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2011 Oscars Blogfest -- Minute-by-Minute Look at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards! The Winners!!! The Losers!!! The Show!!! The Excitement!!!!
22:18 to the Oscars! Sandra Bullock is RED HOT! Can't wait for the Academy Awards! Christian Bale and his beard!
12:34 to the Oscars! Different actors reveal their Oscar picks!
COMMERCIAL BREAK: Tomorrow, Britney Spears reveals...something! On Good Morning America
4:57 to the Oscars! So apparently, Roberto Benigni's heartfelt acceptance speech is the best, next was Tom Hanks' Best Actor speech when he won for "Philadelphia" in 1994
The Oscars is about to start!!!!
I know I'm a sucker for Oscar montage! I am I am!
So James Franco and Anne Hathaway are doing a Billy Crystal type of open where they are melded into the famous scenes of the Oscar-nominated films. So Alec Baldwin was the surprise guest! Is Billy Crystal going to show up?
I kind of like the "True Grit" bit!
Morgan Freeman...another surprise guest!
Aw..."Back to the Future!"
Okay, the intro sets up the tone -- fun, fluffy, with a little bit of snarky wit!
James Franco and Anne Hathaway are sooooooooo cute!
5:42 Tom Hanks to present two awards! "Gone with the Wind" was shown for it was the first film to meld Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction.
Gosh..."Titanic" always melts my heart!!!
5:45 "Alice in Wonderland" takes home Best Art Direction!
5:48 I predicted this one...Wally Pfister wins Best Cinematography for "Inception!" Yay!
5:51 Aw...Kirk Douglas makes an appearance...it's heartwarming...but...did he have a bad plastic surgery?
So, Christoph Waltz was supposed to present the Best Supporting Actress category, but he's shooting abroad and couldn't leave...really?
I love Jacki Weaver for "Animal Kingdom!!!"
I love Melissa Leo too!
I love Hailee Steinfeld too!
Way to heighten the suspense Kirk Douglas!
So those overbearing Oscar ads did NOT hurt Melissa Leo one bit!
She really deserved to win for 2008's Frozen River, did you guys see that criminally underseen film? RENT IT!!!
Did Melissa Leo just said f...ing? SHE'S A ROCK STAR!
Melissa Leo actually looks HOT! And real!
Now...it's Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake's turn! And he's Bansky!
And the Best Animated Feature goes to...TOY STORY 3...just give it to Pixar already!
And now...the BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM...IT GOES TO...
I would be soooooo happy if HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON wins...but...alas....
The whole Bansky reference? The director of the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop...fantastic documentary! He was threatening to attend the Oscars in full incognito!
6:14 Oh look..."No Country for Old Men's" Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) and Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem)...together on the screen again!
Yay....Aaron Sorkin wins Best Adapted Screenplay for THE SOCIAL NETWORK!
Told you "King's Speech" will win Best Original Screenplay...sorry Christopher Nolan!!!!
David Seidler's acceptance speech has one of the best lines..."my father always said I was a late bloomer!"
6:20 Anne Hathaway can sing! Sing it girl! Her homage to Hugh Jackman!
Holy crap...james Franco doesn't make a good tranny
Okay...Russell Brand and Helen Mirren are introducing the Best Foreign Language film...let's see if Denmark wins!
AND YES...IN A BETTER WORLD WINS BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE...Okay...so far...I only missed the Best Short Film (animated) category :)
6:29 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR...Reese Witherspoon is about to call the lucky winner
I'm nervous for Christian Bale...and his beard!
Time for another drink!
Commercial break--once upon a time...Hollywood hated Christian Bale for his ranting in the set of TERMINATOR: SALVATION...see? Hollywood loves happy endings! Check out my interview with Bale for that movie!
6:39 Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman of "Australia" fame are back to present Best Original Score!
And the Oscar for BEST ORIGINAL SCORE goes to...
6:45 Scarlett Johannson and Matthew McConaughey present BEST SOUND! Please "Inception," please?
And the Oscar for Best Sound goes to "INCEPTION!"
Scarlett Johannson and Matthew McConaughey present BEST SOUND! Please "Inception," please?
And yes..."Inception" wins Best Sound Mixing!
6:54 Marisa Tomei presents the special achievement Oscars which prompts Franco to say "congratulations nerds!"
6:55 Cate Blanchett is divine! Simple, but ravishing!
Best Make-Up goes to Rick Baker for "The Wolfman" -- Hair! Beasts! Wolves!
6:58 And the Oscar for Best Costume Design goes to Colleen Atwood for "Alice in Wonderland!" She also won for "Chicago" and "Memoirs of a Geisha."
Is it commercial yet? Oh wait...Best Original Song!
I'm such a nerd...I'm not a big fan of Celine Dion but everytime I hear "My Heart Will Go On" I cry...well, not quite!
Was that our lovely President Barack Obama ruminating about Best Original Song?
Oh look, it's Kevin Spacey!
Oh look, it's Randy Newman...again...and for another Disney movie...again!
Oh look, it's Alan Menken...again...and for another Disney movie...again!
Oh wait...while we're being serenaded by our lovely Best Original Song nominees, I forgot to point out, Monique, who won Best Supporting Actress Oscar last year, did not want to show up to present this year, hence, Reese Witherspoon presented the Best Supporting Actor category!
I need another drink!!! And I'm getting hungry!!!
7:12 Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal to present Best Documentary Short Subject...
And the winner for Best Doc Short is "Strangers No More"...ooops, I missed that one...I voted for "Killing in the Name!"
And the Oscar for Best Short Film Live Action is "God of Love." Oooops, I voted for "The Confession!"
Oh I love this montage for 2010 faux musicals!
The best part? "He Doesn't Have A Shirt," by Edward Cullen from "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."
And here's Opraaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
It would be really cool if "Exit Through the Gift Shop" wins!
But "Inside Job" wins! I predicted that one...yay! Charles Ferguson previously was nominated for "No End in Sight."
Ferguson delivers one of the night's political sting -- none of the architects of the economic meltdown is in jail! Shame on them!
So it wasn't a rumor! Billy Crystal makes an appearance! Talking about the great Bob Hope hosting the Academy Awards!
Wow, did Bob Hope just introduced Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law? Wow, a Technical miracle! Or, editing wonder!
Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law look good together, don't they?
Wow...did Law just make a dig at Downey Jr.'s past indiscretions?
And the winner of Best Visual Effects is..."Inception!"
And the Best Film Editing award goes to Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter for "The Social Network!" If "Inception" was rightfully nominated in this category, it would have won...but alas!
7:40 It's true..."How to Train Your Dragon" title is...naughty!
This "127 Hours" song...MUST WIN! It's spine-tingling!
Go Jennifer Hudson Go!
Oooooh, Gwyneth Paltrow is getting her country groove on! Too bad "Country Strong" was largely ignored!
And the winner for BEST ORIGINAL SONG is...Randy Newman...again....for We Belong Together from TOY STORY 3...really?
Wasn't I just talking about Celine Dion earlier? Oh...In Memoriam...I need tissues!!!!!!
Okay, only the top categories left!
Lena Horne survived all the stormy weather that came her way...great line!
When is Halle Berry going to let her hair grow? Time for a change!
And fade to black...
8:02 Oooh, I love Anne Hathaway's electric blue gown!
8:03 Hilary Swank introduces Kathryn Bigelow (last year's winner for "The Hurt Locker") to present the Best Director to...DAVID FINCHER PLEASE?
OH NO...TOM HOOPER WINS FOR "THE KING'S SPEECH!!!!" Sorry, David Fincher
So the Directors Guild Awards were in line with the Academy this year...again!
