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It turns out, THC when ingested in highly concentrated forms (such as eating cannabis oil) will attack any mutated cells in your body while strengthening and rejuvenating the healthy cells.
The PERFECT Cure for Cancer: it works fast, it works well, it works on many different forms of Cancer in ALL stages and it has ZERO harmful side effects. (Unlike Chemo which deteriorates your entire body and kills 1 in 5 patients). Not only that, but it dissolves ALL forms of tumors and can even combat superbugs like MRSA.
Cannabinoids are listed on the National Cancer Institute website and once you see how fast the cure works, the cognitive dissonance wears off pretty quickly. One needs to remember that *ignore* is the root word of "ignorance"...
Proof that the Government KNOWS:
History of the medical use of Cannabis - US National Cancer Institute (cancer.gov)
Cannabis and Cannabinoids Antitumor Effects - US National Cancer Institute (cancer.gov)
Cannabinoids and Gliomas - US National Library of Medicine (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Cannabinoids in intestinal inflammation and cancer - US National Library of Medicine (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
The Government lied for many reasons. One of the main reasons is Pharmaceutical Companies. They spend billions every year lobbying to keep Cannabis illegal because they make TRILLIONS off Cancer drugs and research.
They are already well aware that cannabis cures cancer. (Can they legally patent a 15,000 year old plant?) They have a great con going at the moment.
Cancer patients and their loved ones will spend their entire life savings or even sell their houses and businesses in order to pay for Chemotherapy and other Cancer treatment drugs. A lot of the time they spend all that money and their loved one dies anyway.
If you want to know more, you should Google 'cannabinoids and cancer'.
You will see that there are hundreds of published scientific studies, articles, books and documentaries on the subject.
I'd start with the documentaries below:
RUN FROM THE CURE: After a serious head injury in 1997, Rick Simpson sought relief from his medical condition through the use of medicinal hemp oil. When Rick discovered that the hemp oil (with its high concentration of T.H.C.) cured cancers and other illnesses, he tried to share it with as many people as he could free of charge, curing and controlling literally hundreds of people's illnesses…
But when the story went public, the long arm of the law snatched the medicine – leaving potentially thousands of people without their cancer treatments – and leaving Rick with unconstitutional charges of possessing and trafficking marijuana!
CANCER is curable NOW: However, it is NOT cured with medicine or drugs BUT with KNOWLEDGE. In this new documentary, 30 prominent doctors and scientists are getting together, to raise awareness of how Cancer is Curable NOW!
List of presenters: Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D (The Biology of Perception), Charlotte Gerson (The Beautiful Truth), Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy M.D, Garry F. Gordon MD, DO, M.D(H), Stanislaw R. Burzynski, M.D. (Cancer is Serious Business), Ph.D, Dr. Friedrich Douwes M.D., Prof. Dr. Med. Adem Guenes, M.D., Dr. Francisco Contreras M.D., Prof. Dr. Med. Alexander Herzog, David J. Getoff, Don Tolman, Dr. Sherrill Sellman, Burton Goldberg, Dr. Finn Scott Andersen M.D., Dr. Friedrich Migeod, M.D, Dr. Med. Marian Reichel M.D., Dr. Ferre Akbarpour M.D., Bill Henderson, Janet Hranicky, Ph.D., Cristiana Paul, MS Nutrition, Dr. Prof. Andreas Szasz Ph.D, Alexander Thermos, D.O., D.C., Dr. Armonia Rodriguez M.D., Malonie Gabriel BA, LMT, EEMCP, James Colquhoun (Food Matters), Jonas Chong Curiel, Petrea King N.D., Sue Ward, MS CCN, Chef Tina Jo, Michelle Richmond
The most powerful tool in anyone's hands is information. The complete movie covers -in great detail- the different kinds of natural treatment options and the influence of our emotions and mind on our body. It emphasizes self-responsibility and the role it plays on the journey to health. Watch the trailer below and order the full movie on DVD.
The Beautiful Truth: Raised on a wildlife reserve in Alaska, 15-year-old Garrett was interested in the dietary habits of the farm animals. After the tragic death of his mother, Garrett's father decided to home-school his son and assigned a book written by Dr. Max Gerson that proposed a direct link between diet and a cure for cancer.
Fascinated, Garrett embarks in this documentary on a cross-country road trip to investigate The Gerson Therapy. He meets with scientists, doctors and cancer survivors who reveal how it is in the best interest of the multi-billion dollar medical industry to dismiss the notion of alternative and natural cures.
The Gerson Miracle: examines many of the elements of the Gerson Therapy, explaining why we are so ill and how we have in our grasp the power to recover our health without expensive, toxic or mutilating treatments, using the restorative forces of our own immune systems. Even the most advanced cases of cancer can be successfully reversed using this method. While the results seem miraculous, the real "miracle" lies within our own body and its healing processes.
The Cancer Report: This documentary catalogs how allopathic medicine established dominance in the early part of the 20th Century, and how natural medicines were arbitrarily banned from the medical profession, despite the basis of this decision being scientifically unsound. The wholesale transition from natural medicines to chemical ones was based on financial and political reasons, at the expense of patients.
In addition, it exposes the carnage of the cancer industry, the financial interests that molded it, and why it is so resistant to change. Meanwhile, cancer treatments kill more people every year than any war in U.S. history.
In the last 100 years dozens of doctors, scientists and researchers have come up with the most diverse, apparently effective solutions against cancer, but none of these was ever taken into serious consideration by official medicine. Most of them were in fact rejected out-front, even though healing were claimed in the thousands, their proposers often being labeled as charlatans, ostracized by the medical community and ultimately forced to leave the country. At the same time more than 20,000 people die of cancer every day, without official medicine being able to offer a true sense of hope to those affected by it. Why?
