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Monday actuals (including Sunday's real box office and not just estimates) show that Funny People directed by Judd Apatow and starring Adam Sandler made just $22.6 million its opening weekend. The studio all along tried to lower expectations by predicting an opening weekend of $25 million. But the pic couldn't even get there.
The reason is clear: Moviegoers puzzled whether this was a comedy or dramedy (more the latter), and then had to sit through a movie that went on and on.
I heard that Universal execs wanted Apatow to shorten the two-hour, 25-minute movie — especially the last half-hour starring his wife, Leslie Mann. But an Apatow insider told me that, "Despite what anyone at Universal is saying now — trying to cover their asses — I can 100 percent assure you: Universal execs never begged or pleaded with Judd to shorten his movie. Not one of them would have had the balls to. They never would have done anything to piss Judd off . . Better or worse, it was Judd's show and he delivered to them the movie he wanted and they smiled and said 'Thank you.' "
But get this: Apatow's rough cut of Funny People was three hours, 45 minutes long, so he shortened it. But Judd has made so much money for so many studios — and especially Universal — as a writer, director and producer that he's earned the right to take more creative license than to just make another big commercial hit that the suits would have liked better. (Indeed, top critics gave the film only 47 percent positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.) No matter: Apatow will direct his next three films at Universal.
Everyone in Hollywood is talking about how The New York Times at last count had published 15 mentions, articles and magazine stories about Nora Ephron and her upcoming Julie & Julia foodie film.
I recall that, when critics savaged Ephron's last directorial effort, Bewitched, Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal told journalists that "the media hate Nora."
As if. I wish The Hurt Locker was receiving this much attention.
In the weeks preceding the release of Ephron's new film about Julia Child, there has been a continuous parade of NYT articles about the movie, the director and the movie's subject.
On Sunday, August 2, alone, the paper published a front-page article on television reality cooking shows, gave the front of the Arts & Leisure section to Ephron's depictions of happy marriages in her movies, gave the front of The New York Times Magazine to an article on Julia Child's influence on American cooking, and published a Maureen Dowd interview with Ephron on the Op-Ed page. Last week the paper ran an article about the movie's food stylist, and published an Ephron recipe in The New York Times Magazine.
As one of my readers notes, "Okay, she's a hometown girl. But let's face it: Nora Ephron directs pathetic, little romantic comedies that are successful at the box office about one-third of the time. Her last movie, Bewitched, was exceptionally bad. You wouldn't think any newspaper would devote any coverage to anyone guilty of that atrocity. Does she really deserve all this coverage?
"Last year, Steven Soderbergh released a two-part, four-hour-plus epic about the military life of Che Guevara. Apart from reviewing the films, The New York Times published [very few] articles about the work, the director, or the films' subjects. While the Times published six articles about Nora Ephron in the space of a single week, including a fucking recipe for meat loaf."
It sure looked as if the NYT's coverage was bought and paid for by Sony Pictures' PR machine. Or was it?
Ephron was on The New York Times payroll from 2006-2008 as a contributing columnist — but was not identified as such in any of the Julia articles. The paper's TV critic, Alessandra Stanley, threw Ephron and the movie a promotional party. Food critic Frank Bruni has a cameo in the movie. Freelance Times food writer (and former staffer) Amanda Hesser has a speaking role. And there are high expectations for the film's Times review, considering that Culture Editor Sam Sifton (whose department overseas the movie critics) wrote an article about cooking for Ephron.
Since its much-criticized debut at the Cannes Film Festival, Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds has been Hollywood's obsession. Will it succeed or will it tank? That's what everyone wants to know.
Well, The Weinstein Company/Universal pic came on tracking and it's getting 50s in "definite interest" from men. In fact, the only competing movie tracking higher with young guys right now is G.I. Joe, another much-maligned pic whose score with males is in the 90s (just to give you a relative comparison).


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Weekly Market Update
Week of December 06, 2010
Does it ever seem to you that news headlines possess a split personality? That everything is always rosy or doom and gloom with no middle ground? This perception scares many people out of investing leading them to conclude that such unpredictability is a risk they can do without. Is this a recent phenomenon?
While it may be obvious that sensational headlines are designed to get an audience's attention, media influence over public opinion is a long-held tradition. Consider a few headlines from years past:[i]
Can Capitalism Survive? – 1975
Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel? – 1992
Awash in Troubles – 1984
Do any of these headlines sound familiar, even recent? If the years weren't printed next to them, would you conclude that two of them are over 25 years old? Often, such dire predictions leave something out. In many cases, even as the news is inundated with pessimistic headlines, positive long-term trends are in development.
