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SMH New York Teacher Fined $10,000 For Allowing Student To Fight Bully In Class Via NYPost A Brooklyn teacher got so fed up with a notorious 8-year-old class bully that she taught him a lesson in street justice — having him stand in front of the class while his latest bullying victim “hit him back” for all the abuse. The kid clocked his tormenter — and the bully cried like a baby. “Well, that’s what you get,” the teacher told the wild child, according to Department of Education documents. DOE officials sought to can veteran PS 191 teacher Tamu Francis last year following the incident involving the bully. The aggressor was on top of his victim throwing punches when Francis pulled him off. After Francis got the two kids off the ground, that’s when she encouraged the victim to “hit him back,” say students at the Brownsville school. In addition to making the serves-you-right comment, Francis also was heard telling the boy, “When you act like a dog, you get treated like a dog,” according to the arbitrator who presided over her termination hearing. Francis denied the whole scenario other than the fight itself, saying that she tried to teach the whole class a lesson by asking the bully, “How would you like it if [he] was to hit you back?” She says the victim misunderstood her point and got in a quick jab to the gut before she could protect the boy — but arbitrator Lisa Brogan did not find her story credible. It didn’t help that Francis failed to report the incident to her superiors. “The behavior is extremely disturbing . . . At best, it was a horribly misguided attempt to teach a lesson about bullying,” wrote Brogan. “She exhibited extremely poor judgment and made an enormous blunder by trying to mete out a certain brand of justice for the class bully.” But because of the third- grade teacher’s 13 years with an unblemished record, she was hit with a $10,000 fine rather than booted last fall. We never knew teachers could be fined. Interesting. Image via Facebook
Another amazing week in SKINstant gratification starting off with Hall-of-Fame worthy nudity from Rachel Miner and Bijou Phillips in Bully (2001). Then, get some B-movie boobies from Cynthia Thompson in Cave Girl (1985), and Angel Tompkins in The Teacher (1974). Finally, wrap up with classic cinema including Melanie Griffith ’s gazongas in Nobody’s Fool (1994), and period piece peaks from Juliette Binoche and Kristin Scott Thomas in The English Patient (1997). See pics after the jump!
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After allllllll that , the PG-13 cut of Harvey Weinstein’s shameless cause célèbre Bully grossed $534,000 over the weekend in expanded release to 158 theaters. That would amount to an aromatic $3,380 per screen — dramatically less than foreseen following the R-rated cut’s $23,000-per-screen opening two weeks ago. Who would have ever guessed? Oh . [ Box Office Mojo ]
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“Considering the vivid 3D effects, we fear that viewers may reach out their hands for a touch and thus interrupt other people’s viewing. To avoid potential conflicts between viewers and out of consideration of building a harmonious ethical social environment, we’ve decided to cut off the nudity scenes.” I presume this means Piranha 3DD can count the Chinese market out. [ IMDB ]
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I’m not sure if Uma Thurman ‘s character Rebecca Duvall on NBC’s Smash is supposed to be all that convincing as Marilyn Monroe — the subject of the Broadway show-within-the-TV show, in case you’ve been living under a rock — but a sneak peek at next week’s episode offers a snippet of Thurman’s singing chops and, well… let’s just say, it’s good to know she’ll only be around for a five-episode arc. Watch Thurman in a musical scene from her upcoming guest turn, decked out in a platinum blonde wig and singing about Freud, after the jump. That’s not to say Thurman isn’t good here — she’s a decent singer and luminous as always, but the “Dig Deep” number is a far, far cry from the Monroe performance executive producers/songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
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As usual, South Park has looked into the abyss of self-serious cultural absurdity and spotted a gleaming beacon of common sense. That Trey Parker and Matt Stone applied it to Bully ‘s manufactured ratings ” controversy ” — and Harvey Weinstein’s blatant hucksterism — only makes the payoff sweeter. This whole bullying episode is worth watching, but leave it to Kyle Broflovski to be voice of reason. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Butterballs Get More: SOUTH PARK Leopold “Butters” Stotch , Mr. Mackey , more… [via First Showing ]
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After years of foisting dashed-off 3-D — and its inflated ticket prices — on movie audiences, studios may have found their most reliable ally yet in shoring up box office: IMAX. And not just the punch and potential of the brand’s own 3-D, either, but good old conventional 2-D as well. Call it the IMAX Old Wave. Led by last weekend’s $155 million Hunger Games windfall — $10.6 million of which came from the giant-screen format — more and more evidence suggests that audiences are both showing a preference for IMAX and happily forgoing often-reviled 3-D visuals. Just as important, and perhaps far more telling, blockbuster directors like Christopher Nolan and Brad Bird are making influential use of IMAX technology to augment their creativity. Those results have been roundly embraced by critics and crowds, all while 3-D continues generating negative feedback and diminishing returns. Are the studios finally ready to follow filmmakers around the corner? Maybe, if cinematographer Robert Elswit’s recent experience is any indication. “3-D was never a choice for us, so the matter never really came up,” said Elswit, the Academy Award winner who served as Bird’s director of photography on last year’s IMAX-intensive Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol . “As for the IMAX decision, Brad certainly decided to go that route, but he was basically unproven as an action director. Having somebody as influential as Tom Cruise supporting the idea meant it was more likely to happen. Once he was completely in agreement that IMAX would benefit the film as a result the studio never fought it – Tom really influenced them to agree on spending the money, and ultimately it was not such a major expense, budget-wise.” The move underscores both the creative and commercial advantages in turning away from