The Rockerfellers, The FDA & The Cancer Industry: a short documentary that explains the Rockefeller Family influence on health care industry, and particularly how SAFE alternatives have been silenced in favor of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery.
"I had a brain cancer specialist sit in my living room and tell me that he would never take radiation if he had a brain tumor. And I asked him, 'but, do you send people for radiation?' and he said, of course. 'I'd be drummed out of the hospital if I didn't.'" -Dr. Ralph Moss, Ph.D.
Cancer is Serious Business: The trillion dollar cancer industry has been waging an illegal and immoral war on Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski for years, attempting to stop him. That's right, STOP him, from saving the lives of cancer sufferers through the use of his patented breakthrough therapy, which uses a natural and non-toxic substance called antineoplastons.
This movie tells the story of how Dr. Burzynski, and the patients his therapy has cured of what are normally terminal cancers, have fought the FDA and the big drug companies who have continually and systematically tried to discredit and punish a man who's only purpose in life has been to develop and perfect a life-giving and non-toxic cure for the disease of the 20th century.
Harvard study shows that THC actually activates naturally produced receptors to fight off lung cancer. The researchers suggest that THC or other designer agents that activate these receptors might be used in a targeted fashion to treat lung cancer.
Although a medical substitute of THC, known as Marinol, has been used as an appetite stimulant for cancer patients and other similar treatments, few studies have shown that THC might have anti-tumor activity.
*HERE IS THE INTERESTING PART* The only clinical trial testing THC as a treatment against cancer growth was a recently completed British pilot study. For three weeks, researchers injected standard doses of THC into mice that had been implanted with human lung cancer cells, and found that tumors were reduced in size and weight by about 50 percent in treated animals compared to a control group.
There was also about a 60 percent reduction in cancer lesions on the lungs in these mice as well as a significant reduction in protein markers associated with cancer progression.
Cancer patients with no treatment at all, statistically live four times longer and have a better quality of life. The Cancer Report also catalogs the histories and procedures of the most popular alternative therapies, which generally have significantly better success rates than standard treatments.
Alkaline foods are the best way to maintain optimum health and the best form of Cancer prevention. Key thing to remember: 80% Alkaline (1/2 Raw), 20% Acid! Find more info and a detailed chart with alkaline foods.
"The number one reason why marijuana is illegal is because the Pharma Cartel does not want you to grow your own medicine. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. The first car ever made ran on hemp oil. Hemp seeds are also the healthiest food on the planet with the highest protein content out of any plant." -Joe Rogan
Scientific Evidence for the Use of Cannabis in Curing Cancer
Anderson Cancer Study: http://safeaccess.ca/research/pdf/MD_AndersonCancerStudy.pdf
Cannabinoid action induces autophagy - mediated cell death through stimulation of ER stress in human glioma cells: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/37948
Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants: https://www.biocanceroil.nl/category/blog/
Clearing the Smoke: The Science of Cannabis: http://watch.montanapbs.org/video/1825223761/
Cannabinoids and Gliomas: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17952650
Marijuana fights cancer and helps manage side effects: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/06/marijuana-fights-cancer-and-helps-manage-side-effects-researchers-find.html
Web MD, Cannabis Kills Brain Cancer Cells IN HUMANS: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/brain-cancer/news/20090401/marijuana-chemical-may-fight-brain-cancer
Cannabis science: extracts kill cancer cells: http://www.cannabisscience.com/news-a-media/press-releases/220-cannabis-science-extracts-kill-cancer-cells.html
Cannabis THC at high doses in area, inhibits cholangiocarcinoma cancer: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916793
Marijuana Treatment for Different Kinds of Cancers: http://www.times-standard.com/othervoices/ci_13588713
Cannabis Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth in Half: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm
THC inhibits Lung Cancer Growth: http://www.nature.com/onc/journal/v27/n3/abs/1210641a.html
CBD's switch off Breast Cancer Gene: http://www.examiner.com/cannabis-revolution-in-national/cannabidiol-researchers-discover-the-switch-to-turn-off-aggressive-breast-cancer-gene
Anticancer activity of cannabinoids: http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/cancer/THC_cancer_se...p_1975.htm
9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Inhibits Cell Cycle Progression in Human Breast Cancer through Cdc2 Regulation: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/66/13/6615.abstract
Antitumor Activity of Plant Cannabinoids with Emphasis on the Effect of Cannabidiol on Human Breast Carcinoma: http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/318/3/1375.abstract
Cannabidiol inhibits tumour growth in leukaemia and breast cancer in animal studies: http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/bulletin/ww_en_db_cannabis_artikel.php?id=220#2
Suppression of Nerve Growth Factor Trk Receptors and Prolactin Receptors by Endocannabinoids Leads to Inhibition of Human Breast and Prostate Cancer Cell Proliferation: http://endo.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/141/1/118
The endogenous cannabinoid anandamide inhibits human breast cancer cell proliferation: http://www.pnas.org/content/95/14/8375.abstract
Marijuana Ingredients Slow Invasion by Cervical and Lung Cancer Cells: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20071226/pot-slows-cancer-in-test-tube
Cannabinoids in intestinal inflammation and cancer: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19442536
Cannabis compound clue to colon cancer: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19926685.000-cannabis-compound-clue-to-colon-cancer.html?feedId=drugs-alcohol_rss20
Marijuana takes on colon cancer: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14451-marijuana-takes-on-colon-cancer.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news9_head_dn14451
The endogenous cannabinoid, anandamide, induces cell death in colorectal carcinoma cells: a possible role for cyclooxygenase 2: http://gut.bmj.com/content/54/12/1741.abstract
