the switch is a 2010 american comedy-drama film directed by josh gordon & will speck .

based on a screenplay written by allan loeb , the film , formerly titled the baster , was inspired by the short story baster by jeffrey eugenides , originally published in the new yorker in 1996 .

the film stars jennifer aniston , jason bateman , and child actor thomas robinson .

patrick wilson , juliette lewis , and jeff goldblum appear in key supporting roles .

filming began in march 2009 , and ended in may 2009 .

re-shoots took place in october 2009 .

upon its release , the switch received mixed reviews from critics , who praised its premise and the performances of its cast but felt that the plot was formulaic .

the switch was the last miramax film to be distributed by disney before the former was sold to filmyard holdings on december 3 , 2010 .

the switch ( 2010 film )

' s film life of crime ( 2014 ) started off with the title
the switch
.
despite a novel plot device , the switch is a disappointingly formulaic film and at times quite soulless .
the switch - 2010 the most unexpected comedy ever conceived . plot : seven years after the fact , a man comes to the realization that he was the sperm do . . .
the $ 30 , 000 canada goose award for best canadian feature film went to robin aubert’s zombie film les affames .
the $ 15 , 000 city of toronto award for best canadian first feature film went to wayne wapeemukwa for luk’ luk’l . the film is a hybrid documentary about five vancouverites living on the fringes of society during the 2010 winter olympics .
the switch ,
the very dry romantic comedy starring jennifer aniston and jason bateman , is what you might call a bate - and - switch affair . more his journey than hers , more satire than slapstick , the film is that rare example of rom - com about men , which turns out to be a nice switch indeed .
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the film stars tiffany clark , molly hollenbaugh , tommy gaylor , paul gingras , jeremiah geisinger , and richard ewing . the film is currently in production .
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you have to overlook a whole lot of guff in order to enjoy the slight but pleasurable entertainment of the switch .
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the life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world .
there aren ' t enough surprises to justify the title , but the switch produces sufficient light for a late - summer diversion .
jason bateman plays a guy who discovers he ' s the father of his friend ' s son in ' the switch . '
drucker will star in the new film as greg while asztalos will play his best friend rowley .
despite a strong cast and technical specs , the switch remains another easily disposable entertainment built out of the rubble of a promising literary prospect .
the production of the film , and the marketing of it , turned into sort of a meta experience for skyler and the crew of wildcats she had to help her , such as film students hannah sweet and alex zhao , who helped primarily with the marketing aspects : promoting the film on social media , helping assemble miniature promotional cardboard brillo boxes and learning about how a filmmaker ' s process doesn ' t end when the film is finished .
. year - to - date , 2010 has a $ 300 million lead on 2009 at $ 7 . 36 billion to $ 7 . 05 billion .
harry dean stanton in what will be his final film , lucky . photograph : allstar / superlative films
truth is deadlier than fiction . the stan original film the second - in cinemas now & exclusively on stan july 20 .
more than 40 years later , in 2010 , the skyler family coffee table sold at christie ' s ( the big - deal british auction house ) auction for over $ 3 million .
the diary of a wimpy kid film franchise , based on jeff kinney’s series of books , launched in 2010 with the first film earning $ 75 . 7 million worldwide . three films have been released ( all by fox and color force ) , for a global tally of $ 225 . 2 million . zachary gordon starred as the main character greg heffley in the first three films , but is not returning for the next project .
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jason ian drucker and owen asztalos have been cast as the young leads in the film , which will be directed by david bowers .
. 2010 still has a $ 300 million lead over 2009 at $ 7 . 53 billion to $ 7 . 23 billion and i ' m not concerned about the big picture , yet .
opened with nearly $ 40 million . we will be lucky if any film makes half of that this weekend .
that sort of critical reception , and a summary rejection from the sundance film festival , should have seen birdemic shelved and forgotten about by everyone except the poor , benighted souls who worked on the film . but nguyen , who has cheerfully admitted that he
never went to film school
, refused to be beaten by the simple fact he had made a terrible , appalling movie .
the film on lamotta ' s life was adapted from his 1970 memoir
raging bull : my story .
although the film was a minor commercial success , deniro won an academy award in 1980 for best actor and trained with lamotta in the ring for the fight scenes .
the martin mcdonagh film about revenge and redemption in small - town america beat out several other buzzworthy titles for the grolsch people’s choice award at a ceremony sunday closing out the 11 - day festival . the tiff win comes on the heels of best screenplay honours for three billboards at the venice film festival .
jeanna french , a former student of skyler ' s , ran into her old professor at ( where else but ) the loft shortly after her graduation . french became the editor of the film , working with skyler on a volunteer basis until the film was picked up by hbo .
james nguyen has achieved all that . but not quite in the way he expected . his horror film , birdemic : shock and terror , is now being hailed as the worst film ever made . indeed its sheer awfulness is at the core of its rapidly growing success .
but that ' s not the only way that warhol ' s influence rippled outward from the brillo box to the film ' s production and marketing team .
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the fox and color force film franchise based on the popular book series is rebooting with two new young stars : jason ian drucker and owen asztalos .
the signs could be pointing to award season accolades for three billboards outside ebbing , missouri , after the dark comedy captured the people’s choice prize at the toronto international film festival .
skyler heard about the auction just in time to go film it , and shot intermittently through 2013 . the editing process went on until early 2016 . last month , the film debuted on hbo ( after running the gamut of international film festivals ) , and is now streaming on hbo go , hbo now and on - demand . the film is showing at the loft at p . m . on sunday , sept . 24 , as a part of national arthouse theatre day celebration . the screening will be followed by a q & a with skyler and loft cinema program director jeff yanc .
former middleweight champion jake lamotta , the gritty boxer portrayed by robert de niro in the 1980 film
raging bull ,
died tuesday at the age of 95 .
it ' s not a bad film , really , just sort of average . but bateman is so good in it - - natural , funny , yet full of real emotion - - that you immediately want to see him again in a better film .
the switch
has many of the same virtues of 2002 ' s
about a boy ,
with hugh grant excellent in a similar role . the film also plays with the difficulties of late - entry fatherhood that
the kids are all right
handles so brilliantly . though the film never quite rises to the level of either , the filmmakers show enough restraint to keep things interesting , aniston and bateman keep things both light and dark when they should , and robinson ' s sebastian steals everyone ' s heart .
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there ' s much to enjoy , if not quite enough to disguise the film ' s essential awkwardness in trying to cover too many bases .
against a film resume that is decidedly mixed , ranging from such lows as
derailed
and last year ' s
love happens
to such highs as
the break - up
and
marley & me ,
switch
eventually might be seen as just another stumble that sets the stage for her next recovery .
sam rockwell ( left to right ) , frances mcdormand , martin mcdonagh and graham broadbent attend the
three billboards outside ebbing , missouri
premiere during the 2017 toronto international film festival .
in late 2009 a successful campaign was launched by jon morter and his wife tracy to promote an alternative to the omnipresent x - factor winner being the christmas # 1 in the uk singles chart . the track they nominated as the alternative was “killing in the name” by rage against the machine . the band supported the campaign , donated the proceeds from the sales to charity and lead singer zack de la rocha promised that rage against the machine would perform a free concert in the uk to celebrate the achievement . this went ahead in london’s finsbury park on 6th june 2010 and it is that fiery set that is captured on this film .
dvd # 1 included in the deluxe box set features rage against the machine’s historic free concert in finsbury park on june 2010 , performed as a thank - you to uk fans for making “killing in the name” the uk’s number one single during christmas week 2009 . also included is the band’s groundbreaking music videos plus live concert performance clips .
well , it could be because the reentry drastically changed the atmospheric conditions in the pod which may have caused calvin to go dormant . alternatively , calvin plans to use david as bait to get out of the pod . either way , the film ends with multiple boats coming to the pod to rescue david as he screams for them to not to . they manage to open the pod . the film ends . earth is doomed unless there is a sequel .
drucker starred in nickelodeon’s series every witch way and was most recently seen in the film barely lethal with hailee steinfeld . he’s repped by industry , coast to coast and myman abel .
bateman and aniston are fine but don ' t have any real chemistry together , whilst the direction is flat and rather uninteresting . it has the occasional good moment , but
the switch
fails to push any buttons . or , indeed , pull any switches .
as it happens , just how to end the film was much debated by those more directly involved . one of these was scorsese ' s psychiatric adviser , professor james gilligan of new york university . on a visit to the location where most of the film was shot , the now - abandoned medfield state hospital in massachusetts , i asked the professor what was really supposed to be happening . his answer was clear cut .
