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"Tim" Shows the Meek Inherit the Laughs
"The Life & Times of Tim" caps its second season as one of the best adult cartoons – and explorations of awkwardness – on TV
By Jere Hester
Published Apr 29, 2010 at 12:07 AM | Updated at 4:29 AM EDT on Apr 29, 2010
The Life & Times of Tim/HBO
"The Life & Times of Tim" is filled with trouble for the title character.
"The Life & Times of Tim" takes place New York, but it's a twangy Hank Williams number that sets the tone as the theme song: "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive."
The understated and underrated animated exploration of awkwardness ends its second season on HBO Friday night as one of the best in a wave of TV cartoons aimed at adult audiences.
The title character is a sardonic, if meek twenty-something sleepwalking through his cubicle job for a faceless corporation (the ominously and generically named Omnicorp). While eager to please, Tim rarely listens to his tolerant Cassandra of a girlfriend, Amy – and is pliable enough to be drawn into trouble and embarrassing situations by friends, strangers and co-workers.
Tim allows a women firefighter to falsely brag she rescued him – only to be taunted as a wimp and then vilified as a sexist when he reveals the truth. Tim plays a reluctant wingman as his buddy woos an animal rights activist – and ends up stuck with a circus elephant. Tim is a branded a "child hater" after refusing to buy Girl Scout cookies – then is bullied into taking a Boy Scout troop on a lame urban camping trip that leads the kids into a profitable, if illegal enterprise.
"Tim" lacks the outrageousness of "South Park," "Family Guy," and just about everything on Adult Swim. And the show doesn't quite reach the verbal-humor heights of its hilarious HBO animated brethren, "The Ricky Gervais Show."
Tim, though, could be the sad sack, confidence-challenged son of Larry David of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Both shows pick apart seemingly mundane human interactions – encounters that inevitably snowball out of control and into angst for their anti-heroes. While the confrontational Larry instigates his own problems, Tim is swept into his by others and his own passivity.
Or as "Tim" creator and star Steve Dildarian put it in an interview with New York magazine a couple months back, "Larry David feels like he's got the definitive opinion on everything, whereas Tim is much more easily swayed."
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Imagine early Woody Allen funneled into an awkward, millennial milquetoast who is not quite sure of his place in the world or of what to do in any given situation. When Tim finally acts, it's often on bad advice and ends in disaster.
The simple animation recalls the 1990s Comedy Central gem "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist" (though without the sea-sickness-inducing squiggle), and "Tim" shares the older show's deadpan sensibility.
Tim also shares, with Hank Williams, a fatalistic certainty that nothing will go his way – and he's done nothing to disprove it through two often-hilarious seasons that leave us hankering for a third. But "The Life & Times of Tim," if anything, teaches us not to get our hopes up. As Mr. Williams sang, "No matter how I struggle and strive, I'll never get out of this world alive."
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Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NY City News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.
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The 1st Annual Edgy Award Winners
Well, Hollywood's biggest night is this Sunday. However, the biggest night for this particular blog is right here and now. I announced the nominees for this year's Edgy Awards last week and it's now time to bestow said honors upon the winners. As the results will show, several films have proven their excellence by taking a high number of awards. However, much of the love has been equally spread out. Interestingly, four films out of my Top Ten List went home empty handed, while a film that I would consider quite a disappointment still propelled itself to a win in one category.
Overall, these awards are a very accurate depiction of my opinion on films this year. Now, if only the Oscars had this type of taste. However, if the Oscars always matched exactly what one person thought the best, where's the fun in that? That kind of reality would eliminate the fun of having an opinion in the first place. It would do away with genuine discussion and healthy argument over film. And, most importantly, it would take away from making this site it's own unique vision.
NOTE: I have been awesome enough to include a video selection for each award chosen, either a short documentary describing the category or a clip from the film that best exhibits what it has been awarded. However, I can not guarantee that any of the clips selected do or do not contain spoilers. Therefore, if you haven't yet seen the chosen film, do not watch the clip. Simple.
Also, a number of the clips do not allow embedment. But don't give up, so easily. Just click the link and it will take you directly to the video's Youtube link where you can view it. Once again, simple.
Without further adieu, here are the winners of the 2011 Edgy Awards!
"If I Rise" featured in "127 Hours"
Music by A.R. Rahman and Lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
Runner-Up: "Bred and Buttered" featured in "Winter's Bone"
Categories: Lists, Musings, Oscars Tags: 127 hours, 1st annual edgy awards, aaron sorkin, another year, awards, ballot, bansky, black swan, conroy film awards, david fincher, edgy, exit through the gift shop, inception, jesse eisenberg, john hawkes, lee unkrich, lesley manville, mike leigh, natalie portman, oscars, the edge of the frame, the social network, tom conroy, toy story 3, true grit, vincere, winter's bone
The 1st Annual Edgy Award Nominations
February 17, 2011 thomasconroy 1 comment
I have now been watching the Oscars, consecutively, for the last fourteen years. I love it. Even when I end up screaming at the television and throwing chairs around the room, I love the experience. Oscar night is like the Super Bowl, the World Series and Christmas all rolled into one night. However, if there's one thing I enjoy more than watching the biggest awards of the year, it's choosing my own.
I've been picking my own personal nominees and winners since before I can remember. Obviously, these particular honors don't get as much attention as the actual Academy Awards, but they've always been amusing to me. Now, my awards not only get a home, but a name, as well. Welcome to the 1st Annual Edgy Award Nominations. They include all of the usual categories that the AMPAS offer. The final presentation will also contain a few other awards that tickle my fancy. Below, the nominees are listed in alphabetical order, not preferential. Expect my decision on the final winners some time next week. Hope that everyone enjoys them.
NOTE: Even though these are the first "published" Edgy Awards, I do have a solid, written record of them going back to 1940. Therefore, I've included a feature of noting how many nominations and wins that each individual has received from me in the past. This gives some extra input as to my own tastes in the nominees, how they've surprised me or continue to impress me. The connotations refer, however to how many mentions each person has had in each individual category, aside from all the acting categories included together. Once again, enjoy!
"Bred and Buttered"
featured in "Winter's Bone"
Music and Lyrics by John Hawkes (1st Nom)
"If I Rise"
featured in "127 Hours"
Music by A.R. Rahman (3rd Nom)
Lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong (1st Nom)
featured in "Waiting for Superman"
Music and Lyrics by John Legend (1st Nom)
featured in "Toy Story 3"
Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman (3rd Nom)
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My Top Ten List – 2010
Last year, I can remember the huge uproar against the AMPAS extending the amount of Best Picture nominees to ten. I can also remember, that through it all, I was one of this notion's strongest supporters. I recognize the faults in the logic. It allows for lesser films that have no business being considered one of the year's best to fight their way in due to endless campaigning and the votes of stupid people. This flaw took shape last year in the form of "The Blind Side" getting nominated for Best Picture.
However, the upsides of the expansion are far greater. It gives the field a more diverse look, for one. It's nice to see films from a wide range of directors and collaborators. If allows also a mix of both intelligent box office hits and scrappy indy favorites. More than anything else, however, is that five films is just two few to sum up a year in cinema. Had the Academy enacted this ruling ten years ago, one would look back on certain films and think it a crime had they not been nominated, which they haven't. Imagine a world if films like "The Wrestler," "The Dark Knight," "WALL-E," "Into the Wild," "Once," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "United 93," "Little Children," "Children of Men" and "Pan's Labyrinth" could have been Best Picture nominees, and that's only the last five years.
It must be for that reason that critics, for over fifty years, have been issuing top ten lists of their favorite films, rather than top five lists. It's about that time, therefore, for The Edge of the Frame to release its own list for the 2010 year. I have now seen sixty films from 2010, which is low for me and not quite an respectable amount. Over the years, I'm sure that this list will change a spot or two as I see more, but for now, I believe that I've seen an acceptable sum to create an adequate list.
This has been a good year for film, but not really a great one. Out of sixty films, I gave only two films "A" grades. The year has had its high points and low points. For instance, it has been a great year for lead acting performances, but a rotten year for cinematography. For sure, I will always remember 2010 as the year that the Oscars snubbed its nose at great film and went home to their comfort zones. More than anything else, however, 2010 has been the year of the documentary. Never have I seen a year in cinema in which so many documentaries have captured my interest, let alone made it into my top ten.
As always there are a few stragglers that, even though they don't qualify for my top ten, they still deserve an honorable mention. Therefore, this next selection of films are all very good, but just not good enough. They may be packed with amazing moments, but there's also one too many flaws that have kept them down. So without further adieu, here are the films that just didn't quite make it:
THE RUNNERS-UP
Directed by Danny Boyle
Written by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
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Listen to the Best Original Score Nominees
One of the better categories among this year's Oscar nominees has to be that of Best Original Score. Sometimes, the composers are a bit finicky with their nominations, usually going the safer route and not expanding out of their comfort zones. However, there's some truly astounding work on display in this particular crop.
If I was to do any voting in this category, I would definitely have to go with "The Social Network." Reznor and Finch's score is truly sublime, incorporating experimental electronic elements with traditional themes and modern beats. The music is innovative, pleasing and ultimately game-changing, much like the movie itself.
After that, my runners-up would be a close call between "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Inception." Both films contain music that open your eyes and raise your heartbeat. I actually don't think that there is an element of "HTTYD" that comes close to staying with me as strongly as the score. "Inception" gets a lot of bad word-of-mouth that Hans Zimmer simply recycled music from "The Dark Knight," but I never thought of it that way. Zimmer's music always follows similar tones and rhythms, but his work on "Inception" has the ability to stand on its own as a work of power and beauty.
As far as the Oscar goes, this is how I would rank the films' chances of winning this particular award:
1. "The Social Network" – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
2. "The King's Speech" – Alexandre Desplat
3. "Inception" – Hans Zimmer
4. "127 Hours" – A.R. Rahman
5. "How to Train Your Dragon" – John Powell
Ryan Adams at Awardsdaily has dug up this showcase of all five nominees. Check it out below and see for yourself.
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The Nominations – My Thoughts and Reactions
The nail-biting is over, at least for a few weeks. The Oscar nominations are here, and I believe that for the first time in years, my joy outweighs my sorrow. I suppose its appropriate to get into the bad news, first.
One thing's official. As much as the Academy seems to have the most outrageous hard-on for Stephen Daldry (3 films made, 3 Best Director nods), they seem to have an everlasting grudge against Christopher Nolan as a director (3 DGA noms, no Oscar nods for Director). I just don't understand what the man has to do to get their recognition. You can't feel completely bad for him, pulling down two nominations for producer and writer, but are those the types of roles that any great director wants to be remembered for? I'm sure it wasn't good enough for Stanley Kubrick. Honestly, Christopher Nolan is one of the most talented directors in Hollywood. Who else can take a film with such originality, intelligence, grandeur and finesse and bring in 300 million dollars with it or more. And on top of that, do it twice in three years. Nobody since Steven Spielberg, I'll tell you that much.