Anti-Tumor Effects of Cannabis: http://www.ukcia.org/research/AntiTumorEffects.php
Cannabidiol inhibits human glioma cell migration through a cannabinoid receptor-independent mechanism: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1576089
Cannabinoid action induces autophagy-mediated cell death through stimulation of ER stress in human glioma cells: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/37948
Cannabinoids Inhibit the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Pathway in Gliomas: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/64/16/5617.full
Cannabis extract makes brain tumors shrink, halts growth of blood vessels: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/12088.php
A pilot clinical study of Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme: http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies/ww_en_db_study_show.php?s_id=193
Cannabis use and cancer of the head and neck: Case-control study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2277494
- Government Confirms & Reports That Marijuana Prevents Or Cures Certain Cancers
- Watch Molecular Biologist Explain How THC Completely Kills Cancer Cells
- The Top 42 Medical Studies That Prove Cannabis Can Cure Cancer
- The Data is Very Strong: Marijuana Plant Extract Stops Cancers From Spreading
- There Is No Mistaking The Evidence, Cannabis Cures Cancer
- The Amazing Health Benefits of Juicing Raw Cannabis (Marijuana) Leaves
- Grape Seed Extract Outperforms Chemo in Killing Advanced Cancer Cells
- 5 Foods That Kill Cancer And Help The Body Destroy Tumors Without Any Drugs
- 15 year old invents New Method of Diagnosing Cancer
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Beyond the Surface: WPA Works of Charles Turzak
The 1930s was defined as a time of unfavorable economic consequences for many Americans, known as the Great Depression. In a successful attempt to relieve the country of the economic decline, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) implemented the funding of unconventional public works in the United States. A division of the administration, the Federal Arts Project (FAP) combined creative ability with the values of the American people, providing several hundreds of Americans with employment specifically in the arts. The murals and works of art created during the WPA emphasized both the history and potential future of hard-working American people.
This exhibition continues through March 11, 2012
Curated by Kelsey Picken and Christina Allen
Museum Studies Graduate Students
Western Illinois University

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In conjunction with this review, Paula graciously shared one of her favorite cold weather recipes with me. You'll find her recipe for Zuppa di Fagioli/Italian White Bean Soup, along with my thick and hearty version (this soup is made for improvising!) here.
When Lisa at TLC Book Tours asked if I'd be interested in 'reviewing another book that has food a central theme' for an upcoming tour (I was part of last year's TLC book tour for The Laws of Harmony, written by one of my favorite novelists, Judith Ryan Hendricks), I naturally said yes.
I started reading Paula Butturini's memoir, Keeping the Feast, which will be released on February 18th, while sitting in an uncomfortable chair in a doctor's office waiting room while a noisy health news show reverberated off the walls. I made it to the third sentence.
A few days later, cozied up under a heavy layer of flannel sheets and quilts after being knocked down by the flu, I turned on my soothing little bedside stained glass lamp and once again started to read. Much better. The food showed up in the fourth sentence and never left.
The morning before moving day, I took a notebook instead of a shopping bag to the Campo dei Fiori, and wrote down everything on offer at one of the more modest stands in the square. A truck farmer named Domenico presided over that stand, and much of what he sold he grew himself.
On that sunny August morning, Domenico was selling fat, round heads of soft Bibb lettuce and wild-looking heads of curly endive. He had crates of Romaine lettuce, whose elongated heads form the base of many salads, and tight little knobs of red racicchio, to add color. He had fistfuls of wild arugula, which the Romans call rughetta and use to add a peppery bite to a meal. He had foot-long bunches of Swiss chard, tiny new shoots of broccoli rabe, bunches of slim scallions. He had bouquets of zucchini flowers, which Romans stuff with mozzarella and anchovy, dip in a light flour and water batter, then deep fry till golden.
He had flat green broad beans, the kind the Romans stew slowly in garlic, onion, and tomato. He had red and white runner beans, which housewives use to fill out a summer vegetable soup, and regular green beans, tiny, just picked, perfect for blanching and serving with a dribble of olive oil and lemon juice.
This amazing list goes on for two more pages.
Paula Butturini and John Tagliabue met as foreign correspondents in Rome in 1985, and proceeded to live 'four essentially joyous years' afterward. Only then, says Paula, were we sucked into what I came to think of as our own private tornado. While covering a story, she was severely beaten by police in Czechsolovakia two weeks before their wedding; three weeks later John was shot and nearly killed on the job in Romania. He then began a debilitating, 'long, slow slide into textbook depression' which lasted for years.
Keeping the Feast is not a lighthearted tale of living in Europe, filled with fabulous food where every meal is a cause for celebration, a la Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence or a Frances Mayes' Under the Tuscan Sun (both of which I loved—and the six-hour made-for-TV version of A Year in Provence is wonderful, too). Unfortunately life isn't aways joyful and funny. What has the power to help you survive the toughest times? Love and food—and in this very personal story, Paula Butturini proves just that.
Cooking was my way of trying to make us both feel at home again, to make us feel as safe and nourished as we did as children, when we ate all our meals surrounded by utter familiarity and routine. During that year on the Via Giulia, I went to the Campo six days a week, to multiply the good I took away from each visit. I bought enough food to last for a day, two at most. Everything we ate seemed to have been picked just the night before, just for us. During that year, I cooked every comfort food from my childhood and John's: pastina in chicken broth for me, simple risotto or chicken baked with garlic, rosemary and potato wedges for John.
Each chapter begins with one of Paula's food-centered memories from her Italian-American upbringing in Connecticut, which then somehow ties in to the current narrative. These stories are one of the things I enjoyed most about the book.
