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Norman McLaren: Masters Edition (7 DVDs)
Although his name is a hardly a household word, Norman McLaren ranks among the most significant figures in the history of animation. Other artists created films; McLaren created ways of making films. He drew scratched and painted images directly onto blank film stock for "camera-less animation." He combined slow-motion photography and multiple exposures to reveal the patterns created by dancers' movements in Pas de Deux. He pixilated actors and full-sized props in Neighbors and Chairy Tale. He demonstrated the underlying structure of musical forms visually in Canon, and created artificial sound to accompany many of his films. The Master's Edition offers not only all of McLaren's extant films, but experiments, tests, and outtakes. Each film has been carefully restored to correspond as closely as possible to the artist's vision. Documentaries provide introductions to McLaren's work and often arcane techniques. This handsomely packaged seven-disc set, which includes a booklet in English and French, is certain to be the definitive edition of the films Picasso once described as "something new in the art of drawing."
Dumbo (Blu-Ray + DVD)
"Dumbo" is perhaps Walt Disney's most perfect feature. It features tour-de-force animation, brilliant color styling and fourth dimensional cartooniness that only animation can create. The film is tightly paced with a huge variety of kaleidoscopic moods, thanks in big part to the brilliant storyboarding of Bill Peet. Stylistically, Dumbo is remarkably innovative, with dramatic realistic scenes of circus roustabouts erecting the tent in the middle of a lightning storm, charming scenes of Dumbo with his mother, and daring experimental animation in the Pink Elephants sequence. Ward Kimball's musical segment with the crows is a real standout, and is worth studying for the integration of music and movement. Many other Disney films try too hard, with overworked animation loaded with overlapping action and details, but Dumbo is direct, simple and a perfect example of "cartoon candy".
Coonskin (DVD)
Coonskin is a 1975 American animated film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi, about an African American rabbit, fox, and bear who rise to the top of the organized crime racket in Harlem, encountering corrupt law enforcement, con artists and the Mafia. The film, which combines live-action with animation, stars Philip Thomas, Charles Gordone, Barry White and Scat Man Crothers, all of whom appear in both live-action and animated sequences. Coonskin utilizes a number of references to various elements from African American culture, ranging from African folk tales to the work of cartoonist George Herriman, and satirizes racist and other stereotypes, as well as the blaxploitation genre, Song of the South, and The Godfather. Coonskin encountered extreme controversy before its original theatrical release when the Congress of Racial Equality strongly criticized the content as being racist, although none of the group's members had seen the film. Distribution was curtailed and the film fell into obscurity. Coonskin has since been reappraised, with many filmmakers like Spike Lee and Quentin Tarrantino considering it to be one of animation's most personal and powerful social statements.
Looney Tunes: Platinum Collection, Vol. 1 (2 Blu-Rays)
Restored from the original camera negatives in spectacular high definition, Looney Tunes have never looked better than they do on blu-ray. This collection includes 50 cartoons in 1080p, and countless hours of supplemental material in standard definition. In addition to Chuck Jones' most famous films, like Dover Boys, What's Opera Doc? and Duck Dodgers; this set also includes Clampett's eye-popping Baby Bottleneck, Great Piggybank Robbery and Kitty Kornered looking much better than on DVD. Also notable is a trio of jazz themed cartoons, I Love To Sing-a, Three Little Bops and Katnip Kollege. A second blu-ray volume, titled Looney Tunes: Platinum Collection, Vol. 2, has been released as well, and it includes many of the Clampett films that were poorly mastered on the DVD sets along with classic B&W cartoons which will make your jaw drop they look so good.
Georges Melies: First Wizard of Cinema (5 DVD)
This early wizard of modern filmmaking set a tempo for things to come, and pioneered the art of film special effects. This collection celebrates 173 rare, original silent films by Georges Meliess, painstakingly restored by Eric Lange and David Shepard, from Melies' first film, Partie de Cartes (1896) right on through to his last, Voyage de la Famille Bourrichon (1913). The films are taken from the best surviving prints and include many meticulously hand tinted titles. Best of all, the accompanying music is totally idiomatic and sympathetic to the action on the screen, a rarity for Melies films on home video. Despite their age, these films remain stunning and beautiful and the innovative cinematic magic that Melies pioneered continues to astonish. After this set was released, more of Melies' films were discovered, and a second single disk volume was released… Melies Encore. Get both sets. You won't be disappointed.
The Ultimate Buster Keaton Collection (14 Blu-Rays)
For the past couple of years, Kino Video has been working their way through releasing all of the surviving silent films by Buster Keaton. These films belong in the collection of everyone who calls themselves a filmmaker, because they are glittering examples of pure cinematic genius. Keaton was a master of staging, pacing, acting, cutting and story… basically every aspect of filmmaking. Included on this set are high definition prints of Keaton's early shorts, The Saphead, Our Hospitality, Sherlock Jr, Three Ages, The Navigator, Seven Chances, Go West, Battling Butler, The General, College and the later silent short subjects. If you can't afford the blu-ray set, at least get the DVD set, The Art of Buster Keaton. These films will be useful for you to study for the rest of your life. They're that good!
