Here is self-proclaimed world's first supermodel Janice Dickinson at an event in NYC on Monday (left) -- and Verdine White, the bassist for Earth, Wind & Fire back in 2009 (right).Strike a pose.We're just sayin'.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Natalie Wood's Daughter -- Arrested for Coke, Heroin After Blowout Fight with Boyfriend
Natalie Wood's daughter with Robert Wagner was arrested this week for coke and heroin possession -- after a nasty fight with someone in her house ... a fight that led to a gunshot.Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, cops were called to the Malibu home…
Linux-based home energy gateway supports ZigBee Smart Energy 2.0
Digi International announced a ZigBee-based home energy gateway that runs Linux on a Freescale i.MX28 processor. Compliant with the upcoming Smart Energy 2.0 standard, the & ConnectPort X2e for Smart Energy& enables ZigBee devices on a Home Area Network (HAN) to communicate with an energy service provider, says the company....
Yahoo Slams Facebook for ?Retaliation? in Patent Lawsuit
Facebook found and purchased eight software patents for the sole purpose of "retaliating" against Yahoo for its pending patent lawsuit against the social networking giant, Yahoo argued in a strongly worded court filing Friday that accuses Facebook of bad faith.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Europe's Crisis May Put Politicians Out Of Work
Host Scott Simon talks with CEO and Foreign Policy Editor-at-Large David Rothkopf about Europe's financial crisis and how the new leaders who started the austerity plans are now in danger of being booted.
Allen Iverson's Wife -- I Want a Restraining Order ... NOW
Allen Iverson's estranged wife is frightened of her husband -- claiming the NBA legend has been harassing her and her family ... and now, she wants a restraining order.Tawanna Iverson just filed legal docs in the couple's bitter divorce battle --…
More Than A Teacher: 'One Of The Best Feelings'
Two teachers on either end of the country have made lasting impressions on their students. They stepped up to mentor and comfort children with difficult home lives ? and they're still there for them today.
Ramping Up Your Laptop's RAM
One of the simplest ways to improve performance on a laptop is to add more RAM, or random access memory. RAM prices have been steadily dropping over the years, and it's now possible to see a significant performance boost with an investment of twenty or thirty dollars. If your machine is sluggish, you might need additional memory. Even if your machine is new, a memory upgrade is worth investigating.
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Patriots add Northwestern wide receiver in Round 7
The New England Patriots selected wide receiver Jeremy Ebert of Northwestern with their second pick in the seventh round of the NFL draft on Saturday.
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In May 2010 the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that consumers only saved 4 percent of their disposable income. A Retirement Confidence Survey released by the Employee Benefit Research Institute in 2010 reported that 27 percent of respondents have …
In May 2010 the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that consumers only saved 4 percent of their disposable income. A Retirement Confidence Survey released by the Employee Benefit Research Institute in 2010 reported that 27 percent of respondents have …
Bradbury's Tale: A 'Wicked' Read, A Haunted Book
It wasn't just the creepy carnival that drew Seth Grahame-Smith to Something Wicked This Way Comes. It was also the book's frank portrayal of parents who don't behave like grown-ups. Do you remember when you realized your parents weren't perfect? Tell us about it in the comments.
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The festive season is now well and truly upon us, and Lotus Renault GP would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! As always, this time of year is extremely busy for all of us here at Enstone as we gear up for the challenge of a new season. Yet again this year we have had an incredible level of support from thousands of fans, and for this we are extremely grateful. We are already brimming with excitement for the year ahead, and we look forward to sharing the (...)
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Closure Of Chicago Mental Health Clinics Looms
By the end of the month, Chicago plans to shut down six of its 12 public mental health clinics. It's a decision that's brought clinic barricades, arrests and a 24-7 vigil by protesters who hope to keep the clinics open. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the consolidation plan will actually mean more care for the mentally ill.
In A Change, Turkey Tightens Its Border With Syria
Smugglers trying to deliver medicine, communications gear and weapons to the opposition in Syria now are facing stricter scrutiny from Turkish border guards. The activists and smugglers say Turkish guards are confiscating phones and other nonlethal gear that was once permitted to pass freely.
James Franco Teases Screen Time With Rihanna
Actor reveals he almost co-starred in 'We Found Love' clip and may appear with Ri in new Seth Rogen film.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
James Franco
Photo: Neilson Barnard/ Getty Images
James Franco recently made headlines when he posted a video of himself singing Rihanna's Dr. Luke joint "You Da One" on the Internet. The clip was short, sweet and a bit out of nowhere.
But if you think that Franco was in one of his performance-art moments when he created the viral video, think again. It turns out he's just a fan of the colorful singer. "[It] didn't take a lot of work [to lip-synch to her song]," he confessed to MTV News at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday. "But I do like Rihanna."
In fact, his biggest confession about his connection to the singer came next. It seems the two were thisclose to working together on her 2011 "We Found Love" video. As the story goes, before male model Dudley O'Shaughnessy landed the role as Ri's troubled leading man, Franco had the opportunity to be cast as one-half of that rocky romance.
"She actually asked me to be in that video, the one with the relationship that gets crazy," he dished. "I couldn't do it. But, I guess, I hope that that means there's mutual love between us."
Well, apparently these two are getting a second chance to work together, and this time it's on the big screen. Franco teased that Rihanna may appear in pal Seth Rogen's flick "The Apocalypse," which follows a slew of celebs playing themselves. They're partying at Franco's house when they learn the apocalypse is coming.
"I think she's gonna be in the new movie that I'm doing, Seth Rogen's directorial debut," he shared. "I think she has a little part in that."
