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Saturday, January 21, 2012
New Hart Of Dixie Promo With Taylor Swift?s Sparks Fly Released
The CW has released a new, and very intense promotional video, for Hart of Dixie’s season 1. An extended preview of what?s to come, the new clip also features pop star Taylor Swift?s song ‘Sparks Fly’ in the backdrop. Check out the sneak peek after the jump and tell us what you think Rachel Bilson fans. Due to return on January 23rd, Hart of Dixie?s new episode is aptly titled ?Hell?s Belles?, and after seeing what?s to come, fans can be sure things will be heating up on the Zoe-Wade-George front. The sneak peek showcases a heart felt Wade telling Zoe just how he feels about her. Meanwhile, George still seems interested in Zoe, and the feeling appears to be mutual on Dr. Hart?s part as well. The highlight of the CW’s Sparks Fly preview seems to save the best for last. By the end of the preview for the series? mid season return we see George confess to Lemon that he?s having doubts about their relationship, and sadly he hasn?t felt on the same level as his fiance in some time. It looks like show runners are working to a climatic end for Hart of Dixie?s freshman season. In [...]
Friday, January 20, 2012
Kim Kardashian Mocks Claim That O.J. Simpson Is Khloe's Dad
Is O.J. Simpson Khloe Kardashian's father?! It would be one of the most shocking paternity scandals in recent years... if it were true.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Sundance 2012 will be biggest buyer's market ever (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) ? This year's Sundance Film Festival will be the biggest buyer's market ever.
But will any of the movies picked up there become a breakout hit?
That's the question that hangs over Park City, Utah, as the indie film world converges on the resort for the festival, which kicks off with a quartet of opening-night films on Thursday.
Last year's festival was one of the best in memory for acquisitions -- 40 films were scooped up -- but for none of them broke through on the order of "Little Miss Sunshine." The Paul Rudd comedy "Our Idiot Brother" topped last year's entries with a $24.8 million gross.
Films like "Like Crazy," "Martha Marcy May Marlene," and "Win Win" drew favorable reviews and awards attention, but none are really in the position to receive Best Picture nominations the way recent Sundance entries "The Kids Are All Right," "Precious," "An Education" and "Winter's Bone" did a year after their debut at the festival.
Buyers are trekking to Park City this week to check out movies starring the likes of Joel Edgerton, Julie Delpy and Sean Penn, plus the usual plethora of documentaries. The independent film community is hoping for another strong edition of the most important American film festival, and the key showcase for independent film anywhere.
How much a buyer's market is this year's festival? For the first time, every film premiering there did not have a buyer when Sundance booked it. Nearly every one of them still remains completely up for grabs.
This year's lineup boast more than 117 feature-length films, 45 of them by first-time filmmakers. They were selected from more than 4,000 submissions.
It will kick off with a quartet of films: actor-turned-director Todd Louiso's "Hello, I Must Be Going," featuring a buzzed-about performance from Melanie Lynskey; "Wish You Were Here," a Cambodian-set drama starring Joel Edgerton; "Searching for Sugar Man," a documentary about the obscure '70s rock 'n' roller Rodriguez; and Lauren Greenfield's doc "The Queen of Versailles," which stirred up controversy not because of the film but because of the Sundance press release announcing it.
The film details the construction of a 90,000-square-foot Florida mansion whose owner, David Siegel, sued Greenfield, her husband and the Sundance Institute over a description in the release that said his house had been foreclosed, which it had not. (TheWrap initially ran that description, but changed it when a Sundance rep contacted us to say that their initial wording was incorrect.)
Other competition films that have picked up attention include Behn Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild," made with a cast of non-actors; Jonathan Kasdan's high-school drama "The First Time"; So Yong Kim's "For Ellen," with Paul Dano as a musician fighting for custody of his daughter; Ben Lewin's "The Surrogate," which stars John Hawkes as a man determined to lose his virginity even though he lives in an iron lung; and "Simon Killer," an Antonio Campos movie from the Borderline Films group that produced "Martha Marcy May Marlene."
The out-of-competition films showcase even bigger names: Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon in the financial thriller "Arbitrage," Bruce Willis and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Stephen Frear's "Lay the Favorite," Sigourney Weaver and Robert De Niro in Rodrigo Cortes' "Red Lights," and Chris Rock in actress-director Julie Delpy's "2 Days in New York," a follow-up to "2 Days in Paris."
Spike Lee is also bringing "Red Hook Summer" to the festival, while Lee Toland Krieger's relationship comedy "Celeste and Jesse Forever" and Jamie Travis' phone-sex comedy "For a Good Time, Call . " have buyers sniffing around.
"Bachelorette" insists that it's not another "Bridesmaids," but the comedy with Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan does look at the female side of wedding rituals.
