The Lincoln Lawyer stars Matthew McConaughey as a slick lawyer who will try to get his clients off at all costs and doesn’t care much if they are innocent or guilty. In fact, he assumes that most of his clients are guilty and the prospect of one of them being innocent scares him. His new client Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe) is extremely rich and extremely high profile. The question is : Is he guilty or innocent, what are his motives, and what is he capable of?
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I’m not sure who remembers or cares, but a little less than a year ago, Xanadu’s name was changed to Meadowlands.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/051410_Ross_taking_over_Xanadu_dumping_name.html
It has recently been announced that the name will be changed from Xanadu to a yet to be determined name. Which is strange because I must have missed it when the name went back to Xanadu. So I looked it up online and no, I did not miss anything, they never announced the name reverting back to Xanadu. Although I think that will be the name that people will always associate with this mess no matter what the final name winds up being.
http://www.news12.com/articleDetail.jsp?regionId=2&articleId=277835&position=1&news_type=news
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Here in Jersey we are lucky that we have three local baseball teams to root for. While none of these three teams actually play here in Jersey, most of their fans live here, which causes amazing bar fights, juicy water cooler rants, and defriending (yes defriending is now a word) across social media sites. Whether you’re a Yankee fan, a Met fan, or a Philly fan, we love to hate each other, talk smack all season, and brag about who has the better team. The best part of it is it never gets old! No matter which team you root for, you always know what is going on with the other team just so you can be the first one to rub it in the other fans faces. That’s just us, that’s Jersey. And since it is Opening Day, lets preview the three teams, Yankees, Mets, and Phillies and see what each one looks like opening up the season.
New York Yankees
An underdog this year in the American League East, the Yankees are one of the most underrated teams entering the 2011 season. Not many people are showing them love after the rival Boston Red Sox stole two of the best free agents this winter, but with Jeter’s new batting stance, A-Rod’s revival this spring, and an underrated pitching staff, the Yankees could easily win 95 games and win the division.
Projected 2011 Lineup
1. LF Brett Gardner 2. SS Derek Jeter 3. 1B Mark Teixeira 4. 3B Alex Rodriguez 5. 2B Robinson Cano 6. RF Nick Swisher 7. DH Jorge Posada 8. CF Curtis Granderson 9. C Russell Martin.
2011 Pitching rotation
1. C.C Sabathia 2. A.J. Burnett 3. Phil Hughes 4. Ivan Nova 5. Freddy Garcia
New York Mets
With a new coach and a new general manager manning the helm, the Mets are looking to change the culture around their clubhouse. There are no more playing cards and sitting around and Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo have been cut this spring. Some call it upper management finally listening to the voice of the fans. No more is losing acceptable. The Mets are looking to open up the 2011 season with a new era in Mets baseball. What once was is no longer. And let me give my opinion. The Mets are one of the most underrated teams in MLB right now. The losing culture that they carried around for so long have most of the experts writing them off early. I on the other hand see a healthy squad finally. Jose Reyes is in a contract year and seems rejuvenated. David Wright is starting to be a leader. Carlos Beltran is healthy and so is Jason Bay. One of the best Mets prospects in a long time, Ike Davis, is going to bat clean-up and angry closer Francisco Rodriguez seems to have his legal problems behind him. The only question mark to me may be their pitching, but with their potent lineup, the Mets may be able to overcome shaky pitching most nights.
Projected 2011 Lineup
1. SS Jose Reyes 2. CF Angel Pagan 3. 3B David Wright 4. RF Carlos Beltran 5. LF Jason Bay 6. 1B Ike Davis 7. C Josh Thole 8. 2B Brad Emaus.
2011 Pitching Rotation
1. Mike Pelfrey 2. Jonathan Niese 3. Chris Young 4. RA Dickey 5. Chris Capuano
Philadelphia Phillies
Ahhh yes, a powerhouse in the National League, the Phillies are the clear favorites to reach the World Series this year. With arguably the best pitching rotation in the history of MLB (umm, that is pretty long), the only Achilles heel the Phillies face this year is age and health. The batting lineup is stacked from 1-8 even with Chase Utley out for whoever knows how long. Shortstop Jimmy Rollins seemed to have rejuvenated himself this spring and Ryan Howard is primed to smack at least 40 dingers again this season. The pitching rotation of Halladay, Lee, Oswalt and Hamels could dominate any lineup and pick up the team most nights the bats go cold. I really do not see a better team in the National League right now. Yes they lost to San Fran in the playoffs last year, but clearly the Philly’s are and were the better team. If they can stay healthy they will be unstoppable.
Projected 2011 Lineup
1. SS Jimmy Rollins 2. 3B Placido Polanco 3. 2B Chase Utley 4. 1B Ryan Howard 5. CF Shane Victorino 6. LF Raul Ibanez 7. RF Ben Francisco 8. C Carlos Ruiz.
2011 Pitching Rotation
1. Roy Halladay 2. Cliff Lee 3. Roy Oswalt 4. Cole Hamels 5. Joe Blanton
Batter Up!!!
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One battle left.
The long awaited finale of Top Chef All-Stars airs on Bravo tonight at 10:00 p.m. It has been a long season but the championship is finally here!
In this corner we have spiky haired neurotic Richard Blais. A popular pick at the beginning of the season to win, he is just a bundle of nervous energy. He also is full of self-doubt. I wonder if that is a safety for him so that when he loses these contests he doesn’t feel as bad. There is no question that he is talented but for a while there he seemed to cook everything using liquid nitrogen.
And then we have Little Ferry native Mike Isabella. Sure, some have nicknamed him “Jersey Douche”. Sure, he can be overly cocky. Sure, he is a bit of a loudmouth. He is a good cook though. But he IS from New Jersey so we have to hope Mike takes home the crown.
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Time To Get Away
LCD Soundsystem is hanging it up. New Jersey native James Murphy’s creation is playing a final week of shows in New York City this week. The Princeton native is arguably ending the band’s run at the height of it’s popularity. The shows have sold out very fast but the good folks over at Pitchfork will be streaming the last ever show on April 2nd; a three hour event at Madison Square Garden that should be an awesome time filled with lots of surprises. A fitting swan song for a New Jerseyan!
Check out this link to read the details being EVERY song LCD Soundsystem has put out.
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An eager eBay seller hopes to capitalize on the cachet of a 212 phone number by hawking his digits for a cool $1 million.
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