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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all you buzzers out there. I hope you all had a happy ending to 2012 and have made plans for the futures in 2013. It feels like I haven't posted in forever, but I'm back now and looking forward to the entertainment world this year. And today, I have some shocking hot topic news and an exciting array of information over how I spent my Christmas vacation. As you all know, over the holidays there were three movies that amazed the media and world: Parental Guidance, Les Miserables, and Django Unchained. Now personally, I wasn't really interested in a kid-friendly comedy like Parental Guidance, but I was amazed at the incredible triumph in Les Miserables and the unbearable violence and revenge in Django Unchained. And this year, when Christmas came to town, the public agreed with me. The PG rated comedy Parental Guidance did okay at the box-office, but it was Les Miserables and Django who broke records at the Christmas Day box-office and were hits. Apparently, the public loves forgiving criminals and vengeful slaves, like me! If I only I could get them to agree with me on television. Well, anyway, I didn't get to see either movie and I came back to school looking shameful. But, I spent my vacation watching other things. For Christmas, me and my mom got the honor of watching all the big movies of 2012 that we missed out on. The first movie we saw was Tyler Perry's Alex Cross. I just have to say one thing after that: it was everything I thought it would be. Just like every other underdog movie, the trailer told me everything about Alex Cross. And even though Tyler Perry and Matthew Fox did tremendous jobs bringing the characters to life, I thought the screenplay could have been less corny. But, at the end of the day, I was surprised by the ending and it was ultimately a good movie. Next, we watched the fan favorite The Dark Knight Rises. After watching that, I was left breathless and mesmerized by Christopher Nolan's genius and Tom Hardy's portrayal of Bane. Bane was the absolute best villain of the century and can only be rivaled by The Joker. However, I believe that Bane is better. His addictive villainous voice and stature fitted his beliefs and personality so well. No one will ever be able to make another Batman movie. Then, I saw the critically acclaimed drama Trouble with The Curve. Even though I don't like Clint Eastwood, I thought he was smart and funny in this and had good chemistry with Academy Award nominated Amy Adams. The story of an aging baseball scout who tries to mend the relationship with his daughter captivated me and my mother and goes down in history as one of the greatest baseball movies ever. (Along with Moneyball and A League of Their Own) Then, the last movie we watched that day was 2013's Golden Globe nominated Arbitrage, starring Richard Gere. The movie is about a man who is the CEO of a huge company and has a great life. However, under the covers, it's not what it seems. We soon learn that the company is going under and that Gere's mistress dies in a car crash. The movie was incredible and Richard Gere deserved a nomination for an Oscar. The next day, my mom and I started watching The Amazing Spider-Man. Due to an awful copy, we only got to see it halfway through, but I thought it was excellent. I loved seeing Peter in love with someone else besides Mary Jane and I thought the Lizard was pretty cool too! Then, that night, me and my mother popped some popcorn and watched the break-out comedy of the year Pitch Perfect. My mom thought it was stupid, but it was hilarious to me. Rebel Wilson (a.k.a Fat Amy) was outrageous and deserved an Oscar for her die-hard performance. Then, I didn't start watching any more movies until the following week, when my mom went back to work. First, I saw Quentin Tarantino's Man with The Iron Fists. Tarantino's style and violence was awesome, as usual, but the storyline was pretty boring and dry. Although I will say that I was surprised that the main character turned out to be the same as the title name. But, at the end, it was pretty good. Then, the next and final day of my vacation, I watched Whitney Houston's last film, Sparkle, a remake of the 70s film with the same name. I was amazed by Carmen Ejogo's performance in the film and thought she should have been nominated for an Oscar. Also, I thought Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston had some major vocal talents in the film and did great. The film was awesome and goes down in history with the other great musical-dramas like Chicago and Dreamgirls. Then, the last movie I saw was the comedy of the year Ted. Seth Macfarlane proved to have some awesome vocal and comedic skills and did great as a bear. This was also a great and funny movie. Well, thank you for reading this and as always, send me you comments on anything I said or didn't say and I will get back to you. Tune in next week for a great talk of entertainment and celebrities. Until next time........