Harry Potter House Test
I've already taken a few, but I found this one and it seems pretty in depth. So much so I haven't found the gumption to take it yet. But here it is, for future and your use :)
Let me see your war face!!!
Ahhahahahahahahahaha Cute.
Ahhahahahahahahahaha Cute.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2" Trailer 2
I'm not going to cry, i'm not going to cry. Okay I'm going to cry. Probably through the whole thing.
I'm not going to cry, i'm not going to cry. Okay I'm going to cry. Probably through the whole thing.
J. K. Rowling's Announcement
What does it mean? I don't have a clue.
“If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.”—Flavia Weedn (via julie911)
I like how frank this writer is. Original article over at bnet.com
It used to be that graduating from college was a sign that you had entered adulthood. But really, let’s get serious. It also used to be thought that a bar mitzvah ushered in adulthood, and we now all know the bar mitzvah thing is really just a sign that you are starting regular wet dreams.
So let’s debunk the college grad thing: Today college graduation is just a stepping stone to the time of life when you will feel the most lost. Forget all that solemn advice about what to do after college; that was appropriate in another era, when people in their 20s were considered adults. Now that period of life is called “emerging adulthood.” A New York Times magazine piece popularized the term to describe this new stage of life between adolescence and actual adulthood. The idea took off so quickly that the writer got a book deal offers just days after the piece ran.
Which just confirms what we all know: college graduation does not mean the entrance into adulthood. It is more like pre-adulthood. If life were Alice in Wonderland, which maybe it is without the pedophile undertones, then life in your 20s is falling through the rabbit hole.
Here are five things you should keep in mind after you graduate from college.
1. Being lost is good.
The great thing about adult life today is that there are no more rules, no more paths. There are lots of opportunities and not a lot of trodden paths among those opportunities. The way to figure out which opportunities are best for you is to learn more about yourself. The way to figure out who you are and what you want is to try new things.
What does this process look like? You, spinning your wheels, having no idea where you are, making everyone around you worried sick that you’re a failure. But what if you don’t do this process? You will not learn enough about yourself to understand how to navigate hard choices. There are no clear paths. There is no one who can run your life but you. There is no way to find yourself before you accept that you’re lost. (And, parents, stop worrying your kid is lost.)
2. Change jobs. A lot.
You will change jobs eight times before you turn 30. If you are the statistical norm. This is a good thing. Daniel Gilbert at the Harvard psychology department has spent a lifetime showing how humans have evolved to be terrible at predicting what we’d like. It’s what keeps us focused on finding food and a mate, over and over again. So since we’re terrible at guessing what we’d like to do, we have to just try stuff. And we have to accept that we’ll be wrong most of the time.
People who change jobs build their skills and their network faster than people who stay in jobs in the name of loyalty or sticking it out. Job hopping in your 20s creates long-term, stable careers.
3. Skip graduate school.
Graduate school only benefits people who absolutely cannot live their life in fulfillment without doing a job that requires a graduate degree. For the most part, this applies to very few people. In general, graduate school does not increase your earning power. Graduate school is merely a tool to elongate the process of being treated like a child by teachers who tell you what to learn and then reward you for learning what they want you to learn.
Do you love to learn? Get a job like the rest of the adult world and then read after work. You can learn whatever you want in the eight hours a day you do not need to work or sleep. And anyway, the most important skill to develop as an adult is how to support yourself. They don’t teach that in grad school. Get that skill in your 20s, and you’ll feel better about yourself than ten PhD’s would make you feel.
4. Move home with your parents.
Among generation Y, more than 70% of college grads move back with their parents at one time or another. If you can stomach your parents, or some other adult who owns a big house, move in with them. If you don’t need to pay rent then you will have flexibility to take jobs that pay low but open high-reaching doors to you in the future.
Living with your parents gives you flexibility to turn down bad jobs which puts you on even footing with people like Paris Hilton and Jared Kramer who were born into wealth and connections. A key career stepping stone is to revisit your old twin bed.
5. Be nice.
Your network is going to be the most important thing in your adult life. It’ll determine who is available to you to work with, to marry, and to gain support from when you’re down. The Framingham Heart Study shows that who you choose to hang around is the biggest influencer of what you will be like - fat, thin, happy, sad, healthy, obese, etc. So be nice. All the time.
Be nice to other people, be nice to yourself, be nice to your mom and to your enemies. If you are nice, you attract nice people and nice people are happier, more successful, and have more self-knowledge than everyone else. Adult life is not a competition for money or a big house or a big title. Adult life is a collaboration to figure out how to make the world a nicer place.
Awe they were so cute! I'm sad to see Harry Potter go, but truthfully I said goodbye a long time ago when the last book was published. I'll still cry during the last film.
Willpower plays a role in dieting. But keeping the weight off after you've lost it? This is where our physiology can get in the way. Research suggests that hormone shifts that follow weight loss play a role in changing the way our brain responds to food.You can find the original article at npr.org
"After you've lost weight, you have an increase in the emotional response to food," says Columbia University Medical Center researcher Michael Rosenbaum, who studies the body's response to weight loss. He says you also see "a decrease in the activity of brain systems that might be more involved in restraint."
And there's another factor making weight loss maintenance tough, too: a slower metabolism. When you lose weight, the body adapts to conserve energy, so it just doesn't need as many calories.
One of the hormones that play a role in controlling appetite in the body is called leptin. After significant weight loss, leptin levels drop. This seems to signal to the brain a need to seek more food.
Rosenbaum and his colleague Joy Hirsch, a neuroscientist at Columbia University Medical Center, designed an experiment to better understand the relationship between the brain, leptin and weight-loss maintenance.
They recruited overweight volunteers who agreed to a calorie-restricted diet aimed at shedding 10 percent of body weight. Using fMRI scans, the researchers looked at how the volunteers' brain responses to seeing food changed after weight loss.
Still Emotionally Attached
During their study, Hirsch and her colleagues found some interesting patterns of neural activity in their volunteers after they'd lost weight.
For instance, there was more blood flow to areas of the brain known to be involved in the emotional control of food intake, such as the brainstem and parahippocampal gyrus.
But here's the fascinating part: When they restored leptin to these volunteers by giving them injections of the hormone, the brain response changed. When they saw food, there was more activity in brain areas associated with conscious decisions.
"It's a feedback mechanism," says Rexford Ahima of the University of Pennsylvania. Leptin signals the brain; when there's a deficiency of the hormone, the areas of the brain associated with reward-seeking become more active.