the switch ,
is an offbeat comedy about kassie , a smart , fun - loving single woman who , despite her slightly neurotic best friend wally ' s objections , decides it ' s time to have a baby - even if it means doing it by herself - with a little help from a charming sperm donor . but , unbeknownst to her , kassie ' s plans go awry because of a last - minute switch that isn ' t discovered until seven years later when wally finally gets acquainted with kassie ' s precocious - though slightly neurotic - son . from the people behind
little miss sunshine
and
juno
comes
the switch ,
due in theaters this summer .
- - but she can ' t open a film by herself . her boxoffice track record has more to do with the power of her various male co - stars than anything else .
most aspiring hollywood directors have a clear - cut dream : packed premieres , adoring crowds , and the sort of feverish internet buzz among film nerds that a marketing budget simply cannot buy .
los angeles , ca : in their first concert in their hometown of los angeles in 10 years , rage against the machine will take the stage at the hollywood palladium on july 23 , 2010 to support arizona organizations combating the sb 1070 law set to go into effect july 29th . conor oberst and the mystic valley band will join them as a special guest .
forget inception ; leonardo dicaprio ' s previous film , martin scorsese ' s shutter island , confused just as many cinemagoers . david cox investigates the curious history behind one of the more troubling conclusions in recent cinema
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dave is a married man with three kids and a loving wife , and mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life . one fateful night while mitch and dave are peeing in a fountain , lightning strikes and they switch bodies .
skyler , a filmmaker with several films under her belt , set out to make brillo box ( 3¢ off ) , a film about the brillo box ' s journey from her family ' s living room to the heights of the art world .
“it’s not an easy film to watch ; but as far as being indigenous and an indigenous filmmaker , it’s the truth , ” said thornton of sweet country , which set in 1929 in australia’s northern territory .
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just as the tabloids have turned her personal life into an ongoing saga of triumph over heartbreak , she has overcome equally long odds in hollywood , becoming the only member of the
friends
ensemble to graduate to a full - time film career .
last weekend the birdemic bandwagon landed in new york , packing out two screenings at the independent film centre in greenwich village . it now has dozens of other screenings scheduled across the us for the next three months from san francisco to philadelphia . it has even been picked up by severin films , which is hoping for a general release date later this year . severin chief executive carl daft has called it :
truly unlike any other film we have seen .
another exhaustingly slow week . it seems like forever since there was a week with two or more top - tier releases . there is one film that was a hit both at the box office and with critics ,
switch
was problematic because it isn ' t a typical rom - com ; its father - son plot is as prominent as its romantic resolution . the campaign , in which aniston had a hand , tried to suggest a bit of an edge instead of just the usual sunny cliches .
university of arizona professor lisanne skyler , as a child , posing for a glamour shot on a warhol sculpture her family owned in the 1960s . that sculpture sold for $ 3 million , and the story of its journey is the subject of skyler’s new film .
david bowers , who helmed 2011 ' s diary of a wimpy kid : rodrick rules and 2012 ' s diary of a wimpy kid : dog days , is returning to direct the new film based on the book diary of a wimpy kid : the long haul .
not that nguyen is complaining . he has endured all the laughter and jokes at his expense with sheer delight , attending many of the screenings in person and soaking up the attention . indeed he is now working on a sequel to be called birdemic : the resurrection . as horror film blogger melissa lafsky wrote :
birdemic really is that bad . but at the end of the day , nguyen wrote , directed , and completed a feature - length horror film , and now all the cool internet kids are talking about it . so who ' s the moron now ?
i rather suspect that bateman ' s intensely neurotic , sweater - vest - wearing finance professional , wally , is the cause of the film ' s marketing difficulties - - but he ' s also what makes
the switch
more interesting than your average rom - com . this kind of movie is normally expected to focus on the female character ' s traumas and travails , but aniston ' s kassie is more like the sidekick or enabler for wally ' s long and angst - ridden voyage of self - discovery , which begins with him exiling himself to the role of her gay best friend .
television offered him the chance to return to his villainous ways as a satanic church leader of a polygamous group in 39 episodes of big love ( 2006 - 2010 ) . on the whole , the quality of his films declined , but stanton could always be relied upon to hold audience’s attention , paradoxically , with his understated portrayals . “usually , i just play myself , ” stanton explained . “whatever psychological traumas or conflicts i’m going through at the time i try to put into the role . sometimes it’s quite a feat to pull off , but sometimes it works . ” his final film , lucky , directed by john carroll lynch , is due for release at the end of september .
i don ' t know whether the aniston - o ' reilly cage match can pump up much consumer appetite for
the switch ,
which is not just an orphaned film from an orphaned studio ( miramax , which disney is unloading to a private investment group ) that ' s being dumped in the doldrums of late august , but also the second movie of the year to star a formerly huge actress named jennifer as a turkey - baster mom . but here comes the surprise : it ' s peculiar , and pretty good ! ok , compared to
the back - up plan
( jennifer lopez ' s unhappy comeback vehicle ) ,
the switch
is the collected works of preston sturges and ernst lubitsch , but that ' s not a fair standard of comparison . taken on its own terms , it ' s a light , sweet , curiously enjoyable misfit romance , whose real star is not aniston but her magnificently awkward lothario , jason bateman .
this article aims at explaining the plot and ending of the movie life ( 2017 ) . spoiler alert ! life is brought to us by director jorge daniel espinosa . the film is about a crew on a space station which is conducting research on mars’ soil . the movie stars jake gyllenhaal , rebecca ferguson , ryan reynolds , hiroyuki sanada , ariyon bakare and olga dihovichnaya . this is a rare film of jake’s where you don’t have to put in many hours to understand the movie’s plot . it’s rather straightforward except for a few bits . there was a rumour that the film is a prequel to a movie about venom ( spiderman ) . well , no it’s not . ryan reynolds is now deadpool so his contract wouldn’t allow him to feature in a venom’s prequel . let’s get to the plot .
as a film actress , she has taken a dual - track path , veering between such smaller indie efforts as miguel arteta ' s
the good girl
and nicole holofcener ' s
friends with money
and glossier studio fare .
the switch - 2010 the most unexpected comedy ever conceived . plot : seven years after the fact , a man comes to the realization that he was the sperm donor for his best friends boy . story : kassie ( jennifer aniston ) and wally ( jason bateman ) are best friends . being unlucky in love , kassie has decided to have a child using artificial insemination . wally doesnt like this idea , but he isnt capable of admitting to himself , let alone to kassie , that hes in love with her . at kassies artificial insemination party , wally gets very drunk and spies the sperm donors sample in the bathroom . wally was way too drunk to know what he did that night , and kassie has moved away because she doesnt feel that new york city is a place to raise a child . now 7 years later , kassie has moved back with her son sebastian . while she is looking to get roland ( the sperm donor ) more involved in their lives , wally cant help but notice the many striking similarities that he and sebastian share . did you know : wally wears a rolex gmt master with a
pepsi
bezel throughout the film . release date : 11 november 2010 user votes : 5 . 9 countries : usa , stars : jennifer aniston , jason bateman , patrick wilson , see full cast and crew , genres : comedy , drama , romance , mpaa rating : unknown runtime : 101 minutes oscars : none
this might have worked better as a television episode or a short film , but as a feature , it ' s merely another one of those overly - long films where the audience must wait around in silence for the same conclusion we ' ve seen countless times .
iranian - born , montreal - based filmmaker sadaf foroughi won the discovery program prize for ava . her directorial debut centres on an iranian teenage girl struggling between traditions and modernity , and also earned an honourable mention for best canadian first feature film .
set in manhattan ,
the switch
is all over the place , but around the halfway point it starts getting interesting and the people who put it together are at least working in a realm of reasonable intelligence and wit and respect for the audience . i wish it were great , but
pretty good
puts it ahead of plenty of recent romantic comedies . puh - len - ty .
stanton’s film career really took off in the 70s , with two more roles for hellman – two - lane blacktop ( 1971 ) and the cockfighter ( 1974 ) – and sam peckinpah’s pat garrett and billy the kid ( 1973 ) . stanton recalled that during the latter , he became friends with bob dylan . “we hung out quite a bit during the shoot , ” he said . “drove together all the way from guadalajara , mexico , to kansas city together . we jammed together quite a bit . ” stanton sang with dylan and joan baez in the sprawling film dylan directed , renaldo and clara ( 1978 ) .
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neither aniston ' s representatives nor disney would comment on the situation . but a source close to the film said aniston , who served as an executive producer with her producing partner kristin hahn ,
was ferocious and tireless on behalf of the movie and is to be greatly admired for that .
