“A California man who legally changed his name to ‘Obiwan Kenobi’ was released from jail yesterday after spending five days in custody following his arrest on a hit-and-run count. Kenobi, 37, has been charged with leaving the scene of a five-car accident last month in Roseville. According to cops, Kenobi’s reckless driving triggered the chain-reaction collision. Formerly known as Benjamin Cale Feit, Kenobi changed his name in 1999 in response to a radio stunt tied to the release of Star Wars: Episode I. A California station offered $1000 to the first listener to legally change their name to that of the fictional Jedi master.” Nice work! He’s got a ways to go before catching up with Yoda’s four DUI’s, but still. [ The Smoking Gun via Geekologie ]
The psychological thriller Mission: Blacklist has attached Robert Pattinson to star as the military interrogator who led the hunt for deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The film, set to be directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, is going on the block at the Cannes Market later this month; co-producer Ross Dinerstein promises “a gripping, edge of your seat thriller I have been inspired by Robert and Jean-Stéphane’s dedication to tell this story in the most authentic way possible.” [ Deadline]
The San Francisco International Film Festival honored its winners and two first-ever celeb-filled bashes are planned for Cannes (or Cannes adjacent). Also in Thursday morning’s Biz Break, a list of way overpaid media heads, Ashton Kutcher lands in hot water, a cinema chain goes up for sale, Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk moments, a ‘Screamin” sale and more. 55th San Francisco International Film Festival Prize Winners Portuguese director Gonçalo Tocha’s It’s the Earth Not the Moon won best documentary feature at the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival Wednesday night, while Israeli director Nadav Lapid ( Policeman ) won the festival’s New Directors Prize and Eran Kolirin won the critic-centered FIPRESCI award for The Exchange . SFIFF, the oldest film festival in the Americas, awarded over $70,000 in prizes to its winners. For a full list of winners, visit their site . President Clinton and Prince Albert’s Big Bash Headed to Cannes this year? If so, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the William J. Clinton Foundation are throwing a benefit ball at the Hotel de Paris in the principality on May 23. The party, titled “Nights in Monaco” will “transport guests back to an era of allure and prestige – an era known as the ‘Golden Age of Hollywood,'” organizers said. The ball will be a fundraiser for both foundations. Cannes to Honor Sean Penn and Others for Haiti Charity Work If you can’t make the Prince Albert/President Clinton soiree, then perhaps check out a Cannes-sponsored fund raising event (a festival first). “Haiti: Carnival in Cannes” will support charities in the earthquake- and cholera-ravaged Caribbean nation supported by Sean Penn (J/P HRO), Paul Haggis (Artists for Peace and Justice) and Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova (Artists for Peace and Justice). Around the ‘net… Ashton Kutcher’s ‘Racist’ Ad Dropped An online potato chip advertisement featuring the 34-year-old actor in brown make-up portraying a Bollywood film producer was removed from YouTube and Facebook following viewer complaints, BBC reports . Cablevision Puts Clearview Up for Sale The company plans to sell its Clearview Cinemas which includes 45 locations and 230 screens, Variety reports . Media Moguls with “Out-of-Whack” Compensation Deadline has released its second annual list of media CEO’s who receive disproportionately high salaries compared to other top execs at their companies,and those riding high include Discovery Communications’ David Zaslav, AMC’s Joshua Sapan, Dish Network’s Joseph Clayton, Martha Stewart Living Optimedia’s Martha Stewart and CBS’ Leslie Moonves. See the full list for more details. Avengers star Ruffalo Claims to Having ‘Hulk Moments’ It’s never a bad marketing plan for actors to claim a likeness to their characters, especially in the superhero department. Mark Ruffalo told the AP “When I was a young actor, if you came to my apartment, you would have seen pictures and photos hung in the most bizarre places, where they were covering holes in the wall from auditions that I didn’t get…” The Scream Fetches $120M Norwegian painter Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ sold for $119,922,500 at Sotheby’s on Wednesday. Only eight other works have sold at auction for more than $80 million, the AP reports .
