I do not remember ever seeing The Good Night theaters. Nor, do I remember even reading about this film in any “Coming Soon” articles. The first time I even heard of it was in the video store. There it was staring at me from the shelves. It is surprising to me that this movie went straight to DVD because the cast consists of Gwenyth Paltrow, Penelope Cruz, Danny Devito and Simon Pegg, who is growing ever more recognizable. Oh, did I mention, The Good Night is written and directed by Jake Paltrow, brother to Oscar-winning Hollywood starlet, Gwenyth? The Good Night has the potential to be good (excuse the pun), but it just misses the mark of eccentricity and becomes essentially just plain odd. Read the rest of this entry »

by Alejandro de los Rios

The Freezers. That might be a good name for the Jazz considering how they chilled the Hornets into scoring just 66 points on 36.5% shooting tonight.

Molasses. That’s a good name for the Hornets — at least on a night that they looked like they were wearing lead-based sneakers. Read the rest of this entry »

by Alejandro de los Rios

Going down this stretch run towards the playoffs, Tyson Chandler and Byron Scott have both talked about how these last couple of games work as conditioning for the playoffs. Well, the Hornets are getting one hell of a workout right now courtesy of the Utah Jazz. and were down at the half.

But let’s get onto more important matters. Specifically, what do Jazz players think about their team’s name?

“We actually had a discussion about this less than a week ago,” C.J. Miles said. “If it started in Utah they wouldn’t be the Jazz.”

So what would they be if they did? Read the rest of this entry »

As Allison Fensterstock so effectively described in this week’s cover story “V to the Tenth,” the tenth anniversary celebration of V-Day is a global effort focused on ending violence against women. Although much of the violence against women does involve rape and other despicable acts, it doesn’t always occur in such an overt manner. Sometimes it can be a subtle as a lie about sexual history, or a man refusing to wear a condom. Outside of the rubber prophylactic, when it comes to heterosexual sex, a woman has little say or power over contracting HIV.

Thanks to research currently being conducted at Tulane University that could change. Read the rest of this entry »

by Alejandro de los Rios

In honor of the ongoing debate we’ve been having here over the Hornets name, and the fact that the team that took the original name is in town tonight, I bring you the opening scene to BASEketball (Hornets fans would be best served to skip to the 3:37 mark). Read the rest of this entry »