The Gold Rush (Blu-ray)
After the box-office failure of his first dramatic film, A Woman of Paris, Charlie Chaplin brooded over his ensuing comedy. "The next film must be an epic!" he recalled in his autobiography. "The greatest!" He found inspiration, paradoxically, in stories of the backbreaking Alaskan gold rush and the cannibalistic Donner Party. These tales of tragedy and endurance provided Chaplin with a rich vein of comic possibilities. The Little Tramp finds himself in the Yukon, along with a swarm of prospectors heading over the foreboding Chilkoot Pass. When the Tramp is trapped in a mountain cabin with two other fortune hunters, Chaplin stages a veritable ballet of starvation, culminating in the cooking of a leathery boot. Back in town, the Tramp is smitten by a dance-hall girl (Georgia Hale), but it seems impossible that she could ever notice him. The Gold Rush is one of Chaplin's simplest, loveliest features; and despite its high comedy, it never strays far from Chaplin's keen grasp of loneliness. -Robert Horton. This fantastic blu-ray contains both the original 1925 release and Chaplin's 1942 reworking of the film for sound. It doesn't get much better than this.
The Night of the Hunter (Blu-ray)
The Night of the Hunter—incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed—is truly a standalone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum (Cape Fear, The Friends of Eddie Coyle) as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters (A Place in the Sun, The Diary of Anne Frank) are uncovered by her terrified young children. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic—also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish (Intolerance, Duel in the Sun) and writer James Agee—is cinema's quirkiest rendering of the battle between good and evil. Best of all, this definitive blu-ray release includes a brilliant "making of" documentary and over two hours of outtakes showing how Laughton worked with his actors. ASTONISHING!
The Big Trail (Blu-Ray)
One of very few widescreen productions filmed at the dawn of the talkies, The Big Trail was dismissed by reviewers of the day, little seen, and soon shelved and forgotten- for more than half a century, as it turned out. For movie buffs, it became a sort of Holy Grail. After all, the esteemed Raoul Walsh had directed, the early 70mm angle was tantalizing, and wasn't this the movie that was intended to make a star of Duke Morrison, a 22-year-old former prop man whom Walsh had rechristened John Wayne for the occasion? For curiosity value alone, surely it rated a look. Restored and warmly embraced by film festival audiences, The Big Trail has proven to be more than just a historical footnote. Wayne is fresh, exuberant, matinee-idol handsome, and irresistibly charming. The scenario winds through epic settings from the banks of the Mississippi by way of the Grand Canyon to the snows of Oregon and the mountain vistas of Washington. The Big Trail is now an authentic classic, and a swell movie. Probably always was. -Richard T. Jameson This eye-popping blu-ray is mastered in high definition from the original 1930 70mm widescreen camera negative. Wow! This film is a textbook on how to compose shots for the wide screen.
The Honeymooners: Classic 39 Episodes (5 DVDs)
Basically just one set with four characters living average ordinary lives. How could this premise lead to anything remarkable? But The Honeymooners is the ultimate situation comedy: You can show them out of order. No matter what happens to the Bensonhurst foursome, Ralph will still work for the bus company, Norton in the sewer. They'll be struggling to get by, passing the time bowling, shooting pool, arguing with the wives, and dreaming of a better day. And it's in the mundanity of everyday life that The Honeymooners finds boundless humor. Even when the events were anything but mundane- bank robbers, counterfeiters, TV commercials, game shows, golf dates with The Boss- the real story and the best jokes were about the reality of their lives and the realization that, because of marriage and friendship, they didn't really have it so bad after all. The chemistry between Jackie Gleason and Art Carney still amazes after all these years. Audrey Meadows's Alice is the perfect foil for Ralph, stern but sympathetic. And Joyce Randolph's Trixie? Well, let's just call her "earnest." Still, for all of Norton's frenetic energy and Alice's wisdom, the show belongs to Ralph Kramden. Somehow, Gleason took a chauvinistic, paranoid, insensitive, scheming, bitter, loudmouth, underachieving bus driver and made him a hero to millions. -Marc Greilsamer Animators interested in studying comedic acting will find facial expressions, poses and gestures to enrich their scenes. Gleason truly was "The Great One".
The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus (16 DVDs)
It's hard to overestimate the importance of Monty Python's Flying Circus, along with the original Saturday Night Live, this troupe of British comedians changed the face of humor around the world. Produced on a shoestring on incredibly tight schedules, Monty Python's Flying Circus succeeds in creating a comedic version of a crazy quilt. Sketches don't have beginnings or ends. Live action sequences transition directly into animated ones. A character can walk out of a door on a set in a soundstage and come out the other side in the middle of the Scottish moors. Totally unpredictable. But behind the non-sequiturs and jump cuts, there is a carefully constructed logic. Take for instance the famous Argument Clinic sketch. Written by Graham Chapman and John Cleese, the sketch builds in pace perfectly. Each line leads to the next and each joke tops the one before. Such carefully considered lunacy hasn't existed since Lewis Carroll. Anyone who wants to learn to create comedy needs to analyze and study these programs. It's the foundation of just about all current comedy shows on television and at the movies. Watch the DVDs while following along with the scripts in Monty Python's Flying Circus: Complete and Annotated… All the Bits. You'll learn a lot about how great humor is constructed.
The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series (24 Blu-rays)
The Twilight Zone is perhaps the best written anthology program in the history of television. Stinging from network censorship of his teleplays dealing with social issues, Rod Serling came up with a brilliant trick… He would produce the same sort of critical social commentary, just in space suits and using the gimmick of magic. The Twilight Zone isn't a science fiction or horror program at its core. It was about real life, not fantasy. Commenting on human vanity, prejudice, the problems inherent in aging, selfishness and all the rest of the "seven deadly sins" was Serling's stock in trade. He employed some of the best writers of the day, most notably Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, Earl Hamner Jr and George Clayton Johnson, The Twilight Zone was a monumental feat of filmmaking. And the blu-ray format displays them in a way you've never seen before. Shot in 35mm with excellent lighting and production values, in high definition the program feels more like a movie. This is one series where it's worth watching every episode. Even the worst of Twilight Zone is better than the best of most other programs.
