Entertainment Report Issue #28 (WWE Wrestlemania, ROH Supercard of Honor, Comic Book Men, NCAA and more!)

"Blame it on the rain. Blame it on the stars. Whatever you do don't put the blame on you. Blame it on the rain, yeah yeah."-Milli Vanilli

After a long, tiring rainy week, welcome to the Entertainment Report!

It has been a long crazy week.

First of all sorry for the laziness of last week's double issue. It was Wrestlemania week and i thought it would be a good idea to do a double issue AND four podcasts in 36 hours. It turned out to be a clusterfuck and the blog was affected by it. This week I'm trying a hybrid type of format to try to tie everything together. Hope this works better.

#2, due to time constraints and pure exhaustion, I never had the time to watch Celebrity Apprentice this week. So there is no review this week. My goal is to put both last week and this week's episodes in next week's issue.

#3, because of Issue 27a going up earlier than usual, the full NHL trade deadline rundown wasn't included so it's here this week.

Finally tomorrow The Blake & Sal Show Episode 4 will be recorded last time. Sal and I were joined by special guest Mark Palkowski and we discussed wrestling, the ACMs and sports topics. It was another fun show and worth a listen.

Before we get started I do want to let you know that you should follow @EReport1 for updates and announcements concerning the blog and the podcasts including guests and changes to routine.

Alright let's get into this...

Results

• Pre Show: The Miz defeated Wade Barrett by submission to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship
• The Shield defeated Sheamus, Randy Orton & The Big Show when Ambrose pinned Orton
• Mark Henry pinned Ryback
• Team Hell No defeated Dolph Ziggler & Big E Langston to retain the WWE World Tag Team Championship when Bryan pinned Ziggler
• Fandango pinned Chris Jericho
• Alberto Del Rio defeated Jack Swagger by submission to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
• Undertaker pinned CM Punk
• Triple H pinned Brock Lesnar
• John Cena pinned The Rock to win the WWE Championship

For a detailed review of the show take a listen to The Blake & Sal Show Episode 4 which will be up tomorrow night.

Results

• ACH & Tadarius Thomas defeated QT Marshall & RD Evans when ACH pinned Evans
• Mike Bennett pinned Shelton Benjamin
• Michael Elgin pinned Jay Lethal to become the #1 contender for the ROH World Heavyweight Championship
• S.C.U.M. defeated Team ROH when Rhyno pinned Coleman
• Karl Anderson pinned Roderick Strong
• Matt Taven defeated Adam Cole & Matt Hardy to retain the ROH Television Championship
• Cole pinned Hardy
• Taven pinned Cole
• reDRagon defeated The American Wolves to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championships when O'Reilly pinned Richards
• Jay Briscoe pinned Kevin Steen to win the ROH World Heavyweight Championship

Thoughts

Holy shit! I didn't see that one coming. Jay Briscoe is the NEW ROH World Heavyweight Champion! I'm still stunned. Other than that it was a pretty good show. It surprised me that reDRagon retained but it looks like they are continuing the rivalry so that's all good. Just someone explain to me when Elgin is getting his title shot with Cole facing Briscoe at Border Wars and Steen still has his rematch.

Winners

• Entertainer of the Year: Luke Bryan
• Male Vocalist of the Year: Jason Aldean
• Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert
• Vocal Duo of the Year: Thompson Square
• Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town
• New Artist of the Year: Florida Georgia Line
• Single of the Year: Miranda Lambert-Over You
• Song of the Year: Miranda Lambert-Over You
• Album of the Year: Eric Church-Chief
• Video of the Year: Little Big Town-Tornado
• Vocal Event of the Year: Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan & Eric Church-The Only Way I Know

Prediction Results
(Picks were made on Pucks & Polishes Episode 1 and The Blake & Sal Show Episode 2)

• Mandy: 5-6
• Blake: 4-7
• Sal: 4-7
• Mark: 2-9

Final Scoreboard
Louisville 72-Wichita St. 68
Michigan 61-Syracuse 56

Championship Game
Louisville 82-Michigan 76

Yale vs. Massachusetts Lowell
St. Cloud State vs. Quinnipac

Blake's Picks

• Yale
• Quinnipac
• National Champion: Yale

Episode: Giant-Sized Anniversary

In the season finale the crew put together a surprise celebration for Walt's 15th anniversary at the Stash. The
surprise they put together made me envious as a long time Devils fan. Walt, Ming and Bryan got to meet, skate and practice with Ken Daneyko, Jim Dowd and Grant Marshall. Seriously, I was super jealous.
The items in the show included a limited edition 3D shadow box recreating the cover of Batman #4, Giant-Size X Men #1 signed by Dave Cockrum and a production cell from the 1978 film Lord of the Rings showing Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins.

