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Firefox developers said Tuesday that they have no plans to keep the browser from working with the Java software framework now that Oracle has released a patch that prevents it from being used to decrypt sensitive web traffic.
In a blog post published in late September and updated on Tuesday, Mozilla recommends that Firefox users update their Java plug-in to lower their chances of falling victim to attacks that silently decrypt data protected by the SSL, or secure sockets layer, protocol used by millions of websites. Firefox developers had said previously that they were seriously considering disabling the Java plug-in as a way of preventing the exploit.
Short for Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS, BEAST was first demonstrated late last month at a security conference in Argentina, where researchers Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong used the attack to recover an encrypted authentication cookie used to access a PayPal user account in less than two minutes. Oracle has more about the Java update here.
Their attack exploits a vulnerability in version 3.1 of SSL and version 1.0 of the SSL successor known as TLS, or Transport Layer Security. To make their code work, they needed a means to breach what's known as the same-origin policy, a mechanism built into browsers that prevents websites set by one domain from accessing or modifying data set by another site. Rizzo and Duong ultimately employed a Java applet that exploited a same-origin policy flaw in Oracle's software framework.
The possibility of real-world attacks that silently recovered authentication cookies, social security numbers, and other sensitive data encrypted by SSL was troubling enough to Firefox developers that they considered blocking Java plug-ins in the open-source browser. The move could have caused a variety of serious problems for users, because it would have prevented their browsers from working with virtual private networks, intranet tools, and web-conferencing applications such as Cisco Systems' WebEx.
"We will not be blocking vulnerable versions of Java at this time, though we will continue to monitor for incidents of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild," Mozilla said in Tuesday's update.
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"There will be other methods for doing this, so it doesn't fix the BEAST attack itself," Nate Lawson, a cryptographer and principal of Root Labs, told The Register. "You need a TLS/SSL fix for that."
Firefox developers, often working with developers of Google's Chrome browser, have experimented with other ways to stop BEAST attacks. Beta versions of Chrome, for instance, split messages into fragments to reduce an attacker's ability over the plaintext about to be encrypted.
As Lawson pointed out, a more effective fix would be for all websites and browsers to update to TLS 1.1 or SSL 3.2 or higher. Making the transition has proved extremely problematic because huge numbers of websites and browsers will fail to work as expected unless everyone upgrades all at once. ®
Great idea in theory, unworkable in practice for many businesses due to cost. For instance, IIS6 cannot support TLS 1.1 or higher (unless MS decide to release a free patch for schannel to support it which is unlikely), MS would be rubbing their hands in glee as they'll look to businesses to move all those sites to IIS7.5 on Windows 2008 which does support TLS 1.1 and 1.2 already. Add to that the time to test upgrades, migrate applications, provision new hardware, and train staff to support another version of Windows, and it's clear that it's not a small tweak to turn this on. In an ideal world MS would release a patch for schannel on Windows 2003 to add this to IIS6, but I seem to have left my rose-tinted glasses at home.
Moving to open source might help (say using Apache 2 on nix with mod_gnutls, as mod_ssl doesn't support TLS 1.1+ yet), but the cost of moving from Windows to nix might be more than simply going to Windows 2008 - it all depends on the IT dept capabilities and whether applications can be ported. A free OS doesn't mean that there's no cost implications. Moving to Apache on Windows 2003 won't help because the Win32 port uses the Microsoft Crypto API for SSL/TLS support, and that doesn't have TLS1.1+. Catch 22.
Short term making stream ciphers (such as RC4) preferential in the Windows crypto settings, or in the case of Windows 2003 disabled the CBC cyphers (you can't set a preferred order, just enable or disable cyphers individually), eliminates this vulnerability at the server side and doesn't appear to break anything (at least not that I've seen as yet).
Here's the egg.
Why hasn't Mozilla and company pushed support for TLS 1.1 and such ALREADY? And supporting TLS 1.2 is non-trivial since there are numerous implementation changes such as changing over to SHA-256.
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I have this porcelain Japanese teapot that has a backstamp. Does anyone know which company this is? I haven't been able to locate this stamp. The pot is from c 1960, I believe.
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Noritake/Nippon began subcontracting this cherry blossom mark in the 1920's, to smaller porcelain companies that were manufacturing for export to the US. I can't find the exact one with the "T" mark but there were many and each added their own initial to the inside of the mark. Maruto Mu Ware used a "T" but I can't find one inside the cherry blossom, so this could be an earlier piece.
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I have this porcelain Japanese teapot that has a backstamp. Does anyone know which company this is? I haven't been able to locate this stamp. The pot is from c 1960, I believe.
