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Kevin Costner Movies
One of Hollywood's most prominent strong, silent types,
Kevin Costner
was for several years the celluloid personification of the baseball industry, given his indelible mark with baseball-themed hits like
Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
, and
For Love of the Game
. His epic Western
Dances with Wolves
marked the first break from this trend and established
as a formidable directing talent to boot. Although several flops in the late '90s diminished his bankability, for many,
remained one of the industry's most enduring and endearing icons.
A native of California,
was born January 18, 1955, in Lynnwood. While a marketing student at California State University in Fullerton, he became involved with community theater. Upon graduation in 1978,
took a marketing job that lasted all of 30 days before deciding to take a crack at acting. After an inauspicious 1974 film debut in the ultra-cheapie
Sizzle Beach USA
decided to take a more serious approach to acting. Venturing down the usual theater-workshop, multiple-audition route, the actor impressed casting directors who weren't really certain of how to use him. That may be one reason why
's big-studio debut in
Night Shift
(1982) consisted of little more than background decoration, and the same year's
featured the hapless young actor as an off-stage voice.
Lawrence Kasdan
enough to cast him in the important role of the suicide victim who motivated the plot of
The Big Chill
(1983). Unfortunately, his flashback scenes were edited out of the movie, leaving all that was visible of the actor -- who had turned down
Matthew Broderick
's role in WarGames to take the part -- to be his dress suit, along with a fleeting glimpse of his hairline and hands as the undertaker prepared him for burial during the opening credits. Two years later, a guilt-ridden
for a major part as a hell-raising gunfighter in the "retro" Western
(1985), this time putting him in front of the camera for virtually the entire film. He also gained notice for the Diner-ish buddy road movie Fandango. The actor's big break came two years later as he burst onto the screen in two major films,
No Way Out
The Untouchables
; his growing popularity was further amplified with a brace of baseball films, released within months of one another. In
Bull Durham
(1988), the actor was taciturn minor-league ballplayer Crash Davis, and in the following year's
Field of Dreams
he was Ray Kinsella, a farmer who constructs a baseball diamond in his Iowa cornfield at the repeated urging of a voice that intones "if you build it, he will come."
Riding high on the combined box-office success of these films,
was able to make his directing debut. With a small budget of 18 million dollars, he went off to the Black Hills of South Dakota to film the first Western epic that Hollywood had seen in years, a revisionist look at American Indian-white relationships titled Dances With Wolves (1990). The supposedly doomed project, in addition to being one of '90s biggest moneymakers, also took home a slew of Academy Awards, including statues for Best Picture and Best Director (usurping Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas).
's luck continued with the 1991 costume epic
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
; this, too, made money, though it seriously strained
's longtime friendship with the film's director,
Kevin Reynolds
. The same year,
had another hit -- and critical success -- on his hands with
Oliver Stone
. The next year's
The Bodyguard
, a film which teamed
Whitney Houston
, did so well at the box office that it seemed the actor could do no wrong. However, his next film,
A Perfect World
(1993), directed by
Clint Eastwood
and casting the actor against type as a half-psycho, half-benign prison escapee, was a major disappointment, even though
himself garnered some acclaim. Bad luck followed
Perfect World
in the form of another cast-against-type failure, the 1994 Western
Wyatt Earp
, which proved that
Lawrence Kasdan
could have his off days.
Adding insult to injury,
's 1995 epic sci-fi adventure
received a whopping amount of negative publicity prior to opening due to its ballooning budget and bloated schedule; ultimately, its decent box office total in no way offset its cost. The following year,
was able to rebound somewhat with the romantic comedy
Tin Cup
, which was well-received by the critics and the public alike. Unfortunately, he opted to follow up this success with another large-scaled directorial effort, an epic filmization of author David Brin's
The Postman
. The 1997 film featured
as a
-spouting drifter in a post-nuclear holocaust America whose efforts to reunite the country give him messianic qualities. Like
The Postman
received a critical drubbing and did poorly with audiences.
's reputation, now at an all-time low, received some resuscitation with the 1998 romantic drama
Message in a Bottle
, and later the same year he returned to the genre that loved him best with
Sam Raimi
's baseball drama
For Love of the Game
. A thoughtful reflection on the Cuban missile crisis provided the groundwork for the mid-level success
Thirteen Days
(2000), though
's next turn -- as a member of a group of
impersonating casino bandits in 3000 Miles to Graceland -- drew harsh criticism, relegating it to a quick death at the box office. Though
's next effort was a more sentimental supernatural drama lamenting lost love,
(2002) was dismissed by many as a cheap clone of
The Sixth Sense
and met an almost equally hasty fate.
fared better in 2003, and returned to directing, with
Open Range
, a Western co-starring himself and the iconic
Robert Duvall
-- while it was no Dances With Wolves in terms of mainstream popularity, it certainly received more positive feedback than
The Postman
. In 2004,
starred alongside
Joan Allen
in director
Mike Binder
's drama
The Upside of Anger
. That picture cast
as an unexpectedly single, upper-middle class woman who unexpectedly strikes up a romance with the boozy ex-baseball star who lives next door (
). Even if divided on the picture as a whole, critics unanimously praised the lead performances by
After the thoroughly dispiriting (and critically drubbed) quasi-sequel to The Graduate,
Rumor Has It...
teamed up with
Andrew Davis
for the moderately successful 2006 Coast Guard thriller
The Guardian
, co-starring
Ashton Kutcher
and Hollywood ingenue
Melissa Sagemiller
then undertook another change-of-pace with one of his first psychological thrillers: 2007's
Mr. Brooks
, directed by
Bruce A. Evans
. Playing a psychotic criminal spurred on to macabre acts by his homicidal alter ego (
William Hurt
emerged from the critical- and box-office failure fairly unscathed. He came back swinging the following year with a starring role in the comedy Swing Vote, playing a small town slacker whose single vote is about to determine the outcome of a presidential election. Costner's usual everyman charm carried the movie, but soon he was back to his more somber side, starring in the recession-era drama The Company Men in 2010 alongside Chris Cooper and Tommy Lee Jones.
