Comedy actor Steve Martin has announced that he is to re-make some of his great films from years past "Just so there is no doubt." The announcement was made as plans are underway for Martin to film a remake of "The Jerk" - this will now be followed by re-makes of "The Man With Two Brains," "All of Me" and many other Steve Martin classics.
Speaking to Newsifact, Martin said "Some people are still on the fence about whether I have completely f@#*ed up my standing as one of the greats. I want there to be no doubt whatsoever."
Martin has also announced plans to re-make the original Laurel and Hardy films, with himself in both roles. "When people think of The Pink Panther, they now think of my shit films. The same should apply to Laurel and Hardy." said Martin.
Actor Garret Wang, known to many as Ensign Harry Kim in the Star Trek: Voyager television series has slammed the media for ignoring his feud with fellow Voyager star Kate Mulgrew, who portrayed Captain Kathryn Janeway.
"She stole some of my lines. I think she wore a wig; she sounded like she was sucking too much helium and I really hate her!" Wang told Newsifact. "Why won't the media pick up on this story. It is really big!"
With the end of the Barcelona Miami bid for an MLS team our city is down to it's one and only hope for professional soccer in USL side Miami FC Blues. We ask all Soccer fans to help us in our efforts to save our only professional Soccer team! The Miami Ultras fan club and Miami FC are organizing a 24 Hour Soccer-a-thon!
The following has been taken from the Miami Ultra's site: "We are organizing an amazing event to help Miami FC, the 24 Hour Soccer-a-Thon. Miami FC and the Miami Ultras are coming together to save pro soccer in Miami. We will bring massive amounts of exposure to Miami FC and pro soccer in general. This event promises to be historical. We will be playing soccer for 24 hours straight and you need to be a part of this. We will have Ultras, Miami FC pro and youth players, celebrities, journalists and much more. We plan on having an auction of signed memorabilia as well. Everybody will have an opportunity to buy Miami FC 2009 season tickets at the event if you have not done so already
Location: Monsignor Pace High School 15600 NW 32nd Avenue, Miami Gardens, FL 33054 Phone (305) 623-PACE (7223)
Time: Saturday, March 7 at 6 pm thru Sunday March 8 finishing at 6 pm. Please forward this information to your friends. We hope to see everyone there!
Major League Soccer will not award Miami according to Major League Soccer...
"I want to thank both FC Barcelona and Marcelo Claure for the tremendous effort to bring an MLS expansion team to Miami," said MLS Commissioner Don Garber. "FC Barcelona is one of the best managed and strategically operated sporting clubs in any sport in the World and I appreciate the opportunity that we have had to work with them and Marcelo Claure over the last few months."
Sad day for Miami Fans. MLS had it in their court but they want mediocre markets and cities willing to pay the $40 Million. Good luck to the other cities. I hope Portland gets it!
Greetings Miami Fans! As it is well known at this stage Barca is still negotiating with MLS and the League wants Barcelona in no matter what! Apparently my source tells me it will be Montreal and Miami entering the league by March 19th and since MLS is trying to make a deal with Montreal, Barca wants the same treatment! The report on the Bolivian paper El Deber says the truth, it's 50/50 because it all depends on MLS, but the way it's looking MLS really wants Montreal because the rivalry with Toronto would be huge and if anyone saw the Montreal vs Santos Laguna game the other night the Impact can pack the house! The entrance of Montreal secures a larger piece of the Canadian market, there is no doubt this team will be profitable and MLS knows it. The other team would be Barcelona. Why? Because of the name, the tradition and because all the other teams in MLS want this to happen. Of all the remaining candidate cities Miami makes the most sense. More as this story develops...
In a massive Newsifact exclusive, we have obtained a copy of the script for the planned 70s and 80s TV detective get-together project that is about to start filming next month.
The TV movie will unite Peter Falk (81) as Columbo and Jack Klugman (86) as Quincy, with appearances from Angela Lansbury (83), alias Jessica Fletcher, Andy Griffith (82) alias Matlock and a host of others including Susan St James (62) as “Wife” from the TV detective series McMillan and Wife and Tom Bosley (81) as Father Dowling. The project was green-lit by Universal Pictures last month after Angela Lansbury finally withdrew a demand to have the audience not know who the murderer was, as had been the case in Murder, She Wrote, though not in Columbo or Quincy.
The Story:
Yes, there’s a murder. And it is big and complicated - there is simply no way one detective, however great, can unravel this one! The murder is committed by a powerful businessman who takes out an LA congressman who is threatening to turn away from accepting bribes and clean up his act.
