final project by Cassie Kolias, Nadia Khalik, and Raven Mullenax
photos by Stephen Kirschenmann
Monday, December 15, 2008
Hawks take it to the court
final project by Cassie Kolias, Nadia Khalik, and Raven Mullenax
photos by Stephen Kirschenmann
Monday, December 1, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
twilight bites a sour apple
Raven Mullenax
Marcus Thompson
11/24/08
“Twilight bites a full $70.6m out of box office.” Said Pop Eaters review.Sure they made tons of money, what fan wouldn’t want to see the book come to life on the big screen. Of course when there is a book before the movie it is usually a big hit. I read the books and was even very excited to see the movie at it’s first opening 11/21/08 at midnight. I even wore my Twilight shirt with the main character’s Bella Swan (Actress: Kristen Stewart), Edward Cullen (Actor: Robert Pattinson), and Rosalie (Nikki Reed), Emmett (Kellan Lutz), Alice (Ashley Greene), and Jasper (Jackson Rathbone). But just because I’m a fan of the book I felt like the movie Twilight bite the sour apple and flopped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvWx0flvdxw
As lovely and talented as all the actor’s, and actress’s are the film was still a flop. It wasn’t the actor’s and actress’s that made it flop, it wasn’t the costumes, lighting or the props. It wasn’t the director Catherine Hardwicke directly but it was the screenplay. It was poorly written. The movie was in fast forward the whole time. They completely rushed the whole thing, not giving the audience time to breathe for even a minute. They put the whole story out of order and left out the goodie details from the book. They took poetic vampire romance and turned it into a movie with no feeling. I felt no real love connection or even friendships in the movie because it was rushed and left unexplained.
The dialogue was absolutely offal, Melissa Rosenberg wrote the screenplay and all my blame goes to her. Though she did well on the movie Step Up released in 2006 she failed on Twilight. She left out all the perks and the goodie bags. The charm was lost, the romance failed to move me the way the book did. The sweet comedy was cut out a lot. The warning’s from Billy Black were not were in sight. Jacob Black didn’t even get to tell he full story on the beach about his tribes Legends. Which is a very important part of the book, Melissa Rosenberg failed to show that. When the hunt is on Rosenberg fails to make it suspenseful. Bella scene in the airport with Jasper and Alice while they were waiting for Edward was not explained it was rushed there was no suspense to it.
The relationship between Alice and Bella isn’t even shown in anyway. There was no Dialogue that portrayed it. At the end before prom Alice is suppose to dress Bella up and Bella is to be confused on why she is being dressed up. When they arrive at the prom Bella is surprised and angry to end up at the prom. She puts up a fight and then gives in weakly to Edwards’s charm. Jacob is to show up and warn Bella about Edward and ask to take her to prom that doesn’t even really happen. None of that was in the movie she just walked down stairs and got in the car for prom. Talked to Jacob briefly and then danced the end.The Brief talk with Jacob wasn’t explained which made it random and made no scenes. It was pointless to have Jacob randomly pop up say mostly nothing and leave. He had no lines that indicated that he was sad and angry about Bella being with Edward.
The Books that are turned into movies are never what you want. The movies can’t match up to the books. Twilight was proof of that. It was upsetting to see the flop of a book I enjoy. Melissa Rosenberg should never turn a book into a movie.
http://www.moviefone.com/movie/twilight
http://www.popeater.com/movies/article/twilight-bites-706m-out-of-box-office/250217
http://www.collider.com/entertainment/news/article.asp?aid=9940&tcid=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNODWQa9mC0
By Brittney Barsotti
What is it about the holiday season that compels us to be more giving than any other time of the year?
According to UNICEF, during the last week of the calendar year, the number of donations to non-profits spikes in the United States -- a combination of holiday spirit (and the recently received holiday bonuses) and the reality that they need to make gifts by year-end to qualify for tax benefits. This year charities are feeling the impact of the economic downturn, as demand for their services outstrips donations, as stated by the Washington post. Nation wide Americans are feeling the impact of the current economic status.
An estimated 5,000 cars full of people showed up at Miller farms in Colorado, Calif., according to CNN.com, to harvest extra crops of potatoes, carrots, onions, and beats for the holidays. Many churches and food banks in the area sent members to collect the allotted up to ten pounds of produce per individual so that they may distribute them to those unable to make it over the holidays. David Patterson of Miller Farms told CNN that he decided Sunday to notify the local news stations and the public of the give away as, “a way to repay the public for being so generous over the years. It’s a shame people need produce so bad.” For the full video on CNN.com click the link below.
http://www.cnn.com/video/ - /video/living/2008/11/24/vosot.harvest.food.shocker.kusa
The fear of what is to come has left Americans clinging to every sent a lot tighter than any other recession in recent times. President-elect Barack Obama has called this financial crisis one of, “historic proportions.” His newly created economic team is working very hard in collaboration with the Bush administration to bring an end to the current economics situation.
With the change in political climate, one would imagine that Americans would begin to feel better about the changes that are due to come. Obama’s economic philosophy that, “we cannot have a thriving Wall Street without a thriving Main Street," is one that the members of his National Economic Council agree with. Obama has promised to create 2.5 million jobs by 2011, but until then all eyes wait expectedly to see if Obama will be able to live up to the expectations when he is sworn in to office on January 20th.
What is it about the holiday season that compels us to be more giving than any other time of the year?
According to UNICEF, during the last week of the calendar year, the number of donations to non-profits spikes in the United States -- a combination of holiday spirit (and the recently received holiday bonuses) and the reality that they need to make gifts by year-end to qualify for tax benefits. This year charities are feeling the impact of the economic downturn, as demand for their services outstrips donations, as stated by the Washington post. Nation wide Americans are feeling the impact of the current economic status.
An estimated 5,000 cars full of people showed up at Miller farms in Colorado, Calif., according to CNN.com, to harvest extra crops of potatoes, carrots, onions, and beats for the holidays. Many churches and food banks in the area sent members to collect the allotted up to ten pounds of produce per individual so that they may distribute them to those unable to make it over the holidays. David Patterson of Miller Farms told CNN that he decided Sunday to notify the local news stations and the public of the give away as, “a way to repay the public for being so generous over the years. It’s a shame people need produce so bad.” For the full video on CNN.com click the link below.
http://www.cnn.com/video/ - /video/living/2008/11/24/vosot.harvest.food.shocker.kusa
The fear of what is to come has left Americans clinging to every sent a lot tighter than any other recession in recent times. President-elect Barack Obama has called this financial crisis one of, “historic proportions.” His newly created economic team is working very hard in collaboration with the Bush administration to bring an end to the current economics situation.
With the change in political climate, one would imagine that Americans would begin to feel better about the changes that are due to come. Obama’s economic philosophy that, “we cannot have a thriving Wall Street without a thriving Main Street," is one that the members of his National Economic Council agree with. Obama has promised to create 2.5 million jobs by 2011, but until then all eyes wait expectedly to see if Obama will be able to live up to the expectations when he is sworn in to office on January 20th.
Nadia Khalik
“Good teenagers, take off your clothes,” said Aladdin.
Yes that’s right Walt Disney was one of the many men who would think about sex as often as a woman thinks about shopping, and infiltrate his thoughts into Disney Movies. The question is just how many Disney movies have sexual messages? Disney movies seem to be spreading another message apart from the prince and princess get married and “they lived happily ever after?”
Throughout the years people have spotted sexual messages and sexual pictures implanted into Disney Movies. They’ve appeared on blogs, YouTube and movie sites. Disney Movies are not only evil, but they are recycled. Below are some pictures taken off the Web site Slightlywarped.com, which exposes some of Disney’s dirty secrets.
Now for Disney’s really dirty secrets. According to Yahoo! Answers, in the movie “The Little Mermaid” the song “Under the Sea” has a pretty nasty verse by Sebastian, he says “darling it’s better, down where it’s wetter, take it from me and also has a message in Spanish when played backwards and slowed down.” The Priest that gets Ursula and Prince Eric married has a woody during the whole marriage process.
On the cover of the movie; one of the castles is actually a golden penis. On YouTube you can witness for yourself the subliminal message in Sebastian’s song. “Hercules” is another movie that has a song sung by Meagra and when played backwards and translated has a pretty strange message that may just send chills up your spine.
“The Rescuers” has a scene where the two mice are riding on a boat and as they pass a window there is a naked women with her breasts exposed standing in it.
The word “sex” has appeared in many movies as well, such as in “The Lion King” when Simba sits at the edge of a cliff and the stars spell out “sex.” Also in the movie Aladdin there is a scene that shows the purple flowers spelling out “sex.”
Aladdin is also pretty jacked up, in the scene where he and Princess Jasmine’s tiger are on her balcony he whispers “good kitty” and then says, “Good teenagers take off your clothes.” That same message is said not once, but twice when Jafar goes to the Cave inside the lion’s mouth.
Disney movies are also racists and sexist. In the opening credits to the song “Arabian Nights” the lyrics actually says, “Oh I come from a land, from a far away place, where the caravan camel roam. Where they cut off your ear, if they don’t like your face, it’s barbaric but hey, it’s home.” Wait what? Let’s see there are caravan camels, which means there must be sand and Jafar is of course the villain with a Middle Eastern accent. Disney Lyrics Web site show the verse now and the original one.
“Oh I come from a land, from a faraway place
Where the caravan camels roam
Where it's flat and immense
And the heat is intense
It's barbaric, but hey, it's home”
Original first verse (1992-93):
“Oh I come from a land, from a faraway place
Where the caravan camels roam
Where they cut off your ear
If they don't like your face
It's barbaric, but hey, it's home”
Aristocrats has Asian stereotypes, Latinos are portrayed as violent and ‘The Jungle Book” has monkeys with voices of black men. Hmmmm? Sexism is a big feature, if you haven’t noticed; the men are always portrayed with strength and dominance and the woman are beautiful, tiny and most of the time shown doing chores and being dainty. Eek!
Disney movies are “F’ed up” and that’s no joke. They’re supposedly children’s movies but contain explicit material. Rated G? That’s hilarious. To view all of these funny and shockingly disturbing Disney secrets visit YouTube, Yahoo! Answers and Disney’s dirty secrets Web sites.
Turkey Bowling fun
Vladimir Butenko
11/24/08
News Writing
Blog Quiz
How many ways can you think of using a frozen turkey?
Cooking and eating turkey may not be the rage these days anymore, especially in Ohio, Cincinnati, where people are preparing to play a traditional game of turkey bowling this Tuesday. The game will take place on an ice skating rink located at the downtown’s Fountain Square.
Of all the choices of sports to choose from, Cincinnati residents have chosen to use frozen turkeys in their traditional sport. The frozen turkeys will be used as a replacement for bowling balls. The goal of the game is for participants to get the highest score by knocking down as many pins as they can during the three rounds of the game. There are 10 pins that can be knocked down.
The person(s) with the highest score achieved at the end of the game will, of course, get prizes. The winner(s) get “WKRP in Cincinnati” DVD’s and also $100, according to CBSNEWS.com.
A similar event took place in Terre Haute, IN. Participants had to donate canned food first in order to play turkey bowling, and the winners received meals enough for 8 people, and the food that was donated was given to the Salvation Army. Crystal Garcia told TribStar.com.
“ I thought it was pretty decent because it’s not shaped right,” participant in the turkey bowling, Dan Phillips, told TribStar.com. “But it slides pretty decent and is heavy.”
“ I think it’s great,” Maj. Keith Bailey from the salvation army, told TribStar.com. “ It’s a lot of fun. I just wish it were a little warmer outside, but the one good thing is we don’t have to worry about the turkeys thawing out.”
The strange thing about frozen turkeys being used in some bowling games is that they are probably not being used for many other sports, like football for example. Just think about it, throwing a big frozen turkey to someone. What about frozen turkeys used as balls in kickball games? Or even frozen turkeys in baseball? The possibilities are endless. Overall, the turkey bowling idea is very interesting and sounds very fun.
11/24/08
News Writing
Blog Quiz
How many ways can you think of using a frozen turkey?
Cooking and eating turkey may not be the rage these days anymore, especially in Ohio, Cincinnati, where people are preparing to play a traditional game of turkey bowling this Tuesday. The game will take place on an ice skating rink located at the downtown’s Fountain Square.
Of all the choices of sports to choose from, Cincinnati residents have chosen to use frozen turkeys in their traditional sport. The frozen turkeys will be used as a replacement for bowling balls. The goal of the game is for participants to get the highest score by knocking down as many pins as they can during the three rounds of the game. There are 10 pins that can be knocked down.
The person(s) with the highest score achieved at the end of the game will, of course, get prizes. The winner(s) get “WKRP in Cincinnati” DVD’s and also $100, according to CBSNEWS.com.
A similar event took place in Terre Haute, IN. Participants had to donate canned food first in order to play turkey bowling, and the winners received meals enough for 8 people, and the food that was donated was given to the Salvation Army. Crystal Garcia told TribStar.com.
“ I thought it was pretty decent because it’s not shaped right,” participant in the turkey bowling, Dan Phillips, told TribStar.com. “But it slides pretty decent and is heavy.”
“ I think it’s great,” Maj. Keith Bailey from the salvation army, told TribStar.com. “ It’s a lot of fun. I just wish it were a little warmer outside, but the one good thing is we don’t have to worry about the turkeys thawing out.”
The strange thing about frozen turkeys being used in some bowling games is that they are probably not being used for many other sports, like football for example. Just think about it, throwing a big frozen turkey to someone. What about frozen turkeys used as balls in kickball games? Or even frozen turkeys in baseball? The possibilities are endless. Overall, the turkey bowling idea is very interesting and sounds very fun.
Don’t F This one Brit! Were all watching.
Willie Wiest
November 24, 2008
Could the train wreck we call Britney Spears really be making a comeback? This is the news on the street and I cannot wait to be one of the millions of MTV viewers that watch her attempt at explaining her circus of a life on November 30th.
BritBrit is infamous for her ridiculous rollercoaster of events over the past few years. From marrying back-up dancer K-Fed to showing off her “britney” getting out cars in short skirts, to loosing custody of her two young boys, all while wearing a hot pink wig, drinking a red cup, and chain smoking. For a while there she seemed just too far gone and no one could take their eyes off the train wreck.
It seems that star has made a U turn and is going to give the public a chance to see her in a new light. Although she has little control over anything in her life anymore, she and her management team is allowing the world a 90 minute window to see what it is like to be in her shoes, if she is wearing any.
The news documentary that MTV is airing right before the release of her new CD, appropriately named “Circus”, on December 2nd. The documentary will give fans and incite into the chaos filled life of Miss Britney Spears.
Britney is the 21st century’s Marilyn Monroe; she is an icon. The world watches her every move, good or bad. Any tabloid magazine with her face on it will sell, no questions asked, and I am absolutely one of the many people who are purchasing it, without fail, every time.
Just like Marilyn, Brit has had her fair-share of tumultuous relationships and she opens up in the doc. about the demise of her marriage to Kevin Federline.
In a sneak peak to the media of the documentary on November 20th she explains, “When it ended I felt so alone, I didn’t really wanna think about the reality of it. I never faced it, I just ran.”
It gets lonely at the top and can seems like there is nowhere to go but down. Brit fell from that high mountain top hard and hit rock bottom in January 2008 when she was taken from her mansion to L.A.’s Cedar Sinai medical center for psychiatric evaluation and care. After the paparazzi documented break down the little custody Brit had of her children was lost and control of her estate was given to her father because she was deemed unfit.
Now the world is getting a chance to see Brit making her way back up to the top, I am going to watch with hope that she is really going to come back, I miss the popstar. As a huge fan I cannot wait to see her back on top and doing well. I am also patiently waiting for the tour that will undoubtedly be amazing.
She appeals to more then just me, she appeals to the world, whether she is falling on her face or on the top of the charts, we are all going to watch. So come Sunday the 30th, we all get a taste of Miss Britney Spears and lets hope it is as sweet as candy
November 24, 2008
Could the train wreck we call Britney Spears really be making a comeback? This is the news on the street and I cannot wait to be one of the millions of MTV viewers that watch her attempt at explaining her circus of a life on November 30th.
BritBrit is infamous for her ridiculous rollercoaster of events over the past few years. From marrying back-up dancer K-Fed to showing off her “britney” getting out cars in short skirts, to loosing custody of her two young boys, all while wearing a hot pink wig, drinking a red cup, and chain smoking. For a while there she seemed just too far gone and no one could take their eyes off the train wreck.
It seems that star has made a U turn and is going to give the public a chance to see her in a new light. Although she has little control over anything in her life anymore, she and her management team is allowing the world a 90 minute window to see what it is like to be in her shoes, if she is wearing any.
The news documentary that MTV is airing right before the release of her new CD, appropriately named “Circus”, on December 2nd. The documentary will give fans and incite into the chaos filled life of Miss Britney Spears.
Britney is the 21st century’s Marilyn Monroe; she is an icon. The world watches her every move, good or bad. Any tabloid magazine with her face on it will sell, no questions asked, and I am absolutely one of the many people who are purchasing it, without fail, every time.
Just like Marilyn, Brit has had her fair-share of tumultuous relationships and she opens up in the doc. about the demise of her marriage to Kevin Federline.
In a sneak peak to the media of the documentary on November 20th she explains, “When it ended I felt so alone, I didn’t really wanna think about the reality of it. I never faced it, I just ran.”
It gets lonely at the top and can seems like there is nowhere to go but down. Brit fell from that high mountain top hard and hit rock bottom in January 2008 when she was taken from her mansion to L.A.’s Cedar Sinai medical center for psychiatric evaluation and care. After the paparazzi documented break down the little custody Brit had of her children was lost and control of her estate was given to her father because she was deemed unfit.
Now the world is getting a chance to see Brit making her way back up to the top, I am going to watch with hope that she is really going to come back, I miss the popstar. As a huge fan I cannot wait to see her back on top and doing well. I am also patiently waiting for the tour that will undoubtedly be amazing.
She appeals to more then just me, she appeals to the world, whether she is falling on her face or on the top of the charts, we are all going to watch. So come Sunday the 30th, we all get a taste of Miss Britney Spears and lets hope it is as sweet as candy
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