As the 2010's rolled on, Costner's name appeared often in conjunction with the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained prior to filming, but scheduling conflicts would eventually prevent the actor from participating in the project. He instead signed on for the latest Superman reboot, playing Clark Kent's adoptive dad on Planet Earth in Man of Steel. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Man of Steel
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Superman flies back onto the big screen in this Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures production directed by Zack Snyder (Watchmen), produced by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight), and featuring a screenplay by David Goyer (Blade, The Dark Knight). As the planet of Krypton crumbles, General Zod (Michael Shannon) stages a coup as concerned leader Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and his wife send their infant son Kal-El to a distant world called Earth. While the young child travels through space with an object containing the DNA of his home planet, General Zod and his cohorts are sentenced to an eternity in a black-hole prison. Named Clark and raised by kindly farmers Jonathan (Kevin Costner) and Martha Kent (Diane Lane), young Kal-El lives in fear of what might happen should his neighbors learn about his extraterrestrial origins, eventually exploring the world in search of himself. In time, Clark's travels take him to a frozen tundra, where the American government has discovered an 18,000-year-old anomaly buried deep in the ice. Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane (Amy Adams) has just come to investigate when, after venturing out with her camera, she has a profound encounter with Clark. Convinced that his presence on Earth is proof of life on other planets, Lois finds her attempt to publish the story thwarted by her boss Perry White (Laurence Fishburne), who rejects it outright. Later, the airwaves are hijacked by General Zod, who threatens to obliterate the human race if they fail to hand over Kal-El within 24 hours. Forced to embrace his otherworldly origins for the first time in his life, Clark Kent dons the special suit from Krypton and prepares to take a stand against an enemy far more powerful than any he's ever known. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Hatfields & McCoys
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This miniseries from cable's History Channel travels back to the second half of the 19th century for an epic-length, dramatic evocation of one of history's most famous and vitriolic feuds. A conflict that first erupted in 1863 and spanned a whopping 28 years, the Hatfield-McCoy War began simply, with two Confederate soldiers, Randall McCoy (here played by Bill Paxton) and 'Devil' Anse Hatfield (here played by Kevin Costner) returning home after many months of battle in the U.S. Civil War. Initially, the future appears bright to both men, but a misunderstanding soon erupts that leads straight to a tragic murder, and an illicit love affair further complicates the situation. In time, minor clashes and disagreements blow up into a local civil war, as neighbors and friends take sides. Kevin Reynolds (Waterworld, Fandango) directs. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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Petty Blue
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This documentary, narrated by Kevin Costner, charts four generations of the Petty family, all of whom became champion NASCAR drivers. First there was Lee Petty, one of the sport's first stars; then his revered son Richard, who turned into the face of racing for decades; then his son Kyle; then his son Adam, and the filmmakers offer highlights from all the men's careers. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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The Company Men
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A high-powered sales executive struggles with his own dwindling sense of self-worth after becoming a victim to corporate downsizing. Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) has a big house, a new Porsche, a beautiful wife, and two adoring kids. When he's not in the office, he can usually be found on the golf course, perfecting his game or clinching an important business deal. But when the axe falls, Bobby and his colleagues Phil (Chris Cooper) and Gene (Tommy Lee Jones) find their necks on the chopping block, and their futures looking bleak. In order to stay afloat, Bobby reluctantly goes to work as a carpenter for his brother-in-law (Kevin Costner). But building houses is a far cry from the boardroom, and just as Bobby starts to wonder if he'll ever taste success again, he realizes that true prosperity doesn't come in the form of a paycheck, but through the satisfaction of knowing that his family will always be there to support him. Maria Bello, Craig T. Nelson, and Rosemarie DeWitt co-star in a drama from writer/director John Wells (ER). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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NASCAR: The Ride of Their Lives
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This documentary explains how NASCAR developed quickly and, over the course of decades, became one of the most popular sporting attractions in the United States. The filmmakers utilize rarely-seen footage of cars from the 1950's, along with interviews by some of the most famous drivers of yesterday and today including Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon, and Dale Earnhardt Jr." ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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The New Daughter
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Kevin Costner stars as a father who moves his pair of kids to an isolated farm only to find his daughter's changed behavior might have something to do with a burial ground near his property in Luis A. Berdejo's The New Daughter. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
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Swing Vote
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When the mischievous antics of a precocious 12-year-old girl result in the outcome of the United States presidential election hinging on the vote of her apathetic, likable loser of a father, the man who thought that life had long since passed him by is reluctantly thrust into the national spotlight in this political-themed comedy starring Kevin Costner. Bud Johnson (Costner) is your typical American -- a simple man and loving father who never would have thought he had the power to change the world. Though when election day finally arrives and Bud prepares to cast his ballot, his overachieving daughter Molly proves to be the catalyst for a stunning series of events that place the fate of the free world in the hands of a man more comfortable slinging cases of beer -- her father. The two candidates are portrayed by Dennis Hopper and Kelsey Grammer, with Nathan Lane and Stanley Tucci as their campaign managers. George Lopez also stars as a local TV-station manager who has to deal with the political factions as they set up camp in the small town. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Mr. Brooks
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A hardened detective enters into a tenuous symbiotic relationship with the vicious serial killer she is tracking after earning the respect of the murderous madman in this vicious psychological thriller starring Demi Moore, Kevin Costner, and William Hurt. Earl Brooks (Costner) is a successful businessman, noted philanthropist, and loving father. He's the kind of man whom no one would ever suspect of being a notorious serial killer, but then again history's most dubious psychopaths are often the quiet neighbor whom no one would ever suspect was capable of committing such unspeakable atrocities. Until now, no one has had any reason to link Earl Brooks with the heinous crimes of the dreaded Thumbprint Killer. Even his beautiful wife (Marg Helgenbeger) and teenage daughter (Danielle Panabaker) could never conceive of such an awful truth. But when Mr. Brooks's dark side begins to outshine his sane exterior, an amateur photographer (Dane Cook) captures the killer succumbing to his murderous instinct on film. Now, as Mr. Brooks is pursued by tenacious detective Tracy Atwood (Moore) and forced to bend to the will of an opportunistic bystander, the killer who was once able to keep his murderous alter ego (Hurt) in check finds his control steadily slipping. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Ever Again
