The Oscar Should Go To

Just because they take home an Oscar doesn't mean they deserved it.

By Jeremy Conlin (@jeremy_conlin)

I watch a lot of movies. Too many, probably. In the Academy Award categories that anybody cares about (i.e. excluding documentaries, short films, and foreign language films), there are a total of 30 different nominated films. I've seen 28 of them. I feel like this makes me qualified to discuss the merits of these films. And considering the average age of the Academy voters is 62 (no, I'm serious, that's a real thing - 86% of the Academy is over the age of 50), I feel like I can offer a different perspective. Here are my thoughts on each of the relevant categories.

Forgot About that $#!+ Friday: VH1 Reality Shows

By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

Way back in 2004, VH1 picked up a borderline unwatchable reality show that would change television for the next half-decade.

The Surreal Life was a celebrity infused rip off of The Real World and Big Brother, and featured minor celebrities like Flavor Flav, Brigitte Nelson, Ron Jeremy, Vanilla Ice and Da Brat. While the first two seasons aired on the WB, the show really picked up steam when it moved to VH1 for season three.

That season would spawn 14 spinoffs. While My Fair Brady, a show about TV's Peter Brady (Christopher Knight) dating some model, was terrible, Strange Love, starring Flav and Nelson, launched a cash cow that didn't go dry until a murder-suicide in 2009: Celebreality.

Forgot About that $#!+ Friday: Throwin' Bows Like Johnny Cage

By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

Crime Mob's instant classic "Knuck if You Buck" may be the most misunderstood rap song of all time.

Well, at least it was to me, until I decided to look it up on Urban Dictionary.

You see, I've had this song all wrong since my friends and I made a 3 am trip to Steak 'n Shake when I was a junior in high school. We were talking about the song and asking just what the hell it meant. Our waiter came up and explained:

Forgot About that $#!+ Friday: Fab at His Best

By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

I've always thought that Fabolous was one of the more underrated rappers of my high school days, and YouTube user Thevaughn21 agrees with me.

In a comment underneath my favorite Fabolous song, and Fruitvale Station commercial jam, "Breathe," Thevaughn21 writes simply that "this n***a gets way less credit than he deserves."

Tru dat.

Forgot About that $#!+ Friday: Madden Goes Gangsta

Not pictured: Virtual TO planting the ball on the star in the middle of the virtual field.

By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

The Madden Football franchise from EA Sports had been trying to successfully incorporate this new "hip hop" thing all the kids were listening to for a few years by the time 2001 rolled around. EA had shelled out money on the hottest rappers of the moment to come up with the perfect Madden Rap.

Madden 2000 (released in 1999) featured a pretty terrible Ludacris track, while Madden 2001 (released in 2000) featured a marginally better effort from Xzibit.

Forgot About that $#!+ Friday: Every Other Juvenile Song

By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

Everybody remembers Juvenile's breakthrough hit "Back that Azz Up."

The ode to ass shaking reached No. 15 on the Billboard 100, practically started the "twerk song" movement, introduced the mainstream to Lil Wayne, helped his album 400 Degreez reach 4x Platinum, and paved the way for The Big Tymers to become stars.

But what most people don't remember is that Juvenile had several other hits, including a No. 1 single back in 2003. The reason you don't remember them: They were pretty much all terrible.

So, let's take a look back at some of Juve The Great's other hits.

Forgot About that $#!+ Friday: A Milf Anthem

She's got it goin' on...

By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

The Milf phenomenon sure has come a long way since American Pie brought the term to the mainstream back in 1999.

For those of you that don't know, Milf is an acronym for "mother I would like to... make the sexy time with." Oddly enough, the term Dilf hasn't really taken off for father's. It's weird, and almost as though the thought of a man being attractive after he turns 30 is somehow not considered crazy in our culture.

Forgot About that $#!+ Friday: Feeling Stupid

By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

This Friday I would like to remind you that we all feel stupid sometimes.

That was basically the premise of Matchbox 20's hit single "Mad Season," off the album of the same name back in 2000. We've all been there, from your first days in high school, to freshman year of college to your first job… You just feel like such a dumbass and you need someone to help you figure things out.

Forgot About that $#!+ Friday: A Subtle Suicide Note

By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

Back in 1999, there were plenty of reasons to want to kill yourself.

There was the Y2K scare, Columbine High School shooting, Monica Lewinsky's cringe-worthy sit-down with Barbara Walters, Wild Wild West (Both the movie and song), Cher's "Believe" topping the charts,  and Bret Hart getting his brains kicked out by Goldberg.

Yeezus, How Did We Get Here?!?!

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By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

I recently wrote a review of Fast and Furious 6 where I wondered just how on the Earth the franchise had advanced from the first film about cars and the racing subculture of LA, all the way to the international heist/anti-terrorism summer blockbuster the latest installment was.

Yeezus, the latest album from polarizing artist, lyrical genius voice of a generation, and gay fish Kanye West has the same feel. If you listen to his first studio album The College Dropout, a masterpiece from early 2004, then turn Yeezus on, you'd be hard pressed to find many similarities.

