Josh Hutcherson explains how he developed Peeta's character, particularly since the focus remains primarily on his fellow District 12 tribute Katniss:
It's interesting because, in the book, you have Katniss's internal monologue and dialogue to help you understand that she's confused about Peeta. In the movie, you have to rely on how the scenes are structured and other performances. For me, if you watch it, I felt like I was right along with Katniss the whole time as a viewer. So I think it came from how it was edited together. You only see Katniss' interactions with Peeta, so as an audience, you have to live off of that. Like when he runs off with the other faction, you wonder if Peeta is not who you think he is. So it's got a lot to do with the structure of the film.
Peeta - once he's in the Hunger Games – seems to go through the stages of grief about being in the contest. Was that something you developed consciously?
Definitely, when you get chosen to go into the games, it's more or less a death ticket, so it's disbelief. Shock is the first thing he goes through. What you don't see is the grieving process, which he goes through with his family. Saying goodbye to his mom and dad. But Peeta does a good job of hiding it and his goal is to just help Katniss survive. He loves her and he's weirdly okay with the fact that he probably won't make it out of the games [as long as he can] help Katniss survive.
Elizabeth Banks discusses how she and director Gary Ross viewed her character, the outrageously dressed Effie Trinket:
It's really fun to watch yourself disappear in the movie every day, and watch Effie appear. It required a full transformation. I never knew how old she was, in reading the book. She could be 30, or she could be 100. I imagine, in the future, life expectancy is long and they use crazy plastic surgery. Who the hell knows what's going on? So, I really wanted her to be ageless. Gary's one real note was, "I imagine Joel Grey in Cabaret for her face." That was our jumping off point, and why we ended up with the rough skin and the gnarliness of that...I never wanted Effie to be a clown. I really wanted her to be three-dimensional. She represents the Capitol, in every way. Not just in the way that she dresses, but in her attitude. That line where I say, "I just love that," was an improv on the day. Gary and I were trying to figure out a way to really say that she drank the Kool-Aid.
While Lenny Kravitz explains his character, the personal stylist Cinna:
Obviously, he has integrity. He's at the Capitol and he's working at the Capitol, but he's the guy that, when the revolution busts, is going to be right there. This is not his thing, but he's stuck within the system, and he gets to use his talent and design. From the very beginning, I think he was really taken by the fact that she took the place of her sister. When he comes in to meet her, he's all about, "That was the bravest thing I've ever seen." He's open to her, from the very beginning. I think that he sees her integrity, and he really becomes personally invested. I don't know how long he's been there, but he's been there for a little bit and he's seen kids come and go. He dresses these kids and they're dying. He really wants to do whatever he can do to help her survive.
The great Donald Sutherland explains how he views his character, the autocratic President Snow:
He expects someone to come and challenge his position. He's very confident. His main priority is roses. You see that he looks different from the people in the community. He's much older and he comes from a different generation. In the same sense that my parents didn't really like Elvis Presley and I was crazy about him, it's the same with President Snow. I don't know how much he approves of all that's going on, but it's okay. Now, young people have loads [of] tattoos. I don't have a tattoo.
Alexander Ludwig explains how he prepared to play the villainous career tribute and ruthless killer Cato:
When I got offered the role of Cato, I jumped on the opportunity just ‘cause I've never really had a chance to play a bad guy, and that's something I've always really, really wanted to do. I wanted to experience that really dark side of a person, and Cato is a really, really twisted individual. We worked unbelievably hard. Physically, I wanted Cato to have as big of a physical presence as he did a mental one, in the movie. There was lots of fight training that we had to go through. I worked with an ex-Navy SEAL to bulk up. I did tons of hand-to-hand combat.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Seriously, Jon Hamm says what we've all been thinking!
"We're at a place where the idea of being 'elite' is somehow considered a negative. Whether it's Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian or whoever, stupidity is certainly celebrated. Being a f**king idiot is a valuable commodity in this culture because you're rewarded significantly. And incuriousness has become cool. It's celebrated. It doesn't make sense to me."
Thursday, March 8, 2012
School sexting incident alarms principal
via CBC.ca
..A principal at a P.E.I. school says one of her students sent an explicit photo of herself to another student who was caught showing the photo to classmates Tuesday.
