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Quint spends a night in the desert with Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig and Jon Favreau on the set of COWBOYS AND ALIENS!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a little tale to tell about a recent adventure in the deserts of New Mexico. It's becoming a bit of a habit for me to visit Jon Favreau movie sets, on or off the record. I must have convinced Favreau that I'm a good luck charm since I haven't missed one since Zathura. Let's just hope he doesn't realize his movies do well because he's a great filmmaker not because of me geeking the place up.
With Cowboys And Aliens they were filming outside of Sante Fe in an old Western Town that has been used in a ton of movies, most recently by James Mangold for the great 3:10 To Yuma and The Coen Bros for True Grit. I have family in Albuquerque, so I figured I'd make a drive out if I could arrange a visit, but once the studio heard about it they wanted to make it an official, on the record affair.
That was more than fine by me. I prefer sharing these adventures with you guys when I can, especially when the visit was as ridiculous cool as this one ended up being.
As always, Favreau's set was very relaxed (once you got past the perimeter guards with the walkies and a list of names you have to be on in order to not get tazed when you step past their post). It's rare for these visits, even exclusive days like this one was, to arrive before the first shot goes up, but there I was sitting in the catering tent having a bit of dinner/breakfast that late afternoon.
It was a night shoot, so that's why the slash between dinner and breakfast. The publicist, Deb Wuliger has been with me on a couple of set visits. She's a Spielberg regular and the first time I met her was when I got that exclusive night on the set of War of the Worlds (click to read Part 1 and Part 2), so it was nice to see her again.
Before we sat down to eat I was introduced to a young bearded man named John who informed me he was a big fan of the site and that he also happened to be Harrison Ford's assistant. "I'll make sure you get some time with Harrison," he said before he left me to my green chili-covered burrito.
Coming down off of a bit of a geek high at the idea of standing face to face with a childhood icon I finished up my food and headed out to the set as desert sun sank below the horizon.
It was full dark by the time I was on the old Western street which was littered with the bodies of men, women and horses as well as the wreckage of a good deal of wagons. Spots of fire dotted the street. Chaos.
All smiles, Favreau came up and greeted me, the excited glint of a kid who brought something special to show and tell in his eye. After consulting with his brilliant DP Matthew Libatique and Favreau found he still had some free time as the shot was being set up, so he walked me around the old west town.
I think we've all been in an Old West town at some point, whether it's at an amusement park or some roadside attraction detour on one road trip or another. This place was very much like that, except more detailed. There were false fronts, but most of the fronts led into real buildings with all the furniture and trimmings inside.
The main difference on this walking tour was that this town was trashed. Buildings were scorched, second stories exposed after being hit by some kind of fire. The extras were milling around the streets, stand-ins were on their marks for the camera crew, so it was starting to feel real on a level you don't usually see in a tourist trap.
Favreau was happy to point out the carnage, but stressed that the appeal of this project to him was doing a real old school western first and foremost. He said he didn't want to fall into the same traps that movies like The Wild, Wild West did and that's why he cast the people he did and why he fought to film it in 2D.
It's not so much that Favreau hates 3-D, he even did 3-D tests in the early stages of Cowboys and Aliens, but in order to capture that John Ford feeling he and Libatique felt like they had to shoot 35mm, specifically anamorphic 35mm, a format that doesn't jibe with modern 3-D. A conversion was out the window since they wouldn't have the time necessary to do it right, so their options were either Digital 3-D or Anamorphic 35mm 2-D.
It was an easy choice for Favreau, but it wasn't so easy for the studio. Favreau mentioned that he thinks this is probably the last big budget film he'll get to make in 2-D. I disagreed and told him that while 3-D is hot, people are getting burned on the conversions and every time a shitty 3-D conversion movie hits it weakens the idea in people's minds.
For all the good that James Cameron did with Avatar, taking the time to shoot in 3-D and use 3-D as a storytelling tool, not just a gimmick, there are two dozen Clash of the Titans/Alice In Wonderlands that just make it hard to see what's going on. No matter what side of the 3-D argument you fall on, pro or con, you have to agree that people won't flock to an inferior product.
Favreau said he hoped I was right, but with shrinking DVD/Home Video profits 3-D is what the studios are grabbing on to for that extra boost to income, so he's not optimistic. But you gotta love that he'd fight for 2-D as a way to keep a serious, filmic tone to his big alien invasion flick.
Favreau's also cast some amazing faces, something that was struck home as I was walking around with Favreau only to see Clancy Brown walk with a group of extras to the set. I couldn't help myself… I interrupted Favreau pointing out a fallen alien attack ship with a "Holy shit, The Kurgan." He couldn't help but laugh at my nerdishness, but considering Favreau was showing me an alien ship at the time I don't feel too bad about letting my geek show.
The downed alien craft is glimpsed in the trailer as is much of the sequence I saw them shoot. Basically, Daniel Craig wakes up in the desert with no memory of who he is or what happened to him, but he is wounded and iron strapped to his wrist, a device he can't get off no matter what he does.
As the loner gets to know the inhabitants of a nearby town we get more and more clues that he might not be a good man. What would usually be an old west story of redemption turns sci-fi when a good half hour into the movie the town is attacked by lights in the sky. Bullets are useless against the attacking fighter, but the loner's wrist apparatus activates by itself and proves to be a weapon that can do damage to the invaders.
It was the immediate aftermath of this discovery that I was witness to and the remains of the downed one-alien fighter was there for me to inspect. The cockpit lay open, an empty socket in the maybe 8 foot long torpedo shaped vehicle resting at the end of a long drag mark filled with debris, both alien and man-made.
Craig brings down this fighter, much to the amazement of the remaining townsfolk and to Craig himself. The cockpit is empty when they approach and then they hear a scream. The alien is lose in the town and that's what I saw them shoot.
As Favreau and I were talking about the alien ship, Harrison Ford, decked out in full upper-class cowboy attire, walked by eating some kind of jerky. I know my grin was massive because Favreau noticed and immediately began talking about how much of a trip it was to work with Indiana Jones.
He even said he wanted to find a place for the finger (I like the term Finger of Doom myself) and that he saw it come out during rehearsals, but hasn't caught it on camera yet.
An older guy ambled up the street towards us and Favreau told me I had to meet him. His name was Terry Leonard and his role on C&A was that of Second Unit Director, but his background is in stunts. Favreau introduced him as having worked with John Wayne and that was the major attraction to bring him onboard this film. In fact, John Wayne's grandson, Brendan Wayne, has a role in the film as well.
But go look up Terry Leonard. The man did stunt work in El Dorado, Planet of the Apes, Blazing Saddles, Apocalypse Now, The Blues Brothers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Conan the Barbarian, Blue Thunder, Gremlins, Red Dawn and acted as second unit director on many of those films as well. He was busy, so I didn't get much more than a handshake and a hello out of him, but he seemed like the kind of guy that you could just sit down with for hours and talk about classic movies with.
We then started meandering back to video village, Favreau in the lead, when we got to the wooden-planked walkway in front of one of the old western store fronts. A man in a cowboy hat was standing there as we approached and it wasn't until I was a foot from him did I realize that Favreau had led me to Harrison Ford.
