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Oprah Winfrey | Largest AIDS Ride Fundraiser in the USA

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Veracity Check: Lance Armstrong Perfects the Art of Being a Scumbag

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“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Receives Four 2013 Oscar Nominations!

The nominations for the 2013 Academy Awards have been announced, and it was a huge day for the independent film “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” which received four Oscar Nominations: Best Director (for Benh Zeitlin), Best Actress (Quvenzhane Wallis, at just nine years old), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.

“Beasts of the Southern Wild” is the award-winning first feature film directed by Benh Zeitlin and co-written co-written with playwright Lucy Alibar, whose play “Juicy and Delicious” provides its foundation. Zeitlin created the movie in collaboration with Court 13, the filmmakers’ collective that moved to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Previously, the film won the Caméra d’Or award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it premiered, the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Deauville American Film Festival, the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival’s Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature and the 2012 Seattle International Film Festival’s Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director.

Part dystopia and part revolutionary utopia, “Beasts of the Southern Wild” is a visionary film that celebrates resistance, featuring people living in poverty who come together in interracial, inter-generational harmony. After a flood washes away most of “The Bathtub,” a poor and precarious patch of land south of New Orleans, Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis, five years-old at the time of filming) and her father account for their remaining animals and neighbors, and attempt to survive, rebuild, and repair their world. They band together to create a post-Katrina communal life and they fight the system to avoid getting thrown into the sterile, controlled environment of a state-funded shelter.

This piece includes color photographs, a short film, two documentary shorts and a music video.

http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/beasts-of-the-southern-wild-receives-four-2013-oscar-nominations/The nominations for the 2013 Academy Awards have been announced, and it was a huge day... more

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Shit Self Help Girls Say

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An Anthem to Survivors: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Sometimes miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of, starring unknown faces, blindsiding you with creative genius. "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is one those rare films, the award-winning first feature film directed by Benh Zeitlin, created in collaboration with Court 13, the filmmakers’ collective that moved to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The film won the Caméra d’Or award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it premiered, the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Deauville American Film Festival, the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival’s Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature and the 2012 Seattle International Film Festival’s Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director.

Part dystopia and part revolutionary utopia, “Beasts of the Southern Wild” is a visionary film that celebrates resistance, featuring poor people who come together in interracial, inter-generational harmony. After a flood washes away most of “The Bathtub,” a poor and precarious patch of land south of New Orleans, Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis, five years-old at the time of filming) and her father account for their remaining animals and neighbors, and attempt to survive, rebuild, and repair their world. They band together to create a post-Katrina communal life and they fight the system in a variety of ways to avoid getting thrown into the sterile, controlled environment of a state-funded shelter.

Coming off his earlier award-winning short film, “Glory at Sea,” Zeitlin wanted to continue working on an expanded feature film set in the Louisiana bayou and to tell a story about a community making a final stand. The same theme and mythic, poetic feeling of “Glory at Sea,” clearly carries through in Zeitlin’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” Like “Beasts,” “Glory at Sea,” concerned a southern Delta community endangered by a flood and focused on a young girl, who also served as the film’s narrator. “Glory at Sea” told of the aftermath of the Katrina flood, and a community’s Orpheus-like efforts to keep alive its old traditions and loved ones.

Fusing recent history and environmental concerns with a mythical quality, “Beasts of the Southern Wild” defies easy classification or description, instead forging a new path that firmly establishes director Benh Zeitlin as a bright new cinematic talent. Reviewers are speculating that both Zeitlin and young Quvenzhané Wallis could be nominated for Academy Awards.