in humans , different types of cells come together to form eyes , muscles and the brain . for the alien , the cells are kind of supercells . i know i ' m trying to justify the explanation in the film . but honestly , i have no idea what the concept of this all brawn and brain thing is . but hey , it ' s fiction .
first runner - up was i , tonya , a mockumentary - style dark comedy starring margot robbie as disgraced u . s . figure skater tonya harding . the craig gillespie film explores harding’s hardscrabble upbringing and ascension up the skating ranks , and looks at the infamous 1994 attack on american rival nancy kerrigan .
thank you all for a thousand followers ! that ' s crazy ! to celebrate here ' s a new edition of kathy ' s korner , where my mom watches a movie and then talks to me about it . she just watched the switch and then called me up to chat about it , and then advertise her business
ultimately , disney agreed to distribute the title for a fee through its touchstone label . sources claim that the studio promised the
switch
team it would give the movie the same level of support that helped turn sandra bullock ' s romantic comedy
the proposal
into a hit last summer but that disney ' s ad buy ultimately fell short of that mark . there was even talk that aniston confronted disney marketing head m . t . carney about the issue .
given the origin of
the switch ,
a short story called
baster
by jeffrey eugenides , author of
middlesex
and a master at mental contortions and relationship confusions , wally ' s emotional slings and arrows cause just as much damage to him as anyone around him . and screenwriter allan loeb stays true to that same dysfunctional spirit .
given the title of the movie , i don ' t think that qualifies as a spoiler . anyway , most of
the switch
takes place years after that event , when kassie returns to new york with a precocious and maddeningly compulsive 6 - year - old named sebastian ( the delightful thomas robinson ) who is self - evidently wally ' s son , although nobody involved wants to face that fact .
the switch ,
which is directed by
blades of glory
duo josh gordon and will speck , and adapted by allan loeb from a jeffrey eugenides short story , mostly isn ' t the zany farce its premise suggests . it ' s funny in bits and pieces , and around the edges , and the chemistry between its stars is sweet but very slow getting out of the bottle , like maple syrup from the freezer .
generating pre - release controversy between star - exec producer jennifer aniston and fox news’ bill o’reilly , artificial - insemination comedy “the switch” turns out to have bigger problems than tv newsies . an unfunny , manipulative romance about two unlikable people and their prop of a son , the pic mangles the premise of its source material ( “baster , ” a 1996 short story by [ … ]
the switch
enters the marketplace at a time when audiences may be tiring of sperm , what with everything from
the back - up plan
to
the kids are all right .
bateman ' s comic wiles are considerable , his ironic inflections deadly — and his ability to turn off a good portion of any audience , undeniable . he is not an actor who cares much about being liked .
the film had a lot of different beginnings ,
she says .
because we had this photo in our family album [ of me with the brillo box ] and it was always kind of a mystery . ' how did we get this warhol ? what was the role this had in our family ? '
for the film , skyler interviewed everyone from her parents to museum curators to artist peter young ( the artist behind the piece skyler ' s parents traded their brillo box for ) , who lives over in bisbee . hearing all of these perspectives on the same object makes you feel like you ' re looking at the brillo box through a kaleidoscope : this story definitely has more than six sides .
second runner - up was luca guadagnino’s call me by your name , a heartbreaking love story and coming - of - age tale set in the italian countryside . the film centres on 17 - year - old elio ( timothee chalamet ) who finds himself infatuated with an older student ( armie hammer ) working for his father .
but teaming with such lesser lights as steve zahn in last year ' s
management ,
which received only a token release , and aaron eckhart in september ' s
love happens ,
aniston hasn ' t been able to drag movies over the finish line by herself . in fact ,
love
opened to the same sort of weekend that greeted
switch
: $ 8 million .
from the start , there was concern within the aniston camp that the offbeat comedy , which also stars jason bateman as a surprise sperm donor , was a tricky sell .
switch
was produced independently for about $ 19 million by mandate and bona fide prods . as filming began , miramax picked up domestic rights for about $ 6 million . then the movie nearly became an orphan when disney decided to sell miramax to an investment group headed by ron tutor .
in 2010 , skyler ' s mom told her to check out the christie ' s catalogue , and there it was : the same yellow box that skyler ' s parents had perched her atop for photo opportunities as a baby . skyler was sure it was the same one because a ) warhol had produced mostly large white brillo boxes ( the yellow ones were much more rare ) , and b ) because , at her father ' s behest ( he wanted there to be evidence that the piece was an authentic warhol ) , warhol had signed the bottom of her family ' s brillo box in red crayon .
in the year of 2000 the band has stopped its activities and surprised the public seven years later on their comeback at the coachella festival , in the united states . they were the headliners of the festival , selling out the tickets in record time in the history of the festival .
perhaps we can guess . according to gilligan ,
martin scorsese said this film will make double the income because people will have to see it a second time to understand what happened the first time .
so marty at least may have known what he was doing . shutter island has already become his highest - grossing picture to date .
from the desk in her office , where the group of filmmakers is gathered , skyler is beaming . to her , what makes art appealing is exactly what you see in it for yourself , whether it ' s a cardboard brillo box , a wooden warhol reproduction , a film about both or even a miniature promotional reproduction of a reproduction .
here she moves through the film effortlessly adjusting kassie ' s emotional colors , slipping into friend , girlfriend and mommy mode as needed , reminding us just how good she was at sharing center stage in
friends .
( it also makes it easier to forget about the spring fiasco of
the bounty hunter
and last year ' s
love happens .
)
shutter island is no impenetrable art - house enigma : it ' s an old - fashioned noirish thriller that ends with a massive plot twist . as such , you might have thought it would have been easy to understand . in fact , since the film was released in march , the blogosphere ' s been awash with debate about what actually happens in the final scene .
when i heard about the switch , a romantic comedy starring jennifer aniston as a manhattan singleton who decides to get pregnant on her own , i confess that i had no desire to see it . i’d already been through jennifer lopez in the back - up plan , and frankly , one screwball sperm - donor chick flick per year seemed more than enough . but the switch is a pleasant surprise . it’s a by - the - numbers movie , but the dots that get connected feel new . aniston , playing a forward - thinking lonely girl , is at her most sexy and charming — and no , i’m not saying that to be nice , i’m saying it because she’s sexy and charming , dammit . why all the internet brickbats toward this woman ? sure , a lot of her movies ( such as the bounty hunter ) are crap , but that has more to do with the current state of romantic comedy than it does with her willowy and buoyant middle - class appeal .
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it ' s unclear if the five survived the sinking or never got on the boat .
this debate shows some signs of being rekindled : growing understanding of brain physiology is reawakening interest in tinkering with its workings . gilligan , however , is firmly opposed to this trend , and keen to see psychosocial treatments defended . shutter island the book shows such a treatment failing . the film , according to gilligan , shows it succeeding , at least in dispelling delusion .
a second look at the film suggests that gilligan ' s reading must be right . in his final murmurings , dicaprio is clearly trying to act as if he ' s acting . after uttering that last line , he leaps up and strides purposefully into the midst of the waiting lobotomists ; they don ' t have to jump him . so why all the mystery ? why weren ' t things just made a little bit clearer ?
july started out rather well , and while there was a little weakness in the end , four films surpassed $ 100 million , and another could join them soon . that said , there don ' t appear to be any $ 100 million movies opening in august ; in fact , there is a chance none will come close . worse still , august of last year saw three $ 100 million movies open in the first three weeks . there ' s almost no chance that will happen this year , so 2010 will likely lose ground to 2009 in the yearly box office race . more . . .
these two versions of what the film means could hardly be more at odds . yet scorsese hasn ' t chosen to indicate which is the right one . nor has dicaprio . perhaps the latter isn ' t sure himself . he found his role traumatising , and told an interviewer :
i remember saying to marty , ' i have no idea where i am or what i ' m doing . '
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“live at finsbury park” captures an exuberant performance by the band with the audience cheering them all the way to the inevitable climax of “killing in the name . ”
the male saltwater crocodile measured 4 . 71 metres - the length of the average family car .
the film ' s been described as faithful to the book , and many cinemagoers seem to have assumed that it ' s telling the same story . leonardo dicaprio ' s teddy does indeed turn out to be andrew . however , before he falls into the clutches of the lobotomists , he utters a line that isn ' t in the book .
this place makes me wonder ,
he asks ,
which would be worse – to live as a monster , or to die as a good man ?
an unmarried 40 - year - old woman turns to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant . seven years later , she reunites with her best friend , who has been living with a secret : he replaced her preferred sperm sample with his own . the switch - josh gordon & will speck ( blades of glory ) , jennifer aniston , jason bateman , jeff goldblum , patrick wilson , juliette lewis , bryce robinson , todd louiso , scott elrod