For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
Cleaning Up With High-Tech Housekeeping Tools
Marla Cilley, aka the FlyLady, knows a thing or two about housecleaning. One of those things is that it's hard to get motivated to do it. To address this problem, she created an empire around inspiring others to step up their housecleaning game. "We do behavior modification through email, Facebook and Twitter, and that behavior modification helps our members establish simple habits and string them into a routine," said Cilley.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
How Making Food Safe Can Harm Wildlife And Water
After an outbreak of E. coli in spinach killed several people in 2006, farmers clamped down on every possible source of contamination. Those safety efforts have also pushed out wildlife, destroyed sensitive habitats and increased pollution in waterways.
Review: Verizon's LG Spectrum offers speed, long life -- and weird UI customization
Verizon's LG Spectrum phone -- equipped with 4G LTE, a great 4.5-inch screen, and a dual-core, 1.5GHz processor -- provides speed and impressive battery life, according to this eWEEK review. However, author Clint Boulton adds, the touchscreen was sometimes unresponsive, and the customizations LG has layered on Android 2.3 aren't much of a success....
Sources: Gingrich Will End His White House Bid Next Week
Sources are telling media outlets that the former House speaker will soon exit the campaign and that it's highly likely he will endorse Mitt Romney.
Trapped: Many artists selling singles, not albums
Just before Flo Rida released his third album, almost two million fans purchased the first single "Club Can't Handle Me," helping the rapper snag yet another Top 10 hit.
Exclusive : Kimi back behind the wheel
?I have not sat in an F1 car since the last race of the 2009 season? smiled Kimi, as he jumped into the cockpit for his first seat fitting at Enstone today. The Finn was with us all day and, despite a heavy technical programme, took time to answer his fans' questions. Stay tuned for (...)
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Justices Skeptical Of Challenge To Immigration Law
Supreme Court justices strongly suggested Wednesday that they are ready to allow Arizona to enforce part of a controversial state law requiring police officers to check the immigration status of people they think are in the country illegally.
Messi makes a mess of things for Barcelona
Most of the soccer-loving world will agree this wasn't supposed to happen. Not to Barcelona, one of the best teams of all time. Not to Lionel Messi, one of the best soccer players of all time.
Why We're Drawn to Fire
A dancing fire is pretty, as well as tantalizingly dangerous, but there may be a much deeper reason for our attraction to it. Daniel Fessler, an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, has conducted research that indicates an adult's fascinatio …
SKorean retailers halt sales of US beef
Two major South Korean retailers suspended sales of U.S. beef Wednesday following the discovery of mad cow disease in a U.S. dairy cow. Reaction elsewhere in Asia was muted with Japan saying there's no reason to restrict imports.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Tilera ships 36- and 16-core RISC processors
Tilera announced the general availability of its RISC-based 36-core Tile-Gx36 and 16-core Tile-Gx16 system on chips (SoCs), clocked up to 1.5GHz. The Tile-Gx36 delivers more than 40Gbps of L2/L3 packet forwarding performance while using 25 Watts, and both it and the Tile-Gx16 are supported with Linux-ready PCI Express evaluation systems, the company says....
The GeekDads Podcast Live Tonight 7:00pm/10:00 PDT/EDT
For those of you who enjoy our GeekDads podcast, we’ll broadcast the recording session live tonight. So if you’d like to waste an hour and participate via chat room, stop by right here at 7:00 this evening, Pacific Time. We hope to see you here!
In 'Veep,' Julia Louis-Dreyfus Plays A 'Political Animal' With Bite
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns to series television in Veep Sunday night on HBO. She talks to NPR's Rachel Martin about the frustrated vice president she plays, why you'll never see the president, and her career in comedy.
US, Afghanistan reach deal on strategic pact
The U.S. and Afghanistan reached a deal Sunday on a long-delayed strategic partnership agreement that ensures Americans will provide military and financial support to the Afghan people for at least a decade beyond 2014, the deadline for most foreign forces to withdraw.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Slithering Into Spring
The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) constructed an artificial hibernaculum for the local snake population. The hibernaculum is basically a big pit, full of cinder blocks, bricks, and perforated pipe. The pit extends deep enough that it lies below the frost line in winter, and is so loosely-packed that snakes can easily and safely find shelter within.
Is The Internet Closing Our Minds Politically?
On the Internet, it's easy to find like-minded people and to frequent sites where you agree with the content. And algorithms are serving up more personalized search content. Are we running the risk of getting trapped in information bubbles? A panel of experts debates for Intelligence Squared U.S.
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Ballot question: Whose delegates are these?
Just two weeks ago, Tuesday's Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary looked as if it might really count for the first time in more than a generation. That was before a broke Rick Santorum saw the $2.9 million that Mitt Romney planned to spend on television ads, and realized he might lose the state he had represented in the Senate.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
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Kimi R�IKK�NEN: ?It will be nice to get back to racing?
We have received many questions from fans for Kimi today; we managed to grab him to answer a few of them. We will invite you to send us more questions next time he's with us! Kimi, today marked the first time you have been back in the cockpit of a Formula 1 car since 2009. How did it feel? The last time I was at Enstone I quickly jumped into a seat, but this is indeed the first time I have properly sat in an F1 car with a helmet on since the last race of 2009. It felt a bit odd at first (...)
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Who Are Romney's Closest Advisers?
Mitt Romney, the presumptive candidate for the Republican nomination, is hiring hundreds of new staffers over the next few months. The former Massachusetts governor is still surrounded by a trusted core of senior advisers, however, and they aren't going anywhere. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the inner circle.