Yes, listen to your mothers y'all!
The gorgeous Annette Bening gets the Oscar fanfare!
Aw...Eli Wallach!
Gosh...I miss the Coppola, Scorsese, Spielberg, Lucas days!
8:12 Jeff Bridges takes the stage for Best Actress!
OH GOSH...I WISH ANNETTE BENING WINS...I'm crying again
But you know? Julianne Moore should have been nominated as well!
I've always known the Academy was going to use that bathroom clip for Natalie Portman...just her and the camera...no cuts!
Oh gosh...will the delusional ballerina win?
And the Oscar for Best Actress goes to...Natalie Portman for "Black Swan!"
She is a hot pregnant momma, isn't she?
And there she is again...the current Queen of Hollywood, Sandra Bullock who is so hot, hot, hot in red! She's presenting the Best Actor Award...
Jesse Eisenberg always looks like a scaredy cat!
You know, Sandra Bullock should host next year's Oscars! She's good with this whole ad-libbing, charming thing!
8:26 AND THE BEST ACTOR OSCAR GOES TO...Colin Firth for "The King's Speech!" And his speech is soooo...endearing!
8:32 Steven Spielberg emerges giving a great Oscar analogy of Best Picture winners and losers -- yeah, the fantastic, classic "Raging Bull" did not win Oscar gold!
I love using the speech in "King's Speech" as the "soundtrack" of the Best Picture montage!
Were people booing "The Fighter?"
Nominated for 12 Oscars, Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" won 4 including the big one, Best Picture, and Director, Actor, and Original Screenplay!
Okay, I just realized...this year's Oscar stage is actually very practical but avant-garde!
Okay, another hot costume change for Anne Hathaway...this time...in a fierce, bejeweled, beglittered gown!
Aw..these Staten Island kids stole the show!
That was a fun Oscar, wasn't it? What do you think? Fast and zippy!
Or probably because I was just too darn busy blogging, time flew by!
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Reposting: My Complete, Fearless 2011 Oscar Predictions! Then Come Back Here and Join My Oscar Minute-by-Minute Blogfest!
It's hard to predict the winners of this year's Oscars because there is no clear-cut favorite. Last year, Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" started strong during awards season and maintained its dominance all the way to its Oscar best picture victory. This year, David Fincher's "The Social Network" triumphed in the beginning but the Oscar buzz surrounding the movie is slowly fading away.
But I still have my favorites and I will attempt to handicap the Oscars. Here are my predictions of who should take home Oscar gold at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
Black Swan Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
The Fighter David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
Inception Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
The Kids Are All Right Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
The King's Speech Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
127 Hours Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
The Social Network Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
Toy Story 3 Darla K. Anderson, Producer
True Grit Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO -- "The King's Speech"
From fine performances to Tom Hooper's direction, "The King's Speech" has Oscars written all over it. The Academy loves "against all odds" stories and the true-life tale of King George VI trying to overcome his speech impediment to unite his country will have voters clapping for Oscar joy. Plus, "The King's Speech" continues to triumph at the box-office ($104 million and counting) and in Hollywood, that counts for gold.
Black Swan Darren Aronofsky
The Fighter David O. Russell
The King's Speech Tom Hooper
The Social Network David Fincher
True Grit Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO -- David Fincher for "The Social Network"
Normally, whoever gets crowned as best director by the Directors Guild of America moves on to win an Oscar. Not this year. While Hooper certainly deserved his DGA award, he is still a relatively unknown director to the Academy. Therefore, they will bestow the award to Fincher, who was previously nominated for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
Javier Bardem in Biutiful
Jeff Bridges in True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network
Colin Firth in The King's Speech
James Franco in 127 Hours
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO -- Colin Firth for "The King's Speech"
In an ideal Oscar season, Firth should have won last year for "A Single Man" to give way for Jeff Bridges' equally powerful performance in "True Grit" this year. But the Oscar gods were playing tricks on us and gave Bridges an Oscar for "Crazy Heart" last year. Firth is a clear-cut favorite in this category to win this year, and he will take home the Oscar. The Academy loves disabled characters on the big screen, just watch "Tropic Thunder" for reference.
Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO -- Natalie Portman for "Black Swan"
This is the category where my heart aches. I adore Portman, and I think she's a brilliant actress stemming from her memorable debut in 1994's "The Professional." Sure, she's the clear-cut favorite to win an Oscar, but her performance in "Black Swan" was heavily edited and relied too much on Darren Aronofsky's direction. Contrast that with Annette Bening's standout portrayal of a jilted lesbian mother in "The Kids Are All Right." No quick edits and no cinematic sleight of hand, just old-school acting at its finest.
Christian Bale in The Fighter
John Hawkes in Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner in The Town
Mark Ruffalo in The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush in The King's Speech
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO -- Christian Bale for "The Fighter"
Witness Bale's impressive turn in David O. Russell's "The Fighter." He will grab a hold of you from the beginning and will not let go until the very end. Among all the nominees, I still could not shake away Bale's performance.
Amy Adams in The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter in The King's Speech
Melissa Leo in The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit
Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO -- Melissa Leo for "The Fighter"
Leo should have won an Oscar for her heartbreaking performance in 2008's "Frozen River." So the Academy will make amends by giving her the trophy this year even though I think Hailee Steinfeld of "True Grit" deserves it more.
127 Hours Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO -- Aaron Sorkin for "The Social Network"
When I reviewed "The Social Network" last September, I predicted that Sorkin's script, full of unreliable narrators and memorable lines, would win this category. I still believe that. (Check out my "The Social Network" movie review right here)
Another Year Written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception Written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech Screenplay by David Seidler
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO -- David Seidler for "The King's Speech"
The brilliant Christopher Nolan took home a Writers Guild of America award for best original screenplay for "Inception." But the Academy deems the movie as too mind-bending, and relegates it to the special-effects bin. "Inception" will win all the technical categories, but will be ignored for its script. Seidler's lyrical prose for "The King's Speech" will take home the gold instead.
How to Train Your Dragon Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist Sylvain Chomet
Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO Toy Story 3
Is it even a question that Pixar will win this category? Plus, the Academy nominated Toy Story 3 as one of the Best Picture contenders. It will not win Best Film, but it will be the Best Animated Feature Film.
Alice in Wonderland
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
The King's Speech
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
True Grit
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO Inception
Its brilliant art direction already won the Art Directors Guild award for Fantasy Film. But Kings Speech also won for Period Film. Between the two movies, who has the most eye-popping visual look? Yes, Inception!
Black Swan Matthew Libatique
Inception Wally Pfister
The King's Speech Danny Cohen
The Social Network Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit Roger Deakins
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO Inception
I enjoyed Roger Deakins work in True Grit and Matthew Libatiques in Black Swan, but Wally Pfisters cinematography mesmerized me last summer and I still couldnt forget the films great visuals! Plus points for Pfister for winning the ASC American Society of Cinematographers award over favorite Deakins.
Alice in Wonderland Colleen Atwood
I Am Love Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech Jenny Beavan
The Tempest Sandy Powell
True Grit Mary Zophres
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO Alice in Wonderland
This is a tough one. Both Alice and Kings Speech won Costume Designers Guild Awards for Fantasy and Period categories, respectively. But I will go with Colleen Atwoods work in Alice in Wonderland. Its the most vibrant and imaginative piece of work among the nominees. And in this category, when all else fails, think fantasy!
Exit through the Gift Shop Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
Gasland Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Inside Job Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Restrepo Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO Inside Job
Im still bummed that Waiting for Superman did not get a nomination, even though it won a Producers Guild Award for documentary. So that leaves Writers Guild Award winner, Inside Job, to win. But truth be told, Im rooting for Banksys Exit through the Gift Shop.