This evolutionary programming is out of sync with what's healthiest for our bodies. The signal evolved over thousands of years when food was scarce. It was the brain's way of telling the body to seek food and protect fat stores. Many people — particularly those who are prone to gain weight easily — have retained more genes that program us to seek food.
As for the role of leptin, researchers say it's clear that leptin is not an anti-obesity hormone — it won't help you lose weight.
But Ahima says the most recent research suggests that leptin — or drugs that would stimulate leptin signaling — could potentially facilitate the maintenance of weight loss. So far, this has only been tested in experimental trials.
My Brain's Response To 'The Food Parade'
Researchers tested subjects, including NPR's Allison Aubrey, by showing them a mirror image of the real foods displayed above. They compared their brain response to food with the brain activity when it viewed mundane household objects.
The researchers invited me to their lab at the Neurological Institute at Columbia to see exactly how the experiment works. Curious about how my brain would respond to food, I agreed to an fMRI scan.
As I lay in the scanner, I watched through a mirror as research assistants passed all kinds of foods — from carrot sticks and apples to Hershey's Kisses and cookies — through my line of sight.
"Think of it as a food parade," explained Hirsch. After 20 minutes of watching food, the researchers began analyzing my brain responses.
"You will see a very specific circuit in your brain that's associated with the appreciation of foods," explained Hirsch.
Hirsch says the patterns in my brain images were similar to those of test subjects with restored leptin. She pointed to areas in my parietal and frontal lobes that had activated as I watched the "food parade."
"This is the executive part of the brain," says Hirsch. "You're responding like somebody in a homeostatic [stable] state." This means that when I saw the images of food, my brain activated decision-making areas, and there wasn't nearly as much activity in the emotional, reward-seeking parts of the brain. Hirsch also pointed out that my brain showed lots of stimulation in areas related to visual processing.
Researchers spotted drastic difference in Aubrey's brain activity when she looked at foods, as compared to mundane objects like a cell phone. Areas of the brain associated with visual stimulation really lit up.
Of course my brain response could change. The brain images captured just a snapshot in time. But it was fascinating to see that I didn't have a very emotional response to food. By comparison, images they'd shown me of mundane household objects — such as a cell phone — didn't evoke nearly as much activity in the areas associated with executive function or visual processing.
Hirsch and Rosenbaum's findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. They're now working on follow-up studies to figure out if people's behavior maps with what they're seeing in brain scans.
"It's a work in progress," says Hirsch. But she thinks this research is showing that our physiology tends to set the brain in one of two modes:
The "regain" mode, which nudges us, emotionally, to seek food. Or the "retain" mode, which helps us maintain a steady weight. Researchers are following up with more studies to see if people's eating behaviors mirror their brain response to food.
Coming to a Website Near You: Google ‘+1′ Sharing Button
By Ryan Singel
Add the button to your site by going to google.com/webmasters
By Ryan Singel
Google expanded on Wednesday the reach of its new sharing button, dubbed “+1″, introducing a version that companies can add to their websites, alongside Facebook and Twitter’s now ubiquitous Like and Tweet This buttons.Read more at wired.com
The button has little benefit currently, but it’s clearly part of the infrastructure for a bigger project — Google’s long-rumored social networking competitor to Facebook. It’s like putting a way to fill your cart before the cart and horse.
The button allows signed-in Google users to recommend the page to their friends and contacts, who can see the vote and a thumbnail photo of the voter if the page shows up in search. Early partners include media outlets such as Bloomberg, Reuters, The Washington Post and Mashable, and the widely used sharing plug-in ShareThis, which makes a sharing toolbar bloggers and publications can just drop into their site. Extending that reach, the button will also be on YouTube videos, next to apps in the Android Market, on Blogger blogs, and on its shopping search site...
Add the button to your site by going to google.com/webmasters
Interesting it has changed since I took it last.
You are The Empress
Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.
The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents,
beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home
decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.
The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
Tintin, with the help of his dog, Snowy, discover a clue to a lost treasure that belonged to an ancestor of his friend, Captain Haddock.Directed by Steven Spielburg
Produced by Peter Jackson and others
Written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish
Music composed by John Williams
Special effects done by Weta Digital
Starring:
Daniel Craig
Simon Pegg
Cary Elwes
Jamie Bell
Andy Serkis
and more...
Don't let fear limit you
From julie911:
Written by Gail Brenner
From julie911:
Written by Gail Brenner
“We can either watch life from the sidelines, or actively participate. Either we let self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy prevent us from realizing our potential, or embrace the fact that when we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.” — Christopher Reeve[This is an excerpt. Read the full article here.]
When you avoid fear, you let it rule. Unexamined fear takes root, paralyzing you and keeping you small. You miss opportunities and turn away from your true path.
I know, in my heart of hearts, that if you learn to walk with fear in the moments of your life that you create the space to express yourself without limit. As a popular book says, you feel the fear and do it anyway. So don’t simply read these words. Take them on, reflect on them, and don’t let fear deter you any longer. The whole world is waiting for you.
No Goal
Deeply understand that the goal is not to get rid of fear. Ever. Fear may go away for a time, but don’t be put off if it returns. See it as an opportunity every time. Repeat the sacred mantra of acceptance, “Oh, this,” then move forward including, rather than excluding, fear.
Stop Fighting
Take the attitude of working with fear rather than fighting against it. Think of an aikido master who accesses power by moving with the energy of his opponent. Your power comes from putting down the fight and allowing fear to be present.
End of Story
Know that repeating a story of fear strengthens the feeling. Notice your internal self-talk. If it is telling scary stories about the future, fear is the culprit. Bring your attention directly into the feeling instead. Repeating fear-based stories simply doesn’t serve.
Knowledge Is King
Get to know fear intimately in every moment in which it arises. Become familiar with what triggers it, notice it, see how it moves in your body, tune into how it affects your thoughts and behavior. Be an expert in fear so it stops dominating you.
Choose Wisely
Once you have the lay of the land, make a choice. You know fear is present. You recognize that it tells you to put on the brakes or not move forward. It persistently taps you on the shoulder, saying, “I can’t,” “I shouldn’t,” “I better not.” It makes you doubt yourself endlessly. Now, here is where the rubber meets the road. Are you man or mouse? What do you really want this life to be about?
Wow. Not impressed by this at all. Next movie trailer please.
It's not Kick-Ass. But it's close.
The Oscar (Academy Award) Winners of 2011
Both!
I predicted 14/19 correctly. Not bad :D
BEST PICTURE
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right ”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3″
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”
BEST DIRECTION
Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan”
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
David Fincher for “The Social Network”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech” - But I want Geoffrey Rush to win!