2012 FIA Regulations highlights (Part2) - with James Allison
Following on from last week's FIA 2012 season Technical and Sporting Regulations announcement, we caught up with the team's Technical Director James Allison for some further views on the key changes we can expect to see in 2012. We feature part two below. Suspension Suspension members (wishbones/trackrods etc) are bound by strict aerodynamic limitations (limited chord, symmetrical section, maximum incidence angles etc). This is not true of the uprights which hold the wheel on to the (...)
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Saturday, April 21, 2012
AT&T's Watson APIs Let Apps Recognize Speech
AT&T could shake up the voice-recognition market when it launches several application programming interfaces for its Watson speech recognition program in June. Developers will be able to use these APIs to create new apps and services with voice recognition and transcription capabilities.
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Two Years Later, BP Spill Reminders Litter Gulf Coast
It's been two years since the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 rig workers and unleashing the worst oil spill in U.S. history. The oil has long stopped flowing and BP has spent billions of dollars cleaning up beaches and waterways ? but the disaster isn't necessarily over.
Letters: Running Mates And Musical Memory
Audie Cornish and Melissa Block read letters from listeners.
'Catching Fire': Why Hiring Francis Lawrence Makes Sense
We examine the director's qualifications for the second installment in the 'Hunger Games' series.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games"
Photo: Lionsgate
On Thursday night, Lionsgate officially offered "Catching Fire" to director Francis Lawrence. The development was widely considered the next letdown in a series of disappointments for fans, who felt Gary Ross' departure was a premature one. But based on what we know about "Catching Fire" and what Lionsgate was reportedly looking for in a replacement, Lawrence was by far the most likely choice.
Here is why Francis Lawrence makes complete sense as the director for "Catching Fire":
He Can Do Action
One of the major complaints about Ross' direction of "The Hunger Games" was that he lacked experience shooting action sequences and it showed. If Lionsgate had to find a new director for the series' second entry, choosing one who has more experience with higher-intensity scenes does makes sense. Though Lawrence's name does not come with the prestige of the other directors on the shortlist, he has the most experience of any of them with directing a big-budget action film.
He's Relatively Inexpensive
Early rumors of Ross' exit had pegged money as the main stumbling block when trying to recruit the director for the second film. We know that Ross made most of his money from "The Hunger Games" on the back end, taking a much lower fee upfront. Lionsgate was reportedly looking to not spend a ton of money on the director for "Catching Fire," and the up-and-coming directors filling out the shortlist more or less confirms that. What makes Lawrence different is that he has the mainstream success that the other independent film directors do not, but he's probably just as willing to work for Lionsgate's lowered fees.
He Knows the Tone
Lawrence's first two films take place in worlds based largely in a reality not far from our own, but ones that add in fantastical elements. In "I Am Legend," Will Smith's character lives in (near) solitude in a post-zombie-vampire outbreak Manhattan, where he hunts the wild animals that now populate the city. Lawrence has established he can make a film set in a world vaguely resembling our own, so it's not hard to imagine Lawrence being able to make the leap to Panem.
He's Done Romance
Granted, it wasn't great romance, but it counts. "Water for Elephants" was also based on a best-selling novel and could come in handy in dealing with the amped-up love triangle among Katniss, Peeta and Gale.
Bennett Miller Wasn't Available
The Playlist originally reported that the race for the director's position came down to two directors, Lawrence and Bennett Miller. The "Moneyball" director was clearly the more distinguished of the two, but he had spent the last few years developing "Foxcatcher," a true-life story about the heir to the DuPont fortune who murdered an Olympic wrestler. In the past few months, Miller has seen "Foxcatcher" finally come together, adding Channing Tatum, Steve Carell and, just recently, Mark Ruffalo to the cast. If Miller would have signed on to direct "Catching Fire," he would have had to further delay "Foxcatcher" just after getting development off the ground.
Check out everything we've got on "Catching Fire."
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Murdoch's News Corp. Faces New Legal Threats
Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper division is accused of phone hacking and bribing police officers. That scandal has already cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars. Now News Corp. is fending off media reports that a specialized unit engaged in industrial espionage on behalf of the company's global satellite and cable TV operations.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Conley scores 20 as Grizzlies beat Bobcats 85-80
Mike Conley had 18 points and seven assists as the Memphis Grizzlies beat Charlotte 85-80 on Friday night to extend the Bobcats' franchise-worst losing streak to 19 games.
Finding Your Way Around a Router
Have you ever accessed your home or small office router configuration settings and been bombarded with a mass of incomprehensible, cryptic computer-eze and senseless acronyms and abbreviations? Never fear -- you can quickly come up to speed on the basics. The router is a computer networking device that manages the data. It interprets the packet's address and directs the packet to its destination.
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Memeorandum Colors 2012: Visualizing Bias on Political Blogs
As you?d expect, the universe of political blogs is largely split in two, with conservative and liberal blogs rarely covering the same stories or linking to the same sites. But it can be very challenging to tell their political leanings at a glance, especially with names like 'Balloon Juice,' 'Weasel Zippers,' or 'The Volokh Conspiracy.' So, four years ago, I launched a project with Delicious/Tasty Labs founder Joshua Schachter to visualize the linking biases of various political blogs on Memeorandum by looking at their past behavior. Using singular value decomposition, the linear algebra at the heart of your Netflix recommendations, we reduced the entire matrix of blogger-to-article relationships to a single dimension. Using those precalculated values, we load the data from Google Spreadsheets and color the links on Memeorandum, based on where they fall on the spectrum. The brighter the color, the more frequently they only cover stories by their counterparts.