"Harrison, I want you to meet a friend of mine. This is Eric." I shook his hand and I'm not gonna lie… I was freaking out a little bit. It didn't help my geek-out that he was wearing Professor Jones' circular wire-rim reading glasses.
Ford looked thinner than he did in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which also, in turn, made him look more like Indiana Jones. I have no idea how I came off, if any of my nerdy geek-out showed through. I'd like to think I was professional enough to keep it at least at a manageable level, but it was a pretty big task for me not to turn into Chris Farley.
As he shook my hand he said, "You're Ain't It Cool." I wasn't sure exactly how to respond to that, so I just said, "Yes, sir. We're all big fans of yours over there. And not just of your geek stuff, either. I'm a particularly big fan of your work in The Mosquito Coast."
He then shot me a Han Solo half-smile, complete with the slight head nod and I felt like all the Beatles fans from the Ed Sullivan Show were screaming in my head.
Listen, I've been at this for a long time. I've gotten to meet many of my idols… sometimes for 2 minutes, sometimes for hours. Not that something like that could ever become commonplace, however I feel like I've passed the point of drooling fanboy… but goddamn did I come close this night.
Ford thanked me for the specific mention of Mosquito Coast, a movie I get the impression he's particularly proud of that doesn't get much notice, and then Favreau, Harrison Ford and myself began talking about the Western as a genre and how it has all but disappeared from studio filmmaking. Ford said that Vietnam is really what killed the Western, that American audiences wanted more shades of gray to their heroes and villains, not just white hat vs. black hat.
Of course there was more to the good westerns than simple good vs. evil stories, but his point was that Vietnam and Watergate marked an evolution in the kinds of stories audiences wanted to see and the Western hasn't really been able to get back its prominence since.
I know I'm recounting this all very calmly now, but as I was talking with these guys I kept waiting for the Make A Wish lady to come up to me and tell me it was time to go. What the hell was I doing discussing film with Harrison Ford?
Ford also gave Favreau a little friendly ribbing for all the dummies on the ground… dead cowboys still in their cowboy hats. "So what happened? They were blown out of their hats and then landed on their heads?" Favreau said "Don't worry, they're out of the shot." With a smile Ford replied "If they weren't, I'd refuse to come out of my trailer!"
You guys have seen Ford on talkshows, where he just seems like he's on another planet… You can't imagine how much I loved hearing him give Favreau some shit, like I do with my friends. Good natured, friendly, relaxed and, most importantly, interested. It was nice to see that side of the man.
After a couple of minutes we let Ford be and returned to the monitors where Favreau, sporting a smile I'm sure I mirrored, had Matty Libatique pull out his iPad and show me some frame grabs… epic western vistas, Daniel Craig's outline against what seemed to be a wall of fire, etc.
Then the mini-tour was over as Favreau had to get to work. The crew was just about ready, so I grabbed a seat behind the monitor. Screenwriter/producer Alex Kurtzman said hello before Ford approached him with a question about the scene. I backed off so as to not intrude, but I could still hear the conversation.
Ford wanted to know how aggressive he should be at this moment. His character, Col. Dollarhyde, is a bit of a mean sumbitch, so aggression is always spring-loaded and ready to fire with him. Kurtzman told Ford that this particular moment is a time for awe, not just for the character, but for the audience.
The scene is a nice wide shot of the townsfolk in the street with Olivia Wilde, Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford up front with recognizable faces like Clancy Brown and Sam Rockwell in the background.
This is after the alien is loose in the town. My understanding is we don't see it except in silhouette and dark movement in shadows… the characters maybe seeing even less.
Three cameras were set up, one focusing on Wilde, another getting all three of the leads in frame and the third a wide shot seeing more of the background actors.
From one of the houses there is a gunshot, a scream and then a splash of blood on the window. Of course that will be seen in the reverse shot, so all the actors had to play off of was a blank being fired (full load) for the gunshot, someone calling out "scream!" and someone calling out "Blood!" to trigger the appropriate reaction from the actors.
Just as he discussed with Kurtzman, Ford steps up in awe, but once he hears the scream he grabs a shotgun from one of his henchmen. He slowly approaches into a two-shot with Daniel Craig. The gunshots go off, causing everybody to jump.
Ford looks over at the alien weapon on Craig's wrist and growls "Use that thing!" Craig reluctantly raises his arm, but the bracelet doesn't open. "I can't." More pissed than anything Ford spits back, "What do you mean you can't?!?"
They took quite a few takes of this moment, making sure everybody's eyelines matched up, that they jumped at the right moment (believably) and they tried a few alternatives to the interaction between Ford and Craig. In later takes Craig looked down at his wrist device anxiously, hand opening and closing, trying to trigger the mechanism.
In-between some takes, Olivia Wilde came over to say hi. I was a little bit more composed with her than Ford, but I still had to think over the base mumblings of "purty girl purty girl purty girl" at the back of my mind.
I had met her once before in my group visit to the set of Tron, but didn't do much but sit in on a roundtable discussion with her. At the time of this visit (this was about June, I believe) she hadn't seen Tron yet, even a rough cut, but said that Spielberg was just shown the movie. I brought up D-Box and how awesome the trailer played in a moving seat, then had to explain to her what D-Box was and that Tron seems to fit perfectly with this format, with all the lightcycle action.
There wasn't much more discussed except how awesome it was for her to work with Harrison Ford, but that's a given. We're of a similar age, so she understood the geek-out.
On the next take Harrison tries to holster his pistol (thus freeing up his hands to take the shotgun) and kept having trouble getting the gun into the holster. "Arghh! I'm right in the middle of the fuckin' frame and I can't make it work," he exclaimed with a laugh, causing laughter from the crew as Favreau called cut. The next take went off without a hitch.
The only addition to this moment was made by Favreau, who wanted Clancy Brown and Sam Rockwell to stay in the frame after Craig and Ford left so he can get a nice two-shot of them looking on.
Before this take was wrapped up, Favreau called me over to the monitors and ran a couple of shots from earlier in the shoot.
First up was the downed alien speeder, but with all the bells and whistles of the production design in place. Fire all over the place, smoke, the damaged church in the background, etc. It was a very wide shot of Daniel Craig, tiny in the frame slowly approaching the alien vehicle.
Visually it really merged the two genres together in one moment… you have the John Ford scope, the western background with sci-fi technology in the foreground.
The second shot was a long take of the lights in the sky approaching the town. You've seen glimpses of this in the trailer as well.
Dollarhyde rides into town with a small posse to stop the prison wagon taking his son (Paul Dano) and this stranger (Craig) to the big city jail. Dollarhyde recognizes Craig as someone who has done him wrong in the past and demands he be turned over. It's during this conflict with the stern, but fair sheriff (Keith Carradine) that someone notices lights in the distance.