Three vintage lucite purses. Two Wilardy, the front and left, one Stylecraft, Miami, the right black. Each has some minor damage. A closed crack on the two Wilardy's, a small chip to the back near the hinge on the Stylecraft. This is SO not my area, but they were given to me. How much does minimal damage affect pricing? I have no clue about pricing either, my research shows it all over the place, but I know we're not doing appraisals. Thanks!
those are sooo nice Dexter. Not my area of expertise but when I needed help re lucite bags I found it on a great site, and the lady who runs it even emailed me back with great info! http://www.bagladyemporium.com/blu/index.php?n=Main.HomePage
This Manhattan set looks to me like US Glass from the first of the century. The bits around the bulleyes are much crisper. Wanted to see what others thought.
Mare I just sold a Lucite box purse for $65.00, it had no cracks. I do know that a couple of years ago, that purse would have fetched in the $100's.
Thanks Cozy, appreciate your information! I think I'll probably put them on eBay and let the market decide.
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Mare I just sold a Lucite box purse for $65.00, it had no cracks. I do know that a couple of years ago, that purse would have fetched in the $100's.
Does anyone know about inkwells? I picked this one up because I like the mythical creature on top, looks like part dog/part dragon. It is heavy cast metal, gilded and has faces on the sides. About 4.5 inches tall, 2.5 inches wide.
Is it safe to say it's from the 19th century or is there a way to date it? Any ideas on the creature are welcome too!
that sure is nice! The only thing I know about inkwells is they are highly prized collectibles that bring nice $$$ :)
I know this may sound a little nuts...but could it be Chinese? They do have a mythical dog/dragon that comes in may varities...and they did make the gilded inkwells in animal shapes...I found a turtle...still searching:) The link above gives a basic knowledge of dating the different wells
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How West Nile Affects Humans, Pets
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Local hospitals also say there has been no one coming in with symptoms of the virus. Regardless, this is the first time since 2008 that mosquitoes in our area have tested positive for West Nile, so the city is urging residents to protect themselves.
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While the West Nile virus can pose a serious health concern for people, we found out today what effect it can have on your pet as well.
Dr. Ellis of the Abilene Veterinary Clinic says that, although dogs and cats can contract the virus, it is not life threatening. They also tell us that pets can have the symptoms of West Nile, such as fatigue and fever, and owners may not even know it.
However, vets tell us that fortunately, pets cannot pass on the virus to humans


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British-American Film, TV and Play-write David Seidler
David Seidler was born in 1937 and spent the majority of his childhood in London. His father Bernard, was a fur broker, who relocated the family to Surrey after their home was bombed during the Blitz of World War II. Seidler's grandparents were victims of the holocaust. Eventually the family emigrated to America by boat to escape the war, but it was en route that Seidler developed a stammer. He spent the remained of his childhood in Long Island, New York. After various unsuccessful attempts at speech therapy, he had a breakthrough when he was 16.
Seidler's first job in Hollywood was aged 40, writing the script for Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker: The Man and His Dream. To date he has written 19 works for film and television, gaining most critical acclaim for 2010′s The King's Speech, which stars Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. For this film, Seidler has been nominated for a BAFTA and an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, with the film totalling 12 Academy Award nominations. During the script writing process, he discovered that his own uncle had also been treated by Lionel Logue for a speech impediment.
Seidler was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2005, but from 2011 is in remission.
He is a dual citizen of Britain and the United States of America.
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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History of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPA) is a professional honorary institution. It is the brainchild of Louis B. Mayer, head of the American media company, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM). In early 1927, Mayer envisaged an organisation that would benefit the entire film industry. Mayer along with actor Conrad Nagel, director Fred Niblo and the head of the Association of Motion Picture Producers, Fred Beetson, proposed this prospect at a meeting. 36 of the biggest names in the film industry at the time attended, including George Cohen, Cecil B. DeMille, Douglas Fairbanks and Irving Thalberg. The group supported the concept and in March of the same year, the AMPA was established. Most of the film officials at attendance of the meeting became members, with Douglas Fairbanks as president of the academy. To this day membership to the academy is by invitation only, candidates are determined by the Board of Governors and only film industry professionals; actors, directors, writers, technicians, and producers are considered. The academy worked to improve the aesthetic quality and technicalities of the film industry. It set up a research council, which had 36 technical committees, working to address issues, such as, light and sound quality and film preservation. Currently, the Science and Technology Council of the academy are responsible for this quality control and innovation. In 1929, the Academy in collaboration with the University of Southern California created America's first film school to advance the art and science of film. The academy currently provides several internships and grants supporting media institutions and students. Today the academy constitutes over 6,000 professionals, dedicated to the advancement of motion pictures, both artistically and technologically. The president is Tom Sherak and the board of Governors includes representatives of each aspect of the industry and manage the corporate affairs and social policies of the academy. The academy has 3 centres, all situated in the hub of cinematic innovation, Los Angeles, California. Their headquarters is in Beverly Hills, which has two galleries open to the public and two Centres for Motion Picture Study, which contains the Academy's library and film archives.
