TAMPA, FLA. - He signed with the Cardinals three years ago, and lots of sports fans scratched their heads. Why would a big-time football player such as Edgerrin James, who has a shot at the Hall of Fame, go to Arizona, otherwise known as the NFL’s burial ground?

James May, founder and CEO of SweetLeaf Stevia Sweetener, was honored recently in Paraguay for his efforts toward the promotion and cultivation of what has become one of North American’s most popular alternative sweeteners.

There’s one question that “Independence Day,” “2012,” “The Day After Tomorrow,” “Cloverfield,” “The Core,” “War of the Worlds,” and other disaster movies never acknowledge: Where are the celebrities during all this mayhem? Aside from Bill Murray’s hilarious cameo in “Zombieland,” we never get to see what the rich and fabulous are up to during the apocalypse.

The knights-errant - strong emphasis on the errant - behind the adventure comedy "Your Highness" spend more time wallowing in medieval filth than weaving clever laughs and engaging action.

"Oz the Great and Powerful" aims for nostalgia in older viewers who grew up on "The Wizard of Oz" and still hold the classic dear while simultaneously enchanting a newer, younger audience. It never really accomplishes either successfully.

Strangely, "127 Hours" serves as a persuasive tourism promotion for getting away from it all and going exploring in middle-of-nowhere Utah.

MGM’s “The Wizard of Oz” is the rare film adaptation that has officially become even more cherished than the timeless book that inspired it. Over the years, “The Wizard of Oz” has influenced numerous sequels, prequels, and reimaginings in just about every entertainment medium. Although there have certainly been some good additions to the “Oz” franchise, it’s unfortunate all of them must live in the shadow of an unbeatable classic. While nothing will ever top the Judy Garland version, the most we can ask from a modern “Oz” interpretation is that it remains true to L. Frank Baum’s universe while also sprinkling in something fresh. On that basis, Director Sam Raimi sufficiently delivers in his vibrant and fun “Oz the Great and Powerful.”

A couple years back I endured "Year One," a debacle of humor that still holds the title for the 21st century's most excruciating comedy. That movie suffered from the one joke premise of Jack Black and Michael Cera playing themselves in a biblical setting. "Your Highness" is a similar film that falls flat due to its repetitive premise of Danny McBride uttering contemporary slang in medieval times. As bad as "Your Highness" is, it is vastly superior to "Year One." Then again, so is taking a bath with a toaster.

A couple years back I endured "Year One," a debacle of humor that still holds the title for the 21st century's most excruciating comedy. That movie suffered from the one joke premise of Jack Black and Michael Cera playing themselves in a biblical setting. "Your Highness" is a similar film that falls flat due to its repetitive premise of Danny McBride uttering contemporary slang in medieval times. As bad as "Your Highness" is, it is vastly superior to "Year One." Then again, so is taking a bath with a toaster.

As a group of reporters surrounded Edgerrin James in the Cardinals' locker room Sunday, fullback Terrelle Smith walked by with a grin on his face.

The movie 127 Hours opens with a lone mountain climber biking and hiking through a valley near Utah. On his journey he has a brief encounter with two fellow hikers played by Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara. At first you may think this movie is going to be in the spirit of Into the Wild, telling the story of a man's expedition through the wilderness and the people he meets along the way. The audience is then swooped into a completely different movie as the mountain climber falls down a canyon and his right arm is crushed by a bolder. The screen reads 127 Hours, verifying that this is going to be an extraordinary story about survival.

The movie 127 Hours opens with a lone mountain climber biking and hiking through a valley near Utah. On his journey he has a brief encounter with two fellow hikers played by Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara. At first you may think this movie is going to be in the spirit of Into the Wild, telling the story of a man's expedition through the wilderness and the people he meets along the way. The audience is then swooped into a completely different movie as the mountain climber falls down a canyon and his right arm is crushed by a bolder. The screen reads 127 Hours, verifying that this is going to be an extraordinary story about survival.

Anchored by a towering performance by Sean Penn as the slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, and featuring a number of intriguing parallels to the ongoing battle against Proposition 8 in California, Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” is earnest, intelligent and highly laudable.

Harmony Korine seems to want it both ways, all day, with "Spring Breakers," his super-stylized descent into a sunbaked hell where bikini-clad, gun-toting college babes serve as our guides.

Imagine a "Pulp Fiction" starring the stoners from "Knocked Up." That's "Pineapple Express," a riotously funny introduction to a whole new genre of film - the stoner action comedy.