Unknown Chaplin: The Master at Work (DVD)
If you only purchase one video on this page, this is the one to buy. If you are even remotely interested in writing for animation, this video will totally blow your mind. With bowler hat, mustache and cane, Charlie Chaplin became one of the twentieth century's most recognized and beloved icons. But for decades, the secrets to his timeless film magic were presumed lost forever to the cutting-room floors of a bygone era. Now, available on DVD for the first time, "Unknown Chaplin" captures the cinematic genius as he was never meant to be seen. Using countless reels of footage and outtakes Chaplin had wanted destroyed, film archivists Kevin Brownlow and David Gill have meticulously crafted an essential and fascinating documentary homage to the Little Tramp who will no doubt keep us laughing until the last flickering frame. Featuring the following programs: MY HAPPIEST YEARS: Early shorts reveal how constant re-working of sight gags led to Chaplin's first triumph. THE GREAT DIRECTOR: The Kid, The Gold Rush and City Lights–by 1918, Chaplin is the movie industry's top director. The individual takes are assembled in the order they were shot. YOU CAN SEE HOW CHAPLIN WROTE HIS FILMS AS HE FILMED. His process is nearly identical to the way classic animated cartoons were written. Indispensable.
Goya: Crazy Like a Genius (DVD)
Written and presented by renowned art critic Robert Hughes, "Crazy Like A Genius" explores the world of Francisco Goya: charting his achievements as a court painter, satirist and war reporter, as well as a topographer of the inner self- of madness, fear and despair. This program offers a detailed visual and intellectual analysis of Goya masterpieces, including Witches in the Air, The Third of May and The Dream of Reason, as well as examples of his early work and portraiture such as The Duchess of Alba, The Nude Maja and The Clothed Maja. Hughes gives an insight into the enormous changes that took place in Goya s work in the course of his life: the shift from light to dark. In Spain, he travels to Goya's native Aragon and in Madrid he is seen visiting galleries, palaces and churches where Goya's works are on display. In New York Hughes calls on the American painter, Leon Golub, who shares his fascination for Goya, and elicits a contemporary artist s perspective on the Spanish master's work. Hughes professes himself incapable of summing up Goya s achievements neatly, but concludes that to meet Goya is still to meet ourselves. One of those rare programs where you feel afterwards as if a layer of dead skin has been stripped from your eyeballs and your powers of perception have shot up accordingly -The Sunday Telegraph
Monday, March 18th, 2013
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Of Mice and Magic
In this revised and updated edition of Of Mice and Magic, Leonard Maltin not only recreates this whole glorious era from the silent days through the Hollywood golden age to Spielberg's An American Tail, he traces the evolution of the art of animation and vividly portrays the key creative talents and their studios. This definitive history of American animated cartoons also brings Maltin's many fans up to date on the work being done today at the Walt Disney and Warner Bros. studios, and other developments in the world of animation. Drawing on colorful interviews with many of the American cartoon industry's principals, Maltin has come up with a gold mine of anecdotes and film history. Behind the scenes were genius animators and entrepreneurs such as Walt Disney, Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, and a legion of others, In all, Malitn has put together a glorious celebration of a universally loved segment of Americana. This book includes the most extensive filmography on cartoons ever compiled.
Winsor McCay: His Life and Art
This volume is the only existing biography of one of America's greatest and most influential cartoonists. Winsor McCay (1867-1934) is universally acknowledged as the first master of both the comic strip and the animated cartoon. Although invented by others, both genres were developed into enduring popular art of the highest imagination through McCay's innovative genius. Originally published in 1987, it is now back in print in a newly expanded and revised edition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Little Nemo in Slumberland. Included are new materials found since the previous publication of the book such as new comic strips of Little Nemo in Slumberland, and new sketches of Gertie the Dinosaur. In the book the author, animator John Canemaker reviews and fully analyzes McCay's achievements in print and film while examining his work in relation to his life, family, and to American culture and values of the period. This painstakingly thorough biography begins with McCay's childhood in Michigan to his seat as one of the greatest of the early animators.
Disney Archive Series 3: Design
Whether it consists of quick sketches on a lunch counter napkin, elaborate paintings in oils or watercolors, or dazzling computer renderings, the unparalleled creative process of Disney artists is lavishly showcased in Design, the third volume of The Walt Disney Animation Studios – The Archive Series. Among the incredible talents featured in this volume are Albert Hurter, Ferdinand Horvath, Joe Grant, Maurice Noble, Gustaf Tenggren, Tyrus Wong, Kay Nielsen, David Hall, Mel Shaw, Mary Blair, Bianca Majolie, Yale Gracey, Eyvind Earle, Walt Peregoy, Ken Anderson, James Coleman, Jean Gillmore, Rowland Wilson, Glen Keane, Chris Sanders, Andreas Deja, Mike Gabriel, Mike Giaimo, Hans Bacher, Chen Yi Chang, Paul Felix, Aaron Blaise, Ian Gooding, and John Musker.
Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga
Best known for Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion, Osamu Tezuka was instrumental in developing Japanese animation and modern manga comics. The Art of Osamu Tezuka is the first authorized biography celebrating his work and life and featuring over 300 images, many of which have never been seen outside of Japan. With text by respected manga expert Helen McCarthy, The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga pays tribute to the work of an artist, writer, animator, doctor, entrepreneur, and traveler whose curious mind spawned dozens of animated films, and over 170,000 pages of comics art in one astonishingly creative lifetime. This book includes an exclusive 45-minute DVD documentary covering Tezuka's prolific career, from his early manga characters to his later animation work.
