Sunday, January 30, 2011

Kim Kardashian W Magazine Photos

Photos of Kim Kardashian hit the web today on her W magazine photo shoot. Here are some of the examples of her photos.









Debbie Gibson Nude Playboy Photos

Last 29 January 2005, it was officially confirmed that Deborah Gibson would appear in a photo shoot with the Playboy Magazine. Here are the reduced size pictures of Deborah in the Playboy Magazine pictorial just to take a look of how the pictorial came out. All of the pictures are copyright of Playboy Inc. and courtesy of the Playboy Cyber Club.















Comedian David Frye Dies

David Frye died in Las Vegas at the age of 77, the New York Times reports. He was a comedian best known for his portrayals of Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Nelson Rockefeller and other politicians in the public. Frye was born in the name of David Shapiro and became popular in the 1960s and 1970s when he imitated some popular personalities.


Frye's career took off when Nixon began his presidency. Some of the television shows he appeared on included The Ed Sullivan Show and the Tonight Show With Johnny Carson.

Watch David Frye in The Voices of America:



Friday, January 28, 2011

The 25th Anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion

January 28 marks the 25th anniversary of the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Challenger's entire crew was killed on January 28, 1986 when the shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after it was launched, 46,000 feet in the air. The explosion was broadcast live on television. 







"This year marks the 25th anniversary of the loss of the Challenger—a tragedy that caused us to completely rethink our systems and processes as we worked to make the shuttle safer," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in an AFP report.

"The nation will never forget Jan. 28, 1986, nor its indelible images," Bolden added.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The 83rd Annual Oscar Nominations


Below are the lists of the 83rd Annual Oscar Nominations which were announced Tuesday morning:

Best Picture
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right ”
“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3″
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”

Best Direction
Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan”
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
David Fincher for “The Social Network”
Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech”
David O. Russell for “The Fighter”

Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”


Adapted Screenplay
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy for “127 Hours”
Aaron Sorkin for “The Social Network”
Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich for “Toy Story 3″
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for “Winter’s Bone”


Original Screenplay
Mike Leigh for “Another Year”
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson for “The Fighter”
Christopher Nolan for “Inception”
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for “The Kids Are All Right”
David Seidler for “The King’s Speech”
Animated Feature

“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Toy Story 3″

Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”: Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
“Inception”: Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
“The King’s Speech”: Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
“True Grit”: Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)

Cinematography
“Black Swan”: Matthew Libatique
“Inception”: Wally Pfister
“The King’s Speech”: Danny Cohen
“The Social Network”: Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit”: Roger Deakins

Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland”: Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love”: Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King’s Speech”: Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest”: Sandy Powell
“True Grit”: Mary Zophres
 
Documentary (Feature)
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
“Gasland”
“Inside Job”
“Restrepo”
“Waste Land”

Documentary (Short Subject)
“Killing in the Name”
“Poster Girl”
“Strangers No More”
“Sun Come Up”
“The Warriors of Qiugang”

Film Editing
“Black Swan”: Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter”: Pamela Martin
“The King’s Speech”: Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours”: Jon Harris
“The Social Network”: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful”: Mexico
“Dogtooth”: Greece
“In a Better World”: Denmark
“Incendies”: Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)”: Algeria

Makeup
“Barney’s Version”: Adrien Morot
“The Way Back”: Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Wolfman”: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)
“How to Train Your Dragon”: John Powell
“Inception”: Hans Zimmer
“The King’s Speech”: Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours”: A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network”: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Short Film (Animated)
“Day & Night”: Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo”: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let’s Pollute”: Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing”: Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)”: Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)
“The Confession”: Tanel Toom
“The Crush”: Michael Creagh
“God of Love”: Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe”: Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143″: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing
“Inception”: Richard King
“Toy Story 3″: Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
“Tron: Legacy”: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
“Unstoppable”: Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing
“Inception”: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
“The King’s Speech”: Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
“Salt”: Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network”: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects
“Alice in Wonderland”: Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter”: Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
“Inception”: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
“Iron Man 2″: Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

World's Biggest Leatherback Turtle Revealed

Dermochelys coriacea, the Leatherback Turtle, matures to an average length of 1-2 m (3.3-6.6 ft) and can weigh from 250-700 kg (550-1,500 lbs). The biggest of this species ever discovered measured more than 3 m (10 ft) in length and 916 kg (2,019 lbs) in weight. This makes it not only the biggest sea turtle living, but also the 4th biggest modern reptile species, following those of the class Crocodilia (which include the Alligator and the Crocodile).