The way they filmed this was all practical. ILM will work some digital magic, but Favreau really seemed to take a cue from his producer's own alien work, namely Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
At first the lights could be more posse on the ride into town, but as they grow it becomes clear they're in the sky… and then all hell breaks loose. Favreau explained that complicated wire rigs had been set up to run these lights over the town, timed with explosions on the ground. In the resulting dust and smoke you could make out conical lasers, all practical. At that time they were unsure how much of that would serve as a visual reference for ILM and how much would stay in. Seeing that they included the lasers in the trailer footage I'd imagine we'll see 'em in the finished film, too.
Once again Favreau had to go work and I sat back chit-chatting with Kurtzman about the project, the evolution of the story (it was a much sillier movie when they originally had Robert Downey Jr. in the lead) and how seriously Ford was taking the role, involved very deeply from an early point in development.
Keith Carradine came to visit and I had the pleasure of speaking to him. He wasn't working that night, but came by anyway and I got to talk to him a little bit, mostly about how awesome he was in Deadwood, a series I just began weeks before the visit.
Carradine came off as one of the most humble, nicest dudes ever and I'm dying to get him out to the Alamo Drafthouse… Can you imagine how badass an Emperor of the North screening with him and Borgnine would be? Be still my beating heart!
When Favreau finally got what he needed they began a different set-up. The alien in the town has escaped and Adam Beach, playing Ford's tracker, finds a track leading out into the desert.
Usually these types of films are planned the Nth degree, but what I saw was fairly odd for this size of a production. I'm sure they had an idea of what they were going to do for this sequence which features not only the alien track and a significant amount of dialogue, but also a fist fight between Ford and Craig, but I watched as Favreau, the actors and the key department heads gathered around in a big circle and talked out the next series of shots and blocking.
They took their time, figuring out camera placement and just how the flow of the scene would work. It's not dissimilar to what usually happens when a director and his cast block a new scene, but it seemed to be more fluid than usual, not just copying a pre-planned series of storyboards and Xing them out as they go.
One particularly funny moment from the blocking was Ford running through his lines, something to the effect of "Round up the horses, get some supplies. We ride at first light", when his posse started walking off before they were supposed to. As they started to leave early Ford added "Wait for me, guys! I have more instructions!"
The beat by beat for this scene starts looking at the alien footprint in the mud as Beach crouches over it, looking confused at the track. It's big, maybe double the size of a human footprint and there are clearly talons attached.
"Boss, boss! It went that way. I don't know what it is, but it's bleeding."
Concerned, Ford looks out into the darkness. "That's the same direction those machines went with our kin. Ain't gonna be able to track it in the dark. Round up the horses, get some supplies, we set off at first light!"
Craig and Ford are standing near each other and Ford motions towards the alien tech strapped to Craig's wrist saying "I need that weapon. It's the only thing that counts. I figure you owe me." Steely, Craig says "I don't see it that way." What's a Harrison Ford to do when Daniel Craig tells him no? Why, ram him in the gut with the butt of his shotgun, of course.
Craig immediately responds with a right hook. The two men stare daggers into each other as Adam Beach slowly approaches to aid his boss. Without breaking eye-contact Ford raises a hand to stop him.
They break the stare and Ford looks out into the night. Beach approaches Ford and says "Don't worry, we'll get him back," then leaves his boss. After a beat Ford says, "Goddamn Percy."
Now, he said, Goddamn Percy, but standing a little ways back without the headphones on, I thought I he said, "Goddamn pussy." Don't get your hopes up, I heard him more clearly later and it was Percy, which is his son.
I might have forgotten to mention this part, but let's just pretend that was intentional to keep this report all lively and unpredictable… When the aliens attack it's not just to cause mayhem and destruction, they're all so sucking people up into their nifty speeders. One of the people taken is Dollarhyde's spoiled dickhead son, played by Paul Dano.
From what I've seen it looks like they took the standard Western formula of "taken kin" and replaced the Indians with Aliens a posse of people who don't trust and/or particularly like each other has to hunt them down.
It was quite fun watching Indiana Jones and James Bond figuring out a fight scene between themselves. Favreau seemed content to stand back and let them work it out and they did for a good half hour, throwing half-speed punch after half-speed punch for a scene that ultimately is just two solid hits, one for each man.
But my geek started rising again watching Harrison Ford take a punch. The man was almost a father figure to me growing up, I spent so much time watching Indiana Jones and Star Wars. I recognized every facial tic and when he took a punch I immediately flashed on Indiana Jones getting socked in the jaw. It's the way he threw his head back, the kind of stuttering movement of the recovery…
Sorry, the geek is back in the cage. Professional Quint has returned.
I spent most of my time hanging around with the assistants, namely Favreau's and Craig's… what can I say, I gravitate towards the cute girls… and Craig's assistant kept promising she'd introduce me to him, but that he is kind of notoriously press shy. I understand that… the dude's job is in front of the camera, not rubbing shoulders with nerds like me.
But after they set up the blocking on the brief fight scene, Craig ended up walking by me, looked up and then altered his course to come over and say hi. It felt a little like I caught him ("Damn, I made eye contact, now I have to go over!").
He shook my hand and asked me if I was enjoying myself. I told him I was a big western fan and a big sci-fi fan, so seeing the worlds collide was a lot of fun. Then his pretty, and playfully sarcastic, assistant spoke up and said, "Oh, I'm sorry. Eric, meet Harrison Ford," to which we all laughed. I played along, saying, "I loved Raiders of the Lost Ark." With a laugh he replied, "I didn't!" and was pulled away to do real work.
During the long set-up for this new sequence I was introduced to Scott Rosenberg, creator of the comic book that serves as a starting point for this movie. He stuck me as a nice guy as we wandered the dark western streets in search of coffee to ward off the cool desert night chill.
The actual filming of the big confrontation went smoothly and they soon moved on to one last bit of business, focusing on Sam Rockwell. They had three cameras on the main action with Ford and Craig, one of them capturing a close-up on Olivia Wilde's reaction to the alien track and the confrontation between Ford and Craig. Rockwell got his own moment.
You see, his wife was taken by the aliens, so he has more than a passing interest in the discussion. His close-up had his body still, but eyes darting back and forth between Craig and Ford as they talked/fought. After the confrontation, Rockwell knelt down to the track, touching it before taking off his glasses (the old timey ones that pinch the nose) and rubbing his eyes.
The dude know what he's doing. I've seen him on a couple of different sets now (this and Moon) and there's a quiet intensity to his work, a subtle emotion that is unlike anyone else I've ever seen act with my own eyes.
I think that about wraps up my night in the desert with Jon Favreau, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. Hope you guys enjoyed the report!
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Dec. 3, 2010, 7:05 a.m. CST
by Gigabrian
Now I'm gonna read the article...
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:13 a.m. CST
by HornyForHarry
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:14 a.m. CST
Harrison Ford walked by eating jerky...
by phifty2
...and somewhere a little boy named Kurt Russell was laughing. <p> good pics btw.
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:17 a.m. CST
Nice article, Quint.
by moondoggy2u
I don't know about any of you guys, but THIS is the film I'm most looking forward to next summer.
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:18 a.m. CST
A tough old cowboy once told me the secret of long life..
by TronBurgundy
the secret was to sprinkle a little gunpowder on your oatmeal every morning. When he died, he left sixteen children, twenty-nine grandchildren, thirty-seven great grandchildren, and a fifteen-foot hole in the wall of the crematorium.
