Thursday, September 16, 2010
Who is April Macie? by Tina
Have you heard of April Macie before? probably not, unless you are big in to comedy or the Howard Stern Show. April has been a stand up comedian and just won the "Funniest and Hottest" comedienne contest from the Howard Stern Show.
Will it get her a comedy show? Maybe. She's funny, but she already offended people with her "...all kids need a beating" joke. Funny. Probably. In poor taste? Probably.
Have you heard April before?
Tiger Woods Won't Let Rachel Uchitel Pose for Playboy by Tina
It seems you can't outrun the long arm of the...Tiger Woods team. Rachel Uchitel was scheduled to pose for Playboy sometime this month for a paycheck of about $300,000. Except Tiger or his people, came in and put the kabosh on her deal.
Tiger supposedly paid Rachel $10 MILLION dollars as hush money last year, and obviously that means keeping a hush on her body too. If she poses for Playboy she loses her lucrative shut-up deal.
Do you think Tiger ponied up some more cash so she didn't miss the $300K?
Dessert Recipes: Butterscotch Brownies by Tina
This is an old recipe my mom made back in the 70s
Melt 1/4 c butter in a medium saucepan. Stir in:
1 c light brown sugar
1 egg
3/4 c flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 c walnuts
Spread in an 8x8 pan and bake at 350° for 25 minutes. Cool completely before serving.
Fall Baking Recipes: Carrot Bread by Tina
This carrot bread has lots of veggies in it, but you won't think of it as good for you! This moist and delicious bread is more like eating dessert!
1 c oil
2 tsp soda
1 1/2 c sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
3 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
2 c grated carrot
1/2 c walnuts
1/2 c raisins
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 c coconut
2 c flour
Mix all of the ingredients together until moistened. Pour into greased bread pan and let stand for 20 minutes before baking. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Cool completely on a wire rack before cutting.
Tailgate Recipes: Vegetable Pizza by Tina
This healthy snack can be whipped up quick the night before the big game and stored in the fridge until you are ready to leave. Use whatever veggies you have on hand.
1 can refrigerated crescent rolls
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 c mayonnaise
1 tsp dill weed
1/2 tsp salt
Spread rolls to cover bottom of a 9x13 or small cookie sheet. Bake as directed on package instructions. Remove from oven and cool completely.
In a bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Spread over cooled crust. Garnish with chopped up broccoli, cauliflower, celery, peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, carrots and/or radishes. Make a design of your mascott with the correct colored veggies!
3D Summit - Jeffrey Katzenberg Blasts 2D to 3D Movie Conversion
Note: Jeffrey Katzenberg Blasts 2D to 3D Movie Conversion at 3D Summit - This is 13:11 of a 14 minute speech. This video blogger elected to upload all of what I has, rather than edit it. At first, The plan wasn't to record all of his speech, but when it seemed that, just 30 seconds into the speech, Jeff was going to throw and land a haymaker, plans changed. To be candid, the final two minutes have micro-jumps only because of the editing system used vs the computer's random access memory (RAM) that was consumed to take such a large file all at once - need more RAM. But I wanted you to see what I had, rather than lop it off.
Universal City, Ca - On Wednesday, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg was the keynote speaker at the 3D Entertainment Summit at the Hilton Universal City. At first, this blogger expected a standard "State of 3D" speech, but Katzenberg had other ideas. He got up with a plan to throw and land a haymaker.
Katzenberg took direct aim at 2D to 3D film conversion and set the tone for the summit - just what a good keynote speech is supposed to do. He didn't call out Clash Of The Titans by name, but everyone knew what he was talking about. But for good measure, Jeff added Piranha 3D.
(As an aside someone at the 3D Summit, when asked about Piranha 3D's budget later in the day, said "It's about $30 million to $40 million. We'll get their in terms of revenue, but we're waiting for DVD sales." But then the man shrugged and said, "Whatever, I'm not there any more," meaning he not with Dimension Films, who made the moviue.)
Clash Of The Titans was the epic 2010 remake of the man-god v. god fantasy that was made in 1981. First planned as a 2D film, Clash was rushed into 3D conversion after the success of Avatar in 2009. The results were terrible, as noted before.
Clash's conversion was so bad that Avatar Producer / Director James Cameron called it out by name and said that Hollywood should not use 3D just to use it. This is what Jeff is echoing in his speech above but with a step - he's panning 2D to 3D conversion, period.