4/4/13-New Jersey at Boston

On his first night as a Bruin Jaromir Jagr scored the only goal of the game and Tuukka Rask made 40 saves as Boston beat the strugging Devils 1-0. Martin Brodeur kept New Jersey in the game making 25 saves but didnt get any offensive help.

4/6/13-Toronto at New Jersey

No matter who they play, the Devils can't seem to get a win. Leo Komarov and Tyler Bozaj scored and James Reimer made 27 saves in  the 2-1 Leafs victory. David Clarkson got the Jersey goal, ending their 143:36 scoreless streak.

4/7/13-New Jersey at Buffalo

Despite a power play goal by newly reacquired Steve Sullivan and a shortheaded goal by Mark Fayne, the Devils just couldn't snap their losing streak. The Sabres won the game in the shootout thanks to Nathan Gerbe.

4/10/13-Boston at New Jersey

Despite a crazy comeback in third period, the Devils couldn't get even with the Bruins and dropped their eighth straight game, 5-4. Boston was led by two goals by Gregory Campbell. After being down 4-0, New Jersey got goals from Patrik Elias, Travis Zajac, Andy Greene and Matt D'Agostini but it just wasn't enough.

Over Friday night the Devils are hosting the Ottawa Senators. Then on Monday night they head to Toronto to play the Maple Leafs.

Playoff Picture

The Devils are currently in 10th place in the Eastern Conference and four points out from the 8th place New York Rangers with both eight games to go. They have a game in hand on the 9th place Winnipeg Jets.

4/5/13-Rockford at Milwaukee

In a very entertaining back and forth game, the Icehogs beat the Ads 4-3 thanks to two third period goals by Rostislav Olesz. Daniel Bang, Scott Valentine and Juuso Puustinen all scored for the Admirals.

4/6/13-Milwaukee at Charlotte

Magnus Hellberg made 18 saves to get his fourth shutout of the season in a 3-0 win over the Checkers. Mattias Ekholm, Juuso Puustinen and Paul Crowder all scored for the Admirals in the huge victory.

4/7/13-Milwaukee at Charlotte

Ryan Ellis scored 3:20 into overtime giving the Ads a hard fought 3-2 victory over the Checkers. Scott Valentine and Daniel Bang also scored for Milwaukee.

In the next week the Ads head to Grand Rapids on Friday night to face the Griffins and then return home on Saturday night to host the Rockford Icehogs. Finally on Tuesday night the Chicago Wolves come to town.

Playoff Picture

The Admirals are currently in the 8th seed tied with the Rockford Icehogs with a game in hand. They are only one point out of 7th behind the Oklahoma City Barons.

The Fire welcomed back captain Logan Pause with open arms this past weekend as the veteran captain returned to the line up after sitting out the first few weeks of the season due to injury. Maybe not the most skillfull player, but a proven leader. Hence the reason why head coach Frank Klopas calls on Pause game after game to be the face of the Fire. Facing a tough match on Sunday against the New York Redbulls, a maximum of three points was needed. An all around fantastic performance from all the members of the men in red in which they earned a 3-1 victory. Daniel Paladini played perhaps one of his best games for the Fire in his career. Scoring one goal and setting up Maicon Santos for the eventual game winner with a brilliant through ball. Santos finished off the game with two goals of his own, possibly securing a starting role at the striker position. Up next for the Fire is a road match up Sunday in Houston.

4/3/13

• The Winnipeg Jets claimed Mike Santorelli off waivers from the Florida Panthers.
• The St. Louis Blues signed Dmitrij Jaskin to a three year entry level contract.
• The St. Louis Blues traded Wade Redden to the Boston Bruins for a 2014 conditional draft pick.
• The Pittsburgh Penguins traded Patrick Killeen to the Columbus Blue Jackets for future considerations.
• The Phoenix Coyotes traded Steve Sullivan to the New Jersey Devils for a 2014 seventh round draft pick.
• The Phoenix Coyotes traded Raffi Torres to the San Jose Sharks for a 2013 third round draft pick.
• The Ottawa Senators traded Ben Bishop to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Cory Conacher and a 2013 fourth round draft pick.
• The New York Rangers traded Marian Gaborik, Steven Delisle and Blake Partlett to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Derik Brassard, Derek Dorsett, John Moore and a 2014 sixth round draft pick.
• The New York Islanders signed Andrey Pedan to a three year entry level contract.
• The Nashville Predators traded Scott Hannan to the San Jose Sharks for a 2013 conditional seventh round draft pick.
• The Nashville Predators traded Michael Latta and Martin Erat to the Washington Capitals for Filip Forsberg.
• The Montreal Canadiens signed Danny Kristo to a two year contract.
• The Florida Panthers signed Jared Coreau to a three year entry level contract.
• The Columbus Blue Jackets traded Steve Mason to the Philadelphia Flyers for Michael Leighton and a 2015 third round draft pick.
• The Colorado Avalanche traded Ryan O'Byrne to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 2014 fourth round draft pick.
• The Chicago Blackhawks traded Rob Flick to the Boston Bruina for Maxime Sauve.
• The Carolina Hurricanes traded Jussi Jokinen to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a conditional 2013 draft pick.
• The Calgary Flames traded Blake Comeau to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 2013 fifth round draft pick.
• The Buffalo Sabres traded Joel Pominville and a 2014 fourth round draft pick to the Minnesota Wild for Matt Hackett, Johan Larsson, a 2013 first round draft pick and a 2014 second round draft pick.
• The Anaheim Ducks traded Brandon McMillian to the Phoenix Coyotes for Matthew Lombardi.
• The Anaheim Ducks traded Jeff Deslauriers to the Minnesota Wild for future considerations.