Just this Sunday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke appeared on CBS' 60 Minutes. Included among his comments were positive statements such as, "I have every confidence that this economy will recover, and recover in a strong and sustained way. The American people are among the most productive in the world. We have the best technologies. We have great universities. We have entrepreneurs. I just have every confidence that as we get through this crisis, that our economy will begin to grow again, and it will remain the most powerful and dynamic economy in the world."[ii]
To our point, just an hour after the Fed Chairman's interview, CNN lead with this headline: Bernanke on '60 Minutes': Grim Outlook.[iii] Granted, not everything Bernanke said was positive, but why did CNN choose to highlight the negative? Because sensational headlines sell. Remembering this fact can help you avoid making rash, emotional decisions, and may even help you sleep better at night.
Data as of 12/03/2010 | 1-Week | Y-T-D | 1-Year | 5-Year | 10-Year |
Standard & Poor's 500 | 2.97 | 9.83 | 11.4 | -0.64 | -0.69 |
Dow | 2.62 | 9.15 | 9.80 | 0.93 | 0.97 |
10-year Treasury Note (Yield Only) | 2.86 | N/A | 3.38 | 4.52 | 5.51 |
Notes: All index returns exclude reinvested dividends, and the 5-year and 10-year returns are annualized.
Sources: Yahoo! Finance, MSCI Barra. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested into directly. NA means not available.
ECONOMIC CALENDAR: [iv]
Tuesday – Consumer Credit
Wednesday – EIA Petroleum Status Report
Thursday – Jobless Claims, EIA Natural Gas Report
Friday – International Trade, Consumer Sentiment, Treasury Budget
The U.S. Senate on Saturday defeated two attempts by Democrats to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class permanently. After the Senate voted, President Barack Obama told Democratic congressional leaders he would be open to a temporary extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for the affluent, but he would demand concessions from the GOP.[v]
The United States has reached a tentative free trade agreement with South Korea, the White House said Friday. The agreement, which must be ratified by Congress, strengthens economic ties between Washington and Seoul at a time when the longtime U.S. ally faces an increasingly hostile northern neighbor. If ratified, the agreement would eliminate tariffs on over 95% of industrial and consumer goods within five years.[vi]
A surprising increase in the number of unemployed Americans wasn't enough to stall oil's momentum Friday as it cruised to a 26-month high. Benchmark oil settled up $1.19 at $89.19 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It's the second time in less than a month that oil has reached the level where it was in the fall of 2008. There are widespread expectations that the price will hit $90 a barrel by year's end and head toward $100 a barrel by next spring when traders begin looking ahead to the summer driving season.[vii]
Nonfarm payrolls rose by 39,000 in November, far lower than the 155,000 gain expected by economists surveyed by MarketWatch and the upwardly revised figure of 172,000 jobs gained in October.[viii]
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Chocolate Mint Divinity
From: Better Homes and Gardens
This milk chocolate divinity candy recipe is spread with additional chocolate and sprinkled with crushed peppermint candies.
Servings: 81 pieces
2 7-ounce bars milk chocolate
2-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup light-colored corn syrup
1/2 cup water
2 egg whites
2 squares (2 ounces) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
1/4 cup crushed peppermint candies
1. Line a 9x9x2-inch baking pan with foil, extending foil over edges of pan. Butter foil; line with chocolate bars. Set pan aside.
2. In a heavy 2-quart saucepan combine sugar, corn syrup, and water. Cook over medium-high heat to boiling, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon to dissolve sugar. This should take five to seven minutes. Avoid splashing mixture on sides of pan. Carefully clip candy thermometer to pan. Cook over medium heat, without stirring, to 260 degree F, hard-ball stage. Mixture should boil at moderate, steady rate over entire surface. Reaching hard-ball stage should take about 15 minutes.
3. Remove pan from heat; remove thermometer. In a large mixer bowl, immediately beat egg whites with a sturdy, freestanding electric mixer until stiff peaks form (tips stand straight).
4. Gradually pour hot mixture in a thin stream (slightly less than 1/8inch diameter) over egg whites, beating on high speed and scraping bowl occasionally. This should take about three minutes. (Add mixture slowly to ensure proper blending.) Add unsweetened chocolate and peppermint extract. Continue beating on high speed, scraping bowl occasionally, just until candy starts to lose its gloss. When beaters are lifted, mixture should fall in a ribbon, but mound on itself and not disappear into remaining mixture. Final beating should take five to six minutes.
