Many movies are good, some are great, but only a select few can be called truly "essential." After heated discussions, long negotiations, and a shouting match or two, the staff at Yahoo! Movies has put together this list of the 100 films you must see before you die. To choose the titles for the list, we considered factors like historical importance and cultural impact. But we also selected films that we believe are the most thrilling, most dramatic, scariest, and funniest movies of all time. Some of these films you've seen, and some you may not have heard of, but we believe that each one is a timeless classic that you absolutely have to see. -Yahoo
RANDY QUAID and his wife EVI were arrested yesterday . . . for skipping out on a hotel bill.
Randy and Evi are accused of running up a $10,000 bill at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara . . . then leaving without paying.
They were picked up yesterday in Marfa, Texas . . . but they didn't go without a fight. TMZ says Randy assaulted two sheriff's deputies both verbally and physically and resisted arrest.
Evi also resisted . . . to the point where she had to be wrestled to the ground and subdued.
The Quaids were charged with burglary, conspiracy and defrauding an innkeeper. (???) But they weren't charged for their antics during the arrest. Bail was set at $20,000 for each of them, but they quickly paid it and walked.
Apparently, Randy and Evi have done this before . . . which is why the cops pursued them so hard. They believe that the Quaids checked into the San Ysidro Ranch with no intention of paying in the first place.
Here's the thing, though: The Quaids say they did NOTHING WRONG . . . and they're completely square with the San Ysidro Ranch.
They even sent a cashier's check to TMZ as proof . . . along with a HANDWRITTEN statement . . . in which they said, quote, "I promise the state of California, Texas does not bother people over hamburgers ordered by room service, supposedly burglarized. I promise you we have paid our bill . . . and this is all for PR."
Halloween! Time to scare the kiddies with graphic depictions of recently murdered NFL quarterbacks! That's what one amusement park figures, at least before the inevitable boycott. Let's work up our righteous indignation.
Kings Island in Ohio gave a local news station a sneak preview of their annual Halloween Haunt, and they brought back pictures of a haunted graveyard filled with "celebrity skeletons" like Michael Jackson and Ted Kennedy. And that display up there.
Yep, that's a skeleton holding a Titans helmet, with the top blown off. A gun rests at the foot of the couch. The two skeletons assume the positions that Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi were found in after their murder-suicide.
When reached by FanHouse, a spokesperson for Kings Island, Don Helbig, said the following, "There will not be a scene at our Halloween event that features Steve McNair or anyone that resembles him."
With video and pictures of the skeletons circulating online, Helbig at first declined to acknowledge that they had ever existed. "There was no reference to Steve McNair at all. No jersey, nothing." Upon being informed that the pictures and video were already online, Helbig again insisted that the skeletons would not be featured on Friday when the event opens. Pressed as to when the skeletons were removed from the park, Helbig stuck to his talking points. "Our event does not open until Friday," he said, "We meant him no disrespect."
I'm not sure how this was supposed to entertain and/or scare children. On the other hand, it might be used to scare athletes straight, alongside a reenactment of Left Eye burning down Andre Rison's house and a loop of Barbara Hershey's scene in The Natural.
Matt Zeisel, a high school freshman with Down Syndrome, had his dream of scoring a touchdown recently come true. And the video of the quick-footed frosh has been viewed more than 275-thousand times on YouTube.
Below is a little write-up from the Ziesel family for those of you not familiar with Matt:
Matt is a special athlete who has Down Syndrome. He loves football and has grown up in an environment surrounded by sports. His father is a coach/ athletic director, and all his siblings play sports. He grew up at athletic events, and has always been a cheerleader.
He registered as a freshman at Benton High School -Saint Joseph, MO this year, and told his mother and father he wanted to play football. The team takes good care of looking after Matt, and he is still the cheerleader on the sidelines. He puts his pads and helmet on, stands next to Coach McCamy and waits for his turn to play.
Over and over during the course of the game Matt will say, "Coach McCamy, I am ready! I am ready Coach!"
On this Monday night coach gave him a chance. The Cardinals were down by a few touchdowns with 15 seconds left. Coach McCamy called a timeout and asked the coach of Maryville High School if they could run their "Matt Play". He agreed and this is where the video begins.
Thanks to Coach McCamy and the freshman coach at Maryville, Matt and his family will cherish his moment forever!
It's no secret that some NFL fans lose their ever-loving minds when their favorite team loses . . . but THIS is a bit extreme.