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy for “127 Hours”
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for “Winter’s Bone”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mike Leigh for “Another Year”
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson for “The Fighter”
Christopher Nolan for “Inception”
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for “The Kids Are All Right”
ANIMATED FEATURE
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
ART DIRECTION
“True Grit”: Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Black Swan”: Matthew Libatique
“The Social Network”: Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit”: Roger Deakins
COSTUME DESIGN
“The King’s Speech”: Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest”: Sandy Powell
“True Grit”: Mary Zophres
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE) - No idea.
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
“Gasland”
“Waste Land”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT FEATURE) - No idea.
“Killing in the Name”
“Poster Girl”
“The Warriors of Qiugang”
FILM EDITING
“Black Swan”: Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter”: Pamela Martin
“The King’s Speech”: Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours”: Jon Harris
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - No idea.
“Biutiful”: Mexico
“Dogtooth”: Greece
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)”: Algeria
MAKEUP
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“How to Train Your Dragon”: John Powell
“Inception”: Hans Zimmer
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) - No idea.
“Day & Night”: Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo”: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let’s Pollute”: Geefwee Boedoe
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)- No idea.
“The Confession”: Tanel Toom
“The Crush”: Michael Creagh
“Wish 143″: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
SOUND EDITING
“Tron: Legacy”: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
“Unstoppable”: Mark P. Stoeckinger
SOUND MIXING
“Salt”: Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network”: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alice in Wonderland”: Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter”: Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
The ones I predicted
The actual winnersBoth!
I predicted 14/19 correctly. Not bad :D
BEST PICTURE
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right ”
*“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3″
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”
BEST DIRECTION
Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan”
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
David Fincher for “The Social Network”
*Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech”
David O. Russell for “The Fighter”ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
*Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
*Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
*Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech” - But I want Geoffrey Rush to win!
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
*Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”*Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy for “127 Hours”
*Aaron Sorkin for “The Social Network”
Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich for “Toy Story 3″Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for “Winter’s Bone”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mike Leigh for “Another Year”
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson for “The Fighter”
Christopher Nolan for “Inception”
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for “The Kids Are All Right”
*David Seidler for “The King’s Speech”
ANIMATED FEATURE
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
*“Toy Story 3″
ART DIRECTION
*“Alice in Wonderland”: Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)*“Inception”: Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
“The King’s Speech”: Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)“True Grit”: Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Black Swan”: Matthew Libatique
*“Inception”: Wally Pfister
“The King’s Speech”: Danny Cohen“The Social Network”: Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit”: Roger Deakins
COSTUME DESIGN
*“Alice in Wonderland”: Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love”: Antonella Cannarozzi“The King’s Speech”: Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest”: Sandy Powell
“True Grit”: Mary Zophres
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE) - No idea.
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
“Gasland”
“Inside Job”
“Restrepo”“Waste Land”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT FEATURE) - No idea.
“Killing in the Name”
“Poster Girl”
“Strangers No More”
“Sun Come Up”“The Warriors of Qiugang”
FILM EDITING
“Black Swan”: Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter”: Pamela Martin
“The King’s Speech”: Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours”: Jon Harris
*“The Social Network”: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - No idea.
“Biutiful”: Mexico
“Dogtooth”: Greece
“In a Better World”: Denmark
“Incendies”: Canada“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)”: Algeria
MAKEUP
*“Barney’s Version”: Adrien Morot
“The Way Back”: Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng“The Wolfman”: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“How to Train Your Dragon”: John Powell
“Inception”: Hans Zimmer
*“The King’s Speech”: Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours”: A.R. Rahman“The Social Network”: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
*“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) - No idea.
“Day & Night”: Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo”: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let’s Pollute”: Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing”: Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)”: Bastien DuboisSHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)- No idea.
“The Confession”: Tanel Toom
“The Crush”: Michael Creagh
“God of Love”: Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe”: Ivan Goldschmidt“Wish 143″: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
SOUND EDITING
*“Inception”: Richard King
“Toy Story 3″: Tom Myers and Michael Silvers“Tron: Legacy”: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
“Unstoppable”: Mark P. Stoeckinger
SOUND MIXING
*“Inception”: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
“The King’s Speech”: Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley“Salt”: Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network”: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alice in Wonderland”: Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter”: Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
*“Inception”: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
“Iron Man 2″: Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
So, here are my Oscar Predictions. First time I have done this. I'm nervous!
BEST PICTURE
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right ”
*“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3″
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”
BEST DIRECTION
Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan”
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
David Fincher for “The Social Network”
*Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech”
David O. Russell for “The Fighter”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
*Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
*Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
*Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech” - But I want Geoffrey Rush to win!
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
*Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy for “127 Hours”
*Aaron Sorkin for “The Social Network”
Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich for “Toy Story 3″
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for “Winter’s Bone”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mike Leigh for “Another Year”
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson for “The Fighter”
Christopher Nolan for “Inception”
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for “The Kids Are All Right”
*David Seidler for “The King’s Speech”
ANIMATED FEATURE
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
*“Toy Story 3″
ART DIRECTION
“Alice in Wonderland”: Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
*“Inception”: Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
“The King’s Speech”: Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
“True Grit”: Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Black Swan”: Matthew Libatique
*“Inception”: Wally Pfister
“The King’s Speech”: Danny Cohen
“The Social Network”: Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit”: Roger Deakins
COSTUME DESIGN
*“Alice in Wonderland”: Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love”: Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King’s Speech”: Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest”: Sandy Powell
“True Grit”: Mary Zophres
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE) - No idea.
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
“Gasland”
“Inside Job”
“Restrepo”
“Waste Land”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT FEATURE) - No idea.
“Killing in the Name”
“Poster Girl”
“Strangers No More”
“Sun Come Up”
“The Warriors of Qiugang”
FILM EDITING
“Black Swan”: Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter”: Pamela Martin
“The King’s Speech”: Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours”: Jon Harris
*“The Social Network”: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - No idea.
“Biutiful”: Mexico
“Dogtooth”: Greece
“In a Better World”: Denmark
“Incendies”: Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)”: Algeria
MAKEUP
*“Barney’s Version”: Adrien Morot
“The Way Back”: Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Wolfman”: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“How to Train Your Dragon”: John Powell
“Inception”: Hans Zimmer
*“The King’s Speech”: Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours”: A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network”: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
*“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) - No idea.
“Day & Night”: Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo”: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let’s Pollute”: Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing”: Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)”: Bastien Dubois
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)- No idea.
