Greatest Ingrid Bergman Performances

Greatest Ingrid Bergman Performances (February 2017)

Ingrid Bergman was one of the greatest actresses of her time. That was a major accomplishment when you consider the actresses of that time. It was the golden age. Here are eight of her greatest films. 

8. Journey to Italy

7. Cactus Flower

6. Spellbound

5. For Whom the Bell Tolls

4. Gaslight

3. Notorious

2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1. Casablanca

Greatest MTV Movie Awards Parodies

Greatest MTV Movie Awards Parodies (February 2017)

Back when MTV was still good, they would have movie awards each year. There would usually be parodies starring some comedic celebrities. These are the top ten. An honorable mention to Ben Stiller's Bruce Springsteen parody, Dead Man Partying. 

10. Speed- Partridge Family

9. Seven- William Shatner

8. Twister- Ben Stiller

7. Clueless- Golden Girls

6. Interview with the Vampire- Batman

5. Basic Instinct- Brady Bunch

4. Scream- Mike Myers

3. A Few Good Men- Brady Bunch

2. Phantom Menace- Lisa Kudrow

1. Pulp Fiction- Welcome Back Kotter

Greatest years for best picture nominees

Greatest years for best picture nominees (February 2017)

Some years are better than others for films. Some films deserve to win the Oscar but don't. Some deserving films are not even nominated. Some years are particularly strong in the category. These are 20 of the greatest ever.

20. 1969- Midnight Cowboy, Anne of a Thousand Days, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Hello Dolly, Z

19. 1990- Dances with Wolves, Awakenings, Ghost, Godfather III, Goodfellas

18. 1972- Godfather, Cabaret, Deliverance, Sounder, Emigrants

17. 1962- Lawrence of Arabia, Longest Day, Music Man, Mutiny on the Bounty, To Kill a Mockingbird

16. 1956- Around the World in 80 Days, Friendly Persuasion, Giant, King and I, Ten Commandments

15. 1951- An American in Paris, Decision before dawn, A Place in the Sun, Quo Vadis, A Streetcar named Desire

14.1940- Rebecca, All this and heaven too, Foreign Correspondent, Grapes of Wrath, Great Dictator, Kitty Foyle, The Letter, Long Voyage Home, Our Town, Philadelphia Story

13. 1973- Sting, American Graffiti, Cries and Whispers, Exorcist, Touch of Class

12. 1994- Forrest Gump, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, Shawshank Redemption

11. 1941- How Green was my Valley, Blossoms in the Dust, Citizen Kane, Here comes Mr. Jordan, Hold back the dawn, Little Foxes, Maltese Falcon, One foot in heaven, Sergeant York, Suspicion

10. 1964- My Fair Lady, Becket, Dr. Strangelove, Mary Poppins, Zorba the Greek

9. 2012- Argo, Amour, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, The Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty

8. 1975- One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Barry Lyndon, Dog Day Afternoon, Jaws, Nashville

7. 1967- In the Heat of the Night, Bonnie and Clyde, Dr. Doolittle, Graduate, Guess who’s Coming to Dinner

6. 1953- From Here to Eternity, Julius Ceaser, Robe, Roman Holiday, Shane

5. 1950- All About Eve, Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, King Solomon’s Mine, Sunset Boulevard

4. 1976- Rocky, All the President’s Men, Bound for Glory, Network, Taxi Driver

3. 1974- Godfather II, Chinatown, Conversation, Lenny, Towering Inferno

2. 1971- French Connection, Clockwork Orange, Fiddler on the Roof, Last Picture Show, Nicholas and Alexandra

1. 1939- Gone with the Wind, Dark Victory, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Love Affair, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Ninotchka, of Mice and Men, Stagecoach, Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights

Every Best Picture Winner

Every Best Picture Winner (January 2017)

This is a ranking of every best picture winner to that point in 2017. This is the one list where I haven't seen every film on the list. I have seen nearly all of them. Of course, the exact ranking could change from time to time. There are a few that probably should be in a different position, but this is also meant as a celebration of the winners of the award. It also shows some of the more curious winners of this award. The best film has not always won. Foreign films also were barely ever even nominated.

