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When Monk's eye's pop open and he looks at the clock, it is 6:16. He knows he was out before midnight. He slept over six hours straight. That is always a great way to start the day. The only thing better would have been if the clock said 7:16, but let's not be greedy.
Aug. 9th, 2013
Geriatric action-adventure
Aug. 9th, 2013 07:18 am<<<<<<<<<<<<
Source: Bruce Willis Left 'Expendables 3' Over $1 Million-a-Day Fee Demand
A source says the actor was offered $3 million for four days of work shooting in Bulgaria but said he would drop out if he didn't get $4 million.
Sylvester Stallone let the world know Tuesday that Bruce Willis was out of the upcoming The Expendables 3 for being "greedy and lazy," and it seems that laziness was not the primary issue.
Stallone raised eyebrows in Hollywood by tweeting "WILLIS OUT . . . HARRISON FORD IN!!!! GREAT NEWS!!!!! Been waiting years for this!!!!," then following up with a second tweet reading "GREEDY AND LAZY . . . A SURE FORMULA FOR CAREER FAILURE."
A source with knowledge of the situation says the fallout was over a specific money demand. Willis was offered $3 million for four days of consecutive work on location in Bulgaria for the film. "He said he'd drop out unless he got $4 million," this source close to the production says. "A million dollars a day. Stallone and everybody else involved said no."
Stallone then quickly reached out to Ford, who was game to join the Expendables cast.
The insider adds, "I think [Willis] was pretty surprised he was replaced in 72 hours by Harrison Ford -- a better actor, a much nicer person and a more interesting direction for the film."
-- ONTD
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Monk says, "I cannot believe that these movies still make money. Geriatric action-adventure."
Daimon says, "Fan loyalties die hard. I'm a little surprised you don't like to get nostalgic over these movies."
Monk shrugs, "I was never a big action-adventure type."
Pi says, "Yeah, rape-revenge flicks are about as action-adventure as you get."
Monk laughs, "And I was never really that big on the revenge part."
Source: Bruce Willis Left 'Expendables 3' Over $1 Million-a-Day Fee Demand
A source says the actor was offered $3 million for four days of work shooting in Bulgaria but said he would drop out if he didn't get $4 million.
Sylvester Stallone let the world know Tuesday that Bruce Willis was out of the upcoming The Expendables 3 for being "greedy and lazy," and it seems that laziness was not the primary issue.
Stallone raised eyebrows in Hollywood by tweeting "WILLIS OUT . . . HARRISON FORD IN!!!! GREAT NEWS!!!!! Been waiting years for this!!!!," then following up with a second tweet reading "GREEDY AND LAZY . . . A SURE FORMULA FOR CAREER FAILURE."
A source with knowledge of the situation says the fallout was over a specific money demand. Willis was offered $3 million for four days of consecutive work on location in Bulgaria for the film. "He said he'd drop out unless he got $4 million," this source close to the production says. "A million dollars a day. Stallone and everybody else involved said no."
Stallone then quickly reached out to Ford, who was game to join the Expendables cast.
The insider adds, "I think [Willis] was pretty surprised he was replaced in 72 hours by Harrison Ford -- a better actor, a much nicer person and a more interesting direction for the film."
-- ONTD
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Monk says, "I cannot believe that these movies still make money. Geriatric action-adventure."
Daimon says, "Fan loyalties die hard. I'm a little surprised you don't like to get nostalgic over these movies."
Monk shrugs, "I was never a big action-adventure type."
Pi says, "Yeah, rape-revenge flicks are about as action-adventure as you get."
Monk laughs, "And I was never really that big on the revenge part."
"I forgot to put on the air-conditioner!"
Aug. 9th, 2013 11:10 amMonk and his father have returned from the commissary, and as they are approaching the front door, with the old man fishing through his keys, Monk realizes his mistake, "I forgot to put on the air-conditioner!" It is quite hot and stuffy, though it is only ten-thirty. It could be worse.
Monk says, "Pi, Daimon, couldn't one of you put on the air-conditioner? Just a slight flick of a switch: the difference between being in a furnace and being in comfort."
Daimon says, "If only your phantasms could have so much power."
Pi giggles, "Yeah, we can only fuck with your mind."
Daimon says, "Just imagine as hard as you can that it is very cool in the house. Brrr, maybe you should break out a jacket, brrrr."
Monk says, "If my imagination were that good, I think I should be able to whip up something better than you clowns."
Monk says, "Pi, Daimon, couldn't one of you put on the air-conditioner? Just a slight flick of a switch: the difference between being in a furnace and being in comfort."
Daimon says, "If only your phantasms could have so much power."
Pi giggles, "Yeah, we can only fuck with your mind."
Daimon says, "Just imagine as hard as you can that it is very cool in the house. Brrr, maybe you should break out a jacket, brrrr."
Monk says, "If my imagination were that good, I think I should be able to whip up something better than you clowns."
You don't want to go out there
Aug. 9th, 2013 04:21 pmI'm cleaning up after my big steak lunch, and Sammy was at the door, crying to be let out, and now Coco is there crying. Monk tells her, "You don't want to go out there. A hundred degrees!" No, the cats will be protected for another few hours yet.
“Dogs’ lives are short, too short, but you know that going in. You know the pain is coming, you’re going to lose a dog, and there’s going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the moment with her, never fail to share her joy or delight in her innocence, because you can’t support the illusion that a dog can be your lifelong companion. There’s such beauty in the hard honesty of that, in accepting and giving love while always aware it comes with an unbearable price.”
-- Dean Koontz, "The Darkest Evening of the Year"
-- Dean Koontz, "The Darkest Evening of the Year"
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Aug. 9th, 2013 05:17 pm
Monk sighs, "Now it's Jennifer Love Huge-Tits, no, I mean, Hewitt! Oh, but what has become of the hot sexpots of my youth?!"
Daimon says, "Even the rich and famous must surrender their youth. At least you share that much with them: you all get old."
{ONTD}
'Homeland'
Aug. 9th, 2013 08:36 pmMonk says, "Shit! Showtime is replaying 'Homeland' from episode one. I've been thinking hard about buying the DVDs, and if I was just a little quicker on the ball, I could be taping it and getting ready to watch it for free."
Daimon mocks, "Yeah, it the real end of the world!"
Monk says, "It's the little things. They add up. But maybe I'll get one more chance. I'll watch out for it.
Daimon mocks, "Yeah, it the real end of the world!"
Monk says, "It's the little things. They add up. But maybe I'll get one more chance. I'll watch out for it.
A Prettier Moon
Aug. 9th, 2013 10:10 pmMonk steps onto the patio to take care of the cats' food and water, and Pi points skyward, "Wow, I don't think I've seen a prettier moon."
Monk looks and nods. It is only a sliver of a moon, not even a healthy banana. The trick is the color of the night sky. One often thinks of the sky as blue, but not so much at night, when the sky appears more black. But this night sky is distinctly blue, albeit as darkly blue as you can have without slipping into black. Like the night of an alien planet. Monk says, "It is an enchantment."
Monk looks and nods. It is only a sliver of a moon, not even a healthy banana. The trick is the color of the night sky. One often thinks of the sky as blue, but not so much at night, when the sky appears more black. But this night sky is distinctly blue, albeit as darkly blue as you can have without slipping into black. Like the night of an alien planet. Monk says, "It is an enchantment."