Until I went away to college, I ate virtually every Sunday lunch of my life with a dozen or more of my mother's relatives in my grandparents' tiny apartment. Except for those first moments of silence when everyone dug into the steaming plates before them, Comparato, Romano, Tozzi, Delia, Fucci, Gabriel, and Butturini never stopped talking, kidding, joking, telling stories, swapping news or listening to the latest tales of wacky customers at Gabriel's Meat Market. We ate a ritual menu: Jennie's pasta al ragu; followed by meatballs, sausage, chicken, pork, and braciole, thin, slices of herbed, rolled beef, all of which had flavored her thick, Neapolitan sauce. A mixed salad, "good for the digestion," always followed the meat.
The only variable dish was dessert, usually one of Jennie's homemade American specialties: fresh blueberry, apple, cherry, or pumpkin pie, depending on the season; Boston cream or lemon meringue pies on occasion; pineapple crush cake (made with zwieback, eggs, condensed milk, pineapple, and whipped cream); or on birthdays, my favorite, Auntie's chocolate cake, a moist, sour-milk, two-layer concoction spread thickly with Jennie's soft, white frosting and covered in grated coconut. . . I never lost the recipe for Auntie's birthday cake, no matter how many times I have moved. The recipe, stained with melted chocolate and vanilla, travels with me to each new country, each new kitchen. I make Auntie's cake at least once a year.
I don't have much time to read these days, and after a long and tiring, often frustrating, sometimes heartbreaking day on the farm (I don't tell you all the bad stuff!), I tend to gravitate toward books that cheer me up. Reading about depression can be, well, depressing, and much of the second half of Keeping the Feast is about 'John's illness.' There were a few times when I chose to pick up something else to read instead, wondering if I really wanted to finish the book. But later I realized that I was already looking forward to reading parts of it again.
Would you like to win an advanced copy of Keeping the Feast? To enter, simply leave a comment in this post telling us something—anything—about how food or cooking has in some way, big or small, helped you or someone else heal or survive a tough time.
One entry per person, please. I moderate comments, so if I'm away from the computer it may be several hours before yours actually appears.
You can enter through next Monday, February 1st, and I'll announce a random winner a day or two later. Please check back to see if you've won, especially if I have no way to get a hold of you (for example, if you have a blogger profile, is it public and does it list your correct e-mail address?). Sorry, but the book can only be shipped to a U.S. or Canadian street address (no P.O. boxes).
Related links:
Pre-order Keeping the Feast from amazon.com
Keeping the Feast TLC Book Tour schedule
Paula Butturini's website
Paula's blog
Other book reviews on Farmgirl Fare:
The Laws of Harmony (and readers share favorite food novels)
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant (and what readers eat when alone)
Local Breads (and my favorite Four Hour Parisian Daily Baguette Recipe)
Cooking with Shelburne Farms (& Lamb Burgers w/ Red Pepper Olive Relish)
Comfort Food (readers share favorite comfort food stories & recipes)
The Cornbread Gospels (readers share cornbread memories & recipes)
The Artist's Palate (a beautiful cookbook for food and art lovers)
Falling Cloudberries (Greek Leg of Lamb & readers talk food/travel)
The Vegetable Gardener's Bible (my favorite gardening book)
Astrological Gardening: The Ancient Wisdom of Successful Planting & Harvesting by the Stars
© 2010 FarmgirlFare.com, the bookworm foodie farm blog where Farmgirl Susan shares recipes, stories, and photos from her crazy country life on 240 remote Missouri acres—and there's nothing better than curling up with a good book, except curling up with a good book and some good food. Keeping the Feast excerpts copyright Paula Butturini. Disclosure: I was provided a review copy of this book from the publisher.


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Friday, March 4, 2011
Between The Mouse & The Moon...
Some interesting stirrings in the Hat Building of late...
Or perhaps that should be out of the Hat Building? With the stunning hit that is Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Tangled," one would think that the success has everyone with their heads a bit in the clouds. This starting out as Glen Keane's pet project, it would seem that his head would be up there as well. And it is, or was. Right now Glen is on sabbatical from Disney and enjoying a much needed, and much deserved break from the grind of animating.
That said...
It appears that some folks (Bothans included) think that Glen isn't happy with the current slate of projects at WDAS and is looking for greener pastures to ply his trade. Or maybe he's simply just looking for a change? And a certain animation studio knows this. They dream of working with the likes of someone of Keane's stature. And it has the Suits at this particular place in Glendale trying/attempting to woo him over to this side of the valley. And they're wooing him very aggressively.
Glen has had meetings with people at that studio recently and while no decision has been made, they want him and are wooing him with opportunities and dangling carrots in front of his face to get him to make that walk across the long yard from Burbank to Glendale.
Nothing is set in stone, but losing Glen Keane, who is one of the premiere talents and master animators that have defined the Second Golden Age of Disney Animation, would be a major blow to the recently revived studio. He's my favorite living animator, a living legend, a true talent and a genuinely nice guy. Hopefully, he'll decide to stay, but the very fact that he's entertaining the offer is something that is frightfully scary. It would be like Babe Ruth leaving Boston Red Sox for the New York Yankees. A truly monumental leap for someone who has been iconically linked to the Disney name for over three decades.
Then again, maybe with starting the Third Golden Age for Disney, he feels it's time to move on to a new, and different chapter of his life?
Time will tell...
69 comments:
- March 4, 2011 at 12:12 AM
Well....there goes loyalty.....who wants to work at that dream company if you can the men @ Disney....his lose imho!
- March 4, 2011 at 12:27 AM
Loyalty? Keane has been there for over thirty years. I think that's pretty loyal. He's got the right to go somewhere else and if Disney isn't willing to let him pursue a project he's interested in then DWA might just let him produce or direct it.
