Who knew that Gwyneth Paltrow could sing?
And damn well, too.
youtu.be/DzGxnRz_L…
She’s one of a select few Hollywood actors who can do a pretty fine job of singing too. Some other notables include
Kate Winslet
www.youtube.com/watch
Hugh Jackman – who spent time in Broadway, so he’s probably got a bit of an unfair advantage to those who started in acting initially, but still, he definitely knows how to belt out a song
www.youtube.com/watch
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Not to forget also, Joaquin Phoenix
www.youtube.com/watch
Here’s a WatchMojo list I found while rummaging for videos. Who knew?
www.youtube.com/watch
I pisses me off no end when people say "but he's just a dog (or cat)" when someone's pet dies.
I watched Marley & Me today. And I forgot about the ending T_T
(spoiler alert and tissue alert)
www.youtube.com/watch
"A dog has no use for fancy cars, or big homes or designer clothes.
A waterlogged stick will do just fine.
A dog doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb.
Give him your heart, and he’ll give you his.
How many people can you say that about?
How many people can make you feel rare, and pure, and special?
How many people can make you feel extraordinary?"
This was displayed at the station this morning.
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Paramount decided to do some viral marketing ahead of the release of their new movie “Rings” - basically the next instalment of the rebooted Ring/Ringu series for the western audience and updated to use more recent tech. Is it as scary as the original Japanese? Do let me know if you watch it.
[embed]www.youtube.com/watch
Received this today:
The Gooseberry crowd-funding campaign is over!
Unfortunately we didn't get enough funding in to make a feature length movie. We do have a lot of support though - over 4500 people donated or subscribed. That's more than enough to start working on the Pilot of the film.
You can read a lot more about it here:
http://gooseberry.blender.org/campaign-wrap-up-the-pilot/
In a later email you will be contacted about refunds, cancellations, or activations of pledges. We won't do anything without your explicit approval. Just give us a bit of time to handle it well.
Please read the following carefully, one of the cases applies yours.
1) PayPal and Bank pledges
If you paid us already you will be contacted today or tomorrow. You then can decide whether you prefer a refund or if want to support the film project after all.
2) Credit card pledges
If you have pledged using a Credit Card, no charges have happened yet. We will contact you early next week with an option to cancel the pledge, or to activate it. We will not charge any card without your permission.
3) Cloud pledges
If you promised to join Blender Cloud if we made our target, you will get contacted next week too.
4) Active Cloud Subscriptions
If you already joined Blender Cloud, you will get contacted next week with our plans for further development of Blender Cloud, and how the Pilot project will fit in. We hope you stay on board, but a subscription can be cancelled any time.
You can contact us any time with questions. We do our best to handle emails within a day!
Thanks,
The Blender Cloud team:
- Ton Roosendaal
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It’s funny what you find when you freeze-frame scenes….
Time to join in. Enjoy the song, and one word of warning, this song is a definite earworm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HtACLaRDk0
Disney’s Frozen - “Let It Go” Sing-Along Version - YouTube.
For once, I’m not talking about the weather. I’m talking about the movie with Kirsten Bell and Idina Menzel. The movie had a lot of hype in America and you know something’s big when you get this released by the studio themselves. It’s the song “Let It Go”, sung by Elsa (Idina Menzel), with lines swapped out for other languages – everything from English, German, Swedish, to the lesser known languages – Catalan, Castillo and even the Eastern languages got a look in – Korean, Japanese, Cantonese Chinese and Mandarin Chinese.
www.youtube.com/watch
I watched the film yesterday and, although it was sterotypical Disney – good guy, bad guy, love triumphs over everything, etc, etc. There were a few things in there that were not typical Disney. Prejudice over Elsa’s powers, exploitation of Anna’s love for Hanz, my jaw dropped when I saw the sequence for Let It Go, and how Elsa formed the Ice Palace.
The songs were really catchy – unlike some musical films, where the songs are sung too quick, I could hear what the actors and actresses were saying, and I have to say, I suffered last night with Frozen earworms, and “Let It Go” ringing in my head all night.
What I do like about watching professional CG-made films like this, is that they do give you inspirations for your own work.
youtu.be/ZSGFzoi3v…
I'm not usually one for drama movies or tearjerkers, but, being of South-East Asia heritage myself, I really had to watch this one. A really touching story with cruel twists and may coincidences. Whether some of them were "enhanced" for the Hollywood portrayal of the story or not, I don't know, but this is one story I enjoyed and one I would recommend you watch, but I do have to say, if you're easily traumatised, or don't like the look of wounds, then probably skip this one - it doesn't hold back.
I watched Quartet last night over Google Movies and was moderately pleased with it. It’s not often you get a classical music-themed movie with lots of professional singers and players.
The movie felt a little jumpy and slightly disjointed for my liking. To be fair all the actors and actresses seemed to be enjoying themselves and there were plenty of funny moments. The whole movie centered on the “Quartet” who previously performed Rigoletto together and have been reunited in time for a Charity Gala to save their retirement home from closing.
However, (spoilers hidden)
They don’t actually perform,
so for the whole movie, they’re talking about performing together, listening to their previous performances together, but they don’t actually get round to doing the performance. The film ends with them on the stage, about to start. Have to say, I was pretty disappointed – I would have liked to have seen how well (or badly) Billy Connolly sang opera :P
Link to the Google Movies: http://goo.gl/TSydy
Been trying to watch some DRM movies off Google Play recently, and can’t seem to get them working on Fedora. I can watch them on my TF101 though, so it’s not too much of a problem, but more of an inconvenience:
I'm already talking to Google support about this and seeing what they suggest.