Library of American Comics Essentials
LOAC Essentials is a new series that reprints, in yearly volumes, the rare early daily newspaper strips that are essential to comics history, seminal strips that are unique creations in their own right, while also significantly contributing to the advancement of the medium. The strips are presented in their original format: 11.5″ wide by 4.25″ high, each page containing a single daily. By reproducing the strips one per page in an oblong format, it allows us to have an experience similar to what newspaper buyers had fifty to a hundred years ago— reading the comics one day at a time.
Currently, the series includes two volumes, and the third is currently in pre-order. Daily comic strips have been underappreciated for too long, and reprint of classic newspaper comics rarely print them large enough to fully appreciate. This series is worth supporting.
LOAC Essentials 1: George Herriman's Baron Bean (1916)
LOAC Essentials 2: Sydney Smith's Gumps: Saga of Mary Gold (1929)
LOAC Essentials 3: Cliff Sterrett's Polly and Her Pals (1933)
Barney Google by Billy deBeck
This lovable comic strip character was brilliantly drawn in absorbing and hilarious stories by master draftsman Billy DeBeck. Barney gambled, hung with high-toned women and hillbillies, and played the horses! This novel-length, thrilling, and laugh-packed story was about Google's racehorse Sparkplug and delighted a nation in the 1920s as they will you. Featuring a revealing introduction by renowned comics historian Craig Yoe, this strikingly designed hardbound book collects the most famous acclaimed adventures of Barney Google, complete with rare, unpublished art, photos, and ephemera in glorious color. Billy deBeck is one of the underrated geniuses of the comics pages.
Polly & Her Pals: 1913-27 Sundays
"Cliff Sterrett's comic strip about the glamorous Polly, her coterie of suitors, and her exasperated parents debuted in December 1912; by the late 1920s- the era represented by the preponderance of the color Sunday pages collected in this oversize volume- the narrative focus had shifted to Polly's improbably dumpy folks, particularly cantankerous Paw. More importantly, Sterrett's artwork had acquired a dazzling sophistication. Although he seldom deviated from an orderly grid of uniformly sized panels, what he did within those frames was stunning. His boisterous drawings evinced a decidedly modernist influence, even incorporating elements of cubism and other contemporary art trends. As marvelous as Sterrett's visuals may be, Polly wouldn't be such a tour de force if its humor wasn't so lively and its characters' dialogue, with its Jazz Age patois, so snappy. The early years of newspaper comics produced a handful of widely acknowledged masterworks, such as Little Nemo and Krazy Kat; this impressive collection makes a convincing case that Sterrett's creation should be added to that honor roll. -Booklist
75 Years Of DC Comics
In honor of its 75th anniversary, Taschen has produced the single most comprehensive book on DC Comics, in an XL edition even Superman might have trouble lifting. More than 2,000 images- covers and interiors, original illustrations, photographs, film stills, and collectibles- are reproduced using the latest technology to bring the story lines, the characters, and their creators to vibrant life as they've never been seen before. Telling the tales behind the tomes is 38-year DC veteran Paul Levitz, whose in-depth essays trace the company's history, from its pulp origins through to the future of digital publishing.
Harvey Kurtzman: Mad Genius
Harvey Kurtzman had a Midas touch for talent, but was himself an astonishingly talented and influential artist, writer, editor, and satirist. The creator of MAD and Playboy's "Little Annie Fanny" was called, "One of the most important figures in postwar America" by the New York Times. Kurtzman's groundbreaking "realistic" war comics of the early '50s and various satirical publications (MAD, Trump, Humbug, and Help!) had an immense impact on popular culture, inspiring a generation of underground cartoonists. Without Kurtzman, it's unlikely we'd have had Airplane, SNL, or National Lampoon. This definitive book includes hundreds of never-before-seen illustrations, paintings, pencil sketches, newly discovered lost E.C. Comics layouts, color compositions, illustrated correspondence, and vintage photos from the rich Kurtzman archives
Jack Davis: Drawing Pop Culture
Jack Davis: Drawing American Pop Culture is a gigantic, unparalleled career-spanning retrospective, between whose hard covers resides the greatest collection- in terms of both quantity and quality- of Jack Davis' work ever assembled. It includes work from every stage of his long and varied career, such as: excerpts of satirical drawings from his college humor 'zine, The Bull Sheet; examples of his comics work from EC, MAD, Humbug, Trump, and obscure work he did for other companies in the 1950s such as Dell; movie posters including It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Bad News Bears, Woody Allen's Bananas, The Party, and others; LP jacket art; cartoons and illustrations from Playboy, Sports Illustrated, Time, TV Guide, Esquire, and many others. If you love Davis, you won't want to be without this book.
Gustav Klimt: Complete Paintings
In 2006, a painting by Gustav Klimt sold for a record price of 135 million dollars. This book is a monumental testament to Klimt's popularity. Measuring 11 1/2 by 15 1/2 and including nearly 700 pages of large format digital photography, this beautiful book will surely be the definitive book on the subject for many years. "Gustav Klimt is perhaps best known for his use of gold leaf in intricate paintings. His life's work is still celebrated today for the beauty, sense of sorrow and passion that he was able to capture in a single portrait. It has been 150 years since Klimt's birth and the launch of his complete works reveals his ideas and creative genius in one impressive volume." The Mayfair Magazine
Baroque: Theatrum Mundi
Baroque: Theatrum Mundi, The World as Work of Art, one of the first two volumes now available in publisher H. F. Ullman's new series The Collection of Art Epochs, is a massive attempt to illustrate and explain the scope and variety of the Baroque in all of its many iterations. Architecture, sculpture, painting, decorative art, it looks at it all. If the attempt is massive, the book is no less massive. Its hand-bound 568 pages in a 15 x 11-inch format is not the kind of book you will want to hold on your lap. It is the kind of book that belongs on an ornate table in a Baroque library. In many respects it is itself a work of art.