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:25 a.m. CST
Your experience is every real nerd's wet dream
by John_McClanes_Vest
Lucky bastard Quint. Great read
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:26 a.m. CST
Harrison Ford was a father figure to me
by Righteous Brother
I idolised him when I was growing up. I always thought it was a shame he wasn't a bit more daring in his movie choices over the last 20 years or so.
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:26 a.m. CST
sweet report
by L. Ron Bumquist
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:29 a.m. CST
I still can't get Ford narrating the ESB trailer out of my head
by Redhead_Redemption
It sounded sarcastic and made the movie look campy. I've been giggling to myself for days over that one
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:29 a.m. CST
Craig and Ford in the same scenes
by terry1978
More than worth the price of admission as I see it. Those two always have that "why am I being bothered with this shit" look on their faces, and seeing them challenge each should be decent to see.
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:31 a.m. CST
Coulda Been First
by kevinwillis.net
But I read the whole article. I'm looking forward to Cowboys and Aliens about as much as any movie I'm anticipating. This is gonna be good.
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:32 a.m. CST
Good read Quint!
by buffywrestling
I was gonna see this movie anyway - Cowboys AND Aliens? Wha?? - but I'm really looking forward to it now. Thanks.
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:36 a.m. CST
Great read Quint!
by Joaquin_Ondamoon
I've been geeked over this movie since I saw the trailer. You're a lucky bastard!
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:42 a.m. CST
I knew it!
by pushthebuttonmax
That bar Bridges is sitting in in the True Grit trailer WAS the same one from 3:10 to Yuma.
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:44 a.m. CST
by eROKv
how do you stand in close proximity to olivia wilde and not mess yourself? kudos to you, sir...
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:45 a.m. CST
Indiana Jones and the Cowboys and the Aliens
by durhay
The next trailer should end with the finger of doom.
Dec. 3, 2010, 7:56 a.m. CST
Aint this cool news? hell yeah. Nice Work Quint
by harryknowlesnothingaboutfilm
The site needs more of this sort of stuff. And well done for keeping cool when meeting Harrison Ford.
Dec. 3, 2010, 8:17 a.m. CST
Did Harrison smoke weed with you?
by Inexplicable_Nuclear_Balls
And what kind was it? Does he get the really good stuff?
Dec. 3, 2010, 8:42 a.m. CST
Gotta respect Faverau for nixing 3D.
by Stalkeye
As the formula comes off more of a trendy gimmick than immersion.(It may have worked for Avatar, mostly because Jimmy filmed the movie with the technology in mind.)However, it does make sense to capatilize on 3D from a business perspective in order to lure more moviegoers and in turn increasing BO revenue.<p>But artistically speaking, not everyone can pull it off. (meaning: the effects would take precedent over a shallow story itself.)Jon may have his work cut out for him on this one since the general consencous regarding IronMan 2 was lackluster and then there's the hack writer team of Orci and Kurtzman.But at least there's Daniel Craig who is great in almost everything.Shit, I even liked his part in Resistance.<p>Let's all wait and see what develops.
Dec. 3, 2010, 9:26 a.m. CST
Ford Has Every Right to be Proud of Mosquito Coast
by WriteFromLeft
It's arguably the best script of any movie he appeared in (so far). He's a little young for the role, as he was for The Frisco Kid, and the movie is somewhat depressing, but from an artistic standpoint, it takes a lot of chances, and that's what makes it memorable.
Dec. 3, 2010, 11:01 a.m. CST
Thanx Quint
by scrote
...and you're right about The Mosquito Coast, one of the best novel to film adaptations I've ever seen...
Fun article, Quint. I wish you'd gotten time with Rockwell, but I get the impression he's not really the type to sit down and talk at length with journalists unless he's made to by the publicity department.
Dec. 3, 2010, 12:13 p.m. CST
Terry Leonard did the RAIDERS truck stunt
by Tacom
making his way under it while it's moving like sixty miles an hour.
Dec. 3, 2010, 1:12 p.m. CST
Same age...
by Quin the Eskimo
different species.
Dec. 3, 2010, 2:49 p.m. CST
What's the finger?
by pencil-man
Is that like when Chewie is trying to start the hyperdrive, and Han puts his finger up at threepio to say,"Hold it! I have one more idea!"
Dec. 3, 2010, 2:53 p.m. CST
nice work...and dont forget Carradine in Dexter
by quantize
Emperor of the North is a fucking great movie too...
Dec. 3, 2010, 3:38 p.m. CST
Yeah what's the finger?
by pushthebuttonmax
Dec. 3, 2010, 4:18 p.m. CST
OK I'll give it a chance.
by BradZuhl
I haven't really been sold on this yet, but hearing the passion and enthusiasm and seriousness that Favs, Ford, Craig, Rockwell, etc. are putting into it makes me want to give it the benefit of the doubt.
Dec. 3, 2010, 5:43 p.m. CST
Harrison & Terry together again
by KrisC64
Good article Nice to learn Harrison is working with Terry again-after 30 years huh? Do NOT care about anyone else in the cast Am looking forward to the film And, Harrison deserved an Oscar nomination for Mosquito Coast
Dec. 3, 2010, 6:25 p.m. CST
indiana jones and james bond inthe same film!!!
by JaredP
this should be the first nergamic western in film history
Dec. 3, 2010, 6:26 p.m. CST
nerdgasmic i mean
by JaredP
Dec. 3, 2010, 6:44 p.m. CST
Ford was a jerk to me -
by MisterBlue
I was at the AFI tribute for George Lucas, attending the event, in tuxedo and all. I walked up to him, not interupting him, being cool and not geeky, and he blew me off in a real rude way. He doesn't owe me anything, but I'd heard he was that way and he could have been polite in his blow off. Mark Hamill and Billy Dee Williams were real cool however and stopped for any and all fans. Hamill even did the Joker laugh for us - very creepy and fun!
Dec. 3, 2010, 6:50 p.m. CST
Right ON, Favz!
by WriteForTheEdit
Gets a perfect cast together and tells the studio to fuck off with their 3D profiteering bullshit.<P>God, this movie really is feeling like a winner.<P>Thanks for this cool piece!
Dec. 3, 2010, 6:54 p.m. CST
Finger of Doom Gallery
by JumpinJehosaphat
Dec. 3, 2010, 6:57 p.m. CST
by F-18
Dec. 3, 2010, 8:30 p.m. CST
Ya know, Bond and Indy have been in the same movie...
by JediRob
...before. I can't seem to rememebr which one though......
Dec. 3, 2010, 8:40 p.m. CST
by pushthebuttonmax
Did he even say anything?
Dec. 3, 2010, 8:53 p.m. CST
Bond and Indy in the same movie...
by pr0g2west
Nobody remembers The Last Crusade?
Dec. 3, 2010, 8 p.m. CST
Sweet. Thanks for sharing Quint
by Gungan Slayer
Nice article.
