Archive for February, 2008
Laura Rosenthal, the Casting Director of “I’m Not There”
One of Heath Ledger’s last performances was in the Bob Dylan biopic “I’m Not There”. The film has been called a “metaphorical masterpiece. In the film, six characters act out different areas of Dylan’s life. Ledger played “Robbie”.
Here is a Film Independent exclusive interview with the casting director of “I’m Not There”, Laura Rosenthal. She [...]
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Mortgage Lenders Help Struggling Borrowers
It’s starting to look like the big name mortgage lenders are coming around to the idea that there’s a recession and, what some would call, a foreclosure crisis. It’s not just the subprime lenders and borrowers who are in trouble at this point. Foreclosures are spreading, so now the lenders are going to do something [...]
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Driving on The Right in Ireland?
Ireland is so accomodating to tourists that they’re actually considering switching from driving on the left to driving on the right.
Ireland should consider giving up driving on the left to reduce accidents by foreigners accustomed to right side motoring, a senior politician said Friday.
Donie Cassidy, the leader of Ireland’s upper chamber Senate, cited Sweden — [...]
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Days Fires Entire Writing Staff
What’s going on with “Days of Our Lives”? Not too long ago they hired a new head writer, got everyone pumped, went nowhere (gee, wonder why) and now? They’ve fired their entire writing staff.
The chaos behind the scenes at Days of Our Lives hit a new and unforeseen level this past weekend. In what could [...]
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Older College Students
There’s a lot of talk lately about 18 month degree programs and getting a quick education to be able to market yourself better. I see the commercials all the time while watching my soaps. Sites like http://www.gibbseducation.com/ seem to be multiplying like crazy.
But would this be the best choice for your own education?
I think [...]
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Google Custom Search
Have you heard of Google custom searches? It’s a really neat way to add usability to your website. You just sign in with your Google account, give your search engine a name and description, add some keywords and then sites to be searched. For instance you can search the Collins College site and find [...]
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Deadly Botulism
Uh-Oh. Looks like Botox is going down. Seems that injecting folks with botulinum toxin (a.k.a botulism) into ones face can have serious consequences if one isn’t careful. Imagine that.
The Food and Drug Administration’s warning includes both Botox, a wrinkle-specific version called Botox Cosmetic, and its competitor, Myobloc, drugs that all use botulinum toxin to [...]
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