“The Confession”: Tanel Toom
“The Crush”: Michael Creagh
“God of Love”: Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe”: Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143″: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
SOUND EDITING
*“Inception”: Richard King
“Toy Story 3″: Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
“Tron: Legacy”: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
“Unstoppable”: Mark P. Stoeckinger
SOUND MIXING
*“Inception”: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
“The King’s Speech”: Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
“Salt”: Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network”: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alice in Wonderland”: Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter”: Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
*“Inception”: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
“Iron Man 2″: Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
BEST PICTURE
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right ”
*“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3″
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”
BEST DIRECTION
Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan”
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
David Fincher for “The Social Network”
*Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech”
David O. Russell for “The Fighter”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
*Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
*Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
*Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech” - But I want Geoffrey Rush to win!
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
*Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy for “127 Hours”
*Aaron Sorkin for “The Social Network”
Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich for “Toy Story 3″
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for “Winter’s Bone”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mike Leigh for “Another Year”
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson for “The Fighter”
Christopher Nolan for “Inception”
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for “The Kids Are All Right”
*David Seidler for “The King’s Speech”
ANIMATED FEATURE
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
*“Toy Story 3″
ART DIRECTION
“Alice in Wonderland”: Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
*“Inception”: Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
“The King’s Speech”: Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
“True Grit”: Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Black Swan”: Matthew Libatique
*“Inception”: Wally Pfister
“The King’s Speech”: Danny Cohen
“The Social Network”: Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit”: Roger Deakins
COSTUME DESIGN
*“Alice in Wonderland”: Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love”: Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King’s Speech”: Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest”: Sandy Powell
“True Grit”: Mary Zophres
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE) - No idea.
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
“Gasland”
“Inside Job”
“Restrepo”
“Waste Land”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT FEATURE) - No idea.
“Killing in the Name”
“Poster Girl”
“Strangers No More”
“Sun Come Up”
“The Warriors of Qiugang”
FILM EDITING
“Black Swan”: Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter”: Pamela Martin
“The King’s Speech”: Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours”: Jon Harris
*“The Social Network”: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - No idea.
“Biutiful”: Mexico
“Dogtooth”: Greece
“In a Better World”: Denmark
“Incendies”: Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)”: Algeria
MAKEUP
*“Barney’s Version”: Adrien Morot
“The Way Back”: Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Wolfman”: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“How to Train Your Dragon”: John Powell
“Inception”: Hans Zimmer
*“The King’s Speech”: Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours”: A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network”: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
*“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) - No idea.
“Day & Night”: Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo”: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let’s Pollute”: Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing”: Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)”: Bastien Dubois
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)- No idea.
“The Confession”: Tanel Toom
“The Crush”: Michael Creagh
“God of Love”: Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe”: Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143″: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
SOUND EDITING
*“Inception”: Richard King
“Toy Story 3″: Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
“Tron: Legacy”: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
“Unstoppable”: Mark P. Stoeckinger
SOUND MIXING
*“Inception”: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
“The King’s Speech”: Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
“Salt”: Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network”: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alice in Wonderland”: Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter”: Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
*“Inception”: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
“Iron Man 2″: Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
At first I thought this was a rip off because of the past footage, but after watching this I am more optimistic about the film than I was before. The first image released looked like poorly made fan art which scared me a little. Looks promising.
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Isn't this the cutest little tiny piggy you have ever seen? I found it on some obscure site awhile ago, saved it on my hard drive and found it again. So I thought I would share.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
The first Apollo 18 trailer is out. This is the first I have heard of it. The best I can say is that it's a scary, astronaut movie. It supposedly reveals why Apollo 18 didn't officially happen, or why we haven't gone back to the moon since.
These aired on Sunday during the Super Bowl. In case you missed them here they are!
Cowboys & Aliens -
Transformers: Dark of the Moon -
Captain America: The First Avenger -
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides -
Watch these and more over at comingsoon.net
Cowboys & Aliens -
Transformers: Dark of the Moon -
Captain America: The First Avenger -
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides -
Watch these and more over at comingsoon.net
I found this at freep.com
Did you watch the Superbowl? I know I did. The movie trailers were awesome!
Did you watch the Superbowl? I know I did. The movie trailers were awesome!
Chrysler aired a two-minute commercial during the Super Bowl that put its hometown of Detroit and Eminem at center stage -- and stirred emotions for many viewers as far away as Los Angeles.
From MTV.com
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
"The King's Speech"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale, "The Fighter"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"
Primetime Television
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
"Boardwalk Empire"
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
"Modern Family"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Betty White, "Hot In Cleveland"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Al Pacino, "You Don't Know Jack"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Claire Danes, "Temple Grandin"
SAG Honors for Stunt Ensembles
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
"Inception"
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
"True Blood"
My favorite looks of the night: Tina Fey, Sofia Vergara, Julia Stiles, and Mila Kunis
The 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were handed out Sunday night (January 30), and awards-season favorites "The King's Speech" and "The Fighter" continued to nab hardware. The ceremony, which only focuses on acting achievements, was dominated by "Speech" and "The Fighter," which won two awards each. On the television side, HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" ran the night, also garnering two trophies. While Golden Globe and Critics' Choice winner Natalie Portman continued to collect statuettes for her "Black Swan" role, other hits like "The Social Network" and "Glee" were shut out.Check out the full list:
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
"The King's Speech"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale, "The Fighter"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"
Primetime Television
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
"Boardwalk Empire"
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
"Modern Family"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Betty White, "Hot In Cleveland"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Al Pacino, "You Don't Know Jack"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Claire Danes, "Temple Grandin"
SAG Honors for Stunt Ensembles
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
"Inception"
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
"True Blood"
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My favorite looks of the night: Tina Fey, Sofia Vergara, Julia Stiles, and Mila Kunis
The 83rd Annual Oscar Nominations
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Below is the list of the 83nd Annual Oscar Nominations, which were announced Tuesday morning:
BEST PICTURE
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right ”
“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3″
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”
BEST DIRECTION
Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan”
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
David Fincher for “The Social Network”
Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech”
David O. Russell for “The Fighter”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy for “127 Hours”
Aaron Sorkin for “The Social Network”
Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich for “Toy Story 3″
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for “Winter’s Bone”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mike Leigh for “Another Year”
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson for “The Fighter”
Christopher Nolan for “Inception”
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for “The Kids Are All Right”
David Seidler for “The King’s Speech”
ANIMATED FEATURE
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Toy Story 3″
ART DIRECTION
“Alice in Wonderland”: Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