Dec. 3, 2010, 9:22 p.m. CST
Great set report Quint
by sonnyfern
I love how you keep track of your emotions as you meet folks like Harrison and Craig and Olivia. When I first heard of this project, I thought it was going to be kinda silly. No more though. Movie is gonna be awesome.
Dec. 3, 2010, 8:35 p.m. CST
Now that's cool news
by CherryValance
:D Lucky duck.</p> <p>You did a great job writing that up. It was almost like being there.</p>
Dec. 3, 2010, 10:49 p.m. CST
Ask him why IM2 sucked ballz!
by ganymede3010
Marvels original intention of refusing to increase his pay was the right decision. To bad he used us to demand he be retained and paid more. Then he fires Terrance Howard for doing the same thing he did, stand firm on what the thought he was worth.
Dec. 3, 2010, 11 p.m. CST
by Dolph
Thanks Quint - everything about Ford and your reaction to him (which i can completely understand!) - was GOLD!
Dec. 4, 2010, 12:37 a.m. CST
by D o o d
OH SNAP! I too hated that shitfest called Iron Man 2!
Dec. 4, 2010, 1:41 a.m. CST
watching you guys kiss publicist ass
by drturing
makes me wanna puke. grow a fuckin pair. who gives a shit about how how your publicist is. she's not gonna ever do you.
Dec. 4, 2010, 1:58 a.m. CST
Harrison Ford's Finger of Doom
by BadMrWonka
in case you never noticed... <p> http://tinyurl.com/39po4 <p> Why on earth hasn't someone taken care of some business and got a montage on YouTube? that would spread like wildfire, a million hits at least, guaranteed. the blogs love shit like this.
Dec. 4, 2010, 1:58 a.m. CST
Cool article
by Jaka
Sound much cooler than I was expecting, actually. I'm in. And I happen to like hot publicists myself. Who doesn't like hot publicists? It doesn't matter if they'll do you or not, their still hot.
Dec. 4, 2010, 9:39 a.m. CST
If you love Indy - you must hate "skull"
by Bruhn
"Cowboys & Aliens" is going to be the best Ford-Movie since many years. "Skull" IS an ANTI-Indiana Jones-Movie. The main-problem is: Most action-scenes in "Skull" are implausible. That's why "Skull" is an ANTI-Indy-Movie. As we all know "Indiana Jones" means real stunts and beleievable action-scenes: "Indy 1 - 3": Many-many real stunts, many-many believebale action-scenes, some over-the top-action-scenes in "Temple" but never as implausible as the "Skull"-actions-scenes. "Skull": only a few real stunts. Most action-scenes are implausible. Nuke the fridge, you can't jump with a car on a rubber tree, Mutt is Tarzan, the three Waterfalls... and-and-and... But... hey... let's see what the makers think about it: :-) 1) The first thing Steven said was he didn't want this look like a slick action-adventure movie with digital backgrounds and effects or stunts that you couldn't do in reality," Kennedy says. "Part of an Indiana Jones story is that you want to believe that Indy - and consequently Harrison Ford - is doing his own stunts..." 2) GL is talking about the great REAL Stunts in the "Bourne"-Movies and then... "... but when you get to the next level, whether it's Tomb Raider or the Die Hard series, where you've got one guy with one pistol up against 50 guys with machine guns, or he jumps in a jet and starts chasing down a freeway, you say, I'm not sure I can really buy this. Mission Impossible's like that. They do things where you could not survive in the real world. In Indiana Jones, we stay just this side of it." 3) You also produced the Bourne films. Did the success of that franchise influence your approach on Crystal Skull? Marshall: There's been so many films that have tried to copy the Indiana Jones franchise and most of them have failed, except for the Bourne films. I think the reason people like Bourne is that he's a credible, believable hero, much like Indiana Jones. Jason Bourne does some amazing things but that's because he's been so well trained in martial arts and different forms of killing so it's not totally unbelievable, like the Mission Impossible films. We looked at the Bourne films, and we thought that maybe Indiana Jones could do some more dangerous things in this film, and still have that seem BELIEVEABLE. The key is you have to believe that Indiana Jones can do the things he does and not say 'There's no way he could've survived that situation!', so you walk a fine line. What sets the Indiana Jones films apart is that you can't just call them action movies. They're supernatural mysteries with elements of action and comedy and, in this film, some science fiction. 4) "I think Tom Cruise proved that people are getting bored with that kind of stuff," Lucas said when asked about over the top action sequences. "What they want to see is something different. And 'Indiana Jones,' if nothing else, is always different." 5) Marshall about "Indy I - III": "One of the things I enjoy about these movies is that they do recall the old cliffhanger serials of the thirties and forties," said Marshall. "We didn't have computer effects in those days, we couldn't easily erase things and I think one of the unfortunate by-products of the computer age is that it makes filmmakers lazy. You become more creative when you have to hide ramps with a tree rather than erase it later as you can today." "In Raiders, that's a real ball rolling behind him so Harrison really is in some danger running in front of that; these are real situations and that adds to the excitement and the creative energy on the set." Marshall about a part 4 in 2003 We're not done with the script on Indy 4 but I think we're going to try and rely, like the first two movies, on realism and not try to do too many things with the computer. Marshall: When you start getting into computers you get fantastical situations like in The Matrix or movies like that. We don't want that, we want exciting heroism, we want seat-of-your-pants, skin-of-your-teeth action. We didn't have all the money in the world on the first films and we want to keep that B-Movie feel. We want to make Indy 4 like we made the first three." 6) George Lucas / Empire Magazine "A lot of people think Indiana Jones is so outrageous, it is believable. That was the thing what we did that James Bond didn't do - especially in that middle period where they weren't very interesting" 7) "Indiana Jones redifined the classic American hero as someone who did not have a backbone made of steel and skin made of Teflon. The idea that our intrepid archaelogist could actually do himself bodily injury made him accessible."
Dec. 4, 2010, 1:14 p.m. CST
It was good...
by Gigabrian
Dec. 4, 2010, 3:27 p.m. CST
Good to see Harrison Ford doing something like this...
by ChickenStu
because it's about fucking time frankly. The man made his career with hits like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner etc. Then it all got boring, as he entered a weird middle phase of his career of which "Witness" and "The Fugitive" were the only two standouts. His two Jack Ryan movies were boring as a dog's ass, and everything else he seemed to do was films where he's running around, desperatly trying to save his family from someone (with the occasional ill conceived, boring and unfunny comedy thrown in). Whilst I didn't think much of "KOTCS", it was good to see Ford back in a crowdpleaser. Now with "Cowboys And Aliens"... Harrison Ford fans who haven't seen one of his movies in theatres (save the latest Indiana Jones one) for probably over a decade COULD be tempted back. I'm sure Ford probably didn't really want to do this one... but more than likely realised that THIS IS the kind of role his fans want to see him in. And he's probably enjoying it and the crazy concept behind it more than he's letting on. If only they'd ditch that STUPID title.
