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Posted by Dustin Koski on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 12:10 am
Filed under People · Tagged Antioch, Ashrita Furman, athlete, Britain, California, David Wimp, driver, Dustin Koski, El Paso Mountains, Fort Worth, head, Houston, Indian government, Istanbul, James Johns, Jeff McKissack, Jim Carrey, Los Angeles, Lucy Pearson, media darling, Mobin Khan, New York City, Pearsonville, postal worker, printing press, Riverton, Robert Coates, scrap metal, Simeon Stylites, Syria, Texas, Tommy Wiseau, Turkey, United States, Vermont, William Schmidt, William Schmidt’s Tunnel, Wyoming
A lot of nasty things go on behind closed doors. Free from scrutiny, groups, governments, and companies often get up to no good, safe in the belief that their images will remain squeaky clean, no matter how filthy their actions may be. If not for the brave actions and dogged determination of a few men [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under History, Nature, People, Politics · Tagged aches, Afghanistan, Al Gore, America, Assange, Bernstein, Bernstein Investment Research And Management Inc, Bob Woodward, brand new drug epidemic, Bureau of Fisheries, C.I.A., California, cancer, CBS, CBS Corporation, chemical pesticides, Chicago, Church of Scientology, cruel and inequitable machinery, Democratic National Headquarters, Detroit, Edward R. Murrow, Environmental Protection Agency, fiction writer, food, Food and Drug Administration, gary coleman, Gary Webb, George W. Bush, hacker and software programmer, Illinois, Investigative journalism, Iraq, Israel, Joseph McCarthy, Journalism, journalist, Julian Assange, Lincoln Steffens, London Correspondent, Los Angeles, Mass media, master journalist, michigan, Middle East, Muckraker, Murrow, Nancy Reagan, Nicaragua, pains, passionate consumer advocate, President of the United States, Rachel Carson, Ralph Nader, Reagan Administration, research, Samuel Hopkins Adams, scientist, See It Now, Seymour Hersh, Sinclair, software programmer, Soviet Union, Supreme Court, tangled web, the Blitz, the New York Evening Post, The New Yorker, the Washington Post, The Washington Post Company, United States, Upton Sinclair, Vietnam, vigorous, Walter Cronkite, White House, Wikileaks
The annals of Pop Music history are rightly filled with the talented and charismatic men and women who played, sang, and danced their way into the public consciousness. Fans memorize their songs, see their shows, and most importantly, buy their records. But great albums and singles don’t just come out of nowhere. It takes a [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Business, Music, People · Tagged Alison Krauss, Allison Krauss, artist, B.B. King, Beatles John Lennon, Berry Gordy, Brian Eno, britney spears, Burnett, Busta Rhymes, Butch Vig, California, Carl Perkins, cent, Chad Hugo, Cheap Trick, Christmas, curtis mayfield, Daniel Lanois, Detroit, Dirty Bastard, Dr. Dre, drummer and soundtrack composer, eminem, england, enterprising drug dealer and rapper, Entertainment_Culture, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Geoff Shakespeare, George Clinton, George Harrison, George Martin, Gordy, guitarist and singer, Ike Turner, influential soundtrack coordinator, Jackie Brenston, jerry lee lewis, Joaquin Phoenix, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Justin Timberlake, kate bush, King, lawyer, legendary producer and soundtrack supervisor, Liverpool, local D.J., Los Angeles, magician, Mark Howard, Marvin Gaye, meat loaf, michigan, Motown, Music, musician, My Girl, Nazz, O Brother, Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Pharrell Williams, Phil Spector, Pop Music, producer, rap artist, record producer, Reese Witherspoon, Ringo, Robert Plant, Sam Philips, Sam Phillips, Smokey Robinson, Snoop Dogg, solo artist, songwriter and producer, songwriter and session player, Stevie Wonder, T-Bone Burnett, The Band, The Beatles, The Big Lebowski, The Counting Crows, The Counting Crows and The Wallflowers, The Jackson 5, The Joshua Tree, The Neptunes, the supremes, The Unforgettable Fire, The Wallflowers, Todd Rundgren, U2, United Kingdom, United States, West Coast, Where Art Thou?
