There’s a danger in dismissing Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre as lightweight just because it takes the most generous attitude possible toward human nature. Being jaundiced about the world is easy — it takes relatively little energy to expect the worst from everyone. But it’s harder, as the dour Finnish filmmaker has shown us time and again, to allow for the possibility of surprise in the way people behave and treat one another, and the rewards are far greater. Kaurismäki’s comedies are characteristically charcoal-toned — never quite black — but the unapologetically hopeful Le Havre is more silvery-gray. It’s an open-hearted Eeyore of a movie.
Kathryn Bigelow ‘s upcoming movie about the team of Navy SEAL s who killed Osama bin Laden was originally set to debut right before election day 2012, prompting U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-NY) to call for an investigation of the extent of the Obama administration’s assistance to the project. Now, that point seems moot; Sony has rejiggered its release schedule so that the Mark Boal-penned picture will debut after the Presidential election, and possibly not until 2013. Then again, with today’s news of Muammar Gaddafi’s death , Obama might not need as much help raising the victory flag, pre-election. [ NYT ]
Gaddafi Deserved His Death In A Libyan Sewer – He Had All The Morality Of A Sewer Rat — Con Coughlin, The Telegraph I can’t think of a better way for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to meet his end than to be gunned down in a Libyan sewer. It is a fitting end to the career of a man who presided over one of the most murderous and violent regimes of the modern age, and had all the morality of a sewer rat. This… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : War News Updates Discovery Date : 20/10/2011 22:03 Number of articles : 2
Michael Lohan is concerned about his daughter, and for good reason. Not only is she constantly in legal trouble, having been thrown in jail for the 14,384th time yesterday … but have you seen Lindsay Lohan’s teeth ? “She’s an addict, she doesn’t care and she’s in denial,” her dad said . “I want her in treatment for a year. Otherwise nothing is going to change in her life.” Mike thinks Lindsay’s on crack or meth, and if she doesn’t get her act together, she won’t be visiting the morgue for community service, but permanently. This explains a lot . On Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell on HLN Wednesday, Michael Lohan – no stranger to legal problems himself, which tells you something – said the following: “The [issue with her teeth], that’s from smoking a pipe with meth or crack. She’s smoking either crack or meth, one or the other. I’m not going to shade it.” Linds reportedly had emergency dental surgery to fix her rotting teeth last week, amid concerns sparked when she walked a red carpet with a dented ass grill. “[Prescription medication] would affect all your teeth, not just the front,” the elder Lohan adds. “You can’t dance with the devil and expect to go home with Jesus.” Whatever you say, MiLo. Whatever you say.
This morning’s reports that exiled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is dead have now been confirmed. There’s photo and video evidence, and it is graphic. Unlike photo or video evidence of the death of Osama bin Laden , which was never released to the public, Al Jazeera has already aired it this afternoon. News outlets across the world are reporting the story along with a photo of bloody, dying Moammar Gadhafi, moments after he was captured in Libya. Libyan officials have confirmed Gadhafi was shot to death when rebels pulled him out of a storm drain near his home town of Sirte early this morning. We’ve posted the photo and video of Gadhafi’s dead body taken immediately after the 69-year-old despot was killed. Be forewarned, both are graphic: Moammar Gadhafi Dead Body
The Scream Tour recently made a stop in Baltimore, and Mindless Behavior revealed something that many of their biggest fans don’t know about them. Find out what Princeton shared with our sister site 92Q.com in the video below, and see more from Mindless Behavior right here ! RELATED POSTS: Mindless Behavior Before They Hit The Stage [VIDEO]! Scream Tour Hits Constitution Hall [PHOTOS] Mindless Behavior On Dating and Life On The Road [EXCLUSIVE]
I wouldn’t take anything Catfish and Paranormal Activity 3 co-director Ariel Schulman says at face value , but for the record: “When we first interviewed with the president of Paramount, he actually said, ‘If you tell me right now that Catfish is fake, you’ve got the job.’ And we just went real silent. And then I said, ‘I’m sorry, I can’t tell you that.’ Because it was real. I think he figured that if we could create that authenticity dramatically, then we could do it again for this. Ultimately, we convinced them of exactly that. Catfish is completely real, but I think we have a knack for identifying the authentic moments in home video, and it plays like a narrative.” [ Huffington Post ]
