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Zennie Abraham With Comic Con 2011 still in this blogger’s sites, a two-hour flight delay gives me some time (not a lot) to make this blog post from SFO Airport. (Hopefully, I get out of here and on to San Diego!) Here’s a brief run down of more Comic Con event news, with Zennie62 coverage sponsored by … Read more
The master of horror, Wes Craven, heads a Thursday morning panel to present Deadliest Warrior – Vampires Vs. Zombies, and features the following: WES CRAVEN (“Scream,” “Nightmare on Elm Street”) – Panelist MAX BROOKS (Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z) – Panelist STEVE NILES (30 Days of Night) – Panelist RICHARD “MACK” MACHOWICZ (“Deadliest Warrior” … Read more
The News Of The World phone hacking hearings, now called just “The Murdock Scandal” seems to find new ways to elevate its visibility in pop culture – now comes Rupert Murdoch’s wife, Wendi Deng, and her great right hook. Ms. Deng got up, jumped with her right arm coiled, and struck as she landed, bringing … Read more
Comic Con 2011 is one day away – Wednesday night is preview night – and this blogger’s getting ready to go. But one event that will be skipped, at least by me, but perhaps not by my colleague, is the Captain America Event at Horton Plaza Thursday Morning that was mentioned in this space. There … Read more
Former Oakland Councilmember and City Attorney John Russo is now firmly planted in his office as Alameda’s first non-Interim City Manager in several years. He leaves Oakland after 16 years of service, and as he revealed during our talk, doesn’t miss Oakland’s City Hall, but still lives in Oakland itself. This is a brief recap … Read more
As explained earlier today, the Women’s World Cup Final was the catalyst for four of ten Twitter Top Trends, including players Alex Morgan and Abby Wambach. But now, according to Twitter, the heart-wrenching or heart-breaking event if you’re a fan of the USA team, managed to break two other records by game’s end. Twitter issued … Read more
Captain America, also known as Steve Rogers, and now knowns as Chris Evans, is set to touchdown in San Diego for a Thursday morning screening premier at Horton Plaza. And just as Comic Con 2011 gets underway. Staring in the movie he first turned down, Evans, who also played “The Human Torch / Johnny Storm” … Read more
Well, that was exciting, shocking, and ultimately sad if you’re a fan of USA Women’s World Cup Soccer. The USA Women played a game that, arguably, should have been 3 to 1, but it wasn’t. With every USA miss, Japan gained confidence. And let’s face it: no one gave Japan a chance in all of … Read more
Alex Morgan’s going from from fill-in front-line replacement for teammate Lauren Cheney, to World Cup Final hero, if this score held. Just as I was writing the blog post, it didn’t hold. But even so Alex Morgan became a Twitter trending topic, along with the hastag #worldcupfinal and now, Japan. USA Defense Slips Confusion in … Read more
WESH Channel 2, Orlando, has a video of Casey Anthony’s release from jail after she was acquitted of charges of murdering her daughter Calee Anthony. Accompanied by her lawyer, Jose Baez, and wearing a pink blouse, jeans, and what appears to be Nike shoes, Casey get an armed escort, from a cop carrying a nasty … Read more
Three years ago, in 2009, this blogger was at the San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Festival, and partying hard at Harry’s Bar. While standing outside to cool off, I witnessed a man trying to start a fight with one of the bouncers. He got more than he bargained for, and now, that video and story, and … Read more
The hot news right now is how Facebook – the social network, for those who don’t know – helped diagnose something called “Kawasaki Disease,” and has nothing to do with the famous motorcycle brand. That’s great – now, maybe Facebook can create a way to eliminate spam messages before they happen? According to Slate and … Read more
Comic Con 2011 is just six days away and the excitement is building for what will be the best Comic Con, yet. This is the second year for Zennie62 at Comic Con, and this time the media effort is aided by Tout. If you remember when Shaq announced his retirement, he did so using a … Read more
As you may know, News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch elected to shut down the 168-year-old News Of The World, the UK’s famous tabloid paper, because of allegations of alleged police bribery and phone hacking, for starters (looks like there’s more news coming). On this, I contacted Hearst Corporation’s Executive Vice President and Editor-At-Large Phil Bronstein … Read more
What more can be said about the USA Women’s Soccer win over France on Wednesday? Let’s see the score, again: USA 3, France 1. Nice. But even better was the way the team, led by Abby Wambach and Hope Solo, played with heart. Massive HEART. When France tied the contest 1-all, it seemed the USA, … Read more
Steelers Linebacker James Harrison has went totally off the chain in his dis of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. In Men’s Journal, which follows the trend of making news by using over-the-top interviews (think the classic Rolling Stone Megan Fox Interview of 2010), Harrison not only calls Goodell “stupid” and a “crook” and a “devil,” and … Read more
Comedy Central always makes a presence at Comic Con, and Comic Con 2011 is no exception. This year, Comedy Central’s back, not just with last year’s hit show Futurama, but with the show Ugly Americans, too. Or, as Comedy Central PR put it: NEW YORK, July 11, 2011 — COMEDY CENTRAL’s animated series return to … Read more
Just because the NFL Lockout is still active, doesn’t mean we’re without NFL news. It’s just that the info’s not pretty. This blogger’s come up from his cave of work to learn that New England Patriots Linebacker Mike Vrabel’s announced his retirement, and will become linebacker coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes. In other words, … Read more