4/4/13

• The Calgary Flames signed Laurent Brossoit to a three year entry level contract.

4/5/13

• The Washington Capitals signed Patrick Way to a two year contract.
• The San Jose Sharks signed Rylan Schwartz to an entry level contract.
• The San Jose Sharks signed Eriah Hayes to an entry level contract.
• The New York Islanders signed Scott Mayfield to an entry level contract.
• The Boston Bruins signed Matthew Lindblad to an entry level contract.

4/7/13

• The Winnipeg Jets agreed to terms with Juho Olikinuora.

4/8/13

• The San Jose Sharks signed Troy Grosenick to an entry level contract.

4/9/13

• The Boston Bruins signed Seth Griffith to a three year entry level contract.
• The Chicago Blackhawks signed Garret Ross to a three year contract.

4/10/13

• The Montreal Canadiens sign Peter Budaj to a two year contract extension.

• The Rock suffered torn abdominal and abductor muscles and suffered a hernia during his match against John Cena at Wrestlemania. He didn't show up to Raw this week and will require therapy before he starts to film Hercules. That just hurts.
• Triple H suffered second degree burns from the dry ice that covered hus abdomen during his weird entrance at Wrestlemania. Honestly didn't realize that dry ice can cause burns like that.
• Dolph Ziggler finally cashed in his Money in the Bank case on Raw this week and got an over the top reaction from the crowd. It was the start of a crazy night.
• If you missed it, the fans at the Izod Center took control of the show on Monday night chanting for everything from the announcers to food, doing the wave and even humming along to Fandango's theme music for the rest of the night. WWE released a video of some of the fan chants and an after Raw video of the fans humming along. It was quite a site and alot of fun.

• In the rather random department, Ryan Murphy is shopping around a show about sex called Masters of Sex that is "a modern, provocative exploration of human sexuality and relationships."
• Judge Judy signed a contract extension for her show through 2017.

Alright that's it for this week.

Next week will include the return of Glee, a double dose of Celebrity Apprentice, the results of the NCAA Frozen Four and continuing coverage of the Devils and Admirals as we get closer to the playoffs.
Don't forget to check out the Podcast Center, which has alot of great stuff to listen to, follow us @EReport1 on Twitter, like us on Facebook and continue to spread the word if you like what you are reading.

Till next week, have a good week!

Entertainment Report Issue #26 (Glee, Celebrity Apprentice, Comic Book Men, NCAA and more)

"When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to see a marching band. He said, "Son when you grow up, would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned?" He said "Will you defeat them, your demons, and all the non-believers, the plans that they have made?" "Because one day I'll leave you, a phantom to lead you in the summer to join the black parade."-My Chemical Romance

Welcome to this week's edition of the Entertainment Report.

Believe it or not this has not been as busy of a week as you would think. While the report is jammed back with news, especially wrestling and the NHL, it's like the calm before the storm that is Wrestlemania week.

The only real news in our world is the launching of the Podcast Center over the weekend. It's a huge step for the Report and hopefully will help promote this blog to more people. Last week to launch we started The Blake and Sal Show, our flagship show, and Admit No One, our movie review podcast. There will be more shows debuting soon.

For more updates on the shows and everything else having to do with the Report, following @EReport1 on Twitter.

Puzzled and Polished had a huge week as they reached their goal of $711.11 for the Autism Speaks Walk Now team Cristian's Cruisers! That being said the walk is next Saturday, 4/6/13, and Mandy is looking for more walkers so jump over to the facebook page and drop a line if you are interested in joining in.

Joe Update
1st/2nd Round: 22-14
Correct Teams in Sweet 16: 9

Blake Update
1st/2nd Round: 19-17
Correct Teams in Sweet 16: 8

This was an interesting week for the show. Outside if one real storyline advancement, not much really happened in this show but it was so much fun it didn't matter. Let me just say I'm a stickler for guilty pleasure themed shows no matter what so when their show started I was excited.

