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!

Entertainment Report Issue #24 (TNA Lockdown, Celebrity Apprentice, Glee, Comic Book Men and more!)

This past week has been a very busy one for us here at the Report.

First of all, Scotty, @ScottFellows23, has informed me that there will be no Wave report this because of their elimination from the playoffs last week. I don’t really blame him but he has told me that he will be doing some other soccer coverage down the road.

#2, last week I launched our official podcast. I already have plenty of topics and guests lined up for the next month. So hopefully you come back and take a listen. I’m actually recording right after I post this with a possible special co host.

#3, aside from the podcast there will be additional posts over the next month mostly wrestling related. Look for a best matches, worst matches and underrated matches list since Wrestlemania X8. Also I’m working on a new series call “Then and Now”, running down wrestling cards from the past and where they are now. I hope you enjoy them as they post.

Alright, finally, I would like to formally announce that we are partnering with Puzzled and Polished for a March Madness 50/50 poll. If you want to participate please email us at entertainreport@gmail.com or tweet us @EReport1.

Alright let’s get on with the show….

Results

• Kenny King defeated Christian York & Zema Ion to retain the TNA X Division Champion when King pinned York
• Joseph Park pinned Joey Ryan
• Velvet Sky pinned Gail Kim to retain the TNA Knockouts Championship
• Robbie T pinned Robbie E
• Bobby Roode & Austin Aries defeated Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels & Kazarian) and Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez when Roode pinned Daniels
• Wes Brisco defeated Kurt Angle in a cage match via escape
• Team TNA defeated Aces & Eights in a Lethal Lockdown match when Young pinned Knox
• Bully Ray pinned Jeff Hardy in a cage match to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

Thoughts

I'm so torn. I'm really excited that Bully Ray is the World Heavyweight Champion. It's a long time coming as I mentioned in my preview, he's come a long way. That being said, I'm pissed I was right that he was going to turn. I wanted to be wrong. But I did love the promo after the match,

"Hey Devon, let that stupid bitch cry. Hey Hulk, I used you. Brooke, I screwed you."

Bully is amazing and now he's the president of Aces & Eights.

The rest of the show just happened. No title changes, Eric Young surprisingly for the pinfall for Team TNA and D-Lo helped Wes beat Angle.

Overall the show surrounded around one match angle and it was pretty huge.

I guess if you want to get the fans' attention after a short Idol induced break, this was a great way to do it. It was a music filled jammed packed episode that was alot of fun.

The theme of the night was movies because Will needed a bit of a distraction after still not being able to final Emma which led to a dream sequence of You're All the World To Me. It was a cute start and it was nice to actually start the show with a song.

Will & Finn challenged the group to the annual girls vs. guys mash up contest based on movies and the winners will get starring roles in Artie's first student film. Now that the stage was set, it was one of the best mash up contests we've seen.

Before the contest Blaine suggested that they have a bonding moment with a big group number, Shout, and wow that was exciting. Also this was Glee's 500th performance, which meant they had to go all out, I for one appreciated it.

Let's quickly get the New York stuff out of the way. When we arrived Kurt, his "boyfriend" Adam, Rachel and Santana were snowed in, without Brody. Santana though was well in uber bitch mode, going through everyone's stuff and really get the audience up to date on story lines. She pretty much accused Brody of being a drug dealer, which Kurt loved, and by the end of the show she confronted Rachel about her pregnancy. Tear, tear, tear, hug, hug, hug, you get the point. Anyway during the snow storm they did watch Moulin Rouge, which led to a fantasy sequence of Kurt & Blaine sing Come What May. That was actually really sweet and I loved it.

Alright back to Ohio. I want to quickly address one issue that Mandy brought up about the contest. Why was Wade allowed to sing along with the girls as Unique when Kurt always had to to sing with the guys? I know he's more comfortable dressed up like a woman but considering the show's history it seemed weird. That being said, let's get in with the competition.

The guys performed Old Time Rock and Roll/Danger Zone as a tribute to early Tom Cruise movies. Artie, Blaine and Joe were dressed up like they were in Top Gun and Sam, Ryder and Jake were in Risky Business white tshirts, tighty whites and glasses. I will admit that it was awesome and super dirty at the same time. The girls performed Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend/Material Girl which was really sweet and simple. In my opinion, the guys were better than the girls for sure. It was just more entertaining. It ended up being a tie because well Artie wanted then all in his futures.