5. Immediately spread over chocolate bars in prepared pan. Sprinkle with crushed candies. When firm, lift out of pan; cut into 1-inch squares. Store tightly covered.
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Up to three days ahead prepare divinity. Store at room temperature in a tightly covered container.
Get Rhythm
In a golf swing, the rhythm describes the total time it takes to complete the swing among its three main parts: backswing, downswing and forwardswing. If you treat the golf swing like a simple pendulum and divide it into equal beats or counts, the backswing should take two beats, and the combined downswing and forwardswing two beats. For example, you should be able to count "one-two" to the top of your backswing, and "three-four" to impact and finish. This 2:1:1 ratio is the golf swing rhythm. Like tempo, it's critical that you have the same rhythm for every club and every swing.
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This is an idea proposed back in the 1930's on how to construct large building that could deal with earthquakes. The theory is that underground tunnels suffer less damage during an earthquake than the buildings on top of the surface. I especially like the giant mirror that would reflect sunlight down into the building. We need to get one of these built in San Francisco.
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(We do not collect these names or emails!)Ever since it hit theaters in 2009, there have been talks of a "Zombieland" sequel. It looks like fans of the movie may be in even more luck as the writers of the popular zombie flick may bring the story to the small screen, Paste magazine reports.
The "Zombieland" sequel and possible television show are not the only thing writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are currently working on either. The two scribes have also been penning the script to a movie that is based on the Hasbro toys Micronauts.
According to the publication, having the comedy movie become a TV series is not that farfetched. The original film began as the potential pilot for a TV series, and zombie-centric stories have been growing in popularity recently thanks in large part to the AMC series "The Walking Dead."
Zombie movies have long been a staple of the Halloween season, and those looking for some of the best of the genre should check out "Land of the Dead" as well as the comically-tinged "Shaun of the Dead."
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Ordered the blueberry pancakes, which were ample. Service was about average for an early Saturday morning.
Ordered the blueberry pancakes, which were ample. Service was about average for an early Saturday morning.
Of all the restaurants i have visited in all country, IHOP - IS THE WORST - i order a ham and cheese omelet- i got it - no ash browns - just the omelete, i complain, they told me you can side order some ash browns. i told them that every retaurant in all america- whe you order an omelete... More
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This time last week Americans were just starting to learn about the troubled Russian region of Chechnya after authorities released the identities of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.
Rebecca Cruise discusses women in combat and the U.S. drone program with NPR's Rachel Martin. Before taking over the host's chair of Weekend Edition Sunday, she reported from both Iraq and Afghanistan, and served as the network's national security correspondent.
Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the West Thursday for refusing to declare Chechen militants terrorists and for offering them political and financial assistance in the past, in light of the revelation that Boston Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had Chechen roots.
The U.S. has urged the Kremlin to seek a political settlement in Chechnya and provided humanitarian aid to the region during the two separatist wars that began in 1994.
"Violence and conflict has happened in Chechnya for centuries," University of Oklahoma College of International Studies Dean and KGOU's World Views host Suzette Grillot says. "This goes back to the 16th Century when there's been war after war after war. So it's been a volatile region for some time."
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says there have been no threats or heightened security in the aftermath of a bombing at the Boston Marathon - but that senses are heightened.
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He had been with the city for 17 years and 8 months before his termination on Monday. Based on his departing annual salary of $84,000, Coco's pension will amount to about $37,100 a year.
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When that magical number in revenue decline is reached they'll fire up the calliope and toot-toot on down the river to greener pastures. That day may come sooner than later. The casino is here for one reason and one reason only, to separate patrons from their cash. I've never met a loser that frequented "the boat" but I have met folks who've lost their homes, jobs and marriages over their non-winning ways. Case in point, a close relative that lost their home to the casino was ecstatic when they won $5,000 on the slots. Go figure.
Pretty sure every business in America is created to "separate patrons from their cash."
That's what Wal-Mart does every day. People buy TVs and X-BOXs they can't afford, just like gambling over their heads.
Does anyone want to ban Wal-Mart because people amass Credit Card debt there and then have to file bankruptcy?
Last I checked, no one forces ANYONE to go to the boat, let alone put their money in the machine. Personal responsibility comes into play at some point.
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Oedipina nimaso Boza-Oviedo, Rovito, Chaves, García-Rodríguez, Artavia, Bolaños, and Wake, 2012, Zootaxa, 3309: 50. Holotype: UCR 8391, by original designation. Type locality: "Cerro Nimaso, Prov. Limón, Costa Rica, 1093 m".