Originally popularized by Alfred Hitchcock, the term “MacGuffin” refers to the object in a movie that drives the action. In most cases, what the MacGuffin actually is irrelevant. It exists solely to get the characters moving and drive the plot forward. The only real requirement is that it must be something people are willing to [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged Al Qahirah Governorate, alfred hitchcock, Anton Chigurh, Big Lebowski, Brigid, Cairo, California, Casper Gutman, Charles Foster Kane, Coen brothers, creepy assistant, Detective, Donnie, egypt, Entertainment, Entertainment_Culture, Fiction, film, film noir, Geoff Shakespeare, ghostly trucker, Humphrey Bogart, Josh Brolin, Kiss Me Deadly, L.A., Los Angeles, MacGuffin, Maltese Falcon, Mike Hammer, Narratology, No Country for Old Men, orson welles, Pee-wee Herman, Pink, Plot, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, reporter, Sam Spade, The 39 Steps, The Big Lebowski, The Maltese Falcon, United States, unseen newsreel reporter, USD, waitress, Walter, Wee Herman
J-pop, short for Japanese pop, is, according to Wikipedia, a loosely-defined musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music such as The Beatles and replaced kayokyoku (“Lyric Singing Music”, a term for Japanese pop music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, March 25, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Music, People · Tagged active singer, actress, angela aki, artist, Ayumi Hamasaki, Bleach, BoA, California, celine dion, dancer, Deep River, Distance, Entertainment_Culture, Eyes On Me, fashion leader, Feel, female J-pop artist, first artist, First Love, Freaky, Full, General, hawaii, Hikaru Singles, Hikaru Utada, Hitomi, interesting artist, J-pop, Japan, Japanese music, Kiss Me Good-Bye, Kumi Koda, Los Angeles, LTD., Lyric Singing Music, Michael Beatrix, Music, Music of Japan, Nami Tamaki, Namie Amuro, Nana, New York, New York City, queen, SEVEN Japanese, Singer, singer /songwriter, singers, Stay With Me, Taboo, This Love, United States, Utada Hikaru, You, Yui, Yume, YUME NO MACHI SOUZOU IINKAI CO., Yuna Ito
Tara Myers is hitting the news as the Missouri school teacher outed for her porn star past. With porn stars typically having a relatively short working life, what is a girl to do after her working life in front of the camera comes to an end? In some instances, porn stars see the light and [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, March 14, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies, People · Tagged Actor, Barbie Bridges, Big Ron, California, car bomb attack, car wreck, Colorado, Crystal Gunns, David Vitter, Deep Throat, Entertainment, Entertainment_Culture, Florida, Howard Stern, Human Interest, Janine Lindemuller, Jessica Bennett, law enforcement, lax healthcare protection standards, Linda Boreman, Linda Lovelace, local school district, Los Angeles, Louisa Tuck, Melissa Scott, Michael Verdugo, Missouri, New Jersey, Obama, ordained chaplain, Pink Cross Ministry, porn actress, Pornographic actor, Pornographic films, pornography, preacher, president, Rikki Andersin, Ron Jeremy, Sandra Bullock, school lunch lady assistant, school teacher, schoolteacher and volleyball coach, Senate, Sex industry, Shelley Lubben, Stephanie Gregory, Stormy Daniels, Tara Myers, Tericka Dye, United States, University Cathedral, USD, vocal critic, West Coast
