February 2011
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Fourteen Or So Actors Having Really Strong...
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
I wish they would have at least changed the credit text though.
Our Hollywood Issues - 14 Or So Actors Having Really Strong Feelings About Some Stuff - Video Feature - 14orso.com
Here’s the original
The Hollywood Issue - 14 Actors Acting - James Franco, Natalie Portman, Matt Damon and More - Video Feature - NYTimes.com
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You want to understand how bad things are in Hollywood right now—how stifling...
– The Day the Movies Died: Movies + TV: GQ
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…Basically, Tom’s [the director] starting point was that this is a historical...
– Cinematographer Danny Cohen on The King’s Speech | Studio Daily
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I just finished this video for The New York Times. Reporter Corey Kilgannon, Marcus Yam and myself chased calls over a police scanner for around 16hrs straight. What we found wasn’t what we expected.
Chasing a Police Scanner - Video Library - The New York Times
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POYi Awards 3rd Place to "A Grunt's Life" →
Chime in on the “interesting” ethical conversation happening here: http://chiplitherland.com/blog/2011/02/theres-an-app-for-photojournalism/
My thoughts on the conversation:
You should know that Hipstamatic is an app that automatically applies toning etc at the time of creation, NOT after the fact. The photographer makes a decision on lens and film in the app before making a photo....
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First LA Noire gameplay video is go | VG247
The facial animation is phenomenal! This looks like an amazing immersive game, with the usual Rockstar attention to depth and detail.
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drewvigal:
A Safe Place - The New York Times
In Vancouver, a controversial strategy against H.I.V. and AIDS includes a site where drug users can inject themselves using clean needles — then get tested and treated if they have the virus.
Another excellent video produced by Nancy Donaldson. Visual report by Ed Ou. Additional photo edit by Soo-Jeong Kang.
The lede quote is simply poetic:
You...
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A Hidden Herzog Gem →
kueneman:
“On Christmas Eve 1971, 17-year old Juliane Koepcke, survived a plane crash in the Peruvian rain forest. All 92 of the other passengers, including Koepcke’s mother, were killed in the crash. She remained in the jungle for eleven days, struggling to find food and potable water and keep her head on straight after such an emotionally devastating accident.” Read on at The Bent Spine…
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Snowpocalypse II →
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