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By Bill Simmons onIf you want to hear my extended NFL thoughts, check out Monday's B.S. Report with Cousin Sal or Thursday's B.S. Report with Mike Lombardi. Here are my super-quick picks for Week 14
STEELERS (-14) over Browns
I know, I already lost this one. In my defense, I didn't know Ben Roethlisberger's leg was going to get ripped off his body, then taped back on for the second half.
Colts (+16.5) over RAVENS
Total Uncle Miltie game for the Ravens. In other news, David Stern has vowed to void Indy's trade of Peyton Manning to the New York Jets next April.
Falcons (-3) over PANTHERS
The Panthers looked good against Tampa and Indy, making us forget that the Carolina defense gave up 233 points in seven games from Week 4 through Week 12. Remember I told you this as Matt Ryan is hitting wide-open receivers as you're trying to tell Roddy White and Julio Jones apart.
BENGALS (-3) over Texans
Great matchup for the Bengals: Maybe they're down three cornerbacks, but Houston is down one Andre Johnson. I can't believe that my only hesitation here was, "You know, T.J. Yates isn't that bad
Bucs (-2) over JAGUARS
I have this parlayed with "The Awkwardness of the Blaine Gabbert era" (-3.5) over the "Awkwardness of the Raheem Morris era."
LIONS (-10) over Vikings
Still not ruling out a late-season Lions run, followed by things self-combusting in Week 17 at Green Bay when the team commits 350 yards of penalties and Ndamukong Suh gets ejected for driving the team's injury cart into a goalpost, followed by everyone deciding not to blame Jim Schwartz.
JETS (-10.5) Chiefs
Good lord, did anyone see Tyler Palko last week? Has anyone ever pulled off the "so bad he got benched, then the backup got hurt, then he got thrown back in, then everyone forgot how bad he was because of a Haily Mary and because the other QB was worse" routine better than him? If the Jets defense gives up more than 10 points in this game, Rex Ryan should be forced to eat barbecue until his lap band breaks.
DOLPHINS (-3) over Eagles
BRONCOS (-3.5) over Bears
Thank you, America, for continuing not to believe in the Dolphins and Broncos.
Patriots (-8) over REDSKINS
So disappointed that Inside the NFL didn't have footage of Fred Davis and Trent Williams apologizing to their teammates for their drug suspensions. Guys, we're really sorry we let you down. We were over at Fred's watching the Avatar 3-D Blu-ray on Fred's new TV, and we just couldn't stop ourselves
especially when Fred realized that he had three bags of Popcornopolis in his kitchen
you have to believe us, one thing led to another
TITANS (+3.5) over Saints
Chris Johnson killed hundreds of thousands of fantasy seasons, only now he's one of the best starts for Round 1 of the playoffs? That doesn't seem fair. The NFL should make him sit out this weekend or something. By the way, this is my upset special: Titans 27, Saints 16.
Raiders (+11.5) over PACKERS
I'm picking against Green Bay only because of this e-mail from Bob in New Hampshire: "On Tuesday Packers began offering stock to the public. Stock shares are available for purchase on the Packers web page. The 'stock' certificates are assigned to owners by name. Shares cannot appreciate and they pay no dividend. Shares can't be transferred. There is no exchange or marketplace, and you can only will them to family members. Basically, for $250 you get a piece of paper saying you own part of the team. Shareholders have no ability to buy tickets, no seat licenses, no special benefits, just the certificate that announces you were gullible enough to send the team money for nothing. You do get invited to an annual shareholder meeting, but the shareholders have no decision making ability regarding the future of the team or stadium. It's kind of like a big Facebook account, except Facebook is free. Now get ready for this — they sold $400,000 worth of 'stock' certificates in the first 11 minutes that they were available! I'm not sure if I'm more surprised by that fact, or just that the Green Bay Packers figured out this revenue stream before the Red Sox did. At least when you send $250 to the Red Sox they send you a brick."
CARDINALS (+4) over 49ers
Say it with me: "I believe in the Cardinals at home. I believe in the Cardinals at home. I believe in the Cardinals at home
CHARGERS (-7) over Bills
Say it with me: "I'm not going to get roped into a late-season Chargers run even after they win this game by 30 points. I'm not going to get roped into a late-season Chargers run even after they win this game by 30 points. I'm not going to get roped into a late-season Chargers run even after they win this game by 30 points
Giants (+3.5) COWBOYS
You know this game is going to be close, I know this game is going to be close
why are we fighting it? In other news, I'd love to see Jason Garrett feeding clues to Tony Romo on an old '70s game show like The $20,000 Pyramid or Password Plus — I just feel like hilarity would ensue.