Dec. 4, 2010, 5:08 p.m. CST
by Darth Busey
Dec. 4, 2010, 5:09 p.m. CST
by Darth Busey
Dec. 5, 2010, 12:44 a.m. CST
Nice Writing!
by cliftonixs
It's 1:33 am and I happen to check out the Ain't it Cool every time I go to bed. Instead of shutting my eyes down for the night, I found my self geeking out with you on C&A. I love how you're not just writing about the movie, but what takes place on the set in between takes. You bring your writing to life and it reminds me of why I got into this industry. Maybe I don't work with the big guys today, but everyone's got dreams right? It's cool that we both found ours. I'll be reading ya.
Dec. 5, 2010, 5:33 a.m. CST
Anyone else think the title is shit?
by ChickenStu
This movie seems to have a hell of a lot of potential, but I think the title is a real bummer and major stumbling block. What about something like "Dark Frontier" or something like that? "Snakes On A Plane" is a title you could get away with, cause of the slight tongue in cheek nature of the film. From the looks of it, "Cowboys and Aliens" takes itself pretty seriously. So that title does it no favours. It has to go.
Dec. 5, 2010, 12:44 p.m. CST
Hey Jon try not to fuck up this movie like you did with IM2 ok?
by KilliK
Dec. 5, 2010, 8:07 p.m. CST
Ford has said his favourite film is Mosquito Coast
by BigTuna
So yes, I'm sure he was happy about your comment.
Dec. 6, 2010, 7:37 a.m. CST
So, when do we get THE HIGH CRUSADE?
by The StarWolf
Poul Anderson's semi-satirical novel of knights in armour about to head off on one of the Crusades but winding up taking a detour of several light years as they wind up taking over an alien starship which lands in their back yard (it works in the novel, trust me) is begging to get the big screen treatment.
Dec. 6, 2010, 8:53 a.m. CST
Hey Quint, Re: Emperor of the North
by Phimseto
I'm guessing it's too late for BNAT this year, but try to make that Carradine and Borgnine screening happen for real! Have them record a commentary track for that matter.
Dec. 6, 2010, 3:47 p.m. CST
Great job, Quint
by Detached
Very well-written. Take that from someone who's won journalism awards & qualified for the honors program at a top J-School.
Dec. 8, 2010, 2:39 p.m. CST
Formatting Issue
by Ripthorn
Loved the read...but all your text formatting got stripped. Shame.
Dec. 8, 2010, 9:06 p.m. CST
by Fat and Curious
Dec. 11, 2010, 4:11 p.m. CST
by RowKseat25
thanks for that report... the best of this year... for reasons the other guys still don't understand... honest passionate reporting... as in not just talking about GGI effects... just the vibe... from real actors... hat tip to you!
Dec. 15, 2010, 4:48 p.m. CST
Fix the pics
by snomusic
Wanna see the pics!
Dec. 18, 2010, 5:54 p.m. CST
by TheApostle
"Quint spends a night in the desert with Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig and Jon Favreau on the set of COWBOYS AND ALIENS!" I wonder if he's going to love the movie?
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After exposing the futility of worldly thinking in 1 Corinthians 1, Paul introduces Christians to the higher realm of godly wisdom. This kind of knowledge and understanding isn't available through human intelligence and reasoning; it comes strictly through divine revelation. Only those indwelt by God's Spirit have "the mind of Christ" (v. 16) and access to "the things freely given" to them by God (v. 12).
Without this supernatural insight, no one can accurately know the Lord or His ways. Many people say they believe in God yet may not have a correct understanding of Him because their perceptions are based on their own thoughts and ideas. It's easier to custom-design a god to fit our preferences than to make the required adjustments that worship of the one true God demands.
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Ex-ChiSox slugger Frank Thomas confident of 2014 HOF enshrinement
Chicago, IL, United States (4E Sports) – Former Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas expressed confidence that he can make it to Cooperstown when his name is included in the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time later this year.
"Of course I would be disappointed; I'm not going to lie to you," Thomas said during the White Sox's annual fan convention.
"I think I've done enough to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer," added Thomas, who won two MVPs and finished a close second in the 2000 voting to Jason Giambi.
"I think my resume speaks for itself. Losing a third MVP to a guy (Giambi) who admitted he was PED, I think that would have put me at another level that only a couple of guys have enjoyed ever in this game," he further said.
In his 19 big league seasons, Thomas had a .301 batting average, a .974 OPS, 495 doubles and 1,704 RBIs to go along with 521 home runs.
Thomas said he's proud to amass those numbers just by sheer hard work and not aided by performance-enhancing substances.
"Thank God I'm blessed and I did it the right way and I had a good family base that made me outwork everybody else because that was the only way I made it to the big leagues. I was never that blue-chip prospect. I had to do a lot of extra work to get to the big leagues," he said.
At the same time, Thomas criticized several players whose careers flourished during the steroids era, including Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa.
"These guys did put up some incredible numbers, but they're fake," Thomas said. "Any time you look at the PED situation, you look at Lance Armstrong, you look at stuff like that and it's serious out there."
Bonds and Sosa were among those steroids-era players who were denied entry into the Hall of Fame this year.
However, Thomas felt sorry for Craig Biggio, who was just 39 votes shy of being enshrined in Cooperstown.
"Biggio was the one guy we were all shocked about, you know 68 percent (of the vote), 3,000 hits," Thomas said.
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Now go eat that Voodoo that they do so well
Not sure why you'd want your slice spiced by an ancient Beninian religion, but if you can get over the gratuitous appropriation of a cultural meme, Voodoo Ray's in Dalston (related to the Dalston Superstore, so it's all haircuts and music turned up to 11 even when there's no one in there, but hey) is well worth a visit for monster slices of 22-inch pizza that taste of magic – black or otherwise.
The thin bases pick up tasty stone-browned patches in an American Garland baker's oven, and are topped with intense, flavour-packed sauces. My Chili Slice (£4.20) had a thin but rich layer of chilli con carne, red onion, generous slices of jalapeño, mozzarella and sour cream. Eat folded in half with two hands, meaty juices dripping down your arms. That's the kind of voodoo ritual I like.
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith: Perfect Parents?
When we watched Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith on "Oprah" yesterday, we were struck by how PERFECT they seemed. Let us count the ways ....
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith: Perfect Parents?
They have a marriage business plan.
"If you don't have a purpose for your relationship, if you don't have a place that you're going, something that you want to accomplish, something that you want to do, you can really get lost in the murk of the journey," Will says. "There has to be a vision. Like, why are we together?"
Will's ex-wife Sheree and Jada get along for the sake of the child.
"Sheree and I both had to make that decision, because at the end of the day, we had Trey and that had to be the primary focus," Jada says. "So we had to put aside our own craziness, our stuff, all the baggage that comes with it. She and I just had to focus on, 'What does he need?'"
The goal for the children is for them to be their best selves.
"I just want them to live in service to greatness. I want them to live and to create in a way that when people see it, people are inspired and people become better just by having contact with their excellence," Will says.
They let their kids define their own greatness.
"We might have a vision for what we see, but at the end of the day, Jaden has to have his own vision, Willow has to have her own vision and so does Trey," Jada says. "So we are there to help inspire and facilitate their vision, because in order to reach the type of excellence that Will is talking about, you have to be able to reach inside yourself to find that drive. Nobody can put that drive in you, so you have to inspire the individual to find and focus on the goal that they want for themselves.