88. Broadway Melody

87. Cavalcade

86. Crash

85. Shakespeare in love

84. Out of Africa

83. Cimarron

82. Wings

81. Spotlight

80. Chariots of Fire

79. English Patient

78. Greatest Show on Earth

77. Chicago

76. Man for all Seasons

75. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

74. Driving Miss Daisy

73. King's Speech

72. An American in Paris

71. Life of Emile Zola

70. Great Ziegfeld

69. Tom Jones

68. From here to Eternity

67. Million Dollar Baby

66. A Beautiful Mind

65. Gigi

64. Hurt Locker

63. Around the World in 80 Days

62. The Sting

61. Slumdog Millionaire

60. Last Emperor

59. American Beauty

58. Hamlet

57. The Unforgiven

56. Going my way

55. Grand Hotel

54. No Country for old men

53. Platoon

52. In the Heat if the Night

51. Gladiator

50. Braveheart

49. Ordinary People

48. Marty

47. The Artist

46. Forrest Gump

45. Best years of our Lives

44. 12 years a slave

43. Departed

42. Lost Weekend

41. Mutiny on the Bounty

40. Oliver!

39. Patton

38. My Fair Lady

37. Amadeus

36. West Side Story

35. All Quiet on the Western Front

34. How Green was my Valley

33. The Apartment

32. Mrs. Miniver

31. All the king's men

30. Sound of Music

29. Argo

28. Gentlemen's Agreement

27. It Happened one Night

26. Rain Man

25. Kramer vs. Kramer

24. Annie Hall

23. You can't take it with you

22. Dances with Wolves

21. Rebecca

20. Deer Hunter

19. Titanic

18. Terms of Endearment

17. Birdman

16. Silence of the Lambs

15. Ben Hur

14. Bridge on the River Kwai

13. Rocky

12. Gandhi

11. Schindler’s List

10. French Connection

9. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest

8. Midnight Cowboy

7. All About Eve

6. On the Waterfront

5. Godfather II

4. Casablanca

3. Godfather

2. Gone with the Wind

1. Lawrence of Arabia

Wrestlers who were nearly booked to win titles

 Wrestlers who were nearly booked to win titles (January 2017)

15. Ahmed Johnson- WWE World Title- It is hard to believe because his time at the top was so short, but Ahmed Jonson was super over for a very short period of time. He was the Intercontinental champion and very popular. It is said that he was considered for a world title run at this time. Of course, he got hurt and that derailed things. To be fair, he was sort of one dimensional and allegedly caused some injuries to others, so that did not help things. I don’t really believe he would have made that great a champion, but it could have happened.

14. Rockers/Rougeou Brothers- WWE World Tag Team Titles- Believe it or not, both of these teams actually beat the Hart Foundation in house show matches and were announced as the champions. Both times this was reversed. There were a lot of great tag teams at that time and only one title. It is interesting that virtually the same thing happened to both of these teams, once during each of the Hart Foundation’s title reigns.

13. Mr. Kennedy- WWE World Title- The WWE had big things planned for Ken Kennedy. He won the money in the bank briefcase and was scheduled to win the title. He was also meant to be involved in a story line that would have revealed him to be Vince McMahon’s illegitimate son. Unfortunately, because of an injury, a drugs accusation and the fallout of the Chris Benoit mess it never happened. Mr. Kennedy was then made to leave the WWE because of politics. This was around one Randy Orton. It’s amazing to imagine Mr. Kennedy as champion. He had so much potential, but ended up losing out. He was a very good TNA champion, however, so that’s something.

12. Butch Reed- Intercontinental title- The rumours have always been that Butch Reed was scheduled to beat Ricky Steamboat for the Intercontinental title, but this never happened and Honkytonk Man was given the title instead. It is unclear why. It has been said that Reed was late or that he did not show up for on the night of the match. It is interesting because, when you look back, the WWE seemed to be positioning Butch Reed for big things. They seemed to think a lot of him at this time. He never really ended up doing much in the WWE though. He did have potential, but I don’t think anyone now really views him as a capable Intercontinental championship threat. Honkytonk seems the much better choice despite his shortcomings.

11. Jake Roberts- WWE World Title- Ok, Jake may never have been considered a true threat to be the champion, but there seems to have been plans to at least give him a shot at a title feud. He was a heel at the time. Hulk Hogan was the champion and on the top of his game. A segment was shot where Jake DDT’ed Hogan. Unfortunately for Jake, this actually got a ton of cheers and DDT chants. This is extraordinary because this was not 1994 or even 1991, it was before Wrestlemania III. Hogan was a popular as anyone has ever been and people still cheered for Jake. This scared everyone. The feud was shelved and Jake was turned face.