This would be Katz's ultimate catch if it happens. - March 4, 2011 at 12:39 AM
Wait, wait guys. Calm down. Honor said he's taking meetings. It doesn't mean he's gone and left already. Keane may turn them down and decide to stay at WDAS.
Let's wait and see what happens. - March 4, 2011 at 12:46 AM
Hey, maybe /Film will post this and pretend they put it up first like they did the Tron Uprising thing that Honor posted first?
- March 4, 2011 at 12:52 AM
When it comes to loyalty, we should mention Andreas Deja, who always said he would not do CG - and never did! I really admire him for being so loyal to his art and craft.
- March 4, 2011 at 4:24 AM
Why can't we just have GlenK and JohnL finish their "Where the Wild Things Are" experiment under the Disney roof. Then all would be well in my little world and I could eat my supper while it's still warm.
- March 4, 2011 at 5:50 AM
Of course he's allowed to do whatever he chooses, as he has been with the studio for decades now, but it would be a real tragedy for Disney to lose him :(
- March 4, 2011 at 6:23 AM
Maybe the goddamn suits at Disney should let Glen create the new animation projects, then, if they want to keep him. I assume that some of the lamer stuff, like King of the Elves and the Bear and the Bow, aren't Keane's ideas?
Frankly, none of the upcoming animation projects from WDAS that I've heard of or read about has me excited as a moviegoer. What WOULD excite me would be a Snow Queen movie, or a movie based on Epic Mickey. - March 4, 2011 at 9:53 AM
I saw Glen at the Dreamworks Oscar brunch last week. I wondered what was up with that. Like it or not, there's a lot more reciprocated loyalty at DW than there is at today's WDA.
- March 4, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Met Glen last year. Really nice guy and so talented. Disney Feature animation needs to get their act together. Lasseter just seems to be using his post to ram all that Pixar crap down our throats. I remember I was in awe the first time I saw the intro to Jungle Book in the theaters. No sense of awe inspiring moments in Disney's animated features these days. Disney talents are thinned out through the company's dabbling in so many different ventures-merchandise, theme parks, cruiseships, crappy short films(where's Goofy?), and of course tv shows(Disney Channel was awesome 20 years ago/DTV!) Dreamwork seems more focused in films-for now.
- March 4, 2011 at 12:32 PM
- Steve Walker said...
I can't understand this at all. How can Glen be unhappy with the current direction when Disney is finally returning to it's roots? If he goes to Dreamworks the only projects he'll be allowed to pitch will be cynical, pop culture pieces of crap with more celebrity cameos than an episode of Glee.
But hey, if he wants to go to the dark side, that's his choice. - March 4, 2011 at 1:49 PM
"I assume that some of the lamer stuff, like King of the Elves and the Bear and the Bow, aren't Keane's ideas?"
The Bear and the Bow is Pixar so no, that is not Keane's idea.
And let's remember that he hasn't left yet. He's had meetings with them. It's not like he's out the door. - March 4, 2011 at 2:11 PM
I think Glen want to do another fairy tale but Disney said stop fairy tales.
I agree with Glen Keane, I don't like new Disney projects, I want to see a great Snow Queen movie or another classic, it could be very interesting and great, but I want to see a sincere fairy tale, which was what Glen wanted to do with Rapunzel before the change. I liked Rapunzel but I think this movie isn't what Glen wanted to do, the story was very different, too modern and the art and quality isn't what Glen wanted to do with CGI inspired by Fragonard art.
Disney, let Keane free to do his new projet and stop frustrate him, otherwise, I think Glen will leave and I will agree with Glen.
Glen is my favourite animator and I think Disney will be stupid to lose him. - March 4, 2011 at 2:13 PM
I tried to tell everyone that this 3rd golden age of Disney isn't happening.
No one listened. - March 4, 2011 at 2:53 PM
"I tried to tell everyone that this 3rd golden age of Disney isn't happening."
Tangled is the beginning of the 3rd Golden Age, you dope. - March 4, 2011 at 3:17 PM
What upcoming projects does WDAS have right now?
- March 4, 2011 at 3:19 PM
I am devastated! As a true and passionate Disney fan this is one of the saddest news in a while excedded only by the news that this rumor could become true.
Glen is the symbol of the modern Disney, he is a Disney Legend. He can't go to Dreamworks, not in the end of his carrer. I know that this thoughts could sound simplistic and childish. An artist should have the freedom to express himself and his creativity... but this can't stop me to be sad and disappointed...
Please Glen don't do this... :(
Please Disney, don't let Glen go... it will be a shame - March 4, 2011 at 4:18 PM
"What upcoming projects does WDAS have right now?"
You need to read Blue Sky more often. Roughly, this is what could happen. Remember, dates aren't set and things could change:
2011 - Winnie the Pooh
2012 - Nothing
2013 - Reboot Ralph
2014 - King of the Elves
2014/15 - Mort
2015 - Possible Chris Buck project (his last one was shelved) - March 4, 2011 at 4:53 PM
What's this "Nothing" project that is coming out in 2012?
I've never heard of it. - March 4, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Disney/JL better not f*ck this up!
Losing Glen will definitely be a tough pill to swallow. And I'd expect some heads will roll if this happens. - March 4, 2011 at 5:20 PM
Wait, wait. Is there conflict between Lasseter and Keane? When did this happen?
- March 4, 2011 at 6:15 PM
Who said anything about conflict?
- March 4, 2011 at 6:42 PM
Why shouldn't Glen leave? Everyone else Lasseter burned went to DreamWorks Animation and has been doing fine.