Jeff said "When it comes to 3D conversion, here's the bottom line: over the years the film industry comes up with new ways to make a bad movie worse. Conversion of 2D to 3D is just the newest." Katzenberg says a bad 3D movie is painful to watch (really, it can give you a headache) and to add insult to injury Hollywood asks the customer to pay for it.
Some of the people responsible for the 2D to 3D conversion were sitting right there in the audience at the 3D Summit, including a man next to me who knew Jeff and admitted to me that he worked on Clash Of The Titans.
That guy was squirming in his chair during the speech. Seriously.
As a closing note, Katzenberg reports that six of the top 10 movies were 3D, and says there's a scarcity of 3D movie screens hampering revenue box office, even though it was healthy for 3D. He also says pricing is not an issue - the public is willing to pay a premium price, as long as it gets a premium experience. Customers, Katzenberg says, can tell the difference "between Pandora and Piranha."
This is part one: part two is the question and answer session, which was entertaining in as well. Stay tuned.
Universal City, Ca - On Wednesday, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg was the keynote speaker at the 3D Entertainment Summit at the Hilton Universal City. At first, this blogger expected a standard "State of 3D" speech, but Katzenberg had other ideas. He got up with a plan to throw and land a haymaker.
(As an aside someone at the 3D Summit, when asked about Piranha 3D's budget later in the day, said "It's about $30 million to $40 million. We'll get their in terms of revenue, but we're waiting for DVD sales." But then the man shrugged and said, "Whatever, I'm not there any more," meaning he not with Dimension Films, who made the moviue.)
Clash Of The Titans was the epic 2010 remake of the man-god v. god fantasy that was made in 1981. First planned as a 2D film, Clash was rushed into 3D conversion after the success of Avatar in 2009. The results were terrible, as noted before.
Clash's conversion was so bad that Avatar Producer / Director James Cameron called it out by name and said that Hollywood should not use 3D just to use it. This is what Jeff is echoing in his speech above but with a step - he's panning 2D to 3D conversion, period.
Jeff said "When it comes to 3D conversion, here's the bottom line: over the years the film industry comes up with new ways to make a bad movie worse. Conversion of 2D to 3D is just the newest." Katzenberg says a bad 3D movie is painful to watch (really, it can give you a headache) and to add insult to injury Hollywood asks the customer to pay for it.
Some of the people responsible for the 2D to 3D conversion were sitting right there in the audience at the 3D Summit, including a man next to me who knew Jeff and admitted to me that he worked on Clash Of The Titans.
That guy was squirming in his chair during the speech. Seriously.
As a closing note, Katzenberg reports that six of the top 10 movies were 3D, and says there's a scarcity of 3D movie screens hampering revenue box office, even though it was healthy for 3D. He also says pricing is not an issue - the public is willing to pay a premium price, as long as it gets a premium experience. Customers, Katzenberg says, can tell the difference "between Pandora and Piranha."
This is part one: part two is the question and answer session, which was entertaining in as well. Stay tuned.
Apple TV Gains Paris Hilton As Fan; On Twitter Paris Says She Loves It
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| Paris Hilton's Hip: Flip Camera and Apple TV |
As of one hour ago, the Los Angeles socialite, business woman and actress took to Twitter to tweet her pleasure with the Apple TV:
Loving my new Apple TV, so much fun for all my nights at home. :)Frankly, it's rare that Paris Hilton takes time to tout any product other than her own on Twitter and to her 2.7 million followers, so Apple CEO Steve Jobs should be pleased. And especially so, because Jobs has made Apple TV's revamp a priority, cutting the price by a whopping $130 to just $99 while adding more features.
about 1 hour ago via web
Now, with Apple TV,you can rent HD movies, TV shows, and Netflix titles, as well as your photos, and even watch YouTube from your TV screen. It's a fair bet Paris was doing some of all of this.
Does this mean Apple's hired Paris Hilton as a spokesperson? Theres' no evidence to support that idea. Yes, it's true that Paris rarely gives such endorsements, and yes, the timing of the tweet is pretty close to the time of the release of the new Apple TV, but ...maybe..oh, hell, it does look rather like a juicy endorsement.
We're all such skeptics. Maybe Paris actually likes the damn thing, huh? After all she uses a Flip Camera, too!
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