This piece includes a number of color photographs and five videos, including the official trailer for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and the acclaimed short film, “Glory at Sea.”

http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/an-anthem-to-survivors-beasts-of-the-southern-wild/Sometimes miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of,... more

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Oprah’s Next Chapter: The Kardashians Interview – Part 1

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Lightsaber Battle: Obama vs. Oprah (VIDEO)

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OWN Network to profile Jon Bon Jovi on 'Master Class' this Sunday at 10pm EST

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Jimmy Kimmel presents ‘Oprah’s Book Fight Club’ (VIDEO)

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OWN network to profile Jon Bon Jovi in 'Master Class' series

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Video: Steven Tyler Says He Cried During Sex

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Cliff Michaels New Book “The 4 Essentials: A Path to Success & Happiness”

Lessons learned in classrooms or even through work experience are extremely important. That said, those learned outside the classroom or boardroom — the real-world essentials — are critical to success as well. In his new book, The 4 Essentials: A Path to Success and Happiness, successful entrepreneur Cliff Michaels brings to life what he calls a Real-World MBA, a Master’s in Basic Abilities.

In The 4 Essentials, Cliff Michaels takes readers on a journey of success, failure, and purpose with lessons to be gleaned from each. Michaels complements this journey with wisdom drawn from books, movies, childhood heroes, and virtual mentors from Leonardo daVinci and Thomas Edison to modern-day icons such as Oprah Winfrey, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, and Blake Mycoskie. Passionately written and thought provoking, Michaels illustrates why success is not predicated solely on degrees, intelligence, or opportunity.

The 4 Essentials has already gained recognition by leaders in education and entrepreneurship:

"Cliff's 4 Essentials are a great framework for students to succeed in school and life."
Bill Milliken – Founder, Communities in Schools, Author, The Last Dropout

“Cliff Michaels delivers a powerful path to profits, passion, and purpose.”
Tony Hsieh – CEO, Zappos.com, NY Times #1 Bestseller, Delivering Happiness

“By applying ‘The 4 Essentials’— life skills, action strategies, core values, and purpose principles — anyone can fill gaps in education, intelligence, or socio-economics that may be holding them back,” says Michaels. “That’s not to say traditional education isn’t important. It certainly is. But teaching vocation skills without people skills or business excellence without purpose principles is fundamentally flawed.”

As a real estate broker, investor, high-tech CEO, and strategist, Michaels has successfully navigated the high flying 80's, recovering 90's, and 21st century booms and busts. His firm has produced more than $500 million in sales and he’s a former president and 10-year board member of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization Los Angeles Chapter.

Before hitting his stride, Michaels’ journey began as an aspiring entrepreneur at the University of Southern California. While cutting his entrepreneurial teeth with street-wise real estate mentors, Michaels noticed a serious gap between traditional education and basic abilities of peak performance. This fueled philosophical debates with students and professors, leading Michaels to conduct research on “Real-World Essentials Critical to Success,” especially in competitive environments. His research and personal journey supported Michaels’ belief that basic life and business strategies must be taught in concert. This was the inspiration for The 4 Essentials.

“Based on my research, The 4 Essentials are keys to achievement – personally and professionally,” continues Michaels. “I’m convinced anyone willing to Master Basic Abilities can find their path to success and happiness.”

In addition to his book on The 4 Essentials, Michaels has developed online e-courses and tools on topics from self-discovery and team building, to communication, people skills, conflict resolution, sales, negotiations, and business planning; among others (coming this Fall). Additionally, Michaels launched The Giving Back Mission as a companion to The 4 Essentials. With each purchase at CliffMichaels.com, free books and courses are donated to students with 10% proceeds also going to charities. Initial targets include: Charity Water, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Communities in Schools, Doctors Without Borders, and Habitat for Humanity.

The 4 Essentials is now available for pre-order and will be released in paperback January 2012. FREE Chapters are available and anyone who pre-orders the book gains exclusive access to a full PDF Online version of The 4 Essentials at www.CliffMichaels.com. 50% Off Michaels’ E-course on Self Discovery & Team Mission is also available when pre-ordering the book (Courses come with result-oriented tools like goal and project-planning forms).Lessons learned in classrooms or even through work experience are extremely important.... more