What I'm Loving Right Now

Shia LaBeouf
He was so cute and funny in Even Stevens and has made some good sidekick characters, such as in Constantine, but this year is the year of the Shia. Although I didn’t see Disturbia or Surf’s Up, I did see a little film called Transformers. His role just goes to show his future potential as an action star, a comedian, and maybe even a ladies man, just like his screenname in the movie suggests. And after seeing him in Transformers, I feel good about Steven Spielberg’s decision to cast him in Indiana Jones 4, presumably as Indy’s son (don’t even get me started as to how excited I am for that movie!). I also saw Shia on David Letterman a few weeks ago, and boy, he is one sharp cookie. I can’t wait to see what he does next.
Shia on Letterman

Shia, very young, on Freaks & Geeks


Flight of the Conchords
It’s both a band and a tv show, brought to you by Bret and Jemaine from New Zealand. The show is funky, but hilarious. Their lyrics are ridiculous, but awesome. If you don’t have HBO, you can find the three episodes on YouTube, along with clips of live performances.


Bear Grylls
If you have not seen the godliness that is Bear Grylls, you need to get on it ASAP. He is unreal. Beyond hoping that he’ll have to strip down to his skivvies every episode based on some survival tactic, each week Bear drops himself into crazy locations where a tourist might find themselves lost. After shimmying up trees, climbing up completely vertical cliffs, and running across fields of lava where his shoes catch fire, he usually takes a break to eat something, which he always claims is “full in protein,” therefore he has to eat it. Like dead zebra, a sheep’s eyeball, or elephant dung. But the best is when he eats something that is alive as it goes down – scorpions, fish, snakes, frogs, and maggots – and then gives a great line about what it tastes like. Pure entertainment gold!


Michael Cera
I will forever love Michael Cera, simply for the fact that he was George Michael on possibly one of the greatest television shows ever made (and then brutally canceled!). Now, however, he is busy making short webisodes with his friend Clark Duncan. The show is simply called “Clark and Michael.” It’s a silly show, as the friends want to get their movie script made into a movie. There are some great cameos by other Arrested Development alumni, including it’s creator Mitchell Hurwitz, and comedians like Patton Oswalt. It’s just a funny show, sometimes with Cera and Duncan having attitude problems, and besides, you get a chance to see the presumably innocent Michael Cera say, “ They brushed our teeth with their d***s. Their d***s!”
Here is their website