On Monday night, Buffalo Bills kick returner Leodis McKelvin fumbled the ball late in the game against the New England Patriots . . . and it cost the Bills the game. That upset two 16- year-old boys from a suburb of Buffalo called Hamburg.
Which is understandable. If McKelvin had just fallen down with the ball, the Bills could have run a few plays and won the game. Instead, Patriots stud quarterback Tom Brady threw a game-winning touchdown with just under a minute left.
So how did the two boys deal with their anger at McKelvin? They FOUND OUT WHERE HE LIVED and SPRAY PAINTED OBSCENITIES on his lawn.
Police aren't saying exactly what the kids wrote, only that it involved curse words, the final score of the game . . . New England Patriots 25, Buffalo Bills 24 . . . and the phrase ''Take a knee."
Police also say they'll only arrest the boys if McKelvin wants to press charges. As of Wednesday afternoon, he didn't sound like he was going to. (WKBW TV)
PATRICK SWAYZE finally succumbed to cancer yesterday. He was 57 years old.
Swayze revealed back in March of 2008 that he was battling pancreatic cancer, which is one of the deadliest forms of the disease. Some reports gave him mere WEEKS to live at the time.
His rep released a statement saying, quote, "Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months."
Here's a video tribute to him...
As far as great Swayze moments in video, for guys, it's hard to top his appearance on "Saturday Night Live", in the skit with CHRIS FARLEY where they compete for the same spot with the Chippendales. Here's that clip... Chris Farley - Chippendales
Being a rookie in the N-F-L isn't easy. You're facing an uphill battle, competing for a job with veterans and running drills that make your college days seem like pee-wee football. But those things pale in comparison to dealing with the media. Ellis Lanksder is a rookie on the Buffalo Bills. We don't know much about him, but his responses at a recent post-game press conference are priceless.
Last year, officials in Arizona installed dozens of photo-enforcement traffic cameras around the state as part of a project aimed at getting speeders to slow down.
In that time, a guy from Phoenix named Dave Vontesmar has accumulated 37 speeding tickets to the tune of more than $6,500 in fines. But Dave says he doesn't have to pay. Why?
Because in order to make him pay, state officials have to prove that Dave was the person driving his car when the photo-ticket was issued.
The problem is that in all 37 of the photos, Dave . . . or someone else . . . is wearing a MONKEY MASK, which makes it impossible to ID the driver. (!!!)
Dave says, quote, "They're required by law to ID the driver of the vehicle. If they can't identify the driver by the picture, what are they doing to identify the driver?
"Not one of them there is a picture where you can identify the driver of the car . . . I sent back all the [tickets] I got with a copy of my driver's license and said, 'It's not me. I'm not paying.'"
It's unclear whether Dave will be forced to pay the speeding fines. Overall, the photo-enforcement program has helped the state earn about $20 MILLION.
BOB BARKER is not dead. One of those pointless celebrity death hoaxes was making the rounds online this week. Usually, you can just ignore stuff like that . . . but since this is The Summer of Death, you need to look into everything.
Actually, Bob just guest-hosted this week's edition of the WWE's "Monday Night RAW" . . . and he was pretty hilarious.
GEORGE CLOONEY was hyping his upcoming movie during a press conference at the Venice Film Festival the other day. But one of the reporters wasn't a reporter at all. He was either a prankster or a very amorous gay man.
He proceeded to STRIP while saying, "Take me! Choose me, George!" Clooney took it in stride, though.
You know what a TRAMP STAMP is, right? That's what it's called when a woman gets a tattoo on the small of her back.
Anyway, tramp stamps are naturally pretty trashy and lame. But we tracked down a gallery of 18 stupid tramp stamps which are, somehow, even trashier and lamer than your average tramp stamp. http://www.oddee.com/item_96801.aspx
This is officially my new favorite website! http://peopleofwalmart.com It's basically just sneaky photos of freaky people that you can see at your local Walmart.
GEORGE CLOONEY'S next flick is a bizarre comedy called "The Men Who Stare at Goats". It's about a secret government project to create PSYCHIC SOLDIERS who can kill with their minds.
--EWAN MCGREGOR and KEVIN SPACEY are in it, too. It comes out November 6th. It looks pretty funny. Here's the trailer . . .
The N-F-L regular season officially kicks off next Thursday night, which means wives won't see or speak to their husbands much until February -- unless, of course, they learn how to watch the games themselves. Well, some years back, an instructional video titled A Woman's Guide to Watching Football was released.