Hokusai Manga
Katsushika Hokusai was the foremost Japanese painter and printer of the Edo period. Born in 1760, this collection of sketchbooks was originally published in 15 volumes when the artist was 55. The subject matter includes landscapes, nature, scenes of everyday life and images of the supernatural. This inexpensive paperback is a complete collection and is very well printed. You will find a million amazing compositions, shapes and ideas in this book. Every fan of Japanese art should own a copy.


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BlackBerry's Top Investor Adds $250 Million to Debt Holdings
BlackBerry Ltd.'s biggest investor, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., is buying an additional $250 million in convertible bonds issued by the smartphone maker, a vote of confidence in new leader John Chen's turnaround plan.
Fairfax, based in Toronto, is buying the bonds as part of an option from an earlier agreement and expects the transaction to be completed by Jan. 16, Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry said in a statement. The option brings the total value of BlackBerry debentures Fairfax has bought to $500 million.
Fairfax is funding the smartphone maker's attempt to reinvent itself after ceding market share in the past few years to Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. BlackBerry sold $1 billion in convertible bonds in November after Fairfax failed to secure the funds for a tentative $4.7 billion proposal to take BlackBerry private.
Chen, who joined BlackBerry as chief executive officer in November, has since replaced a handful of senior executives and also announced an agreement with Foxconn Technology Group to outsource production and design of BlackBerrys to cut costs.
BlackBerry shares gained less than 1 percent to $8.54 at the close in New York. The stock has gained 37 percent since the day before the Foxconn deal was announced in December.
Fairfax, an investment firm and insurer, owns 9.9 percent of BlackBerry's shares. The 6 percent debentures, convertible at $10 a share, would increase that stake to 17.6 percent if no other debtholders used the instruments to obtain shares, Fairfax said today. If all the others did so as well, Fairfax's stake would be 15.6 percent.
Other investors in the November convertible bond sale included Canso Investment Counsel Ltd., which contributed $300 million, and Mackenzie Financial Corp., which added $200 million. Qatar Holding LLC invested $100 million.


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Get whisked to the top of the state's tallest building (601 feet), and enjoy the 360-degree views of our city and beyond from the 41st floor. Opened in 1973, this great steel-framed and clean-lined skyscraper, with its white painted aluminum and bronze glass, has become an iconic building on Milwaukee's skyline. The deck is normally closed to the public.


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Samsung Press Conference Features Curved and Bendable TVs; Michael Bay Walkout
History will likely remember Samsung's 2014 Samsung press conference as the day director Michael Bay appeared on stage and walked off two minutes later. But the presentation also featured some pretty groundbreaking introductions, including the world's first bendable television, next-generation TV, mobile and kitchen products and big new content partnerships.
Bay, the director of the Transformers films, appeared on stage and, after a TelePrompTer malfunction, quickly stormed off. Other big names at the keynote included entrepreneur and sports owner Mark Cuban and chefs Michel Troisgos and Christopher Kostow.
Some highlights of the keynote:
– Samsung global CEO B.K. Yoon appeared to reiterate the company's core principals. Later, the company's American head, Tim Baxter, took the stage to proclaim 2014 "The Year of the Internet of Things" and discuss Samsung's new SmartHome initiative.
– The company announced content partnerships with the NBA and PGA, which will put special features on Samsung devices, including phones, tablets and TVs.
– Executive Joe Stinziano introduced Samsung's incredible new TVs, including the 105-inch curved Ultra HD TV, as well as the world's first bendable TV. This was the moment when Bay appeared, and soon after, excited.
– The two chefs demo'd the company's new Chef Collection line of kitchenware.
– The company also showed the Galaxy Tab Pro tablets, as well as new cameras.


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I went to the heating cellar (naked and freezing) in order to examine the hot water supply (maybe they had forgotten to untwist the tap). When I touched the tap it immediately began to squirt like a sprinkler, I could have taken my shower here, but it was TOO HOT. I ran to another cellar room, where the main tap is and closed it: no more water today! Without a shower I went to bed. The next day the plumbers came, fixed the defective tap and examined the shower: there was a small ceramic part whose hot water hole was not broken through and so they broke it through. Thank you, mister plumber.
We had a few days of recovery. I couldn't ride, but we enjoyed our bath.
the day before yesterday night - I already had some seconds of sleep - I heard a sound like "plipp, plipp, plipp..." and I went to see, what had happened: the toilet flushing had not stopped and now the water was flooding the edge of the basin: the discharge pipe was clogged and now the water found a new way from second floor to first floor and then to the cellar.
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"Clichéd as it might be, we've always been a good, hard rock and roll band," Angus Young has said of his group, 2003 Hall of Fame inductees AC/DC. More than simply "good," AC/DC has reigned as one of the best-loved and hardest-rocking bands in the world for decades.
In this Gallery Talk clip, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum curatorial director Howard Kramer shares the story behind the iconic schoolboy outfit worn by AC/DC guitarist Angus Young. This outfit – along with other items from AC/DC's lengthy career – is on exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, in the heavy metal section of the Museum's Cities and Sounds exhibit.
