Written by: Eric
Originally posted at 5-hole.com.
Starting next season, the NHL will revert back to the system used before the lockout. Each team will play the other four teams in their division six times (3 home games and 3 road games) and play the other 10 teams in their conference four times (2 home games and 2 road games). The remaining 18 games will be played against the teams in the other conference. That ensures that each team will play every other team in the league at least one time during the regular season.
Beginning with the 2005-2006 season, the NHL started using a new schedule structure. The new system had each team play 2 additional games against the other four teams in their division (four home games, four road games). They still played four games against the ten teams in the other two divisions in their conference (2 home games and 2 road games). The remaining 10 games were played against ten teams from the other conference (5 at home against one division, 5 on the road against another division). Teams did not play the 5 teams in the third division of the other conference. The interconference matchups rotated every season and after 3 seasons, every team had played every team in the other conference both at home and on the road once.
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New Releases for May 9, 2008:
Speed Racer
Directors: The Wachowski Brothers
Writers: The Wachowski Brothers
Release Date: 9 May 2008
Genre: Action / Family / Sport
Tagline: Go.
Plot Summary: Hurtling down the track, careening around, over and through the competition, Speed Racer is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized-the legendary Rex Racer - whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill. Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer, the designer of Speed’s thundering Mach 5. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company’s maniacal owner but uncovers a terrible secret-some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls who manipulate the top drivers to boost profits. If Speed won’t drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses another finish line. The only way for Speed to save his family’s business and the sport he loves is to beat Royalton at his own game. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie, Speed teams with his one-time rival-the mysterious Racer X - to win the race that had taken his brother’s life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible.
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What Happens in Vegas…
Director: Tom Vaughan
Writer: Dana Fox
Release Date: 9 May 2008
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Tagline: Get Lucky.
Plot Summary: Set in Sin City, the story revolves around two people who discover they’ve gotten married following a night of debauchery, with one of them winning a huge jackpot after playing the other’s quarter. The unhappy pair try to undermine each other and get their hands on the money — falling in love along the way.
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Frontier(s)
Director: Xavier Gens
Writer: Xavier Gens
Release Date: 9 May 2008 (limited)
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Tagline: What are your boundaries?
Plot Summary: A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an inn run by neo-Nazis.
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The Fall
Director: Tarsem Singh
Writers: Dan Gilroy, Nico Soultanakis, Tarsem Singh
Release Date: 9 May 2008 (limited)
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Tagline: A Little Blessing In Disguise.
Plot Summary: In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastical story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.
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A Few Side Notes:
1. I have no interest in seeing Speed Racer. It looks like it would give me a headache. It’s on the IMAX, right? Man, Ricci’s forehead is gonna be massive.
2. If you see Vegas, you need to be shot. You are what’s wrong with this world. You are why everyone hates the United States. Ugh, fuck Cameron Diaz.
3. Now Frontier(s) is a movie I can get behind. The director of Hitman + neo-Nazi bad guys + NC-17 rating for violence = an evening’s worth of entertainment.
4. The Fall may just now be getting a U.S. release after two years, but it could be a phenomenal ride. How can you go wrong with the director of The Cell and the hotness of Justine Waddell?
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Hulk Hogan’s son Nick was sentenced today in Florida for the felony reckless driving charge he earned last summer. The judge gave Nick 8 months in jail, 5 years probation, and 500 hours of community service. Bollea could have faced 5 years in prison had he not entered a plea of “no contest.”
The judge said as he handed down the sentence that he hoped Nick learned from his mistake and will be able to positively move on as his passenger, 22-year-old John Graziano, most likely will not. Graziano will require a lifetime of medical care as a result of the crash.
For more background on this story, check out our other entries:
Update: Hulk Bought Son Alcohol Before Crash
Hulk Hogan’s Son Injured in Car Crash
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Coldplay announced the first leg of their Viva La Vida Tour this morning. They will be promoting their new album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, which is scheduled to be released on June 17th. Could they have a more obnoxious album title? The band will play around 150 shows during the course of the world tour.
Check out all the dates after the jump.