in today & apos ; s entertainment world , a good amount of movie and tv production occurs on a studio soundstage . but every once in a while , a show or film will take place in a real - world location that anyone could wander by . according to a study by verve search , illinois is the fifth most - filmed state in . . .
brazilian fans have been waiting for the band since 1992 , when the hit killing in the name was released . the bands comeback at coachella 2007 was the fastest sold out in history of the festival .
the attraction has been closed until further notice following the second death at the site in four months .
generating pre - release controversy between star - exec producer jennifer aniston and fox news’ bill o’reilly , artificial - insemination comedy “the switch ” turns out to have bigger problems than tv newsies . an unfunny , manipulative romance about two unlikable people and their prop of a son , the pic mangles the premise of its source material ( “baster , ” a 1996 short story by pulitzer - winning novelist jeffrey eugenides ) in ways that ought to baffle viewers of all sociopolitical stripes . thanks in part to the free publicity provided by o’reilly , the miramax release should do respectable business upon its aug . 20 release .
there are winsome touches in the switch , like the way that sebastian collects brand - new picture frames , so he can pretend that the models in the sample photos are his family members . and there’s some nice clowning from jeff goldblum , who delivers spaced - out nuggets of wisdom as wally’s faithful colleague . the romantic - triangle plot , however , is standard issue : wilson , looking more than ever like paul newman , does his jerk - lite variations , and bateman winds his way toward the big moment when he declares his feelings to aniston . fortunately , he’s not standing in the rain or running after her at an airport . so you can enjoy what happens without feeling too guilty about it in the morning . b
in the beginning of the movie , when miles is producing a song for a movie , he hits all the wrong keys even though the computer screen shows the correct notes .
following on from the riot that filled the story in season 5 , the new season of . . .
a controversial knock on call at the death meant the brumbies had to settle for just the bonus point .
jennifer aniston and bill o ' reilly should definitely send each other christmas cards this year . by getting into a ritualized kerfuffle over aniston ' s new movie ,
the switch ,
which proposes the daring hypothesis that some women may decide to have children without a man in their lives , these two fading pop celebrities managed to make themselves briefly seem relevant . unless you ' re old enough to remember dan quayle vs .
murphy brown
from 18 years ago , that is , in which case the whole thing seemed like warmed - over cultural warfare from the early pat buchanan epoch .
ratm , one of the bands with the most dedicated and active fans in the world , is the headliner of swu on the 9th of october . south american followers of the band , an icon of the 90s , have been waiting for an opportunity to see ratm live in the continent since 1992 , when the hit killing in the name was released .
while a few lines of dialogue are taken verbatim from the eugenides story ( though wally’s opening voiceover , in which he muses , “look at us , always rushed , always late ; i guess that’s why they call it the human race” is most assuredly not ) , the source material provides only the first 15 minutes or so of screentime . the rest of the script ( by allan loeb ) has been invented wholesale . while eugenides’ story portrays wally’s switch as a twisted , almost rape - like violation , helmers josh gordon and will speck attempt to play it off as a charmingly bumbling folly ( and to further excuse it by making wally drunk at the time ) , imparting a sour feeling to all that follows .
have you ever wished you could just flip a switch and change the trajectory of your life ? do you dream of achieving real happiness ? if you could change your life overnight , would you want to know the simple steps to do it ? if you answered yes to any question , then do not want miss amplified with ken rochon & co - host andrea adams - miller ! special guest : contagiously lovable kevin clayson , author of
flip the gratitude switch : a simple formula to change the trajectory of your life , and when they interview kevin clayson , aka america ' s chief officer of awesome . kevin , a well respected & well loved keynote speaker , is a co - founders / owners of strongbrook , a multi - million dollar real estate investment company . even more is his attitude on life ! a must listen to guest ! also , greg jacobson , a world’s leading strategist & ceo of happily achieving recaps city gala , a grammy party , & andrea adams - miller , ignite your relationships , shares love secrets that light your heart & soul !
birdemic now has all the makings of a true cult hit , in part because nguyen clearly did not intend the film to be bad . it was a genuine labour of love .
you can ' t set out to make a cult hit . cult moves like this evolve because the audience decides they are going to like it because it is so bad . we anoint them as cult hits ,
said professor robert thompson , a pop culture expert at syracuse university .
nothing happens
is hardly a motto for movies today . but at the end of the second world war , when cinemas were packed , desire on the screen was fabulously ( and sometimes hysterically ) inflamed by self - denial , shyness and censorship . it ' s an open question , of course , but consider the possibility that movie romance , and its dream of desire , were stimulated by the various controls that blocked abandon . those devices include our innocence . in 1945 , there wasn ' t a hint of irony or parody in the film ' s pounding rachmaninov score ( the second piano concerto , played to the hilt by eileen joyce ) .
those predicting elsevier’s downfall had assumed scientists experimenting with sharing their work for free online could slowly outcompete elsevier’s titles by replacing them one at a time . in response , elsevier created a switch that fused maxwell’s thousands of tiny monopolies into one so large that , like a basic resource – say water , or power – it was impossible for universities to do without . pay , and the scientific lights stayed on , but refuse , and up to a quarter of the scientific literature would go dark at any one institution . it concentrated immense power in the hands of the largest publishers , and elsevier’s profits began another steep rise that would lead them into the billions by the 2010s . in 2015 , a financial times article anointed elsevier “the business the internet could not kill” .
everything looks better when the team is winning , but the waratahs aren ' t out of the woods yet .
the decision to buy four of the planes follows australia ' s commitment to buy 15 of the surveillance craft .
, who announces to his disappointment that she ' s about to inseminate herself . at what the invitations call her
pregnancy party
he gets very drunk , replaces her donor ' s sperm with his own and becomes the top seed before blacking out . seven years later he meets her cute son , his physical and psychological double , repressed memories slowly return and life becomes complicated . the film isn ' t as bad as it sounds , and aniston is her sweet vague self .
today , the set - up begs for satire . but brief encounter has survived such threats , because it is so well made , because laura ' s voiceover narration is truly anguished and dreamy , because the music suckers all of us , and because celia johnson and trevor howard are perfect . i realise ,
perfect
seems dangerously prim and old - hat , an ultimate proof of hopeless gentility . but that ' s not fair . howard could be a wild man – as we know from his later work – and you feel recklessness and revolution as a wind tugging at him . as for celia johnson , it is due largely to her that the film is still so moving . her agony and her rapture stay interior , and they flip - flop like nerves in this beautiful , grave black - and - white movie . her voice is measured but the eyes are desperate . that she holds the film together is beyond doubt .
an aussie rules field the size of the mcg will be built at royal randwick racecourse in a landmark partnership between the australian turf club and the afl .
the planned green line station at damen avenue and lake street near the united center will feature a glass - covered bridge over the platform that will provide both connections between inbound and outbound trains and views of the chicago skyline , the city said . the mayor’s office , the cta , and the . . .
luckily , because i was otherwise so healthy and young , i had a lot of fight and responded well to chemo . i had a few chemo treatments and the main tumor responded , shrinking , leaving a hollow cystic shell , but then chemo stopped working . i wanted to take it to the fullest extent , but it was decided i’d switch to an oral treatment , which saved my life by binding with the receptor of my certain type of cancer cell to block it from multiplying . if i had this disease 10 years ago , i would not have had this option and might not be alive today .
the canberra raiders will roll the nrl tribunal dice as they look to clear joe tapine to play against the cowboys .
the england defender is recognisable as a player from the heartlands , rather than the luxury academies we come to expect .
martin scorsese ' s film is based on a best - selling novel by dennis lehane . the book ' s protagonist , teddy daniels , who ' s apparently a us marshal , turns out to be andrew laeddis , a demented killer . he ' s a patient in a mental hospital who ' s been encouraged by his psychiatrist to act out his delusion in the hope that this will dispel it . the role play fails : after a brief recovery , andrew relapses into insanity and is therefore taken off to be lobotomised .
cut to seven years later , when kassie is living in minnesota with her 6 - year - old son , sebastian ( thomas robinson ) , who unbeknownst to everyone is really wally’s son . even wally doesn’t know it ; he has no memory of that fateful night , or of the switch that he drunkenly , passive - aggressively instigated . when kassie and sebastian move back to new york , though , and wally begins to hang out with them , he and the kid hit it off . they may be barely conscious of it , but both father and son are neurotic , slightly gloomy , and winningly smart in exactly the same ways .


