The Ontario government is turning down a request, and a petition signed by 112,500 people, to allow retailers to sell alcohol in convenience stores. The provincially run LCBO controls all of the provinces' liquor and beer sales through their LCBO and Beer Store outlets (there are however stores that specialize in wine) and the finance ministry thinks the public is served well by the current system. Progressive leader Tim Hudak questioned these "old solutions from the 30s and 40s" that had the government controlling the alcohol business top to bottom. NDP Rosario Machese said the LCBO was "a good system" that provided a strong revenue stream for the province. "I think our priority should be making the system work better, not new schemes that make it easier for young people to get their hands on alcohol," she added.
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Zellers department stores are almost extinct. They are anchors in small town malls, as well as less prominent urban shopping centres, but were bought out by US based Target, which plans to turn 189 locations into Target stores in late 2012 and early 2013. That leaves 64 locations that aren't included in the deal, most of which will be shut down or re-branded by the parent Hudson Bay Company, but said that keeping these locations going a Zellers is no longer viable. "Zellers is considering options for certain locations, including potentially rebranding some stores, which will result in certain stores remaining open for the foreseeable future," HBC said in a statement. If YouTube/NBC weren't such dingleberries there would be an actual Kristen Wiig Target sketch instead of just a picture… sorry.
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Jerry Seinfeld will be performing stand up in New York for the first time since selling out the Broadhurst Theater in 1998. He will be doing a show each Thursday night between October 4 through November 8, doing a show in each of New York's boroughs (Manhatten, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island) spread out over five weeks. "I was born in Brooklyn, went to school in Queens and started out as a comedian in Manhattan. I feel like New York City taught me how to e funny. I'm so excited to perform a special series of shows for my beloved hometown," said Seinfeld. Thursday, of course, was the night his beloved show aired for most of its nine year run. SNL alum Colin Quinn will be opening the shows. Also, you can check out Seinfeld in his new web series "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee," which has Jerry cruising around with friends in a hot ride searching for a decent cup of coffee. Here's the first webisode with Sein alum and Curb star Larry David called "Larry Eats a Pancake."
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It seems there is finally some movement on the announced fourth season of Arrested Development. It was announced late last year that the show would be returning for a ten episode run, to be streamed on Netflix leading up to a feature film. Executive producer and narrator Ron Howard has tweeted a photo of the first script (taken on his iPad). The episode follows Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) with each episode of the season focusing on a different member of the Bluth family. Really? George Michael (Michael Cera) is going to carry an episode by himself? Can't you make Gob's (Will Arnett) a double episode? Or Tobias' (Davis Cross)? After the ten episodes 'air' (or stream) the cast and crew will be working on a feature film together, which I imagine would be the last hurrah for the show.
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This is not the kind of thing I like to post about but it was too great to not to laugh at least a little bit at. Kristin Stewart is a harlot! The Twilight star has apparently cheated on her undead boyfriend (are they married? don't care) with her "Snow White & the Hunstman" director Rupert Sanders, 20 years her senior. Apparently the tweeting word is losing its mind, at least among 14 year olds, with fans taking sides in the story.. some calling for Pattison to "ditch the bitch," while Stewart supporters blame the director, father of two and married to Vogue model Liberty Ross, saying his wily charms seduced her. The final "Twilight" movie is due out in November and fans are worried that if the couple are not together in real life then the movie wouldn't seem authentic and be unrealistic. The werewolf could not be reached for comment.
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The Olympics opening ceremony is on Friday afternoon in North America. The show is called "Isles Of Wonder." Leading off the show is the sounding of the largest harmonically tuned bell in Europe, then the stadium gets transformed into an English country side setting which will will include farm animals. After the officials of the games are introduced the teams enter. Apparently Greece always enters first, since they are the country where the ancient and modern games were founded. I was not aware of this fact. The countries enter alphabetically, with the exception of the host country, Great Britain, who come in last. There will be over 10,000 athletes competing from 204 nations in 302 events from 26 sports. Looking forward to the handball, where France looks to defend their 2008 Gold medal win. Should be spellbinding!
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