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Recreating That Flying House Scene From The Movie, “Up”

• March 6, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Class, Cultural History, Film, Love, Travel
Tags: "Bedazzled", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Good Morning America", "The Wizard of Oz", "Up", Adventures, Balloon, Balloons, Carl Fredericksen, Carl Frederickson, Children, Disney-Pixar, Ed Asner, Edward Asner, Fantasy, Film Iconography, GMA, Helium Balloons, House, Love, Pixar, Promises, Reality, Recreation, Shopping, South America, Sunday, Widower

“Machete” Looks Like THE Labor Day Weekend Movie Winner

• September 3, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Acting, American History, American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Immigration, Mental Health/Psychology, Mexico, National Issues, People of Color, Teabagging Party, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Desperado", "Desperate Housewives", "La Bamba", "Runaway Train", "Spy Kids", Andrei Konchalovsky, Arizona, Champion, Character Actor, Cheech Marin, Cousin, Danny Trejo, Don Johnson, East San Jose, Entrepreneur, Fantasy, Good Fortune, Good Guy, Immigration, Inmigration, ITN Clothing, Jeff Fahey, Jessica Alba, King and Story Roads, Latinos, Lindsay Lohan, Low Lifes, Michelle Rodriguez, Pacoima CA, Quentin Tarantino, Ritchie Valens, Robert DeNiro, Robert Rodriguez, San Quentin, Steven Seagal, Superhero, Tattoo Artist, Testosterone, Thugs, Twelve Step Program, Uncle Machete, Voice Actor

Reading, Writing and Writers

• March 14, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Books, Fiction Writing
Tags: Adrienne Kennedy, Billie Holiday, Fantasy, Innocence, Interracial Novels, Jack Kerouac, James Purdy, Reality, Truth

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The New York Times

Pope Francis Replaces Conservative Archbishop of Philadelphia January 23, 2020
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, who was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011, has long been known as a theological and political conservative, often at odds with Pope Francis.
Ousted From Washington, Ex-Spy Valerie Plame Asks Voters to Send Her Back January 24, 2020
Ms. Plame is celebrating her C.I.A. past in a race for a congressional seat. But as she finds herself cast as an outsider, she’s running into trouble.
Texas Student May Have Wuhan Coronavirus, as Dozens in U.S. Are Monitored January 24, 2020
Health officials said they were keeping the Texas A&M student, who had traveled to China, isolated at home.
A New Face of White Supremacy: Plots Expose Danger of the ‘Base’ January 23, 2020
A secret domestic terrorism investigation revealed that the violent neo-Nazi group was recruiting cells across the United States.
Vice Officers Fired Over Stormy Daniels’s 2018 Arrest at Ohio Strip Club January 24, 2020
The misdemeanor charges of illegal sexually oriented activity were dropped within 24 hours after the pornographic film actress was arrested in 2018.
Schiff ends the day with a fiery push for Trump’s removal. January 24, 2020
His speech jolted the sleepy Senate to attention as he argued more explicitly than ever before for President Trump’s removal from office.
Impeachment Briefing: Day 2 of the Democrats’ Case January 24, 2020
House managers continued opening arguments. Plus, how the trial could affect the Iowa caucuses.
Libyan Militant Is Sentenced to 19 Years in Deadly Benghazi Attacks January 24, 2020
Four Americans were killed during the 2012 siege on the United States diplomatic mission and a C.I.A. annex.

