet. Fightlinker is suggesting "The Duffman". What do you think? By the way, who is that guy with the mohawk in the cartoon? Love the puffy shirt!
Big tip of the hat to scritchandscratch.com. Nice stuff.
ESPN the Magazine is replicating the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue with its own smutty issue. Nice idea. Teenage boys and tools like myself can’t enough ammo lying around the house. One problem with the ESPN the Magazine: "The Body" issue, what’s the deal with the inclusion of old and fat guys? Not to sound sexist, but I don’t need to see Joba Chamberlain unless he’s in a wrestling singlet a la The Big Show. And od we really need to make ourselves feel horrible by checking out the physique of 50-year-old NASCAR driver Mark Martin. Let’s just go with thumbnails of the dudes and multi-page spreads of Serena Williams and MMA fighter Gina Carano.
ESPN the Magazine: "The Body" issue list is a bit befuddling:
NFL: Adrian Peterson.
MLB: Chamberlain, Nelson Cruz.
Tennis: James Blake.
NBA: Dwight Howard
NHL: Zdeno Chara, Bill Guerin
NASCAR: Carl Edwards, Martin…
The calm Dana White has won out. The UFC president isn’t going ballistic over Quinton "Rampage" Jackson’s hissy fit and blog posts claiming that he’s done fighting. White again took the high road this morning on the Opie and Anthony Show (1:25 mark):
"Rampage, has he left? No. He’s mad at me. We’ve gone back and forth with this movie thing, Rampage will fight."
White says he’ll figure it.
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Washington DC (September 30, 2009) – While much attention is being paid to the two co-Main Events featuring world championship title bouts pitting Mike “The Hulk” Easton vs. Chase Beebe and John “The Magician” Dodson vs. Pat Runez, the rest of the UWC REDEMPTION fight card is loaded with outstanding fighters in what could easily turn out to be its best lineup ever.
Continuing its evolution as a rising force in the MMA world and keeping with its mission to help grow the sport, particularly in the Washington, D.C. area, six of the seven UWC undercard bouts will showcase a local, up-and-coming prospect taking on a top-tier competitor fighting out of a prominent national gym…
Props: MMA Fanhouse
Quoteworthy:
“I was thinking about winning, and that’s why I wanted Roy to beat Kimbo — I thought Roy could knock Kimbo out. It’s not just that Roy can trade punches with Kimbo, but Roy has been in big fights before and he was the only guy who I could be sure wouldn’t get sucked into the mystique of Kimbo Slice. Roy’s biggest problem is he’s always trained by himself, and he doesn’t always seem like he knows how to take coaching. Kimbo can be a very, very good fighter under the right tutelage. Whether he gets that training? That’s on him.”
We’re just a few hours away before Team Rampage number-one pick and former YouTube sensation Kimbo Slice finally steps into the cage against ex-IFL champion Roy Nelson…
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