Typically, Sundance showcases a number of young breakout stars, with last year's "Sundance It Girls" including Elizabeth Olsen ("Martha Marcy May Marlene" and "Silent House") and Felicity Jones ("Like Crazy"). Olsen is back this year with "Liberal Arts" and "Red Lights," while candidates for 2011 breakout status include Mary Elizabeth Winstead in "Smashed" and Gina Rodriguez in "Filly Brown."
The documentary side is traditionally a Sundance strength: Six of the Academy's 15 shortlisted feature docs screened at last year's festival. Competitive entries include Rachel Grady's "Detropia," Kirby Dick's "The Invisible War," Eugene Jarecki's "The House I Live In." HBO Documentary Films has already bought U.S. broadcast rights to "Me at the Zoo," about video blogger Chris Crocker.
Non-competition docs include Stacy Peralta's skateboard chronicle "Bones Brigade: An Autobiography," Rory Kennedy's look at her mother, "Ethel," and Joe Berlinger's "Under African Skies," which follows Paul Simon's return to South Africa 25 years after recording the "Graceland" album.
Whether or not he attends, Berlinger is also apt to be a presence when "West of Memphis" screens - because that documentary, directed by Amy Berg and produced by Peter Jackson, looks at the case of the West Memphis Three, which was exhaustively chronicled by Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky in the three "Paradise Lost" movies.
The big question: What will Berg and Jackson reveal that wasn't already covered by Berlinger and Sinofsky?
Then there's "Humpday" director and Sundance vet Lynn Shelton's "Your Sister's Sister," with Emily Blunt and Mark Duplass, and an anniversary screening of the iconic indie film "Reality Bites," and Paolo Sorrentino's "This Must Be the Place," with Sean Penn as an androgynous-looking rock star. Add an extensive lineup of midnight films and experimental films and short films, and the buyers will have an enormous amount to choose from.
If past Sundance Film Festivals are any indication, a surprisingly large percentage of the entries will wind up with theatrical distribution.
But will any of them turn a profit? That's a question that won't be answered in Park City over the next two weeks - though it'll definitely be asked, over and over.
TheWrap will have full coverage of the festival in the Report From Sundance column.
(Editing by Chris Michaud)
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Volunteer: Community grants benefit Kelowna residents
A total of $80,000 in Community Social Development Grants and $22,000 in Grants to Address the Sexual Exploitation of Youth are available from the City of Kelowna.
?Last year, all 16 organizations that applied received funding,? explained Cheryl Miller, grants manager for the Central Okanagan Foundation. ?Grants ranged in size from $2,000 to $10,000.?
Registered non-profit organizations interested in applying are invited to attend an information session on Thursday, January 12 at 1 p.m. in the Pacific Safety Products Boardroom at the Rotary Centre for the Arts, 421 Cawston Ave.
Changes to the Official Community Plan affect content required in these grant applications. The information session will review program updates that could impact the application and evaluation process.
Current grant application forms are available on the City of Kelowna website, kelowna.ca/grants. An advisory committee of six people reviews the applications and recommends funding.
Community Social Development Grants assist registered, non-profit societies and community organizations in the delivery of innovative, prevention-oriented programs designed to improve the quality of life for residents in Kelowna.
Grants to Address the Sexual Exploitation of Youth fund programs that directly address sexual exploitation issues for those under 19 years of age within the City of Kelowna.
Details about an organization?s grant request must be summarized within three pages. What is the need for this program? What community support exists and how will this program cooperate with agencies providing similar services? What are the measurable performance targets and dates for implementation?
The application must also describe the population to be served and outline other sources of funding being pursued.
For more information, contact Miller at cheryl@centralokanaganfoundation.org or 250-861-6160.
Completed applications are due by 3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, and should be dropped off at the Central Okanagan Foundation, 217-1889 Springfield Rd., Kelowna.
Dawn Wilkinson is the coordinator for the Community Information and Volunteer Centre. Go to www.kcr.ca to create your volunteer profile and find out about other volunteer opportunities in the Central Okanagan.
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Euro rises on positive German, Chinese data (AP)
NEW YORK ? The euro rose against the dollar Tuesday after the Germany and China released positive economic data. Traders also bought euros after borrowing rates in Spain dropped following a successful bond auction.
The euro rose to $1.2722 in late trading Tuesday from $1.2665 late Monday.
Germany said its investor sentiment index rose in January, a sign that economic activity in the country should stabilize in the next month.
China said Tuesday that growth slowed in the fourth quarter, but the slowdown was not as big as analysts had expected.
Spain auctioned $6.21 billion in short-term debt, a sign that investor sentiment was not hurt by last week's downgrade of the country's credit rating. Last week, traders were worried that it would be harder for European countries to raise funds after Standard & Poor's downgraded the credit ratings of France, Austria, Italy and Spain on Friday. Those worries pushed the euro to a 17-month low of $1.2623 on Friday.