Killing in the Name Jed Rothstein
Poster Girl Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
Strangers No More Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Sun Come Up Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO Killing in the Name
I really enjoyed The Warriors of Oiugang but Killing in the Name has a strong, Oscar-ready subject one Jordanians fight against Muslim extremists!
Black Swan Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter Pamela Martin
The King's Speech Tariq Anwar
127 Hours Jon Harris
The Social Network Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO The Social Network
Too bad Inception wasnt nominated. Its dazzlingly, well-choreographed editing work helped us follow the mind-bending trip. BUT, The Social Network benefitted greatly from Angus Walls and Kirk Baxters editing work. And the film already won the ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Dramatic Feature. So there!
Biutiful Mexico
Dogtooth Greece
In a Better World Denmark
Incendies Canada
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) Algeria
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO In a Better World
I love Biutiful, and Canadas Incendies was also, well, beautiful (actually, more like terrifically devastating), but the buzz belongs to Denmarks In a Better World which was helped by its Golden Globe win!
Barney's Version Adrien Morot
The Way Back Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO The Wolfman
Wolves! Hair! Fangs!
How to Train Your Dragon John Powell
Inception Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours A.R. Rahman
The Social Network Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO The Social Network
Sure, the Academy loves classical, but remember, they also awarded A.R. Rahmans score for Slumdog Millionaire. And the work by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network blended seamlessly with the film. So my heart and my mind both like the The Social Network.
Coming Home from Country Strong Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
I See the Light from Tangled Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
If I Rise from 127 Hours Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
We Belong Together from Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO If I Rise from 127 Hours
Randy Newman and Alan Menken will probably split the votes here, and so, the emerging winner will be the Critics Choice darling, If I Rise from 127 Hours. Go Dido!
Day & Night Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let's Pollute Geefwee Boedoe
The Lost Thing Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) Bastien Dubois
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO The Gruffalo
I love Pixars Day & Night, but Toy Story 3 will win the Animated Feature. Too much love is not a good thing so the Academy will favor the buzzworthy The Gruffalo voiced by Helena Bonham Carter.
The Confession Tanel Toom
The Crush Michael Creagh
God of Love Luke Matheny
Na Wewe Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO The Confession
I love Na Wewe, genocide with a light, airy tone, but I think The Confession will win since its the best directed effort here.
Inception Richard King
Toy Story 3 Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable Mark P. Stoeckinger
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO Inception
Give it to Inception already!
Inception Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King's Speech Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO Inception
Yes, its technically flawless!
Alice in Wonderland Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2 Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
AND THE OSCAR WILL GO TO Inception
The moment we saw the buildings became roads and vice versa, I was hooked! If you think other contenders deserve this award? Dream on yall!
Come back here to join my live, minute-by-minute Oscar blog on Sunday, February 27th starting at 4:30pm Pacific. Grab your drinks and finger foods, we'll blog the Oscars until we're all drunk! Come on, admit it, you want to talk fashion!
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Walt Disney's G-rated "Gnomeo & Juliet" beat the Farrelly brothers' R-rated "Hall Pass" at the box-office on Oscar weekend. The animated tale with a Shakespearean twist held strongly on its third week of release taking the No. 1 spot with $14.2 million.
Meanwhile, the raunchy but sweet "Hall Pass" from the creators of "There's Something About Mary" starring Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer, and Christina Applegate debuted at No. 2 with $13.4 million. (Check out my interviews with the cast and the Farrelly brothers for "Hall Pass" right here)
But the sad flop story of the weekend belonged to Nicolas Cage and Summit Entertainment. Their "Drive Angry 3D" sold just $5.1 million worth of box-office tickets landing at No. 9. OUCH!
Meanwhile, Liam Neeson's "Unknown" continued to perform rather well in its second week of release. So far, the mystery thriller has accumulated $42.8 million for Warner Bros.
As Hollywood gathers for the Academy Awards tonight, Oscar favorites such as "The King's Speech" (No. 7 with $7.6 million) and "True Grit (No. 10 with $1.9 million) continue to make box-office dough.
Here's the estimated list of the Top 10 box-office movies for Oscar weekend (final tally will be released Tuesday):
1. "Gnomeo & Juliet," $14.2 million.
2. "Hall Pass," $13.4 million.
3. "Unknown," $12.4 million.
4. "Just Go With It," $11.1 million.
5. "I Am Number Four," $11 million.
6. "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," $9.2 million.
7. "The King's Speech," $7.6 million.
8. "Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son," $7.6 million.
9. "Drive Angry," $5.1 million.
10. "True Grit," $1.9 million.
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Is "The Last Airbender" the Worst Movie of 2010? The M. Night Shyamalan Masterpiece Dominates Razzie Awards!
This would hurt M. Night Shyamalan's supposed big ego. The director has been given the not-quite dubious achievement of having helmed a film that's considered the worst of 2010. Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender" dominated the 31st annual Razzie Awards winning (or is it losing?) Worst Picture, Worst Director for Shyamalan, Worst Screenplay, Worst Supporting Actor for Jackson Rathbone, and Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3-D!
And then the ladies of "Sex and the City 2" must console each other for their sequel (which I thought was actually better than the first) also won multiple "Worsts" such as Worst Actress (all four of them!), Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble, and Worst Sequel.
"Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and "Jonah Hex" remain unscathed by the Razzies. But is "The Last Airbender" really worse than "Vampires Suck" which also remain largely unharmed? Really?
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 31st annual Razzie Awards:
THE BOUNTY HUNTER (Columbia Pictures/Relativity Media)
*** THE LAST AIRBENDER (Paramount/Nickelodeon Movies)
SEX & THE CITY #2 (Warner Bros/New Line/HBO Pictures)
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (Summit Entertainment)
VAMPIRES SUCK (20th Century-Fox/Regency Enterprises)
Jack Black / GULLIVERS TRAVELS
Gerard Butler / THE BOUNTY HUNTER
*** Ashton Kutcher / KILLERS and VALENTINES DAY
Taylor Lautner / TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE and VALENTINES DAY
Robert Pattinson / REMEMBER ME and TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
Jennifer Aniston / THE BOUNTY HUNTER and THE SWITCH
Mylie Cyrus / THE LAST SONG
*** Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis & Cynthia Nixon / SEX & THE CITY 2
Megan Fox / JONAH HEX
Kristen Stewart / TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
*** Jessica Alba / THE KILLER INSIDE ME, LITTLE FOCKERS, MACHETE and VALENTINES DAY
Cher / BURLESQUE
Liza Minnelli / SEX & THE CITY 2
Nicola Peltz / THE LAST AIRBENDER
Barbra Streisand / LITTLE FOCKERS
Billy Ray Cyrus / THE SPY NEXT DOOR
George Lopez / MARMADUKE, THE SPY NEXT DOOR and VALENTINES DAY
Dev Patel / THE LAST AIRBENDER
*** Jackson Rathbone / THE LAST AIRBENDER and TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
Rob Schneider / GROWN UPS
WORST EYE-GOUGING MIS-USE Of 3-D
SAW 3-D (aka SAW VII)
Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler / THE BOUNTY HUNTER
Josh Brolins Face & Megan Foxs Accent / JONAH HEX
The Entire Cast of THE LAST AIRBENDER
*** The Entire Cast of SEX & THE CITY 2
The Entire Cast of TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer / VAMPIRES SUCK
Michael Patrick King / SEX & THE CITY 2
*** M. Night Shyamalan / THE LAST AIRBENDER
David Slade / TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
Sylvester Stallone / THE EXPENDABLES
*** LAST AIRBENDER Written by M. Night Shyamalan, based on the TV series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Brian Konietzko
LITTLE FOCKERS, Written by John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey, based on Characters Created by Greg Glenna & Mary Roth Clarke
SEX & THE CITY #2, Written by Michael Patrick King, Based on the TV Series Created by Darren Star
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, Based on the Novel by Stephenie Meyer
VAMPIRES SUCK, Written by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
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With all the "Black Swan" hoopla, am I the only one who thinks that the film, while well-made, is not deserving of all these hyper-crazed adulations? Portman was good, but I prefer Annette Bening's understated performance in "The Kids Are All Right." Or heck, Jennifer Lawrence's "Winter's Bone" performance could easily outdance Portman's delusional ballerina portrayal any day.