A student took a nude photo of herself and sent it to a friend's cellphone, according to Josée Ferron, principal of École François-Buote.
"I think her first reaction was perhaps disbelief, because she said, 'He told me he had deleted the photograph.' He did not," said Ferron.
"At this point, our main concern is, is it elsewhere? Is it already on the internet? If it is, unfortunately, there's nothing we can do."
The principal suspended the two students who received and passed on the photo.
She also called in Charlottetown police.
Deputy Chief Gary McGuigan said they were able to delete the photo from the students' cellphones and police are confident it hasn't made it onto the internet.
But McGuigan said stories like this are becoming more common.
"Students who are sexting are under a mistaken belief that the images they send are going to remain private and confidential. Unfortunately, that's not the case. And once these images hit the internet, there's little or no chance of getting them back."
Police said a lot of young people don't understand is that if they're receiving or sending out an explicit photo of one of their peers, they're actually breaking the law.
Though it's rare, they could be charged with possessing or distributing child pornography
"We would encourage kids to think their actions through," said McGuigan. "We would encourage parents to pay close attention to what their kids are doing on social media."
Ferron said the incident has been a wake-up call for her too.
Up to now, she said the potential dangers of sexting and improper cellphone use hasn't been discussed with students.
"And that's my main concern because if this is part of their lives, how do we adapt? How do we in a school surrounding react? There's education obviously to be done."
Feron said she's already trying to line up a police officer to come in and talk to her students. She's hoping no one else will have to learn the hard way.
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..A principal at a P.E.I. school says one of her students sent an explicit photo of herself to another student who was caught showing the photo to classmates Tuesday.
A student took a nude photo of herself and sent it to a friend's cellphone, according to Josée Ferron, principal of École François-Buote.
"I think her first reaction was perhaps disbelief, because she said, 'He told me he had deleted the photograph.' He did not," said Ferron.
"At this point, our main concern is, is it elsewhere? Is it already on the internet? If it is, unfortunately, there's nothing we can do."
The principal suspended the two students who received and passed on the photo.
She also called in Charlottetown police.
Deputy Chief Gary McGuigan said they were able to delete the photo from the students' cellphones and police are confident it hasn't made it onto the internet.
But McGuigan said stories like this are becoming more common.
"Students who are sexting are under a mistaken belief that the images they send are going to remain private and confidential. Unfortunately, that's not the case. And once these images hit the internet, there's little or no chance of getting them back."
Police said a lot of young people don't understand is that if they're receiving or sending out an explicit photo of one of their peers, they're actually breaking the law.
Though it's rare, they could be charged with possessing or distributing child pornography
"We would encourage kids to think their actions through," said McGuigan. "We would encourage parents to pay close attention to what their kids are doing on social media."
Ferron said the incident has been a wake-up call for her too.
Up to now, she said the potential dangers of sexting and improper cellphone use hasn't been discussed with students.
"And that's my main concern because if this is part of their lives, how do we adapt? How do we in a school surrounding react? There's education obviously to be done."
Feron said she's already trying to line up a police officer to come in and talk to her students. She's hoping no one else will have to learn the hard way.
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Amazing Story!
Via yahoo.ca by Nadine Bells
..The Toronto Star calls it "the mystery of the purple suitcase."
Three years ago, Shelburne, Ontario, resident Tonya Ritchie bought a purple suitcase for $5 from a St. John's, Newfoundland, Salvation Army.
She was out east for a wedding and needed additional luggage to cart frozen fish back home to Ontario.
What she didn't know at the time was that three 8 mm film reels were tucked into the bag's front pocket. After the bag successfully carried the fish back to Ontario, Ritchie stored it in her attic.
She recently retrieved the bag for another trip. This time, she discovered the front-pocket film reels.
"I said, 'This is somebody's memories,'" Ritchie told The Telegram. "If they were mine, I'd want them."
The tapes from the '60s were marked with Canada Post stamps and belonged to a Mr. James Brander of Glen Williams, Ontario. Ritchie knew her good friend, Janet Piper, who lived just three doors down, grew up in Glen Williams. Out of curiosity, Ritchie's husband showed Piper's husband the tapes.