With Will calling in sick, Blaine & Sam stepped up and ran the Glee club for the week. They set the theme and set the pace with Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Copacabana. Blaine also blew everyone away with an amazing live piano performance of Against All Odds. The girls (including Unique), after a very entertaining Foundu For Two with Britney & Kitty, did a hysterically fun rendition of Wannabe. After this Marley confronted Jake on the fact that he was going to perform a Chris Brown song. While I understand their point of view, there really should be a divide between music and the artists' actions. That being said he performed Bobby Brown's My Prerogative which led to a great moment where he didn't know the history of Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston. It's a sign of the generation gaps I always like to explore, especially when watching the show.

Finally in New York, after his altercation with Finn, Brody left Rachel. Santana, who apparently moved back in, revealed to her that he was a jiggalo. This led to Brody & Rachel having a long, almost dare I say mature, argument/discussion officially breaking up. This led to a strange duet of Creep, which is really the only take it or leave it performance on the show.

With that said and done, Rachel went back to the apartment and her, Kurt and Santana broke out Mamma Mia which was also performed in Lima to close out the show.

Before I get any hate tweets, yes I'm aware I passed over the Blam conversation. I didn't think it really needed to addressed because it really didn't lead to anything.


That's Glee for three weeks. Not sure what this break is about but it's a short break nonetheless.

In this weeks' show the teams had to use a glass truck to create a marketing campaign for Farouk Systems Products.

Guest Judge: Arsenio Hall

Team Plan B Project Manager: Marilu Henner

For me they did everything right. They used their truck for the actual product, had Trace was on top of the truck playing guitar, Miss Universe, Gary Busey being the Angel of Silk and just a more fun experience.

Winnings: $50,000 (plus $1 per like on facebook up to $50,000)

Team Power Project Manager: Claudia Jordan

Well first they had Miss Universe taken from under their nose, then they didn't use the truck to the best of their abilities. The only real highlight was Lil Jon dressed like Uncle Sam.

Brought Back to the Boardroom: Claudia Jordan, Lil Jon & Dennis Rodman
Fired: Claudia Jordan

Say what? What the hell was Lil Jon doing here? Omarosa was recognized as one of the weakest players with Rodman. Rodman, though to his credit fought for his life and got Claudia fired.

Gary Busey Quote of the Week

"I can see fart gas, alot of people can't but I can. FART stands for Feeling A Rectal Transmission and Lisa Rhinna is so good at that, she couldn't stop. She sounded like a symphony of farting trombones."

Episode: Cryptozoic Men

The main topic of conversation this week was that Walt had an idea to have him, Mike, Ming & Bryan team up to make a comic book. They came up with The Cryptozoic Man, a horror story based on various legendary myths like the Jersey Devil and Bigfoot. They made a video, with Ming as Bigfoot and an awesome introduction by Stan Lee himself, and presented it to Nick Barrucci of Dynamite Enterainment and got the yes to be published.

The items brought up were a Millennium Falcon prop that was displayed at Toys R Us in 1997, which was very awesome, a 1977 Mattel Godzilla Shogun Warriors figure and a copy of Creep #1 autographed by Jim Warren & Frank Frejettic.

3/21/13-New Jersey at Carolina

After missing 13 games with a pitched nerve in his neck, Martin Brodeur came back with a vengeance. He made 17 saves, including 11 in the first, oh and set a new NHL record by scoring his third career goal. Did I mention it was a power play goal? How? Well it was a delayed penalty call on Marek Zidlicky, Marty swept the puck to the corner and Jordan Staal sent a pass down the ice and it went in the empty net and it was credited to Marty. Adam Henrique, Peter Harrold and Andrei Loktionov also scored for the Devils to lead to a 4-1 victory.

3/23/13-Florida at New Jersey

The Devils continued their winning ways as Martin Brodeur recorded win #666, beating the hapless Panther 2-1. The big news coming out of the game though was that Ilya Kovalchuk went down with a shoulder injury (out 2-4 weeks, not requiring surgery) in the third period. Patrik Elias and David Clarkson each scored goals and Travis Zajac got the lone assist on both goals.

3/25/13-New Jersey at Ottawa

After a hard fought back and forth game, the Senator edged out the Devils in a shootout victory by Mika Zibanejad's fourth round shot. While the Devils never had a lead, they did get goals from Andrei Loktionov and an extremely beautiful sale effort from Marek Zidlicky.

After a few days off, the Devils head down for a weekend in Florida. First on Friday night, they head to Tampa Bay to play the Lightning, then over to Miami on Saturday to face off against the Florida Panthers. Finally on Monday night, the Islanders come to visit The Rock.

3/22/13-Peoria at Milwaukee

Led by a power play goal by Austin Watson and 24 saves by Mangus Hellberg, the Ads continued their winning ways by defeated the Rivermen 3-1. Mark Van Guilder and Brad Winchester also scored in the huge victory.