“Inception”: Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
“The King’s Speech”: Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
“True Grit”: Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Black Swan”: Matthew Libatique
“Inception”: Wally Pfister
“The King’s Speech”: Danny Cohen
“The Social Network”: Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit”: Roger Deakins
COSTUME DESIGN
“Alice in Wonderland”: Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love”: Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King’s Speech”: Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest”: Sandy Powell
“True Grit”: Mary Zophres
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
“Gasland”
“Inside Job”
“Restrepo”
“Waste Land”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT FEATURE)
“Killing in the Name”
“Poster Girl”
“Strangers No More”
“Sun Come Up”
“The Warriors of Qiugang”
FILM EDITING
“Black Swan”: Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter”: Pamela Martin
“The King’s Speech”: Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours”: Jon Harris
“The Social Network”: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Biutiful”: Mexico
“Dogtooth”: Greece
“In a Better World”: Denmark
“Incendies”: Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)”: Algeria
MAKEUP
“Barney’s Version”: Adrien Morot
“The Way Back”: Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Wolfman”: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“How to Train Your Dragon”: John Powell
“Inception”: Hans Zimmer
“The King’s Speech”: Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours”: A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network”: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“Day & Night”: Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo”: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let’s Pollute”: Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing”: Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)”: Bastien Dubois
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“The Confession”: Tanel Toom
“The Crush”: Michael Creagh
“God of Love”: Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe”: Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143″: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
SOUND EDITING
“Inception”: Richard King
“Toy Story 3″: Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
“Tron: Legacy”: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
“Unstoppable”: Mark P. Stoeckinger
SOUND MIXING
“Inception”: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
“The King’s Speech”: Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
“Salt”: Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network”: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alice in Wonderland”: Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter”: Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
“Inception”: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
“Iron Man 2″: Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
If you prefer videos then you an watch the presentation of the nominations here. It may take a bit to load though.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Below is the list of the 83nd Annual Oscar Nominations, which were announced Tuesday morning:
BEST PICTURE
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right ”
“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3″
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”
BEST DIRECTION
Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan”
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
David Fincher for “The Social Network”
Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech”
David O. Russell for “The Fighter”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy for “127 Hours”
Aaron Sorkin for “The Social Network”
Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich for “Toy Story 3″
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for “Winter’s Bone”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mike Leigh for “Another Year”
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson for “The Fighter”
Christopher Nolan for “Inception”
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for “The Kids Are All Right”
David Seidler for “The King’s Speech”
ANIMATED FEATURE
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Toy Story 3″
ART DIRECTION
“Alice in Wonderland”: Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
“Inception”: Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
“The King’s Speech”: Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
“True Grit”: Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Black Swan”: Matthew Libatique
“Inception”: Wally Pfister
“The King’s Speech”: Danny Cohen
“The Social Network”: Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit”: Roger Deakins
COSTUME DESIGN
“Alice in Wonderland”: Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love”: Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King’s Speech”: Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest”: Sandy Powell
“True Grit”: Mary Zophres
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
“Gasland”
“Inside Job”
“Restrepo”
“Waste Land”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT FEATURE)
“Killing in the Name”
“Poster Girl”
“Strangers No More”
“Sun Come Up”
“The Warriors of Qiugang”
FILM EDITING
“Black Swan”: Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter”: Pamela Martin
“The King’s Speech”: Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours”: Jon Harris
“The Social Network”: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Biutiful”: Mexico
“Dogtooth”: Greece
“In a Better World”: Denmark
“Incendies”: Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)”: Algeria
MAKEUP
“Barney’s Version”: Adrien Morot
“The Way Back”: Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Wolfman”: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“How to Train Your Dragon”: John Powell
“Inception”: Hans Zimmer
“The King’s Speech”: Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours”: A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network”: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“Day & Night”: Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo”: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let’s Pollute”: Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing”: Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)”: Bastien Dubois
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“The Confession”: Tanel Toom
“The Crush”: Michael Creagh
“God of Love”: Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe”: Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143″: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
SOUND EDITING
“Inception”: Richard King
“Toy Story 3″: Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
“Tron: Legacy”: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
“Unstoppable”: Mark P. Stoeckinger
SOUND MIXING
“Inception”: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
“The King’s Speech”: Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
“Salt”: Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network”: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alice in Wonderland”: Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter”: Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
“Inception”: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
“Iron Man 2″: Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
If you prefer videos then you an watch the presentation of the nominations here. It may take a bit to load though.
I found these over at filmschoolrejects.com
The nomination I most disagree with: Nicola Peltz for worst supporting actress in The Last Airbender. Not because I think she was excellent, but this was her first movie. And considering how the entire project came out, she did what she could.
The nomination I most AGREE with: Kristen Stewart as worst actress. Hands down. She is a repeat offender. I hope she is present at the ceremony to receive the award. Also M. Night for directing The Last Airbender. He really, really messed it up I'm sorry to say and I wish he wouldn't have.
WORST PICTURE
The Bounty Hunter
The Last Airbender
Sex and the City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck
WORST ACTOR
Jack Black / Gulliver’s Travels
Gerard Butler / The Bounty Hunter
Ashton Kutcher / Killers and Valentine’s Day
Taylor Lautner / Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Valentine’s Day
Robert Pattinson / Remember Me and Twilight Saga: Eclipse
WORST ACTRESS
Jennifer Aniston / The Bounty Hunter and The Switch
Mylie Cyrus / The Last Song
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis & Cynthia Nixon / Sex & the City 2
Megan Fox / Jonah Hex
Kristen Stewart / Twilight Saga: Eclipse
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Alba / The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete and Valentine’s Day
Cher / Burlesque
Liza Minnelli / Sex & the City 2
Nicola Peltz / The Last Airbender
Barbra Streisand / Little Fockers
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Billy Ray Cyrus / The Spy Next Door
George Lopez / Marmaduke, The Spy Next Door and Valentine’s Day
Dev Patel / The Last Airbender
Jackson Rathbone / The Last Airbender and Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Rob Schneider / Grown Ups
WORST EYE-GOUGING MIS-USE Of 3-D
Cats & Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty Galore
Clash of the Titans
The Last Airbender
Nutcracker 3-D
Saw 3-D (aka Saw VII)
WORST SCREEN COUPLE / WORST SCREEN ENSEMBLE
Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler / The Bounty Hunter
Josh Brolin’s Face & Megan Fox’s Accent / Jonah Hex
The Entire Cast of The Last Airbender
The Entire Cast of Sex & The City 2
The Entire Cast of Twilight Saga: Eclipse
WORST DIRECTOR
Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer / Vampires Suck
Michael Patrick King / Sex & The City 2
M. Night Shyamalan / The Last Airbender
David Slade / Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sylvester Stallone / The Expendables
WORST SCREENPLAY
The Last Airbender, Written by M. Night Shyamalan, based on the TV series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Brian Konietzko
Little Fockers, Written by John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey, based on Characters Created by Greg Glenna & Mary Roth Clarke
Sex & the City 2, Written by Michael Patrick King, Based on the TV Series Created by Darren Star
Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, Based on the Novel by Stephenie Meyer
Vampires Suck, Written by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
Clash Of The Titans
The Last Airbender
Sex & The City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck
The nomination I most disagree with: Nicola Peltz for worst supporting actress in The Last Airbender. Not because I think she was excellent, but this was her first movie. And considering how the entire project came out, she did what she could.