Now onto the two big stories. First of all, Jake apologized to Marley about how Ryder helped him with Valentine's Day. He then set up a recreation of Ghost and sang Unchained Melody which turned into a fantasy duet in Marley's confused mind with Ryder. After the song, she told Jake that Ryder kissed her. The funny part about this was that this was after she told Kitty, for whatever dumb reason, to keep it between them. Well, so much for that.

Finally, the big story. Finn and Artie went on a mission to find Emma for Will and even convinced her parents that they were gingers and she runs the Ginger Appreciation Club. (Btw did you know that Gingers smell like pennies?) This led to an uber romantic performance of In Your Eyes complete with a boom box over his head and New Directions behind him. The hilarious part for me was when Will had to turn around and tell them to go after Emma said she would talk to him. So they reunited under the guides that they will get to know each other again. But then Finn pulled Will aside, for some weird reason, and told him that he kissed Emma. The show then ended with a random but fun performance of Footloose.

 Episode: Just As Simple As Making Soup

This week's show the celebrities were instructed to create a 3D photo experience for Universal Studios. It was set up to be a fun night especially since it started on Trump's plane.

Team Power
Project Manager: Omarosa

As crazy as Omarosa is, she warned the win. The set up was way inventive concentrating on Harry Potter, Despicable Me & Spiderman. The one thing I just to say is, SPIDERMAN DOES WEAR WEB SHOOTERS IN THE MOVIES YOU MORON!!!!!

Winnings:$40,000

Team Plan B
Project Manager: Dee Snider
Missing from this task: Trace Adkins (Was doing a cruise show with Blake Shelton)

Seriously if you are at Universal where Harry Potter is the biggest attraction, and you have one of the best illusionists in history on your team in Penn Jillette, wouldn't you turn to him to put together something amazing especially when he could pull it off? Of course you would. Dee instead went with cardboard cutouts of the celebrities in costumes. My highlight was Gary Busey getting everyone excited and really losing his mind in a good way.

Brought Back to the Boardroom: Dee Snider, Gary Busey, Stephen Baldwin

Fired: Dee Snider

Dee pretty much threw himself under the bus, didn't even put up a fight and got deservedly fired.

Gary Busey Weekly Quote

"FUN means Finally Understanding Nothing."

Episode: Con Men

This episode surrounded around an auction that Walt wanted to put together for a long time friend of the Stash, Gary Conover. Gary had fallen on hard times due to medical bills and needed to unload his collection dating back 50 years. They were able to raise over $3,000 for the cause which was absolutely cool.

The items discussed throughout the night were a pair of He-Man animation cells, but the value was low because of the lack of overlays. We discovered Walt's hatred of Star Trek when a customer came in with an autographed 12 inch Captain Kirk action figure from Wrath of Khan. The final item to come in was a 1960ish Superman poster. Finally someone came in to pick up Amazing Spiderman #300 which includes the debut of Venom. This sparked a debate on why people love Venom so much.

3/7/13-Buffalo at New Jersey

The Devils finally got off the losing streak they were on and did it in amazing come from behind fashion. After the Sabres took a 2-0 lead on goals by Thomas Vanek and Brian Flynn, it looked like New Jersey would fold and lose their seventh straight for the first time since 1986. That was until Adam Henrique scored a power play at 13:30. Then Patrik Elias tied the game in dramatic fashion with a minute and six second left in regulation. The game went to a shootout when David Clarkson and Elias scored to secure the victory.

3/9/13-New Jersey at Carolina

Um well this game happened. The Hurricanes, led by two goals by Jiri Tlustz, destroyed the Devils 6-3. Despite a late effort by Ilya Kovalchuk, with his second of the game, and Patrik Elias, it was a long rough night. Johan Hedberg got pulled again which led to Jeff Frazee's NHL debut.