Greenpeace Lambastes Apple, Amazon, Microsoft for Creating Foul Clouds
Behind every cloud there supposedly is a silver lining, but a new report from Greenpeace, titled "How Clean Is Your Cloud?" may mean stormy weather for Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. The three tech giants use "dirty" energy to power their data centers, Greenpeace said. It looked at 14 of the largest tech companies' data centers and offered assessments of how much power they required, as well as what type of energy they used.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Interactive Whiteboard Pen Writes on Anything ? No Whiteboard Required
An interactive whiteboard can be a prohibitively pricey addition to any conference room or classroom. But now a company called Interphase is launching an interactive display system that can deliver virtual whiteboarding without expensive, physical hardware.
Jonathan Frid, Original Barnabas Collins In 'Dark Shadows,' Dead At 87
Actor's cameo in Tim Burton's big-screen adaption of soap opera will be his last onscreen appearance.
By John Mitchell
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Actor Jonathan Frid, best known as the man who brought vivid life to one of the most iconic undead characters in TV history, vampire Barnabas Collins in the soap opera "Dark Shadows," died on Friday at the age of 87.
He died of natural causes after a fall at his home in Ancaster, Ontario, though his family chose not to release the news until now.
Frid was a classically trained stage actor, who began his stage career after a tour with the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London before going to receive a Master of Fine Arts degree in directing from Yale in 1957.
His talents were a strange match for "Shadows," but Frid's training brought an unexpected subtly to his performance, capturing the imaginations of viewers, including Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, both of whom were rabid fans of "Shadows" when they were young and labored for years to turn the soap into a feature film.
Playing a 200-year-old vampire who is unearthed in the late-1960s, Frid's Barnabas was not a villain but a complex and often sympathetic antihero, who through the soap's 1966-71 run continued to mourn the loss of his true love while trying to crave his bloodlust and protect his descendents from the evil witches and monsters that plagued their beloved family mansion, Collinwood.
The big-screen version of "Shadows" is set to open on May 11 and is easily one of the most anticipated films of the summer. Frid shot a cameo for the film, marking his first film role since 1974's "Seizure" (Olive Stone's feature-directing debut). While on set in London, he got to spend time with Depp, who plays Barnabas, and as Frid's "Shadows" co-star Kathryn Leigh Scott told The Wrap, both Depp and Burton were effusive with their praise for the actor and his most famous character.
"Both Johnny Depp and Tim Burton looked at Jonathan and said, 'We wouldn't be here without you,' " Scott said.
After being based in New York City for more than 40 years and working to great acclaim both on and off Broadway, Frid retired to Canada in 1994, though he continued to act, performing one-man shows for charities in both Canada and the U.S., and appearing at "Dark Shadows" conventions, which have only grown in popularity over the years. He reportedly always felt a close connection to "Shadows" fans and maintained a website so they could follow what he was up to.
Frid's cameo in Burton's "Shadows" will be his last onscreen performance.
Dork Tower Wednesday
Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.
Nicollette Sheridan Gets Retrial in 'Desperate Housewives' Wrongful Termination Case
Nicollette Sheridan will get another chance to prove she was wrongfully terminated from "Desperate Housewives" -- because a judge has decided to allow a retrial after the previous one ended with a hung jury.ABC/Disney had asked the judge to dismiss…
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Openmoko smartphone reborn as hackable GTA04
German manufacturer Golden Delicious has begun shipping a hackable open source smartphone that runs a variety of Linux software, including a newly optimized Openmoko distro. The Openmoko GTA04 is available as a finished phone or as a board that slips into earlier Openmoko Neo Freerunner GTA01 and GTA02 cases, providing an 800MHz Texas Instruments DM3730 processor and a full range of sensors and wireless features....
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For Vi Hart, a self-professed math geek, patterns, shapes and numbers are like wine; they make her giddy, speed up her already speedy conversational style, and lead her into drawing dizzying illustrations.
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Motorola's Droid Razr Maxx is a power-packed follow-up to the company's Droid Razr handset, says this eWEEK review. Now available on Verizon Wireless, the 4.3-inch RazrMaxx zips along with a 1.2GHz, dual-core processor and 4G LTE, and positively astounds with its 3300mAh, all-day battery....
'Spider-Man' Director Marc Webb Plays With 'Amazing' Canon
'We wanted to do our own thing,' filmmaker tells MTV News about his approach to the upcoming Spider-Man reboot for Sony.
By Josh Wigler
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Stop us if you've heard this one: Boy genius gets bit by a radioactive spider, gains superpowers, acts like a jerk for a while until his beloved uncle dies as a result, thereby inspiring him to start using his powers for good. A familiar tale, right? Those details — most of them at least — remain firmly in place for "The Amazing Spider-Man," the upcoming cinematic reboot of the iconic Marvel superhero. But director Marc Webb wants you to know that there's much more to this new tale than meets the eye.
Some of the differences between the Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire "Spider-Man" era and the upcoming new order are very clear right off the bat: new filmmaker, new leading man in Andrew Garfield. But there are other, more subtle differences too: a tone that's a bit more grounded in reality, a new parent-centric backstory and a little filmmaking trick you might have heard of called 3-D. All of these things and more work together to bring moviegoers a Spider-Man they're familiar with, but one who's more than willing to spin a few curveballs along the way.
As Summer Movie Preview week continues, MTV News presents our conversation with Webb about all things "Amazing" — from his "Spider-Man" fandom and the cues he took from the Raimi/Maguire films to why Garfield was the perfect choice to play Peter Parker, and much more.
MTV: Aside from having a last name in common with his weapons of choice, can you give us a sense of your Spider-Man fandom? How long have you been a fan of this character?