The second-most disturbing snub has got be the exclusion of Andrew Garfield in the Supporting Actor category. Ridiculous. Definitely one of the best performances of the year, Garfield's portrayal of innocence-lost is the soul of "The Social Network." Though, while I bemoan the lack of Eduardo Savrin, I simply could not be more thrilled about the inclusion of John Hawkes for his turn in "Winter's Bone." People who've visited this site often must be aware of my penchant for this particular acting job, and this morning's news of his inclusion is the crowning jewel of almost a year's worth of supporting him on my part.
Since I'm ever so thrilled about Hawkes, I can't blame him for the Garfield snub. Therefore, I'm gonna have to just go ahead and blame Jeremy Renner. I never thought that in one year, I could turn so much on this performer. In "The Hurt Locker" he was phenomenal, truly deserving of a lead actor nomination. Here, he is an average performance in an average film. I don't think I ever considered him a candidate for my supporting actor picks, not even back in October. I was genuinely shocked and confused when accolades and Oscar talk began surfacing a few months ago. It baffled me then and it truly baffles me now.
At least its consolation that Renner was "The Town"'s only nomination, missing out on that Best Picture nod that everyone was predicting….well almost everyone ;). The fact that "Winter's Bone" took its place could not be more gratifying, as well. What a glorious film that more than deserves all of its bestowed nominations.
Let's look at how some films made out on the whole. "127 Hours" defied pundits with a huge 6 nomination comeback, including yet another double category nomination for A.R. Rahman (Best Original Song, Best Original Score). Meanwhile, maybe the biggest shocker of the day, was "Black Swan" achieving only 5 nominations. For a while now, many people have been projecting Aronofsky's film to be the potential nomination frontrunner, amassing perhaps ten or twelve. Instead, the film missed out on Supporting Actress (for both of its contenders), Original Screenplay, Art Direction, Costume Design and both Sound categories. I didn't have it predicted in all of those, but it certainly had potential. Perhaps the biggest crime here is its Sound Effects exclusion. The work done on the sound of pattering feet and flapping feathers was phenomenal.
The worst overall snub of a film had to be Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island." Not an amazing film, by any standards, but certainly one in which at least its technical achievements deserved some recognition. It should have easily made the grade for both Cinematography and Art Direction. Some of the best work of the year. I'm also depressed that Ryan Gosling missed out on a more than deserving nomination for Best Actor in "Blue Valentine." It's very nice to see Michelle Williams nominated, but not enough of a consolation. I'm sure that when I see "Biutiful" this weekend, however, Javier Bardem will wow the living shit out of me and I will be able to praise his surprise inclusion.
Let's move on to some of the brighter aspects of day. The big story in the news is "The King's Speech" being the nomination leader, but "The Social Network" really did have a pretty damned good day. 8 nominations, tied for the third highest, including four technical nominations, not an easy feat for a contemporary comedy/drama. It's true that we definitely have ourselves a race now. Yet in terms of the race, "The King's Speech" may have gained ground, but "The Social Network" hasn't lost any of its.
One thing that's really got me happy is the semi-snub of "Alice in Wonderland." True, it did receive three nominations, yet I call it a snub for the one award it had almost always been not only a lock, but a frontrunner: Best Makeup. It appears that this branch of the Academy really does know the difference between makeup and CGI. Some very interesting choices replaced it, including "Barney's Version" and "The Way Back."
Without a doubt, the biggest joy for me, this morning, was seeing the results that the Doc branch rolled out. This has been one of the best years I've ever seen for documentary films. Lately, it's seemed as though the lackluster "Waiting for Superman" was lined up to sweep the Oscar after wins at the BFCA and PGA. However, that belief was certainly swayed when the movie did not even show up among the nominees. The Academy also chose to avoid "The Tillman Story," a pretentious and jumbled look at the soldier's tragic story. Instead, among the nominations, are my three favorite documentaries of the year: "Restrepo," "Inside Job" and the glorious "Exit Through the Gift Shop." Well done, guys.
My predictions were some of the best of my time doing this gig. out of 109 nominations, I correctly predicted 82. Not bad at all. If you were to ask my girlfriend, I was inches away from predicting Bardem at about 2 o'clock this morning. Oh well. Got to stick to your guns.
This race has gone from being a one trick pony to a cutthroat race to the finish. It is going to be "The Social Network" vs. "The King's Speech" right to the last note. While, for sure, I have a favorite, it's refreshing to have a very close race. While last year was a nice David and Goliath battle, looking back, it was always "The Hurt Locker"'s for the taking. And before that, it was two years of no competition. Now we have a race the likes of "The Departed" vs. "Little Miss Sunshine" or "Million Dollar Baby" vs. "The Aviator." However, in reality, I don't think we've ever had a race quite like this one before. Should be a good time. Stay tuned.
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My FINAL Oscar Predictions – 1/22
This is it. Last call before closing. Nominations for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be announced this Tuesday, January 25th, at 7:30am CST (and you can bet I'll be up hours before then, pumping myself up). For sure, there is a science behind the whole prediction game. A combination of elements, including what's been happening with the critics groups awards, the different guild nominations and, in some cases, the film's box office success. Along with that, there's likability in each contender, how many times they've previously been nominated and won, a pseudo-mathematic question of their overall "due" status. Dozens of factors take shape in hugely methodic process, and this is all before anyone even takes into effect how good each contender is. Crazy, huh?
Well, a year-long process has now come to a close, and it's time for me to nut up and offer my final predictions. The Best Picture line-up is basically down to 11 contenders, with two films vying for the final slot. It's possible that either "Shutter Island" or "The Ghost Writer" could stage a massive coup and fight their way in their, but I doubt it. Some predictions that I'm sticking my neck out on? I'm still holding on to my convictions (and hopes) that the incredible John Hawkes can beat out Jeremy Renner in the Best Supporting Actor category. I'm also holding out hope that both of "Blue Valentine"'s stars will outdo their older competition for leading notices. I'm also really hoping that "Exit Through the Gift Shop" can actually tickle the documentary branch's funny bone (a feat not easily accomplished). Finally, here's to "Winter's Bone" edging out "The Town" for Best Picture. In fact, I'm predicting an across-the-board snub of the film. It's only a slightly above action feature that has no business in the top ten. I have a strong feeling, though, that it will be this year's "Blind Side."
Without further adieu, here are the nominees (and once again, these are ranked in order of their chance of getting nominated, not winning):
1. "The Social Network"
2. "The King's Speech"
3. "The Fighter"
4. "Black Swan"
7. "True Grit"
8. "The Kids Are All Right"
9. "127 Hours"
10. "Winter's Bone"
Alt 1: "The Town"
Alt 2: "Shutter Island"
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Critics Choice Awards – Postgame
January 15, 2011 thomasconroy 1 comment
Damn it, David Fincher, why weren't you at the Critics Choice Awards last night? I really want to know. If you tell me that you're shooting "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," fine. Yet, if you tell me that it's because you're annoyed with the awards season coverage, grow up. The kind of awards sweep that you are experiencing right now, you probably won't experience again for a long time, if ever again. You should appreciate it while you have it.
All right, I'm done with my personalized whine to "The Social Network"'s director. Let's move on to the awards themselves. The three films that definitely had the biggest nights were "The Social Network," "The Fighter" and "Inception." It was kind of a mute point that after winning 28 out of 31 (90 percent) of all of this year's critics awards, it would have been kind of unlikely for "The Social Network" to lose the Critics Choice Award for Best Picture. The film also racked up awards for Director, Adapted Screenplay and Original Score.
"The Fighter" had the biggest night in regards to acting honors, as well it should have. Both Christian Bale and Melissa Leo took home their respective supporting awards, while the entire cast was given the Best Ensemble Cast Award. Meanwhile, "Inception" quite literally swept the technical categories. The film picked up awards for Best Action Film, Cinematography, Editing, Art Direction, Sound and Visual Effects. Certainly a good night for Christopher Nolan and his collaborative team.
The lead acting awards went to Colin Firth and Natalie Portman, who can now probably be considered locks for Oscar. Natalie Portman, I am thrilled about, being that she may even win my own personal award for Best Lead Actress. Yet, Colin Firth, I'm a bit disappointed about. The performance was great, but really nothing that I would consider sweep-worthy. I'd much rather have seen him win last year for "A Single Man," which, in my opinion, was the best male performance of the year and a career-best for the actor.
Overall, there were more things about the awards that I liked then disliked. The highlights were obviously all of "The Social Network"'s accolades. Let the train keep on chugging. I also could not be more thrilled about both Melissa Leo and Christian Bale. Phenomenal work that deserves recognition. Please let this also be a good sign that "Inception" might possibly be able to beat out "Alice in Wonderland" for Art Direction at the Oscars. That would make me ever so delighted.
Of all the things that I didn't like, one was definitely a whopper. I simply cannot account for "Waiting for Superman"'s victory in Best Documentary. I've heard the term "Year of the Doc" thrown around over the years, but I truly believe it to be a reality for the current annual. There is a wealth of incredible documentaries to choose from this awards season, and this is what they go with. "Superman" is a good film, but it is not a phenomenal film. There are too many holes in its argument and it just doesn't have enough of an edge. With competition like "Inside Job," "Restrepo" and "Exit Through the Gift Shop," I have no idea how this film won, but I'm fairly sure that we can thank Oprah for it.
Here's a full list of the BFCA winners:
Best Picture: "The Social Network"
Best Director: David Fincher – "The Social Network"
Best Actor: Colin Firth – "The King's Speech"
Best Actress: Natalie Portman – "Black Swan"
Best Young Actress: Hailee Steinfeld – "True Grit"
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale – "The Fighter"
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo – "The Fighter"
Best Ensemble: "The Fighter"
Best Adapted Screenplay: "The Social Network"
Best Original Screenplay: "The King's Speech"
Best Foreign Language Film: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Best Documentary Feature: "Waiting for Superman"
Best Animation: "Toy Story 3"
Best Comedy: "Easy A"
Best Picture Made for TV: "The Pacific"
Best Action Movie: "Inception"
Best Cinematography: "Inception"
Best Editing: "Inception"
Best Art Direction: "Inception"
Best Visual Effects: "Inception"
Best Sound: "Inception"
Best Makeup: "Alice in Wonderland"
Best Costume Design: "Alice in Wonderland"
Best Song: If I Rise – "127 Hours"
Best Score: "The Social Network"
As far as my predictions go, I was correct on 18 out of 25 categories. That's about a 72 percent ratio, which I'll take. I don't think anyone could have predicted how well "Inception" was going to fare with the technical awards.
That's it for the Critics Choice Awards. You can expect my predictions for the Golden Globes to come very shortly.
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Critics Choice Awards – My Predictions
So this weekend is chock-full of awards shows, with the Critics Choice Awards (voted on by the BFCA) premiering Friday night and the Golden Globes on Sunday. I'll be bringing my predictions for the HFPA (which are always quite a question mark, even in a race like this one) at some point this weekend, but I thought I'd give a little preview of the Critics Choice tonight.