Lasseter may be making Disney Animation great again. But he's also making the competition better too. - March 4, 2011 at 7:00 PM
"Tangled is the beginning of the 3rd Golden Age, you dope."
First is was Bolt, then it was Princess and the Frog, now it's Tangled... Disney is not having a new renaissance, simply a run of mediocre films that are better than the previous crap it came out with. - March 4, 2011 at 9:01 PM
What a bunch of jerks here, DreamWorks is heading in a better direction as of late. They already have SO many Disney animators there - let's not forget James Baxter! DreamWorks treats their employees top notch, and I'm sure that sounds great to Glen. They are starting to use 2D/3D in 'Shadows', I'm sure they'd love Glen's artistic input there! Hell, I'm sure they'd consider a 2D project with Glen - they have enough animators that have traditional animation background. Wouldn't that be nice?
Also, you are not allowed to call this Disney's 3rd Golden Age - 'Tangled' was great, but Disney's future sure still feels uncertain. :\
Either way - leave Glen alone! He's a grown man! :) - March 4, 2011 at 10:56 PM
"First is was Bolt, then it was Princess and the Frog, now it's Tangled... Disney is not having a new renaissance, simply a run of mediocre films that are better than the previous crap it came out with."
Those were Lasseter's first films at WDAS, they weren't what we would call a 3rd Golden Age. Tangled is another case entirely. And it's far from mediocre. It is in my opinion the Little Mermaid of this generation and now we can look forward to Reboot Ralph in a couple years. - March 4, 2011 at 11:33 PM
I could see this happening. Disney has a habit of taking a lot of time developing their projects (that's not a bad thing)whereas a studio like Dreamworks really pumps out its films on a constant basis. Some much more successful then others.Keane maybe doesnt want to wait around.
- March 5, 2011 at 6:19 AM
Bolt was also far from mediocre, it was the best animated film Disney's put out since Beauty and the Beast; in fact it's quite close to being Pixar-grade.
Disney's future still feels quite uncertain. Winnie the Pooh? No way. King Of the Elves? Not likely at all. No idea what Reboot Ralph or Mort are about, so can't make a judgment of them yet.
If Glen were to go to Dreamworks, that would finish the excellent turn that they've made lately. They already make great films, but HtTYD just jolted me out of my seat. It was so much better than I expected. Visuals were fabulous, story *MUCH* better than normal... and MegaMind continued this trend, even if to a slightly lesser extent.
Course, if Glen did do that, that would probably hurt Disney Animation even more than they already are doing... at least Lasseter would still be there. - March 5, 2011 at 7:14 AM
- Doopey said...
Does WDAS even have a slate of projects? It doesn't look like it. Reboot Ralph is in some nebulous stage of development, King of the Elves was put in turnaround, and what else is there? Nothing's been announced. From the outside, they just don't seem to have a clear direction or vision. It's a shame, b/c starting w/ Meet the Robinsons all the way to Tangled there's been a real progression of improvement. DreamWorks, for better or worse, is constantly developing new projects. I can see the appeal in that.
- March 5, 2011 at 7:35 AM
- Honor Hunter said...
""Reboot Ralph" is in some nebulous stage of development, King of the Elves was put in turnaround, and what else is there? Nothing's been announced."
"Reboot Ralph" is moving along smoothly as far as I know. It's tentative release is still set for 2013.
"King of the Elves" went from turnaround to the next film from Chris Williams and is expected slightly after Ralph.
It appears Doopey hasn't been reading Blue Sky quite enough lately or he'd know this. Tsk, tsk, D. - March 5, 2011 at 9:54 AM
- Doopey said...
Ha -- Honor, I apologize! But still, what else is going on over there? It seems like they move extra slowly and cautiously on everything unless it's a sure thing (i.e., Cars 2, Monsters 2) or low risk (Pooh). Maybe that's for creative reasons, or maybe it's business reasons (can it be marketed, franchised, etc.) I'm not a fan of everything that DWA has done, but they sure know how to churn out product. If you're a frustrated animator (C. Sanders, G. Keane), DWA may give you the best opportunity to get a project made.
- March 5, 2011 at 11:39 AM
Even if Tangled actually shows a profit, let's be honest - it sure has heck was no Beauty and the Beast. It wasn't even Aladdin. It was just a little better, maybe, than Bolt. Not exactly a return to a Golden Age.
- March 5, 2011 at 2:03 PM
All the best to Keane, I hope DW offers him exactly what he wants and more. The DW campus looks like Shangri-la and they are one of the best companies in the world to work for. If I were DW I'd offer him free reign, complete control, whatever he wants.
Good for him, he deserves the freedom to choose now.
Smart move by DW if this is all true. - March 5, 2011 at 8:45 PM
- Honor Hunter said...
The offer is out there, so it's true...
As for if Glen signs and moves over? That's what we'll find out. I personally hope that he decides against it and stays.
JK can figure out something else to blog about then... - March 5, 2011 at 9:14 PM
"Why shouldn't Glen leave? Everyone else Lasseter burned went to DreamWorks Animation and has been doing fine."
This. - March 5, 2011 at 9:30 PM
Considering the way Disney treats it's talent (all levels), if I were courted by Dreamworks (PLEASE??), I'd be there!
- March 5, 2011 at 10:48 PM
- Sylvain Decaux said...
I think that if Glen Keane is thinking about leaving Disney, after 30 years (!) of working for them, that means that there are some EXTREMELY serious problems there. It's true that the quality of their movies have slowly started go up with movies like The Princess and the Frog and Tangled, but they are still very, very conservative story-wise and style wise...