The Oscars
In 1928, the president of the academy, Douglas Fairbanks established the Academy Award, to acknowledge 'distinctive achievement' within the film industry. The Academy Award is most commonly known as the Oscar, the origin of this is disputed. The awards are presented at an extravagant ceremony; it is the longest running ceremony in the entertainment industry. The Oscar is the archetype from which its equivalents are fashioned; the Grammy for music, Emmy for television and the Tony Award for theatre. The first Oscar ceremony was in May, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood. It was hosted by actor Douglas Fairbanks and director William C. DeMille. The actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway will be hosting the forthcoming 83rd Oscar ceremony on February 27th 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. The Oscar's accredits achievements in 24 film categories. The nominees and winners are determined by the 6,000 voting members of the academy. The film, 'The Kings Speech' leads the nominations with 12 categories; 'The Social Network' and 'Inception' follow with 8 nominations each. It is one of the hotly anticipated award shows of the entertainment industry and is broadcast live to over 200 countries.
British Actress Minnie Driver
Amelia Fiona J. Driver (Minnie) was born January 31, 1970 in London. Her father was a businessman and her mother, a model and designer, was her father's mistress. With multi European heritage she was raised and attended schools in various locations such as Barbados, Paris and Hampshire, England. At age 16, Minnie attended The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
Starting out
Shortly after graduating in 1991, Minnie won roles on popular British Television shows such as House of Elliott, Casualty, and Lovejoy. Her big break happened five years later when she portrayed two very different characters, a politician's seductive mistress in Channel Four's drama, The Politician's Wife, and a plump, plain, small town girl in the film Circle of Friends, based on Maeve Binchy's novel. This was followed by supporting roles in films GoldenEye with Pierce Brosnan, Sleepers with Brad Pitt and Grosse Pointe Blank with John Cusack.
Where there's a Will there's a Way
In 1997 Minnie received her first Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in the highly successful film Good Will Hunting, which was written by and starred Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Minnie also proved her diversity by taking on an action role in Hard Rain, a sexually charged drama in The Governess, comedy drama in An Ideal Husband staring Rupert Everett and romantic comedy opposite David Duchovny in Return to Me.
Back to her Roots
Returning to Television in 2003, Minnie became Karen Walker's nemesis, Lorraine Finster on NBC's popular sit-com Will & Grace. Her often hilarious and over the top performance gained her many fans. Likewise in 2007 for FX Network prime time show, The Riches as Dahila Malloy, co head of a family of Con-artist Travellers who assume new identities in an affluent community. The show was cancelled after the writers strike but it did get her nominated for an Emmy Award and Golden Globe.
Ironically, even though she had been a singer songwriter for many years, when she got a role in the screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's theatre production of The Phantom of the Opera in 2004, due to vocal requirements, she was the only actress to have her voice dubbed. As compensation she sang a song on the end credits written by Andrew especially for the film. She also provided the voice to two animated characters, Jane in Walt Disney's version of Tarzan in 1999 and Lara Croft in Revisioned: Lara Croft in 2007.
Personal Life
After being romantically linked with co-stars, like Matt Damon and John Cusack, in 2001 she got engaged and subsequently broke up with Josh Brolin. During an appearance on The Tonight show with Jay Leno in 2008 she announced that she was pregnant and in September gave birth to a boy named Henry Story Driver.
Waxing Lyrical
Minnie sang in clubs to pay her way during school, signed to Island Records but later concentrated on acting. She returned to the Music professional in 2000 and signed to EMI. Her debut single 'Everything I've Got In My Pocket' was released in 2004 and reached 34 in UK charts. Her debut album of the same name received warm reviews. Minnie released her second album entitled Seastories in July 2007 with Ryan Adams among the list of collaborators.
More Recently
In 2009 Minnie played the part of an Eco scientist in mini series called The Deep shown on BBC One also staring James Nesbitt and late 2010 early 2011 sees her in two films, Barney's Version staring Paul Giamatti and Conviction alongside Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell.
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Italian Actor, Michele Placido
Michele Placido is the eldest of eight kids,Enzo (who followed the legal career), Donato (a journalist and newscaster of "Rai Due" channel), and also Alessandro, Virginia and Anna Maria. His father Beniamino is originally from Rionero in Vulture, while his mother Maria Lazetti comes from Ascoli Satriano.
He moved to Rome to follow two of his greatest passions, becoming a policeman and studying acting.
While he was getting his qualification to be a member of the " Polizia", the governance body which controls traffic and minor violence, he studied at the "National Academy of Dramatic Art". In 197 he made his debut as an actor working with the director Luca Roncini in a new version of the "Orlando Furioso".