10. Vader- WWE World Title- Vader was originally scheduled to win the championship. This was changed at one point and Sid was given the title instead. This was due to Sid being more over at the time, but I think the fact that Shawn Michaels did not like him did not help his cause. Knowing what we know now, I cannot imagine Michaels agreeing to lose too Vader. He was not a favourite of the clique. The result was that Sid was given two championship reigns and the main event at Wrestlemania against the Undertaker.

9. Brutus Beefcake- Intercontinental Title- There were two times at Summerslams that Beefcake was slated to win the Intercontinental title. The first time was against the Honkytonk Man, although this depends on the source. Beefcake was scheduled to face Honkytonk for the title, but was injured by Ron Bass. This might have only been a kayfabe injury though. Some say the Ultimate Warrior was always scheduled to win the title. It was not announced he would be in the match until he came out for the match. It was a great segment. The second time, Beefcake was scheduled to beat Mr. Perfect for the title at Summerslam. Unfortunately, he was severely injured in a parasailing accident and was unable to compete for nearly three years. Kerry Von Erich was put in his place. He won the title, but lost it back to Perfect shortly afterwards. Beefcake had beaten Mr. Perfect at Wrestlemania VI. It was Perfect’s first loss in the WWE.

8. David Von Erich- NWA World Title- This is a sad one. David was apparently in line for a title match against Ric Flair when he passed away in Japan. Who knows what he would have gone on to if he had not passed away tragically? Instead his brother ended up winning the title at his memorial show.

7. Magnum TA- NWA World Title- This is another tragic one. Magnum was very popular. He was scheduled to face Ric Flair, I think at Starcade for the championship. This never happened because of a motorcycle accident that left Magnum paralysed. It really was a tragedy. There seems little doubt he would have won this championship at some point if the tragedy had not happened.

6. Ted Dibiase- WWE World Title- It has long been rumoured that their were very real plans for Dibiase to walk out of Wrestlemania IV as world champion. There are many theories and stories as to why this did not happen. There is one story that blames the Honkytonk Man. That story is sort of complicated and farfetched. One story was that Dibiase was given the choice of winning the title or having the million dollar belt and he chose the latter. I can’t believe that. Being world champion is what every wrestler works their whole lives for. A manufactured belt that was bought by the person can’t really compare in any way. Even though it was a great belt and a good storyline. Dibiase as a heel champion is a great idea. It would have been really cool and has tons of possibilities. The trouble is that there was only one championship and you already had Hogan and Savage. Of course, he did buy the championship from Andre. That doesn’t really count. I always thought it would have been cool if Andre laid down for him and he would have won the title that way. Then Savage could have beat him anyway. There are some pictures of him with the belt, for what it’s worth.

5. Chyna- WWE World Title- Believe it or not, they actually considered giving Chyna a world title. This may not have been the worst thing in the world, but think of who was in title picture at the time; Steve Austin, the Rock, the Undertaker, Triple H, Mick Foley, Kane. For them to even consider this, it shows how big a star she actually was. It was a much stronger title scene than at other times. It is a real shame what happened to her and that a lot of what she has done has kind of gone forgotten.

4. Lex Luger- WWE World Title- Luger was clearly meant to win the title from Yokozuna. I believe it was even scheduled to happen until the locker room threatened to revolt. The result of this was an odd match ending where Lex won the match but not the championship, but celebrated as though he had. I am glad that he did not win it. The truth is I did quite like Lex in other roles. He was great in WCW when he was with Sting and Flair. He was great when he beat Hogan for the WCW title. He was even quite good as the Narcissist. The disingenuous Lex Express, red white and blue gimmick though was not great. It did not really fit him and seemed to be quite pandering. At the time I had no doubt he would be champion at the time. Thank goodness they actually made the right choice instead of shoving him down our throats like they have done with other guys since.

3. Tank Abbott- WCW Champion- Believe it or not Vince Russo had the idea to make Tank Abbot the world champion. I did not mind him actually, but he was never really a main event sort of guy at any point. On the other hand, he would have been a better choice than David Arquette or Russo himself.