Piper's husband knew the name: James Brander was his wife's father. He passed away nine years ago. His distinctive handwriting was recognizable on the tapes.
The reels contained Piper's childhood memories: a trip to Disney World, Piper's grandmother's birthday party, a New Year's celebration.
"We laughed, we cried, we hugged. We were a little freaked out," Piper said.
"I was blown away," Piper added. "We're all still blown away."
"What are the chances of us being such good friends, living so close, me buying the suitcase?" Ritchie, 40, said.
Piper, 51, says her family thought the tapes were lost when they moved from Glen Williams to Shelburne in the '70s.
"To give (Janet) back a piece of her dad is more than I can ever put into words," Ritchie said.
"Like, the expression on her face when she held those and saw her dad's handwriting, I can't even put it into words. It was incredible."
No one knows how the reels got to Newfoundland, nor does anyone in Piper's family recognize the purple suitcase.
The Salvation Army, where it was purchased, has since closed. There was no other identification on the bag.
"It is just bizarre, the chances of me picking it up is crazy," Ritchie said of the purple suitcase. "It is the best five bucks I've ever spent."
"I have a feeling that it's not over yet," Piper said of the mystery. "The story of the purple suitcase is not over."
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*image via Google image search*
..The Toronto Star calls it "the mystery of the purple suitcase."
Three years ago, Shelburne, Ontario, resident Tonya Ritchie bought a purple suitcase for $5 from a St. John's, Newfoundland, Salvation Army.
She was out east for a wedding and needed additional luggage to cart frozen fish back home to Ontario.
What she didn't know at the time was that three 8 mm film reels were tucked into the bag's front pocket. After the bag successfully carried the fish back to Ontario, Ritchie stored it in her attic.
She recently retrieved the bag for another trip. This time, she discovered the front-pocket film reels.
"I said, 'This is somebody's memories,'" Ritchie told The Telegram. "If they were mine, I'd want them."
The tapes from the '60s were marked with Canada Post stamps and belonged to a Mr. James Brander of Glen Williams, Ontario. Ritchie knew her good friend, Janet Piper, who lived just three doors down, grew up in Glen Williams. Out of curiosity, Ritchie's husband showed Piper's husband the tapes.
Piper's husband knew the name: James Brander was his wife's father. He passed away nine years ago. His distinctive handwriting was recognizable on the tapes.
The reels contained Piper's childhood memories: a trip to Disney World, Piper's grandmother's birthday party, a New Year's celebration.
"We laughed, we cried, we hugged. We were a little freaked out," Piper said.
"I was blown away," Piper added. "We're all still blown away."
"What are the chances of us being such good friends, living so close, me buying the suitcase?" Ritchie, 40, said.
Piper, 51, says her family thought the tapes were lost when they moved from Glen Williams to Shelburne in the '70s.
"To give (Janet) back a piece of her dad is more than I can ever put into words," Ritchie said.
"Like, the expression on her face when she held those and saw her dad's handwriting, I can't even put it into words. It was incredible."
No one knows how the reels got to Newfoundland, nor does anyone in Piper's family recognize the purple suitcase.
The Salvation Army, where it was purchased, has since closed. There was no other identification on the bag.
"It is just bizarre, the chances of me picking it up is crazy," Ritchie said of the purple suitcase. "It is the best five bucks I've ever spent."
"I have a feeling that it's not over yet," Piper said of the mystery. "The story of the purple suitcase is not over."
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Monday, March 5, 2012
Find your Inner Katiness with these four workout moves inspired by the The Hunger Games.
Here are 4 exercises designed by the Fitness Program Director of DailyBurn, one of the web's leading authorities in exercise, that will bring out your inner archer!
Check them out below and start training today!
ARMS
Exercise – Single Arm Row with Rotation
Equipment – Resistance Band
Description – A single arm row simulates the upper body action in archery by drawing one elbow back (engaging the deep muscles of the back) and slightly rotating the torso. Hook tubing around a stable pole or door jam and place both handles in your right hand. Step back until the tubing has some tension. Pick up your right foot and balance on your left and then begin to pull the tubing back, right hand moving towards right hip. Add a slight rotation to the right, opening up the shoulder.