Forgot About that $#!+ Friday: That Song You Don't Remember Partying To

His other singles include such classics as "I Like That" and "Pop That Booty."

By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

Welcome to our first edition of"Forgot About that $#!+ Friday," a new weekly segment on Suite Sports that will remind you about something awesome you've probably long since forgotten.

The Fastest and the Furious-est

Not pictured: The 10-inch footstool Vin Diesel is standing on.

By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

The original Fast and the Furious changed my life when it came out in 2001.

Ok, that may be overstating the impact of the under-the-radar hit that made tuning cars mainstream, but it was easily one of the most influential movies of my high school life. All my friends wanted to add "skirts" and "neons" to our cars (We were losers), and, of course, each of us "lived our life a quarter-mile at a time."

Though I know my fiancee and I should choose a fuel-efficient family car for our next vehicle, I would still give up a big toe to own Bryan O'Conner's orange twin-turbo Toyota Supra or Dom Torreto's red RX-7. That was the beauty of the first F&F movie, it was simple. Bad-ass cars racing each other, and a few minor heist scenes you didn't really have to care about. They were stealing stereos and running from Johnny Tran's gang, but the focus was on the cars.

A Case for CM Punk to End Undertaker's Streak

By Andrew Simak

In writing this article, I must preface any and all of my opinions by stating the fact that I have nothing but the highest respect for The Undertaker. The man is a first ballot Hall of Famer, and in my opinion, (just waiting for the dirty replies on this) the true “Mr. Wrestlemania."

March Man Crushes: The Final Battle

By Jeremy Conlin and Joe Parello

We've finally made it to the finals of our March Man Crushes Tournament, and the Grand Man Crush will be crowned today. Our final showdown features Mad Men star Jon Hamm and wrestling/action movie sensation Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

To see how we got to this point, head to our home page and click through each of the brackets to see which Man Crushes made deep tournament runs, and which were shot down in the early rounds.

Now, without further ado, editors Jeremy Conlin and Joe Parello debate the ultimate man crush battle.

1. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson vs 8. Jon Hamm

March Man Crushes: The Final Four

By Jeremy Conlin and Joe Parello

As April approaches, we've reached the best of the best in our March Man Crushes Tournament: The Final Four. With brackets converging, editors Jeremy Conlin and Joe Parello are finally forced to argue it out to determine who makes the finals and ultimately takes home the most prestigious title in all of SuiteSports, Grand Man Crush.

You can check out out the rest of the stories on our home page and click your way through the tournament. Now, without further ado, here are the semifinals.

1. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson vs 2. George Clooney

The Suite 16: Part 1

By Joe Parello

Now we get down to the nitty gritty.

With preliminary rounds in The Rock, Timberlake, Brady and Leo Brackets done, we have arrived at the Suite 16. Today I will take a look at four different matchups- Two from The Rock Bracket and Two from The Brady Bracket- and determine which guys move on to the even more prestigious, but less awesomely named, Elite 8.

The Rock Bracket Round 3

March Man Crushes: The Brady Bracket

By Joe Parello

With The Rock Bracket and Timberlake Bracket in the books so far, the Suite 16 is coming up quick. We continue today with the The Brady Bracket, named for New England's three-time Super Bowl winning quarterback.

But this bracket isn't all about Tommy boy, his teammate Rob Gronkowski figures to be a tough out, as does hip hop mogul Jay-Z and movie studs Will Smith, Matt Damon and Ryan Gosling.

So, without further ado, let's make our way through the first two rounds of The Brady Bracket.

Round One

1. Tom Brady vs 16. Shia LeBouf

March Man Crushes: The Timberlake Bracket

By Jeremy Conlin

Joe got March Man Crushes started off yesterday with The Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Bracket, headlined by the #1 seed from the "miscellaneous" category. Today, we're tackling The Justin Timberlake Bracket, headlined by the #1 seed from the "musician" category. This is rather strange, considering for the last three years, both Johnson and Timberlake are substantially more recognized for their work as actors than for anything else. But we make the rules around here, and JT is still a musician (although if it weren't for his newly released single and forthcoming album, putting him in the music category would have been much more difficult to justify). Here's the breakdown:

Round One

1. Justin Timberlake vs. 16. Nate Silver

March Man Crushes: The Rock Bracket

By Joe Parello

And so it begins.

The March Man Crush tournament is officially underway, and today we will narrow down the 16-man Rock Bracket to just the four bro kings that have made our Sweet 16. Here is a breakdown of all the matchups in The Rock Bracket.

Round One

1. The Rock vs 16. Michael Bolton

Coming Soon: March Man Crushes

By Joe Parello

Every March, sports fans everywhere fill out their NCAA Tournament brackets, hoping to pick the ultimate winner.

Well, with all due respect to the fine college basketball teams across the country, nobody is doing more #winning than the 64 guys we have selected for our March Man Crush Tournament.

What is a man crush? It's a guy that every other guy admires and wants to be. Think of the basic explanation of James Bond: Women want him, and men want to be him (Though we did not include the current James Bond, Daniel Craig. He just missed the cut).

The Methodology