They're raising grounded children in Hollywood.
"I tell them all the time: 'Mommy and Daddy are rich. You all are broke,'" Will says. "We don't allow them to just sit around. We talk about the concept of the group and the necessity of you adding to the family. Then you have to add to your neighborhood, and then you have to add to humanity."
They don't punish their kids.
"That's one of the really difficult struggles because we don't exactly believe in punishment, per se. We believe in restriction, that you can have as much freedom as you can handle," Will says. "You can cut your hair. You can put stuff on your wall. And as soon as you do something that is detrimental to yourself, and when you can't be trusted with your freedom, then you have to be pulled back. But it's not about punishing you for what you did? It's about protecting you from the potential damage that you could do to yourself."
Will traveled home from China every weekend during The Karate Kid shoot to see Trey's football games.
"It's really important," Will says. "When I grew up, that's how it was with my parents. It's like they were showing up at all the stuff and I just felt like, you know, you have three children and it's dangerous to play favorites or lean one direction or something like that, and it was just hugely important. He had to know his father, even though he doesn't really know how long the flight is and all that, one day he's going to take a flight back and forth a couple of times and he has to know that his father flew home to be at his football games every week."
They keep things spicy in the bedroom.
"To keep it spontaneous, I surprise him because he's a thinker," Jada says. "He's always in his head. I always surprise him. During the day, I might send a sexy picture of some sort. Just a reminder of what's waiting at home. And if he's on the set with me, on the set of 'Hawthorne,' he might take a little break."
We couldn't help but feel a little inadequate after watching their appearance ... but part of us felt inspired, too. How about you?
Are they Scientologists? Something about them just seems TOO perfect if you know what I mean.
jenny you're an a** . didn't you watch the part where Will talked about the Resurrection Baptist church? He did say once before that if he ever became anything but the religion he grew up with, his Grandma would've slapped him.
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As you are no doubt aware man is a simple creature and to make him happy there are only a few things you really need to know. I am going to concentrate on the following two:
- Man likes beer
- Man likes meat
I'm not going to concentrate on these 2 facts as individuals, oh no, I'm going to combine the two to show you how to make something so mega, men all around the world will worship your very existence.
Meat cooked in beer.
When I say meat, I mean meat; the kind of meat that you go to the butchers for and they have to get out the saw just to cut you a piece off, BEEF RIBS! Not just any beer either, to give it that real sweet zing, I used Waggledance Honey Beer and for a kick in the nachos a home grown scotch bonnet chilli.
To make 'Beef ribs slow-cooked in a honey beer and scotch bonnet marinade' you will need:
- Beef ribs
- Honey beer – Waggledance
- Corn flour
- Onions – a few
- A slow cooker
- Optional: a BBQ to finish them off
For the marinade:
- A scotch bonnet chilli
- Mustard – 4 tablespoons
- Ketchup – 2 tablespoons
- BBQ sauce – 2 tablespoons
Prep time – 1 hour
Marinating time – 12 hours
Cooking time – 4-6 hours on high, 6-8 hours on medium or 8-10 hours on low
The night before you want to eat your ribs you need to do some prep work and slap on the marinade to start the slow cooking process and tenderise this very tough bit of the cow. These ribs have got a lot of stomachs to hold in place you know! Firstly you need to cut off all of the fat and especially the horrible membrane bit; there is a technique to doing this which Mrs Brewskie was far better at than me (she has to be better than me at something I suppose – cue divorce).
Once the fat is gone (there will be a lot of it) you are ready for the marinade, chop up the scotch bonnet into tiny pieces and mix up the marinade ingredients, you need plenty of mustard to kick-start the tenderising. Cover your ribs in as much marinade as possible and leave it in the fridge overnight. I know there is a temptation to get over-excited and plough straight into the cooking but hold your horses; it'll be worth it in the end.
Set your alarm for nice and early – the big cooking day has arrived!
Chop up the onions and line the bottom of the slow cooker. Get the ribs out the fridge and wipe off the majority of the marinade, by now it should have done its job in starting the cooking process going. Be careful not to lose too many bits of scotch bonnet, you still want a bit of va-va-vroom.
Carefully place the ribs on top of the onions in the slow cooker and pour over the entire bottle of Waggledance (or other appropriate beer), I say carefully, the ribs aren't going to fall apart in any way shape or form without a really good cooking first! Add a little bit of corn flour and water if you want to thicken up the sauce.
Turn on your slow cooker and leave for: 4-6 hours on high, 6-8 hours on medium or 8-10 hours on low. At this point you may want to busy yourself; there won't be much to see here for some time!
Turn the ribs over every now and then to make sure they all get cooked in the beery goodness. Every hour or 2 will be fine.
At this point the ribs fell out of my meat maybe I over cooked them, or maybe it's because they were so amazingly tender that the meat just couldn't be bothered holding the ribs in place any more, either way, it didn't really matter…
I was lucky enough to be enjoying a BBQ at the very moment my ribs were ready (coincidence eh?) so I pulled them out of the slow cooker and put them in one of these funky contraptions for holding stuff together on a BBQ. At this point you can already pull the meat apart with your fingers it's that tender, this part is purely for flavour. Stick the meat over the BBQ and grab a pint glass full of the wonderful juices left in the slow cooker. Pour this all over the meat and the charcoal to get some beery smoke adding flavour to the already delicious meat feast.
You are now ready to enjoy possibly the greatest beer meets meat meal of your life. Enjoy.
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Social networks users within only one day after Yana Kantsavenka, a stunning 21-old student of High School of Tourism, won a Miss Minsk 2013 beauty contest in Palace of Sport discovered various pictures of her doing thing that a lot of people would consider inappropriate for Miss Minsk. Moreover, other winners also appears to be involved in the scandal as some of them being a go-go dancer and a stripper. But official reaction from the organisers has yet to come.
On June 27 evening at the Palace of Sport among 27 contestants Yana Kantsavenka was crowned as Miss Minsk 2013.
However, within less than a day, a few Yana's photos, previously taken on parties in famous Minsk night clubs such as Dozari, started to circulate in the Internet. Some of them are really provocative and a lot of people begun to question whether the winner will be deprived of the crown or the organisers will ignore her indiscreet photos. Moreover, later it was founded out that a number of winners and contestants work in go-go and striptease.
When asked by TUT.BY, whether STV, a TV channel and one of the organisers of the show, will do anything about the situation with photos of the winner of the contest, a spokeswoman for STV Anastasia Savitskaya noted that the organiser of the contest "Miss Minsk – 2013″ is not only STV, but also the Minsk City Executive Committee and the National School of Beauty. And "Miss Minsk" title has been given by the jury.
"As for the photos, this is a private matter of Yana, and this issue must be addressed to her" – the representative of the channel said.
What about the photos themselves which now are so popular in Facebook and VKontakte.. Here are some of them.
Igor Karpenko, Deputy Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee and head of the Communist Party of Belarus is kissing a hand of the winner.