the muddy visuals of the ongoing 3-D “renaissance” in favor of the optimal experience of regular, two-dimensional IMAX viewing. The company itself has recognized this, delivering increasingly fan-friendly franchise titles (many of course, like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and Transformers: Dark of the Moon , still in its proprietary IMAX 3D) while aggressively expanding to nearly 600 screens in 48 countries. Currently the company is well into a project that will add 15 new venues into China. Meanwhile, as Hollywood rebounds from last year’s dismal box office, IMAX has actually outpaced that success. Even before Hunger Games landed the third biggest opening weekend of all time, Hollywood had seen a 20 percent increase in year-to-date grosses over the same time frame in 2011. During this same time IMAX has enjoyed a 45 percent surge over last year’s numbers. Even the bomb John Carter boasted a healthy 17 percent of its meager opening from IMAX theaters. IMAX has such a busy slate this year that despite clearing 270 screens for Hunger Games ‘ debut in North America (and an additional 19 venues in the U.K. and France), it has to edge out the blockbuster after a week to accommodate its commitment to today’s Wrath of the Titans. This is not a fluke. The Canadian juggernaut has cultivated a following among viewers and filmmakers alike for four decades, with the more of the latter gravitating towards the 65mm format in recent years. Nolan, a longtime proponent of the technology, was instrumental in ushering in the IMAX Old Wave with his 2008 megahit The Dark Knight , while Bird and Elswit followed suit in 2011 with Ghost Protocol . “Brad wanted to use IMAX right from the start, and that was mainly due to Chris Nolan’s success in using it for sequences in his Dark Knight film,” Elswit told me. “We decided that we wanted to use IMAX cameras to shoot four or five of the action sequences” — most famous being the thrilling Burj Khalifa scenes , featuring Tom Cruise actually scaling and bounding around the top of the world’s tallest building. “Initially the plan was to construct a massive set replicating the tower and then digitally inserting the ground shot behind what we filmed,” Elswit explained. “Tom, however insisted that he actually go outside the actual location, and that enabled us to take IMAX cameras to the tower and film him scaling the building. That meant we were able to deliver those shots that could cause vertigo when watching in an IMAX theater.” The global reach of IMAX also provided an unforeseen benefit to their location shoot. “As it turns out Dubai has an IMAX theater,” Elswit said. “So we were able to go there and actually view our dailies in IMAX.” Then, in another unique move, Paramount debuted Ghost Protocol exclusively on 300 IMAX screens five days prior to its wide opening. From the shoot to the release strategy, the format conferred an event status that helped nab the film $45 million in IMAX grosses alone and represented the first wave in a nearly $700 million global phenomenon. Asked to elaborate on the specific cost differences of producing 3-D versus standard IMAX, Elswit demurred. But the implication was clear for the filmmakers weighing both formats: On the whole, IMAX wields the bigger bang for one’s buck. “When it comes to altering a print for 3-D in post, that is not so expensive,” he said. “But if you were to properly shoot in either format, I don’t really see a major difference in the cost. In fact, when it comes to shooting an action sequence — because that is the kind of scene where you would be more likely to use IMAX effectively — you would need to use at least three cameras, in order to film it properly and get the images you want. In that case shooting in 3-D becomes more expensive because there is so much more time needed to properly stage your cameras to get the shots properly filmed.” Proponents of 3-D — even those inside IMAX’s front office — face other challenges and red flags regarding the format’s long-term viability. As a side-by-side comparison of established auteurs embracing technology, we can look back to Martin Scorsese’s reported $170 million family film Hugo : While lauded by critics and winning multiple Oscars — including Robert Richardson’s eye-popping 3-D cinematography — the film grossed only $73 million domestically and barely broke even once foreign markets are taken into account. Other telling statistics came with the hit film The Lorax , whose hefty $70 million opening far exceeded expectations. Industry investment analyst Richard Greenfield found that while 3-D screens represented a nearly two-to-one majority of The Lorax ‘s theater count, the grosses expose a nearly even split between 2-D and 3-D. The per-screen average shows that more money was made in conventional screenings, a stunning figure once you factor in the inflated 3-D ticket prices. That breakdown means that while 60 percent of the screenings were displayed in 3-D, 60 percent of the audience watched in 2-D. Greenfield also noted the underperformance of Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows – Part 2 on IMAX 3D — a figure amounting to only 9 percent of its record-breaking $169 million opening gross — further arguing that if viewers had had more 2-D options, the 3-D share would have been even lower. Meanwhile, Hunger Games director Gary Ross — who has proclaimed his “love” for 3-D yet distanced the burgeoning franchise from the format (“I think that if we shoot this movie in 3-D, we become the Capitol,” he told one interviewer . “We start making spectacle out of something that I don’t think is really appropriate here”) — has already dictated that his sequel, Catching Fire , will likewise be projected in the traditional format. And those movies’ promise notwithstanding, IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond isn’t taking his company’s growth — in any dimension — for granted. “For us, one weekend and one film does not make a year,” he cautioned this week . “And that’s one thing you’ve really got to be clear [about] with investors and analysts.” Nevertheless, if artists’ preferences continue to mirror their audiences’ tastes, the combination may yield an inescapable influence on Hollywood’s decision makers. And once sizable, steady profits can be found on the 2-D side of the ledger, studios and IMAX won’t have any choice but to listen as the money does the talking. Brad Slager has written about movies and entertainment for Film Threat, Mediaite, and is a columnist at CHUD.com . His less insightful impressions on entertainment can be found on Twitter .
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