Jana Duggar is the eldest daughter in the family of Counting On fame. At 26 years old (she's John David's twin), she's younger than only Josh. Theories on why she has yet to marry are varied. Is she trapped and put upon by her folks, or has the right one simply not come along yet? We may never know, but here are some great photos of her. 1. Jana Marie Duggar Jana Marie Duggar is so beautiful … and put upon, supposedly, by a family that relies on her to help take care of the others but never have a life of her own. If that’s true, it’s sad. Is it time for her to break free? 2. Jana Duggar Photo Jana Duggar from TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting. She is the elsdest of the Duggar children. 3. Jana Duggar Putting in WORK! Seriously, if Jana Duggar doesn’t find herself a nice husband within the next year or so, you guys are not trying hard enough. What a catch. 4. Jana Duggar Picture Jana Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting fame is a bona fide cutie. We would side hug her so friggin’ hard. 5. Jana Duggar Photograph A nice photograph of Jana Duggar. The eldest daughter of the family is in the news a lot lately. 6. Jana Duggar Smiles Jana Duggar, right, in a cute family photo from the Duggar blog. View Slideshow
The Flash Season 3 Episode 6 was titled “Shade.” As in… what happens when it’s sunny out and you need to cool off?? As in… what you throw at someone you don’t like? Let’s find out! Watch The Flash Season 3 Episode 6 Online On this installment of the popular CW series, when Wally begins having dreams about being Kid Flash, Barry realizes he has to tell Wally, Iris and Joe about what happened to Wally in Flashpoint in order to keep him safe. Sounds simple enough, right? Not really, of course. Go ahead and use the video above to watch The Flash online right here and now.
“The Flash” celebrates the holidays with the return of some of our fave villains — and the introduction of Wally West. Here are the nine best moments from “Running to Stand Still.”
It’s going on seven years since Brokeback Mountain brought cowboys and leading men out of the closet – even if they weren’t exactly gay. But still, man on man snogging sessions still make some headlines as was the case recently with 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin and actor Russell Brand who share make-out time in the forthcoming Rock of Ages . THR caught up with Baldwin following the film’s Hollywood premiere. The two actors’ characters spell out their love for each other via the REO Speedwagon song “Can’t Fight This Feeling” and top it all off with a smooch. “It’s not like Brokeback Mountain, it’s not two leading men who you are used to getting down with some gorgeous young girl,” Baldwin told THR. “It’s a little more chaste because I’m older (than Brand).” So perhaps Baldwin is brandishing the cougar-equivalent for the male-set? Baldwin of course didn’t think it was a big deal (and hey, is it really? Glamsters have been making out for decades haven’t they?) “We live in an age, and I’m being imprecise here, where half the country gets it, and the other half doesn’t,” noted Baldwin. “I live where men and women who want to get married—who gives a shit? No one gives it a thought. It’s like seeing women in power. Or like seeing African American CEOs. We’re in a fully realized age of equality in all things and it’s not surprising or new. But there is that other half for whom that is surprising and new.” It should be noted that Baldwin is once again going to be a married man (to a woman just for the record) but no word on what the next Ms. Baldwin (if she takes his name by and by) thinks. Baldwin added that the U.S. still holds hang-ups over the gay thing compared to its fellow first-worlders across the pond where same-sex relationships are just part of the day to day. “America is still a place where people are fighting these culture wars.” [Source: THR ]
David Lynch ians, clear your schedule: You’ll want to spend the next hour or so indulging in these 50 minutes of deleted scenes unearthed from Lynch’s surreal 1986 noir Blue Velvet . Order a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon longnecks and raise a toast, as Jeffrey Beaumont might: “Here’s to an interesting experience!” Thanks to the folks at Dangerous Minds, the collection of deleted scenes from Blue Velvet ‘s Blu-ray release is viewable online and below. Enjoy, and hash it out: Would re-inserting these 50 minutes make for a better cut, or is Lynch’s theatrical version the better for leaving them on the cutting room floor? [ Dangerous Minds via Paste Magazine ]
HIGH Times has been a purveyor of – well – high times for years now and it’s high time, apparently, that one high-profile fan of the illegal-ish botanic blazon its cover with his famous image. Oliver Stone will grace the cover of the magazine in the August 2012 issue, just in time for the magazine’s new editor-in-chief to settle in at his new post – quite a coup! Always the classy guy, stone takes a toke dressed in his red carpet best tux and shares with HIGH Tmes about his new film Savages while also taking a dig at American foreign intervention and the ongoing global drug war. And the three-time Oscar winner is quite frank about his penchant for marijuana and tends to go for local product. “Certainly if you appreciate California weed, which I have for many years, you’ll realize that we’re somewhat close to the money when we say that, California has surpassed Thailand, Jamaica, South Sudan, and certainly Mexico as the king and queen of quality weed,” said Stone. He also joked – or maybe not? – that he might get into agriculture himself. ” I’m thinking myself of getting into the business, although I suspect there’d be a lot of stress with the Feds changing the rules all the time. Those bastards.” Savages was a chance for Stone to re-connect to his inner rebel, he told HIGH Times . Said the publication’s Chris Simunek: “We applaud Oliver Stone for showing the same sort of courage in his support for the marijuana cause that he’s shown with so many other issues, past and present. HIGH Times has always championed the rebel with a cause, and when people of Mr. Stone’s renown speak up — and smoke up — in the public sector, it exposes one more chink in the armor of idiocy that protects the status quo.” [Source: HIGH Times ] And what do you think of Stone’s HIGH Times cover shot?
