Those wacky opening ceremonies for the Olympics

I've actually watched some of the Olympics this year, more than I usually do. But it seems like scandal after scandal is coming out of that spectacular opening ceremony. For days, everybody talked about how cool it was. Then came the fake singer, then some fake fireworks. Now there are news reports that they used actors to play ethnic minorities in the opening ceremonies. At least the athletes are real ... I think.

If Milli Vanilli take the court for China in doubles tennis, I'm done.

Skip Foster throws out the first pitch -- and doesn't mess it up

Here's video of my boss, Star Publisher Skip Foster, throwing out the first pitch at one of the American Legion Southeast Regional tournament games on Thursday. I'm sure he wouldn't want me to put this on my blog or the site, but I just couldn't stop myself. I lost the office pool that had him throwing the ball 10 feet over the catcher's head. We're sending the video to the Tampa Bay Rays to see if they have need for a pitching prospect:

Harry Potter fans are very, very mad

Reports are that "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" movie won't hit theaters at all this year. How about 2009?

Warner Brothers has pushed the film from Nov. 21, 2008 to July 17, 2009, according to Variety.

If it helps, in my opinion, this is the least filmmable of the books. Too many flashbacks.