The first and real breakthrough as a cinema actor came in 1989, playing the role of Corrado Cattini, a lieutenant, in the TV series " La Piovra". This role was defined by some critics as his first serious role , even if he had previously played other important melodramatic characters in movies such as "Un Uomo in Ginocchio", working closely with another famous actor, Giuliano Gemma in 1979.
Another important success which led him to become very important in the Italian film industry is " Mery per sempre" directed by Marco Risi. The movie falls under the dramatic genre. It was written by Aurelio Grimaldi, Sandro Petraglia, and Stefano Rulli. It was produced by Carlo Bonivento. The soundtrack of the movie was made by Giancarlo Bigazzi. It stars prominant actors including, Claudio Amendola, Alessandro di Sanzo, Francesco Benigno, Salvatore Termini, and Tony Sparandeo.
The movie portrays the dramatic reality of the prison in Sicily, Palermoi, in the southern part of Italy. The movie is set in a juvenile detention center during the eighty's. Marco Terzi is a teacher who has been transferred from Milan to Palermo to give lectures inside the juvenile center. The movie describes the difficulty that the main character has to establish realtionships with the juveniles of the center, who don't seem to listen to him. Marco finds it particularly hard to get inside the head of one of his students, named Natale Sparendeo (played by Francesco Benigno).
The movie aims to portray the hardship that the isolated prisoners have to go through in their ordinary routine in Italy to give the audience some food of thought about a problem that has drastically increased in the past years.
However, Placiod also had some falldowns in his career, especially with the directing of his movie " Ovunque Sei" which created a strong debate on a particular scene of nudity of one of the actors, Stefano Accorsi.
Michele had several important relationships in his life. He has five sons. . He and Simonetta Stefanelli (another famous Italian actress) got a divorce in 1994 after he had three children with her,Violante Placido(a singer), Michelangelo Placido (an actor) and Marco Branno (an actor known to the public with a nickname of Marco Brenno).
In 1988, Placido had another son named Inigo, with Virginie Alexandre. And with his actual partner,Federica Vincenti he had another child in 2006 named Gabriele.
Italian Actress Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Giovanna was born on the 9th of November, 1974 in Rome into an artistic oriented family, with both her parents being in the acting industry, Vittorio Mezzogiorno and her mother Cecilia Sacci.
Since she was a little girl she had always wanted to become an actress, being able to play different characters, and to entertain the audience with her charm and her beauty. However she was different from the other girls of her age, she did not show any particular interest in becoming famous or a celebrity.
When Giovanna left home she was really young after her father died when she was only eighteen. Moving away from home, represented the first time in her life in which she had to face the reality of living in another country, like France, by herself . In Paris she studied the art of acting, by attending the workshops with Arianna Monouchkine and taking classes at the Peter Brook workshop.
In Paris Giovanna also experienced her debut as an actress in her role of Ofelia in Brook theatrical play " Qui est la? " based on Shakespeare's "Hamlet ".
After experiencing the first taste of acting by working with Peter Brook, Giovanna came back to Italy to play in Sergio Rubini's film "Il viaggio della sposa" in 1997. Thanks to her performance she won the "Flaino" award for best female actress.
In 1998 she starred in the film " Del Perduto Amore" directed by Michele Placido and also for this movie she was awarded the Nastro D'oro, the Ciak d'Oro and the Premio Passinetti.
Her second important movie was " L'ultimo Bacio" as co-star with the other famous actor, Stefano Accorsi. This movie led the way for her to become known nationally across all of Italy.
However the real success which led her to become known internationally was the movie "La Bestia Nel Cuore" ( Don't tell me) in 1995. The film was directed by Cristina Comencini. The film was based on a novel also written by Cristina with the cooperation of Giulia Calenda and Francesca Marciano. The movie starred important Italian Actors such as Alessio Boni, Luigi Lo Cascio, Stefania Rocca, Angela Finocchiaro, Giuseppe Battiston, Valerio Binasco, Simona Lisi and Francesca Inaudi. The film was distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment and was released on September 9th 2005. For her role she won one of the most important prizes for an actress, the " Coppa Volpi", and the movie gained an award as Best Foreign Language Film.
Giovanna Mezzogiorno had an important love story with the other famous Italian Actor, Stefano Accorsi, with whom she had two sons. Even if their relationship seems to be going well, problems were on the horizon for the two lovers which turned them apart until the couple decided to finally break up.
Giovanna seemed incapable of finding true love until she met her actual partner Alessio Fugolo, working on the film " Vincere" directed by Marco Bellocchio. As a romantic fairy tale she and her beloved Alessio exchanged their vows in Como Lake with the promise to live happily ever after.
