Check out this excellent two-minute video narrated by Julia Roberts for the internal nature conservatory.
Click on photo below to open video.
Twinsters
In 2004, I reported this story, “TWINS REUNITE AFTER 20 YEARS about twins who were separated at birth and found about each much later. The story repeated itself in 2013. This time the girls are not living in the same city about half way around the world.
A friend of Anais discovers via a youtube video [Read More]
With the first votes in, the US Presidential Race becomes a lot more interesting after Iowa
The polls predicted a clear victory of Donald Trump in Iowa. By coming in a 2nd, almost beaten by Rubio, Trump appears like a loser.
Until now I did not pay that much attention to the race. But with Sanders winning essentially the same number of votes as Clinton, the democratic now also seems open. [Read More]
An Unusual Love Story
Sometimes I read the column “Modern Love” in the NY Times. This is at least the 2nd time that the editors have chosen a remarkable love story, one that I have never heard before.
Platonic, Until Death Do Us Part
By EPHI STEMPLER JAN. 21, 2016 IN NY Times
Recently I stumbled across an article about [Read More]
The Big Short
Michael Lewis is an amazing writer. I say this even though I have never read a book by him. I watched two films based on his books.
The first one was Moneyball. I loved it ability to tell the story how major league baseball was transformed by a few statistic geniuses. Lewis, I recently found [Read More]
David Bowie’s Final Performance
A few days ago, on his 69th birthday, David Bowie released a new album called Black Star. Yesterday, Bowie died and now we know that Bowie turned his imminent death into a work of art.
He put a dying self into the video for released the album.
Can you see the Lazarus video here.
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[Read More] Behind the Scenes how Pop Hits are Made Today
This is a fascinating story of how many pop hits are written by teams.
How an Unlikely Duo Became the Hottest Songwriters in Pop Music
JOE COSCARELLIJAN reports for the NY Times. Jan 7.
LOS ANGELES — Ten minutes into a recent recording session with a Grammy-winning producer they had never previously met, Julia Michaels and [Read More]
Ted 2 (aka Oh Teddy)
I laughed my head of in the original Ted. Ted 2 is not very funny, too long, and a waste of two hours of your time. Oh, Teddy, what happened to you.
Joy
Joy proves that it is difficult to sustain high quality film making. Pixar is an exception to this rule.
I was lured to see Joy simply because the previous films by David Russell, The Silverlining Playbook and American Hustle were so fantastic. Joy gives no joy I suspect because Russell is a great director but [Read More]
All politicians lie but some lie more
Since 2007 PolitiFact examines statements of U.S. presidential candidates. Ben Carson and Donald Trump lead on this score. Click on “Continue Reading” to see the full ranking.
Full Story in NY Times : http://nyti.ms/1lVRPUh