It all started when filmmaker Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Where the Wild Things Are) met handbag designer Olympia Le-Tan and asked her to create a Catcher in the Rye embroidery for his wall. She asked him to collaborate on a film in return. And so Jonze and Le-Tan, together with French director Simon Cahn, Spike Jonze Presents a Stop Motion Film for Book Lovers is a post from: Open Culture… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Open Culture Discovery Date : 18/10/2011 23:27 Number of articles : 2
Maroon 5 will also perform on ‘Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show,’ airing November 29. By Gil Kaufman Kanye West Photo: Flanigan/ FilmMagic Cee Lo Green is taking this TV thing very seriously. “The Voice” judge — who just did a diva-licious cameo on “Parenthood” — has joined the performance roster of the upcoming “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” airing on November 29. The broadcast, which had already booked fashion maven Kanye West and Maroon 5 to play the show, will feature a galaxy of supermodel runway queens, including Candice Swanepoel, as well as Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Miranda Kerr, Doutzen Kroes, Erin Heatherton, Lily Aldridge and Lindsay Ellingson. It is Green’s first appearance on the show. Green, the current face of a new 7UP ad campaign, is also slated to appear in the upcoming movie “Sparkle,” starring Whitney Houston and former “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks. The movie will also feature original music from R. Kelly. West, on the other hand, is well-acquainted with the VS world. Last year, he predicted that VS model Selita Ebanks ‘ career would take off after she appeared as his muse in his short film “Runaway.” Fellow “Voice” judge Adam Levine is also no stranger to fashion. He is currently on the cover of Russian Vogue in the buff alongside his Russian supermodel girlfriend, Anne Vyalitsyna, who has also starred in such Maroon videos as “Misery” and “Never Going to Leave This Bed.” The couple, who have not been shy about appearing nude in the band’s videos, are photographed in various states of undress inside the mag, including one picture in which the tatted-up singer likely broke some hearts by showing off the “Anne” ink he got across the knuckles of his left hand. Related Artists Kanye West Cee Lo Green
Free agent is considering his options while Rule EP makes some noise, in Mixtape Daily. By Rob Markman Grafh Don’t Sleep: Necessary Notables Headliner : Grafh Key Cameo : “Don’t Stop” (featuring Bun B) Real Spit : Grafh is on the road to reinvention. After splitting with Black Hand Entertainment , the company he had been signed to since coming into the rap game in the early 2000s, Grafh has been putting out new music at a torrid pace. First, there was his Pain Killers mixtape, and then in September, he dropped his Rule EP, which he streams on his website for free and put up for purchase on iTunes. ” Rule ‘s getting a good response, and I really appreciate it,” Grafh told Mixtape Daily. “I worked hard on it, I put a lot of energy into it, and it’s different coming from Grafh. I took a different approach. I attacked the music more laid-back, something you can ride to, smoke to.” Typically, the Queens, New York, MC employs a rapid-fire flow, but for Rule, Grafh slowed his complex bars down just a tad. “Stoned” moves at a syrupy crawl, while a mellowed-out Grafh raps about drinking and smoking. On “It’s All the Same,” he delivers a cautionary ‘hood tale, and on the Too $hort-sampling “Don’t Stop,” the nimble lyricist teams with Bun B for a bouncy banger. Though currently unsigned, the rap free agent hopes to broker a deal for himself in the near future. Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group and Lil Wayne’s Young Money are attractive destinations. “I’m a free agent right now looking for that new money,” Grafh said. “Rick Ross is kicking major ass. He’s one of those dudes that break artists — so is Lil Wayne. He makes hella money and good music. I love what those dudes are doin’. I’mma fan of what they’re doin’.” In the end, however, it is all about the connection Grafh is currently making with his fans. “Without the fans, I’m just a n—a rappin’. They mean more to me than people would imagine,” he said. “The fans allow me to do this, or else I’d be doing something else that probably wouldn’t be legal.” For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines . Related Artists Grafh