Undisputed kings of thrash, 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Metallica streamlined heavy metal. They unplugged the power, doubled the speed and wrapped themselves in a bleak worldview, poles apart from the party-rockers they helped sweep aside. Combining punk energy with progressive rock's intricacy, Metallica gained notice via metal's tape-trading underground in the early Eighties. It took nearly a decade for them to conquer the pop charts without compromising their initial sound with a self-titled album featuring this hit. "Enter Sandman" is a typically nightmarish tale from singer James Hetfield. It's awash in images of doom, darkness and death worthy of the Brothers Grimm, and replete with Lars Ulrich's drum heroics. "Enter Sandman" prompted restitution on the part of NARAS, who awarded Metallica a Grammy for best metal performance after ignoring them previously in favor of, er, Jethro Tull.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, is home to a featured Metallica exhibit, including the "Scales of Justice" stage prop from 1988 and electric guitars belonging to James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett.
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Over four decades, Motörhead frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister has registered an immeasurable impact on music history. He remains the living embodiment of the rock and roll lifestyle. Kilmister was born in England and got hooked on rock and roll at a young age. After playing guitar in many bands as a teenager, he moved to London in 1967 and worked as a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In 1971, he joined the band Hawkwind and switched to bass guitar, recording several classic albums including Space Ritual and Hall of the Mountain Grill. In 1975, he formed the groundbreaking metal band, Motörhead. They played with speed and volume unheard before in rock and roll. On albums like Bomber from 1979, and 1980's Ace of Spades, they established a model for what became thrash metal. Still, Kilmister has always kept classic first-generation rock and roll at the heart of his sound. In his work with rockabilly band the Head Cat, he has explored his rock and roll roots in fantastic versions of songs by Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. Motörhead is still going strong, relasing The World is Yours in 2010 and touring in ...
Formed in Miami, Florida, Torche has rocked fans, critics and stereos since their forming in 2004. Variously characterized as "stoner pop," "thunder rock" and "sludge metal," their self-titled album was declared as the Number Seven album of 2005 on Decibel magazine's annual Top 40 list. Three years later, Decibel magazine ranked the band's second album, Meanderthal, as Number One. Torche's latest album, Harmonicraft, was released in April 2012. The band has toured with Mogwai, Isis, Baroness and the Sword, among others, and in 2010, they opened for Coheed and Cambria. Here the Rock Hall catches up with Torche guitarist Andrew Elstner, as the band readies for a free live concert at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 25, 2012, part of the Summer in the City concert series.
Rock Hall: What was the first record/CD you ever bought and do you still listen to it?
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Chicago native Michael Angelo Batio is a guitar virtuoso, renowned in heavy metal circles and beyond for his fretwork dexterity, combining a signature blend of showmanship and technical precision. Although the Eighties and early Nineties found him on lead guitar in metal acts Holland and later Nitro, Batio's first experiences as a young musician came in front of a piano, and it was jazz guitar that first captured his interest – and soon highlighted his innate prowess.
On February 10, 2012, Batio visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, where his signature Dean Guitars "Jet" double-guitar is currently displayed as part of the Right Here, Right Now! exhibit. Here, the Rock Hall catches up with the virtuoso shredder to learn more about his influences and inspirations, and the origins of his unique guitar.
Rock Hall: When did you first start playing guitar and was it something that came naturally?
Michael Angelo Batio: I started playing the guitar at age 10. I started playing the piano at age five. Music just came naturally to me. But, I always loved to practice and work to get better. I still love to practice and learn new things.
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The first act to rise from the industrial-rock underground to mass commercial success, Nine Inch Nails established Cleveland-area native Trent Reznor – NIN's founder, front man, producer and sole permanent member – as a different kind of rock star. The propulsive, abrasive sound of his music perfectly suited his images of pain, alienation, betrayal and existential torment; his broodingly charismatic stage persona captivated a readily receptive audience that found common ground in his seething lyrics and pummeling beats. Unlike most of his industrial-music contemporaries, Reznor possesses a gift for melody and song structure that's reflected in "Head Like a Hole." The opening track of Nine Inch Nails' 1989 debut album Pretty Hate Machine, the song is as catchy as it is harsh, with a raw, insistent chorus that's hard to shake. It's no wonder that "Head Like a Hole" would serve as Nine Inch Nails' set closer for many years.
Born in Birmingham, England, on December 3, 1948, John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne started his carreer as a musician in the late 60s, as he, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward banded together, seeking to escape the trappings of factory life in their shared hometown. The foursome began to take shape as a blues band – influenced by the likes of Led Zeppelin and Cream – calling themselves Earth Blues Company (later shortened to Earth). Osbourne channeled his love of soul music (particularly Sam and Dave) to his duties as frontman, but the group took a tectonic shift after Osbourne penned a song about Butler's encounter with a sinister spectre, calling the song "Black Sabbath." The band eventually took Black Sabbath as their name – and the title of their 1970 debut album. The group would go on to release such heavy metal classics as Paranoid, Master of Reality, Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, effectively defining the heavy metal genre and making Osbourne the voice of it. Osbourne's delivery was melodic and well-pitched, and he never resorted to the sort of histrionic screaming that became a hallmark of metal's lesser lights.
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By 1986, Metallica was widely accepted as the heir apparent to the heavy metal throne. The band's crowning achievement was Master of Puppets, an album that not only pushed the limits of the metal genre in terms of sheer musicianship and creative force, but also redefined the paths to success and critical acclaim.