American Actress Sandra Bullock
Sandra Annette Bullock, an American actress and producer, was born on July 26, 1964 in Arlington, Virginia. Her father, John W.Bullock is an Army employee and part time voice coach and her mother, Helga D. Meyer is a German opera singer and voice teacher. As a child Bullock frequently accompanied her mother on her opera tours throughout Europe. She spent a lot of time in Salzburg and Nuremberg, where she became fluent in German. While there she also studied ballet and vocal arts, taking small parts in her mother's productions. Back in America, she attended Washington-Lee High School, where she performed in several high school theatre productions. After graduating in 1982, she attended East Carolina University, however she dropped out in her fourth year to pursue an acting career, despite being just three credits short of graduating. She moved to Manhattan, supporting herself by taking on bartending and waitressing jobs. Later she completed her coursework and graduated from University.
While living in New York, Bullock appeared in many student films and later in an off-broadway play called No Time Flat. The director, Alan J. Levi was so impressed by Bullock's performance that he offered her a part in the TV film Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman in 1989. From there she was cast in a few independent films, and also as the lead in the short-lived NBC version of the film Working girl in 1990. Over the next few years she appeared in Love Potion No.9, The Thing called Love and Fire on the Amazon. One of the most prominent supporting roles she took was in the movie Demolition Man, which led to her breakthrough performance in Speed in 1994.
In the late 1990's, Bullock was in a string of successes, including While you were Sleeping, Speed 2: Cruise Control, Miss Congeniality and Miss Congeniality 2: and Armed and Fabulous, for which she received $17.5 million. In 1996 and 1999, she was selected as one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World and was also ranked number 58 in Empire magazine's Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list. In 2002, she starred in the global hit Two Weeks Notice and in 2004; she had a supporting role in the film Crash. Later on she appear in The Lake House, Infamous, and Premonition, which was released in 2007.
2009 proved to be an especially good year for Bullock. Early in the year she starred in the box office success The Proposal, and later in the year she starred in The Blind Side, for which she won awards at the Oscars, Golden Globes, Academy awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Originally she turned down the role three times due to the discomfort of playing a devout Christian.
By 2009, it is estimated that Bullock's films have grossed over $3.1 billion and according to The Numbers, her total domestic gross stands at around $1.7 billion, placing her among the Top 100 Stars at the Box Office.
Bullock was once engaged to actor Tate Donovon, whom she met while filming Love Potion No. 9. She has also dated Troy Aikman, Bob Schneider, Matthew McConaughey and Ryan Cosling.
In July 2005, Bullock married Jesse James, who she met after arranging for her godson to meet him as a Christmas present. In November 2009, Bullock and James won full legal custody for his five-year daughter from his previous marriage.
In March 2010, she had to cancel her European promotional appearances for The Blind Side as several women claimed to have had affairs with James during their marriage. James publicly apologized to Bullock and it was reported that he checked into rehab in order to 'deal with personal issues' and 'save his marriage.' However in April 2010, Bullock filed for divorce, with it been finalized in June 2010.
Despite the divorce Bullock decided to proceed with plans to adopt a baby boy who the couple had began to adopt four years earlier. The child began living with them in January 2010 although it wasn't announced until March.
Away from work, Bullock has been a great supporter of the American Red Cross and has donated at least $4 million to the organization. She is also a supporter of the Texas non-profit organization, The Kindred Life Foundation, Inc.
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American Actor Brad Renfro
Early Life Brad Renfro was an American Actor who had a short life. He was born on 25 July, 1982 in Knoxville, Tennessee a child of Mark, a factory worker, and Angela Renfro. The couple later split up when Renfro was only five years old, leaving him to be taken care of by his grandmother, Joanne Barron Renfro. Renfro had a half sister named Haley Rose Olsen and a cousin, Jesse Hasek, who was a singer of 10 Years in a band from Knoxville, Tennesse. Renfro was a fan of Led Zeppelin and Jimmy Paige and had played guitar since he was six years old. Little Renfro went studying at Fountain City Elementary School in Knoxville, Tennesee before finally his talent was found by a casting director.
Acting Career Starring in 21 films and television episodes, Brad Renfro was named as one of the most wanted young actors, and had been paired with famous actors and actresses in several movies. His career started after Mali Finn cast him in Joel Schumacher's The Client (1995), a movie based on the bestselling novel by John Grisham. Renfro, who was just ten years old at that time, played with Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones and won Hollywood reporter's "Young Star" award for his role. He was also chosen as one of the Top 30 under 30 by People's magazine. In the same year, Renfro took a role as Huckleberry Finn in Tom and Huck. Renfro won another "Young Star" award and "Young Artist" for performing in The Cure.
Sleepers (1996) was his next casting where he played alongside Robert DeNiro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt and Dustin Hoffman. He appeared two years later in a movie by Bryan Singer, Apt Pupil, and in an action preview, Resident Evil 2. He received an award from Tokyo International Film Festival for the Best Actor Award, Director's Choice Award for Most Spirited Rising Performer by Sedona International Film Festival. He had also been nominated by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for Saturn Award Best Performance by a Younger Actor for his role in Apt Pupil. His other performances were in early 2000s in Ghost World (2001), Bully (2002), Confession of an American Girl, The Jacket (2005), and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and The Informers with Winona Ryder.
