R.I.P. Robin Williams (1951-2014)

It's 0:40 a.m. on the 13th of August where I am as I start writing this [it's actually 9:08 p.m. now that I'm finally posting it, as I just couldn't f**king manage to get the "Posterized" part right last night, and finally did go to sleep much too late out of frustration], and I really should be going to sleep, as I have to work tomorrow (well, today, actually), but even if I don't know if anyone reads my blog - and I am still too shy to actually try anything to promote it - I feel it has to be today.

Robin Williams died on August 11th, but due to time lag, it was already August 12th here when I heard it, around 7:30 a.m. when I was driving to work this morning. It is still hard to believe that he is dead, but that will change within a few days.

Whenever a celebrity dies, other celebrities, friends, former co-workers, or just attention whores, will point out what a kind person the deceased was. It's nice though, when they have a little story to tell for evidence.

Happy Birthday, Russell Crowe

Today is the 50th birthday of Academy Award winning actor Russell Crowe. I have only ever seen him in two movies, actually, Í checked using IMDb, namely "L.A. Confidential" and "Gladiator". I thought he was smart casting in "L.A. Confidential", playing the main character as a then virtually unknown, but his character annoyed me. When he - warning: minor spoiler ahead - slaps Kim Basinger near the end, it was relief to me, I like screamed out: Ha, I knew it, you are just a hypocrite. Everyone with such a big mouth has to be!
Gladiator was good, not great, everything about it, but I remember thinking of Joaquin Phoenix's dark, over-the-top villain as the highlight.

Long story short, I have nothing against him, but I'm hardly a big fan. Still, the occasion of the Big Five-O is too great not to take it as an excuse to post something. A few weeks ago, another blog I follow for quite some time now, "SeriousFilm", posted this: http://seriousfilm.blogspot.de/2014/03/youtube-tuesday-fightin-round-world.html, and it made me want to search for something funny and short out of that particular South Park episode. Including the theme song, and "Russell"'s own singing.

So, way to celebrate a man's birthday, making fun of him, I know, but it's just too funny, I could watch it over and over again. Enjoy, in Russell Crowe's honor: