Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Charlie's Angels' Farrah Fawcett Dies at 62
The Charlie's Angels star who had later become most potent sex symbol of the 70's died Thursday in Los Angeles after a 3 year battle with cancer. She was 62 years old. Fit, tanned, blonde and smiling, She fought crime in Charlie's Angels and also sold a million copies of a poster of herself in a red swinsuit. For a time she was married to Lee Major (star of the six million dollar man) She was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, her treatment was put in the documentary Farrah's Story. Ryan O’Neal, father of Fawcett’s 24-year-old son Redmond, said Wednesday: “Although this is an extremely difficult time for her family and friends, we take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah over the years and the knowledge that her life brought joy to so many people around the world.”
Black Ops hides Zork easter egg
Players have been discovering a secret in the game call of duty black ops, following these steps and you can discover it too! first, break away from the main menu and find a computer running on DOS and type in "zork" and you'll play the classic infocom text adventure. You will also get the "eaten by a Grue" achievement. You may also access a tap-down zombie shooter called Dead Ops Arcade by typing "DOA" into the computer.
Wikileaks article
Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, has been publishing information about the government and attacking countries and causing problems among them. There has recently been a lawsuit against Julian Assange saying that he raped 2 women however there is a very good chance this is not true and they are just trying to get revenge on him for publishing these rumors.
Friday, December 3, 2010
How Darren Aronofsky transformed ballet swan lake into the thriller black swan
In a thriller you expect to see zombies, vampires or runaway mental patients but no one expected this one. The new movie Black Swan is a thriller about a ballerina. The movie stars Natalie Portman as a mentally deranged dancer so obsessed with her starring role in Swan Lake that she begins an excruciating physical transformation into a black feathered beast. Darren thought about the ballerina turning into a beautiful swan and thought, "i could make this gruesome"
Is Catfish just a tall tale?
A new movie about facebook just released, not the social network but a low budget documentary called catfish, about a relationship between a 24 year old photographer and an 8 year old painting prodigy. The film starts off about their online connection but the photographer continues to get more involved with this girl. People watched it a few times and started to wonder, could it be true?
Win a coin toss
Is it possible to win a coin toss on purpose?
A group of people were chosen to test this theory. They chose half the people who wanted to make a coin toss and the other half thought that coin tosses were too unfair. They were given points to practice winning a coin toss.
1)do the flipping(remember which side it started on, go for a specific amount of flips
2)practice(flip the coin the same everytime, with the same force behind your thumb 3 or 4 flips is ideal)
3)be smart(if you happen to not be the one flipping, just choose the side that facing up on the coin there is a 51% of it landing that way)
it is not guaranteed to win a coin toss but it is more likely if you follow the 3 tips listed in this article.
A group of people were chosen to test this theory. They chose half the people who wanted to make a coin toss and the other half thought that coin tosses were too unfair. They were given points to practice winning a coin toss.
1)do the flipping(remember which side it started on, go for a specific amount of flips
2)practice(flip the coin the same everytime, with the same force behind your thumb 3 or 4 flips is ideal)
3)be smart(if you happen to not be the one flipping, just choose the side that facing up on the coin there is a 51% of it landing that way)
it is not guaranteed to win a coin toss but it is more likely if you follow the 3 tips listed in this article.
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