The world is full of unique objects, creatures, and world events. Many foods are naturally radioactive and bananas contain a particularly high dose of radiation. The banana equivalent dose is a scale used to measure radiation exposure. The scale is based on the radiation levels humans receive by eating a single banana. In fact, bananas [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Animals, Bizarre, History · Tagged Alaskan Malamute, America, Americas, Anaheim, Andrew Carnegie, Apes, archeological site, Army, Australia, Austria, Austrian army, Balkans, banking, Bili Ape, Bili Forest, Bill Mazeroski, Billy Hunter, Blue Bayou Restaurant, boxer, BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC, brazil, Britain, British Science Weekly, Brooklin, Bryan Johnson, California, candidate, catcher, Catherine the Great, center fielder, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chairman, CHEMICAL CO, Chemical Company, Chris Atkins, cincinnati reds, comedian, Congo, Cornelius Vanderbilt, corps commander, Dan Driessen, Danny Murtaugh, debris, Disneyland's Private Club, Dock Ellis, Edmund Schulman, Elton John, emperor, Eureka, Europe, facility producing chemicals, federal government, finance houses, Forest of Ancients, France, Galapagos Islands, GBP, general scientific opinion, George Gobel, german shepherd, Great Basin Bristlecone, Great Depression, greenland, Guy Mellgren, head, Henry Ford, Hitler, Hungary, important leader, injuries, Isabela, Isabela Island, Isabela province, Island of Pinta, Italy, Jack Russell Terrier, Joe Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Johnny Bench, Joseph ii, Joseph Vagvolgyi, Karánsebes, Lilly Belle, Lombardy, Los Angeles, Louisiana, Maine, Maine Museum, Maine State Museum, Major League, manager, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Matty Alou, Meramec River, Michael Taylor, miscarriages, Missouri, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, National League, New Orleans, Newfoundland, Niger, North America, Northeastern Pharmaceutical, Northeastern Pharmaceutical Co, oil, Olaf Kyrre, Ottoman army, Parisian hotel, Paul McCartney, Penobscot Bay, Pete Rose, Peter Pritchard, Philippines, Pinta, Pinta Island, Pittsburgh Pirates, player, Prague zoo, president, presidential caboose car, primate specialist, Private Club, professional baseball player, Province of Rome, radiation, representative, Republic of the Congo, Richard Nixon, Romania, rome, ronald reagan, ruler, Russell Bliss, Sahara Desert, San Diego Padres, second baseman, serious injury, Shelly Williams, Smithsonian, soil, St. Louis, Standard Oil Company, starting pitcher, texas rangers, the Times, THE TIMES HERALD COMPANY, The Walt Disney Company, the World Series, Thoroughbred, Time Magazine, Times Beach, Tom Harlan, Tony Perez, toxic oil, truck driver, United Kingdom, United States, University of Amsterdam, USD, White Mountains, Wolf Volcano, Yi script
Every decade Hollywood produces a new crop of child actors. Some are remembered; most are forgotten. We know the Shirley Temples, the Tatum O’Neals, the Corey Feldmans, the Dakota Fannings and the Abigail Breslins. We remember Linda Blair’s inspired (or possessed) performance in The Exorcist. Other child stars shone just as bright… just not as [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, November 29, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under People, Television · Tagged Aaron, Adventures in Babysitting, alfred hitchcock, Amanda Flinner, Back to the Future, Brothers & Sisters, Bruce Willis, California, car thieves, child actor, child actors, child star stories, child stars, children and movies, children and TV, Chocolate Factory, Cinema of the United States, City of Shoulders and Noses, Claude Dagle, corey feldman, Dallas, Doubt, Edna May Wonacott, Entertainment, entertainment lawyer, Entertainment_Culture, ER, film, forgotten child stars, full house, Herman Munster, Hoffman, honey i blew up the kid, honey i shrunk the kid, I Blew Up the Kid, Jackie Coogan, Jared Rushton, Jeff Cohen, Jodie Foster, Josh Brolin, Justin Henry, Keith Coogan, kid actor, kids, Kramer vs. Kramer, Kurt Russell, Lara Spotts, Linda Blair, Los Angeles, Lucy