Ultimately, this is a no-brainer. Nearly every critic in the country and their mothers…hell their whole damn extended families have unanimously praised "The Social Network" as the best film of the year. The Golden Globes may pull a rabbit out of their ass and award either "The King's Speech" or "Black Swan," but that won't pull much weight with the Oscars. Since the HFPA and the Academy have only made the same decision once in the last six years, it's almost bad luck for a film to win at Golden Globes.
Here are my predictions for the Critics Choice Awards:
R/U: "Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
WINNER: "The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3″
R/U: Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan"
Christopher Nolan, "Inception"
Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech"
Danny Boyle, "127 Hours"
WINNER: David Fincher, "The Social Network"
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, "True Grit"
Jeff Bridges, "True Grit"
Robert Duvall, "Get Low"
R/U: Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"
WINNER: Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"
James Franco, "127 Hours"
Ryan Gosling, "Blue Valentine"
R/U: Annette Bening, "The Kids Are All Right"
Nicole Kidman, "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"
WINNER: Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
Noomi Rapace, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine"
WINNER: Christian Bale, "The Fighter"
Andrew Garfield, "The Social Network"
Jeremy Renner, "The Town"
Sam Rockwell, "Conviction"
Mark Ruffalo, "The Kids Are All Right"
R/U: Geoffrey Rush, "The King's Speech"
Amy Adams, "The Fighter"
Helena Bonham Carter, "The King's Speech"
Mila Kunis, "Black Swan"
WINNER: Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"
R/U: Hailee Steinfeld, "True Grit"
Jacki Weaver, "Animal Kingdom"
Elle Fanning, "Somewhere"
WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"
Chloe Grace Moretz, "Let Me In"
Chloe Grace Moretz, "Kick-Ass"
Kodi Smit-McPhee, "Let Me In"
WINNER: "The Fighter"
R/U: "The Social Network"
R/U: "The Kids Are All Right"
WINNER: "The King's Speech"
R/U: "Toy Story 3″
R/U: "Alice in Wonderland"
WINNER: "Inception"
WINNER: "True Grit"
WINNER: "Alice in Wonderland"
R/U: "The King's Speech"
R/U: "Inception"
WINNER: "Black Swan"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I"
"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from "Burlesque"
"If I Rise" from "127 Hours"
R/U: "I See the Light" from "Tangled"
"We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3″
WINNER: "Shine" from "Waiting for Superman"
R/U: "TRON Legacy"
R/U: "How to Train Your Dragon"
"The Illusionist"
WINNER: "Toy Story 3″
Best Action Movie
R/U: "The Town"
WINNER: "Easy A"
"Get Him to the Greek"
R/U: "I Love You Phillip Morris"
R/U: "Biutiful"
WINNER: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
R/U: "Exit Through the Gift Shop"
WINNER: "Inside Job"
"Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work"
"The Tillman Story"
Best Picture Made for Television
R/U: "The Pacific"
WINNER: "Temple Grandin"
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The Cinematographers Guild Announces Nominees
Yet more guild nominations have been released. I'm a little late to report this one, but it's definitely worth reporting. This is certainly one of the more exciting branches of the film industry: the guys who make the film look good, gorgeous even, in the case of some of these films. While the American Society of Cinematographers is widely considered to be a labor union, it is not. Instead, it is a prestigious society of DPs made up of about 350 individuals and membership is by invitation only. Their awards have been handed down for 25 years, recent winners including Christian Berger for "The White Ribbon," Anthony Dod Mantle for "Slumdog Millionaire," Robert Elswit for "There Will Be Blood" and Emmanuel Lubezki for "Children of Men."
This year, the ASC's nominations seem a little bit more geared towards Best Picture hopefuls then films that are very much driven by camera and lighting. Yet, the choices are still stellar, for the most part.
Here are the nominees:
"Black Swan" (Matthew Libatique)
"Inception" (Wally Pfister)
"The King's Speech" (Danny Cohen)
"The Social Network" (Jeff Cronenweth)
"True Grit" (Roger Deakins)
It's certainly no surprise to see veterans like Wally Pfister and the almighty Roger Deakins here. Considering the amount of critical attention that "Black Swan" has been getting, it was certainly a guaranteed spot on this list. The two moderate surprises are "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network."
Now, in regard to Jeff Cronenweth's work on "The Social Network," I emphasize that this is a surprise, not a disappointment. This is some of the most beautiful, understated and, most of all, under-appreciated cinematography of the year. Congratulations at the same time to the RED One Camera for truly advancing the art of digital cinematography. I'm fairly certain that this is the first film shot on the RED to be nominated for an ASC award. Hopefully, soon, it will be the first of its kind to be nominated for an Oscar.
"The King's Speech," on the other hand, I can take or leave. The quality of soft lighting makes the film look quite pretty and the one foggy exterior scene definitely looked gorgeous. However, there are certain shots used through the course of the film that either completely eliminate nose room or use spatially abhorrent angles. Obviously these were conscious choices by the director and DP, however, they put off the idea that the filmmakers were simply trying too hard. The ASC could have done a lot better by nominating either "127 Hours" for it's stellar use of close-ups or "Shutter Island" for it's gorgeous contrasty lighting.
For the win, one would think that Deakins is a shoo-in. However, unlike the Academy, the ASC has already awarded Roger on two different occasions ("The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Man Who Wasn't There"). On top of that, he's already receiving their 2011 Lifetime Achievement award, so I'm not sure that they'll be that willing to award him twice in one night. Therefore, I would bank on Matthew Libateque taking this down due to the enormous amount of praise that his work has already garnered for this film.
Categories: News, Oscars Tags: 127 hours, american society of cinematographers, anthony dod mantle, asc, awards, black swan, danny cohen, inception, jeff cronenweth, matthew libateque, nominations, oscars, robert richardson, roger deakins, shutter island, the king's speech, the social network, true grit, wally pfister
Academy Narrows Make-Up Branch to 7
I've been waiting for this announcement and really couldn't be more disappointed. Like several other categories, the Make-Up branch of the Oscars creates a shortlist of contenders before the actual nominees are decided. That list is made up of seven films.
Here's the selection of films:
"Barney's Version"
"The Wolfman"
In all honesty, these are a joke. "Alice and Wonderland" and "The Wolfman" were expected, "The Fighter" well deserving a spot for it's wounds, hairstyles and tattoo cover-up. Yet, the sheer absence of "Black Swan" from the shortlist is a true tragedy. Whether you look at the realistic gore make-up or the exquisite work done for the actual ballet scenes, this is a straight-up snub. Even worse is the exclusion of "127 Hours."
The Academy make-up branch is either biased against or completely blind to effective gore make-up. They go absolutely apeshit for prosthetics and aging. I mean films like "The Wolfman" and "Alice in Wonderland" obviously require an immense amount of work. However, creating a scenario in which a man cuts off his own arm and actually make that completely believable is fully worthy of equal recognition. Always, gore make-up is overlooked. "No Country for Old Men," "Moon," "District 9″ and "A History of Violence" all have incredible wound make-up and none of them even received nominations.
My girlfriend is a special effects make-up artist and every year she is infuriated by these nominations and I'm beginning to understand why.
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Adventuring group hired to investigate a series of animal thefts outside the city of Kathe. Wild animals, monsters and magic.
Players will start in an OOC starting area that will be for gathering equipment, orientation, etc. Once entering into the game, players will 'wake up' in the Thirsty Dandy Inn. The Inn is located in the Admin District of the city of Kathe. Kathe is a medium sized, major city on the Restless Isle. The island is situated South East of Candlekeep in the Sea of Swords.
Game duration: 2-3 hours. It is expected that it will take multiple sessions to complete. This could potentially be a long-running campaign if there is desire.
Custom Content: CEP, Custom HAK (Just unlocking soundsets, portaits, etc.), all will be downloadable via nwsync.
There will be limited resting (every 6 in game hours). Bleeding rules will be in effect (-1 to -10hp).
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2. Why do you prefer your chosen primary role in the party?
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New Proposal Would Require All Middle, High School Students To Learn About Holocaust
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The author of The Holocaust Education Act is looking for co-sponsors at the Wisconsin Legislature. That new bill would require all middle and high schools in the state to teach students about the Holocaust. Milwaukee's Holocaust Education Resource Center is the measure's biggest supporter. An audit report from the Jewish Community Relations Council finds anti-Semitic More >
Restaurant Franchise Owner Fined For Violating Child Labor Laws
A Kentucky-based restaurant franchise owner has been fined 157-thousand dollars for violating child labor laws. Manna Incorporated operates Wendy's and Fazoli's restaurants in nine states, including Wisconsin. Federal inspectors found about 40 minors working at seven Wendy's restaurants and one Fazoli's. The company is accused of allowing 14-and-15-year-old employees to work outside of legally-approved hours More >
Ag Census: Wisconsin #2 In Nation For Organic Farms
The every-five-years federal agriculture census finds only California has more organic farms than Wisconsin. A spokesperson for the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service says the Badger State offers unique opportunities for growers who want to go organic. There are one-thousand-276 organic operations in Wisconsin. The census also shows this state is number-one in cheese More >
Legislature To Create Savings Accounts For Disabled Residents
Plans for a state-based ABLE program have been introduced at the Wisconsin Capitol. ABLE programs are savings accounts that come with tax advantages to help the families of people with disabilities save for future expenses. The money could be used for education, housing or transportation. Wisconsin already had state-based tax advantages for those who enroll More >
7th Grader at De Soto Schools Being Charged With Terroristic Threats
On January 14th, 2020 at 9:45 am the Superintendent for Desoto Area Schools reported they had a 7th grade student that damaged school property and has been causing problems at the school recently. A deputy from the Vernon County Sheriff's Office responded to the school and met with administration and the 12-year-old student. As the More >
Congressman Sensenbrenner: Senate Won't Remove President Trump From Office
Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner says two-thirds of U-S Senate members won't vote to remove President Donald Trump from office. The Wisconsin Republican says a lot of time and money has been wasted. During a visit to the district Sunday afternoon, the veteran congressman said impeachment shouldn't be used just because people don't like the results of More >
Governor Wants State Lawmakers To Package Bills To Curtail Youth Vaping
Governor Tony Evers wants lawmakers to pass a pair of bills which would curtail youth vaping. The governor's office says the products offer serious health risks to users by injuring parts of the brain which control attention and learning. Evers wants legislation to ban vaping and vapor products on all K-through-12 campuses and expand the More >
Wisconsin Home To A Lot Of Bad Drivers Says Report
Only four states have more drunk driver arrests than Wisconsin. That is why the Badger State is ranked 22nd in the nation for bad driving. Researchers for CarInsuranceComparison-dot-com compiled data on fatality rates, careless driving cases, arrests for drunk driving and speeding citations to come up with their ratings. Wisconsin is apparently surrounded by good More >
State Superintendent Decides Not To Run In 2021 Election
The Wisconsin state superintendent won't be running for the position in the 2021 election. Carolyn Stanford was appointed by Governor Tony Evers who previously held the position with the Department of Public Instruction. Taylor announced her decision in a Monday news release. She says she's making it official now so others interested in the office More >
President Trump Rallies Milwaukee Crowd Reminding Them He's A Problem-Solver
President Donald Trump rallied a big crowd right in the middle of a Democratic stronghold, telling supporters he's a problem-solver. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panther Arena was filled Tuesday night – about a half-mile from the location for this summer's Democratic National Convention. In his 90-minute speech, Trump said he is the president to keep people More >


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Richard Combes: From Everyday to Extraordinary
by Sam Walby
in 63, June 2013
Richard Combes is a renowned oil painter, born in Manchester but now based in New York. He trained as an architect before moving to the US to complete his master's degree in painting at the New York Academy of Art. In 2004, he was elected a full member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, an honour that only a handful of international artists have had bestowed on them, and now splits his time between the US and the UK. We first saw Richard's work in the flesh at an exhibition at Snig Hill Gallery in Sheffield and were immediately blown away by the composition and sheer detail. Though many of his subjects are commonplace, the way they are brought to life really is extraordinary. Can you describe the process of starting a new painting? My work is based on things I see in daily life – people, places, objects. Everything has a story behind it, especially older things. I like to imagine what's happened in a space or to an object and somehow preserve it in my paintings. Once I've chosen my subject, I do a charcoal sketch and then build up the paintings over a series of stages. The details become more refined with each layer of paint. Where do you get your inspiration from? My surroundings, especially architecture. I originally trained as an architect and I'm drawn to old buildings that tell a story. In New York, where my studio is, I like to explore the city's nooks and crannies. I like to see cities in close-up rather than expansive views. As a child, my parents took me to stately homes in the UK and that was the first time I saw oil paintings. I was subsequently inspired by 18th century portraiture, the Impressionists and Surrealism. Tools. What do you use regularly and what is your favourite? I like to use a palette knife to give my work texture and various flathead brushes to give it detail. My favourite colours are the earth yellows – ochre and raw sienna. What other artistic media have had an effect on your art? Photography mainly. It has enabled me to capture fleeting moments and then I give them permanency in my painting. How do you spend your days? If I'm not thinking about or doing my artwork, I enjoy talking to friends and watching classic old films. I also keep up with Premier League football and wish there were more places in New York to watch cricket! Which of your recent pieces have you enjoyed making the most? The series I'm working on now – reflections of buildings in pools of water, which I discovered one day while walking around New York after some snow had melted. I've been able to incorporate brighter colours into this series. How has your art evolved over time? I have a better sense of the themes and subjects that resonate with me and my work has become more ambitious in scale. How has art in general changed since you started? I think there's been a resurgence of realist and figurative painting. In the US, several schools have been founded to encourage this type of work. I find this very promising. Any tips on how to survive and make money from your art? Do you find it important? One of the most difficult things is to know and find your place in the art world. Paint the subjects that interest you the most and you will do a good job. If you paint something that matters to you, it will be genuine and that integrity will show through. What do you dislike in art? Art that appears to be half-hearted. What makes you smile in art? Critics. Good advice you wish you'd been told earlier? The importance of networking. If you are in Manchester this month, stop by and see some of his new work at 2022NQ in the Northern Quarter from 7th to 15th June, with a private viewing on 7th at 6pm. More info Exhibition curated by Heather Gilberthorpe in association with Dukeries Art Gallery. richardcombes.com [imagebrowser id=33] )
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US-based DowDuPont was established in 2015 as a merger between DuPont and Dow Chemical. The new company is a science-based material company active in agriculture, materials science and specialty products.
Both DuPont and Dow Chemical had extensive OLED programs, and the new company is continuing this R&D.
Switzerland-based Avantama AG (previously known as Nanograde) is specialized in the development and supply of printable and coatable materials for the manufacturing of optical or electronic thin films.
Changchun Tuo Cai Technology, based in Changchun, China, was established in 2017 to produce and supply chemicals for the display, batteries and biochemistry markets.
For the OLED industry, CTCT offers OLED stack materials (HTL, HIL, ETL), host materials and OLED intermediates.
Material Science was established in Korea in 2014 with an aim to develop OLED materials. The company currently offer ETL, HTL, EIL, EBL materials in addition to red and green host and emitter materials.
Daejoo Electronic Materials, based in Korea, manufactures materials for the electronic industry. The company's materials are used in a wide range of applications such as LEDs, CFLs, epoxies, glass materials, phosphors and more.
Nissan Chemical Industries, established in 1887 in Japan, is a diversified chemical company involved in many industries, including Agricultural materials, pharmaceuticals and advanced materials.
Kanto Chemical, established in 1944 in Japan, develops and manufactures fine chemicals, reagents, and chemicals for the electronics industry. For the OLED industry, the company offers hole transporting electron blocking materials that it developed in collaboration with NHK.
Toray Group is a chemical industry group that sets organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry and biotechnology as its core technologies. The main businesses are fibers & textiles and plastics & chemicals, but the company also develops IT-related products, carbon fiber composites, water treatment materials and pharmaceuticals.
Samsung SDI was established in 1970, starting out as a display maker - making CRTs, LCDs and PDP panels.


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Now That's What I Call Kino #19 – The Comic Strip Style of Sergio Corbucci
By: jamespalmerfilm 14th Feb 2021 13th Feb 2021
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John Ford had John Wayne, Sergio Leone had Clint Eastwood and Sergio Corbucci had Franco Nero. Often seen as the face of Spaghetti Westerns, Nero's rise to cult fame had a director correlation with the works of Corbucci. Making several Westerns during his illustrious career, his most acclaimed work came during the late 60s, like…
Now That's What I Call Kino #18 – 'Attack of the 50 Foot Woman' (1958): America's Fear of Second-Wave Feminism
By: jamespalmerfilm 31st Jan 2021 28th Jan 2021
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Certain movie posters can stay ingrained on your mind whether or not you've seen the film in question. A shark lurking beneath the ocean's surface of an unaware swimmer has been spoofed until its original poster has become a cliché. And so before movie posters were just a compilation of Photoshop faces to attract you…
Now That's What I Call Kino #17 – The Definitive Black and White of 'The Big Heat' (1953)
By: jamespalmerfilm 17th Jan 2021 16th Jan 2021
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Post World War II Hollywood was famed for its darker tales that emphasised the cynical attitudes of Americans who had seen the rise of fascism and millions of lives lost. The 40s and 50s looked towards European filmmakers and inspired their own visual style from their roots. As well as this, the crime drama that…
Now That's What I Call Kino #15 – The Original Christmasploitation Genre
By: jamespalmerfilm 13th Dec 2020 11th Dec 2020
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Christmas movies are an easy cash grab, let's not lie to ourselves. You can make a quick buck at the box office or become a cult classic that is shown every December until the end of time. It's an easy way to create a franchise too (ala Nativity series) and Christmas films themselves are relatively…
Now That's What I Call Kino #13 – The Significance of 'Night of the Living Dead'
By: jamespalmerfilm 25th Oct 2020
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Few films have impacted the horror genre like Night of the Living Dead (1968). As George A Romero's debut, this b-movie would end up becoming a cult classic that would inspire and create a whole new genre of film. It's no secret that Romero gained his nickname 'the King of the Zombies' for Living Dead…
Now That's What I Call Kino #11 – Who is the Greatest Universal Monster?
By: jamespalmerfilm 11th Oct 2020 6th Oct 2020
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To carry on Spooktober, following on from The Twilight Zone last week, I thought I may as well talk about another horror favourite of mine – which is the Universal Monster Movies. Although I wouldn't class myself as 'obsessed,' my monster pillow, Bela Lugosi pin and various small posters in my room is still more…
Now That's What I Call Kino #10 – The Duality of Human Nature in The Twilight Zone
By: jamespalmerfilm 4th Oct 2020 3rd Oct 2020
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Few TV shows hold up as well as Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone. Airing in 1959, this anthology television series has been responsible for numerous reboots, inspirations and references (I'm looking at you The Simpsons). The Twilight Zone is one of the finest science fiction pieces of media around and despite being over 60 years…
Now That's What I Call Kino #9 – The Expressionism of Humphrey Bogart
By: jamespalmerfilm 27th Sep 2020
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Few faces are as recognisable in the Hollywood era than Humphrey Bogart's. Labelled by most rankings as one of the greatest (if not the greatest) actors of all time, Bogart found the peak of his career in the 1940s when the gangster flicks of Hollywood were re-emerging as film-noir. Bogart didn't break into Hollywood when…
Now That's What I Call Kino #8 – The Importance of Josephine Baker
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Few figures have a cultural importance as great as Josephine Baker. Born in Missouri 1906, she later started out her career as a background dancer in Broadway. She received her big break in Paris and moved to France during the 1920s. She was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture when…
Now That's What I Call Kino #5 – The Effects of Imperialism in Golden Age Horror
By: jamespalmerfilm 30th Aug 2020
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With the popularity of independent horror peaking in recent years, it's interesting to note what themes that seem to commonly occur in these movies. Filmmakers like Jordan Peele have done a lot to portray the black experience, more specifically what it means to be black in America. But as well as this, he has found…


10 Valentine's Day Nail Art Designs You Must Check Out!
Greetings girls! How are you? The occasion of the affection is practically around the bend and like dependably we are here to give you a few thoughts to make it noteworthy. For now, I gathered together 10 Valentine's Day nail art ideas which will help you have the perfect nails on this lovely day!
You can style your nails with lovely shapes like hearts or have some really nice looking French tip. Play with red and white colors and passionate shapes, and your nails will look really classy and chic.
Following are some nail art ideas from which you will definitely draw some inspiration. You may discover them enchanting and wonderful, and you would love to duplicate them! Appreciate and have a fabulous time!
Hearts are image of affection, so why not to wear them on your nails this occasion?
For richer look, you can try out white nails!
For more fun look, you can attempt these look!
A kiss shape on your nails will also look so beautiful.
So, what do you think about these Valentine's Day nail art ideas? Did you like anyone of them so much that you want to try it? Please, do share your comments and suggestions with us and stay connected to Watchoutladies for more! Have yourself a lovely day!


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Wier Reviews: The Witcher 2
Taking a break from my typical Bethesda loving self I decided to pick up a RPG that was suggested to me by a friend by the name of The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings.
The Witcher 2 features a character by the name of Geralt that is falsely accused of assassinating the King he was protecting. Without spoiling too much of the story I'll just tell you that you end up going on a quest to clear your good name. This is all done with the support of characters who I imagine are from the previous game which I did not play. However the story flows well and allows the player to jump into the characters and the game without really having a lot of knowledge of what happened in the previous story. To that end the game does a really good job of keeping you engaged and interested in the events that are unfolding around you. I really really don't want to spoil any of the story so I will depart from that aspect of the game just saying that it is rather enthralling.
The game play is somewhat...problematic at times. Your character at any time has two swords, a silver sword and a normal sword. The silver sword is for fighting monsters and the normal sword is used for fighting people. On top of that you can also equip one ranged weapon (bombs or throwing knives) as well as one spell (these come in the form of signs). You can swap between spells and ranged weapons fairly simply by bringing up a radial menu that slows combat to a crawl. I say it slows combat because it doesn't really stop it, while you are taking time to pick items the combat is still moving forward. It seems to be like an on command sort of bullet time for the sake of ability swapping. That being said aiming these ranged weapons and spells can be a rather clumsy affair. Certain spells and thrown weapons tend to miss completely unless you manage to center yourself perfectly on your opponents. This becomes rather problematic when much of the combat has a lot to do with rolling in and out of combat and executing quick counter attacks to your opponents or at least that was the idea. I found that in most scenarios where an opponent was exceedingly strong you could just mash your quick attack button until they fell over. Some of the later enemies just involved a lot of running around, quick striking and then running back in. Needless to say the combat left something to be desires.
Despite the flaws of the combat there were several mini-games like dice and the alike that were fairly entertaining to help break up the combat game play. Though I'm still not entirely sure how the arm wrestling worked but I think it had something to do with the mouse. There are also several instances of fist fights which are broken down to Quick Time Events. When E appears press E, when A appears press A, etc, etc. QTEs are something I really dislike and for some reason they felt rather out of place in the game. Every time a fist fight broke out I felt agitated having to go through the annoying mini-game.
The game also features crafting via vendors and yourself. Geralt is capable of performing alchemy in the field by meditating which lets him make potions. Problematically this is the interface you also have to consume potions in and you can not use it while in combat. This means that if you have a potion that helps you slay wraiths then you need to guess that there are wraiths coming up to use the potion before you enter combat with them. This means that you go into an area, die horribly to a monster once and then reload so you can drink the appropriate potion and then enter the room to fight said monster. Having to sit down and concentrate to drink a damn potion was extremely frustrating and annoying. There were also a ton of useless potions that you could make that seemed like that they were just there to add some false depth to the system. The vendor crafting was how you managed to make weapons and armor. Essentially you would have to go buy a pattern, find the materials and then find an armor smith to make the item for you. Often going out to find the items you needed to create the item you wanted resulted in you finding something that was better than what you were trying to make. Essentially both crafting systems were sort of... frivolous.
Despite these flaws the game is fairly solid and allows you to explore an interesting story that has enough depth to it to make up for some of the more frustrating features of the game.
A relatively short review for an all around entertaining game. Ultimately I'd say it's worth the money.
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    if ( z == 'F' ) // statements 2;
}

A: Profile them
....then you'll see which is most expensive.
In all seriousness, the answer you're looking for depended on many, many factors such as language (your example could be any if several languages), compiler, compiler settings, platform and runtime use.
If you only ever call this code a handful of times, the performance is irrelevant compared to the maintainability - go for easy-to-maintain version.

A: In terms of readability, you want to keep the conditions in if..else statements both mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive. In other words, every test should match 1 and only 1 condition.
If you have unrelated conditions (say, "number of members" and "profitability"), you don't want to taint them by &&ing them together. So in most cases, it is better to have nested if..else blocks.
if (members <= 100) {

  if (nonProfit) {
    // ...
  } else if (notForProfit) {
    // ...
  } else {
    // ...
  }

} else if (100 < members && members <= 1000) {

  if (profitable) {
    // ...
  } else {
    // ...
  }

} else {

  // ...

}

With more rigid conditional structures though (e.g., repeating if..else blocks), you are probably better off using object lookups. Not only are object lookups faster, but they are much more readable and easier to understand in my opinion. They are less flexible than if..else, which can be either advantageous or disadvantageous based on your requirements.

A: What you are doing is called "micro-optimisation" but would better be called "nano-optimisation". It's absolutely not worth even attempting. If you want to make code faster, that's a problem that needs to be attacked at a much, much higher level.
At that level, make your code as readable as possible. Make it as maintainable as possible. Anything to reduce the time to produce correctly working code. Now you can use the time saved to do some real optimisations (if that's of importance to the users; most likely they will be happier with having more features). And having readable and maintainable code makes it easier or even possible to do real optimisations that save measurable time.
And let's just say that your two versions of the code are not equivalent. One, the are not equivalent because you made some mistakes. That's one problem with that kind of optimisation; if you are not focussed enough to avoid stupid mistakes, then attempts of optimisation lead to failure. And the other problem is that "statements 3" might change the value of x, in which case there's a huge difference between both codes.

A: Assuming you are doing this in C or C++, and assuming a production-quality compiler:
If x was declared "volatile", the first will be slightly more expensive, and the second may yield incorrect results.
If x was not declared "volatile", and optimization is on, they should yield identical code.

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Q: React: Check if key is unique In react, i'm wondering if there is a way to test if a react key is unique. I have an array of albums i'm displaying, that are being pulled from a mongodb. The way that the db is setup, the database can contain duplicate entries, and yes, it has to be this way, and no i'm not looking for a way to remove duplicates in the database query. Looking to do this in react.
As you scroll down the page, The client loads in 20 results from the db at a time, grabbing the next 20 results based on a user generated query as you keep scrolling. Eventually, you will run into these duplicates, and react generates a unique key warning, as the unique key is an ID string.
this.props.data.map( album => {
  album.cover = (album.images[0]) ? album.images[0].url : null

  return <Album data={album} key={album.sid} />
})

I'm wondering if there is a way to test the album.sid property against react key's that have already been rendered, and if the key already has been rendered, don't render the component and move onto the next one.

A: You can filter duplicates either in the action creator (or the place where the results from the API call is returned if you are not using Redux), the reducer, or in the component if you still want to keep it in the Redux state for whatever reasons.
An O(n) duplicate filter algorithm would be:
const seen = new Set();
const uniqueData = data.filter(({ sid }) => {
  if (seen.has(sid)) {
    return false;
  }
  seen.add(sid);
  return true;
});

If you decided to do this at the component level, you may want to consider using some memoization library so that the filtering is only re-computed if the data has changed when the component re-renders.

A: Answering this comment from my (deleted) comment about redux:

but how would the reducer check the already loaded results against the incoming results? Could you post an answer with a mock example?

Use a hash table:
const DEFAULT_STATE = {
  byId: [],
  byHash: {}
}

export default function (state = DEFAULT_STATE, action) {
  switch (action.type) {
    case GET_ALBUM:
      return {
        ...state,
        byId: state.byId.includes(action.payload.id)
          ? [ ...state.byId ]
          : [ ...state.byId, action.payload.id ],
        byHash: {
          ...state.byHash,
          [action.payload.id]: action.payload
        }
      }

    default:
      return state
  }
}

Your Component:
this.props.albumIds.map( id => {
  let album = this.props.albums[id]
  album.cover = (album.images[0]) ? album.images[0].url : null

  return <Album data={album} key={album.sid} />
})

Which assumes a mapStateToProps like:
{
   albumIds: state.albums.byId,
   albums: state.albums.byHash
}


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Game News Diablo Immortal: How well do you know the Diablo universe? Try to get 10/10 on this quiz
With the release of Diablo Immortal on iOS and Android imminent, JV's editorial staff invites you to test your knowledge of the most famous hack'n'slash license. So, are you ready to face the legions of demons that await you?
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First announced during BlizzCon 2018, Diablo Immortal is finally set to release imminently, as its launch date is now set for June 2.. However, initially, the title had been particularly badly received by spectators during its very first presentation. It must be said that originally, the public of Blizzard played above all on PC and seeing one of their favorite franchises land on PC surprised more than one, and not in the best way.
However, almost four years since its formalization, the title has continued to be developed discreetly by the Blizzard teams, until it is presented in the current state that we have seen through various recent trailers. Today, this particularly tense moment of BlizzCon 2018 seems really far away since the game is now planned for both mobiles, both iOS and Android, and PC. A rather wise decision in the end because in any case, it was obvious that many players were only going to experience the title through an Android emulator on PC, as is very common with most mobile games.
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Since then, we can also understand the interest for Blizzard to offer a free-to-play Diablo experience on several media, just to face the particularly popular competitors who have appeared in recent times. Very clearly, Diablo is no longer the king of hack'n'slash as it was several decades ago since today it has to face rivals who have managed to enter the era of time. If Path of Exile was able to satisfy the purists of the genre with absolutely gargantuan content and almost infinite builds, Lost Ark also monopolized the attention of many players for a good while, despite some server problems. In this context, Diablo Immortal obviously has a lot to prove and it will need more than the prestige of its name to succeed in imposing itself against such competition.
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The question is where do I start? I cannot believe it has been over a month since I posted on Sparkle In Sequins. Life has simply been too hectic for me to manage taking photos and writing accompanying blog posts. I also find that when I put off writing posts the harder I find getting back into the swing of it.
So lets begin, the main reason all my time has been obliterated is because on the 4th of November I started my new job. This is the job I have spent the last five years in college training for. Just to give you a slight bit of background. I am training to become a chartered accountant. So far during my college career I have completed 9 out of the 12 exams required but, in order to become fully qualified I need to complete a three year training contract in an accounting practice. In my second year of work I will complete my final four exams and finally after all that hardship hopefully I will be a fully qualified chartered accountant.
I am throughly enjoying my new job but it has taken me a good while to settle in. Just getting use to a 40 hour working week has been a struggle. I find I am exhausted in the evenings. However it is an amazing feeling to come home from work and actually feel I am finished for the day. In college I always had an assignment hanging over me.
I finally feel I am growing accustomed to the city lifestyle and becoming somewhat familiar with things in work. Another amazing aspect of working which I forget on a regular basis is that you get PAID! Therefore I have done a little bit of damage on the shopping front lately. No doubt there will be haul posts coming up.
Another major event in my life happened last friday. I am sure you have figured it out from the above photographs. I graduated from my Master of Accounting. God I never thought I would see the day. I didn't realise the amount of preparing and organising was required for just one day! Between finding a dress and arranging hair, nail and tan appointments it was bedlam! However after all the mayhem and racing around I had a lovely day which I will remember for the rest of my life.
Finally I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all of you for sticking around and supporting me throughout my hiatus. I plan to get back into the swing of things now as I have really missed the blogging environment. I hope to do a post on work OOTD's shortly as before I started my job I hadn't a notion what I was going wear on a daily basis. Would that be of interest to any of you?