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The insidious rise of anti-Semitism in the 21st century is examined in this documentary from filmmaker Richard Trank. In a world where tolerance is supposedly the watchword, politically, spiritually and historically-based slander against Jews is making a surprising comeback, as radical Moslems encourage violence against Jews, political leaders espouse anti-Israeli policies in the name of supporting the rights of Palestinians, right-wing skinheads recruit teenagers into their ranks, and commentators often cite the Jewish state for crimes which are ignored when committed by other nations. Ever Again presents damning evidence of rising anti-Jewish sentiment in France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and features interviews with Alan Dershowitz, Nicolas Sarkozy, Louise Ellman and Dr. Judea Pearl. Ever Again was produced with the cooperation of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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The Guardian
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A decorated Coast Guard search and rescue specialist still haunted by the death of his teammates during a disastrous mission off the coast of Alaska is charged with the task of training the next generation of Coast Guard rescue swimmers in director Andrew Davis' ocean-bound adventure drama. Ben Randall (Kevin Costner) was the best swimmer of his graduating class, but upon surfacing as the sole survivor of an Alaskan rescue mission attempted during a Category Three storm, his outlook on life has grown increasingly jaded. Now, as hotshot young swimmer Jake Fischer (Ashton Kutcher) arrives at Coast Guard rescue school looking to accomplish something meaningful with his life, he will be forced to endure the rigorous training methods of a man who expects nothing less than the very best in order to become a member of one of the most elite rescue squads on the planet. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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On Native Soil
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Producer/director Linda Ellman offers a comprehensive examination of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in this focused documentary that opens with a 1997 interview with Osama bin Laden, and goes on to detail precisely how the harrowing events of that fateful day unfolded. From the manner in which the hijackers passed through airport security to the experiences of the unfortunate souls trapped in the World Trade Center during the attacks and the testimony of President Bush's former counter-terrorism advisor Richard Clarke, Ellman's documentary focuses not only on the tragedy of the 9/11 attacks, but the heroism and inspiring bravery of those who gave their all to save the lives of others during one of America's darkest hours as well. Kevin Costner and Hillary Swank narrate a film designed to preserve a defining moment in American history. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Rumor Has It...
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A woman discovers that a part of her family history may be more complicated -- and more famous -- than she ever imagined in this comedy. Thirtysomething Sarah Huttinger (Jennifer Aniston), who has spent most of her adult life in New York City, is flying home to California with her long time boyfriend, Jeff Daly (Mark Ruffalo), for the wedding of her annoyingly perky younger sister, Annie (Mena Suvari). While Sarah and Jeff have recently announced they're engaged to be married, Sarah has been having second thoughts, and she isn't excited about the prospect of spending time with the family where she's always felt like the odd duck. As Sarah tries to decide what she should do with her personal and professional lives, she turns to her sharp-tongued and still youthful grandmother, Katharine (Shirley MacLaine), for advice, and Katharine shares a little-known bit of family history -- that Sarah's now-deceased mother left her father, Earl (Richard Jenkins), a few days before their wedding and ran off with another man for several days before coming back and marrying Earl. However, after hearing this Sarah is also treated to some long-simmering local gossip about a young man who ran off with a bride-to-be after he was seduced by her mother...and that the story became the basis for the hit movie The Graduate. Sarah begins to wonder, was Katharine the real-life Mrs. Robinson of this story? And if it's true, who was the man who had affairs with Sarah's mother and grandmother? Was it dashing and wealthy family friend Beau Burroughs (Kevin Costner), who has also turned Sarah's head? Rumor Has It... was produced from an original screenplay by Ted Griffin; Griffin was originally set to direct the film, but shortly after production began he was replaced, with Rob Reiner taking over the project. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Laffit: All About Winning
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Experience the true thrill of triumph over adversity as the inspirational tale of legendary jockey Laffit comes to the screen in a documentary narrated by Kevin Costner and directed and produced by Jim Wilson. Born into a humble Panama household, Laffit's lifelong love of sport and horses drove him to take to the tracks with great enthusiasm and steadfast determination to make a name for himself. It wasn't always easy though, and from his breathtaking race against famed jockey Bill Shoemaker to the tragic fall that nearly ended his career and the Kentucky Derby comeback that propelled him into sports history, Laffit's remarkable tale proves just how much a little faith and a lot of hard work can truly pay off. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The Upside of Anger
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Two friends wonder if there might be more between them when their lives both take a left turn in this romantic comedy. Terry (Joan Allen) is a middle-aged housewife and mother of four teenaged daughters and gets the shock of her life when her husband, without a word of warning, leaves them behind, presumably to move to Sweden with his secretary. Going through a bender of depression and alcohol, Terry finds herself commiserating with Denny (Kevin Costner), a former baseball star turned unenthusiastic radio personality who was her husband's colleague and friend and an occasional presence at the house. With both Terry and Denny feeling down in the dumps about recent events in their lives, the two find themselves drawn to one another, and while Terry fights the notion of a new romance, her daughters -- Andy (Erika Christensen), Hadley (Alicia Witt), Emily (Keri Russell), and Lavender (Evan Rachel Wood) -- each have different ideas about their futures. The Upside of Anger was written and directed by Mike Binder, who also plays a supporting role as the producer of Denny's radio show. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Open Range
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Kevin Costner stars in and directs the Western Open Range. Robert Duvall stars as Boss Spearman, a rugged old-timer who free-grazes cattle. He and Charley Waite (Costner) have been partners for ten years. As the film opens in the 1880s, the pair and their employees -- the beefy, rugged, likable Mose (Abraham Benrubi) and the impetuous Mexican teenager Buttons (Diego Luna) -- are driving cattle across the West. Mose is attacked and thrown in jail during a visit to a town. The local cattle rancher Baxter (Michael Gambon) wants the free grazers off his land and warns Charley and Boss when they retrieve Mose that they have until the next day to be out of the area. Boss decides to fight back, especially after Baxter's men do harm to the foursome. Charley confesses his past as a killer during the Civil War and strikes up a tentative romance with Sue Barlow -- the sister of the town doctor. The film's centerpiece is an extended gunfight between the duo (with some assistance from sympathetic townsfolk) and Baxter's hired gunmen. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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In this supernatural thriller, Kevin Costner plays Joe Darrow, a physician mourning the death of his wife Emily (Susannah Thompson) in a bus accident in South America, where she was providing medical outreach. Wracked by grief, Joe works extra shifts at the hospital to take his mind off the tragedy, but the intense workload triggers his short temper and some careless mistakes. His officious boss (Joe Morton) forces Joe to take time off, but Joe feels obligated to check in on his wife's pediatric patients, fulfilling a promise he made before she left. Visiting the ward, Joe starts to believe that Emily is using the near-death experiences of her terminal patients to communicate with him, through images the children report seeing in their dreams, and symbols they are inexplicably compelled to draw. While the children see Joe as a kindred spirit, the hospital staff worries about how these interactions are agitating them. At home, Joe begins finding other ethereal evidence of his wife's attempt to contact him from beyond the grave, some of it featuring the image of a dragonfly, which was the shape of the birthmark on her shoulder. His friends and a caring neighbor (Kathy Bates) worry that Joe is losing his marbles, especially as his quest becomes more frantic, putting his job in jeopardy. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi
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3000 Miles to Graceland
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After squaring off in 1995 with competing movie biographies of frontier lawman Wyatt Earp, actors Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner co-star in this action crime caper as former cronies engaged in a series of double-crosses over some stolen loot. Michael Zane (Russell) and Thomas Murphy (Costner) are the leaders of a gang of ex-convict thieves using an Elvis Presley impersonator convention to pull off a daring heist in a Las Vegas casino. The gang also includes Gus (David Arquette), Hanson (Bokeem Woodbine), and Franklin (Christian Slater). Although they manage to retrieve the money, the crooks turn on each other in bloody fashion and Murphy (who believes he's actually the illegitimate son of Elvis) makes off with the illegal funds. In hot pursuit are the police and Michael, who's encumbered by his girlfriend Cybil (Courtney Cox-Arquette) and her young son Jesse James. Written and directed by music video creator Demian Lichtenstein, 3000 Miles to Graceland also stars Kevin Pollak, Ice-T, and Howie Long. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
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Play It to the Bone
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After covering baseball in Bull Durham, basketball in White Men Can't Jump. and golf in Tin Cup, writer, director, and obvious sports fan Ron Shelton takes on the world of boxing in this comedy. Vince Boudreau (Woody Harrelson) and Cesar Sota (Antonio Banderas) are close friends and aspiring boxers struggling on the lowest rungs of the fight game. When a major boxing promoter needs to fill out the card for a heavyweight bout in Las Vegas, Vince and Cesar both get the call to head out to Sin City. But the excitement sours when they realize that there's a small problem: the promoter's schedule has the two pals fighting each other. Play It to the Bone also features Lolita Davidovich, Lucy Liu, Tom Sizemore, and Robert Wagner. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Fabulous Fenway: America's Legendary Ballpark
Featuring interviews with players, coaches, announcers, and an assortment of fans, ranging from Kevin Costner to vendors on the street, this historical documentary about Fenway Park, the longtime home of the Boston Red Sox, uses archival footage, photographs, and commentary to present a nostalgic picture of what the legendary ballpark has meant to baseball fans for so many years. ~ Alice Duncan, Rovi
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Thirteen Days
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Director Roger Donaldson teams up with star Kevin Costner for another political thriller (after their 1987 pairing, No Way Out), only this time with a film based on the actual events surrounding the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, taking place during the titular thirteen days wherein the U.S. and the Soviet Union nearly engaged in full-scale nuclear war. After President John F. Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood) is shown photographs from a spy plane detailing the presence of missiles in Cuba capable of obliterating massive areas of the U.S., he must immediately decide the most effective course of action for the country. With the aid of best friend and special assistant Kenny O'Donnell (Kevin Costner) and brother Robert (Steven Culp), the President must avoid a dire chain of events that could be dictated by General Curtis LeMay (Kevin Conway), who would rather take immediate action and invade Cuba. After initial reticence about leaking the information to the nation, President Kennedy eventually tells of the conflict, leading to widespread panic and a blockade of Cuba. With the aid of Robert McNamara (Dylan Baker) and Adlai Stevenson (Michael Fairman), the leaders must find a way to alleviate the tension of the situation. Thirteen Days also features Walter Adrian as Lyndon Johnson. ~ Jason Clark, Rovi
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Message in a Bottle
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Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, Message In A Bottle stars Robin Wright Penn as Theresa Osborne, a writer for the Chicago Tribune. While her son visits her cheating ex-husband, Theresa goes on a vacation by herself. One day, while running on the beach, she finds a bottle washed up on the shore. She opens it and inside finds a love letter unlike any she's ever read. Captivated by the author's words of love, she returns to her job at the Tribune where she convinces her boss to run an article about the mystery writer, known only as "G." He approves, and Theresa begins her hunt. Scrutinizing every physical detail of the letter and the path the bottle may have taken, she eventually locates Garret Blake (Kevin Costner), a North Carolina boat-restorer who has not been the same since the tragic death of his beloved wife Catherine. Since her death, Garret has written several letters to his dead wife, put them in a bottles, and let them loose in the sea. As Theresa spends time with Garret, she quickly falls in love with him, though she neglects to tell him she knows about the letters. Garret, prodded by his cantankerous, no-nonsense dad, Dodge (Paul Newman), emerges from his shell of grief and develops an interest in Theresa as well. Theresa returns to Chicago and Garret soon visits her; he meets her son, Jason (Jesse James), but also discovers her knowledge of the letters. Eventually the two, who have both lost love, must cast off their emotional baggage and decide if they will pursue love even if it can't always last. ~ Ron Wells, Rovi
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For Love of the Game
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Based on the novel by Michael Shaara, For Love of the Game brought Kevin Costner back to the world of baseball after his successes with Bull Durham (1988) and Field of Dreams (1989). Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) is a star pitcher with the Detroit Tigers, standing on the mound at Yankee Stadium and throwing what is shaping up to be a perfect game with the help of his best friend and catcher, Gus Osinski (John C. Reilly). However, Billy is having a hard time keeping his mind on the game; he's come to a crossroads in both his personal and professional lives, and he isn't sure what to do or where to go. He's learned that the Tigers are about to be sold, and the new owners intend to trade him at the end of the season, and that his girlfriend Jane (Kelly Preston) is planning to leave him. For Love of the Game represents a change of pace for director Sam Raimi, best-known for the Evil Dead trilogy and the acclaimed suspense drama A Simple Plan (1998) (although Raimi, a baseball fan born in Michigan, doubtless enjoyed making a film featuring the Detroit Tigers). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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The Postman
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Kevin Costner directed and stars in this adaptation of David Brin's science fiction novel The Postman (1985), first published in 1982 issues of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Costner's return to directing after his Oscar-winning Dances With Wolves(1990) is a futuristic epic depicting the aftermath of a destructive war. Some 16 years from the present day, America has been turned into a wasteland of separated communities minus a national government. A vagabond (Costner) who travels through these little villages performing Shakespeare is captured by marauders known as the Holnists, and thrown into a totalitarian labor camp run by a Hitler-like dictator, General Bethlehem (Will Patton).