On the Internet, except for those photos in Instagram and online resourse Geometria.ru, there is very little information about Yana Kantsavenka. Even on the STV web site there are only couple of words about the winner of "Miss Minsk – 2013″. We are told that she enjoys playing tennis, collecting cups and always carries a mascot – a grandmother's ring.
We also managed to find a photo of 2009 on the site of Sergey Nagorny studio.
The government newspaper "Sovetskaya Belorussia" reports about the winner of the contest – a student of the Belarusian State Economic University. By her own admission, she entered the faculty of the course "High school of tourism" because loves traveling and everything related to it.
According to the publication, in the hall of the Palace of Sports in the final of the competition Yana's boyfriend, a private entrepreneur was present. It was said that he hated to let her go to the competition, as he is very jealous.
Meanwhile, the online edition of the "Solidarity" newspaper has found out new tidbits on "Miss Minsk."
"It turned out that a number of winners and contestants have been working as go-go dancers and stripper "- confessed to the publication of a top manager of one of the capital's nightclubs.
For example, the runner-up Natalia Bashura is a go-go-dancer.
Participated in the finals of the competition and other incendiary performers – Christina Iljuk, Olga Kiseleva, Angelica Tikhanovich. The last two are part of the provocative quartet Ebash, doing gigs in about the numerous clubs of the country. Tikhanovich also is a pioneer of "topless DJing."
Many winners and finalists of the contest "Miss Minsk 2013″,"Solidarity" writes, has already managed to meet Alexander Lukashenko and his younger son Kolya. Reception with the head of state and municipal authorities (as well as heads of state television) was held in the evening of June 28.
As was told to "Salidarnasts" by one of those who attended there were about 10 girls invited .
"Some girls did not want to come. But it was a mandatory program – non-attendance was not accepted. After the reception, attended also by Kolya Lukashenka, which whom some girls were talking, many went to work – to the clubs" – shared the source.
"Most of these girls are very nice and decent, and what they are doing – it's just their job" summed up the head of one of the capital's nightclubs. – "But to claim the status of "Miss Minsk" is a step a bit too far. But most of all questions are, of course, to the organisers of the competition …"
Among them are the Minsk city executive committee, the television channel STV and National School of Beauty.
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I love Pot Roast, it's the perfect comfort food, yet elegant enough to serve to guests. The red wine, onion and fresh herbs add a wonderful flavor to this roast. Enjoy!
Grass-fed Pot Roast w/ Red Wine, Herbs & Honey
Super easy to make and so delicious.
Equipment: 9x13 Casserole Dish or Large Dutch Oven, Large Saucepan, Parchment Paper, Foil
Cook Time: About 2 1/2 hours
- 1 grass-fed bone-in chuck roast, about 3 1/2 to 4 pounds
- 2 tablespoons pasture butter or fat of choice (See Resources)
- Celtic sea salt (See Resources)
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 bottle organic red wine
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 onion, peeled, halved, sliced
- 5 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 large sprig fresh rosemary
- 4 cloves fresh garlic, peeled, lightly smashed
- 1/2 teaspoon kelp granules, optional (I use Maine Coast)
- 1 strip kombu, optional (See Resources)
- 1/2 cup homemade applesauce (2 apples), optional
- 2-3 cups water, broth or stock, enough to cover meat
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Prep onion and herbs - wash herbs and shake dry; halve onion, peel and slice into 1/4 inch thick slices. Add to casserole dish and set aside.
3. If you are making the optional homemade applesauce, prep food processor with metal blade. Peel and quarter 2 apples. Add apple pieces to food processor and pulse until apples become "applesauce", about 45 seconds-1 minute, scrape down sides during process if necessary. Set aside.
4. Melt fat of choice in large saucepan or Dutch Oven over medium-high heat, about 1 minute until the pan is hot.
5. Season meat with sea salt and freshly ground pepper (if you forget, you can do this once it's in the saucepan, I do this often).
6. Add meat to saucepan. Brown meat for about 5 minutes, until meat starts to get a golden brown crust.
7. Flip meat and brown for another 5 minutes until golden brown.
8. Remove meat from saucepan. Set meat in casserole dish or on a plate if using a Dutch Oven. Add garlic, kelp granules and kombu to the casserole dish.
9. Lower stovetop to medium heat. Add bottle of red wine to the pan making sure to scrape all of the meat drippings off of the bottom of the pan. The red wine will help release the drippings when scraped with a wooden spatula. The drippings have lots of flavor, so make sure to scrape them all off.
10. Add honey to the wine, stir to dissolve. Add optional applesauce and stir to combine.
11. Pour red wine over the meat in the casserole dish or Dutch Oven. Add extra water/broth/stock, the meat should almost be covered with liquid.
12. Cover meat with parchment paper, then cover with foil. If you have a Dutch Oven, cover with lid.
13. Bake the meat for 2 hours, turning the meat once at the 1 hour mark.
14. Remove parchment paper and foil or lid, flip meat again and cook uncovered for another 30-45 minutes until meat is fork-tender. Check at 30 minutes, reset timer for another 15 minutes if needed.
15. Serve with reduced sauce.
Yield: Makes about 6 servings.
Tip: This is even better the next day. Can be made in advance if needed.
Storage: Stores great in the refrigerator. When ready to eat, scrape off the fat that solidifies at the top, pull off meat portions and heat.
Serving Suggestions: Reduce the sauce and serve with meat. Once reduced, the sauce becomes thick and delicious. Pairs well with Celery Root Mash or mashed potatoes, Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Apples and Sauteed Kale w/ Pasture Butter.
Looking for another version of Pot Roast?
Check out my Grass-fed Pot Roast w/ Apple Juice, Honey & Herbs recipe.
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Penticton & South Okanagan News
Penticton stabbing
Witnesses to Tuesday's early morning stabbing incident at Penticton's Mayfair Motel described it as a chaotic scene.
The roommate of the woman who was choked in unit 18 at the motel on Skaha Lake Road, said she woke up at 4 a.m. and saw some dude sitting in her living room.
She started freaking out, and the second woman in the apartment got up because she was yelling.
"As soon as he saw her he started choking her," the roommate said. "I said what are you doing and he came at me and punched and kicked me."
The other woman ran for help and she ran out to the 7-Eleven.
The man who was stabbed while assisting the women, was identified as Gord, the choking victim's ex-boyfriend.
Neighbour Michel Poulin said he also entered the motel room to help Gord, who was being stabbed by the large assailant.
The suspect then walked out with the knife in his hand, said to be from Unit 18's kitchen, and started screaming at officers who had arrived at the scene, Poulin said.
Gord also left the motel room, and Poulin further assisted him.
"He was bleeding all over the place," he said.
On Tuesday afternoon, there were droplets of blood leading away from Unit 18 and large pools of it on a bench and on the ground in the parking lot.
Management declined to comment on the incident.
Witnesses said the man who was stabbed was still at Penticton Regional Hospital. They were unsure of his condition.
The woman who was choked said if her roommate and others who assisted had not been there she would be dead.
The male suspect was treated for minor injuries and returned to the Penticton detachment, where he remains in custody.
All parties involved are local residents. Investigation into the incident continues.
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