The "Titanic 2" Preview!

Finally, a sequel to one of the biggest movies of all time.

This one won't be breaking any box office records though - it's going straight to DVD on August 24th.

The preview doesn't look bad. It kind of looks like one of those SyFy Channel movies..

Survivor 21's Twist...

The 21st season of Survivor will debut September 15th and will feature two tribes - one with players over 40, the other with players 30 and under.

It'll also be on a different night as this publicity photo shows (the faces are hidden as the contestants haven't been officially revealed yet)...



CBS revealed some things about another of their reality shows too. Season two of Undercover Boss will debut September 26th and will feature bosses from these companies...

Here's more info on each of the undercover bosses and their companies...

• NASCAR (Steve Phelps, Senior Vice President and CMO) — the sanctioning body for the #1 spectator sport in the U.S.
  
  
• DirecTV (Mike White, Chairman, President and CEO) — the world's most popular video service, delivering state-of-the-art technology to over 25 million customers.
  
  
• Great Wolf Resorts (Kimberly K. Schaefer, CEO) — North America's largest family of indoor waterpark resorts.
  
  
• Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (Fernando Aguirre, Chairman and CEO) — a leading international marketer and distributor of bananas, fruits and salads.

The exact airdates for these episodes haven't been announced yet.

Pigeon Forge, TN trip video...

Last week, I went down to Pigeon Forge, TN with family and friends.

I'm not the best at taking video as I'm not a fan of carrying things around with me. So the camera never made it into Dollywood during any of the three days I was there.

But I did get video of the Seven Springs, PA alpine slide on the way down, the New River Gorge Bridge, a little from the Smoky Mountains National Park, and an apparently popular Pigeon Forge activity. Here's my vacation in 90 seconds...



As for Dollywood, I love that park. The rides are always fun (especially Thunderhead & Mystery Mine). And the shows are incredible (coming from me who usually only wants to be on the rides or eating, this is a very big compliment).

As usual, Dreamland Drive-In was my favorite. The acting & singing in it is Hollywood-quality. If some of these actors tried out for American Idol, they would definitely win.

I'm not really a fan of 50's & 60's music, but this show makes me like the songs. There's two in particular I absolutely love and they're both back to back in part four of the video - Pony Time followed by Mashed Potatoes at the 0:53 mark.

Here's the first few minutes of Dreamland Drive-In...



Sha-Kon-O-Hey was also excellent. The acrobatics, acting, and the set in this one was also impressive. Again, here's the first few minutes...



In addition to Dollywood, there's all the Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, and Gatlinburg attractions. Go-kart tracks, random amusement park rides, awesome diners, indoor skydiving, the Zorb, lots of outlet stores, and tons more. And that's not even mentioning the surrounding areas including the Smoky Mountains National Park.

I'll probably head back in November for the annual Christmas festival. The entire town (along with all of Dollywood) will be covered with Christmas lights - it looks amazing. So now I'm already looking forward to summer ending. Well, kind of - it's more like I'm already set for my next vacation.

Road Trips!

The destination isn't always the highlight of a road trip. Sometimes it's getting there that's the best part.

There's the unexpected places you stop at along the way and the roads themselves.

Favorite Road is a website for people who love road trips. And it's completely free. If you've got a favorite road, contribute here. Here's some recent entries...

I talked on-air with Nancy Griffin & Brian Clark from favoriteroad.com today. Here's the full interview (including portions that didn't air on Star 102.5).

And here's one of my favorite roads. Click on the picture for more details about it...

Big Brother: The Saboteur...

Here's a screencap from Thursday's episode. Could this be the saboteur?

That's either Andrew or Brendon I think. But I'm not sure. I really can't tell a lot of the guys apart yet - they're all like clones of each other (the casting for the show tends to rely on a certain look I guess).

But I'm leaning towards thinking it's Brendon if this clip can be believed. As we all know though, the producers of reality shows have led us off course before. It's possible the lock was put on the door shortly before the blackout and the cast just didn't notice.

We'll find out who the saboteur is for sure on Thursday's episode.

UPDATE 9:04pm: After watching tonight's episode, now I'm thinking Andrew again because of his suspicious behavior at the end of the episode.

But his reaction on finding the X's on the pictures did seem like genuine surprise and no one was there watching him, so maybe not. But I'm sure it's either him or Brendon. If not, then it's a good thing I never tried out for the TV show The Mole lol.

UPDATE THURSDAY 8:44pm: What?!!!! Good thing I never made it onto The Mole. And I guess CBS is the big loser of Big Brother this season.

Big Brother 12 debuts tonight...

It's been almost 10 years to the day that Big Brother first started on CBS. And it's a very different show than it was in the beginning.

Season one was the one with Chicken George and the potential revolution against the producers of the show.

Here's the first episode...



First episode: Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5

And here's the "Meet The Cast" video for the current season...