The nomination I most AGREE with: Kristen Stewart as worst actress. Hands down. She is a repeat offender. I hope she is present at the ceremony to receive the award. Also M. Night for directing The Last Airbender. He really, really messed it up I'm sorry to say and I wish he wouldn't have.
WORST PICTURE
The Bounty Hunter
The Last Airbender
Sex and the City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck
WORST ACTOR
Jack Black / Gulliver’s Travels
Gerard Butler / The Bounty Hunter
Ashton Kutcher / Killers and Valentine’s Day
Taylor Lautner / Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Valentine’s Day
Robert Pattinson / Remember Me and Twilight Saga: Eclipse
WORST ACTRESS
Jennifer Aniston / The Bounty Hunter and The Switch
Mylie Cyrus / The Last Song
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis & Cynthia Nixon / Sex & the City 2
Megan Fox / Jonah Hex
Kristen Stewart / Twilight Saga: Eclipse
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Alba / The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete and Valentine’s Day
Cher / Burlesque
Liza Minnelli / Sex & the City 2
Nicola Peltz / The Last Airbender
Barbra Streisand / Little Fockers
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Billy Ray Cyrus / The Spy Next Door
George Lopez / Marmaduke, The Spy Next Door and Valentine’s Day
Dev Patel / The Last Airbender
Jackson Rathbone / The Last Airbender and Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Rob Schneider / Grown Ups
WORST EYE-GOUGING MIS-USE Of 3-D
Cats & Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty Galore
Clash of the Titans
The Last Airbender
Nutcracker 3-D
Saw 3-D (aka Saw VII)
WORST SCREEN COUPLE / WORST SCREEN ENSEMBLE
Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler / The Bounty Hunter
Josh Brolin’s Face & Megan Fox’s Accent / Jonah Hex
The Entire Cast of The Last Airbender
The Entire Cast of Sex & The City 2
The Entire Cast of Twilight Saga: Eclipse
WORST DIRECTOR
Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer / Vampires Suck
Michael Patrick King / Sex & The City 2
M. Night Shyamalan / The Last Airbender
David Slade / Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sylvester Stallone / The Expendables
WORST SCREENPLAY
The Last Airbender, Written by M. Night Shyamalan, based on the TV series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Brian Konietzko
Little Fockers, Written by John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey, based on Characters Created by Greg Glenna & Mary Roth Clarke
Sex & the City 2, Written by Michael Patrick King, Based on the TV Series Created by Darren Star
Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, Based on the Novel by Stephenie Meyer
Vampires Suck, Written by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
WORST PREQUEL, REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
Clash Of The Titans
The Last Airbender
Sex & The City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck
This is a very student related article I found over at nytimes.com
Taking a test is not just a passive mechanism for assessing how much people know, according to new research. It actually helps people learn, and it works better than a number of other studying techniques.Read the full article at nytimes.com
The research, published online Thursday in the journal Science, found that students who read a passage, then took a test asking them to recall what they had read, retained about 50 percent more of the information a week later than students who used two other methods.
One of those methods — repeatedly studying the material — is familiar to legions of students who cram before exams. The other — having students draw detailed diagrams documenting what they are learning — is prized by many teachers because it forces students to make connections among facts.
These other methods not only are popular, the researchers reported; they also seem to give students the illusion that they know material better than they do.
In the experiments, the students were asked to predict how much they would remember a week after using one of the methods to learn the material. Those who took the test after reading the passage predicted they would remember less than the other students predicted — but the results were just the opposite.
“I think that learning is all about retrieving, all about reconstructing our knowledge,” said the lead author, Jeffrey Karpicke, an assistant professor of psychology at Purdue University. “I think that we’re tapping into something fundamental about how the mind works when we talk about retrieval.”
Several cognitive scientists and education experts said the results were striking.
The students who took the recall tests may “recognize some gaps in their knowledge,” said Marcia Linn, an education professor at the University of California, Berkeley, “and they might revisit the ideas in the back of their mind or the front of their mind.”
When they are later asked what they have learned, she went on, they can more easily “retrieve it and organize the knowledge that they have in a way that makes sense to them.” ...
Why retrieval testing helps is still unknown. Perhaps it is because by remembering information we are organizing it and creating cues and connections that our brains later recognize.
“When you’re retrieving something out of a computer’s memory, you don’t change anything — it’s simple playback,” said Robert Bjork, a psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was not involved with the study.
But “when we use our memories by retrieving things, we change our access” to that information, Dr. Bjork said. “What we recall becomes more recallable in the future. In a sense you are practicing what you are going to need to do later.”
It may also be that the struggle involved in recalling something helps reinforce it in our brains.
Maybe that is also why students who took retrieval practice tests were less confident about how they would perform a week later.
“The struggle helps you learn, but it makes you feel like you’re not learning,” said Nate Kornell, a psychologist at Williams College. “You feel like: ‘I don’t know it that well. This is hard and I’m having trouble coming up with this information.’ ”
By contrast, he said, when rereading texts and possibly even drawing diagrams, “you say: ‘Oh, this is easier. I read this already.’ ”
Transformers Dark of the Moon trailer
Uploaded by teasertrailer. - Full seasons and entire episodes online.
Look for a full-length trailer for Transformers: Dark of the Moon and these others during this years super bowl:
* Super 8
* Thor
* Captain America: The First Avenger
* Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
* Cowboys & Aliens
* Limitless
* Just Go With It
* Battle: Los Angeles
* Priest
* The Eagle
* Rango
* Kung Fu Panda 2
* Take Me Home Tonight
Thank you cinemablend.com
This is the start of some of my microbiology notes. Hopefully by typing and carefully trying to format it all correctly will help to cement these facts into my memory.
The Scientific Method
Observation
Hypothesis
Experiments to test Hypothesis
Interpretation of test results
Conclusion to prove or disprove the hypothesis
Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)
First to see "animalcules" or protozoa in 1674
Reported existence of bacteria in 1674
Made his own microscopes for inspecting the cloth he bought and traded. He created the first microscope able to see microbes. Unfortunately he did not teach anyone his trade, so the method to make these microscopes died with him.
