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Brad Pitt to Join Michael Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor in Steve McQueen’s Twelve Years a Slave?

Crank your man crush meters to 11: Brad Pitt is said to be set to produce and co-star with Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Twelve Years a Slave , according to a Playlist report (plucked from Screen Daily and verified by Pitt’s production company, Plan B). The period drama is based on the life of Solomon Northup, an educated black man who was tricked into slavery in the 1850s and marks Fassbender’s third collaboration with director Steve McQueen ( Hunger , Shame ). [ The Playlist ]

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Brad Pitt to Join Michael Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor in Steve McQueen’s Twelve Years a Slave?

Prefab Is So 19th Century: Iron Prefabs Shipped ‘Round The World

Living Steel commissioned an interesting article on the history of steel and iron prefabs. Professor Miles Lewis explains how Britain shipped wrought iron and corrugated steel houses to California and Australia during the gold rushes of the 1850s, when housing was in short supply. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Prefab Is So 19th Century: Iron Prefabs Shipped ‘Round The World