And "Winter's Bone," celebrating its true independent spirit, was virtually snubbed at last night's Independent Spirit Awards. Sure, the excellent supporting cast was honored with Dale Dickey winning Best Supporting Female and John Hawkes for Best Supporting Male, but the engaging and deeply haunting Debra Granik movie (with the most nominations totaling to seven nods) lost out to...you guessed it, Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan." (Check out my "Winter's Bone" movie review right here)
And yes, I do admire Aronofsky, I thought "The Wrestler" was one of his personal best and not "Black Swan" -- a heavily stylized movie that will make you feel cheated after the curtains are down. (Check out my interview with Aronofsky for "The Wrestler" right here)
But "Black Swan" has great cinematography, and kudos to my fellow Filipino peep, Matthew Libatique for winning the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography. Now, I don't salute Libatique for we're both Filipinos y'all, I truly admired his camerawork in "Black Swan" -- each frame told a story! (Check out my "Black Swan" movie review right here)
So there, I'm done ranting. My point is Roadside's "Winter's Bone" is more aligned with the Independent Spirit Awards' independent spirit rather than "Black Swan" -- a film made by the bigger Fox Searchlight. That's all!
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127 Hours -- Producers: Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, John Smithson
*** Black Swan -- Producers: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Brian Oliver
Greenberg -- Producers: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Scott Rudin
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*** Get Low
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Night Catches Us
Director: Tanya Hamilton
Producers: Sean Costello, Jason Orans, Ronald Simons
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Director: Daniel Stamm
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Producer: Megan Gilbride
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There are 50 libraries in Devon and 8 mobile libraries so there's bound to be one near you!
So, what's in the library?
- Stories for all ages
- Information Books (Non-Fiction)
For hobbies, homework or just fun!
- Board Books
Especially designed for babies.
- Picture Books
- Stories on CD
For all ages, the children's ones are free to borrow for three weeks - wow!
- Music CDs (in some libraries)
- DVDs
For all ages, there are loads of great titles to choose from for adults and children. These have to be borrowed on an adult ticket.
- Computers
If you are a library member - you can have 30 minutes free use every day - which can be extended for up to 1 hour for doing homework! If you are not a member you can get a guest ticket but there is a small charge for this (so why not join?)
- Book Clubs meet in some libraries check out my Book Club page to see if there's one near you.
Joining and using the library
When you join your local library you'll get a really cool library ticket and a membership pack. All you need to do to join the library is pop along to the library and the librarian will sort it all out for you. You can even join online!
When little babies and children under 5 join they get a lovely ticket with a bear on it. If you are 5 or older you get a ticket with me on it. Ha! How cool is that!
You can borrow up to 12 books and 8 story CD sets for three weeks. These can be renewed for a further three weeks. Remember, bringing things back on time will save you having to pay a fine.
If there's something that you want, that you can't find on the shelf, just ask a member of staff and we may be able to reserve it for you (free of charge for books and spoken word). Why not check out the library catalogue for yourself?
If you're a teenager, you might like to check out the books in our teen collections. These books have gold stars on the spine (the bit you can see on the shelf, on the side of the book). Lots of adults like to read these too. There are loads of titles to choose from and don't forget you can reserve them free of charge.
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I really like all these versions of android around running from the SD card it is really cool. But I had an idea the other night. Why don't we just create a version which can be ran straight from the phone? Wouldn't that be cool
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Never before has such great music been tainted with such poor vocals. Chuck Morsley might be one of the poorest vocals I have ever heard. Sure, he beats the hell out of all those mallcore bands, but he is still a weak vocalist. Maybe I am being prejudice. After all, Faith No More did contain one of the most talented vocalists of alltime. But lets judge this one before Patton entered the picture...
Faster Disco is the opening track and like most Faith No More openers, this one starts off with a bang. The bassdrum opens this one up and soon the keyboards and everpresent bass on in. The music is just superb. The keyboards are without a doubt the strongest thing although the guitar-riff is also memorable. When the vocals enter they are not actually that bad. They just could be better, thats all.
Annie's Song is one of my favorites on this album and is actually one of Faith No More's best songs. I would rank this one in the Top 15 Faith No More songs. It has this great bassline throughout the song and even a singalong to it. A nice song that is based on the bass more than anything else. This is a song that could have benefited from better vocals, but it still sounds fine. Like I said, Chuck is not worst vocalist, he sure beats out that fag from Mudvayne, but he does leave something to be desired.
We Care A Lot. Need I say more? This was Faith No More's first hit. It was a minor. The song just has some of the most hilarious lyrics, but this only adds to the song. There isnt much to say about this one. It's just a song that shows the band's goofness but at the same time their strong musicianship. I've heard Patton sing this one live and have some live versions of it. When you hear Patton sing it, its like another song. Once again, the song is not ruined by Chuck's vocals because the music is so strong.
The Crab Song is the best song on this disc. It's just a classic Faith No More song. Starts out as a ballad, enters the metal guitar riffs, soon comes the rapping and you are just in a huge explosion. This song kicks ass even if Chuck is singing it. This song alone is worth the albums's price. A classic 6minute Faith No More album. Listening to this song you can hear how different the band was. No one was like this and the reason they really never hit it big except for The Real Thing is mainly because they were different. Overall, their majorlabel debut is a good one. One of the shorter Faith No More releases but a good one nevertheless. If Patton was singing these songs I would give it a 90. However, he doesnt and with the exception of live versions and As the Wurm Turns, Patton never really rerecorded these songs. Still, this is a worthy album and great introduction to a band that knew no limits.


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THIS is one lucky cat who's sure to have used up at least one of its nine lives.
Bisou, a seven-year-old Persian cat, couldn't have imagined the fate awaiting her when she crawled inside her owner Mervat Ciuti's suitcase for a nap at their home in Cairo, the UK's Daily Mail reported.
Ms Ciuti, 42, was packing to visit her sister in the UK and didn't realise where Bisou had gone.
The cat wasn't detected by airport security and made it onto the plane, stacked alongside hundreds of other bags during the six-hour and 5271 kilometre flight and road trip.
After she landed Ms Ciuti received a phone call from relatives in Cairo, who realised the cat was missing. Convinced Bisou must be dead, she let her taxi driver open the bag for her.
Luckily, Bisou was still enjoying a nap amongst her clothing. Phew!
Ms Ciuti called it a miracle.
"How could she survive? At the airport the cases could have been thrown and banged about," Ms Ciuti said.
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I have been lurking here since I finished all my treatments in late March for UPSC. I did not want to post while I was waiting. Call me superstitious! After my treatments I had a needed blood transfusion prior to plans to do some needed traveling. I took two wonderful trips, one to Arizona to visit my son, and did some warm and needed hiking in the desert. Then I had a wonderful fabulous trip to Disney World with my two grown daughters, all the while wondering if my treatments did what they were supposed to do. I had new blood work and other testing done very recently, and am very happy to say that right now my CA125 and other tests show that the disease is no longer "rearing its ugly head" in my body!