Maybe he's just tired to work on princess meets prince movies. Disney's image and history has become more of a burden to them than an advantage, they've become a caricature of themselves. Because of this, their last movies (like The Princess and the Frog, Bolt, Tangled) are refreshing but always fail to really surprise me because they feel very shallow, too watered down. Even if you do feel a spark somewhere in there, you can totally see they restrained themselves from being too shocking or scary or stress-inducing, unlike their classics where there has been a place for real darkness and real suspense, where the characters were in tangible danger.
Dreamworks are more varied in their themes, more open. Glen is almost 60, maybe he just wants to be able to make a project that is very dear to him, more personnal, without studio interference. I'm sure he has a lot of amazing stories he wants to tell us. It's up to him to decide how he should accomplish his goals. - March 6, 2011 at 3:23 AM
- Jeremy said...
Having visited both studios in the past couple years, Dreamworks was a productive studio that, from an outside point of view, treats their employees fairly well. The employees in the hat building felt much more tense. Lots of great talent on both sides and no matter where Glen goes, I look forward to seeing his work.
- March 6, 2011 at 3:29 AM
- Cons Oroza said...
Look, as long as the job fulfills his needs and he feels happy, I don't mind where the storytelling comes from! What I want to see is great movies, like Dragon or Toy Story; don't mind the studios!
- March 6, 2011 at 8:41 AM
I would love to see him with more creative input. Disney's ideas are stale and contrived, and Tangled was a well-animated, aweful film, among the other well-animated aweful films Disney is crapping out. It's almost infuriating to see them funnel so much talent and creative energy into something that is fundamentally bad. I really hope he leaves and revives 2d somewhere better. They need to get out of the 3d and fast.
- March 6, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Well I hope he's looking forward to working on Madagascar 3 or Puss N Boots 2.
Also he better get up to date on the last 20 years of pop songs, he's going to have to help figure out which character should dance to what at a given time. - March 6, 2011 at 11:28 AM
If Glen were leaving because of being sick of the princess meets prince thing, then I'd cheer him on.
- March 6, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- MetFanMac said...
I think I just threw up a little in my mouth :( The Babe Ruth comparison is quite apt, although a case could be made for Tom Seaver as well...
- March 6, 2011 at 1:35 PM
It seems that everyone has this notion that Dreamworks has really stepped up lately given that it has made two near-PIXAR quality films (Kung Fu Panda and HTTYD). Does anyone remember what else they've released around those two good films? Let's see..uneccessary sub-par sequels to Madagascar and Shrek, as well as mediocre wacky comedies like Bee Movie, Monsters vs. Aliens, and Megamind. And how does Katzenberg honor these two quality films? He slates two sequels for HTTYD and four (that's right, FOUR) sequels for Kung Fu Panda. Bolt, Princess and the Frog, and Tangled were near-PIXAR quality as well. How close is up for debate but the fact is Disney is putting out good stuff now 'a days. If Glen wanted to leave why not when they were producing dreck like Home on the Range and Chicken Little? If he makes the walk to Glendale he's either going to be making ludicrus comedies or a gem that will be sequalized into oblivion, with or without his consent. But who knows, it could be fun to direct Kung Fu Panda 4, Glen.
- March 6, 2011 at 6:48 PM
Problem with the likes of Andreas Deja is he's just not a particularly good animator. No where near the skill and acting level of Glen Keane. If Keane should leave, it's most likely about money.
- March 6, 2011 at 8:35 PM
- LimogesBoxCollector said...
Disney always seems to get the best of everything. With each new film, they outdo the previous ones!
- March 6, 2011 at 10:40 PM
"Problem with the likes of Andreas Deja is he's just not a particularly good animator" (Anonymous) - Is it just me, or has the whole world gone crazy? Please name 3 other active animators that are in the same league as Deja! I´m always willing to learn...
- March 7, 2011 at 4:51 AM
James Baxter
Segio Pablos
Rodolphe Guenoden - March 7, 2011 at 7:11 AM
Why hate on studios like DreamWorks for putting out sequels that audiences want to see?
The Shrek sequels have done excellent box. So have the Ice Age films. KFP did well enough to justify more films, now that a solid cast of characters has been established to exploit with new adventures. Ditto for Dragon. Having at least one Dragon sequel would make sense.
But oh no, we cannot have sequels. Even though you're conveniently forgetting about Pixar and their sequels.
I've read nothing but praise on this site - and rightfully so - for Toy Story 3.
Now we're getting Cars 2 and Monsters, Inc 2.
And many here, when perfectly honest with themselves, would love to see Incredibles 2 as well.
Where's the hate for Pixar and their sequels?
Why only bash DreamWorks for theirs?
Got hypocrisy much? - March 7, 2011 at 12:23 PM
I hope he doesnt leave disney
he is my favourite animator and if he left disney i would be very depressed
I actually almost started crying after reading this
DreamWorks is not hing compared to disney
and Tangled was awsome it showed a new a refreshing disney the songs and the animations reminded me of the old disney i cant stop listening or singing them
Please don't leave disney Glen - March 7, 2011 at 1:46 PM
As long as Disney has Pixar and Marvel now, they have no reason to put much into their own roots. Disney is about money now in my opinion and thus have let go many of the projects that I think Disney could tell well. If more go to DreamWorks, than serves Disney right for turning their back on the very backbone Disney himself, built.
- March 7, 2011 at 2:03 PM
Well I hope he's looking forward to working on Madagascar 3 or Puss N Boots 2.
Yeah, because that's what they'll "make" him work on if he agreed to go there. Uh-huh, yup.
Adjust your tinfoil hat & keep drinking the koolaid! - March 7, 2011 at 3:43 PM
Anonymous said...
James Baxter
Segio Pablos
Rodolphe Guenoden
Baxter: Yes, impossible to argue with that!
Pablos: Good man, but that Dr. Doppler...