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-- one of the millions of people watching Sunday Night Football last night you saw something out of the ordinary.
NBC sportscaster Bob Costas using his weekly monologue.
The sound off on the murder suicide less than 36 hours earlier involving Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Javon Belcher.
He wants an actual perspective on this well a bit of it comes from the Kansas City based writer Jason whitlock.
With whom I do not always agree but who today said -- so well but we may as well just quote or paraphrase.
From the end of his article.
Our current gun culture whitlock wrote.
Ensures that more and more domestic disputes we'll -- in the ultimate tragedy.
And that more convenient store confrontations over loud music coming from a car will leave more teenage boy's bloodied -- dead.
-- guns -- not enhance our safety.
They exacerbate our flaws attempts -- to escalate arguments and bait us into embracing confrontation.
Rather than avoiding it.
In the coming days to bond built his actions and their possible connection to football will be analyzed.
Who knows but here -- Jason whitlock.
Is what I believe.
If -- Belcher didn't possess a gun.
He and -- Perkins would both be alive.
All right so what do you think about that let's do this fair and balanced Jim Pinkerton is a contributing editor and writer.
For the American conservative magazine Alan Colmes is host of the Alan Colmes radio show and author of thank the liberals.
For saving America full disclosure I -- a handgun owner.
And yes I'm a member of the in our case so I'll do my best this stay in the middle on this one.
Alan what do you think about what Kostis had to say there -- not packing on the sedar and is not -- clear -- that's very angry with me when Baghdad.
I actually this idea -- New York wouldn't -- -- -- I'm just getting serious.
He he was quoting.
Somebody else obviously the I don't get the sense -- he was calling for specific legislation or saying -- was that we should do he wasn't sick.
Specifically calling for gun control he was saying some things are -- we have a gun culture and to.
We could debate whether or not if Joseph -- had a gun would he and his girlfriend be alive today.
But I think -- he said there's better chance that he would be or better than -- chance to be alive today.
If they didn't have a gun that might have been a better way to express it but.
He wasn't calling for specific legislation I think it's interesting how conservatives have decided to jump on him.
Immediately after that that statement which I think had to address -- -- -- -- -- something.
What I find interesting Jim is that automatically.
Begun becomes responsible I mean it's it's it's the big.
A violent game in a violent word world where head injuries are common where steroids are common but it becomes all about the gun.
Right I I've never met Bob Costas and so I can't speak to his motives however.
From I will predict that he has lunch with Mayor Bloomberg and have a big talk about gun control and that ice ice on -- this morning there's 2000 news stories about this so that -- for if for example you ever have any political ambitions.
In the new York New Jersey Connecticut area I'm sure this will only help them -- up higher and that liberal blue state area however.
What think about what he didn't say are only alluded to briefly and I don't think I think he was -- -- hide behind -- -- statements I think it's clearly trying to get credit for associating itself with it without actually.
It's -- saying it but look here's the front page of today's sports section of the New York Times.
It's quote studying it bolsters link between -- routine hits and brain diseases from Boston university and and the veterans department saying that what they call CTE.
Is a real thing and a big thing and yet.
Let -- well what happened last night a process that you know.
I think that maybe football exclusions the other great football game -- I've gotten rich over the last couple decades covering made millions covering it might actually be the cause of this or steroids which is not a thing that them a lot of pro sports leagues.
Have been waking at as the turning a blind -- to her for for years if you sit in those things something tells me that they -- because we considering its contract at NBC.
As opposed to line I think with some big hero gun control.
You know I don't think it -- land first of all costs us lives and Saint Louis -- -- gonna run for office in the liberal blue state of the -- secondly.
He was again quoting.
The sports writer Jason whitlock who did address the possibility that -- They were possibly brain issues for having been hit a few times that did come up in that column and so that wasn't ignored.
And -- was not calling for specific on schedule I think this is an over -- and if for example.
But Kostis and said you know we ought to have the death penalty to people who commit these kind of crimes -- what are conservatives would still be upset.
That he was making a political statement.
What what about individual responsibility what about saying you know if this guy had been able to control his anger you know -- that he would still realize -- there I mean there are all kinds of what ifs.
And to come out the day after.
He kills the mother of his child and kills himself when he could have done it with a butcher -- again I wonder -- said we need more traditional values in America and we have to make sure that people don't commit these kind of crime for which they should be severely punished.
That conservatives would have embraced him for talking about traditional values so.
You know the same people who are objecting to what he said I think reading too much into it would have had a very different attitude heading phrased it on the L.
Local course -- if if he said with a liberals like the liberals are gonna like going to be says what the liberals hate they would hit a part of what has it definitely dynamic and have a why -- -- -- -- -- has sportscast.
And issue a political opinion especially when the elephant in the room.
Are the elephants plural in the room are -- brain injuries and steroids I don't.
-- brain injuries was mentioned and also again.
It's probably true that if there were no guns there would be two more alive people today -- -- instant so I don't know what he said that was not true.
He way underplayed the brain -- -- for obvious reason he works with the NFL he asked it.
Yeah I mean -- one could argue that bit over the course of his nation's history.
Guns have done a lot more to you know build and protect in and so forth this nation that we all live in.
Then the NFL and I don't want to that's the issue I think we fight for examples of why not why not talk about -- why not if if if Jim is right and maybe you know collisions and steroid use and and concussions and that kind of thing.
Might have played a role here or why not why not talk about getting rid of the end of well he did say that -- -- -- played a -- number one.