The Guardian, UK

Coronavirus: Chinese hospitals in chaos as lockdown spreads to affect 33m people January 24, 2020
Public transport suspended in at least 10 cities as death toll rises and heath care centres struggle to cope with influx of patientsHospitals in the Chinese city of Wuhan have been thrown into chaos and the movement of about 33 million people has been restricted by an unprecedented and indefinite lockdown imposed to halt the spread of the deadly new coronavi […]
Sombre EU leaders sign Brexit withdrawal agreement January 24, 2020
Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel sign document seven days before exit dayA sombre Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, the leaders of the European commission and council, have formally signed the withdrawal agreement as Brussels prepares for the UK’s exit from the EU in seven days’ time.In photographs issued of the signing ceremony in the EU’s Eur […]
Bushfires, ash rain, dust storms and flash floods: two weeks in apocalyptic Australia January 24, 2020
As the country lurches painfully from one extreme weather to another, residents are fearful of what they will face nextIn Australia this summer, talking about the weather inevitably leads to talking about the apocalypse.“When’s the plague of locusts going to arrive?” jokes one Sydney resident after hearing reports that her city is to receive another storm of […]
Taylor Swift discloses fight with eating disorder in new documentary January 24, 2020
‘There’s always some standard of beauty that you’re not meeting,’ she tells Miss Americana director Lana WilsonTaylor Swift has disclosed her experiences with an eating disorder in a new documentary. In Miss Americana, which received its premiere at the Sundance film festival last night, Swift says that she would starve herself to the extent that she felt as […]
Sopranos actor re-enacts alleged rape at Weinstein trial: 'I was trying to fight' January 23, 2020
Annabella Sciorra’s shocking testimony marks first time the Weinstein sex crimes trial directly heard from one of his accusersWeinstein trial opens with shocking details of alleged attacks on six womenIn a packed courtroom in the New York supreme court in Manhattan on Thursday, the former Sopranos actor Annabella Sciorra held her arms above her head, wrists […]
‘Hypocrisy’: 90% of UK-Africa summit’s energy deals were in fossil fuels January 24, 2020
Exclusive: Almost £2bn went to oil and gas despite a UK pledge to support cleaner energy in African countries More than 90% of the £2bn in energy deals struck at this week’s UK-Africa investment summit were for fossil fuels, despite a government commitment to “support African countries in their transition to cleaner energy”.Prime Minister Boris Johnson opene […]
Davos 2020: Greta Thunberg says climate demands have been 'completely ignored' - live January 24, 2020
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as climate activists speak at the World Economic ForumThunberg: Davos has completely ignored our demandsActivists pile pressure on Siemens CEO 10.10am GMT Luisa Neubauer says there is “less climate denial, but more climate action denial.” (hardly progress!)There is no point waiting for the crisis to […]
Donald Trump set to unveil Middle East peace plan within days January 24, 2020
Palestinians ‘will act negatively at first’, US president says onboard Air Force OneDonald Trump said he will probably release details of his long-delayed peace plan for the Middle East before next Tuesday, after he invited the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the opposition head, Benny Gantz, to Washington for talks.Speaking onboard Air Force […]

The BBC

China coronavirus: Death toll rises as more cities shut down January 24, 2020
At least 10 cities have travel restrictions imposed, as authorities say 26 people have died so far.
Trump impeachment: Senators play games and nap during trial January 24, 2020
Senators have been seen chewing gum, handing out fidget spinners and sleeping during the trial.
Actress Sciorra tells court Weinstein raped her January 23, 2020
"I couldn't fight anymore because he had my hands locked," the Sopranos actress tells the trial.
Indonesian needlefish boy: 'A fish jumped out the water and stabbed my neck' January 24, 2020
Muhammad Idul tells the BBC the force threw him from his boat before a desperate race to hospital.
Locusts: UN calls for international help in East Africa January 24, 2020
"Unprecedented" swarms of desert locusts, the worst in decades, are devouring crops in East Africa.
American Dirt: Oprah book club pick suffers Latino backlash January 23, 2020
A new novel about a family fleeing Mexico for the US spurs a fierce debate over fiction writing.
Storm Gloria: Spain death toll rises to 13 with four missing January 23, 2020
Spain's government is to meet in emergency session after the storm carved a swathe of destruction.
Australia fires: US crew killed in air tanker crash identified January 24, 2020
The three victims of an air tanker crash had extensive experience fighting fires, their employer says.