3/23/13-Toronto at Milwaukee

The Marlies came into Milwaukee and pulled out a huge come from behind 3-2 overtime victory on a late winning goal by Greg Scott. The Ads had a 2-1 lead on goals by Brad Winchester and Anthony Bitetto and despite getting 21 shots on goal in the second period couldn't add on to their lead. Jerry D'Amigo went on to tie the game for Toronto in the 3rd forcing the overtime.

3/24-Milwaukee at Chicago

Led by a goal and an assist by Craig Smith, the Admirals beat the Wolves 4-1 to win the Amtrak Rivalry Cup. Brad Winchester and Austin Waston each scored for Milwaukee and Michael Latta put the game away with an empty netter.

3/27/13-Lake Erie at Milwaukee

The Ads' seven game point streak was broke by the Monsters 1-0. Paul Carey scored the lone goal early in the first and Sami Aittokallio made 33 saves for the shutout.

The Admirals start up April with a three game road trip. Friday and Tuesday night they head to Rockford to play the Icehogs and in the middle on Saturday night they head to Chicago to play the Wolves.

Chivas USA made their only trip to the Windy City this pass weekend, and made it one to remember. Looking for their first goal of the season, the men in red came out with a strong attacking game plan. Testing "The Goats" goalkeeper, Dan Kennedy early with opportunities coming from Chris Rolfe and Sherjill MacDonald. The scores remained deadlocked at halftime, until Chivas was able to open the scoring midway through the second half. A quick answer from Fire midfielder Patrick Nyarko, seemed to give the Fire some life, and their first tally of the season. The next twenty five minutes though, is something Chicago would like to erase from memory, as the visitors from Los Angeles, finished three consecutive goals to take a 4-1 advantage. A surprise result that shocked the league. The Fire look to put this loss behind them as they face the New York Redbulls Sunday April 7th at Toyota Park in the Southern Suburbs of Chicago.

The US Mens National team recently took a 1-0 victory in Colorado over Costa Rica. A game that was played during a heavy snow storm, was the topic of conversation throughout the country for days after the match. Continuing their qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the US visited their Rivals from the South Mexico. Mexico's stadium is known as the Azteca, which is one of the most toughest soccer arena's in the world to play in. The dedicated Mexico fans are passionate about their team. A sold out stadium with a capacity of 104,000 soccer enthusiats, saw the US and Mexico end the match with a 0-0 draw, resulting in a point for each team. To escape the Azteca with a draw is considered a win for the Americans. Only once have the "Yanks" defeated Mexico in Mexico City.

• WWE announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger will be the celebrity inductor for legend Bruno Sammartino at the WWE Hall of Fame. It seems so random but apparently they are friends in the real world.
• Mick Foley announced on YouTube with his son by his side that Terry Funk will be inducting him into the WWE Hall of Fame. Very fitting.
• David Kreizman was named head writer of WWE last Thursday. It's very weird that WWE is doing a creative shakeup during Mania season.
• Last Thursday night on Impact Wrestling, TNA announced new rules for the X Division. There will be a 230 pound weight limit. Every match is now a triple threat match. In title matches, the winner is obviously the champion, the person who isn't pinned will advance to the next little match. The person who was pinned will be in a triple threat match with two other guys with the winner advancing to the title match with the original two guys. Take a breath, it does make sense if you think about it.
• Chris Masters saved his mother from an arsine fire, caused by her disgruntled neighbor who barricaded her in the house, by pulling a tree out by the roots and smashing it through a window to bring her safety. You really can't make that up at all. Just amazing.
• Ring of Honor announced a partnership with Pro Wrestling NOAH for wrestler exchanges starting at Border Wars at May. Interesting idea to say the least.
• William Moody's cause of death was determined on Friday. He reportedly passed on after a heart attack brought on by "a dangerous high heartbeat", suproventricular tachycardia.
• Ric Flair was pulled from Raw this week because of a blood clot on his leg. This is his blood clot scare since December.
• Sean Waltman got injured on Saturday night while wrestling in the Jerry Lynn retirement match. He tore his anus while performing the Bronco Buster. That's just painful to write.
• Extreme Rising has cancelled it's three Wrestlemania weekend shows due to low ticket sales.

• On Sunday night Gerald Way officially announced that My Chemical Romance has broken up after a 12 year run.

