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X-Men: First Class Trailer & Images

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he official ‘X-Men: First Class’ trailer is here! Is this movie looking like a course correction for the X-Men movie franchise, or another step down the wrong path?

Two weeks ago the first official look at the cast of X-Men: First Class hit the net in what can only be described as a messy concoction of negative reactions, even from the director of the film, who did not approve of the amateur photoshop work.

X-Men: First Class Trailer

Matthew Vaughn did his best to spin something positive out of the situation, by talking about the film’s story, characters and costumes, while releasing some better images (actual stills) from the film. While Vaughn made a good effort to paint the film in a better light, inevitably our best measure of this film is going to come from the official  X-Men: First Class trailer.

While they started off the marketing on the wrong foot, and while the film is being rushed to make its critical Summer release date, the fifth installment in Twentieth Century Fox’s X-Men franchise looks to rectify the mistakes of the previous two films (X-Men 3 and Wolverine) and re-launch the series in a new (and hopefully better) direction.

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Watch and enjoy the X-Men: First Class trailer to see if they’re in fact heading in the right direction:

X-Men: First Class pulls viewers back in time to the 1960s when mutants are unknown to the world and for the most part, to each other, as we discover the origins of Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender) before they part ways and end up on opposite sides of the human-mutant conflict, becoming Professor X and Magneto, respectively.

Surprisingly, the video is actually not too different from the leaked X-Men: First Class trailer description from a month ago, which is a good thing, as what was described sounded pretty amazing. Now we know that it looks amazing as well, but how telling is it of the final product? I remember getting excited about the trailers for X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, only to be let down twice.

Here are key screen grabs from the trailer for a better look at the characters of X-Men: First Class:

Spongebob Legends of Bikini Bottom

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In an interesting partnership, Nickelodeon has teamed up with Facebook and aired tonight’s brand new episode of everyone’s favorite SpongeBob Squarepants one day early on Facebook. Although premiered on television for the first time tonight on Nickelodeon, the first episode of a five part series called Legends of Bikini Bottom premiered on the social networking site last night. Guest stars include Amy Sedaris (Ma Angler) who plays the leader of the clan of trenchbillies, and Ginnifer Goodwin (as Mermaid).  The clan hold SpongeBob and his buddy Patrick captive while they are out jellyfishing one day.

SpongeBob Legends Of Bikini Bottom

SpongeBob Legends Of Bikini Bottom premiered on Facebook first, not Nickelodeon..

This was big news in our household. At 8pm, the kids sat awaiting the new episode. In case they missed it, they set it to record on DVR earlier today. A new SpongeBob episode is big news in our home, and apparently in a lot of other places. While the show is funny, really funny, I didn’t realize how much it appealed to the older kids, but it must if Facebook got the first glimpse. Surely, they don’t think that 5 or 6 year-olds have Facebook accounts?

SpongeBob’s Facebook page has over 16 million fans alone. My 13-year-old still loves SpongeBob and his quirky underwater friends and I have to admit that the show makes me laugh a lot. It’s one of those unique blends that appeal to kids and parents.

Yet with such a large following, just having the ability to draw in viewers using Facebook suggests that it has a very large fan base of older teens and possibly adults. Kids aren’t officially allowed to have their own Facebook accounts until age 13, but I’m sure a lot of moms will let their younger ones watch the episode on their accounts. Kids as young as preschoolers know what Facebook is, especially since so many moms make checking their Facebook account a daily activity.

These social networking sites are not only gaining attention from users, many of whom are parents, but it seems they are now be marketed specifically to parents (and possibly kids). The show, launched by Stephen Hillenburg almost 12 years ago has roughly 70-million viewers monthly. It remains one of the most popular shows on MTV Networks’ history, and generates more than $8-billion in worldwide retail sales.

If your kids missed the new episode, they can watch it here.

http://www.facebook.com/SpongeBob?v=app_11007063052

source : http://blogs.babble.com

Teater Ading – Manuskrip Cinta

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Teater Ading merupakan sebuah  Eks-School SMKN4 samarinda, melalui teater ini bakat-bakat dari para siswanya bisa tersalurkan. Sabtu 29 Januari 2011 pukul 15.00 wita dan 19.30 wita, Teater Ading melalui Manuskrip Cinta akan mencoba menunjukan eksistensi mereka sebagai sebuah teater yang ingin menjadi pelopor untuk kembali membangkitkan dunia Teater di Samarinda.

Dalam lima tahun terakhir, teater di Samarinda seakan-akan stag disebuah titik jenuh. Entah mengapa itu semua bisa terjadi, tidak ada perkembangan yang cukup signifikan mengnai perkembangannya. Namun dalam kenyataannya juga tidak benar-benar hilang dari jagad teater. Dalam kata lain, selama lima tahun terakhir ini kegiatan teater di Samarinda tidak mampu memperlihatkan diri sebagai entitas yang kukuh.

teater ading manuskrip cinta

Saat ini dunia teater perlu berkolaborasi dengan dunia seni lainnya. Teater perlu seni rupa. Teater perlu tari. Teater perlu film. Teater perlu musik. Teater perlu pencanggihan estetika pertunjukan . Teater Ading melalui itu semua mencoba berbaur dengan dunia seni yang lain tersebut dengan harapan kolaborasi seni ini dapat menciptakan sebuah maha karya yang sangat indah. Sehingga masyarakat tidak langi menganggap teater sebagai semata hiburan.

Oscar Nominations: Christopher Nolan’s Snub Sparks Twitter Outrage

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Fans are outraged that he didn’t get a directing nom for Inception.

The biggest Academy Award nomination upset: Christopher Nolan, who was left out of the best director category for Inception.

Seems Oscar voters picked True Grit directors Joel and Ethan Coen over him. All the other 2011 DGA nominees — Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), David Fincher (The Social Network), David O. Russell (The Fighter) and Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) — were all nominated for an Academy Award; Nolan was the only glaring omission.’
The director has been snubbed by the Academy before: He was nominated by the DGA for both 2000′s Memento and  2008′s The Dark Knight, but when it came time for the Oscars, the Academy decided to put someone else in the directing category.
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Fans are already complaining on Twitter.
“No Christopher Nolan for Director on Inception sucks but hey that’s old ppl for you,” one fan complained. “They had to think to hard to figure the movie out.”
Another Tweeted, “Hey Academy…who incepted your minds with the idea that Christopher Nolan didn’t deserve to be nominated for Best Director this year!? WTF!”
A third person chimed in: “No best director nomination for Christopher Nolan = No Oscars this year.”
On the plus side, Inception is up for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
source : http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/

A Breakout Star at Sundance – Elizabeth Olsen

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Around this time last year, Elizabeth Olsen was known—if she was know at all—as the younger sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley. She was enrolled in NYU’s theatre program and had been auditioning for Broadway and Off-Broadway plays. But she’d made the conscious decision to avoid the career arc—filled with Hollywood highs and tabloid lows—of her sisters.

Only last January did she begin actively seeking out movie work. Now here she is at the Sundance Film Festival, about to achieve breakout status based on her two new films, “Silent House” and “Martha Marcy May Marlene.” It’s been a long time coming for the 21-year-old, but it was worth the wait if it meant not being exposed to the same spotlight that Mary-Kate and Ashley were as pre-teen stars.

“I think that’s why I waited such a long time until I was comfortable as a person to start working professionally,” Elizabeth told MTV News. “It’s been what I wanted to do since I was seven or eight but I never wanted to be a child actor. I never wanted to be a brand. I want to be an actor. I feel good in my own skin. I just want to make movies and do theater.”

So what’s the key to avoiding getting sucked into the celebrity spotlight? Well, not thinking of yourself in those terms, Elizabeth explained.

“I think it’s just staying grounded. It’s not something I think about. I think it’s something media puts upon people,” she said. “I don’t think it’s something that people healthily think about, like, ‘Now I’m a celebrity!’ I don’t think people should think like that. I hope that whatever press comes about from Sundance will further the films’ hope for getting distribution.”

source : http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/