molotov alva and his search for the creator : a second life odyssey , originally titled my second life : the video diaries of molotov alva , is a 2007 american documentary film created by douglas gayeton .

molotov alva tells the story of a man 's passage from his real ( analog ) life in petaluma , california into a new ( digital ) existence inside linden lab 's virtual world second life .

the production was filmed entirely in second life using machinima , the use of real-time 3-d graphics engines to create animated films .

molotov alva was commissioned in 2006 by vpro , a dutch television broadcaster , and by submarine , a dutch television and internet production company .

the first dispatch , titled " out of his skin " , was placed on youtube in february 2007 .

a rough cut of the documentary premiered at toronto 's hot docs film festival in 2007 .

it subsequently appeared in festivals around the world , including the tokyo international film festival , the rome film festival and sxsw .

the north american broadcast rights were purchased by hbo documentary films in august , 2007 , marking the first time a us television network purchased a series which premiered on youtube .

the first six episodes of molotov alva and his search for the creator premiered on cinemax on may 15 , 2008 .

the final four episodes were distributed via video on demand , itunes , and youtube , making it the first simultaneous multi-platform distribution of an american television series .

molotov alva and his search for the creator . ( 2009 ) . hbo documentary films . accessed june 9 , 2009 , from urltoken
hbo ( 2007 ) molotov alva and his search for the creator : a second life odyssey . retrieved june 9 , 2010 , from hbo : urltoken
in 2007 , a man named molotov alva , disappeared from his californian home .
molotov ' s alva and his search for the creator : a second life odyssey is the first minimovie in a series of documentaries produced specifically for online video channels , ipods and mobile phones .
molotov and orhalla search for the creator of second life . their journey brings them into contact with gorean sex slaves , cyberpunks , and furries . despite these encounters , molotov and orhalla fail in their search .
filmmaker douglas gayeton spent a year in second life , documenting his experiences and the people he met via a character named molotov alva . molotov alva and his search for the creator : a second life odyssey will air on hbo , cinemax , ondemand and online on may 15 , 2008 .
molotov alva and his search for the creator was screened at cannes short film corner , south by southwest , web flash film festival ( centre pompidou , paris ) , hotdocs , and more .
finally he showed me his latest work , 4 minute episode of the film . “molotov alva and the search for the creator : a second life odyssey” . ( hbo soon bought all 12 episodes from him ) .
douglas gayeton directed and wrote molotov alva and his search for the creator : a second life odyssey ( 2008 ) . he is a director and writer also known for the story of an egg ( 2012 ) and lost in italy ( 2003 ) . source : imdb
molotov ' s alva and his search for the creator : a second life odyssey is a compilation of ten video diaries made by molotov alva , who disappeared off the face of the earth in january of this year , only to re - appear subsequently in second life . the diaries form the basis of the documentary directed by douglas gayeton .
touriel decided to develop his land primarily so that he could pass his business to his son and meanwhile provide for his own retirement .
who would you be if you could choose your looks , identity , body type , gender and even your historical era ? prepare for questions like these and more in the offbeat and provocative film
molotov alva and his search for the creator : a second life odyssey
( 7 p . m . , cinemax ) .
an animated documentary that chronicles an avatar named molotov alva and his travels through the virtual world learning of the complex social interactions that take place within second life .
molotov and orhalla return to many of the locations they’d visited earlier in the documentary , yet find no sign of the creator . orhalla ultimately brings molotov to the oracle , who explains that there is no one single creator of second life , but that it is , instead , a world made by its users , each of whom is the creator .
machinima has found its way on the mainstream and satellite networks , including the bbc , mtv , and hbo , the first network to air a full - length machinima film from a virtual world . the documentary molotov alva and his search for the creator : a second life odyssey was shot and produced in second life . the premise of the documentary follows “a man named molotov alva [ 10 ] [ who ] disappeared from his california home in [ january 2007 ] , just as a series of video dispatches by a traveler with the same name began to appear inside second life” ( molotov , 2009 ) .
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orhalla zander , a seeker who scoffs at the pursuit of personal possessions , and who inspires molotov to seek the creator of sl . subsequent dispatches involve alva’s romance with abigail , as well as his adventures among the various sl communities such as the furries .
his goal was to develop his students’ love for cycling “so they would carry it on for many years” and to teach his 1 , 300 students safe cycling .
hidden code for a ' visual search ' feature hints at snap ' s next move .
instead of constricting his muscles , searing his flesh , burning his lungs and stopping his heart , the extreme electrical current gives the boy the ability to compete in the nba .
the boy said his favorite game was frogger . and his grandpa’s ? the “moneymaking game . ”
reported to be the first film ever created in the virtual reality of the
second life
community ,
molotov
is the story of filmmaker douglas gayeton , who abandons his real life , or , as he calls it , his
carbon life ,
to live exclusively in his second life as his avatar , or alter ego , molotov alva .
cherney and bari sued investigators , alleging false arrest , illegal search , slanderous statements and conspiracy .
molotov decides to search for a mate and settle down . various misadventures ensue until molotov finally meets abigail . they set up house together but are continually troubled by their inability to have physical intimacy . orhalla ultimately appears with news that he’s found the creator . faced with the decision of either staying with abigail or joining orhalla , he ultimately decides to complete his unfinished journey .
a man leaves his petaluma , california home and enters a virtual world called second life as an avatar named molotov alva . he arrives with no possessions , not even clothing . alva considers all that he has left behind in coming here , and concludes that when his memories of the real world eventually recede into nothingness , his old life will have disappeared .
in this second life adventure molotov alva encounters everything from furries , to cyberpunks to neo - luddites to gorean sex slaves , to the king of the hobos : orhalla zander , who becomes molotovs guide as he searches for the creator of their brave new world .
billy martin , lawyer for the levy family , said it is “disturbing” that police didn’t find the bone and the wire during the search .
molotov sets out to create a life for himself in second life . he begins by building his own home and furnishing it with objects he discovers during his travels . however , he ultimately decides that his new home is merely a trap , one that keeps him tied to memories of the life he ' d just left . molotov eventually gets rid of his home ( and everything in it ) and continues on his journey .
the hafler trio – wolf sheep cabbage 2 : evidence pertaining to the creator = 4 . 00
admission is $ 2 for adults , $ 1 for seniors , and $ . 50 for
one summer , foer hopped on a plane and headed out to the ukraine for four days , in search of the woman who hid his grandmother from the nazis during world war ii .
the result was
molotov alva and the search for his creator : a second life odyssey
, and the story of its viral ascent into a major cable network was covered here . since writing that post last year , i should say by way of full disclosure , douglas and i have become friendly . but i was enthralled by
molotov alva
the very moment the first part aired last march on youtube , and having seen the whole film since , that sense is only heightened : dizzying , funny , profound , it ' s a fever dream vision that perfectly captures the essence of second life . ( i ' m hardly its only admirer . )
mika vainio + ryoji ikeda + alva noto – live 2002 = 3 . 45
police said they would search the site again to see if they could find other overlooked evidence .
in january 2007 , a man named molotov alva , disappeared from his californian home . shortly thereafter , a series of video dispatches by a traveler of the same name appeared within a popular online world called second life . filmmaker douglas gayeton ( interview ) came across these video dispatches and put them together into a documentary of ten episodes , shot entirely in second life . an instant youtube classic , “my second life” as the show was originally called , was snapped up by hbo and received rave reviews in the us . molotov alva and his search for the creator was screened at cannes short film corner , south by southwest , web flash film festival ( centre pompidou , paris ) , hotdocs , and more .
three quarters of the locations in “molotov alva” don’t exist anymore , removed by their owners or creators for one reason or another . “we’ve documented something that’s never gonna exist again , ” he observes .
in january 2007 , a man named molotov alva , disappeared from his californian home . shortly thereafter , a series of video dispatches by a traveler of the same name appeared within a popular online world called second life .
swisher said he hasn’t discussed his immediate future yet with his agent , joe bick of cincinnati .
it begins with correspondence between alex , a ukrainian , and the main character , coincidentally named jonathan safran foer . alex is to be foer’s guide as they search for his grandmother’s old shtetl .
the workshops also show participants how to search through the stacks and stacks of field notes filed by berkeley researchers over the years .
gayeton pitched submarine on shooting molotov alva and his search for the creator : a second life odyssey , a documentary set entirely within the world of second life . it was only when submarine gave the project the green light that gayeton realized he actually had no idea how he was going to shoot it . he jokes , “ignorance is bliss unless ignorance is you having taken money from a documentary fund , and then having no idea what to do with it . it definitely wasn’t bliss . ”