2. Muhammad Hassan- Mohammed Hassan was doomed from the start. He started out as a Muslim American, (even though he wasn’t. I think he was Italian American) who was upset because he was mistreated and faced bigotry. The odd thing was that he was meant to be a heel. Then they went the whole hog with the character. This was offensive on many levels of course. He was pushed to the ceiling though. He feuded with the likes of the Undertaker. In the end they aired a really offensive sketch on the day that a real attack actually happened. He was demolished and erased. It was not his fault though, it was WWE’s. Believe it or not, they actually planned to make him champion at one stage. That is unbelievable. It is hard to believe that people out there are still going for the evil foreigner gimmick. It is pretty bad that it continues to happen even now.

1. Bam Bam Bigelow- WWE World Title- There was actually two times, reportedly that Bam Bam was, supposedly, close to getting a championship opportunity. The first was a similar time frame to the above mentioned Jake Roberts push. Apparently, Bigelow was being considered as a possible title opponent for Hulk Hogan, but the idea was scrapped because it was felt that he was getting too popular and that he might be cheered over Hogan. The second time was during his second run in the WWE. Apparently, Bigelow was told that if he lost to Lawrence Taylor, he would be given a title shot. I believe that this would have been the case. He should have known better though, because losing to a non-wrestler in such a high profile match would have killed anyone’s credibility. Losing to a football player doesn’t really do anything to help your career afterwards. Also, the clique reportedly never liked him much so I can’t imagine him pinning Diesel or Shawn Michaels at that time.

Greatest George Michael and Wham songs Spotify Playlist

Greatest George Michael and Wham songs Spotify Playlist 

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Greatest George Michael and Wham! Songs

Greatest George Michael and Wham! Songs (December 2016)

I don't think that George Michael was respected enough for the artist and the song writer that he was in his lifetime. He was responsible for some of the greatest songs of that generation. He seemed to have been a troubled soul as well. He left the world too soon. This list was created right after he passed away, around Christmas 2016. It was sort of my form of tribute.

30. Young Guns

29. Bad Boys

28. Older

27. Cowboys and Angels

26. Kissing a fool

25. Killer/ Papa was a Rolling Stone

24. Jesus to a child

23. Edge of Heaven

22. Wham Rap

21. Too Funky

20. Don’t let the sun go down on me

19. Somebody to love

18. Praying for time

17. Outside

16. Fast Love

15. Club Tropicana

14. A Different Corner

13. Last Christmas

12. Monkey

11. I knew you were waiting for me

10. I want your sex

9. Freedom ‘90

8. I’m your man

7. Freedom

6. One more try

5. Father Figure

4. Wake me up before you go go

3. Faith

2. Careless Whisper

1. Everything She wants

Greatest Wrestling Catchphrases and quotes

Greatest Wrestling Catchphrases and quotes (December 2016)

There have been many great catchphrases in wrestling history. Many of them are funny, some are just cool. There have not been too many additions that one could really make since this list was created. Wrestling is just not what it used to be. The greats on the mic appear many times on the list such as Roddy Piper, Chris Jericho and The Rock.