Crime and Death At the age 15, Renfro was arrested after police officers in Tennesse found him carrying two bags of cocaine and marijuana, but agreed to be screened and evaluated randomly to avoid trial. In August 2000, he once again was arrested after trying to steal a yacht at Fort Lauderdale harbor and spent two years in jail for probation which later was violated after he tried to drive without carrying a license. He had to join three-month substance abuse treatment for his violation. In 2005, Renfro was sentenced to three-year probation after being found buying heroin during an undercover drug operation in Los Angeles which prevented him from appearing on the scene for a year. He once again went to jail for 10 days in 2006 for driving under the influence and using heroin.
On 15 January, 2008, Renfro was found dead from an accidental heroin overdose and was buried a week later in north of Knoxville, Tennesse, at Red House Cemetery. Anya Bergstedt Jordanova, who was Renfro's ex-girlfriend, started a Memorial fund to remember the life of Brad Renfro. Renfro was revealed to have a son with a Japanese woman by his family a week after his death. The son lived in Japan with his mother.
Irish Actor Colin Farrell
Early Life Colin Farrell is an Irish actor who made a success in Hollywood. His origin was from Dublin, born on 31 May, 1976, as one of sons of football player, Eamon Farrell, and a housewife, Rita. There were two other daughters from the marriage named Claudine, who became Farrell's personal assistant, and Catherine, also a brother, Eamon Jr. Farrell's family moved from the city to Castleknock and he went to St. Brigid's National school Castleknock. He continued studying for higher education at Castleknock College and Gomanston College, and learnt acting at The Gaiety School of Acting. He dropped out early and gave up his education for a cast in Ballykissangel, on BBC Drama during year 1998 – 1999. Farrell auditioned for a boyband group, Boyzone, but he failed the selection.
Filmography and Awards Farrell won several awards during his film career. His talent was recognized soon after he starred the BBC drama and played in another TV miniseries Falling For a Dancer (1999). In Film, he had uncredited roles in The Dissappearance of Finbar (1996) and Drinking Crude (1997) and finally credited as Colin J. Farrell in The War Zone (1999). His role in American film started when he played American Outlaws (2001) and Hart's War (2002), but didn't become famous until he appeared in Phone Booth, S.W.A.T., and The Recruit in 2003 which took his career to a higher level. He won an award from Shanghai International Film Festival for Best Actor for his role in Hart's War.
Farrell is excellent in pronouncing accents. He could play a character speaking with a fluent American accent in film although he has strong Irish Accent. With his talent, he received several nominations including The Best Actor at Irish Film & Television Awards for his roles in S.W.A.T. and Intermission, Academy Award for The New World, and finally won Golden Globe for In Bruges.
Farrell's big castings in Hollywood started with Minority Report (2002) and Daredevil (2003) playing as a villain Bullseye. In 2003, he happened to get an opportunity to play with his childhood idol, Al Pacino, in The Recruit. Following these successes, he was offered the role of Alexander in Alexander The Great (2004), and played with Salma Hayek in Ask the Dust (2006). Farrell's other hit was to appear in Miami Vice (2006) with Jamie Fox, then became a homeless man in a movie Kicking It. In 2007, Woody Allen cast him in Cassandra's Dream. Pride and Glory (2008) followed a year later, but it wasn't as successful as the previous movies.
Alongside Johnny Depp and Jude Law, Ferrell replaced the role of Heath Ledger in Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) who died because of a heroin overdose before filming ended. He had left his salary to Ledger's heir. In the same year he played in Crazy Heart and took a part in Ondine and London Boulevard with Keira Knightley in the following year.
Private Life Colin Farrell has been named as The Sexiest Man by Company magazine and selected as one of "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2003 by People's magazine.
Farrell has had chronic insomnia since he was child that caused him struggle with addiction to drugs and painkillers. He had routine rehabilitation meetings to cure his back injury in 2005.
Ferrell's first marriage was to Amelia Werner in 2001, which lasted only four months. He then dated Kim Bordenave and had a son in 2003, who later was found to have Angelman Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. In 2009 Ferrell's girlfriend, Alicja Bachelda-Curus delivered him another son, but the couple split later in 2010. Media reported Farrell as a close friend of Elizabeth Taylor and he was one of the few non-family attendants who came to her funeral.
French Actress Arletty
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Early Life
Arletty was born as Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat on 15 May, 1898, in Courbevoie close to Paris. Her family who was categorized as working class with their profession as waged labor. Her parents worked mostly in a factory. Arletty herself had once worked in a factory before she got a chance to be a model. It was just right after she finished her study at school when she started working in a factory just as the other of her family members.