• The Anaheim Ducks signed Patrick Maroon to a two year contract extension. (3/21/13)
• The Toronto Maple Leafs agreed to terms with Andrej Sustr to a two year entry level contract. (3/21/13)
• The St. Louis Blues traded Matt D'Agostini and a conditional 2015 seventh round draft pick to the New Jersey Devils for a conditional 2015 fifth round draft pick. (3/22/13)
• The Dallas Stars traded Brenden Morrow (after he waived his no-trade clause) and a 2013 third round draft pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Joe Morrow and a 2013 fifth round draft pick. (3/24/13)
• The Tampa Bay Lightning fired head coach Guy Boucher (3/24/13) and was replaced by Jon Cooper. (3/25/13)
• The San Jose Sharks traded Doug Murray for the second round draft pick. (3/25/13)
• The Ottawa Senators signed Buddy Robinson to a three year enter level contract. (3/25/13)
• The Carolina Hurricanes agreed to terms with Alexander Semin to a five year contract. (3/25/13)
• The Boston Bruins signed Matt Bartkowski to a one year contract extension. (3/26/13)
• The Boston Bruins signed Chris Casto to an entry level contract. (3/26/13)

Alright that's it for this week. Next week will be a huge double issue. In the first issue we have the regular stuff like Celebrity Apprentice, Comic Book Men, a preview of the ACM Awards and sports news. In the second issue it will full of wrestling related stories including WWE Wrestlemania, ROH Supercard of Honor and a full detailed preview of Wrestlecon.

Till then, look out for a new Blake and Sal Show and see you next week for Wrestlemania week! Keep spreading the word and thank you or reading!

Entertainment Report Issue #25 (Glee, DWTS, Celebrity Apprentice, Comic Book Men and more!)

"Springtime, I'm gonna stop and smell the flowers. Springtime, or maybe sit and stare for hours and then lay down and watch a couple clouds go by."-Imagination Movers

Trying to stay optimistic, welcome to this week's edition of the Entertainment Report.

As Wrestlemania season rolls on, we continue to be really busy here at the Report.

You may have noticed that we started podcasts last week. While I'm still getting the kinks out, which is expected early on, I hope you enjoyed the first. Tomorrow look for the official premiere of The Blake & Sal Show and the Admit No One hosted by Kyle as well as other specials. The first place to find out when these are posted is by following our main Twitter account @EReport1. Also I have launched a side blog, The Entertainment Report Podcast Center, that will include all of our shows from here on out.

As for this week's issue, it's jammed packed with the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars, alot of NHL and wrestling news and Scotty now covering the Chicago Fire.

This has been a huge week for Puzzled and Polished. This Saturday at 4pm at Red Mango Riverpoint on N Port Washington Road in Fox Point, WI for frozen yogurt. A portion of the sales will go to the Walk Now for Autism Speaks team Cristian's Cruisers.

Also on the Facebook page there are two major contests going on where you could win jewelry and/or nail polish. So go check all the info and support the cause.

Alright, let's get on with the show...

Feud

I have to give the Glee producers some credit. On paper this could have been a very dull episode that slowly moved the plots along. But that's not the Glee way. This show was music and action packed.

First of all let's start in New York where we find out that Brody is a jiggalo, explained in song How To Be A Heartbreaker. This reveal led to Santana putting the pieces together and confronting him on behalf of Rachel, whom found out she wasn't pregnant, with an extremely sexy performance of Cold Hearted. Well that caused Rachel & Kurt to confront her with one of the best lines of the season, Did you confront Brody with a Paula Abdul song?, and kicked her out. Well at least she got a job at Coyote Ugly.

Meanwhile back in Lima, Artie, Sam, Blaine & Tina got Will & Finn to try to settle their issues by doing a feud song mash-up style, setting up our theme for the rest of the night. This led to a 90s dream combo of Bye, Bye, Bye/I Want It That Way, which while it was extremely entertaining, didn't help much and that causes Finn to leave his position as co-director of New Directions. Before leaving, Marley suggested that he actually get a teaching degree if he loves it so much, which he liked.

Continuing with the theme of the night, Sue confronted Blaine on why he hasn't returned to the Cheerios despite signing a contract. So after embarrassing him, Blaine challenged her to a sing off, Mariah vs. Nicki Minaj, I Still Believe/Super Bass, that has to be seen to be believed. She really killed him with this one. So that meant that he is now a Cheerio. Just when it looked bad, Sam came up to him and was happy because their plan was working and they would destroy Sue from the inside out. That's just intriguing.

Finally Ryder pissed off Unique/Wade because he wouldn't call him a girl. As suggested by his new online girlfriend (which has Manti Te'o written all over it), challenged her to a feud, Elton John vs. Madonna, The Bitch Is Back/Dress You Up. Before I continue, does this performance officially mean bitch is no longer a curse word? Just wondering. Anyway, after what seems to be a meeting of the newbies, Ryder, Jake, Unique, Marley and Kitty, they makeup and it made the group closer. This led to our closing number, Closer.

Now back in New York, Santana paged Brody and got him to a hotel room. Well this led to her pointing to the bathroom and out come, shockingly, Finn! He then beat the living hell out of Brody and finished it by yelling, Stay away from my future wife!