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Staind will be on the road this summer with 3 Doors Down and Hinder. Now there’s a band we haven’t heard from in awhile. Good to see Aaron Lewis is still working. 3 Doors Down will be promoting their new self-titled album that comes out on May 20th. Hinder, well, I don’t know how they are popular.
See the full list of dates after the jump.
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Carlos Santana will be hitting the road in September and October this year. I don’t think he has anything to promote considering his last new disc was 2005’s All That I Am. So I guess if you love to sing “Black Magic Woman” at karaoke bars, this tour is for you.
See the full list of dates after the jump.
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Madonna plans to take her new record, Hard Candy, on the road at the end of the summer. The tour will be called Sticky and Sweet and will begin on August 23rd in Cardiff, Wales. After several overseas dates, Madonna will hit the U.S. on October 3rd in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Ticket prices will range from $55-$350.
Check out all of the dates for the first leg of the tour after the jump.
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Disturbed premiered their new music video for “Inside the Fire” today on their Myspace page. It is the first single of their highly anticipated fourth album Indestructible, due out June 3rd, 2008.
This video contains highly sensitive and mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is strongly advised.
Check out the video after the jump.
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MTV announced the nominees for the 2008 MTV Movie Awards today. The awards air live on June 1st with Mike Meyers playing host this year.
Check out the complete list of nominees after the jump.
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Written by: Jeff Bilbrey
MTV has released the latest movie poster for the upcoming and possibly future blockbuster Twilight. The poster was designed by rock photographer Joey Lawrence, who conveniently enough will be doing all of the Twilight movie posters.
There are currently three books and a fourth on the way.
Check it out and let us know what you think after the jump.
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Here’s another film I haven’t heard much about, mainly because I’ve been avoiding most of the stuff out there. When I hear Will Smith nowadays, I’m not really impressed. But then I saw that Jason Bateman was a cast member and my interest suddenly rose. Surprise, surprise…this trailer had me laughing in my cube.
Plot Summary: A hard-living superhero (Will Smith) who has fallen out of favor with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife (Charlize Theron) of the public relations professional (Jason Bateman) who’s trying to repair his image.
Hancock hits theaters on July 2nd, 2008.
Check out the trailer after the jump.
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Summit Entertainment released the first teaser trailer for Twilight today on Myspace.
Official Plot Summary: Bella Swan has always been a little bit different. Never one to run with the crowd, Bella never cared about fitting in with the trendy, plastic girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother remarried and sent Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she didn’t expect much of anything to change. But things do change when she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen. For Edward is nothing like any boy she’s ever met. He’s nothing like anyone she’s ever met, period. He’s intelligent and witty, and he seems to see straight into her soul. In no time at all, they are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance - unorthodox because Edward really isn’t like the other boys. He can run faster than a mountain lion. He can stop a moving car with his bare hands. Oh, and he hasn’t aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he’s immortal. That’s right - vampire. But he doesn’t have fangs - that’s just in the movies. And he doesn’t drink human blood, though Edward and his family are unique among vampires in that lifestyle choice. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for - a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. Somehow or other, they will have to manage their unmanageable love. But what will they do when Laurent and James, the Cullens’ mortal vampire enemies, come to town, looking for Bella? A modern, visual, and visceral Romeo and Juliet story of the ultimate forbidden love affair - between vampire and mortal.
See the trailer after the jump.
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The latest Dark Knight trailer is attached to Iron Man and it’s quite the viewing experience.
“Either you die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain”
Check it out after the jump.
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Two months after the online release of Ghosts I-IV, Trent Reznor has once again topped himself by releasing his new album The Slip entirely for free on his NIN website. Reznor said this is a “thank you to our fans for your continued support.” CD and vinyl copies of the album will be available in July.
Click on the album cover below to download The Slip.
The track listing:
1. 999,999
2. 1,000,000
3. Letting You
4. Discipline
5. Echoplex
6. Head Down
7. Lights in the Sky
8. Corona Radiata
9. The Four of Us Are Dying
10. Demon Seed
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California punk rock band The Offspring is offering a free direct download of their new single called “Hammerhead.” This is the first song off their new album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, scheduled for release on June 17th.
Click on the picture below to get your copy of “Hammerhead.”
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