Career Development
Arletty had worked as a secretary before she got a chance to be an actress. While she was working as a secretary, she had also posed as a model. She was basically a multi talented woman. Modeling did not bring her to be an actress directly. Her career continued in music as a singer in 1918. Her acting career was started later in 1920. At that time she had performed in some cabaret and also theater. She played some roles in plays on stage. It had been an initial sign of her future career as an actress. She had been involved in the theater and on stage shows for about a decade before she got her first chance to be in a motion picture.
Film Career
In 1930, Arletty had firstl appeared in a motion picture. Some of her early films include a film entitled Un chien qui rapport produced in 1932. Through these years, Arletty was still acting on stage. In 1936 when she was acting in a play entitled Les Joies du Capitole she got more recognition. The play brought her to a point where she could strengthen her role as an actress. Another play at that time that was also influential included the Fric Frac. In 1938 she starred in Hôtel du Nord and Le jour se lève in 1939. Her career was plain at that time even though she had collaborated with the other famous actors. But, it was not until she acted in Les Enfants du Paradis in 1945 that
became the most famous film of her career in the film industry. After a hard time imprisoned and also banned, she was back to the screen. She played in Portrait d'un Assassin in 1949 followed by Huis Clos in 1954 and Air of Paris in the same year. In 1962, she acted in The Longest Day that was to be her last film before retirement.
Arletty had been imprisoned once in France. It was in 1945 right after the World War II. It was because of her communication with a German officer. She was suspected of betrayal by having such correspondence with the German officer. She was then imprisoned in Drancy concentration camp and then moved later to Fresnes prison which is close to Paris.
In 1963, Arletty had an accident that nearly made her blind. This was also a reason of her retirement in the film industry. She died in 1992. Her ashes were buried in Nouveau Cimetière de Courbevoie.
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British Actor Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant is a British actor born on the 5th May 1957 in Swaziland, as Richard Esterhuysen. His father, Henrik Esterhuysen, was head of education for the British government administration in the British Protectorate of Swaziland and was of Afrikaner extraction. His mother was a white South African local ballet teacher of German extraction. Grants' parents separated after the revelation of his mother's affair.
He studied English and Drama at the University of Cape Town, but moved to the UK as an adult and changed his name to Grant upon registering with the British Actor's Equity Association.
Grant moved to London in 1982 but took the lead in his first feature film role in Withnail and I in 1986. A story of two drunken, hopeless actors living in squalor, the film's black humour and distinctive Britishness led it to become quite a cult success. He soon began appearing in Hollywood productions and established himself as a reputable character actor. Grant has appeared in films such as L.A Story, Gosford Park, Spice World, Portrait of a Lady and Penelope.
Taking on a range of different projects, in 2006 Grant investigated with BBC Newsnight to expose a $98 million scam selling a bogus AIDs cure.
In 2008 he made his musical theatre debut at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, playing Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady with Opera Australia.
Loosely based on his childhood experiences in Swaziland, Grant wrote and directed the feature film Wah-Wah (2005). The film stars Julie Walters, Miranda Richardson and Nicholas Hoult and his memoirs of this film experience, as documented in The Wah-Wah Diaries, he writes of the troubled relationship he had with the film's producer, Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar.
Since the break up of his parents' marriage Grant has kept a diary and he wears a watch on both wrists, one given to him by his dying father which remains on Swaziland time.
He has been married to voice coach Joan Washington since 1986 and they have a daughter, Olivia and he has a stepson, Tom.
Grant is teetotal, despite his role as the intoxicated Withnail, and he is a passionate supporter of West Ham United.
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Liberal guilt and the modern Left, perfectly captured on stage
If you would like to see a blistering critique of the modern liberal Left, you could do worse than head down to the Royal Court Theatre and watch David Eldridge's new play In Basildon. It tells the story of a working-class Essex family coming apart at the seams following the death of the eldest sibling. And it has a brilliant character called Tom, the well-to-do boyfriend of one of the Basildon mob, whose flitting between empathy for and anger towards the working classes brilliantly captures the attitude of many of today's Leftist commentators and campaigners.
Tom is the beau of Shelly, a young member of the Basildon family who has done pretty well for herself, "escaping" Basildon to become a university graduate and teacher based in Walthamstow. Tom's the son of an investment banker, a fact of which he is immensely ashamed because, as he tells the grieving Basildonians, "I feel working class in here" (taps his heart). He aspires to be a playwright and to tell the stories of "ordinary working people" (liberal commentators always describe working people as "ordinary") and he sees his visit to Basildon as an opportunity to study this lovely-if-peculiar tribe.
