Sunday, May 7, 2017
Background Voices
An excerpt from the LA Times -
Need a background voice for a movie or TV show? Barbara Harris is the person to call
By Daniel Vaillancourt
Need a background voice for a movie or TV show? Barbara Harris is the person to call
By Daniel Vaillancourt
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| Barbara Harris, who provides background voices for movies and television. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) |
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-barbara-harris-background-voices-20170410-story.html
Hollywood Goes to HBCUs
From the LA Times -
These black colleges in Atlanta are some of Hollywood's best kept filming secrets
By Tre'vell Anderson
To the unfamiliar eye, Morehouse seems like many other colleges. But it’s not.
Most schools are not used as filming locations for big-budget Hollywood productions. Morehouse, however, has been the setting for two in just a single year, the Oscar-nominated “Hidden Figures” and BET’s “The Quad.”
In fact, the entire Atlanta University Center, or AUC, a consortium of historically black colleges and universities in the city, has ties with Hollywood that run deeper than the Chattahoochee River. In the last 30 years, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse School of Medicine have all been used in countless films and television shows.
Together, they are one of the industry’s best kept secrets in the city known as the Hollywood of the South.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-morehouse-spelman-clark-atlanta-20170505-story.html
These black colleges in Atlanta are some of Hollywood's best kept filming secrets
By Tre'vell Anderson
To the unfamiliar eye, Morehouse seems like many other colleges. But it’s not.
Most schools are not used as filming locations for big-budget Hollywood productions. Morehouse, however, has been the setting for two in just a single year, the Oscar-nominated “Hidden Figures” and BET’s “The Quad.”
In fact, the entire Atlanta University Center, or AUC, a consortium of historically black colleges and universities in the city, has ties with Hollywood that run deeper than the Chattahoochee River. In the last 30 years, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse School of Medicine have all been used in countless films and television shows.
Together, they are one of the industry’s best kept secrets in the city known as the Hollywood of the South.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-morehouse-spelman-clark-atlanta-20170505-story.html
Seen as a Threat
An excerpt from the LA Times -
The killing of Jordan Edwards shows again how black males — even children — are viewed as a threat
By Kurtis Lee
As the death reignited a national conversation about race and the police, it’s also elevated what’s viewed as a well-understood fact in many African American communities: When you’re black — even if you’re a child — you can be viewed as a threat to police.
“These are trained professionals, who are supposed to make rational decisions, but they’re not,” said Benjamin Crump, a civil rights attorney and former president of the National Bar Assn., a network of black lawyers and judges. “And yet again our children — I repeat, children — are paying the ultimate price.”
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-jordan-edwards-20170506-story.html
The killing of Jordan Edwards shows again how black males — even children — are viewed as a threat
By Kurtis Lee
As the death reignited a national conversation about race and the police, it’s also elevated what’s viewed as a well-understood fact in many African American communities: When you’re black — even if you’re a child — you can be viewed as a threat to police.
“These are trained professionals, who are supposed to make rational decisions, but they’re not,” said Benjamin Crump, a civil rights attorney and former president of the National Bar Assn., a network of black lawyers and judges. “And yet again our children — I repeat, children — are paying the ultimate price.”
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-jordan-edwards-20170506-story.html
Why People?
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
What’s it like getting married at Disney? It’s not always a fairy tale.
By Megan McDonough
In 2013, Disney held 1,500 weddings on its properties. Last year, that number swelled to more than 4,000, with about 11 ceremonies a day globally. That trend is likely to continue, as Disney rolls out live-action updates of its classic films over the next several years, such as the recent “Beauty and the Beast” update starring Emma Watson.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/whats-it-like-getting-married-at-disney-its-not-always-a-fairy-tale/2017/05/04/59390a66-2c24-11e7-be51-b3fc6ff7faee_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_disney-1051am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.9a8a89704c34
What’s it like getting married at Disney? It’s not always a fairy tale.