I have been faithfully reading all the posts, and want you all to know that my thoughts and good wishes are with those who are continuing the battle today, and am celebrating with those who have good news.
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Jun 24, 2011 - 10:22 pm
That is some great news to read. Keep up the good work.
Jun 24, 2011 - 10:37 pm
Good news to get that all clear report! Sounds like you are busy enjoying life!
Jun 25, 2011 - 5:10 am
Congratulations on your good labs and other tests. Remission feels good, doesn't it? We all need to share our good news! There are so many ups and downs on this road that reading about the good things feels like a shining light.
Jun 25, 2011 - 12:18 pm
happy for you, Jan. Sounds like you are enjoying a full LIFE putting illness behind you.
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happy for you, Jan. Sounds like you are enjoying a full LIFE putting illness behind you.


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Report Builder: Creating a Report Model - Page 4
April 17, 2006
Define a Data Source View
Our next steps surround the creation of the Data Source View, a procedure that is customary at this stage in both Analysis Services and Report Model Projects. It is important to realize, as we work with a "live" data connection that we have defined, that we could certainly continue our development efforts with the metadata without an open connection. The Data Source View provides a single, unified view of the metadata from the tables and views that concern us within our project.
NOTE: For more information on Data Source Views, see my article Introduction to MSSQL Server Analysis Services: Introducing Data Source Views at Database Journal.
To define a Data Source View, we will take the following steps:
1. Right-click Data Source Views folder within the Solution Explorer.
2. Select Add New Data Source View from the context menu that appears, as shown in Illustration 16.
The Data Source View Wizard appears, opening with the Welcome to the Data Source View Wizard page, as depicted in Illustration 17.
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3. Click Next.
We arrive at the Select a Data Source page, where we see the Data Source we created in the previous section, RS028_Adventure Works, in the Relational data sources list box on the left side of the page, as shown in Illustration 18.
Our newly created Data Source is positioned as the default, and will serve us in meeting the objectives of our practice exercise. A Data Source View for a Report Model Project, unlike a Data Source View for an Analysis Services Project, can only reference a single Data Source.
4. Click Next.
We arrive at the Select Tables and Views page, where we see the various tables of the Adventure Works data source appear in the Available objects list box on the left of the page.
5. Select all tables in the Available objects list, by clicking the button marked ">>", as depicted in Illustration 19.
The tables in the Available objects list box move to the Included objects list on the right half of the page, as shown in Illustration 20.
6. Click Next.
The Completing the Wizard page appears.
7. Replace the name that appears in the Data source name box with the following:
RS028_Adventure Works
The Completing the Wizard page appears, as depicted in Illustration 21.
8. Click Finish to create the new Data Source View, and to dismiss the Data Source Wizard.
The Wizard closes, and the new Data Source View appears in the Data Source Views folder within the Solution Explorer as shown in Illustration 22.
We have defined a Data Source View that contains the metadata for the entire Adventure Works sample database. Naturally, we might have only entrained select tables, based upon the business requirements of the intended audience of the model, but for purposes of our practice session, this will serve to illustrate the concepts. We will next define our Report Model based upon some of this metadata, which designated information consumers can then use within the Report Builder.


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OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Seth Smith smacked a three-run homer and Brandon Moss added three hits with two RBI Sunday in the Oakland Athletics' 7-2 victory over Houston.
Smith's blast highlighted a seven-run third inning that boosted the American League West-leading A's to a third straight win over the Astros and an eighth victory in 10 games overall.
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Balaton perch-pike in one piece, with pan-fried potatoesIngredients:
Directions:Make frequent incisions into the body of the fish, then rub salt in its skin. Mix paprika into the flour in order to give the fish a beautiful red color, and then roll the fish thoroughly into the mix. Heat the oil in a round pan large enough for the fish. When the oil is hot, place the fish in the pan in such a way that it follows the curve of the pan taking its round shape. When one side is fried, turn the fish over, keeping its curved shape in the same direction. When fried completely, remove the fish from the oil. The fish is curved in such a way that when served on a plate, both its ends curve upwards, making its classic Balaton pike shape. Serve with a lemon slice and potatoes fried in a pan.Good to know!The wines of choice best complimenting the simply prepared fish dishes are the light but high quality, flavorful white wines (e. g.: Chardonnay, Olasz rizling). If the fish is prepared more richly with more complex flavours, it calls for high quality dry wines with more body.Balaton fish soupIngredients:
Directions:Clean the fish, remove the teeth, the tails and the fins. Remove the meat from the bone of the carp and the catfish, slice it, and make cut-ins in the slices, salt and set aside. Clean the onion, chop into small pieces and wilt in the lard. Add 2/3rd's of the paprika and add 3.5 l water.Add the small fish, the heads, the carcasses, the fins and tails; also add the green peppers, the tomato, the crushed garlic and the cleaned, quartered potato. Salt and cook until the meat falls off the bones. Press through a sieve (puree) and boil. If too thick, add water. When this base stock is ready, add the salted carp and the catfish (if there are innards, add those also) and the paprika. Bring to a boil and add the rest of the paprika. Salt and season with hot paprika as needed. Boil for an additional 10 minutes and serve piping hot.Good to know!To compliment the sweet flavor of the fish in the fish soup, serve a more acidic white wine with body, such as an Olaszrizling or Szürkebarát. Stellar crêpes filled with curdIngredients (make 12 crépes):
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Did you know that Sir Patrick Moore (CBE, FRS, FRAS) went to school in Crawley?
The prominent astronomer, researcher, television presenter and radio commentator attended Hill Place School, near Goffs Manor,
The prep school, which has since been converted into two flats, was on the corner of Goffs Park Road and Horsham Road in 1935.
This school photograph shows a tall 12-year-old Patrick Moore, standing fourth from the right in the back row.
A fellow pupil at the school, Michael Longley, now 83, submitted this photo.
Michael is fourth from the right at the front in the photo. He was six-years-old and living at Malthouse farm house in Brewer Road, Southgate.
Michael has written many books about the area he grew up in and in researching one book in 2008, he wrote a letter to Sir Patrick Moore in 2008 to confirm this photo is him.
He said: "He called me back and said that it was him. He didn't say much else as I'm sure he was a very busy man."


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This was my first Monte Carlo I had. I was hit and run in it in mid 1999… I had only had it about 4 years.
I was hit from behind by a older Ford truck going about 40mph. I was at a stop light. When I got hit, it pushed me into the cargo van that was in front of me. Since it did not have a load in it, it's back end was up higher then normal, and in turn put its bumper sitting up higher then my Monte's front bumper, so it pealed back my dog house off of the frame, and stopped at the water pump. (a good 3 or more feet of peal back!)
My insurance totaled the car, and I bought it back for $100. We started to try and fix it up, but I eventually ran out of money, Since I was going to school full time and working only part time at AutoZone. I ended up selling it for parts. Then about a year later, I got my new 1971 Monte Carlo.