His schizophrenic shuttling between empathising with the sorry lot of Essex folk and berating them for their selfishness is a brilliant mirror of the pitying outlook of many of today's caring commentators. So when he harangues the Basildon family for being obsessed with owning their own houses and buying cars and whatnot, he echoes the modern liberal antagonism towards grubby materialism among the working classes. His insistence that there is more to life than money (the irony being that he is rolling in it) echoes the outlook of campaigning journalists such as Owen Jones, who in his book Chavs lambasted the modern working classes for being obsessed with "own[ing] more material things" and called for ordinary people to stop trying to "climb the social ladder" and instead to celebrate their "working-classness".
It's an anti-materialist outlook also promoted by the likes of the Left's favourite psychologist, Oliver James, who even invented a new disease to describe the alleged material greed of ordinary people: "affluenza". According to James, Thatcherism turned everyday Brits into "credit-fuelled, consumer-bingeing junkies", who became so obsessed with getting their mitts on "stuff" that they started to overlook the finer things in life. Such anti-wealth, anti-materialistic prejudice – which is of course a luxuriant outlook which only those with no money worries can wallow in – is personified in the character of Tom, who says to the Basildon family during a discussion about home-ownership: "What about art?"
Of course, liberal campaigners' empathy with/pity for the working classes soon dries up whenever one of the hordes says he isn't convinced about mass immigration or says he hates the Labour Party. Then the working classes stop being cuddly creatures whose eyes we should open to art and nature and start looking more like dangerous cretins who threaten the moral fabric. And so it is that in In Basildon, empathising Tom flips his lid when the Basildon family say the prefer the Tories to Labour, because "at least you know where you stand with the Conservative Party". Suddenly Tom becomes enraged, accusing the family of being stupid and prejudiced. "This is simple-minded ignorance!" he cries.
This mirrors the flipside of modern liberal commentary on the working classes, which sees them as racist and feral. It echoes the outlook of the likes of the Guardian's Lynsey Hanley, who complains about the "terrible ignorance" of working-class communities, where people are "paranoid, suspicious, mistrustful, misogynist and racist". It also captures the view of many modern Labour activists, who tend to look upon working-class communities as hotbeds of prejudice in need of urgent re-education.
With both his patronising pity for the working classes (which sounds a lot like Owen Jones' Dickensian view of them as "victims of social problems" whose children "lack many of the things others take for granted: toys, days out, holidays, good food"), and his fury with the stupid prejudices of the working classes (which echoes Lynsey Hanely's self-conscious contrasting of the "social conservatism" of the working classes with "metropolitan elite liberal values"), Tom embodies everything that is wrong with that mishmash of cuddling and condemnation that makes up modern vicarious pity for working-class communities. He is really trying to absolve his own guilt at having had a pretty nice life by seeking to hug and/or socially re-engineer the lower orders. And as his girlfriend Shelly tells him – with words that ought to echo in the ears of many a modern commentator – "There is nothing so unattractive as liberal guilt".
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She is also said to have converted Clovis, king of the pagan Franks, to Christianity. She hasn't worked that magic on me. But I visit St. Genevieve in Paris anyway. You walk in a southwesterly direction--from, say, the Place des Vosges on the Right Bank--to get to the Left Bank, and use that bridge: Pont de la Tournelle. If you do, you walk right under Genevieve, with Notre Dame and Ile Saint Louis on your right.
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In LV 2010 the string constant display style is a nice new addition based on the ideas here and here.
The implementation is consistent with how the radix indicator works on numeric constants in that you must navigate to the visible items shortcut menu and turn them on discretely.
If I want to take a string constant, show it in '\' format and turn on the descriptor, it requires two separate operations.
I propose that the descriptor (or radix for numeric constants) be automatically shown when displaying any mode other than the default.
Not only would this add to the readability of these constants but would eliminate the extra step to have to discretely show this valuable piece of self documentation.
If the developer did not want the descriptor shown, they they could manually turn it off.
Good idea.
This can probably be taken a step further - just display the glyph for constants all the time. Normal display has no glyph and all others have their glyph.
That would make it one less thing for the user to worry about and it give people's code a uniform and predictable look.
Tst: Better idea. :-)
+1 for showing all the time and no configuration.
I also vote for displaying the glyph on any string type, and allowing the user to turn it off. I didn't even know this feature existed until I read about altenbach's completed idea in this forum. My strings weren't displaying the glyph, so I went to the Tools->Options menu to see if it needed to be enabled. Nothing there, so then I did the right-click and highlighted Visible Items.
I don't see a downside to defaulting this on - the amount of diagram space saved by having it off is miniscule. Kudos.
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A friend and me caught this entire tour. It was "20 Years So Far" 25 years ago. Hard to believe.
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I hope you don't mind, but I posted this photo on my "Georgia Deadheads" Facebook group. This was one of my members' first show. Also, any of you are welcome to join my group if you like.
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