Marc Webb: I knew it obviously from when I was a little kid. I was between comic book series, but there was the animated series that I saw, that sort of thing. But I don't know what it is: Kids have an intuitive attraction to Spider-Man, something that exists beyond the comic books and all the different media that's out there. There's something so simple, symmetrical and iconic about that design that kids are just drawn to it. So I can't say when I started becoming a fan, but I've always been curious.
It wasn't until I got a call from Sony that I started thinking about the character in a more intellectual way. At first, I thought it was an absurd idea, but what stayed with me and haunted me was the idea that this character is so intensely relatable: He's a superhero who's just a kid. He's not a billionaire, not an alien. His normal identity is so ordinary in so many ways, and so relatable, and that's something about Marvel that I always liked. They made the teenagers the superheroes: the X-Men and Spider-Man, whereas [teens] were just the sidekicks in DC Comics. I think it was at a time in your life when you're starting to access these stories and mythologies that make the wish-fulfillment component much more intense. I know I have a 17-year-old boy trapped inside of me forever, and that's something with an instant appeal.
MTV: It wasn't so long ago that there was a trilogy of popular "Spider-Man" films ...
Webb: What? No! What the f---?
MTV: It's true! [Laughs.] It's certainly a tough act to follow. Was there anything from the Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire era that you looked to when approaching your version of "Spider-Man," or did you want to stay away from those films and start completely fresh?
Webb: We wanted to do our own thing. We wanted a different villain and a different tone. There wasn't anything I wanted to recapture from those movies, beyond their respect for the character. I thought that was a really wonderful thing. We're doing something different and new and risky, and I understand that. But it's something that I've found very appealing. I couldn't let the opportunity go. I have deep and abiding respect for Sam and Tobey and all those movies that were made, but we are trying to achieve something different. It's a unique set of circumstances when you talk about Spider-Man, because he's been around for 50 years. People talk about rebooting characters. It's different than, say, Harry Potter, who has just a handful of books for his entire canon. There's so much material in Spider-Man that there are so many stories to tell and so many characters. It's more like James Bond or something like that.
MTV: Judging from trailers and the few scenes that have been released online, the takeaway for me is that this is a grittier "Spider-Man" movie, a bit more dangerous than some of the more cartoony takes we've seen previously. But the prankster side is still in place too. There's a clip online of Peter really toying with a guy as he's webbing him up, so the comedy is definitely there. How did you find the right mix of comedy and darkness in this movie?
Webb: I wouldn't say we were ever after pursuing darkness. We just wanted to keep things real. I think it comes down to everything having to emerge from a real place. The reason why Spider-Man is being so playful in that moment is that as a character, he's feeling drunk on his power. He's having a really good time. He's becoming a bit of a bully there. He's not being deeply altruistic, and that's something you'll learn more about when you see the movie. It's a reflection of his attitude: He puts that mask on and the shy kid is gone. He's now this really empowered superhero. That means having fun, sometimes at other people's expense.
MTV: Andrew had that great quote the other week, of Spider-Man acting like an Internet troll in the movie.
Webb: It's totally true. You get to see and do whatever you want without any personal consequences. There's a danger to that ... but there's a thrill to it too.
MTV: I was very happy with the casting of Andrew pretty much immediately. Looking at his work in "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," he struck me as a guy who could nail the comedy and the drama of the role. When you saw Andrew audition, what was it about him that stuck out to you? What made you see Peter Parker in this guy?
Webb: He was both funny and earnest and he had a physical ability that I knew I could rely on. I wanted the movie to be funny, but I also wanted the movie to have real emotional depth and an emotional range. He can do that, and that's incredibly rare: to find somebody who can be light and witty but can also communicate the real tragedy of the character vis-ávis his parents, Uncle Ben and the incredible sacrifices he ends up having to make. Finding someone who can be funny and deep all in one movie, it's tricky.
Beyond that, he brought something to the table that I'd thought about in the abstract but never really figured out exactly how to achieve: How does Spider-Man move? How do you make that character and the identity flow throughout the movement of Spider-Man? He became obsessed with that, looking at how spiders move. He had an idea — which we didn't end up doing — where we built up the knuckles in the suit, so that they would arch like they do in the comic books. He became really infatuated with those details from the comics and how spider DNA would actually take over the body of a human. His spider-sense gives him a sense of space that normal humans don't have, an agility most people don't have. It became a real method style of being Spider-Man, which is something you don't see very often. And when you wanted that levity and you wanted that humor, he had that. It's such a rare combination.
MTV: In addition to Andrew's interest, you got the chance to play around with the physicality of the character through 3-D, I'm sure. Can you talk a little about the way 3-D is used in your film?
Webb: We started making the movie around the time "Avatar" came out. Every studio in the world wanted 3-D. I hadn't worked with it before. I didn't want it forced upon the movie because I've seen bad conversions and it scared me that people weren't using it properly. It had been used so incredibly effectively in "Avatar," and that was really appealing. I wanted to figure out how to give the audience an experience that's worthy of a "Spider-Man" film, and it was one of those things that just felt completely organic after a while. What can 3-D do? When I looked at all the movies that were out there and the tests, I found what I call the three V's of 3-D: volume, vertigo and velocity. These things create a specific sensation that made a lot of sense for a Spider-Man movie: flying through the air, a sense of vertigo. In the trailer, there's a shot of a tower falling. When you see that in 3-D or in an IMAX environment, it's spectacular. It's a feeling you don't get very often. I think that 3-D is an extra tool that can tickle parts of the brain that you can't in any other way. With Spider-Man, particularly the second half of our movie, there are moments and feelings you just can't get in any other way.
What do you think of Webb's take on Spider-Man? Sound off in the comments section!