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Niantic is holding another in-game event in Pokemon Go. The Stardust Blast event is now live until 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET on November 13, and it gives players a chance to earn twice the usual amount of Stardust for capturing Pokemon and hatching Eggs. Moreover, its benefits stack atop the bonuses offered during this month's Community Day, so you'll be able to earn quadruple the normal amount of Stardust during that event.
In addition to the Stardust Blast event, two new species of Gen 4 Pokemon have begun appearing in Pokemon Go. The adorable Water-type Buizel is now available around the world as a Raid Battle, while the pre-evolved form of Roselia, Budew, can be hatched from Eggs. The latter arrives at a fitting time, as Niantic recently rolled out the new Adventure Sync feature to most Pokemon Go players, making it much easier to hatch Eggs than before.
Stardust Blast isn't the only event going on now in Pokemon Go. To celebrate the release of Ingress Prime, Niantic has made two new Shiny Pokemon, Cubone and Ponyta, available for a limited time. These Shiny variants are green and blue, respectively–the same colors and the two warring sides in Ingress Prime, The Enlightened and The Resistance.
The aforementioned Community Day event is scheduled to take place this Saturday, November 10. The featured Pokemon this time around is the Gen 2 starter Cyndaquil, and if players manage to evolve it into its final form, Typhlosion, up to an hour after the event ends, it'll learn the powerful attack Blast Burn.
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Richard Kelly Talks a Sequel to Cult Hit Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko has been fresh in everyone's minds since the film celebrated its 15th anniversary with an epic re-release from Arrow Video last year. Director Richard Kelly also took part in Q&A sessions at the BFI in London after the film was screened in celebration of its anniversary. Imminently, it was considered whether Kelly would return to the Darko universe to create a sequel of some kind. When speaking to HMV, Kelly had this to say:
"I think there's something much bigger and more ambitious to do in that universe. It's big and expensive and I think there's time to get to that. I want to make sure we've got the budget to do it justice and not to compromise anything. Another story in this world needs resources and we need to have that in place. I need to get my next film out of the gate and then we can go back and look at it."
So the problem is the budget. If Kelly's ambitions are so large that the film is going to need a heap of money to make it possible, that is both a worrying and intriguing prospect. The beauty of the original Donnie Darko was in its technical simplicity. The film was made on a now minuscule budget of $4.5 million, yet still managed to feature some, albeit dated, but impressive effects for the early 2000s. Hopefully the big budget necessity is a sign of Kelly's creative ambitions, but not a sign of a possible bombardment of CGI or potentially worthless effects and world building.
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Marius Yo in an American Sitcom? | Plus General Rantings About Sexy Zone and JE
This is my first time posting about a Johnny's Entertainment group on here and I'm a little late with this news since it was announced almost a week ago but nonetheless I wanted to talk a little about the recent announcement that Sexy Zone member Marius Yo will be appearing in an episode of Fuller House.
Sexy Zone was the first Japanese boy group that I became interested in, actually. I discovered them while watching J-MELO (an international TV show about Japanese music). This was around the time that their second single, "Lady Diamond" was released and a short clip of it was shown during J-MELO's new releases segment.
Needless to say, I fell in love with it straight away. I'm still surprised to this day that "Lady Diamond" is Sexy Zone's most poorly selling single. The song is so catchy and cute, and the music video is adorable. Two members of the group caught my attention the most in that video mostly due to their cuteness and they were the two youngest members, Matsushima Sou and Marius Yo.
Within a few days I was absolutely hooked on Sexy Zone and this continued for about a year but then - long story short - the dreaded "Sexy Zone Member Split" happened. My two favourite members of the group were more or less kicked out and demoted to being Johnny's Jr's again. I didn't have much interest in this new 3 member Sexy Zone so for that and a few other reasons, I left the fandom.
I returned to the fandom in 2016 after things had been sorted out and Marius and Sou were once again equal members of the group (this was actually just a coincidence) and I honestly felt like a proud mother, haha. Back when I was involved in the fandom, Sou was very underappreciated. He was often referred to as the "ugly" member of the group and while I never thought he was ugly to begin with, I was surprised at the handsome young man he'd blossomed into. He has one of the most beautiful smiles I've ever seen and he's a really talented dancer. I was so glad to see people finally taking notice of him.
And as for Marius. Oh my. How had my cute, shy, awkward little German baby grown into such a handsome, confident, still-a-little-awkward-but-that's-okay idol?! I couldn't believe his height! Though aside from that he didn't seem to have changed all that much, haha. He still seemed like the somewhat bratty baby of the group with a bit of a feminine side who was always being picked on by the older members. I always loved how transparent Marius was too. It seemed difficult for him to "just ignore it" when something wasn't right and despite living in Japan for so long he still hasn't lost his very "foreign worldview" if that makes sense.
Which brings me back to his role on Fuller House. Marius speaks English fluently and he will apparently be appearing on an episode of the show that takes place in Japan. According to an interview, Marius is a huge fan of the show so he was very grateful to recieve the offer.
Another thing he said in this interview stuck with me. "My family in Germany will get to see me in action, and I'm looking forward to the reaction from viewers overseas." Fuller House is a Netflix original series so it can be watched globally. Some people have interpreted Marius' comment as shade directed at Johnny's Entertainment about how difficult they make it to view their content outside of Japan. While I don't think that Marius meant it in that way per se, he does have a point even if it was unintentional. JE's lack of regard for overseas fans was another reason why I initially lost interest.
I honestly couldn't be prouder of Marius. He's shaken up Johnny's Entertainment in so many ways; by being the youngest boy to ever debut from the agency, the first hafu to ever debut, and now he'll be appearing in a popular American sitcom! I hope he continues to do even more amazing things both in the Japanese entertainment industry and globally.
What do you think about this news? Will you be watching this episode when it's released? Let me know in the comments!
Tags: Fuller House, hafu, international, Johnny's Entertainment, jpop, jpop boy groups, male idol groups, Marius Yo, Netflix, Sexy Zone
I dont really get why Jhonny's make it so hard for foreigners to get their content, have they ever listed a particular reason?
I mean, its not really hard, they just need to upload videos to youtube and make stuff (goods) available internationaly (even though this can be a bit limited even in japan lol)
For example, i think that Morning Musume may not be the biggest female group in Japan anymore, but internationaly, they seem to have the biggest fanbase
They've never actually said but I think one of the main reasons is just that Johnny's is so huge in Japan and they make so much money there anyway that they just don't see the point in promoting overseas. It makes no sense to me (like it wouldn't be that difficult to do as you said and they'd be making even more money) but that's just the way the agency is unfortunately.
well, hopefully this means a possible worldwide expansion...they could start with SZ since they have Marius and see if it results (idk how it could go wrong though lol)
Your wish cam true, my dude. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1cHlPIE-kqiPvpyYz2O8rQ
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We've still got a ways to go but it's definitely a start!
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from django.db.models import signals
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if "notification" in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
    from notification import models as notification

    def create_notice_types(app, created_models, verbosity, **kwargs):
        notification.create_notice_type("deadlines_notification",
                                        _("Important dates and deadlines"),
                                        _("administrators informed regarding important dates and deadlines"),
                                        default=2)

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