McFadden, Maia Brewton, Marty McFly, McFarland, Mercury Rising, Miko Hughes, Molly Ringwald, movie trivia, Movies, New York, No Country for Old Men, oscars, Our Gang, Patty McCormack, Peter Ostrum, precocious child actor, Quinn Cummings, Rhoda Penmark, Rick Moranis, Sally Baines, Santa Rosa, Sean Astin, Shadow of a Doubt, Stephen King, Supporting Actress Oscar, tatum oneal, Taxi Driver, Television, Texas, The Bad Seed, The Goodbye Girl, The Goonies, The Lord of the Rings, The Sopranos, THREE'S COMPANY, tom hanks, top 10 child actors, TopTenz, tv, TV producer, United States, Vanessa Redgrave, veterinarian, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Wonka's factory, Yale
It’s often said that Hollywood has run out of original ideas, which is why there are so many movie remakes. Actually, remakes are part of a longstanding Hollywood tradition- the very first remake was 1904’s The Great Train Robbery. The first version of The Great Train Robbery was made in 1903 and is the “first [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged amityville, Arnold Schwarznegger, Beau Geste, Ben-Hur, best remakes, Carl Reiner, Cat People, David Cronenberg, Detroit, Drea de Matteo, Entertainment_Culture, Ethan Hawke, film, first remake, Gary Cooper, Geena Davis, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Hollywood, James Brolin, Jean Renoir, Jeff Goldblum, John Carpenter, John Leguizamo, Los Angeles, Los Angeles,California,United States, Movies, movies remakes, Ocean's Eleven, oldest remake, Ryan Reynolds, The Amityville Horror, The Great Train Robbery, the New Age, top 10 films, top 10 movies, top 10 remakes, TopTenz, TopTenz.net, Warren Beatty, William Wellman
What is film noir? Are they films about hard boiled detectives and seductive femme fatales? Are they about troubled heroes with soiled pasts that keep catching up with them? Are they all about black and white chiaroscuro lighting, dark offices with light shining in through the blinds, and cigarette smoke that takes on a life [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Crime, Movies · Tagged Academy Award, Acapulco, Alexander Mackendrick, Ann Treadwell, author, Ava Gardner, Barbara Stanwyck, Barton Keyes, Bessie Clary, Billy Wilder, black and white movies, Body Heat, Burt Lancaster, businessman, California, candy, carmen, classic films, crime movies, Dave Bannion, Debbie, Detective, detective characters, detective movies, Detectives, Detour, director, Double Indemnity, Ealing Studios, Edgar G. Ulmer, Entertainment_Culture, Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Lehman, Even Raymond Chandler, famous advertising, famous advertising executive, famous screenwriter, Femme fatale, film, film history, film noir, fresh, Fritz Lang, General, genres, Hardboiled, housekeeper, Humphrey Bogart, insurance salesman, investigator and a police detective, J.J. Hunsecker, Jacques Tourneur, James M Cain, Jeff Bailey, John Huston, Kathie, Kitty Collins Colfax, Laura, Laura Hunt, Lauren Bacall, life insurance money, Los Angeles, Mark McPherson, Miles Archer, movie genres, movie history, Movies, mystery, Nathaniel Hood, New York, New York City, newspaper columnist, Northwest, Ole Anderson, Otto Preminger, Out of the Past, Philip Marlowe, Phyllis Dietrichson, Pickup on South Street, police sergeant, premier newspaper columnist, private eyes, real driver, Robert Mitchum, Robert Siodmak, Sam Spade, Samuel Fuller, screenwriter, Sergeant, Shelby Carpenter, Sidney Falco, Skip McCoy, Steve Dallas, suspense, Sweet Smell of Success, The Big Heat, The BIg Sleep, The Killers, The Maltese Falcon, Thelma Ritter, Tom Neal, town gas station, ultimate femme fatale actress, United Kingdom, United States, venomous newspaper columnist, Vivian Rutledge, Waldo Lydecker, Walter Neff, young jazz guitarist