It's Summer Movie Preview Week, and MTV News will be bringing you exclusive interviews, clips and photos for the most anticipated summer movies. Get ready to gorge on inside looks at "The Avengers," Robert Pattinson's "Bel Ami," Kristen Stewart's "Snow White," "The Amazing Spider-Man" and more!
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Monday, April 16, 2012
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The Zones, They Are a Changin' symptoms of ring worm
Well, here it's pretty much Christmas time. Do we nevertheless landscape our garden at this time? I guess it is determined by what your geographical location is. The one particular massive rule of thumb is: it is possible to plant plants provided that the ground just isn't frozen. There is certainly additional towards the story although. In the event you know it is going to freeze and freeze deeply, it is normally greater to plant only plants that may take the difficult freeze. For example, inside the Dallas area zone seven, rather than organizing 4 inch ground covers like Asian Jasmine, we would typically plant 1 gallon since the roots are deeper and commonly it will not freeze. That is 5 to six inches deep in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I know in the Cincinnati location,which I think is like zone 4,and naturally north of there, exterior preparing entirely shuts down.
In zone 7, 8, and warmer zones, we continue to landscape and plant annuals including pansies all by way of the winter, anytime the ground just isn't frozen. We also plant in our gardens the ornamental cabbages and kales which will live even when the ground is frozen. In zone eight,which is the Houston area, we also can plant snapdragons,cyclamen, and also the attractive flowering annual jasmine which is a blue flowering annual plant that can basically take shade and flowers within the winter.
As far as planting trees, the adage nonetheless goes- when the grounds not frozen, plant it.When you are going to plant a tree, It really is most effective to use a tree in the bigger sizes, which include 15 gallon or bigger and the roots will likely be deeper; thus, less chance of freeze damage taking place. Planting a tree at this time of year is truly ideal, since the root program will continue to grow although the top is dormant. This provides the tree the chance to root and after that to possess a genuinely magnificent leading inside the spring. It is just about as if, the tree had an additional year of growth. So the old saying" fall is for planting" just isn't totally with out merit and just isn't just a phrase that the landscape and garden trade came up with so they're going to have work year-round.
In zone eight particularly in the Houston region, planting in the fall and winter employed to become a no-brainer. That was before the 2009 in 2010 extreme freezes, when it got in to the teens. It really is practically as when the Houston region wants to be rezoned to seven. I guess we'll wait and see if 2011 provides us the identical extreme freezes and if it does, possibly we really need to rethink our zone eight thinking. Only the most cold hardy palms such as Mediterranean fan Palm, Windmill Palm, the date palms, the sabal palms, and a few of the fan palms for instance Washingtonia robusta and Washingtonia flifera survived the cold. Really a few of the other much less hardy palms for instance the pygmy date palms, Queen palms, foxtail palms survived but only in tiny numbers and most likely only in select places that had been shielded from harsh cold and after that with considerable harm. Take the pygmy date palm as an example, a few of the three trunk pygmy date palms survived but only one particular of the trunks would survive. Therefore major to trunks becoming cut off, as well as the a single trunk remaining would take the entire season to have sufficient fronds to resemble a palm again.
Many people today replaced their pygmy date palms after the freeze in 2009, thinking it the freeze was a fluke. Regrettably, they were not pleasantly surprised when the 2010 freeze killed their beautiful pygmy date palm replacements. It was not just pygmy date palms, of course, but numerous other marginally tropical plants had been replaced and subsequently froze and died in the 2010 freeze. Now we're stuck anxiously awaiting to see if the 2011 winter also brings an incredibly challenging freeze. Every single time it freezes, fewer and fewer with the far more tropical plants are replaced.
I recall, it was the winter of 1985, I believe, we also got an extreme freeze in Houston. it went down to 14°and a number of the northern regions in the Houston metroplex recorded temperatures as low as 9 degrees. Suddenly, the following year, nobody would plant anything that had been frozen are even burned back by the freeze. Then the next year,symptoms of ring worm, when it did not freeze that winter as difficult, men and women branched out and planted a couple of plants that were marginally tropical. When it did not freeze once more the following year, extra tropical plants were planted. Plus the progression continued, until 2009 when folks were planting completely tropical zone nine and 10 plants, thinking Houston along with the surrounding location was a zone 10 tropical paradise. The freeze of 2009 shook that thought method,however it wasn't conclusive to most,and it took the freeze of 2010 to convince even by far the most stubborn that Houston is just not an equatorial zone 10. Tropical plants should really only planted as annuals or even possibly several as perennial. We may perhaps go one more 20 or more years without having a extreme freeze in the low teens, but are you currently willing to put your funds on the line? As a landscaper, I really feel a moral obligation to alert clients that are asking me to plant all of these cutesy and frilly tropical plants that there is a really authentic possibility that they'll freeze and most likely die. Strangely adequate, we're gamblers and we are instructed to plant them anyway. Usually it go one thing like this. "Oh no, don't plant something that could die! I do like a few of the hibiscus,they did so effectively at the last house I lived in" So right here we go once again. We plant them!!
So, is there a lesson here we've learned? The only lesson I see we have learned is that we in no way understand. We develop into additional cautious temporarily, but we assume that it in all probability will not come about again. We gamble once more, we generally shed. But we weigh the costs against the possible benefit of getting attractive, blooming, evergreen shrubs and we do it once more. So does the benefit outweigh the potential loss? Apparently so! So let's do it again and once again. We're human. We err. We get knocked down. We stand up. We do it once again. Perhaps that is what getting human is all about. Interesting,signs and symptoms of ring worm, how, even within the plant globe, humans can understand a lesson or... Not!!
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Presidential Campaign Enters A New Phase
With the broad outlines of the 2012 general election in focus, host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Mara Liasson about the ways forward for President Obama and his likely Republican challenger, Mitt Romney.