And number two we find out that more that more often than not these kinds of tragedies happen among people happen to know each other.
And not strangers -- -- this kind of time kind of gun violence often happens with people who know each other.
So he was not out of line to -- -- -- it happens to be true.
I have well I'd -- I disagree with your premise but we're out of time and Alan Colmes Jim Pinkerton thank you.
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Swim Week Wrap Up
(Lazy Sunday Swim with The Webster Ladies)
Who better than Laure Heriard Dubreuil (founder of The Webster), to give us a glimpse of Miami Beach's fabulous Swim Week 2011? We love her highlights of Swim, including driving the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Force car, the Coveter Shoot at her apartment, her fashion police arrest of Lisa Marie Fernandez, and of course, her favorite pics of Lazy Sunday Swim at The Standard Miami.
(Model with Charlotte Olympia shoe)
On Saturday, Swim Vixen Swim by RANA*ROJO was a huge success and we loved the designs of RANA*ROJO's resort line for 2012. The Standard Miami's Lido Lounge was the perfect location for this sexy Swim Show. Born in Katmandu, Nepal, lead designer Ash Rana and Cuban born, fine artist Damian Rojo merged their talents and formed RANA*ROJO in 2008. For this collection, RANA*ROJO created their prints by hand drawing and digitally re-contextualizing their findings ranging from medieval textiles to 60's wallpaper design. Swim Vixen Swimwas inspired by 50's undergarments, orientalism and 60's film femme fatales. Each distinctive piece in the collection is hand dyed and screen-printed. Check out the pictures here.
(Laure in the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Force car with CBS crew filming)
On Saturday night was also Native Swim with DJ Mia Moretti and DJ Tamara Sky. It was so much fun! We even heard one of the DJ's jumped onto a paddle board with a pair of Natives on! The party was dope as usual with Xavier Burt of Native and Sebastian Puga as hosts of the party. The kicks are perfect for the Miami weather and we loved the Native vibe. Check out the party pics!
(Coveter Shoot at Laure's apartment in Vintage YSL dress + Prada shoes)
This year's Swim Week Lazy Sunday Party was just the perfect day in paradise. A great collaboration came together with The Standard Miami, The Webster, Gilt City Miami, Ocean Drive Magazine, Havaianas and sponsors Leblon Cachaca and Societe Perrier. Everyone loved making their own Havaianas and taking funny photo booth pictures. The models from The Webster sported all the latest looks as they mingled throughout the crowd. Add to that all the weekly Lazy Sunday goodies including Brazilian BBQ, Ping-Pong, Tetherball, and Paddle boarding. Check out the rest of the pictures here! (Congrats to our VIP gift bag winners with our personal favorite photo booth pics, Corrie y Rodrig!)
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Together, these four books highlight that climate policy is at a crossroads. The journey so far has emphasized science and exhortation: that facts, spoken loudly enough, are enough to win the argument. That path has succeeded in bringing climate change to the attention of policy-makers and the public as an important global problem. At the same time, that approach has shown its limitations. Climate science has become deeply politicized and climate politics is in gridlock. Climate change is at risk of becoming an issue of cultural politics, similar to the evolution debate in the United States and elsewhere. If the climate-policy debate is to continue as it has, we should expect more of the same.Please have a look at the whole thing and then feel free to come back here and discuss or ask questions.
17 March 2010
Reivew of Gore, Hansen, Schneider and Helm/Hepburn
22 comments:
- Luke Lea said...
Can one comment on your review over at Nature?
- Wed Mar 17, 08:59:00 PM MDT
- Roger Pielke, Jr. said...
I don't think so, unless they post on it on one of their blogs - Wed Mar 17, 09:02:00 PM MDT
- oliver said...
This was a very nice counterpoint to Nature's recent editorial, "Climate of Fear".
I think it interesting to flip the trust problem around and consider that what really needs fixing is that Scientists need to trust the policymaking layer to do the right thing with relatively 'raw' climate science information (not dumbed-down or exaggerated). If that trust doesn't exist then some fraction of the scientists will always be tempted to slide down the slippery honesty vs. advocacy slope. - Wed Mar 17, 09:41:00 PM MDT
- Sharon F. said...
Humility.. always a good idea.
"There is no absolute knowledge.
And those who claim it,
whether they are scientists or dogmatists,
open the door to tragedy.
All information is imperfect.
We have to treat it with humility."
Jacob Bronowski - Wed Mar 17, 10:00:00 PM MDT
- Bill Kerr said...
I like your blog Roger.
Of the 4 books I've only read Hansen's. In a democracy you are allowed to criticise democracy, participate in demonstrations, be arrested etc. How else can protest against business as usual take place? For example, this is what happened with anti-Vietnam war protests in the 60s which eventually over a decade did change mainstream politics. As far as I can see Hansen is being a good citizen based on his strong beliefs about progressing too far towards a slippery slope. I'm not clear about how you can separate the politics from the science cleanly, to say that one is always primary over the other. That's only true for "politics as normal". The issue is what degree of urgency is appropriate given the science as best as we can evaluate it. If it's not urgent then Hansen's going over the top but if it is urgent given the time line for swapping over to nuclear, the inertia of the ice and ocean systems etc. then his activism is what a good citizen should be doing.
Still reading other material referenced at this site by Daniel Sarewitz, Richard Tol, your Lomborg submission etc. - Wed Mar 17, 10:17:00 PM MDT
- eric144 said...
Excellent article Roger.
Bill Kerr
It is clear that Hansen has pathologically extreme views on global warming. His credibility is severely compromised.
He endorsed the book this quote appears in
Unloading essentially means the removal of an existing burden: for instance, removing grazing domesticated animals, razing cities to the ground, blowing up dams and switching off the greenhouse gas emissions machine. The process of ecological unloading is an accumulation of many of the things I have already explained in this chapter, along with an (almost certainly necessary) element of sabotage.
The theory is disturbing enough, but Hansen appeared along with a man of similar extremes, Zac Goldsmith, in a UK court to defend an 'act of terrorism' against Kingsnorth power station. that resulted in £30,000 of damage.