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Set of 90 Clear micro lights on white wire with 8-function controller. With the touch of a button, you can choose from 8 effects: Combination, In Waves, Sequential, Slo-Glo, Chasing Flash, Slow Fade, Twinkle/Flash, or Steady On. Controller has memory, so when turned off and then back on, the light set will perform the function which was selected on the controller before it was turned off. Set operates with a 24V isolating transformer plug (included) to plug into a standard 120VAC outlet. UL listed. INDOOR USE ONLY
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An Analysis of Secure Interoperation of EPC and Mobile Equipments
4G architecture is the latest 3GPP development when it comes to mobile networks design and optimization. Designed initially for data, but having a flexible architecture, 4G is capable of integrating IMS, this way bringing in voice and services. 3GPP wanted to facilitate the migration from 3G and non-3GPP solutions to the 4G design, therefore the core network components of 4G are capable of interacting with 3G core network devices, provided these ones have an interoperability feature. This way, even 3G or non-3GPP devices are capable of using the 4G services. Nevertheless, one of the biggest issues when inter-operating these solutions and devices is the security aspect.
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Hammer with insulated handle, ca. 1920
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An enterprising Central Maine Power lineman constructed his own insulated tool in about 1920 by replacing this hammer's wooden handle with a steel pipe, and then covering the pipe with braided fiberglass cloth and rubber insulation.
Safety equipment was especially important for the line workers who erected utility poles and strung cable.
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- Title: Hammer with insulated handle, ca. 1920
- Creation Date: circa 1920
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Fast & Easy Dinner: Polenta With Beans and Roasted Vegetables
Fast & Easy Dinner: Polenta With Beans and Roasted Vegetables
Multi-tasking is a great way to create flavorful quick meals. In this recipe, the vegetables are roasted while the polenta cooks on the stove. The two finished components are then combined to make a delicious, well-rounded meal. Using several cooking techniques also adds layers of flavor. If you do not have saffron, simply omit it from the dish. To make this hearty meatless meal tonight, you'll need the recipe, so
Polenta with Beans and Roasted Vegetables
From Food and Wine magazine
Large pinch of saffron threads, optional
1 1/2 quarts plus 1 tbsp. hot water
2 medium red onions, cut into 6 wedges each
5 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 pounds cauliflower (from 1 small head), separated into 1-inch florets
1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
Salt and freshly ground pepper
2 garlic cloves, very thinly sliced
One 15-oz. can pinto beans, drained
One 14-oz. can diced tomatoes with their juices
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper
1 1/2 cups instant polenta
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- Preheat the oven to 450°F.
- In a small bowl, cover the saffron with 1 tablespoon of the hot water and set aside.
- On a rimmed baking sheet, toss the onion wedges with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. In a large roasting pan, toss the cauliflower and sweet potato with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Season all of the vegetables with salt and pepper and roast for 10 minutes, adding the garlic to the onions in the last 3 minutes. Remove the onions and garlic from the oven.
- Add the beans, tomatoes and their juices, wine, cumin, crushed red pepper and saffron water to the cauliflower and sweet potatoes; roast for 10 minutes longer.
- Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring the remaining 1 1/2 quarts of water to a boil. Whisk in the polenta; cook over moderate heat, whisking constantly, until thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 1/4 cup of Parmesan; season with salt and pepper.
- Spoon the polenta into 4 bowls. Stir the onions and garlic into the other vegetables, season with salt and pepper and ladle over the polenta. Serve, passing the remaining Parmesan at the table.
Serves 4.
NOTES One Serving 640 cal, 24 gm fat, 4.9 gm saturated fat, 88 gm carb, 16 gm fiber.


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IMF chief: Global growth set to be weaker than expected
Global growth is likely to be weaker than expected this year thanks to a slower recovery in advanced economies and a further slowdown in emerging economies, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has said.
Ms Lagarde also warned emerging economies to "be vigilant for spillovers" from China's slowdown, tighter global financial conditions, and the prospects of a US interest rate hike.
Her comments came as September opened with a fresh fall in global share prices amid continued investor fears over the slowdown in China on the back of more worrying economic data.
The FTSE 100 Index closed 189.4 points, or 3%, lower at 6058.5 after heavy falls in Asian markets overnight following a Chinese manufacturing report showing activity fell to a three-year low last month.
It wiped about £48bn from the value of FTSE 100 companies.
Sentiment was further hit by dismal manufacturing figures from the US and UK - where the sector saw jobs falling for the first time in more than two years.
Germany's Dax and France's Cac 40 each fell by more than 2% while in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was trading around 2% lower.
In Dublin, the ISEQ was down more than 3% mid morning, falling faster that London or Frankfurt, but it recovered somewhat to close at 6560.5, down 145.6.
The declines come after a dire August for global equities, with the FTSE 100 and Standard & Poor's 500 Index on Wall Street both suffering their worst month since May 2012.
In currencies, sterling was under pressure after the UK's disappointing manufacturing figures for August which suggested growth in the sector slowing.
Ms Lagarde, speaking at a conference in Indonesia, said: "Overall, we expect global growth to remain moderate and likely weaker than we anticipated.
"This reflects two forces: a weaker than expected recovery in advanced economies, and a further slowdown in emerging economies, especially in Latin America," she said. "Asia as a region is still expected to lead global growth. But even here, the pace is turning out slower than expected."
The IMF in July forecast global growth at 3.3% this year, slightly below last year's 3.4%.
Ms Lagarde said China's economy was slowing, although not sharply or unexpectedly, as it adjusts to a new growth model.
"The transition to a more market-based could well be somewhat bumpy," she said. That said, the authorities have the policy tools and financial buffers to manage this transition."
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I'm a freelance writer...at the moment I do a weekly feature for a paper and web/brochure copy as well as ghostwriting. I have both clients that need that minimalistic style and those that prefer "flowery." I think one of the biggest things you'll learn at university is how to cater your writing style to the job. You will need a tough skin as you learn to take edits/feedback. It can be disheartening, but it comes with the territory both in school and when your editor sends something back to you with half of it crossed out. It happens to us all and sometimes you have to step back and disconnect your work from your self worth or you'll lose it.
Bottom line: the same things that make you a good creative writer can make you an excellent journalist, but you have to know how to make that shift. The formula becomes second nature after awhile, especially in a program like the one you're entering.
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According to who, you?ashtanga wrote:I have to say as the original poster here i am shocked at recent posts. whats with this 'get a job' attitude??? How remarabley opinionated!
No, I gave to them. Particularly to the ones who had arms amputated at the shoulder, beggers who had no eyes or have leprosy, polio. People who live in societies where there is no welfare safety-net, people who live in societies where the government does absolutely nothing to assist them following a natural disaster. In other words, people with real problems.ashtanga wrote:I can only gather you mumble that when walking past 'beggars' on the street too?!
And you live in a society where you have access to state-of-the-art health care, access to clean drinking water and food. Whatever your 'problems' are, they are insubstantial given what most people in the world endure. And they are 'problems' that have manifested through your own decisions and choices.ashtanga wrote:Many of us are in debt not through choice, but as a result of divorce, career changes etc.
It was actually very compassionate. The OP needs to pay off his debt before he joins a monastery. His question was a no-brainer. If he wants to access 'hard cash' to pay off his debt so as to join a monastery, then he needs to get a job - period.ashtanga wrote:If we decide that we would like to make a change to a more dedicated life to the Dhamma then I would hope that we would be better recieved with a more 'compassionate' attitude than 'get a job'...!
Its not very 'Dhammic' to attempt to escape one's fiscal or social responsibilities to join a monastery. In fact, its why the Buddha would not receive people into the order if they had not discharged their responsibilities in lay life.
But I'm not.ashtanga wrote:You should be ashamed of yourselves!.
I do constantly. Perhaps you should look at yours.ashtanga wrote:Look again at your practice!


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i kind of worked backwards, doing the first root all the way up to yours.
thought i was going to have to throw in the towel.