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Kimbra And Gotye 'Excited' For 'SNL' Appearance
'Somebody That I Used To Know' singer Kimbra jokes that she probably won't appear in any sketches on late-night comedy show.
By Jocelyn Vena
Kimbra
Photo: MTV News
Looking for some moody music to set the tone this Saturday night? Well, Kimbra and Gotye have your back. The chart-topping duo are set to perform their heartbreaking track "Somebody That I Used to Know" this week on "Saturday Night Live" as the show's musical guests.
When Kimbra stopped by the MTV Newsroom on Friday (April 13), just one day before her late-night performance, she opened up about the opportunity to hit the stage in the famed studio. " 'Saturday Night Live' is going to be great. I'm really excited," she said. "We've had a few rehearsals. It's really cool to just get a feel of the whole vibe. I've heard such great stuff about the experience. It's gonna be awesome."
While many musical artists have joined in the fun of appearing in comedy sketches on the show, Kimbra admits she won't be cracking any jokes this weekend. "Not that I know of! I hope not. That would be fun, but I'm not very funny!" the native New Zealander shared, noting that she's mostly only watched clips online. "I haven't seen all that much of the show. I've seen little bits here and there. I know Tina Fey used to be on it. It looks so much fun. It's gonna be great.
"I think 'SNL' is so well-known for its musical performances, as well, and people really breaking into America through a really great performance on there," she added. "So I think me and Gotye are both really excited to be amongst such company. You know, it's great."
This gig is yet another milestone for Kimbra and Gotye as they continue to find small-screen and chart success with "Somebody That I Used to Know." It was covered on "Glee" and has been featured on "The Voice" and "American Idol."
This week's "SNL" will be hosted by "Men in Black III" star Josh Brolin.
James Cameron Denies Shooting 'Avatar 2' Footage During Dive
'If they think of you first as a filmmaker, then all of the exploration stuff must be so that you can be a better filmmaker,' he tells MTV News.
By Kevin P. Sullivan, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
James Cameron
Photo: MTV News
When James Cameron returned from his record-breaking deep-sea dive to the Mariana Trench, many people assumed the expedition must have been for a movie, most likely "Avatar 2," which is said to involve the oceans of Pandora.
But Cameron, when he spoke with MTV News, insisted that is simply not the case. "Completely spurious rumor. People try to connect the dots, right? If they think of you first as a filmmaker, then all of the exploration stuff must be so that you can be a better filmmaker. Wrong conclusion," he said. "That's like [saying] 'A frog with no legs is deaf.' "
The director said the two aspects of his life are connected, but not in a way the rumors suspected. "The correct conclusion is I do the movies to pay for the expeditions, so every once in a while, I have to come back to make a movie," Cameron said. "It's pretty much that simple."
Even with films planned for the immediate future, Cameron doesn't seem that worried about his explorations getting in the way. "I think the studio execs that want another 'Avatar' film are probably more concerned than I am," he said.
Cameron's trips to the bottom of the ocean are admittedly dangerous, and he spoke openly about the potential risks involved with that kind of exploration. "I would say watch out for implosion. When a pressure vessel implodes at that kind of pressure, it does so at supersonic speed," he said. "There are things worse, though, like coming up outside of the search area, because you're bolted into the sub. You're going down pretty far. It's possible to come partway up, get moved 25 miles in a current before you come all the way up. That would be bad."
According to Cameron, that kind of morbid thinking is what prevents actual tragedies from occurring. "You could freeze to death at the bottom, you could have a fire inside the sphere and asphyxiate — all kinds of bad stuff. The reason you get morbid is by going through all the scenarios ahead of time, you're doing the engineering to prevent them and you create all the procedures to prevent them," Cameron said. "It's basically what NASA does. You list every single thing that could go wrong, and then you do everything you can to have that not happen."
As for where Cameron hopes to explore next, he said the ocean will keep him busy for the foreseeable future. "We have a vehicle now that can go, by definition, to anywhere in any ocean in the world. If it can go to the deepest place in the Challenger Deep, 65,000 feet down, it can go anywhere else," he said. "There's so much yet to be explored. That's an unknown continent on our planet. Think about Google. You can basically call up a satellite photograph of some hill in the Congo in seconds, but you can't do that underwater. I could be exploring down there for the next whatever."
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Schoolboy Q Promises Black Hippy Album If 'The Price Is Right'
'I want some money if we do a Black Hippy album,' L.A. rapper says jokingly about recording a group project.
By Sowmya Krishnamurthy
Schoolboy Q
Photo: MTV News
Over the past few months, Black Hippy, the Los Angeles-based group featuring Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q, has gained massive momentum as a collective to watch in hip-hop. When rapper Schoolboy Q stopped by "RapFix Live" this week, he explained what it will to take to facilitate a Black Hippy group album.
Q recounts that initially music wasn't his focus, but once he caught the performing bug, the group quickly bonded. "Once I gained the passion for music, we all clicked," he explains.
He's been generating a name for himself as a solo artist and even sold out his own New York City show this week, and the Habits & Contradictions rapper is more than open to recording a collective Black Hippy album, but only if the price is right. "I want some money if we do Black Hippy," he said, laughing. "We all here for one goal and that's to prevail in this music, live comfortably and stay happy."
Earlier this year, Schoolboy Q told MTV News that he was considering a joint project with Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky. (The duo joined forces on the standout single "Hands on the Wheel" and on Rocky's own mixtape Live.Love.A$AP.) "We're definitely talkin' right now. We may give y'all a project, but it all has to be right," Q said. "A$AP is the homie, man. We kinda live the same lifestyle. I'm a little more gangsta than him, and he's a little more swagger than me, but we kinda the same sh--, just different places."