The dollar fell against most other currencies Tuesday. The British pound rose to $1.5327 from $1.5322. The dollar fell to 0.9506 Swiss franc from 0.9545 and to 1.0159 Canadian dollar from 1.0179.
However, the dollar rose to 76.82 Japanese yen from 76.76.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Iran warns Gulf Arabs on oil
In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center, is welcomed by an unidentified Saudi official, left, as Saudi crown prince Nayef bin Abdel-Aziz, right, looks on prior their meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. China's premier visits Saudi Arabia as part of six-day Mideast trip that also takes him to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. The visit to the region runs from Jan. 14-19. Wen Jiabao is slated to discuss the Arab Spring uprising and talks are likely to also focus on the latest U.S. sanctions on Iran, a major oil exporter to China. (AP Photo/HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
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CAIRO (AP) ? Iran warned Gulf Arab oil producers against boosting production to offset any potential drop in Tehran's crude exports in the event of an embargo affecting its oil sales, the latest salvo in the dispute between the West and the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program.
The comments by Iran's OPEC governor, published Sunday, came as Saudi Arabia's oil minister was quoted the same day denying that his country's earlier pledges to boost output as needed to meet global demand was linked to a potential siphoning of Iranian crude from the market because of sanctions.
World oil markets have been jolted over concerns that Iran may choke off the vital Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for sanctions hampering its ability to sell its oil. Saudi Arabia and other key Gulf Arab producers have recently said they are ready to provide stable and secure supplies of oil.
The U.S. recently imposed sanctions targeting Iran's central bank and, by extension, refiners' ability to buy and pay for crude. The European Union is also weighing an embargo on Iranian oil, while Japan, one of Iran's top Asian customers, has pledged to buy less crude from the country.
Mohammad Ali Khatibi, Iran's OPEC governor, was quoted Sunday by the pro-reform Shargh newspaper as saying that attempts by Gulf nations to replace Iran's output with their own would make them an "accomplice in further events."
"These acts will not be considered friendly," Khatibi said, adding that if the Arab producers "apply prudence and announce that they will not participate in replacing oil, then adventurist countries will not show interest," in the embargo.
The embargo concerns are linked to Iran's nuclear program. The West maintains Iran is enriching uranium for weapons purposes while Tehran says its program is for purely peaceful purposes such as generating electricity.
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer and a close U.S. ally, had said that it was ready to raise its output to accommodate global market needs. The country is the only member of the 12-nation Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries that has significant spare capacity, currently estimated at roughly more than 2 million barrels per day.
With concerns building amid the standoff between Iran and the West over Tehran's nuclear program, a string of Asian and Western officials have visited Saudi Arabia over the past week. While offering assurances that it could meet a shortfall in supply through its spare capacity, Saudi officials have also been careful to say that it was an internal matter if nations chose to abide by any sanctions.
Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi appeared to try to further clarify the country's position in comments published Sunday in the daily Al-Ektisadiyah newspaper.
"We never said that Saudi Arabia is trying to compensate for Iranian oil in the case that sanctions (are enacted)," Al-Naimi was quoted as saying. "We said that we are prepared to meet the increase in global demand as a result of any circumstances."
The kingdom has a production capacity of 12.5 million barrels and is believed to be producing slightly over 9 million to 9.5 million barrels per day.
Iran's warning introduces a new layer of complication to an issue that has the potential for broad regional and global fallout.
"If the regional countries ... say no to what is harmful to the security of the region, then nothing will definitely happen," he said. But if the security of oil traffic in the Strait of Hormuz is violated, "all will be lost," he said.
"If these countries make a mistake and give the green light, this will be a historic green light," Khatibi said.
Saudi Arabia, the Arab world's largest economy, is widely seen as the main counterweight to Iran in the region. Any attempt by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which a sixth of the world's oil flows, would also affect the export abilities of the major Gulf producers, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar.
While momentum appears to be building for the sanctions by the West, China, another major buyer of Iranian oil, has come out against the measures.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for meeting with officials in which the two countries "pledged to work together to further expand all-around exchanges and cooperation," according to China's Xinhua news agency
Wen said the two sides "should expand trade of crude oil and natural gas and energy-related cooperation as to deepen their energy partnership," Xinhua reported.
During the visit, Saudi state-owned oil giant Aramco and Chinese refiner Sinopec finalized an agreement to develop a 400,000 barrel per day joint venture refinery in the Red Sea city of Yanbu. The deal is just one between China and Gulf producers as the Asian powerhouse reaches out across the world to secure energy supplies for its booming economy.
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Associated Press writer Nasser Karimi in Tehran contributed.
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