Also in Monday afternoon’s round up of news. Tribeca Institute names its recipients for its $150K Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund, Liza Burnett Fefferman and Heath Shapiro take up exec positions at RADiUS-TWC, Wally Pfister to spearhead Kodak chats at Los Angeles Film Festival, Universal COO begins his road to retirement and Sony eyes Tonka toys. Liza Burnett Fefferman and Heath Shapiro Join Radius Fefferman was named EVP of Publicity, while Shaprio will serve as VP of Marketing and Distribution. Their new roles are effective immediately at RADiUS-TWC. The distributor’s co-presidents announced the hires and they will report to them directly. Previously Shapiro served as the VP of national sales for Independent Distribution Partners, while Fefferman spent five years as Senior Vice President, Publicity at Samuel Goldwyn Films and ATO Pictures via their partnership in IDP Independent Distribution Partners. Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund Names 2012 Grantees Now in its fifth year, provides finishing funds, year-round support and guidance to domestic and international documentary filmmakers with feature-length films highlighting and humanizing issues of social importance from around the world. Projects that will collectively receive $100K are: E-Team (Directors Katy Chevigny & Ross Kauffman), God Loves Uganda (Director Roger Ross Williams), First to Fall (Director Rachel Anderson), Mercy Mercy (Director Katrine W Kjaer), Two Children of the Red Mosque (Director Hemal Trivedi). Projects receiving $50K in funding for the 2012 Spotlighting Women Documentary Award are: Alias Ruby Blade (Director Alex Meillier), Stargazing – working title (Director Berit Madsen), The Supreme Price (Director Joanna Lipper). Wally Pfister to Spearhead Kodak Focus at LA Film Festival Director-cinematographer Wally Pfister will headline the annual Kodak Focus program at this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival. The conversation will spotlight Pfister’s artistic and technical accomplishments by screening scenes from three of his films – Insomnia, Laurel Canyon and Inception. Kodak Focus takes place on June 23 at 1 p.m. at the Regal Cinemas at L.A. Live. The seminar is free with a festival ticket. Around the ‘net… Marilyn Monroe Estate Threatens to Sue over Hologram A concert featuring a holographic of the late screen legend is the focus of possible legal action by her estate. Digicon Media has rights to a “virtual Marilyn” and plans to feature the star in “concerts,” but it received a cease and desist order from the estate, THR reports . Universal Vice Chairman & COO Begins Move to Retirement Rick Finklestein will transition out of his roles at the studio as he heads to retirement in two years. He’ll continue to work with head Ron Meyer on special projects before calling it quits, Deadline reports . Sony to Make Tonka Toys Animated Movie Sony Pictures is developing an animated film based on the 65 year-old toy truck brand. Sony Pictures Animation and Happy Madison Productions will produce with Hasbro, Deadline reports . Warner Bros. Turning to Guinness Book of World Records The studio is looking to turn some record-breaking into movies. The Office writer Danny Chun will write a script but details are under wraps, Complex reports .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4dzzv81X9w Paul McCartney gave his new album, Kisses on the Bottom, a little plug last night when he premiered in L.A. a “self-directed video” for his new song, ‘My Valentine’. Shot on a 35mm camera by Oscar-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister (Memento, Inception, etc.), the black & white video features Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp “each translating the lyrics … Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Open Culture Discovery Date : 14/04/2012 11:11 Number of articles : 2
Day after Decemberists withdrew support, breast cancer charity announces it has reinstated funding for PP health centers. By Gil Kaufman Much like Congress rethought its decision after the outpouring of public anger over the anti-piracy SOPA and PIPA (Personal Information Protection Act) acts, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation had a change of heart on Friday (February 3) after intense criticism for its decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood initiatives. Komen, the organization behind the popular pink-ribbon campaign, announced on Tuesday that it would stop funding breast cancer prevention, screening and education at Planned Parenthood health centers — a decision Planned Parenthood claimed was in response to pressure from pro-life groups. Over the past five years, PP centers with Komen program funding have provided nearly 170,000 clinical breast exams out of the more than 4 million exams performed nationwide at PP health centers, as well as more than 6,400 mammogram referrals out of 70,000 total referrals, according to PP. Following the firestorm of controversy over the decision, the founder and CEO of the nation’s largest breast-cancer advocacy group said on Friday that the group would work to change the criteria that sparked the outcry. “We will continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants,” Nancy G. Brinker said in a statement . “We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives.” Brinker went further, acknowledging that the original decision to pull funding was done for “political reasons, or specifically to penalize Planned Parenthood.” In the wake of the public furor, Komen’s director of community health programs resigned in protest over the decision. In addition, 26 U.S. senators had signed a letter this week asking Komen to reconsider its withdrawal decision. One of the leading artistic voices of dissent over the initial Komen withdrawal from Planned Parenthood were the Decemberists. The band had worked with Komen since the band’s keyboardist, Jenny Conlee, had revealed her breast cancer diagnosis. When news broke on Tuesday that Komen had pulled funding for breast cancer examinations at PP, the Decemberists redirected the funds from their “Team Jenny” T-shirt to PP. On their website , they explained, “The Decemberists are deeply troubled by Komen for the Cure’s recent decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, a vital resource in the battle against breast cancer. Providing cancer screenings to low income women is integral to the prevention and defeat of breast cancer and it is unconscionable that Komen should politicize this very important issue by bowing to the fear campaign being waged against PP by the right.” On Friday, the band added an update to their initial posting, writing, “The Decemberists are pleased that Komen for the Cure reversed their decision.”