machinima has found its way on the mainstream and satellite networks , including the bbc , mtv , and hbo , the first network to air a full - length machinima film from a virtual world . the documentary molotov alva and his search for the creator : a second life odyssey was shot and produced in second life . the premise of the documentary follows “a man named molotov alva molotov alva and his search for the creator who disappeared from his california home in january 2007 , just as a series of video dispatches by a traveler with the same name began to appear inside second life” ( molotov , 2009 ) . the first full length machinima series based on the motion picture terminator salvation was released may 2009 through itunes , xbox live , sony playstation , and urltoken . it was produced by the film’s director and machinima inc . , distributed by warner brothers and developed and produced through halcyon games . it is a 6 part series that relies on the engine of the game terminator salvation . its plot begins two and a half years before the motion picture’s storyline ( terminator , 2009 ) . “machinima is the next generation of storytelling , ” posits diane nelson , president of warner premiere ( terminator , 2009 ) . cos lazouras , president of halcyon games , [ 16 ] explained to business wire ( terminator , 2009 ) , “re - purposing our game to produce the very first dramatic series in this medium is a fantastic innovation and will become the norm for game makers in the future . ”
tenants there would pay for touriel’s retirement . his son could run the flower business .
bakersfield – an amtrak train struck a pickup thursday , hurling the driver 50 feet from his truck and breaking his leg .
- frankenstein vs . the monster at this point in the novel , i sympathize with the monster even though he has become a terrible person . as his creator , victor frankenstein should have cared for the monster despite his disgusting appearance . frankenstein failed to provide the monster with any type of parental guidance and instead ran away from his responsibilities . in the first few hours of his birth , the monster is faced with rejection , even from his creator . if frankenstein would have guided and nurtured him , then the monster would have never sought revenge on frankenstein and his family . . . . [ tags : english literature ]
the name “molotov alva” was taken from an alternate reality game douglas created for microsoft in the 90s , naming his hero after skateboard icon tony alva . ( in yet another life , douglas was an avid skateboarder , and to his joy , the surname was available when he created a second life account . ) in creating molotov’s avatar , he went through a dozen versions , but ultimately , took a lesson from scott mccloud’s classic understanding comics - - “the more simplistic a character looks , you see yourself as the character . ” hence molotov’s aging , average looking persona , crafted by avatar skin master chip midnight .
gayeton’s filming process is crucial to understanding the documentary nature of the project . molotov alva looks like an animated film , and it’s easy to assume while watching it that the director just created the scenes he needed . but gayeton is not an animator , and molotov alva is not a special effects film . the only reason that his film is animated is that the world he is documenting happens to be an animated world . the visual style of the film simply reflects the reality of gayeton’s subject .
nick swisher is accustomed to being different . his cowboy boots and west virginia upbringing earned the ribbing of his ohio state teammates .
his body looks sculpted by praxiteles , his thick blond hair is youthfully tousled , and he commands the stage like a star .
keith van horn , from nearby diamond bar , spent his childhood rooting for the lakers .
neighbors said they hadn’t seen his parents for a year and that pineiro had said they moved away .
“mcnulty’s working for enron , and so is d’angelo barksdale , ” simon , the show’s creator and executive producer , said during a location shoot on baltimore’s notoriously violent pennsylvania avenue .
- viewing frankenstein’s monster as a human the literary critic harold bloom , in his afterward in the signet edition of frankenstein states that , “the monster is at once more intellectual and more emotional than his creator . ” bloom continues to say that the creature is more human , more lovable , and more to be pitied than doctor frankenstein ( 292 ) . throughout the novel frankenstein , the monster portrays more human qualities than his creator dr . frankenstein . dr . frankenstein appears less human than his creation because he rejects his own creation and he fails to plan for the results of his experiment . . . . [ tags : mary shelley , literary analysis , analytical essay ]
molotov reconnects with abigail and they rekindle their relationship . the two even consider starting a family , but after molotov realizes that he is immortal he abandons the thought of having children . he subsequently becomes depressed and for the first time misses his real world life . finally , abigail announces that she has found a way out of this virtual world and leaves . molotov realizes that abigail is the only real thing he’s found in this virtual world and follows after her .
johnny howard and his orchestra – the world of johnny howard = 3 . 75
! prince brad sends the evil giara to defeat ditt and his friends . giara
prosecutors said azmath sold personal information to someone who obtained credit cards in his name , purchasing $ 58 , 747 in services and merchandise . ricco said his client received only several hundred dollars for his part in the conspiracy .
having solved the riddle of the creator , molotov sets out to become one himself . he apprentices at various jobs , including a stint with otis mapplethorpe , “the johnny appleseed of this new world” , before setting out to make his own exotic plants . the high demand for his products attracts the attention of a large company , which crushes him with their mass produced goods . molotov soon learns that corporations have entered this virtual world en masse and have filled it with their “brand pollution” . molotov tries to escape to a desert island , only to find that the corporations have made it even here .
what it became was several months of gayeton immersing himself in sl , learning the culture’s conventions and mores . he created his avatar , molotov alva , who had to overcome the challenges of entering a closed community and gaining the inhabitants’ trust . gayeton compares the process to that of an anthropological documentarian who goes down to
we ' re often reminded that people can lose themselves in online realms like second life .
molotov alva
shows us that they can find themselves , as well . or at least try .
is about a man that gives up his real life to escape in a virtual one . with new friend , orhalla zander , by his side , they venture forth in a search to meet the creator of this magical place they ' re in . along the way , he is tempted into griefing , tries out relationships , and learns a lot about himself in the process .
while croy in civilian clothes waited in the gallery for his case to come up , a prisoner bolted from the courtroom . croy jumped out of his seat and ran after the fleeing man .
what’s ironic about making molotov as an everyman , ” douglas says now , is how that helped provoke a bidding war between sundance , mtv , and hbo . “they all said molotov was their demographic . ” mtv even saw molotov as their new max headroom , and wanted to buy the avatar from douglas outright , and turn him into an mtv product .
molotov meets a hobo named orhalla zander , who introduces the
five ways of the seeker
. these include :
in this movie director douglas gayeton explores the online life of molotov alva , a californian man who disapeared without a trace from ‘real life’ . suddenly he appears in second life with a series of 10 video dispatches .
gee hopes his presence on the nine person commission will offer berkeley a fresh perspective , and that his constituency will see him as a resource and channel to the labor commission and city council .
ryuichi sakamoto , alva noto & bryce dessner – the revenant ( original motion picture soundtrack ) = 3 . 57
cnn’s anderson cooper and his cnn colleagues vs . anderson cooper , ’60 minutes’ correspondent
jacque jones was 3 - for - 4 with two doubles and two rbis for minnesota .
hear an old recording of alva pierce reading the 1897 holiday classic
yes virginia , there is a santa claus .
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when molotov alva decided to make a documentary , he picked up a camera and started shooting the world around him . there’s just one little twist : alva is an “avatar” in second life , the virtual world created by linden labs . when one lives in a “fake” world , is it possible to engage in an art form that centers on capturing reality ?
respondents also displayed a high interest in movies depicting the personal stories of world trade center survivors and the hunt for osama bin laden and his terrorist group .
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he said his jaw was wired shut at a hospital in germany , and his doctor issued him a pair of wire clippers to carry at all times in case he became sick and needed to open his jaw to avoid choking .
by going 3 - for - 6 , with his first homer of the season and two doubles , benard raised his average from . 229 to . 250 . dunston is hitting . 135 .
by selling his ' breakthrough scoop ' to news channels he hopes to increase his chances to immigrate to the us .
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a search of a vehicle and a hotel room in ellensburg turned up credit cards and checkbooks in a variety of names , computer equipment to make checks and three ounces of methamphetamine .
there ' s a recent interview with bryan lee o ' malley over at urltoken manga where the scott pilgrim creator talks about the influence of shonen ( boy ' s ) manga on his comic series .
snap for his album
, sydney morning herald , 7 may 1967 , p 3 .
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remember when everything was about
vr
? yeah , we were all going to travel to a different dimension via our eyes and ears , as long as we never ran out of quarters to feed the machine transporting us there . now that vr seems more dated than futuristic ,
molotov alva and his search for the creator : a second life odyssey
merely comes across as self - consciously bizarre , like something you ' d hallucinate after eating a handful of oreos whose freshness expired back in ' 99 . it doesn ' t even look all that intriguing - - essentially like stop - motion animation on steroids .
as molotov alva . here and there , he made a few friends , and documented the entire process . when he looked back , he had hundreds of hours of footage and began to sift through it to weave a story . after completing it , he posted it to youtube , where