SEAHAWKS (-4.5) over Rams
Seattle's last four games: St. Louis, at Chicago, San Francisco (who may have the no. 2 seed clinched by then), at Arizona.
(Translation: If we're headed for a five-way, 9-7 log jam for those two NFC wild cards four weeks from now, Tarvaris Jackson might be involved. Start stockpiling canned goods and saving bottled water now to be safe.)
This week: 0-1
Last week: 8-8
Season: 96-90-7
Bill Simmons is the Editor in Chief of Grantland and the author of the recent New York Times no. 1 best-seller The Book of Basketball, now out in paperback with new material and a revised Hall of Fame Pyramid. For every Simmons column and podcast, log on to Grantland. Follow him on Twitter and check out his new home on Facebook.
Previously from Bill Simmons:
Day 1: The Road to Groundhog Day (and more dumb contracts than ever)
Day 2: The Donut Dilemma (the bubble in the center market)
Day 3: Is Arron Afflalo really worth $50 million?
Day 4: Where the hell is Chris Paul going?
Day 5: Inside Grantland Featuring Blake Griffin, Part II
Day 6: The Day the NBA Lost Its Way


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I-270 is not the only road widening project under consideration by the state. The Maryland Department of Transportation is proposing to widen I-97 between Baltimore and Annapolis and to widen part of the Baltimore Beltway. Howard County Executive Ken Ulman wants the state to widen US-29 near Columbia. And the state is spending $830 million to install Express Toll Lanes on I-95 northeast of Baltimore.
So where are the protests from the Baltimore Sun against these projects? Where is the opposing petition drive from D.C. blogs? And where is the money-raising campaign from Action Committee for Transit?
Could it be that only MoCo road widening projects are evil?
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Widening Projects Abound
Posted by Adam Pagnucco at 8:00 PM
Labels: Adam Pagnucco, I-270, transportation
4 comments:
- Michael Dresser said...
Isn't it about time Adam abandoned the pretense of neutrality on the I-270 project? He's clearly in a cheerleading contest with Rich Parsons for the title of biggest fan of an asphalt solution.
Anyway, Adam is proposing an equivalency between the proposed $4.6 billion I-270 lane--widening boondoggle and several other proposed projects that would increase lane capacity around the state. He wonder why the Baltimore Sun isn't opposing those projects?
I can't speak for the editorial board, but I can answer for the transportation columnist, who happens to be me.
First of all, I haven't endorsed any of the projects Adam cites. I don't have enough information to express an opinion one way or another. But it is clear that the equivalency Adam suggests is patently bogus.
First, the Interstate 97 project is being proposed in the context of improved handling of freight traffic. There is clearly no justification for widening I-97 for commuter traffic alone.
With freight traffic, there can be no transit alternative such as has been proposed for the I-270 corridor. Freight can't hop on a bus. It can, however, be shifted to rails -- and that's part of the I-97 corridor study.
The U.S. 29 case is far different from I-270. Route 29 is a six-lane highway through most of Montgomery County, then narrows to two lanes around Burtonsville and expands again to three in the Columbia area. The Howard County executive wants to widen the two-lane portion.
I'd like to hear the arguments on both sides about this project, but it's clearly a different proposition from widening a highway at its far end. Adam might also want to check a map to determine which county other than Howard shares the U.S. 29 corridor.
From an economic development standpoint, I would argue that employment growth in the 29 corridor is far preferable to growth in the already saturated I-270 corridor because it is closer to the center of the state and thus accessible to more Marylanders. Let's give eastern Montgomery a chance for once.
On Beltway widenings, let's not go there. Baltimore has a Beltway, so does Washington. Sometimes your beltway needs help, sometimes ours does. They tend to balance off. - 12:39 PM
- Adam Pagnucco said...
Thanks, Baltimore Guy. I am amused that a mainstream media reporter who long ago abandoned any objectivity on I-270 is questioning the impartiality of a blogger. These are interesting times for the media.
By the way, the same freight study that recommends widening I-97 also recommends widening I-270. The study says on page 17, "While the State's largest concentration of freight-intensive industries and freight flows will remain in the I-95 corridor, freight industries and the resulting goods movement in the I-270 corridor are projected to grow at a faster rate." - 12:51 PM
- Casey A said...