No link was made between "animalcules" and illness
Spontaneous Generation
Doctrine that lifeless substances give rise to living organisms (see Controversy over Spontaneous Generation
Scientists Redi, Needham, Spallanzani and Pasteur all dealt with this phenomena
First observations:
wheat bran + rags = mice
meat + time = maggots
Redi (1670)
Created experiment that proved that flies were required for the formation of maggots on meat by using lace to cover a jar of meat.
Needham (1748)
Used two cork flasks, one slightly heated, one not. He observed that after sitting for some time both still had microorganisms in them.
Problem: He did not heat the one enough to kill anything, and he did not know how many bacteria he started with in the first place.
Spallanzani (1767)
Used FOUR flasks with mutton boiled infusion.
One open to air
One corked
One heated slightly with cork
One boiled longer, sealed by melting the glass
He revealed that the 4th, boiled and sealed flask did not grow microorganisms.
Needham countered that because Spallanzani had sealed the flask he had deprived it of it's "life force" or oxygen so therefore of course it didn't grow anything.
Louis Pasteur (1870)
1. Disproved Spontaneous Generation with his neck flask experiment. Allowed air in but gravity prevented microorganisms from getting into the broth. Once tipped so that the broth touched the dip in the neck, microorganisms grew.
2. Thought of the Germ Theory of Disease
3. Proved that yeast makes wine with grapes
4. Developed a vaccine for rabies
5. Developed immunization techiniques
Robert Koch (1875) pronounced "coke"
1. Proved the Germ Theory of Disease
Created Koch's Postulates: (to prove a microbe is the cause of a disease)
1. Always observe organism in diseased animal
2. Isolate organism in pure culture
3. Inoculate healthy animal and re-create the disease
4. Re-isolate the organism from the experimentally infected animal
2. Developed Pure Culture Technique
Because of Hess, he adapted Agar, used by Hess to make jelly, as his solid culture medium.
Agar is a powder from seaweed; solid at room temp, and it will not be degraded by bacteria.
Finally practices were being used to reduce the transmission of infectious disease:
sterile practices in hospitals
pasteurization of dairy products
insect control
care in preparation of food
sanitation improvements
personal hygiene
The Scientific Method
Observation
Hypothesis
Experiments to test Hypothesis
Interpretation of test results
Conclusion to prove or disprove the hypothesis
Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)
First to see "animalcules" or protozoa in 1674
Reported existence of bacteria in 1674
Made his own microscopes for inspecting the cloth he bought and traded. He created the first microscope able to see microbes. Unfortunately he did not teach anyone his trade, so the method to make these microscopes died with him.
No link was made between "animalcules" and illness
Spontaneous Generation
Doctrine that lifeless substances give rise to living organisms (see Controversy over Spontaneous Generation
Scientists Redi, Needham, Spallanzani and Pasteur all dealt with this phenomena
First observations:
wheat bran + rags = mice
meat + time = maggots
Created experiment that proved that flies were required for the formation of maggots on meat by using lace to cover a jar of meat.
Needham (1748)
Used two cork flasks, one slightly heated, one not. He observed that after sitting for some time both still had microorganisms in them.
Problem: He did not heat the one enough to kill anything, and he did not know how many bacteria he started with in the first place.
Spallanzani (1767)
Used FOUR flasks with mutton boiled infusion.
One open to air
One corked
One heated slightly with cork
One boiled longer, sealed by melting the glass
He revealed that the 4th, boiled and sealed flask did not grow microorganisms.
Needham countered that because Spallanzani had sealed the flask he had deprived it of it's "life force" or oxygen so therefore of course it didn't grow anything.
1. Disproved Spontaneous Generation with his neck flask experiment. Allowed air in but gravity prevented microorganisms from getting into the broth. Once tipped so that the broth touched the dip in the neck, microorganisms grew.
2. Thought of the Germ Theory of Disease
3. Proved that yeast makes wine with grapes
4. Developed a vaccine for rabies
5. Developed immunization techiniques
Robert Koch (1875) pronounced "coke"
1. Proved the Germ Theory of Disease
Created Koch's Postulates: (to prove a microbe is the cause of a disease)
1. Always observe organism in diseased animal
2. Isolate organism in pure culture
3. Inoculate healthy animal and re-create the disease
4. Re-isolate the organism from the experimentally infected animal
2. Developed Pure Culture Technique
Because of Hess, he adapted Agar, used by Hess to make jelly, as his solid culture medium.
Agar is a powder from seaweed; solid at room temp, and it will not be degraded by bacteria.
Finally practices were being used to reduce the transmission of infectious disease:
sterile practices in hospitals
pasteurization of dairy products
insect control
care in preparation of food
sanitation improvements
personal hygiene
I apologize for all the changing that has gone on with the layout lately. It should start being finalized. The problem with it is that I don't make my own layouts anymore. I change them too frequently to be spending so much time educating myself on how to make them right. So I have used a few premades. The issue with is that most of them are too narrow for some of the videos I have on the blog. But from now on I am going to post them no wider than 500px so that they will fit any template I use.
Golden Globe Winners 2011
CECIL B. DEMILLE AWARD
Robert De Niro
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Christian Bale, The Fighter
Michael Douglas, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
ACTRESS, DRAMA
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Piper Perabo, Covert Affairs
* Katey Sagal, Sons Of Anarchy
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
* Carlos (Sundance Channel)
The Pacific (HBO) I wanted this to win
Pillars Of The Earth (STARZ)
Temple Grandin (HBO)
You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE, TV
Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-O
* Chris Colfer, Glee What an awesome win!
