Showing posts with label Natalie Portman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Natalie Portman. Show all posts

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Tweets of Note: Recent Pop Culture & Sports Odds & Ends you may've missed -September 21 thru October 5, 2013
















LA Times: Jimmy Kimmel's Obamacare stunt: How infallible is public opinion?







You can see more of that Bars routine in the video below of her training. Lest we forget, when she really puts her mind to it, Mustafina is Magic!


























































Great photo of "Downton's Uptown Girl" in the Sunday Telegraph: Michelle Dockery, a.k.a. Lady Mary, the English Rose whom this blog dearly loves.
Caption underneath photo reads: "Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary in Downton Abbey, ahead of tonight’s Emmy Awards. She is nominated as best actress."

Friday, April 6, 2012

Norway's Easter double-feature: Alexander Rybak's musical wizardry and the Bike trial wizardry of Thomas Remvik Aasen -NRK-TV's LIVE Påskekveld broadcast from Geilo, Norway Thursday night


Alexander Rybak video: Alexander Rybak "Dagdrøm" (LIVE) NRK1-TV's Påskekveld broadcast from Geilo, Norway. April 5, 2012. http://youtu.be/6TeR1Gtr4Js


Norway's Easter double-feature: Alexander Rybak's musical wizardry and the Bike Trial wizardry of Thomas Remvik Aasen -NRK-TV's LIVE Påskekveld broadcast from Geilo, Norway Thursday night

Be sure to watch the show's introduction to get a sense of the context, but the Mountain Trial Bike segment I want you all to see is from 28:54 to 32:02 and be sure to watch the little boy wearing the teal-colored skullcap at 30:24, who is completely captivated, as later shots show.
Video by Alexander Vollevik Larsen.

It segues perfectly into a short chat between Alexander Rybak and NRK host Caroline Bækkelund Hauge before he plays the song he wrote, Dagdrøm, which concludes Thursday night's telecast.

If you really want to see how ridiculously talented Alexander Rybak is, see him sing and perform in this March 4th, 2012 telecast of SVT's popular "Så ska det låta," which I have referenced here on the blog many times before for obvious reasons. 
The full program was uploaded a month ago -with multiple subtitles, including English- and I finally had some time to watch the whole thing un-distracted -twice- last weekend.
He never disappoints.



Rybak's Facebookies video: Alexander Rybak in "Så ska det låta" - Full program - March 4, 2012. With subtitles!





Thomas Remvik Aasen, April 2012.


Yes, his latest bike trial video was filmed in the same town as what was shown on Thursday's NRK telecast. See his other videos at: http://vimeo.com/user764351 and his bio at: http://www.trialtech.co.uk/rider.php?rider_id=4

The music playing in his most recent video is from Frou Frou - "Let go" which you might remember from, among many other things, Zach Braff's critically received directorial film debut, Garden State, which he also wrote.



From "Garden State"  -the final scene, at the airport between Natalie Portman and Zach Braff. http://youtu.be/iTnzPuFPxPw


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Official Alexander Rybak Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/alexanderrybak
Official website: http://www.alexanderrybak.com/ 

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Sunday, after I pick-up Odin in Ásgarðr, he and I are seeing Kenneth Branagh's "Thor" at the AMC Aventura 24



Los Angeles Times "Hero Complex" video: ‘Thor’: Kenneth Branagh’s ‘great problem’ would be a sequel. Excerpts from conversation between Thor director Kenneth Branagh and star Chris Hemsworth and Geoff Boucher of the LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/videobeta/0d01b8e2-9999-4f1a-aa8e-b27a985ea5c3/Entertainment/Hero-Complex-screening-of-Marvel-s-Thor-

Sunday, after I pick-up Odin in Ásgarðr, he and I are seeing "Thor" at the AMC Aventura 24. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_%28film%29


Los Angeles Times
24 Frames blog
Critical Mass: 'Thor' swings his hammer and the critics scream
By Patrick Kevin Day
May 6, 2011 2:55 p
.m.

Bridges are the key theme of this weekend's "Thor," a film that bridges us from the doldrums of spring releases to the flashier, if not better, world of summer blockbusters. It also serves as another step in the bridge from the first "Iron Man" in 2008 to next summer's superhero all-star jam, "The Avengers." And within the film itself, a superhero actioner about the Norse god of thunder and his adventures in his home of Asgard and on Earth, a rainbow bridge connects the well-regarded Asgard sections of the film with the less successful Earth sections, set in Puente Antiguo, N.M. (which means "Old Bridge").

Read the rest of the post at: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/05/critical-mass-thor-swings-his-hammer-and-the-critics-scream.html

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CBS News Sunday Morning video: Kenneth Branagh interviewed by CBS News correspondent Martha Teichner, May 1, 2011
Story at: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/05/01/sunday/main20058747.shtml

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http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Exclusive-Interview-Kenneth-Branagh-brings-blockbust-Thor-to-life---VIDEO-121315789.html



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Kenneth Branagh on Jimmy Kimmel Live
PART 1
of 2, May 5, 2011.
http://youtu.be/ZryqdtI0SCc




Kenneth Branagh on Jimmy Kimmel Live
PART 2
of 2, May 5, 2011.
http://youtu.be/SKSq9XKBiS8


See also:
http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Exclusive-Interview-Kenneth-Branagh-brings-blockbust-Thor-to-life---VIDEO-121315789.html




Anthony Hopkins on Jimmy Kimmel Live
PART 1 of 3, May 3, 2011

http://youtu.be/jLpUJH1__nM



Anthony Hopkins on Jimmy Kimmel Live
PART 2 of 3, May 3, 2011.

http://youtu.be/Yq3fQKfHyZY



Anthony Hopkins on Jimmy Kimmel Live
PART 3 of 3, May 3, 2011.

http://youtu.be/ErlO6Q8HU54

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Jimmy Kimmel Live YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/JimmyKimmelLive



BBC's Planet Earth video set to Sigur Ros' "Glosoli" http://youtu.be/4HqcjgJCDuw

Monday, November 15, 2010

Info on Hallandale Beach Wal-Mart expansion plan -for groceries, deli, bakery; plan goes to HB City Commission on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.; I'm for it


Hallandale Beach Wal-Mart expansion plan -for groceries, deli, bakery- goes to HB City Commission on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.;
I'm for it.


Application #66-09-DB by Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, for Major Development Approval as Provided by Article V, Section 32-782 of the City of Hallandale Beach, Florida Zoning and Land Development Code in Order to Construct a 22,210 Square Foot Addition to the Existing Wal-Mart located at 2551 East Hallandale Beach Boulevard, Hallandale Beach, Florida.

THIS ITEM IS QUASI JUDICIAL

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The following plans for the expansion area of the Hallandale Beach store -Proposed Site Plan, Aerial Site Plan and Elevations- are courtesy of Adam Schildmeier, P.E. LEED® AP, CPESC of Creech Engineers, Inc. in Stuart, FL, whom I spoke to at Wal-Mart's required public community meeting at the Hallandale Beach Community Center two months ago.
See what you find out when you actually show up?


Creech Engineers, Inc.

729 S Federal Highway, Suite 222

Stuart, Florida 34994

Ph: (772) 283-1413, Fax: (772) 220-7881







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Sorry, Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd NOT included in this expansion.

I asked.



Inspired short video of Natalie as Novalee Nation in 2000's Where the Heart Is, with music by Superchick - Stand In The Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt9sHDugYWE

Listen to the entire song here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlXlUgHUc60


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbzcodGsaRs

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198021/