Quincy and Columbo are watching events unfold on TV, sitting together in a retirement home. Quincy smells a rat. He calls up Dr Sam Fujiyama (Robert Ito, 77 reprises his role) who is now the Chief Forensic Coroner of Los AngelesCounty. Dr Sam rolls his eyes, sighs and shakes his head, but goes along with Quincy’s plan to conduct a secret autopsy in the middle of the night of the victim.
Sitting at the other end of the room is retired detective Lt. Frank Monahan, again played by Gary Walberg. He is outraged that Quincy would go off on another half-baked scheme, while showing complete disregard for the rules. Quincy loses his temper and gives an impassioned speech about the need to do the right thing. Columbo's old dog barks in agreement.
Columbo decides to ask a few innocent questions of the powerful businessman, apparently at the centre of it all. He is polite, but his incessant attitude irks the man – but he must remain calm – perhaps Columbo is just being friendly.
Quincy’s autopsy reveals the presence of a strange chemical that appears to be made by an obscure company based in calm, coastal New England. Only one person can help – Jessica Fletcher! Quincy and Columbo meet with Jess, explain the situation and are given a great tip: The chemical company is run by a man with a strange mullet. Quincy and Columbo thank Jessica, but before they can celebrate, they get word that a man has been arrested and is to be tried for the murder – but it is the wrong man!
In an extremely moving scene, Matlock is touring a graveyard, weeping slowly. The camera pans across to a woman, also weeping. Matlock steps towards her. It is “Wife” from McMillan and Wife standing over the grave of her husband. This is clearly odd, as “Wife” was killed off in the show.
Matlock, who was friends with McMillan shouts at “Wife” for faking her death. “Wife” takes Matlock past two other gravestones. “That is why I faked my death.” She points to the graves of Banacek and Perry Mason - now, everything is clear. Matlock’s phone rings. It is Quincy – Matlock must come out of retirement to defend a man falsely accused of murder.
But why was the wrong man framed? Columbo gets a lead, that the order was given in Chicago. He travels there and meets with Father Dowling, played by Tom Bosley.
"Dowling will be angrier this time," says actor Tom Bosley.
The elderly Catholic priest calls up Sister Steve, played by Tracy Nelson, who uses her unique skills to disguise herself as a politician and roam the murky halls of Chicago politics to get to the truth. Sister Steve finds out that a former assistant of the businessman whom Columbo suspects of the murder gave the order.
Columbo, Quincy, Father Dowling, Jessica Fletcher, “Wife” and Matlock meet in the Los Angeles court. Matlock does his thing – the audience is stunned by the power of the presentation and the man is set free. But then outside the courtroom, Columbo turns to the real murderer, and with a tour de force performance explains just how and why he did it. After some initial resistance, the murderer concedes. He goes quietly. Columbo waves to the police officers "Officers, the cuffs won't be necessary." The murderer is touched by Columbo's dignified act.
In the midst of the celebrations, suddenly Matlock has a heart attack. Is he dead? “Wife” gives him mouth-to-mouth and revives him. It is over? What next? Back to retirement?
The gang walks off together into the sunset. What adventures will face the super-detectives next? Who knows?
In an effort to save our only professional Soccer team the Miami Ultras fan club and Miami FC are organizing a 24 Hour Soccer-a-thon!
Taken from the Miami Ultra's site: "We are organizing an amazing event to help Miami FC, the 24 Hour Soccer-a-Thon. Miami FC and the Miami Ultras are coming together to save pro soccer in Miami. We will bring massive amounts of exposure to Miami FC and pro soccer in general. This event promises to be historical. We will be playing soccer for 24 hours straight and you need to be a part of this.
We will have Ultras, Miami FC pro and youth players, celebrities, journalists and much more. We plan on having an auction of signed memorabilia as well. Everybody will have an opportunity to buy Miami FC 2009 season tickets at the event if you have not done so already.
Save this date on your calendar, March 7. Time and location is still being worked out. We need a lot of players so we can rotate in and out so that we don’t kill ourselves. Come as a player or come as a fan. Just be there!
Once in awhile something comes along that you wish you had been a part of. This is that time! Don’t miss this great chance to show the world that Miami is the place for soccer. Where the fan cares about his or her local club. Don’t be that person that says “I wish I could have done something to Save Pro Soccer in Miami”. You can save soccer and as Ultras it’s our duty."