ABC has released, in the form of a season overview, more details of Emily Maynard ‘s search for love, commencing Monday, May 14 on The Bachelorette . While kicking things off in her hometown of Charlotte, Emily will travel to Dubrovnik, Croatia; Prague, Czech Republic; and London, England this summer. Read The Bachelorette spoilers we’ve pulled together so far regarding which men make it to the hometown dates and more, then read ABC’s rundown: The 26-year-old former Bachelor winner first meets her 25 suitors at a southern mansion for a cocktail party after putting six-year-old daughter Ricki to bed. Several of Maynard’s bachelors will attempt to make memorable first impressions during their arrivals as always … that’s par for the course on this show. Think actual glass slippers being presented, dudes riding in on skateboards, a party MC who breaks down into dance, and a gesture from a true southern gentleman who gives Emily something to symbolize how he’d protect her and Ricki. In addition, Maynard will also encounter one suitor who makes a grand entrance in a helicopter … is it Brad Womack? Is it Bentley Williams? No and no. The promos always mislead you that way … The Bachelorette Promo Anyway, once the cocktail party begins, the competition to impress Maynard only intensifies, as a “confident” charmer gets upstaged by a single dad of six. A “handsome” man gives her a pair of custom bobblehead dolls, a bachelor is nervous to explain his career because it may remind her of her late fiance, and another single father brings her a heartfelt letter from his 11-year-old son to read. The mood then turns serious when host Chris Harrison arrives and reveals it’s time for Maynard to present one of the men with a first impression rose. The men will become increasingly competitive, as Emily decides to award the special rose to one “charming” bachelor … a decision surprising nobody. The Bachelorette season premiere will conclude with Maynard whittling her 25 bachelors down to 19. But she’s just getting started at that juncture. Emily Maynard’s around-the-world dates will include: Traveling to Bermuda where she must eliminate three bachelors before leaving. Visiting London for a week where she’ll receive a double-decker bus tour of Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park along with a solo dinner in the Tower of London and watching a group of suitors perform scenes from “Romeo and Juliet” in Stratford-on-Avon. Traveling to Dubrovnik where she’lll watch Pixar’s upocoming Brave movie and a group of bachelors will compete in a round of Highland games to win extra time with her. Going to Prague where Maynard and her remaining bachelors will enjoy a private dinner cruise down the Vltava River, explore a medieval castle, and check out the Lennon Wall of Love and a spooky dungeon. After four hometown dates, the final three men will then have “exotic” overnight dates with Maynard in an undisclosed location. According to ABC, obviously “there are surprises in store for Emily that will shake her world.” Color us shocked and in utter disbelief.
Google updated its Translate application for Android devices on Thursday with support for 11 additional languages as part of a major update. The application will now translate and speak English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Russian and Turkish. Google originally launched the conversation feature of Google Translate… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Boy Genius Report Discovery Date : 13/10/2011 03:59 Number of articles : 4
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German zookeepers are forcing two male vultures who prefer nesting together to mate with females, sparking outrage from gay rights activists who accuse the zoo of discriminating against birds of a different feather. The trouble began back in March, when Guido and Detlef, two Griffon vultures, decided to move in together. The lovebirds began crafting a two-man nest out of stray twigs in a communal birdcage at their zoo in the town of Munster, in northwest Germany. Both birds are predatory males, but seemed to enjoy one another's company more than that of any female. They spent their days grooming one another with their beaks and fortifying their nest — though other vultures occasionally stole their building materials, as if to spite them. “They always sat so closely together. They defended their nest from the other vultures,” the zoo's curator, Dirk Wewers, told The Daily Telegraph of Australia. But Wewers explains their preference for one another as second-best. “A suitable female was missing and in such a case vultures look for companionship from the next best thing, even if it is a male,” the zookeeper said. “Detlef looked for a bird of the opposite sex but settled with Guido.” Poor Guido. Griffon vultures aren't classified as endangered, but the purpose of their captivity in zoos is to allow them to reproduce in safe environments, to eventually grow their species' numbers and release them back into the wild. Zookeepers decided that Guido and Detlef's living arrangements weren't helping that goal. So last week, Guido was snatched from his partner and shipped 400 miles east to a zoo in the Czech Republic, where a new bride awaited him. In his place is a Czech temptress whom zookeepers hope can seduce Detlef. “Detlef is reorienting himself now,” Wewers told the Telegraph. But he acknowledged that so far, Detlef and the Czech bird haven't touched one another. Gay rights activists held a small demonstration in front of the zoo, waving a rainbow flag and decrying the zookeepers for standing in the way of love. “This is like in the dark middle ages, forcibly making a creature sexually re-orient itself by tearing its partner from its side,” The German Herald quoted one protester as saying. Others said they worried that what's happened to the birds could one day happen to humans as well. Guido and Detlef aren't the first gay couple from the animal kingdom to make headlines. Two gay male penguins, Harry and Pepper, started living together at the San Francisco Zoo in 2003, and five years later adopted, incubated and hatched an egg abandoned by a female penguin, Time magazine reported. But their romance didn't last. Last year, Harry left Pepper for a recently widowed female, Linda. added by: MrMxyzptlk
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