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Burton Leads RCR 1-2 In Second Duel At Daytona

Heading into Daytona Speedweeks, the three-car Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup team was figured to be lone of the favorites pro the Daytona 500. Nothing with the intention of happened in Thursday’s following Gatorade Duel by Daytona International Speedway disabused somebody of with the intention of notion.

Jeff Burton led an RCR 1-2, crossing the start-finish line solely .005 seconds yet to be of partner Clint Bowyer in the following Duel and reaffirming the team’s spot as lone of the favorites pro Sunday’s Daytona 500.

Burton and Bowyer used the two-car recruit to perfection, screening bounty of muscle, pulling away from the meadow by the aim of the rush.

Finishing in third was the surprising Michael Waltrip, who got a late-race get behind from Kyle Busch. The real bombshell was fifth-place finisher Brian Keselowski, who drove a five-year-old Ray Evernham-built get out of to earn a conveying spot into the Daytona 500. Also racing their way into the lofty rush were Travis Kvapil and Dave Blaney.

The RCR drivers raced in lockstep until the final immediately, as Bowyer jumped made known of line by the continue little, solely as he did las October by Talladega Superspeedway to pass fellow RCR driver Kevin Harvick pro the victory. But Burton held on, attentively fending rancid Bowyer pro the victory.

Among the surprises all through the rush was Trevor Bayne, who hard-pressed four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon effectively pro 59 of the 60 laps, previous to the two separated and given up the ghost on the continue lick up, with Gordon dying 12th and Bayne 19th. But along with the RCR trio and Duel One/Bud Shootout winner Kurt Busch, Gordon and Bayne may possibly get on to approximately blast on Sunday, too. 

Is Oprah Winfrey Big Enough to Forgive?

Back in the '90s when Dr. Phil was just another large bald guy who looked like Hank Kingsley and Dr. Oz was still asking men to turn their heads and cough, bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant was dazzling Oprah Winfrey and her audiences with her wisdom on relationships and spirituality.
Then, it all fell apart. Rumors of a falling-out between Op and Iy were rampant. And yet, the truth was never revealed.
Finally—just before the show goes off the air forever and it's simply too late!—the godmother of experts returns to 'fess up and beseech the queen for understanding.
But can Oprah muster up what it takes?

Movie Review: Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Is...Good?!

Chances are you've already made up your mind about Justin Bieber. He's either that annoying child with the lesbian haircut and girly voice (although you can't deny he has the face of an angel and you secretly don't totally hate "Baby"). Or he's the greatest, hottest, most amazing thing to ever happen to humanity and you use the last name Bieber across all your social networks because obviously that will be your real last name someday.
If you belong to the latter camp, this is all you need to hear about Justin Bieber: Never Say Never: Go see it, duh! There's even slow motion hair shaking and about three too many shirtless scenes.
As for the rest of the non-Beliebers, well you don't have to see it, but the half concert movie, half documentary is not the harbinger of the Apocalypse you might imagine it to be. It's actually pretty good!
Of course, the very nature of a big 3-D concert movie like this is to promote and cash in on the Bieber brand, but if that's all this was, the whole thing would fall as flat the Jonas Brothers' foray into the genre.
Instead, Team Bieber enlists Step Up 3D director Jon Chu, who keeps the film light, fun and passionate. Like his Step Up movies, we're immediately introduced to Bieber's colorful cast of characters that even have dance troupe-worthy names like Scooter, Scrappy and Mama Jan.
From there, we alternate between YouTube footage, early home videos, interviews with Bieber's handlers family (everyone's family here!) and behind-the-scenes footage leading up to the big Madison Square Garden performance where the 3-D concert was filmed.
Weave all that together and you have a compelling story about the nature of fame and fandom at this moment in time. Like Justin's manager Scooter Braun states early in the movie, everyone said Bieber wouldn't make it unless he went through the Disney or Nickelodeon machine. While this was true the past couple decades, Bieber's story proves how it's possible to leverage social media, YouTube and Twitter in his case, to skip all that and how  that, in turn, changes the relationship with fans. Beliebers are very attached to their king, partly because there's no perceived barriers between them and Justin and largely because they had an actual hand in his success. Their YouTube views, forwards and video responses propelled him to fame and they all had their own moment of personal discovery, something only viral videos can offer.
Also gotta give serious props to his mom for thinking ahead and not letting a minute of Bieber's childhood go undocumented. Baby Bieber footage only proves there is plenty of raw natural talent and affinity for music underneath all those overproduced (yet seriously catchy!) radio jams.
However at the end of all 105 minutes, Bieber himself still seems like somewhat of a mystery as most of his story is told through the perspective of his team. Saving it for the sequel, we guess, if this is indeed the forever story Team Bieber hopes it to be.

Gnomeo & Juliet, Wherefore Art Thou Original Ideas?

The Bigger Picture: Much like executive producer Elton John, whose music pervades almost every frame of Gnomeo & Juliet, this film attempts a strange balance between campy subversion and traditional family fare. Like much of John's recent output, the result is somewhat misjudged and forgettable. You already know the story, though it's likely your younger kids may not; in this telling, feuding elderly neighbors have taken on clashing color schemes for their gardens, one being red and the other blue (this being a U.K. movie, don't expect red state-blue state riffs). The gnomes' hats are colored accordingly, with Gnomeo (James McAvoy) being blue-bedecked, and Juliet (Emily Blunt) scarlet-chapeaued.
This is neither the oddest kiddie retelling of the tale (that'd be Romeo and Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss, which starred cartoon seals), or the most outrageous (the James Gunn-scripted Tromeo and Juliet, narrated by Motörhead frontman Lemmy, probably wins that one). It does seem to attempt elements of both styles, though, in ways that don't quite mesh. On the one hand, cartoony slapstick mixes with a sentimental message about lost love. On the other, Ozzy Osbourne voicing a deer? Hulk Hogan voicing lawnmower infomercials? Brokeback Mountain jokes?
Gags that involve the forced poses many gnomes come packaged in are often clever, making the viewer wish a more innovative storyline were in play. And a cast that includes Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Dolly Parton and Jason Statham (as a villain!) is bound to produce a decent moment or two.
But still: Why all the old Elton John songs? Was "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)" really crying out for a new chorus that replaces the word "Saturday" with "Gnomeo"? Is that pink flamingo character actually trying to be both a wacky Latino sidekick and a John Waters reference in one? How are garden gnomes aware of the Spider-Man movies?
There's enough going on to make you wish the movie worked better than it does. A few more drafts, along with a title change, and it could have been great, rather than merely muddled.
The 180—a Second Opinion: Unlike some, this is one flick that was meant to be in 3-D, and it shows. Unfortunately, I saw it in 2-D. The extra depth might nudge the grade higher if that's your thing.