What would you want to hear on a Black Hippy album? Leave your comment below!
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MMA Strength and Conditioning - Training Techniques for a Stronger Fighter microsoft flight for mac
There are lots of procedures to become followed to get the most out of MMA strength and conditioning coaching. In return, the mixed martial artist will execute his or her expertise in the match at the highest peak and will most almost certainly succeed in defeating his or her opponent. Here are some ideas on how these fighters train.
Stamina Education Techniques
MMA strength and conditioning consists of making up stamina. Unless you knock out an opponent within the wee minutes of the first round, the fight may possibly final until the last bell rings. Within the olden days, fights could final as much as 30 minutes straight, and that is definitely "forever" for a fighter. Most of them lasted through MMA strength and conditioning coaching. Work-outs to increase on your stamina are through cardiovascular activities. Operating, jogging, swimming, cycling for a minimum of 20 minutes a day will help accomplish a lot more stamina.
Plyometrics is a good exercise for each stamina and strength. It is used by all mixed martial arts fitness coaches. It is designed to create powerful and swift movements to strengthen the nervous system from the body utilized particularly for sports like this. An excellent routine could be jumping on a bench with each feet landing on it simultaneously, after which stepping down slowly, repeating 10 instances for 3 cycles. This will strengthen the legs along with the core, and will increase your balance when applying or guarding take down moves on your opponent.
Grip Training Techniques
Grip is essential in this sport. To strengthen and condition the grip, you will need to also target the forearm. To complete this, carry out a series of wrist curls applying moderately heavy dumbbells without the need of gloves. Try not to utilize gym gloves although working out. This can only soften your palm and grip for the task. Use also portable adjustable grip devices or hand gel balls to solidify the grip. This will be utilized for many grappling positive aspects.
Power Coaching Techniques
Weight lifting will create the muscle you should pack that punch,microsoft flight for mac, but larger muscles will not necessarily mean stronger. The leaner and far more cut physique produces far more strength. This is often accomplished by way of high repetition weight lifting using lesser weights. A superb example for the biceps will be an exercising referred to as "21's". Using a moderately weighing dumbbell, execute dumbbell curls by dividing them into three segments, 7 counts per segment totaling 21 counts. The first segment would be to curl your arms from your waist until the dumbbells are in line with all the elbow, after which down once again. Do this for 7 counts. With no stopping, switch towards the subsequent segment which starts from the elbow until the weights reach your shoulders. Do this 7 instances. When you reach the 7th repetition, begin once more; only this time, do a full curl (all the way as much as the shoulders) for 7 times. Do this for at the least 3 cycles.
Sparring
Lastly, spar with bigger opponents. Select taller, heavier opponents to get down on the mats with or inside the ring. This may expose you to fight at a disadvantage,flight simulator, coaching you about what to count on if your opponent is larger. This can be also a terrific confidence booster when fighting opponents in the exact same size and those who are smaller sized. It can be type of like swinging five baseball bats for a practice swing then releasing the other 4 when you are about to basically bat. It just tends to make it really feel considerably easier.
There are a lot of extra detailed approaches for MMA strength and conditioning training. Together with instruction in the martial art itself, as well as the appropriate diet plan and self discipline 1 will absolutely go a long way within the sport.
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GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum suspended his campaign yesterday. Alec MacGillis of The New Republic describes how Santorum shifted the conversation among members of the Republican party not on ideological lines, but on class lines.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Turning The Tables, Romney Hits Obama For A 'War On Women'
The Mitt Romney campaign claims that 92.3 percent of those who have lost jobs during the Obama administration are women. It's a claim the campaign has made in speeches, on Twitter and on the Romney website. But is it accurate? And is it fair?
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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Quakes Caused By Waste From Gas Wells, Study Finds
The salty, toxic wastewater that's used in hydrofracking and other gas drilling is likely to blame for small earthquakes in the Midwest, a new study from the U.S. Geological Survey concludes. The water is pumped deep underground, where it lubricates faults and causes them to slip.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Advice for a potential Philadelphia schoolteacher
Covering the Philadelphia School District can be a disheartening job.
I grew up in this city and am a product of its public schools. In four years on the beat, I've found and written about a lot of amazing things going on in city classrooms. But much of my time has also been writing about violence, budget cuts, and layoffs, and that's been difficult at times.
I grew up in this city and am a product of its public schools. In four years on the beat, I've found and written about a lot of amazing things going on in city classrooms. But much of my time has also been writing about violence, budget cuts, and layoffs, and that's been difficult at times.
Bird Flu Studies Mired In Export Control Law Limbo
Export controls designed to restrict international trade in weapons are keeping scientists from sharing their research on the bird flu virus.
Carriers, FCC Join In Bid To Curb Cellphone Thefts
Companies have agreed to create a national database for stolen or missing phones, which would then be deactivated. It's hoped that will make them less tempting.
Early Spring Means Bugs ? Lots Of Bugs
There seem to be a lot of bugs in certain parts of the country this spring. Richmond, Virginia reports an unusual amount of cankerworms this spring; Iowa experienced surprisingly thick swarms of fungus gnats about two weeks ago; and then there's the increasing issue of stinkbugs in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Robert Siegel and Audie Cornish talk about what people are seeing, and what experts think is going on.
Monday, April 9, 2012
The Nation: Treading Dangerous Water With Jobs
The jobs data released this morning is a clear disappointment: only 120,000 jobs were added. George Zornick of The Nation warns against moving prematurely to reduce deficits and constricting monetary policy, actions which could hurt the economy.
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