That's how the show ended. Wow, this should be good next week.

Episode: I'm Being Punked By A Jackson

On this week's show the teams were instructed to make a soap opera themed stage play based on Crystal Light.

Guest Judge:Arsenio Hall

Team Plan B
Project Manager: Stephen Baldwin

In my opinion they had the more entertaining show. Trace stole the show and made everyone laugh. Plus I really liked how they used their guest star, Susan Lucci. They deserved to win.

Winnings: $50,000

Team Power
Project Manager: La Toya Jackson

Their show, which wasn't that good, wasn't the story here. That was the fight that La Toya and Omarosa. Between that and Omarosa actually leaving the team because of the release of Michael Clarke Duncan's 911 call, it shocked everyone when...

Brought Back to the Boardroom: La Toya Jackson, Brande Roderick & Dennis Rodman
Fired: La Toya Jackson

She deserved to go home just based on the fact she didn't bring Omarosa back to the board room. It was the most shocking and stupid decision ever on the show.

Gary Busey Quote of the Week

"I've healed alot of people in many ways and that's what happens wen you go to the supernatural realm and you get injected with love from angels and I have angelic love in my heart that I give to everyone."

This week was the premiere of season sixteen of Dancing With The Stars. Due to the fact that there was no elimination this week, I'm going to just rank their dances on a five star scale and the judges scores.

Zendaya/Val
Dance: Contemporary
Judge's Score: 24
My Rating: ****1/2

Kellie/Derek
Dance: Cha-Cha-Cha
Judge's Score: 21
My Rating: ****

Alexandra/Mark
Dance: Cha-Cha-Cha
Judge's Score: 21
My Rating: ***3/4

Dorothy/Tristan
Dance: Contemporary
Judge's Score: 21
My Rating: ***1/2

Ingo/Kym
Dance: Contemporary
Judge's Score: 20
My Rating: ***3/4

Jacody/Karina
Dance: Cha-Cha-Cha
Judge's Score: 20
My Rating: ***3/4

Sean/Peta
Dance: Foxtrot
Judge's Score: 19
My Rating: ***3/4

Victor/Derek
Dance: Foxtrot
Judge's Score: 18
My Rating: ***

Lisa/Gleb
Dance: Foxtrot
Judge's Score: 18
My Rating: ***

Wynonna/Tony
Dance: Cha-Cha-Cha
Judge's Score: 18
My Rating: **

Andy/Sharna
Dance: Foxtrot
Judge's Score: 17
My Rating: **3/4

D.L./Cheryl
Dance: Cha-Cha-Cha
Judge's Score: 12
My Rating: 1/2*

Episode: Stash Wars

This episode was again a very simple stay at home episode. This week we got to see again how nerdy Ming is. It's kinda scared me that he knew the difference between R2-D2 & R2-Q5. Yeah I'm a Star Wars fan but not that much. Also Ming totally geeked out on a set of Garbage Pail Kids trading cards. Other notables were the first two issues of Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe and a collection of Marvel Legends action figures.

3/15/13-New Jersey at Philadelphia

The Flyer got their revenge for the Devils with a much needed 2-1 shootout victory. Maxime Talbot gave Philly a 1-0 lead late in the first but David Clarkson, who finally got on the board, answered back in the second. Johan Hedberg and Ilya Brzygalov stole the show making a combined 48 saves and the game went to a shootout. Claude Giroux won the game for the Flyers.

3/16/13-Montreal at New Jersey

The surprisingly hot Canadiens, led by 32 saves by Carey Price, came into The Rock and pulled a 2-1 victory out. Colby Armstrong gave the Habs a 1-0 lead in the first but Peter Harrold (yes Peter Harrold!) tied up the game early in the second. Tomas Plekanec broke the tie in the third and Montreal held on for the lead.

3/19/13-New York Rangers at New Jersey

In their first matchup of the season, the Rangers got a much needed victory, 3-2 over the Devils. Rick Nash got the game winner early in the second and Henrik Lundqvist had a great night with 29 saves on the win. Travis Zajac and Anton Volchenkov scored for New Jersey in a ver exciting game.

As we hit the home stretch of the short season, the Devils go on the road to play the Carolina Hurricanes (on NHL Network) tomorrow night. They then return home to face the Florida Panthers on Saturday night and then head up to Ottawa to play the Senators on Monday night.

3/16/13-Grand Rapids at Milwaukee

So the Ads finally found a way to get consecutive wins. It started out great in the first with a goal by Mark Van Guilder. Early in the second? Andrej Westrasil tied the game for the Griffins but that was all Grand Rapids could get past Magnus Hellberg on the night. Juuso Puustinen broke the tie with a power play goal and then Joshua Shalla put the game away giving the Admirals a 3-1 victory.