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Federal Government Aid for the Homeless - The Mckinney-vento Homelessassistance Act
program housing programs hud
Widespread public outcry over the plight of the homeless in the early 1980s prompted Congress to pass the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. Congress renamed the act the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act in 2000 (H.R. 5417) to honor Representative Bruce Vento's service to the homeless. The range and reach of the act has broadened over the years. Most of the money authorized by the act went, initially, toward the funding of homeless shelters. The program also funded a Supportive Housing program, a Shelter Plus Care program, and the Single Room Occupancy program in addition to the Emergency Shelter Grant program. Amendments to the act later enabled funding and other services to support permanent housing and other programs to help the homeless. HUD administers most McKinney-Vento funds.
Program Structure
In 2005 programs administered under the McKinney-Vento Act fell into three distinct categories. A cluster of activities known as the Continuum of Care (CoC) programs provided competitive grants intended to help communities and organizations provide comprehensive services to the homeless. A noncompetitive formula grant program, the Emergency Shelter Grants Program, provided funds for emergency shelters to states, large cities, urban counties, and U.S. territories. The Title V program freed properties for use to house the homeless.
Continuum of Care
According to HUD (Homeless Assistance Programs, http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/programs/index.cfm), the concept behind Continuum of Care programs is as follows: "A continuum of care system is designed to address the critical problem of homelessness through a coordinated community-based process of identifying needs and building a system to address those needs. The approach is predicated on the understanding that homelessness is not caused merely by a lack of shelter, but involves a variety of underlying, unmet needs—physical, economic, and social."
Nonprofit groups and local government entities applying for funds under these programs are expected to survey and assess local needs and to write a comprehensive plan for combating homelessness and meeting needs. Grant recipients are required to assess their clients' progress and make changes in the program in response to ongoing evaluation. Three major programs and some additional demonstration and rural efforts have developed over the years.
The aim of the Supportive Housing Program is to provide housing and services that will enable clients to achieve economic independence and control over their lives. SHP provides up to $400,000 in matching funds for construction of new buildings for housing homeless people; it also provides funding for the acquisition or refurbishing of existing buildings. The program underwrites 75% of the operating cost, including administration, and up to 80% of the cost of support programs. These programs must help clients achieve independence by providing skills training, child-care, education, transportation assistance, counseling, or job referrals. Elements of the program include transitional housing for twenty-four months, permanent housing for the disabled, supportive services without housing, havens for the hard-to-reach and the mentally ill, and other innovative programs to solve problems of homelessness.
The Shelter Plus Care Program helps agencies that specifically target the hardest-to-serve homeless: those with mental and physical disabilities living on the street or in shelters, including drug addicts and AIDS sufferers. The program provides for rental assistance funded by HUD and other sources. Housing in this program can be in the form of group homes or individual units with supportive services. Grant funds must be matched with local dollars. Subsidies for projects are available for ten years; assistance to sponsors and tenants is available for five years. Rental assistance includes four types of contracts:
- Tenant-Based Rental Assistance—Direct contract with a low-income tenant
- Project-Based Rental Assistance—Building owner contracts
- Sponsor-Based Rental Assistance—Contracts with nonprofit organizations, and
- SRO-Based Rental Assistance—Single room occupancy contracts provided by public housing authorities (PHAs)
Single-room occupancy housing is housing in a dormitory-style building where each person has his or her own private room but shares kitchens, bathrooms, and lounges. Single Room Occupancy Program (SRO) housing is generally the cheapest type of housing available. Funding is intended to encourage the establishment and operation of such housing. Subsidy payments fund a project for a period of ten years in the form of rental assistance in amounts equal to the rent, including utilities, minus the portion of rent payable by the tenants.
Other programs folded under the Continuum of Care designation by HUD include demonstration programs for safe havens for the homeless and innovative homeless programs as well as rural homeless housing programs.
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|Supportive housing program
|Shelter plus care
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|Competitive grant
|Competitive grant
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Metropolitan cities
Urban counties
Local governments
Other governmental agencies
Private nonprofit organizations
Community mental health centers that are public nonprofit organizations
Local governments
Public housing authorities
|Public housing authorities
Private nonprofit organizations
|Eligible program services
|Emergency shelter
Essential social services
|Transitional housing
Permanent housing for people with disabilities
Supportive services only
Safe havens
Innovative supportive housing
|Tenant based rental assistance
Sponsor based rental assistance
Project based rental assistance
Single-room occupancy based rental assistance
|Single-room occupancy housing
|Eligible activities
Major rehabilitation
Supportive service
Operating costs
Homelessness prevention
New construction
Operating and administrative costs
Supportive services only
|Rental assistance
|Rental assistance
|Eligible population
|Homeless individuals and
People at risk of becoming
|Homeless individuals and families for transitional
housing and supportive services
Disabled homeless individuals for permanent
Hard-to-reach mentally ill homeless individuals
for safe havens
|Disabled homeless individuals
and their families
|Homeless individuals
|Initial term of assistance
Matching funds
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States: no match for first $100,000 and dollar-for-dollar match for rest of funds.
Local governments:dollar-for-dollar match for all funds.
|Up to 3 years
Dollar-for-dollar match for acquisition, rehabilitation, and new construction grants. Operating costs must be shared by 25 percent in the first 2 years and 50 percent in the third year. A 25-percent match for supportive service grants
No match for grants used for leasing oradministrative costs.
|5 or 10 years
Dollar-for-dollar match of the federal shelter grant to pay for supportive services
|10 years
No match required
Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG)
The Emergency Shelter Grants program provides homeless persons with basic shelter and essential supportive services. It can assist with the operational costs of the shelter facility, and for the administration of the grant. ESG also provides short-term homeless prevention assistance to persons at imminent risk of losing their own housing due to eviction, foreclosure, or utility shutoffs.
—Emergency Shelter Grants, HUD, February 1, 2005
The ESG is HUD's formula grant program administered as a part of its community planning and development grant program. Recipients of funding are states, large cities, urban counties, and U.S. territories that have filed consolidated community development plans with HUD. ESG is called a formula program because the amounts allocated are based in part on population and poverty levels within the planning entities that participate. ESG funds flow from governmental entities to organizations that actually operate shelters and provide services. Money may be used to help individuals avoid homelessness by providing emergency funds.
Title V
HUD maintains information about and publishes listings of federal properties categorized as unutilized, underutilized, in excess, or in surplus. States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations can apply to use such properties to house the homeless. Title V does not provide funding; it provides properties to agencies for housing use. Groups may apply for funding under the Continuum of Care program to modify, refurbish, or adapt such structures for residential uses.
Consolidations, New Initiatives, and Reorganizations
HUD's programs, particularly those under Continuum of Care, have overlapping objectives yet operate under separate rules and requirements. (See Table 5.1.) The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), now Government Accountability Office, an investigative body of the U.S. Congress, studied the McKinney programs in 1999 and concluded that the number of programs and the differences between them create barriers to their efficient use (Homelessness: Coordination and Evaluation of Programs Are Essential, Washington, DC, 1999).
HUD's program administrators evidently reached much the same conclusions as GAO. In its fiscal year (FY) 2004 budget request to Congress (Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Summary, HUD, February 3, 2003) and again in its FY 2005 budget summary (Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Summary, February 2, 2004), HUD proposed consolidating its three major programs under Continuum of Care, along with the demonstration and rural assistance programs, into a single Homeless Assistance Grants program. The department believed that this consolidation would facilitate comprehensive delivery of services while reducing administrative expenses, both at HUD and on the part of grant recipients. President George W. Bush's proposed budget for McKinney-Vento assistance programs for FY 2006 was $1,415,000,000, up from $1,241,000,000 in FY 2005.