Kingsnorth report in the Guardian
Hansen, a Nasa director who advises Al Gore, the former US presidential candidate turned climate change campaigner, told the court that humanity was in "grave peril". "Somebody needs to step forward and say there has to be a moratorium, draw a line in the sand and say no more coal-fired power stations." - Thu Mar 18, 03:33:00 AM MDT
- eric144 said...
Bill Kerr
"How else can protest against business as usual take place? For example, this is what happened with anti-Vietnam war protests in the 60s which eventually over a decade did change mainstream politics."
The Vietnam protests were huge and the anti war movement was supported by a large majority of young people. Despite the best efforts of publicly funded environmental NGOs, there have been no significant protests against AGW.
The British government has spent countless millions promoting global warming. Unlike America, there has been virtually no substantial opposition and still only 26% believe in AGW.
In what must be a strong contender for the dumbest (and most self revealing) political statement in history, environment minister Ed Miliband called for suffragette like, direct action against his own government.
"When you think about all the big historic movements, from the suffragettes, to anti-apartheid, to sexual equality in the 1960s, all the big political movements had popular mobilisation,"said Miliband. "Maybe it's an odd thing for someone in government to say, but I just think there's a real opportunity and a need here."
There was no response. The conclusion must be that voters are nowhere near as stupid and gullible as politicians think. - Thu Mar 18, 04:18:00 AM MDT
- Frontiers of Faith and Science said...
I think the underlying fallacy is that alarmists- who are being proven wrong- should be seated in control seats at the table at all.
- Thu Mar 18, 08:47:00 AM MDT
- Craig said...
From your Nature comments:
"Incremental approaches to climate mitigation that can be modified by experience offer a chance that realistic and democratically grounded actions might rise to a challenge that will be with us for decades to come."
Picking up on what Dr. Curry has written, what is your confidence factor in any of the mitigation approaches, either singly or or combination, to actually mitigate climate change? I come back to my belief that humankind roughly has a 5-10% impact on climate change. How do those mitigation efforts change the direction of the 90-95% natural rhythms? - Thu Mar 18, 08:57:00 AM MDT
- bernie said...
Interesting and well written reviews, predicated on an assumption as to the size, nature and urgency of the "climate change" problem.
I am reading Hansen and Schneider now. You are way to kind to Gore's book - which reads as much like a puff piece for C&T, which can be summarized as "Trust me it will work". - Thu Mar 18, 09:08:00 AM MDT
- Luke Lea said...
Hard to believe Hansen and Schneider are taken seriously as "objective" scientist given there untempered conviction that the fate of civilization hangs in the balance. Schneider, in particular, has been like this from the very start of his career, almost 40 years ago.
- Thu Mar 18, 09:15:00 AM MDT
- PaulM said...
The title of Hansen's book made me laugh.
Are you going to review:
The Hockey Stick Illusion, by A W Montford
Climategate: The Crutape Letters, by S Mosher and T Fuller
Climate Confusion, by Roy Spencer
An Appeal to Reason, by Nigel Lawson?
This is a genuine question - your views on these books would also be of interest. - Thu Mar 18, 09:49:00 AM MDT
- Roger Pielke, Jr. said...
I intend to review the first two for the blog. But it may be summer before I can do so. Thanks. - Thu Mar 18, 10:09:00 AM MDT
- UAN said...
One common thread that seems to run through the Gore, Hansen, and Schneider books is an ethno-/West-centric framing of the issue--it all starts and ends with us and our values. Not to mention that their understanding of the world, history, human nature, and how thing really are and really work, seem pretty simplistic and naive.
- Thu Mar 18, 10:44:00 AM MDT
- TSL said...
I don't think the comparison to evolution is quite right. Creationists try to create an appearance of scientific debate when in fact there is none, while AGW alarmists try to pretend there is no legitimate scientific disagreement when in fact there is.
- Thu Mar 18, 11:26:00 AM MDT
- Len Ornstein said...
You say
"An alternative way forward would start by admitting the limitations of science in compelling political agreements, and by admitting that we do not know how to complete the challenge of decarbonizing the global economy."
But total "decarbonizing the global economy" is not necessary – or desirable – a point that neither you nor Hansen or Schneider address.
'Reduction' in the burning of fossil fuels, an end to deforestation, substantial increases in energy efficiencies AND the bio-sequestration of 8 to 13 GtC/yr , for example.,
can provide a feasible route to the end of AGW.
Discussion of such possibilities 'might' turn around the mindsets of both scientists and the public – without having to "compel" political agreement! - Thu Mar 18, 12:19:00 PM MDT
- jgdes said...
Or instead of all that we could just add CO2 scrubbers to the smoke stacks and ignore all the rest. The lack of any real effort in this direction is in stark contrast to the SO2 reduction experience for which nobody suggested a total societal change. All these other ideas are nice to think about but are they less or more feasible than just removing it at source?
I'm inclined to think that CO2 is just a convenient excuse for everyone to hang their ideological baggage onto, not the least of which has been nuclear power greenwashing and newborn Malthusians. - Thu Mar 18, 03:11:00 PM MDT
- Craig said...
Here's some of those "mitigation" strategies being employed in Montana: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_a8d908e8-32c4-11df-be84-001cc4c03286.html
Canceling those leases for climate concerns reminds me of the European flagellants over the "Black Death." About as effective too. Again, as Dr. Curry has put, what is the confidence factor that this is meaningful? - Thu Mar 18, 03:58:00 PM MDT
- Bill Kerr said...
I agree that AGW protests have not had the same trajectory of development as anti-Viet war protests. I used the analogy to make the point that politics can change from "business as usual" approaches and at times such a change can be fairly abrupt, within a few years. That hasn't happened wrt AGW but that fact, current failure to alarm the public to the point of activism, doesn't actually demonstrate that Hansen is wrong about his science projections.
Hansen makes the point in his book that human civilisation developed in the past 7,000 years with relatively stable sea levels and that future sea level rise will probably be more rapid than IPCC extreme projection of 59cm by 2010 given business as usual. I was glad to see Richard Tol's piece on WAIS taking up that challenge directly.
Hansen wrote a puff piece for a book he probably hadn't read which advocated different methods of activism to those which he advocates. That's politically naive but it doesn't make him an eco-terrorist. In his own book he advocates Ghandi type protest methods which are generally accepted as legitimate.
