
STUPIDITY
From Adam Sandler to George W. Bush, from the IQ test to TV programming, STUPIDITY examines the "dumbing down" of contemporary culture. STUPIDITY sets out to determine whether our culture is hooked on deliberate ignorance as a strategy for success, careening at warp speed through topics that include television news, reality shows, internet sites and popular films. The film also features never-before-seen footage of the poster child for wildly successful stupidity Steve-O of MTV's Jackass. Featuring opinions and comments from some of today's most recognizable figures, cultural critics, authors and academics, including John Cleese, Noam Chomsky, Salma Hayek and Bill Maher, STUPIDITY reveals that, despite our society's extensive access to knowledge and information, humans continue to choose stupidity.FIRESTORM: LAST STAND AT YELLOWSTONE
Scott Foley ("The Unit," "Felicity") and Richard Burgi ("Desperate Housewives," In HerShoes) star as the leaders of a team of firefighters battling the worst wildfires in the history of Yellowstone National Park in FIRESTORM: LAST STAND AT YELLOWSTONE. Based on a true story, this A&E Network Original Movie tracks a crack team of firefighters as they battle massive flames threatening to eviscerate Yellowstone National Park--and trap the thousands of tourists who have come to visit America's national treasure on summer vacation. FIRESTORM: LAST STAND AT YELLOWSTONE is the life-or-death story of firefighter Clay Harding (Foley) who has spent his life studying fires--how they move, breathe, grow--and most importantly, how to put them out. Clay's worst fears come true when a massive fire grows out of control, scorching everything in its' path and threatening thousands of lives.
Time Life announces the release of The Best of Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters to DVD for the very first time. NBC's top-rated, award-winning variety show, produced by Sid & Marty Krofft ("H.R. Pufnstuf," "Land of the Lost," "Donny & Marie"), originally aired over two seasons (1980-1982) and starred talented singers and accomplished country musicians Barbara, Louise and Irlene Mandrell. The Best of Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters DVD arrives in stores January 9, 2007 and includes the best moments from both seasons with 44 musical performances by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Dolly Parton, Ray Charles, Alabama, Glenn Campbell, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, the Statler Brothers, the Charlie Daniels Band, Ray Stevens and many more.
The story of Sugarland is one of those fairy-tale country music successes that just warms your heart. For one thing, it has the most idyllic of starts: an early morning round of coffee at an Atlanta Starbucks where Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush sat down and penned a list of their dreams on a napkin.
In the two years since the Top Five single "Baby
Girl" put Sugarland on the map, they've accomplished more than anyone ever expected, least of all Jennifer and Kristian themselves. With almost three million copies sold of their Mercury Nashville debut, Twice The Speed Of Life, an American Music Award for "Favorite Breakthrough Artist," an Academy of Country Music Award for "New Duo/Group of the Year," a Grammy nomination for "Best New Artist," six CMA nods, arena tours from coast-to-coast and appearances on national TV shows like The Tonight Show and Good Morning America.