100. Damn- Farooq

99. The champ is here- John Cena

98. There’s only one word to describe you and I’m going to spell it out for you, SAWFT- Big Cass

97. 4 Life- NWO

96. The whole F’n show- Rob Van Dam

95. You’re going to get..it- Chris Jericho

94. Trust me- Jake Roberts

93. Lie, cheat and steal- Eddie Guerrero

92. Ladies and Gentlemen, my name is Paul Heyman- Paul Heyman

91. Hello Ladies- Val Venis

90. Too Sweet- Kevin Nash and Scott Hall

89. You can’t see me- John Cena

88. This is my house- Paige

87. Muck of Avarice- Jake Roberts

86. For the benefit of those with flash photography- Edge and Christian

85. Follow the Buzzards- Bray Wyatt

84. The Mountie always gets his man- the Mountie

83. The man of the hour, the man with the power, too sweet to be sour- Superstar Graham

82. Viva La Rossa- Eddie Guererro

81. Business is about to pick up- Jim Ross

80. The only thing that’s for sure is nothing’s for sure- Sting

79. My name is Enzo Amore and I am a certified G and a bonafide stud and you can’t teach that- Enzo Amore

78. Can you dig it sucka?- Booker T

77. 7 deities- Broken Matt Hardy

76. Your WWE world tag team champions- New Day

75. Badaboom realest guys in the room. How you doing? Enzo Amore

74. Cut the music- Rick Rude

73. Layeth the Smackdown all over your candy a**- the Rock

72. Who’s Next?- Goldberg

71. Space Mountain- Rick Flair

70. The nefarious brother Nero- Broken Matt Hardy

69. ayo- Scott Hall

68. I am the best in the world at what I do. Do you understand what I am saying to you right now?- Chris Jericho

67. What about me? What about Raven?- Raven

66. The gift of Jericho- Chris Jericho

65. Say hello to the bad guy- Razor Ramon

64. Let’s get ready to suck it- DX

63. Couple haters- Enzo Amore

62. Who?- New Day

61. Right here in…- Mick Foley

60. The world’s toughest son of a b****- Steve Austin

59. The millions, and millions of the Rock’s fans- the Rock

58. Beer bellied share croppers and spineless cockroaches- Badnews Brown

57. Hard times- Dusty Rhodes

56. One on one with the great one- the Rock

55. They make sure you ain’t booty- New Day

54. What I’d like to have right now is for all you fat, out of shape, Ohio airheads to shut your mouths while I take my robe off..- Rick Rude

53. I’ll fade away and classify myself as obsolete- Brother Nero

52. Know your role and shut your mouth- the Rock

51. Ahh, what a rush- Legion of Doom

50. Mr. Kennedy…Kennedy- Ken Kennedy

49. Oh it’s true, it’s damn true- Kurt Angle

48. You are a lowdown, dirty, brutal, bottom feeding trash bag ho- Chris Jericho

47. Stupd idiot- Chris Jericho

46. You’re fired- Vince McMahon

45. Excuse me- Vickie Guerrero

44. Indeed- Kaientai

43. Delete- Broken Matt Hardy

42. What’s up with that?- the Hurricane

41. Drink it in man- Chris Jericho

40. The Smackdown hotel on the corner of know your role boulevard and jabroni drive- the Rock

39. Have a nice day- Mick Foley

38. Humanoids- Bobby Heenan

37. Everybody’s got a price- Ted Dibiase

36. Welcome to Raw is Jericho- Chris Jericho

35. What in the blue hell is spinarooni?- the Rock

34. Will you be serious?- Gorilla Monsoon

33. Whassup- Dudley Boys

32. Train, say your prayers, eat your vitamins and believe in yourself- Hulk Hogan

31. You do not throw rocks at a man who has a machine gun- Roddy Piper

30. Bang Bang- Cactus Jack

29. If your not down with that, we got two words for ya- New Age Outlaws

28. I knew you’d come- Broken Matt Hardy

27. Ham and eggers- Bobby Heenan

26. Styling, profiling- Ric Flair

25. Walk that aisle- Ric Flair

24. Dvon, get the tables- Bubba Ray Dudley

23. Ladies and gentlemen boys and girls children of all ages Dgeneration X proudly brings to you, the WWE tag team champions of the world, the Road Dogg Jessie James, the Bad A** Billy Gunn, the New Age Outlaws- Road Dogg

22. It doesn’t matter what your name is – the Rock

21. Austin 3:16 says I just whoopeed you’re a**- Steve Austin

20. Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat- Jesse Ventura

19. Just when they think that they have the answers, I change the questions- Roddy Piper

18. If you smell what the Rock is cooking- the Rock

17. Weather you like it or you don’t like, you better learn to love it because it’s the best thing going today- Ric Flair

16. The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla- Chris Jericho

15. You know something, brother?- Hulk Hogan

14. Oh you didn’t know? You’re a** better can somebody- Road Dogg

13. Rest in Peace- the Undertaker

12. Shine it up real nice, turn that son of a b**** sideways and stick it straight up your candy a**- the Rock

11. You just made the list- Chris Jericho

10. The best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be- Bret Hart

9. Gimme a hell ya- Steve Austin

8. Limousine riding, jet flying, kiss stealing, wheel dealing son of a gun- Ric Flair

7. Never.Ever be the same again- Chris Jericho

6. Woo- Ric Flair

5. What?- Steve Austin

4. To be the man, you’ve got to beat the man- Ric Flair

3. That’s the bottom line, because Stone Cold said so- Steve Austin

2. What ya gonna do when Hulkamania runs wild on you?- Hulk Hogan

1. Ooooh yeah. Dig it- Randy Savage

Videos from childhood VHS tapes that people may not have heard of Spotify Playlist

Videos from childhood VHS tapes that people may not have heard of Spotify Playlist 

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