New Movie Releases For The Weekend

-Knowing

-I Love You, Man

-Duplicity

-The Great Buck Howard

-Hunger

-Mancora

Parent Trap Star Dies

British actress Natasha Richardson, 45, died after a freak skiing accident Wednesday.

The cause of death is still unknown, but she was hospitalized after suffering a brain injury. Sources say that she had fallen on a beginner's trail during a private lesson at the Mont Tremblant ski resort Monday.

According to Yahoo! News, when ski-patrols went to check on her, they followed strict procedures and said that she didn't show any visible signs of injury. Her fall was considered normal and nothing out of the ordinary. The ski resort, ski-patrol, and instructor, escorted her back to the hotel and recommended that she see a doctor.

Mont Tremblant spokeswoman Catherine Lacasse said Richardson had said she was fine, but an hour later did not feel well and was taken to the Hopital du Sacre-Coeur in Montreal. There was no sign of impact or blood. When hearing this, her husband, Liam Neeson, left for Montreal.

For her performance in "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990) and "The Comfort of Strangers" (1990), Richardson earned The London Evening Standard Award for Best Actress of 1990; and for "Widows' Peak" (1994), she received the Best Actress Award at the 1994 Karlovy Vary Festival.

When I heard this story, I was in shock, because of how crazy the story was. I'll be honest in saying that I wasn't a huge fan of Natasha Richardson, but I loved her in "The Parent Trap." I feel horrible for her and her family.

A few weeks ago, I had seen Liam Neeson in "Taken" and did not realize he was Richardson's husband. I had written a movie review (blog) for this film not too long ago. Also, this past weekend my mom mentioned how she saw the movie "Maid in Manhattan" and had seen Richardson in the film. She says it was weird seeing her in the film then hearing about her being in a freak accident a few days later.

The details of what occurred are still sketchy, but I'm sure more information will come out in the following days.

This lack of information, the uncertainty of the circumstances, and how quickly the situation changed has left us all in shock!

There's A Positive Side To Being Dumped

Melissa Rycroft former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and former fiance to Jason Mesnick on "The Bachelor" will be on "Dancing With The Stars" this season (8th season), according to Access Hollywood.

Rycroft will be replacing Nancy O' Dell who had to drop out due to a bad knee (a torn meniscus). She will be dancing with professional dancer Tony Dovolani.

I guess being dumped by Jason Mesnick wasn't so bad after all. I mean look at the bright side--she'll be on TV once again and I'm sure getting paid doing it as well. It seems that this girl likes being in the spotlight--former Cowboys cheerleader and former contestant and fiance to Mesnick on "The Bachelor."

I hope I'm not sounding too sarcastic. I am really happy for Rycroft and wish her the best. I felt awful for her when she was in the limousine after being dumped publicly on the "After the Final Rose Part 1" and respected her for trying to find the bright side to the situation. I remember her saying that she knows everything happens for a reason, and although she might not know what that is right now, one day she will realize why that has happened.

ABC has yet to announce anything.  I look forward to seeing how the former cheerleader does!

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Bachelor Jason Mesnick Made A Mistake

Now, I know my focus is more on news related to movies and actors, but I couldn't resist.

Bachelor Jason Mesnick who chose Melissa Rycroft told Chris Harrison and viewers that he made a mistake and should have chosen Molly instead, after the finale episode.   

I was in shock when I heard this as I was watching and couldn't believe what was happening.  I truly believed that he and Melissa were the right match for each other and felt that their union would be a successful one in bachelor history.   (I know I sound like one of those obsessive people. I know it's just "The Bachelor").

We have to take into account that it did not just happen suddenly after the finale episode.  Rather, they had been together happily until Mesnick felt something had changed, said ABC's host of "The Bachelor/Bachelorette" Chris Harrison.  During the middle of "The Bachelor" season is when Mesnick expressed the way he was feeling and how he intended to break up with Melissa and go after the "other girl"--Molly.  

Regardless of when or how it happened, I was in shock.  

I felt horrible watching Melissa on the "After The Final Rose, Part 1" and being dumped publicly.  I'm not saying I wasn't interested in finding out what exactly  happened, but I do not think their business should have been made a television show for all to see.  

No one should have to go through that in front of everyone.  I'm sure she was already embarrassed enough by having been dumped by the man (Mesnick) who said he wanted to be her husband and give her everything.  I'm not too happy with Mesnick right now.  

I know it's a television show and when they all signed up they knew their lives would be public, but I don't think anyone knew their life was going to get that crazy.

When Melissa went on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," Melissa said that she knew she was going to be broken up with when she went on the "After The Rose, Part 1," however she did not know that she was being dumped so that Mesnick could pursure the "other girl"--Molly!  That is pretty messed up!

Another thing that I wanted to mention was how Mesnick started crying after he dumped Molly first in New Zealand.  I mean if Mesnick was so sad about letting Molly go that should've been a clue from the get-go.   

So the nice, perfect guy to take home to your parents wasn't so perfect after all!

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