ABS AND CORE
Exercise – Bear Squat
Equipment – none, just your body weight
Description – The bear squat combines a full plank, which is fantastic for the core, and an explosive leg press. Begin in plank then bend your knees and send your hips back over your heels keeping the knees off the floor (spine is flexed and arms are extended). With a powerful push from your legs, extend back out to plank and hold.
LEG STRENGTH
Exercise – Curtsy Squat Side Lunge
Equipment – Dumbbells
Description – To truly develop strong legs that are functional for running, jumping, leaping and carrying heavy loads, you must train them in all directions. Holding heavy dumbbells in each hand begin with feet together. Step out to the side with your right leg, keeping your left leg straight. Hinge forward slightly but keep chest lifted with the dumbbells on either side of your right leg. Push off your right foot and immediately step back and cross behind the left leg, bending both knees into a curtsy squat.
AGILITY
Exercise – Quick Feet Drill
Equipment – none, just your body weight
Description – To be quick on your feet and have the agility to change direction quickly, you must train the muscles to fire rapidly and with power. This drill is about quickness and endurance and really elevates your heart rate. Begin in the athletic ready stance (feet a little wider than shoulder width with knees slightly bent and a slight hinge forward from the hips) with arms out the side, palms forward. Start moving your feet as fast as you can as if running keeping the feet close to the ground. Keeping your shoulders and torso stable, randomly twist your hips (knees and feet as well!) to the right and quickly back to the center. Repeat to the left continuing to keep your feet moving as quickly as possible.
Check them out below and start training today!
ARMS
Exercise – Single Arm Row with Rotation
Equipment – Resistance Band
Description – A single arm row simulates the upper body action in archery by drawing one elbow back (engaging the deep muscles of the back) and slightly rotating the torso. Hook tubing around a stable pole or door jam and place both handles in your right hand. Step back until the tubing has some tension. Pick up your right foot and balance on your left and then begin to pull the tubing back, right hand moving towards right hip. Add a slight rotation to the right, opening up the shoulder.
ABS AND CORE
Exercise – Bear Squat
Equipment – none, just your body weight
Description – The bear squat combines a full plank, which is fantastic for the core, and an explosive leg press. Begin in plank then bend your knees and send your hips back over your heels keeping the knees off the floor (spine is flexed and arms are extended). With a powerful push from your legs, extend back out to plank and hold.
LEG STRENGTH
Exercise – Curtsy Squat Side Lunge
Equipment – Dumbbells
Description – To truly develop strong legs that are functional for running, jumping, leaping and carrying heavy loads, you must train them in all directions. Holding heavy dumbbells in each hand begin with feet together. Step out to the side with your right leg, keeping your left leg straight. Hinge forward slightly but keep chest lifted with the dumbbells on either side of your right leg. Push off your right foot and immediately step back and cross behind the left leg, bending both knees into a curtsy squat.
AGILITY
Exercise – Quick Feet Drill
Equipment – none, just your body weight
Description – To be quick on your feet and have the agility to change direction quickly, you must train the muscles to fire rapidly and with power. This drill is about quickness and endurance and really elevates your heart rate. Begin in the athletic ready stance (feet a little wider than shoulder width with knees slightly bent and a slight hinge forward from the hips) with arms out the side, palms forward. Start moving your feet as fast as you can as if running keeping the feet close to the ground. Keeping your shoulders and torso stable, randomly twist your hips (knees and feet as well!) to the right and quickly back to the center. Repeat to the left continuing to keep your feet moving as quickly as possible.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Spaghetti Grows on Trees....Seriously
This all started when some teachers in Austria teased some kids for being stupid.
The joke was that if they were told that spaghetti grew on trees, they would believe it. The Britons believed the hoax with the help of a respectable voiceover and a well presented report. Also, because in 1950s Britain spaghetti was considered an exotic food and a rare delicacy.
An estimated 8 million people saw the report that day. Hundreds called the station the next day to ask for more information on how to cultivate them and others to question the authenticity of the story.
Click the link below to see the report.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7180000/newsid_7185500/7185593.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm&news=1&ms3=6&ms_javascript=true&bbcws=2
Thursday, March 1, 2012
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