in speaking to the court , sanchez said he still has five bb pellets embedded in his body , including one below his right eye and two in his ear . “i want justice according to the law , ” he said .
when the documentary was completed , the first episode was accidentally posted on youtube . within three days , the video had 500 , 000 hits . gayeton signed a deal with hbo , allowing molotov alva to be distributed across multiple media including tv , ondemand and on the web .
west , a native of sheffield , england , is starring in his first series after a run of supporting roles in films including ”28 days” and “rock star . ” during a chat in his trailer , he’s self - effacing about his uneasiness playing a baltimore detective and his attempts to lick the american accent .
victor touriel left monday’s landmarks preservation committee meeting disappointed and unsure of his financial future .
molotov ' s machinima techniques not knowing what “machinima” was , douglas didn’t about the usual tools for making it . “i have to say i was pretty naïve about how it worked , and kind of just stumbled through it . ” his solution was to set his high definition video camera three feet away from his 23 inch monitor , and simply record the action that way , as he sat at the computer .
the boy was vacationing on the island with his family . he was released from a panama city hospital saturday , but his name was not released .
this documentary takes us into the world of molotov who is a new avatar entering the online social network site - second life . the film follows the beginnings of his new life and what he has to give up in order to live in that world . he struggles with the separation between his new life and his former life but ultimately falls into the new life and begins to live as he would normally . inevitably , that life leads him back to real questions about existence and the creator . we leave him as he continues his search for the creator of this new world . i found this to be an interesting look into a world that most people either love or don ' t ! i give the director credit for diving headfirst into his experience and not making this a film about criticizing or accepting the life people choose to have in these internet social groups . he made it seem like his interest for the people he encountered were genuine and non - judgmental worth the 35 minutes it took to watch . i would be interested in watching additional footage , which i hope is included on the dvd , or am curious if the plan is to have a follow - up because my only complaint was the ending sort of left me hanging . . .
one day a guy named douglas gayeton came to meet stopped by our office in sausalito . he wasn’t looking for a job , just to share ideas and inspiration . we sat at a cafe by the beach and i listened to his story . ( his bio is here ) . he was a filmmaker and had collaborated with william gibson on the first interactive film , a cd - rom of johnny mnemonic . he’d worked as creative director at napster but also lived in tuscany and had made video games for years in europe . he’d spent the past year making a film about an explorer named molotov alva who wanders through second life on a search for meaning . the more douglas spoke the more i liked him — eccentric , mad and weirdly lovable .
the state - appointed administrator would serve for two years and under his or her tenure progress reports would be submitted to the every three months .
prosecutors say thrasher was beaten to death and run over with his own vehicle . his body was found in a ditch near russellville nearly two days later .
behind the university’s formula are two professors — one for the science , one for everything else .
the boy originally didn’t want to talk to police because he thought he and his sister were in trouble for stealing . police coaxed him into telling them about the money when they asked what games he and his grandfather liked to play .
“it’s the difference between night and day , ” he told reporters from his perch in the train’s nose .
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the jurors must decide whether or not the defendants violated the first amendment rights of plaintiff bari and cherney through false arrest and unlawful search , and whether there was a conspiracy on the part of law enforcement to violate these rights .
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orhalla zander both as molotov alva’s guide , and his virtual world producer , finding him locations , arranging interviews with residents , and so on , talking with douglas via skype as they maneuvered their avatars through various scenarios . these were recorded live , and events unfolded naturally . mostly . in the scene where molotov fights a duel to gain entrance to samurai island , for example , the warrior he fights was so good , douglas remembers , orhalla had to step in with a bindle stick to keep alva from getting killed . “we were literally shooting as we went and figured out how to turn into it a story . ”
suzuki lofted a home run about 10 feet inside the foul pole in right field to open the game . it was his first home run of the season and his second career leadoff homer , with his other one coming at los angeles last july 6 .
anastasio , 53 , currently is deputy director for strategic operations at lawrence livermore , and during his 22 years at the lab has been nationally recognized for his leadership in the design and safe stewardship of nuclear weapons . he will take office july 1 , replacing c . bruce tarter .
the first episode takes place in second life and gayeton has plans for 12 more episodes in which alva will document and report what he finds in virtual words such as world of warcraft . he sees that virtual worlds are competing for audiences with hollywood and that they are winning .
miguel tejada’s single in the first inning extended his hitting streak to 13 games .
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finding and working with the subjects of molotov alva presented an issue unique to sl . according to gayeton , there is a generally accepted code in the virtual world that people don’t ask about who you are or what you do in “real” life . you never know anyone’s real name . when gayeton and alva wanted to contact an sl resident to set up an interviews or rendez - vous , the practice was to e - mail them at a gmail account set up in their avatar’s name . alva and gayeton ultimately made a film where they never met any of their subjects in the flesh .
“teachers don ' t get paid much , but when i teach a kid to float and i tell him to use his arms and he realizes he is swimming , he gets such a look on his face . the look on his face is payment enough . ”
whenever the band took the stage , roger daltrey provided the sound and townshend the fury . off to the side , frozen except for the fingers flying across his fretboard , stood “the ox” — entwistle .
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presley made three movies in hawaii and staged two of his best - known concerts there : a benefit for the uss arizona in 1961 and “aloha from hawaii” in 1973 .
during the deliberation period jurors requested copies of the first and fourth amendments to the u . s . constitution to clarify accusations of false arrest , unlawful search , and conspiracy to interfere with free speech made against the defendants .
the bible reveals two aspects of god’s rule over his creation . the first is his universal rule in which he sovereignly decrees whatsoever comes to pass and “works all things after the counsel of his will” ( eph . 1 : 11 ) . there are times when god accomplishes his will immediately without the assistance of others ( such as in the creation ) , and other . . . …
molotov attempts to make friends in second life . along the way he meets the people of caledon , a luddite community still living in the 19th century .
lawyers for the fbi and opd objected to the jury’s request but wilken overruled them .
in part 2 i will lead you through molotov’s journey of through the geography and culture of second life . in a world where anything is possible , this traveler searches his soul to ponder love and friendship . he trudges through deserts and sails the virtual seas to answer one basic question :
his suspension comes two days after gov . gray davis announced plans to build a state nursing home for veterans at the site .
canon city , colo . – dozens of families headed back into the charred foothills tuesday to search for remnants of their lives after a 4 , 400 - acre wildfire destroyed more than 80 homes .
the change could affect cost , said alva spence , area manager for sodexho and food service consultant for the district . currently , school lunches cost students about $ 2 . 20 . the price of milk alone could rise about 50 cents for an 8 - ounce carton when the move is made to organic , spence said .
for phillips , who has lived in west berkeley for 47 years , promoting economic self - sufficiency is not just attacking an isolated issue , it’s fighting a core ailment that has afflicted his neighborhood for years .
this is about peace , about establishing international borders for israel for the first time , and about reducing the incentives for both palestinian and israeli defense force terrorism ( assassinations and violent coercion of civilians under us congressional definitions ) .
torres issued his ruling with the jury out of the courtroom . it came seven weeks into the trial .
in these final episodes , alva grows frustrated by the arrival of corporations and excessive commercialism in second life , and lashes out , even becoming a griefer . ironically this was a plot twist inspired , he says , by his brief time as creative director with nwn partner millions of us , where he set up advertising sites for various major clients . ( gayteon’s real life experiences , in other words , changed the storyline for his avatar . )
“we were looking to make the collections come alive . julia and lucy are prime examples of that search . we wanted to provide access to and take the next step to present these objects and this history to the general public , ” said takiguchi .
osha lowered his intermediate - term rating to “neutral” from “strong buy” but is maintaining a “strong - buy” rating for the long term .
tureck and his staff are slated to update city council on the status of the locker program at a july 23 meeting .
yokohama , japan – what a time and place for the first world cup meeting between brazil and germany — in the final , for the trophy , with all the world watching .
“when i saw him on his bike with his students he was really happy . he always had fun with them . he was always an advocate for the students , ” says former king science teacher warner freeman .