The Greenpeace protest was just another Greenpeace protest. Hansen is trying to raise consciousness based on his 350ppm CO2 projection limit. I agree it's not going to happen, China is calling the shots, but Hansen might be changing some minds. Whether that's a good or bad thing depends on the science.
Roger wrote in his review: "Hansen's complaint that leaders of sovereign countries have not acceded to his demands implies a criticism of democracy ..."
He hasn't stepped outside the accepted principles of democratic protest. - Thu Mar 18, 04:48:00 PM MDT
- eric144 said...
Bill Kerr
Thanks for the reply.
Hansen wrote a puff piece for a book he probably hadn't read
That isn't atypical of the environmentalist's creative relationship with reality
The Greenpeace protest was just another Greenpeace protest
The $45,000 criminal damage caused some very negative attitudes in the UK, even in the Guardian comment pages. There were other similar events. Hansen flew from America to endorse illegal, direct action of the kind advocated in Farnish's book. Admittedly, they didn't raise any cities to the ground, - Thu Mar 18, 06:08:00 PM MDT
- eric144 said...
George Monbiot endorsed the actions of protesters who sabotaged Scottish mine equipment and encouraged future similar action.
But while the government undermines its own targets, some people in Scotland are putting its climate change policy into effect. The Scottish camp for climate action has declared war on opencast coal mining. Yesterday people associated with it did what the government should have done years ago, and cut the conveyor belt used to carry coal from the Glentaggart pit in Lanarkshire to the local rail terminal. Now they propose to take on other pits, as well as Scotland's biggest coal-burning power stations. They have chosen the right targets. Coal is the dirty word that threatens to destroy attempts at Copenhagen in December to prevent climate breakdown. If governments won't take it on, we must.
In a spirit of curiosity rather than anger, I complained to various Scottish and British legal authorities. I received a single reply from environment secretary Ed Miliband who did not approve of criminal damage. - Thu Mar 18, 06:30:00 PM MDT
- Len Ornstein said...
jgdes #17:
Though the CO2 problem seems similar to the SO2/acid-rain 'waste problem' that was largely 'fixed' with Cap and Trade approaches, the much larger amount of CO2 is also naturally and 'desirably' emitted through respiration by all living organisms, and so is harder to characterize as a 'pollutant'.
"Removing it (CO2) at the source" is more expensive, more disruptive, less effective and less 'natural' than using 'new' bio-sequestration – all as described in the links. - Fri Mar 19, 01:02:00 PM MDT


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Surprise number one at Sony Nashville's annual showboat concert for country radio programmers Thursday night: an appearance by Kelly Clarkson. Surprise number two: Pistol Annies as her backup singers.
Kelly Clarkson, second from left, with Pistol Annies Ashley Monroe, Angaleena Presley, and Miranda Lambert (Photo …Clarkson's affection for the Annies is no surprise, given that she's done a stellar cover of their "Hell on Heels" in concert that you can find on YouTube. But the few hundred radio folks in attendance on the General Jackson boat still got a shock when Clarkson brought out Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley as her version of the Ikettes.
"Unfortunately, you ain't gonna like this!" she announced over the opening power chords. Fortunately, that was the title of the new song she was debuting, and not an actual threat. The tune name-checks at least a good number of her musical heroes, and does brashly declare that if you don't care for them, you'll get on the fightin' side of her. Sample lyrics: "If you don't like Bonnie, if you don't like Prince.../If you don't like B.B., if you don't like Vince.../You ain't gonna like this." Best line: "If you don't like Aretha/Well, I don't even wanna meetcha!"
Clarkson and Pistol Annies (Photo by Chris Willman)Before Clarkson made her appearance at the annual "boat show" for select Country Radio Seminar guests, Pistol Annies debuted a new song of their own, a hard-rocking Christmas-time song—perhaps not to be confused with an actual Christmas song—that's destined to become a disaffected holiday perennial.
The trio penned the fast-paced "Hush Hush" after they and their friends reconvened following the holidays, said Lambert, with everyone "talking about how horrible it was." They may not want their families to know they inspired this corrosive tune, but "the truth will set you free," as Lambert said. The lyrics describe a brother who just got out of rehab, a dad who can't stop talking about "the end of days," and a family gathering where "everyone's walking on eggshells, drinking eggnog." Sings Miranda in her middle verse: "We were sitting at the dinner table and we were eating our pumpkin pie/While the sugar-coated dirty little secret was eating everybody alive." The solutions for this family dysfunction? "Hi-i-ide your tattoo, put on your Sunday best, pretend you're not a mss, be the happy family in the front pew," and also, as Monroe relates, "I snuck behind the red barn and I took myself a toke."
At last, the successor to Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas From the Family"! Presumably coming to you in the warm months before summer, on the Annies' imminent second album.
Brad Paisley debuted an equally amusing narrative song from his soon-to-drop release. "This is for every unhappily married man here tonight," he told the crowd, and then acoustically played the bittersweet ballad of a man who flatlines on the operating table—and finds that "those five minutes were heaven, a peace unlike he'd ever known," because he had found an escape from the screaming and yelling of his abusive spouse. The punchline, if you don't mind a spoiler, comes when the revived protagonist calls his lawyer and priest and reminds them that his marital vows only applied "till death do we part."
Brad Paisley jams with REO Speedwagon (Photo by Alan Poizner)
After he performed that and a full-band version of his just-released single, "Beat This Summer," Paisley sang a snippet of an REO Speedwagon song, only to be gently shoved aside on stage by Kevin Cronin, whom it turned out he'd invited to come to the boat show a couple of weeks prior. The set ended with the other REO members emerging for a joint session that Cronin called "the REO-Paisley Wagon," with Paisley peeling off some leads on a few '70s oldies while Clarkson, Monroe, Sara Evans, and others sang backup.
"I'm here to tell you that the lines between country and rock & roll have never been greater," announced Cronin, in a Spinal Tap-esque bit of misspeak. But we knew what he meant. "Brad said he figured most of y'all started out spinning our records back in the '70s and '80s," as former rock jocks, "so it's not that unfamiliar—I get it." He added that it had "been on my bucket list to hear a banjo on 'Ridin' the Storm Out.' Now I can die in peace." Much like the protagonist of Paisley's new tune?


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