Metallica's meteoric ascent began in earnest with the release of 1983's Kill 'Em All, introducing the band's sharp thrash attack – a potent brew of New Wave of British Heavy Metal, punk and hardcore – to an audience far beyond their Bay Area stomping grounds. Although the record featured songs co-written by former bandmate (and future Megadeth leader) Dave Mustaine, the album was a cohesive thrash onslaught with little variation among arrangements and archetypal lyrics that encouraged listeners to "Jump In The Fire," "Seek & Destroy," have "No Remorse" and join a "Metal Militia." At its core were the intricate rhythm guitar and brash vocals of James Hetfield, the skillful lead guitar work of Kirk Hammett, the powerful percussive backbone of Lars Ulrich and the inimitable bass stylings of Cliff Burton.
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Filmmakers Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra, makers of the popular "Munna Bhai" franchise, say they will wait for the real "Munna Bhai" Sanjay Dutt to come out of the prison after serving his sentence to make the third film.
Sanjay, who is due to surrender for serving his sentence in the 1993 Mumnbai blasts case, has also expressed a desire to return to forthwith return to the "Munna Bhai" once he is set free.
"Just two days back Sanjay called and said, 'It's tough to be in prison but I'm ready to go there because when I come back, I will experience freedom in its true sense. I will be rid of this monkey who has been sitting on my back for the last 20 years and scaring me'. When I walk out of prison, I want to walk straight onto the sets of 'Munna Bhai'," Hirani and Chopra said in a joint statement.
Hirani and Chopra, who made "Munnabhai M.B.B.S" (2003) and "Lage Raho Munna Bhai" (2006) with Sanjay in the lead, are ready to wait.
"The reel 'Munna Bhai' will wait for the real 'Munna Bhai'. He will indeed walk on the sets of the next Munnabhai as he comes back to us free," they added.
The 53-year-old actor, who has films like the "Zanjeer(2013)" remake, "Policegiri","P.K." and the next "Munna Bhai" instalment in the works, was charged with illegal possession of arms and sentenced to six years in jail in 2007. The Supreme Court March 21 handed him a reduced term of five years.
Hirani and Chopra said the government can show some leniency towards the actor.
"In our understanding, jails exist to reform people who have erred, not to wreak vengeance upon them. The Sanju that we know is a fully reformed and responsible citizen.
"We believe that it would not be wrong at all to take into consideration the demonstrably reformed self of this man. To show leniency towards such a citizen upholds the spirit of justice and does not in any way undermine it," they said.
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I know it's hard for you to believe but that is actually Johnny Depp on the left there.
The actor is currently channeling real life gangster Whitey Bulger for his new movie, Black Mass. And sadly, it's not a good look on him. Luckily Johnny's fiancée Amber Heard didn't seem to mind, as the young actress planted quite a few kisses on her man.
Question: does anybody else feel like we're seeing way more photos of Johnny and a lady than we ever have before?
To be fair, I wasn't really a conscious human being during his relationships before Vanessa Paradis, but definitely when he was with her, there were rarely photos of them together. I guess he's more open to couple-ie things now thanks to Amber.
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Man accused of throwing rock through store windowJanuary 01,2013Police: Man broke window with rock
ARLINGTON An Arlington man is facing misdemeanor charges after police said he threw a rock through the window of a Route 7A convenience store on Dec. 22.
Justin Holton, 21, of Arlington, was arrested in connection to the incident on Dec. 28, according to a press release from the Vermont State Police.
Troopers said they were called to the Stewarts Shop in Arlington, on Route 7A, around 4 a.m.
The caller said there was a drunk man at the door of the store. As police were en route, they received another call. This time, the caller said the man had thrown a rock through the window.
On Dec. 22, troopers searched the area but were unable to locate the man who was later identified as Holton.
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My first post of a photo using my new NEX 7. I admit that this could have been taken in RAW, had some noise removed etc. However, I was in a hurry and took this photo using my SEL 18-200 lens, hand held, 1/60, F7.1, 800 and fine jpeg. I was quite pleased with the final result.
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Re: Help with History of Middle Earth Deluxe Editions (2000)
2006/5/26 20:36
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Beren's site is a good place to list them. I could list them on rowns.com as well - plus there is a good community here that may just contact you from this discussion thread.
Posted on: 2007/5/31 17:03
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Bloomsbury auction update - 1st Eds, signed letters
2006/5/26 20:36
From California, USA
"Modern First Editions, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters, English and Continental Literature & History"
24 May 2007 at 10.30am & 2.00pm
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Tuesday 22 May from 9.30am to 5.30pm
Wednesday 23 May from 9.30am to 8.00pm
Thursday 24 May from 9.30am to 10.30am
247. Tolkien (J.R.R.) .The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., first editions, first impressions, vol.III second state with sagging text and number '4' on p.49, folding maps, oblated signature on front free endpaper of vol.III, all internally in very good condition, original cloth, dust-jackets, some light surface marking, spines slightly browned and dulled, vol.I & II with small closed tears to fore-corners, vol.III slightly chipped at lower fore-corners, closed tears and slight fraying to spine ends with some loss to vol.I & II, overall however very good examples, 8vo, 1954-55.
Estimates £5000 - £7000
248. Tolkien (J.R.R.) .The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., first editions, first impressions, vol.III second state with sagging text and number '4' on p.49, folding maps, no inscriptions, original cloth, minor sunning to spine ends, otherwise fine, dust-jackets, uniformly dulled at spines, some surface marking, particularly to lower panel of vol.II, vol.I splitting at upper joint with resultant closed tear to upper panel, vol.I & III slightly frayed at head of spine, all torn at foot of spines with some loss, 8vo, 1954-55.