Chris Noth, The Good Wife
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
David Strathairn, Temple Grandin
ACTOR, DRAMA
*Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
TELEVISION, DRAMA
* Boardwalk Empire (HBO) I guess I need to start watching this
Dexter (Showtime)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)
The Walking Dead (AMC)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Bound to You" from Burlesque
"Coming Home" from Country Strong
"I See the Light" from Tangled
"There's a Place for Us" from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
* "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from Burlesque
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech
Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland
A.R. Rahmann, 127 Hours
* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network The only one I didn't want to win
Hans Zimmer, Inception
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
* Toy Story 3 "The animated movie that beat with a human heart" Very true
BEST ACTRESS - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
* Annette Bening (“The Kids Are All Right”)
Anne Hathaway (“Love and Other Drugs”)
Angelina Jolie (“The Tourist”)
Julianne Moore (“The Kids Are All Right”)
Emma Stone (“Easy A”)
ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
Idris Elba, Luther
Ian Mcshane, Pillars Of The Earth
* Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack
Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
Hayley Atwell, Pillars Of The Earth
* Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
Judi Dench, Return To Cranford
Romola Garai, Emma
Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Client List
BEST SCREENPLAY
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Bloomberg, The Kids are All Right
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David Seidler, The King's Speech
* Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE, TV Hope Davis, The Special Relationship
* Jane Lynch, Glee
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Julia Stiles, Dexter
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful
The Concert
The Edge
I am Love
* In a Better World
ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Toni Collette, United States Of Tara
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
* Laura Linney, The Big C
Lea Michele, Glee
ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matthew Morrison, Glee
* Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams (“The Fighter”)
Helena Bonham Carter (“The King’s Speech”)
Mila Kunis (“Black Swan”)
* Melissa Leo (“The Fighter”)
Jacki Weaver (“Animal Kingdom”)
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan”)
* David Fincher (“The Social Network”)
Tom Hooper (“The King’s Speech”)
Christopher Nolan (“Inception”)
David O. Russell (“The Fighter”)
BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL
30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
The Big C (Showtime)
* Glee (FOX)
Modern Family (ABC)
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
BEST ACTOR - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Johnny Depp (“Alice in Wonderland”)
Johnny Depp (“The Tourist”)
* Paul Giamatti (“Barney’s Version”)
Jake Gyllenhaal (“Love and Other Drugs”)
Kevin Spacey (“Casino Jack”)
BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA
Halle Berry (“Frankie and Alice”)
Nicole Kidman (“Rabbit Hole”)
Jennifer Lawrence (“Winter’s Bone”)
* Natalie Portman (“Black Swan”) I loved her speech, knew she would win this.
Michelle Williams (“Blue Valentine”)
BEST PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
“Alice in Wonderland” “Burlesque”
* “The Kids Are All Right”
“Red”
“The Tourist”
BEST ACTOR - DRAMA
Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”)
* Colin Firth (“The King’s Speech”)
James Franco (“127 Hours”)
Ryan Gosling (“Blue Valentine”)
Mark Wahlberg (“The Fighter”)
BEST PICTURE – DRAMA
"The King's Speech"
* "The Social Network" Well, I really didn't want this one to win. But it did. Man. Here's looking to you Academy, to pick something else.
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
I'm glad Natalie Portman won, and Christian Bale as well. Robert De Niro deserves all good things that come his way. Ricky Gervais was downright rude during the entire broadcast! I couldn't believe some of the things he said. Overall this was fun to watch. I'm looking forward to the Oscars, the nominations should be out in a couple of weeks.
CECIL B. DEMILLE AWARD
Robert De Niro
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Christian Bale, The Fighter
Michael Douglas, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
ACTRESS, DRAMA
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Piper Perabo, Covert Affairs
* Katey Sagal, Sons Of Anarchy
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
* Carlos (Sundance Channel)
The Pacific (HBO) I wanted this to win
Pillars Of The Earth (STARZ)
Temple Grandin (HBO)
You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE, TV
Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-O
* Chris Colfer, Glee What an awesome win!
Chris Noth, The Good Wife
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
David Strathairn, Temple Grandin
ACTOR, DRAMA
*Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
TELEVISION, DRAMA
* Boardwalk Empire (HBO) I guess I need to start watching this
Dexter (Showtime)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)
The Walking Dead (AMC)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Bound to You" from Burlesque
"Coming Home" from Country Strong
"I See the Light" from Tangled
"There's a Place for Us" from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
* "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from Burlesque
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech
Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland
A.R. Rahmann, 127 Hours
* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network The only one I didn't want to win
Hans Zimmer, Inception
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
* Toy Story 3 "The animated movie that beat with a human heart" Very true
BEST ACTRESS - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
* Annette Bening (“The Kids Are All Right”)
Anne Hathaway (“Love and Other Drugs”)
Angelina Jolie (“The Tourist”)
Julianne Moore (“The Kids Are All Right”)
Emma Stone (“Easy A”)
ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
Idris Elba, Luther
Ian Mcshane, Pillars Of The Earth
* Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack
Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
Hayley Atwell, Pillars Of The Earth
* Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
Judi Dench, Return To Cranford
Romola Garai, Emma
Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Client List
BEST SCREENPLAY
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Bloomberg, The Kids are All Right
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David Seidler, The King's Speech
* Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE, TV Hope Davis, The Special Relationship
* Jane Lynch, Glee
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Julia Stiles, Dexter
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful
The Concert
The Edge
I am Love
* In a Better World
ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Toni Collette, United States Of Tara
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
* Laura Linney, The Big C
Lea Michele, Glee
ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matthew Morrison, Glee
* Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams (“The Fighter”)
Helena Bonham Carter (“The King’s Speech”)
Mila Kunis (“Black Swan”)
* Melissa Leo (“The Fighter”)
Jacki Weaver (“Animal Kingdom”)
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan”)
* David Fincher (“The Social Network”)
Tom Hooper (“The King’s Speech”)
Christopher Nolan (“Inception”)
David O. Russell (“The Fighter”)
BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL
30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
The Big C (Showtime)
* Glee (FOX)
Modern Family (ABC)
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
BEST ACTOR - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Johnny Depp (“Alice in Wonderland”)
Johnny Depp (“The Tourist”)
* Paul Giamatti (“Barney’s Version”)
Jake Gyllenhaal (“Love and Other Drugs”)
Kevin Spacey (“Casino Jack”)
BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA
Halle Berry (“Frankie and Alice”)
Nicole Kidman (“Rabbit Hole”)
Jennifer Lawrence (“Winter’s Bone”)
* Natalie Portman (“Black Swan”) I loved her speech, knew she would win this.
Michelle Williams (“Blue Valentine”)
BEST PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
“Alice in Wonderland” “Burlesque”
* “The Kids Are All Right”
“Red”
“The Tourist”
BEST ACTOR - DRAMA
Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”)
* Colin Firth (“The King’s Speech”)
James Franco (“127 Hours”)
Ryan Gosling (“Blue Valentine”)
Mark Wahlberg (“The Fighter”)
BEST PICTURE – DRAMA
"The King's Speech"
* "The Social Network" Well, I really didn't want this one to win. But it did. Man. Here's looking to you Academy, to pick something else.
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
I'm glad Natalie Portman won, and Christian Bale as well. Robert De Niro deserves all good things that come his way. Ricky Gervais was downright rude during the entire broadcast! I couldn't believe some of the things he said. Overall this was fun to watch. I'm looking forward to the Oscars, the nominations should be out in a couple of weeks.
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