In 2004 HUD proposed that Congress fund a new program called the Samaritan Initiative. The new program targeted an estimated 150,000 individuals HUD considers "chronically homeless." In FY 2005 HUD received $50 million to provide housing for the chronically homeless. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs also provided services for drug abuse and health treatment.


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FOR ALEX Beam's enlightenment, "evidence-based medicine'' assesses the efficacy of treatments for specific conditions and populations. The goal is to replace costly hunches with scientifically informed decisions. For example, cardiac stents are helpful for some patients. Other patients, with lesser blockages, may face risk from the surgery which does not justify the measured benefit. This is not a movement that stands in opposition to flipping coins, as Beam suggests. The alternative is medicine dominated by the economic interests of surgeons, pharmaceutical companies, and the makers of imaging equipment - not to mention erroneous "common knowledge'' among practitioners. Beam may not care for the linguistic coinage, but the term has meaning.
In the political realm, it should be made clear that when author Ron Suskind "introduced the term 'reality-based community,' '' as Beam writes, he was quoting a member of the Bush administration rather than inventing the term. The unnamed aide went on to say, "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.'' How could the left not embrace such an outrageous and hubristic sneer as a badge of honor?
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In this paper a dynamic employment model for women is estimated for rural and urban samples from the first four years of the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics 1993 to 1996. The results provide evidence that there are significant differences between rural and urban labour markets. However, these do not appear to arise - as is often argued - from a lack of childcare facilities, differences in returns to human capital, or the existence of more "traditional" attitudes to the proper role of women in rural areas. The results also suggest labour market segmentation within rural areas with clear differences in employment for women belonging to low income households as shown in the decomposition results.
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Love for Levon (Combo Pack)
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Concert, Music
Gregg Allman, Roger Waters, Marc Cohen, Jakob Dylan, John Hiatt
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Plot Synopsis:Dozens of luminaries from rock, soul and country gathered at the Meadowlands Arena on October 3, 2012, for an incredible tribute to Levon Helm, The Band s late drummer/singer/mandolin player (who passed away in early 2012). The concert, directed by bassist Don Was, was an opportunity to say a final farewell and, in the process, raise money for the ongoing Midnight Ramble series of concerts still held at The Barn, Helm s famous home-studio in Woodstock, New York. One at a time or, sometimes, in pairs, rock-royalty took turns in the spotlight over the course of the evening, singing songs associated with Levon Helm and The Band including "Up On Crippled Creek," "The Shape I m In," "Life is a Carnival," "Ophelia," "The Weight," "Rag Mamma Rag," "I Ain t Got No Home," and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down."
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These are hard times for opera — and most everything else — in Spain, but the small, dedicated Association of Friends of Opera in the Basque city of Bilbao, a private institution that depends to a minimum extent on public money, seems to be coping better with the situation than some of the larger Spanish opera houses, where budget cuts are causing more problems. In Bilbao, each opera is organized independently, with productions contracted from medium-sized European houses and orchestral needs covered from the pool of excellent regional symphonic ensembles.
In this way, Bilbao has been able to continue as planned with the most ambitious series this country has seen in recent seasons — the Tutto Verdi project, offering the composer's complete operas (in all versions and languages) over the projected course of seventeen years. This project can produce a rather lopsided company repertoire (three of the seven operas offered in Bilbao this season are Verdi's), but the fanatic Bilbao public does not seem to care. After Verdi's Traviata, presented in a new Pier Luigi Pizzi coproduction with Madrid, and before his Due Foscari, scheduled for the spring of 2013, Bilbao heard the maestro's seldom-performed second opera.
The production of Un Giorno di Regno was also by Pizzi, a sure if rather old-fashioned hand, who was teamed with veteran conductor Alberto Zedda, a Rossini specialist, to defend this work — which certainly needs defending. Un Giorno di Regno sounds like minor, not especially inspired Donizetti. Twenty-seven at the time of the premiere, Verdi was still looking for his personal style. The opera — Verdi's only comedy until Falstaff, more than a half-century later — was written during a time of great sadness in the composer's life: the deaths of Verdi's infant daughter and son in 1838 and 1839, respectively, were followed by the death of Verdi's wife, Margherita Barezzi, in the spring of 1840, some three months before the world premiere of Un Giorno di Regno at La Scala. The opera was a complete failure with the public and with the critics.
The simple plot of Un Giorno di Regno had been a classic since commedia dell'arte days. Two young lovers — Edoardo and Giulietta, a light tenor and a high soprano — want to get married, but the girl's father (Il Barone di Kelbar, a baritone) wishes to have her united to his old friend (the court's treasurer, another baritone). In the end, the young couple marries, and the old pair of friends is ridiculed.
The story is compounded by the difficulties of another couple attempting to achieve their own happy ending: Il Cavaliere di Belfiore (a third baritone) loves the Marchesa del Poggio (the opera's soprano prima) but cannot marry her, because the King of Poland has asked him to stand in his place for some undisclosed reason. The Marchesa decides to make Belfiore jealous by announcing her marriage to Count Ivrea (a fourth baritone!). In the end, the King (who never appears) frees Belfiore from his promise, and all four lovers can get their way.
The fact that this opera is very early Verdi is made manifest by the many missed dramatic possibilities of Belfiore acting as "king for a day." The political implications of this idea surely would have sparked the imagination of the mature composer of Don Carlos and Simon Boccanegra. For Romani and the young Verdi, the accidental king's only preoccupation is that he cannot marry his girlfriend.
Pizzi (also in charge of the sets and costumes) used movable walls and stairs to create rapid changes in tune with the music, which made the action progress with elegant swiftness, but he was unable to make believable people out of Romani's cardboard characters. At the curtain call, when the four baritones came out to bow with their identical white wigs and their interchangeable embroidered coats, it was hard to remember who was who.
Zedda conducted the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra (an autonomous community next to the Basque Country) with the precision, brio and rhythmic thrust through which he has made such a big name for himself as a Rossini conductor. The standouts in the proficient young international cast were crisp bel canto tenor Antonino Siragusa as Edoardo and sunny, full-voiced lyric soprano Irina Lungu as the Marchesa del Poggio. The two main comic baritones, Dalibor Jenis as Belfiore and Paolo Bordogna as the treasurer Kelbart, possessed modest vocal means, but their comic routine worked fine.
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ROYSE CITY -- A man shot his wife, then killed himself Friday morning in the street in front of their home south of Interstate 30 in Royse City.
Neighbors on the 400 block of Cookston Lane said an argument between the couple started in the home shortly after 9 a.m. and carried out to the street. There, Scott Arthur Croop, 39, pulled a gun and shot Kara Elizabeth Croop, 33, several times.
Royse City Police Chief Jeff Stapleton said Kara Croop remains in critical condition in a Dallas hospital. Her husband died at the scene from a single gunshot wound.
"We have no indication that there was any other individual that was involved in this matter," Stapleton said. Crime scene tape was removed and the street washed within two hours of the shooting.
The couple had one child, who was at school when the shootings happened. Superintendent Kevin Worthy said counselors were active at the child's campus. Teachers and administrators were made aware of the incident, but police had advised the district that there was no need to go into lockdown mode.
There had been no recent activity at the residence, Stapleton said. He described the eight-year-old subdivision of mid-sized homes as quiet. Neighbors confirmed they had no indication anything was wrong at the house.
A Rockwall police detective and one from the county sheriff's office assisted with the investigation.
"This is not something that we deal with often at all," Stapleton said. "I've been here 13 years, and I can't tell you that we've ever had a situation like this. It's a bad deal."