After five much needed days off, the Ads play a three pack over the weekend. Friday and Saturday nights they are hosting the Peoria Rivermen and then the Toronto Marlies and then Sunday they head out to Chiacgo to play the Wolves. Finally on Wednesday night the Admirals will host the Lake Erie Monsters.

With the indoor season coming to a close, we shift our focus to the outdoor season. Milwaukee does not have an outdoor team, but our closest geographical team is the Chicago Fire. A Rocky start for the men in red as they have just one point out of a possible nine, and have yet to score in a regular season match-up. A roster that consists of a completely renovated midfield, and a striker who is still trying to find his rhythm, brings a feeling of urgency, but not panicking at this point. It will take some time for this team to find their feet, but when it does, the Fire will be a force to reckon with. Next match is sunday vs. Chivas USA at Toyota Park. The Fire will be without starting goalkeeper Sean Johnson as he has been called up to the U.S. National team for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The very capable second year man from Italy Paolo Tornaghi will get the start for the Fire in their second home game this season.

• It was announced on Monday night that Booker T is the newest entry into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2013. Congrats to him for the much deserved honor. This is really a loaded class.
• Bully Ray sparked some controversy on Thursday night in Chicago. After the Impact Wrestling TV taping a he was caught on a fan's cell phone video snapping on a fan calling him a "fag" and a "queer" in front of the fan's daughter numerous times. Dixie Carter has apologized for his outburst on Twitter, Bully though has half apologized.
• Dave Bautista seems to be trying to follow in The Rock's footsteps. He was recently casted in the upcoming film Guardians of the Galaxy as Drax The Destroyer.
• in the "who saw this one coming" department, former WWE Tag Team Champion Rob Conway won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship over the weekend. Yeah, can't make that one up.
• Please tell me I'm not the one who found the story about Dana White getting an offer from Vince McMahon to a fight him at Wrestlemania XXVII hilarious?
• This upcoming Saturday night, Jerry Lynn is retiring. His last match will be a tag match with Horce The Psychopath against Sean Waltman and J.B. Trask at the Minneapolis Convention Center. It's awesome to see a great wrestler get his due.

• So apparently NBC doesn't have a sense of humor. NBC top execs seemed to have an issue with Jay Leno when he said "it's so bad, NBC called Manti Te'o and asked him to bring in some imaginary viewers." Be honest, wouldn't you rather have one of your own making fun of the network instead of everyone else?
• Green Day revealed their new documentary Broadway Idiot, at SXSW on Friday night. Put that on my must see list.
• Well Lindsay Lohan is locked up in a rehab for 90 days as a punishment for her misdemeanor car crash case. This just means TMZ is going to have to hope Amanda Bynes steps up for the next three months.

• The Washington Capitals traded Kevin Marshall to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Nicolas Deschomps. (3/14/13)
• The Ottawa Senators signed Troy Rutlowski to a three year contract. (3/14/13)
• The Minnesota Wild traded Chay Genoway to the Washington Capitals for a conditional 2014 seventh round draft pick. (3/14/13)
• The Phoenix Coyotes signed Oliver Ekman-Larsson to a six year contract. (3/15/13)
• The Ottawa Senators signed Michael Sdao to a one year entry level contract. (3/15/13)
• The New York Islanders signed Colin McDonald to a two year contract extension. (3/15/13)
• The Montreal Canadiens signed David Desharnais to a four year contract extension. (3/15/13)
• The Buffalo Sabres traded T.J. Brennan to the Florida Panthers for a 2013 fifth round draft pick. (3/15/13)
• The Toronto Maple Leafs traded David Steckel to the Anaheim Ducks for Ryan Lasch and a 2014 seventh round draft pick. (3/15/13)
• The Carolina Hurricanes claimed Adam Hall off waivers. (3/16/13)
• The Montreal Canadiens signed Darren Dietz to a three year contract. (3/17/13)
• The Boston Bruins signed Alexander Fallstrom to an entry level contract. (3/17/13)
• The Winnipeg Jets agreed to terms with Arturs Kulda. (3/18/13)
• The Vancouver Canucks signed Ludwis Blomstrand to an entry level contract. (3/18/13)
• The Anaheim Ducks signed Corey Perry to an eight year contract extension. (3/18/13)
• The Ottawa Senators signed Andrew Hammond to a two year entry level contract. (3/20/13)
• The Montreal Canadiens signed Francis Bouillon to a one year contract extension. (3/20/13)

Alright that's it for this week.

Next week we see how Blake and Joe are doing in the NCAA Tournament, we will have a review of a new Glee, Celebrity Apprentice and the first elimination from DWTS. Also we have a preview for the Dove Awards. All that and much more next week.

Till then, look out for the podcasts, spread the word about the Report and thank you so much for reading. Have a good week!