3/10/13-Winnipeg at New Jersey

After losing both games in the home and home last week, the Devils finally got their revenge against the Jets, winning 3-2 in a shootout. New Jersey took a 2-0 lead on goals by Ryan Carter and Stephen Gionta in the first and just couldn't hold on. Mark Stuart and Evander Kane tied the game and it went all the way to the shootout. Patrik Elias won the game for the Devs scoring the lone shootout goal. Johan Hedberg redeemed himself with 23 saves on the night.

3/13/13-Philadelphia at New Jersey

Wow, what a difference a week makes. Led by two goals and an assist by Adam Henrique, the Devils beat up the Flyers 5-2. Despite it being a close game in the beginning of the night, it got blown out of the water. Patrik Elias, Ilya Kovalchuk and Andrei Loktionov all scored for New Jersey in the win. Johan Hedberg made 25 saves on the night.

On Friday night, the Devils head to Philly to complete their home and home (on the NHL Network). After that they host the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night then finally welcome the New York Rangers to town on Tuesday night.

3/8/13-Chicago at Milwaukee

The Amtrak Rivarly took center stage in a classic game at the BC. The Ads started the game with an early 1-0 lead on a Kevin Henderson goal. The Wolves though took a lead heading into the 3rd on goals by Mark Matheson and Darren Archibald. In the 3rd the Admirals' scoring exploded when Mark Halischuk scored two goals and Jusso Puustinen added one. Chicago added one late but Milwaukee held on for a 4-3 win.

3/9/13-Milwaukee at Chicago

The crazy game environment continued the next night in Chicago. After a scoreless first period, Andrew Ebbett gave the Wolves a 1-0 lead. Cam Reid tied the game for the Ads but quickly Andrew Gordon, gave the lead back to Chicago. With just over four minutes left in regulation, Brad Winchester tied the game to send it to overtime. It went to a shootout where the Ads won 3-2.

3/13/13-Peoria at Milwaukee

For the second time this season, Magnus Hellberg recording a shutout, this time making 30 saves, against the Rivermen leading the Admirals to a 2-0 victory. Brad Winchester and Mattias Ekholm got the goals for Milwaukee and Austin Watson assisted on both goals.

The only game on the docket for the Admirals this upcoming week is a home game on Saturday night against the Grand Rapids Griffins.

• TNA announced that the Slammiversary PPV will be held in Boston at the Agganis Arena on the campus of Boston University on June 2^nd.
• Nicole & Bri Bella surprised the WWE audience and returned on Raw for a “double date” with Team Rhodes Scholars. Oh joy!
• Mexican promotion AAA has announced its plans to expand to the US in 2014 under the banner “Luche Libree AAA. This is such random news.

• Dancing with the Stars announced The Bachelor’s Sean Lowe will be partnering with Peta Murgatroyd. Talk about a random announcement. 

• The Phoenix Coyotes signed Mathiew Brigebois to a three year entry-level contract (3/6/13)
• The New York Rangers claimed Roman Hamrlik off waivers (3/6/13)
• The New Jersey Devils claimed Tom Kostopoutos off waivers (3/6/13)
• The St. Louis Blues signed Joel Edmundson & Yannick Veillenx to three year entry level contracts (3/6/13)
• The Anaheim Ducks signed Ryan Getzlaf to an eight year contract extension (3/8/13)
• The Phoenix Coyotes signed Darian Dziurzynski to a two year entry level contract (3/8/13)
• The Winnipeg Jets traded Spencer Machacek to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Tomas Kubalik (3/10/13)
• The Anaheim Ducks traded Dan Sexton to the Tampa Bay Lightning from Kyle Wilson (3/11/13)
• The Philadelphia Flyers traded Matthew Ford to the Columbus Blue Jackets for future considerations. (3/12/13)
• The Minnesota Wild traded Matt Kassian to the Ottawa Senators for a 2014 sixth round draft pick. (3/12/13)
• The Minnesota signed Brett Clark to a one year contract.

Alright that’s it for this week. Next week there will be two issues of the Report. First on Monday, Blake, @Reilly21106, and Joe, @RADickey043, will be posting their official NCAA Tournament bracket predications. Then on Wednesday we will look at the beginning of the NCAA Tournament, review the latest episodes of Glee, Comic Book Men and Celebrity Apprentice:All Stars and much more!

Alright thank you again for reading, see you next week and continue to spread the word!