- childhood felix arvid ulf kjellberg , or pewdiepie , was born in october 24 , 1989 and spent his childhood in gothenburg , sweden . his parents named him felix because in latin it means happy . the you tube star rarely cried when he was baby and his favorite word was “gooo . ” since the day he was born he was trying to live up to his name ; and for the most part he did . when he first went to kindergarten he “went to kindergarten and wore a skirt with his hair up and told everyone he was a girl . ” pewdiepie spent most of his time in kindergarten drawing . . . . [ tags : personal narrative ]
in which he produces works under the pseudonym of ill robinson . part of his credits include director for the project hardly workin that won a best in sho award in 2001 and in 2002 an award for best acting in amas ' s machinima film festival . among his credits , marino created a machinima video for mtv2 on the action game [ 7 ]
kiesle’s attorney , bill gagen , said police violated his client’s privacy without evidence .
james jenkins , 19 , of la crescenta , was on a hiking trip wednesday with his father . after the pair became separated , horace jenkins reported his son missing .
seattle’s ichiro suzuki extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a single in the seventh .
three young classmates held his body up to keep the rope from tightening , police said .
lt . greg miller , a combat medic and member of a special forces patrol and a purple heart recipient , was shot in kandahar in april . the bullet passed through his jaw , severing nerves and leaving him without feeling in his mouth .
chef nick erven has all the vegans mad at him for deciding to bring in meat and dairy to his once vegan restaurant . nick joins the fellas to talk about weathering the vegan backlash which includes : threats from angry carrot - heads , having moby be mad at you and having your restaurant attacked with a chia - seed molotov cocktail . …
van houten , manson , his chief lieutenant charles “tex” watson , and two other women , susan atkins and patricia krenwinkle , were convicted and sentenced to death for their part in the tate - la bianca murders .
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originally ab 2160 would have allowed teachers , who can only bargain for wages , benefits and salaries , to negotiate the processes for selecting textbooks and curriculum .
- . . . his unnatural appearance will never grant him a seat in society and will never be accepted . his destiny is doomed to living a lonely life separated from the rest of the world . the monster is rejected by society . however , his monstrosity results not only from his horrendous appearance but also from the unnatural origin of his creation . for example in chapter 15 , “at that instant the cottage door was opened , and felix , safie , and agatha entered . who can describe their horror and consternation on beholding me . . . . [ tags : message , monster , social means ]
he started in all but three games in his three seasons and finished with a . 323 career average .
and while guzman acknowledges his lack of experience in city government , he recognizes he has to start somewhere .
one of the main reasons the lakers beat the kings was o’neal’s ability to ignore the pain from his arthritic right big toe and produce dominating efforts in games 6 and 7 .
new jersey’s byron scott , meanwhile , is in his second year as an nba head coach — both with the nets , who were 26 - 56 in his first season .
shooting survivor conrad ibasco , 45 , dragged his wife to safety after his 8 - year - old daughter , barbara , was shot in the head as mother and child stood in line at the checkout stand .
ashford , wash . – the four friends whose trek to the summit of mount rainier ended in disaster and three deaths were expert climbers in search of the breathless views at the top of the region’s rugged mountain ranges , their friends say .
miller had flown to the bay area to visit his mother , the administrative assistant to the superintendent of the millbrae school district .
st . mary’s athletic director and football coach jay lawson said moore set his focus for the future on baseball despite a promising season on the football field after a year out of the sport .
brazil’s rivaldo was fined $ 7 , 000 for faking an injury in the late stages of his team’s opening 2 - 1 victory over turkey .
after the heroics , the prosecutor dropped all charges against the deputy , preserving his 20 - year law enforcement career .
isaiah thornton and ricardo mejicano are the perfect combination that is needed to create a molotov cocktail of topics designed to hit america . this is the minority agenda podcast . all challenges are welcomed .
“the quietest man in private but the loudest onstage , ” wyman said of his late friend . “he was unique and irreplaceable . ”
“misha” seemed ageless in his appearance with the white oak dance project at zellerbach hall last weekend – not that time hasn’t altered the golden glow of his youth to a mellower shade . his dancing isn’t as breathtaking as it once was , but it’s wiser , humbler , deeper .
anastasio graduated from johns hopkins university with a bachelor’s degree in physics and earned his master’s degree at the state university of new york at stony brook , where he also earned his doctorate in theoretical nuclear physics .
the padres kept barry bonds in the ballpark , but he walked and scored in the third . bonds , who hit his 586th homer sunday night to tie frank robinson for fourth on the career list , was 2 - for - 3 with two walks .
police said they found jose luis landeras on tuesday stuffing moneymaking material down his pants .
lakeith stanfield and his sorry to bother you crew reveal their most soul - crushing jobs in our freewheeling interview .
ultimately takes the form of a series of dispatches from sl exploring issues ranging from relationships to individual freedom to personal identity . early on , alva meets “hobo king”
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there are currently openings for the commission on the aging and the solid waste management commission in hawley’s district 5 .
scott played 11 of his 14 nba seasons with the lakers and was a starter on three of their five championship teams in the 1980s .
shamszad , the owner of ziba photographics in berkeley and san francisco , did not comment on the case , citing instructions from his lawyer .
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police spent a week searching the area of rock creek park , employing cadaver dogs , crime scene technicians and cadets to look for bones and other evidence after a man walking his dog discovered levy’s skull and other bones on may 22 .
deblois and his partner , chris sanders , got a private tour of graceland . one long hallway is lined with presley’s gold and platinum records .
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in his first public appearance since his resignation from the accounting firm in march , joseph berardino was scheduled to speak late tuesday before the commonwealth club in palo alto on how the enron scandal forever will change accounting .
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during his years on ‘laugh - in , ’ sues became the spokesman for peter pan peanut butter and appeared in numerous tv commercials and print ads in which he portrayed an outrageously flamboyant peter .
ransom coached the freshman team at berkeley high during the 2000 - 01 season , but decided to step away after his proposals for study programs and community service for the players fell on deaf ears . with the budget getting tighter every year at bhs , the support system for younger players can be lacking . in fact , with the newest set of budget cuts , the freshman team has been eliminated for the upcoming school year .
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sharrell lovejoy , 80 , remembers when the stoplight was built in the 1940s , just down the street from his bobcat diner .
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workers who picketed outside the company late thursday night expressed wariness and wanted to see the details for themselves .
the shooting left the market spattered with blood . but it was cleaned up and open for business friday .
the american meteorology society sets the national standards for broadcast meteorology . it judges both education and communication skills .
dan belson , associate civil engineer for the city of berkeley is the project manager for the rebuilding project , officially called a “seismic retrofit . ”
- the vyacheslav molotov book report for much of the time between 1930 and 1952 , vyacheslav molotov , a laconic , unsmiling man called mr nyet behind his back by western diplomats , was second only to joseph stalin in the soviet union . he played a decisiverole in the famine of 1932 , during which millions of peasants died of starvation and disease . he was instrumental in liquidating the kulaks ( the land - owning farmers ) . he was stalin ' s faithful henchman during the great terror , in 1936 - 38 , when both the red army command and the country ' s political leadership were decimated . . . . [ tags : essays papers ]
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black characters were more likely to appear in comedies , with 39 percent of all black characters in sitcoms compared to 31 percent for whites , 23 percent for hispanics and 21 percent for asians .
the case , which has bounced through the court system and never gone to trial , was filed in 1993 by a black officer who claimed he was passed over for a promotion because of his race .
striker hwang sun - hong , playing in his fourth world cup , opened the scoring and yoo sang - chul provided the clincher for the team that now poses a major threat to keep the united states from advancing to the second round .
simon has refused to release his personal tax returns , but the returns of nonprofit organizations are public documents .
the missing boy’s father , from beverly hills , said his son may have wandered to nearby holmby park .
krause eventually wound his way through richmond and onto the bridge , sheriff’s lt . larry gregg said . on the other side , san rafael police picked up the chase , which ended around 4 : 50 p . m . when cruisers pushed him off the road and boxed in his gray honda .
for barbara takiguchi , coordinator of public programs for hearst museum , the mother and daughter represent a link between information and material culture . the cultural interpreters are a part of this year’s “regeneration theme” at family day , an event run by the museum for the past 12 years .
- oscar de la hoya is a famous professional boxer . he is known all over the world for his looks , talent in the ring and his great sportsmanship . he is one of the best fighters in the field of boxing and a good role model for young children in the world today . personal oscar de la hoya lives and was born in east los angeles , california on february 4 , 1973 . his parents names are joel , a former professional boxer from durango , mexico , and dona cecilia de la hoya . his mother , cecilia , passed away in her late thirties when breast cancer attacked her body . . . . [ tags : essays research papers ]