The leatherback turtle has a large teardrop-shaped body, which is the most hydrodynamic body structure among all sea turtle species. Compared to other turtles, it also has the biggest flippers in proportion to its body. Its front flippers, in particular, are known to grow as large as 2.7 m (9 ft), which are larger than the flippers of any other turtle specimen. They are so developed to easily propel the leatherback through the water as it swims in the open ocean that is its habitat. There are no claws present in both pairs of the leatherback’s flippers.

Among the notable physical traits unique to the leatherback turtle is that it does not have a bony carapace or shell as other turtles do. Rather than a bony external plate or scute, it has a thick, oily and leathery skin (hence its name) embedded with bony scale-like deposits called osteoderms. Another characteristic distinguishing it from other reptiles is the absence of Beta-keratin in their scales (Beta-keratin is responsible for giving reptile skins rigidity). Also, leatherbacks do not have any teeth, but instead have points situated on its upper lip, as well as backward spines located in its throat that enable it to swallow its food.

Considered as one of the deepest-diving marine creatures, the leatherback turtle is capable of submerging to a depth of 1,280 m (4,199 ft). And somewhat contrary to the perpetual image of the turtle as the slowest-moving animal, the leatherback turtle is actually the fastest-moving reptile species. As listed in the Guinness Book of World Records (1992 edition), it can move at a rate of 35.28 km per hour (21.92 mph) when in water. A natural swimmer, as all sea turtles are, one leatherback observed by scientists was recorded to have swum 647 days from Indonesia to the US, covering a distance of 20,000 km (12,427 mi).

The sole living species of its genus Dermochelys, the leatherback turtle is endangered by threats both natural and man-made. Although leatherbacks do not have many natural predators as adults, young leatherbacks tend to be susceptible to predation, particularly from birds and small mammals that dig up turtle nests for the eggs, waders (shorebirds) and crustaceans preying on newly-hatched leatherbacks scuttling to the sea, and the cephalopods and predatory fish waiting for the hatchlings that do make it to the water.

Tom Hardy Plays Bane in Batman 3 The Movie 'The Dark Knight Rises'

Bane is a fictional character that comes in comic books published by DC Comics. The character Bane first presented in Batman: Vengeance of Bane (January 1993), and was created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, and Graham Nolan. Bane has been one of Batman's most clever and physically powerful enemies. He is best known for breaking Batman's back in the "Knightfall" story arc. Imagine Games Network's (IGN) list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time listed Bane as #34.


Actor Tom Hardy has been confirmed to play the role of Bane in the Batman 3 Film. Hardy should have to put on some weight for the role in the third movie from Christopher Nolan's Batman series called "The Dark Knight Rises." Hardy will accompany actors Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and currently revealed Anne Hathaway in the film. Hathaway will play the role of the sly and beguiling Catwoman in the final film of Batman series.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Regis Philbin Retires From His Talk Show

Regis Francis Xavier Philbin is an American media personality, occasional actor and singer, made famous for hosting talk and game shows from the 1950s up to the present time. Philbin is sometimes called "the hardest working man in show business" and holds the Guinness World Record for the most time spent in front of a television camera. With each TV appearance, he connects to his record for most hours logged (16,100, as certified by Guinness World Records in 2008). His trademarks include his excited manner, his New York Bronx accentuation, his wit, and irreverent ad-libs. He is most widely known for Live with Regis and Kelly, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Million Dollar Password, and for hosting the first season of America's Got Talent.


Regis Philbin says he's now ready to give up and retire from his morning talk show "Live with Regis and Kelly." The 79-year-old Regis Philbin announced his retirement right on his show this morning. Regis said he'll just tape his last shows toward the end of the summer, but he didn't give an exact date. During his announcement, Regis joked, "There is a time that everything must come to an end for certain people on camera, especially certain old people."

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Teresa Scanlan Crowned Miss America 2011

Teresa Scanlan, a 17-year old from Gering, Nebraska was crowned as the youngest champion of all-time in Miss America Pageant 2011 last Saturday night, earning the crown by performing "White Water Chopsticks" on the piano. She was the only contestant to neither sing nor dance.

A graduate of Scottsbluff High School, Scanlan has earned a $50,000 scholarship and will attend Patrick Henry College in the fall. During her year-long tenure, Teresa said her main focus will be on eating disorders and how they affect her generation. If she can't fulfill her duties - and, really, you never know with beauty queens - the runner-up (Miss Arkansas, Alyse Eady) will take over.

Miss America Pageant 2011 Bikini Photos

Beauty queens from all across the U.S.A. have descended upon Las Vegas to compete in the 2011 Miss America pageant. During the preliminaries many of the girls took their turn practicing their best bikini struts for the all important swimwear competition portion of the program. I have hand selected a 28 of the best here for a full on Miss America black bikini bliss sexyfest!

See the photos below:
All photos: Judy Eddy/WENN.com
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