By Megan McDonough
In 2013, Disney held 1,500 weddings on its properties. Last year, that number swelled to more than 4,000, with about 11 ceremonies a day globally. That trend is likely to continue, as Disney rolls out live-action updates of its classic films over the next several years, such as the recent “Beauty and the Beast” update starring Emma Watson.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/whats-it-like-getting-married-at-disney-its-not-always-a-fairy-tale/2017/05/04/59390a66-2c24-11e7-be51-b3fc6ff7faee_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_disney-1051am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.9a8a89704c34
Rosa Parks' Pancake Recipe
From the Huffington Post -
Rosa Parks’ Pancake Recipe Will Blow Yours Out Of The Water
There’s peanut butter in there.
By Julie R. Thomson
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rosa-parks-pancake-recipe_us_590b5591e4b0104c734c94f6
Rosa Parks’ Pancake Recipe Will Blow Yours Out Of The Water
There’s peanut butter in there.
By Julie R. Thomson
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| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Rosa Parks’ “featherlite pancakes” recipe written on the back of an envelope. |
Saturday, May 6, 2017
From Game Concept to Full Mobile Game - How Students Made "Tangram Jam"
This is dated, but interesting nonetheless.
The article below is current and features the guy on the left in the video.
http://college.usatoday.com/2017/05/04/how-i-became-a-video-game-designer-bugi-kaigwa/
The article below is current and features the guy on the left in the video.
http://college.usatoday.com/2017/05/04/how-i-became-a-video-game-designer-bugi-kaigwa/
Yes, Still
An excerpt from CNN -
What's changed -- and what hasn't -- 70 years after Jackie Robinson
By Mike Downey
(CNN)Still? STILL? A baseball player being subjected to racial taunts? A full 70 years after Jackie Robinson endured this kind of despicable behavior while smashing through the sport's white ceiling, it's hard to believe, but here we are again.
Adam Jones of the Baltimore Orioles was literally minding his business, manning a position in the outfield Monday night against the Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, when the N-word came flying at him. Jones heard it, tolerated it best he knew how, then talked about it candidly after the game.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/opinions/70-years-after-jackie-robinson-racist-taunt-adam-jones-downey/index.html
What's changed -- and what hasn't -- 70 years after Jackie Robinson
By Mike Downey
(CNN)Still? STILL? A baseball player being subjected to racial taunts? A full 70 years after Jackie Robinson endured this kind of despicable behavior while smashing through the sport's white ceiling, it's hard to believe, but here we are again.
Adam Jones of the Baltimore Orioles was literally minding his business, manning a position in the outfield Monday night against the Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, when the N-word came flying at him. Jones heard it, tolerated it best he knew how, then talked about it candidly after the game.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/opinions/70-years-after-jackie-robinson-racist-taunt-adam-jones-downey/index.html
Judge Holding Court
Excerpt from the NY Times -
Judge in Puerto Rico’s Debt Lawsuit Handled Major Financial Cases
By MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN
As a federal court judge, Laura Taylor Swain has played a role in two of the highest-profile financial criminal cases of the past decade. Now she will preside over one of the biggest local government financial failure cases ever filed.
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Judge Swain has handled prominent cases in recent years. She was the presiding judge who accepted the guilty plea of SAC Capital Advisors, the giant group of hedge funds that the billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen led. And she presided over the lengthy criminal trial of several former employees of Bernard Madoff, who ran a huge Ponzi scheme.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/business/dealbook/judge-puerto-rico-case.html?_r=0
Judge in Puerto Rico’s Debt Lawsuit Handled Major Financial Cases
By MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN
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| Judge Laura Taylor Swain |
As a federal court judge, Laura Taylor Swain has played a role in two of the highest-profile financial criminal cases of the past decade. Now she will preside over one of the biggest local government financial failure cases ever filed.
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Judge Swain has handled prominent cases in recent years. She was the presiding judge who accepted the guilty plea of SAC Capital Advisors, the giant group of hedge funds that the billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen led. And she presided over the lengthy criminal trial of several former employees of Bernard Madoff, who ran a huge Ponzi scheme.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/business/dealbook/judge-puerto-rico-case.html?_r=0
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