Estimates £4000 - £5000
249. Tolkien (J.R.R.) .The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., first editions, vol.I second impression, vol.III second state with sagging text and number '4', folding maps, vol.I lacking front free endpaper and with minor running from red edging affecting top edge of map and last text f., spotting to vol.II & III endpapers and a few ff., ink inscription on front endpaper of each vol., original cloth, cocked, 1954-55; and a jacketed copy of The Silmarillion, 8vo (4)
Estimates £300 - £400
250. Tolkien (J.R.R.) .The Hobbit, eighth impression, colour frontispiece and plain illustrations by the author, map endpapers, lacking most of 1 preliminary blank f., tape mark to upper hinge, original pictorial cloth, minor edge sunning, dust-jacket, signed by the author near foot of inside front panel [see lot 490], tape marks to inside front flap, clipped at lower corners of inside flaps, small chips from corners of head of spine, 2 vertical creases, otherwise a very good example, 8vo, 1956.
Estimates £750 - £1000
493. Tolkien (J.R.R., author and philologist, 1892-1973) .Autograph Letter signed to Elsie Honeybourne, 2pp. & envelope (stamp removed), 8vo, Headington, Oxford, 18th September 1967, responding warmly to a present Miss Honeybourne has sent him, "If I dare say so a very hobbit-like kindness to send a present on you own birthday!", and answering her questions about The Lord of the Rings, "As I said in the 'Foreword' to the American paperback..., I wrote The Lord of the Rings because I wished 'to try my hand at a really long story that would hold the attention of readers, amuse them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them & deeply move them'. As a guide I had only my own feelings for what is appealing or moving; and it has been a great pleasure (and a surprise) to find that so many other people have similar feelings. But no one has written me a letter more warm, and few have come near it. I am specially grateful for your pleasure in the names: I took a great deal of trouble with them", complimenting her on her surname, "Your own name is a delightful one, and brings to me suggestion of kinship. It's such a good name that I must, in any future more complete map of the Shire (often asked for), find a place for it. It is one of the comparatively rare place-names that means what it says: a stream, of sweet water and/or flowing through flowery-meads", folds (2)
Estimates £1000 - £1500
494. Tolkien (J.R.R., author and philologist, 1892-1973) .Autograph Letter signed to Elsie Honeybourne, 2pp., 8vo, Headington, Oxford, 21st December 1967, discussing her surname, "I think it still probable that your father's name nonetheless comes from near Evesham. It must be derived from a place-name; and though -Bourne (stream) is widespread in England, and occurs in Kentish names, Honeybourne is found only in Cow H. and Church H. near Evesham. There was a considerable movement and interchange between Kent and Worcestershire, largely because of the industries of fruit-growing. I hall certainly put Honeybourne on the Shire Map as soon as an opportunity of revision (much needed) occurs", and commenting on the end of The Lord of the Rings, "I was deeply interested in your choice of passages, and quite agree about Pippin's ride. An easing of tension was needed at the end of the 'Book' (but of course provided instinctively and not by planning). To ride with Gandalf must have been like being borne by a Guardian Angel, with stern gentleness a most comforting combination to children (as we all are)", and sending a newly published story", folds; and a small quantity of ephemera relating to Tolkien including 2 T.Ls.s. from Joy Hill, 1968, informing Miss Honeybourne that Professor Tolkien had moved from Oxford and that he was recovering from a "minor accident", folds (sm. qty)
Estimates £800 - £1200
495. Tolkien (J.R.R., author and philologist, 1892-1973) .Autograph letter signed to an aptly Shire-sounding Mr Burrows, 1p., 16mo, n.p., 1st August 1969, discussing the signing of a copy of The Hobbit and Tolkien's change of address & recent health issues.
Estimates £300 - £400
Posted on: 2007/5/2 10:50
- Jeremy
Re: Britains LOTR figures info needed
2006/5/26 20:36
From California, USA
Oh, and the Tolkien Society has the following listed as currently available:
"W. Britain's Hand Painted Cast Metal Collectable Figures - Accurate depictions of the film characters, ready made, hand painted, approx. 54mm. SOME no longer made, last few. 25% off!! (Prices listed include discount.)
FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING RANGE: Aragorn, Bilbo, Boromir, Galadriel, Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli, Saruman, Orc overseer. Each. £15.50
FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING RANGE: The Hobbits (3); The Orcs (3); (NO longer made, running out fast.) Each. £38.75
FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING RANGE: Gandalf and the Balrog diorama. (Last few.) £119.50"
They usually charge retail, and shipping is included in the rate, so these are not quite accurate reflections of the original retail prices.
Posted on: 2007/4/27 15:02
- Jeremy
Re: Britains LOTR figures info needed
2006/5/26 20:36
From California, USA
I did a quick search online and found this site that has about a dozen figures and images that might be useful. I also put a request into Britains for more information if they will give it to me.
Posted on: 2007/4/27 14:39
- Jeremy
Re: Forged signed CoH showing up on eBay now
2006/5/26 20:36
From California, USA
I agree with alpingloin about how easy those bookplates look to be duplicated. With the instant price jump the original books saw, it is going to be very easy for others to try to capitalize for a quick dishonest buck.
I hadn't noticed the Yeltsin and Vonnegut bookplates last time I looked through his auctions. It seems unbelievable that eBay doesn't do something about sellers like this...
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