Just a reminder……..McNulty, Omar, Bubbles, Marlo and the rest of the gang from The Wire are back this Sunday night on HBO. Check your local listings for times, and remember to set your TiVo’s!

Here’s the premise of the premiere episode:

Season 5, Episode 51: More With Less

“The bigger the lie, the more they believe.” - Bunk Moreland

In the fifth-season premiere, McNulty and the detail continue to stake out Marlo’s crew, recently promoted Sgt. Carver is welcomed by a cauldron of discontent from officers coping with unpaid overtime; Though he wants to keep his campaign promise to lower crime, Mayor Carcetti is strapped by his commitment to schools, and faces some tough choices; Col. Daniels is forced to reallocate his resources, retaining Freamon and Sydnor for the Clay Davis probe; Meanwhile, city editor Augustus “Gus” Haynes and the staff of The Baltimore Sun are reeling from corporate cutbacks, losing key personnel from both the metro and international divisions; Still, with the help of reporters Alma Gutierrez, Jeff Price and Scott Templeton, Haynes is able to break a front-page story that links a politician to a co-op drug dealer; Proposition Joe, Marlo, Fatface Rick and other new day co-op members meet in a hotel conference room to discuss divvying up drug frontiers across East Baltimore’s county line.

Discussions will be held in the Infinite Ink Forum on Monday in regards to the latest episodes.

The writers are still striking in Hollywood. Heroes just ended the first half of it’s season on Monday of this week, but I’m not upset. You wanna know why? Because The Wire returns for it’s 5th and final season on HBO starting January 6, 2008. If you haven’t seen the promos yet, you can catch them on Youtube.

This season’s focus will deal with the media and media consumption. And by the looks of the promos, McNulty is back to his old self, drinkin’ and hoein’. Bubbs has checked himself into rehab. Marlo’s crew has gotten stronger. Mayor Carcetti is still trying to clean up B-More, and Omar is more ruthless than ever! Oh, and there’s a new theme song this season.

I can hardly wait for the new year to arrive. I know exactly where I’ll be on Sunday nights. Posted up in front of the tube, with all phone calls routed to voicemail, as I catch each and every episode of the 5th and final season of The Wire.

What’s life without a Tyler Perry film every few months?  And why is his name in every friggin’ title?  You don’t see Spike Lee’s name in the title of his films.  We know by now it’s from your production company, Tyler.  You can chill with that.  Anyway, here’s a first look at the film, Meet The Browns, adapted from his stageplay of the same name.

Release Date: March 21, 2008
Director: Tyler Perry
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Cast: Tyler Perry, Angela Bassett, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Lance Gross, Chloe Bailey, Mariana Tolbert, Rick Fox, Sofia Vergara, Irma P. Hall

Synopsis: A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. But when she’s laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time – until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she’s never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral. But nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father’s fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed…and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.

I’m wondering if Angela Bassett and Rick Fox are love interests in this film?  Angela, I can see, but Rick Fox?  You’ve got to be kidding me?  If Angela signed on, this means that she really believes in the project.  She rarely, and I do mean rarely, makes a shitty film, except for that train wreck called A Vampire In Brooklyn. *insert dry heaves here* Maybe she can make Rick look good on screen.  I’ve seen his acting in the past and it was majorly stilted.

According to reports, the Jackson 5 are possibly planning a reunion tour for 2008. What’s this like the 100th reunion tour for them? How many damn reunions are they going to have?

And aren’t they a bit long in the tooth to keep doing those moves? The last time I saw Michael on stage, his moves weren’t as fluid as they used to be. He couldn’t quite complete his spins and he had to catch his breath between Moonwalks.

No doubt, they’ll probably sell out just for the simple fact that some people wanna see them together for the last time, but that’s what they’ve said in the past, “This is the last time.” Oh, and here’s a little Jackson 5 trivia: Jermaine was once married to Randy’s ex-wife. Talk about being my brother’s keeper.

And on top of that, Mike will be 50 next year. Something tells me that the famous Moonwalk will become the Moonwalker, because he’s going to need a walker to assist him if he keeps doing these reunion tours.

Democratic Presidential candidate, Barack Obama, made an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show today. And you all know how Ellen loves to dance. Not to be upstaged by Ellen, Barack showed that he had a little rhythm as well.