Wow, talk about a major conflict of interest, Patton Boggs, the Washington DC law firm that Chevron Ecuador plaintiff lawyer Steven Donziger brought in to take some heat and spotlight off of him as allegations of fraud and general Ecuadorian dirty-dealing surfaced, also lobbied for Chevron. That’s right. In the summer of 2010, and before … Read more
Just as this blogger stepped off the United Airlines plane from Atlanta, my Mom called to inform me that Casey Anthony was “not guilty” of first degree murder, and child abuse, but guilty of lying to the police. My casual reaction is that the verdict was of no surprise, because the prosecution failed to prove, … Read more
Mashable’s Todd Wasserman blogs that Google’s +1 button is “already more widespread than Twitter’s Tweet Button.” That’s according to a not-linked-to study by BrightEdge. But if Mr. Wasserman downloaded the study and read it, then did some research, he would have learned that among the top 10,000 websites were two sites, Google and YouTube, that … Read more
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center this morning, and high into the sky and eventually into Earth’s orbit. It marks the final launch – the last time in 30 years America will launch a Space Shuttle. For this blogger, who’s saw the passing of the Apollo Space Program and now the … Read more
News Of The World, or NOTW, will close on Sunday, July 10th, and under the orders of News Corporations’ Rupert Murdoch. News Of The World, Britain’s best selling newspaper and a publication of such iconic status it’s frequently mentioned in pop culture, from television shows to music shows, was 168 years old. It’s perhaps the … Read more
DC Comics just emailed their San Diego Comic Con 2011 Panel Schedule, and it’s a long one – a very long one. It has a number of notable events, like the DC Talent Search, for anyone seeking a job making comic book characters, and The Green Lantern, since interest in the comic book has increased … Read more
William Shatner, who played Samuel Halpern, the father of Justin Halpern who created the now-cancelled “Shit My Dad Says,” but it best known as Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, (shown eating with co-star Leonard Nimoy) gets his own giant party at Comic Con 2011: Shatnerpalooza! Shatnerpalooza is the idea of the Epix production company, which created … Read more
So this blogger returned to The Balboa Cafe on Filmore and Greenwich in San Francisco in search of their typically great half-chicken, found it, and some racy conversation with the 95-year-old Marina District bar and restaurant’s most popular bartender Lance Stewart. Lance, sporting a two-day growth of facial hair he says was gained from just … Read more
Over the 4th of July Weekend, USA Network had a three-day James Bond Movie Marathon, where such classics as Dr. No, and Live And Let Die were presented, along with the modern classic Casino Royale. But Goldfinger, perhaps the most iconic of all James Bond movies, reminded me of Steve Donziger, the man who sparked … Read more
Jimmy Kimmel’s stage lit up with the presence of her hotness Missy Peregrym, the star of the ABC Television Drama Rookie Blue, now in its second season. Sporting a black dress, great legs, and nice biceps (she even flexed for Mr. Kimmel). Missy Peregrym is enjoying a nice rise in Internet buzz, but interestingly, it’s … Read more
The Female Bodybuilding World is abuzz with the amazing physical transformation of Pennsylvania’s Theresa Ivancik. While placing fifth in the heavyweight class at the 2011 NPC Jr. Nationals in Rosemont, Illinois, the difference between Ivancik, and the winner, Mary Toole, was all in the thighs, a change ivancik said she would work on for the … Read more
Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon 2011 over Rafael Nadal 6-4 , 6-1 , 1-6, 6-3, as Djokovic wiped the court with Nadal. At one point, the chance Nadal would comeback seemed so hopeless it looked like the Spanish tennis champion was going to start crying right there during the match. It was so bad, Twitterverse members … Read more
As the San Diego Comic Con is fast approaching – the date is July 20th – July 25th 2011 – it seemed like a good time to get this advice blog post up, then turn attention back to Comic Con-related news and happenings. This blog post is targeted for video-bloggers like myself. But, before we … Read more
Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham or “Zennie62” is the founder of Zennie62Media which consists of zennie62blog.com and a multimedia blog news aggregator and video network, and 78-blog network, with social media and content development services and consulting. Zennie is a pioneer video blogger, YouTube Partner, social media practitioner, game developer, and pundit. Note: news … Read more
Helen Mirren’s topping Google Trends in both blogs and news websites for several reasons, but a very interesting one is the reaction to her blast that she, in her view, does not have a great body. My video above is a rebuttal, made three years ago, but it’s worth digging up for a repeat performance. … Read more
Not too removed from it’s block-buster public relations move in getting Shaquille O’Neill to announce his retirement using it, Tout, the micro-video sharing site (think 12 Seconds-plus-three combined with Twitter) started by San Francisco Internet Entrepreneur Michael Downing in partnership with SRI (Stanford Research Institute) in 2009… …has added CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 team. Kaj … Read more
2011 Wimbledon is producing some interesting developments offline, on the court, and online, on Twitter. While the World watches as Maria Sharapova is losing to Petra Kvitova, 3-6, 3-4, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice bites her nails, Twitter is in a full-hate-on process. NBC insists on consistently showing her fiance, New Jersey Nets … Read more