By Adam's standard of intellectual consistency, shouldn't Rich Parsons be required to write a detailed post attacking the Red Line and explaining why Baltimore would be better off spending the money on street widening?
And if David Alpert did post a critique of one of the other road widening projects Adam mentions, wouldn't Adam respond by arguing, among other things, that David lives in DC and therefore doesn't know what he's talking about, as Adam did in response to the GGW posts arguing against the I-270 widening?
Casey Anderson - 1:23 PM
- Michael Dresser said...
We're in a world of multi-tasking in the media today, Adam. Michael Dresser the reporter doesn't have a position on I-270. Michael Dresser the columnist and blogger does. These are indeed interesting times.
So if a freight study says we have to widen highways, we just have to fall in lockstep behind the study?
Here's the thing about studies such as that one: They tend to focus on one problem to the exclusion of all other considerations. The freight study asks how can we move freight through faster? A corridor study looks at how many vehicles can we move through a corridor. Neither takes much time examining the consequences of the obvious "solutions." Neither assesses the collateral damage of traditional approaches.
It's clear that the driving force behind the gold-plated I-270 proposal is that we have to do everything in our power to appease the Boss of our transportation system: the singly occupied passengter vehicle operated by an affluent individual (hence the ETL solution). The Boss expects to be catered to because that's the treatment he got through the entire second half of the Twentieth Century.
But it's not the Twentieth Century any longer, Adam. Paradigms shift, and even bloggers need to shift with them. - 1:04 PM


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Did you know that the same pair of earrings that Jennifer Lopez wears in one of her music videos, a jewelry design Beyonce chose for an awards show and a pair of champagne flutes seen in Sex and the City 2 can be found right at Towson Town Center?
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Jennifer Lopez can be seen wearing the Fit earrings ($155) in her video for her hit single, On The Floor (featuring Pitbull). In the video, a second pair of Swarovski earrings are also seen.
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- September 9, 2012
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- Q:(Sudhir Chandran - Chequered Flag,) When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, he said those famous words 'one small step by a human being and one giant leap for mankind.' Any famous first words?
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I had the chance to get down to Red HQ this afternoon for some RPP taste testing out in the parking lot. Brought the girl & the dog with me. Nate, BC & Jarred hooked it up today! Thanks so much for the fun!
Not going to repeat everyone else here. Lenses are more than solid. Smooth as butter focus/iris rings. Very sharp. They produce nice flares too! I shot the sun a lot as you will see from the video... My favorite lens was the 35mm. Everything POPS & is quite 3D looking with that lens. Least favorite was the 50 & 85mm to my eye. I favored the contrast in the 25 & 35mm more. Don't know if that's something that can be improved upon in this state or if it was a change in haze/lighting conditions. I need to do more testing with that.. The RR donut may not have been as snug as it could have been on further thought. I need an affordable bellows unit. Either way, I'd like to do more testing, the sun was really bright today and there may have been subtle light leaks. I kept the NDs on the whole time.
I brought my Canon K-35 24mm PL Superspeed with me to contrast/compare. The K-35s are almost identical in look to the Zeiss Superspeeds, Canon's being just a few hairs sharper fully open.
Everything is labeled so you can tell the differences between VINTAGE glass and MODERN glass. Most of this DEMO is RPPs as I don't have my Canon 35, 55 & 85 yet. They are currently being converted to PL by Optitek..
I brought the RR mattebox & Mantis rig to shoot handheld. When I first checked out the RPPs, the first thing I noticed was their weight and bulkiness. Very massive compared to my lightweight K-35s. However, when they were on my shoulder, they were not bad at all.. Your first impression will be, DAMN, THIS THING IS HUUUGE!
All of this footy was shot with 2 Schneider ND filters, no IR. I stacked a 1.2 & a 0.6, cutting out 6 stops of light. Most of this DEMO is shot at T1.8 at around 2-3PM, partly hazy skies.
I cut in FCP, sent to Color, 2k 16x9 Pro Res HQ to H.264 for web. Redspace COLOR - Rec709 GAMMA. Saturation was kept at 1.0. Mild S curve applied to every clip. White Balance was set to 6500 for every clip except for the 100mm close of the eye at the end, that was boosted to 9999.
The last 4 clips are a locked tripod comparison test between the K-35 and the RPP. I did not use a mattebox for this test. The wide open clips were achieved by holding up to two stacked ND filters, directly in front of the lens. Because of this, we had some weird hazing going on. I was looking more at bokeh than anything though..