Guenoden: Not really the style I like, but that girl from PoEgypt, forgot her name, yes, there was sth about her :-) - March 7, 2011 at 4:03 PM
Huge difference between PIXAR sequels and Dreamworks: PIXAR has proven they make them when neccessary and do them wonderfully. Can you clame Madagascar 2 or the last two Shrek sequels were anything but uninspired. Meanwhile Toy Story 3 gets nominated for Best Picture 2010 and Toy Story 2 has 100% on Rotten TOmatoes with the most collected reviews. They can make whatever sequels they want.
- March 7, 2011 at 5:02 PM
**As long as Disney has Pixar and Marvel now, they have no reason to put much into their own roots. Disney is about money now in my opinion and thus have let go many of the projects that I think Disney could tell well. If more go to DreamWorks, than serves Disney right for turning their back on the very backbone Disney himself, built.**
^Quoted for truth. Disney has lost the magic it once had for audiences. Now it's no different from any other media company that buys characters and talents instead of developing them in-house.
Walt would roll over in his grave if he knew what bean-counters like Eisner and Iger have done to his company. Sure, they made it bigger and richer, but they sold its soul to do so. Pathetic... - March 7, 2011 at 9:44 PM
"Huge difference between PIXAR sequels and Dreamworks: PIXAR has proven they make them when neccessary"
That's crap. Pixar makes sequels for the same reason that DreamWorks makes sequels: to make money.
If you have a solid profitable franchise, you milk it. All studios know this. It's Hollywood 101.
You claim the DWA sequels are "uninspired" whereas the Pixar sequels are somehow above all that. Really?
Do you believe Cars 2 is going to be nominated for Best Picture? I have doubts it will even win Best Animated Feature (the original Cars did not). What about Monsters, Inc 2? Think it will be nominated for Best Picture as well? Probably not. Toy Story 3 was a unique situation we may never see again.
Other studios are finally catching up to Disney and Pixar. DreamWorks puts out quality films now, whether or not you personally enjoy them. The Shrek series will continue with the Puss in Boots spin-off, while Kung Fu Panda and Dragon continue with their sequels. Blue Sky is making a fortune with the Ice Age series, so I don't see that one slowing down anytime soon.
It's all about the money. As long as the sequels make money, they'll continue to be made. This whole notion of Pixar not making sequels unless they're "necessary" is a fan myth. Pixar will continue to do what other studios do in order to remain profitable. And if that means making sequels, like Cars 2 and Monsters, Inc 2, then that's what they'll do. That's the only requirement that makes any sequel "necessary." - March 8, 2011 at 8:18 AM
Considering the Cars and Monsters Inc sequels haven't come out yet, I would think it's a bit premature to make judgements on them whereas there's physical evidence that Dreamworks (and Blue Sky for that matter) can't pull off sequels too well. (Look them up on Rotten Tomatoes if you want quality proof). If PIXAR wanted to "milk" their franchises, why wait eleven years to do so? They could've used those Circle 7 ideas and made them at PIXAR but didn't even look at them. Everyone wants to be cynical about PIXAR and Disney's intentions when it comes to sequels but the fact is they are one of the only studios to bother to wait until or even IF they have a good story premise. Given this, I wouldn't completely rule out the possibilty of Cars 2 or MI2 getting a BP nomination. We'll have to wait until we've seen them to have that debate.
- March 8, 2011 at 8:44 AM
Pixar themselves have said that "If we have a great story, we'll do a sequel." Yes, they probably enjoy money, but they have said both when and when not referring to sequels that story is first at Pixar.
- March 8, 2011 at 9:02 AM
To be fair to Dreamworks, their movies are all they've got. They're an independent studio, and all they produce are films. To remain profitable and functioning, they've got to keep producing product, and sequels are a sure-fire way to make money.
As long as they keep creating original entertainment (and they do have a number of original movies in development), I can't really complain about Kung Fu Panda 5 or whatever. - March 8, 2011 at 10:23 AM
I think annoymous above NAILED it! Disney is a multi=platform MULTI-Billion dollar media corporation whereas Dreamworks is an animation studio ONLY.
Disney Animation and/or Pixar could stop making movies for the next 5-10 years and Disney would still be a viable company. Dreamworks MUST make mutiple movies EACH year to stay viable. Disney/Pixar has the luxury of waiting multiple years between movies, Dreamworks does not.
Now I'm not bashing Dreamworks (although I tend to stay away from them because they tend to be MUCH more "adult" for my young children), but they are a TOTALLY different kind of company than Disney. It looks like DWA seems be making one sure-fire hit (usually a sequel) and one new concept each year. I agree that they are getting better (and getting more family friendly). I wish them the best of luck. I think that Disney/Pixar needs Dreamworks and Dreamworks needs Disney/Pixar to keep eachother on their toes. - March 8, 2011 at 12:42 PM
"Look them up on Rotten Tomatoes if you want quality proof"
Quiz time.
Which of these two scenarios would publicly traded companies like Disney/Pixar and DreamWorks rather achieve:
1) Highly acclaimed films with poor box office.
2) Poorly reviewed films with boffo box office.
It's not rocket science.
Studios are in the business to make money. It doesn't matter that the Shrek sequels or the Ice Age sequels didn't score high on the Tomato-Meter. These films made buckets of money!
Ice Age 2 came out a few months before Cars. IA2 took $655 mil worldwide, whereas Cars earned $462 mil.
Shrek 3 came out at the time Ratatouille was released, and earned $800 mil. Ratatouille made $623 mil.
Ice Age 3 was released shortly after UP. IA3 pulled in over $880 mil, while UP earned only $731 mil. Both films were offered in 3D.
Shrek 4 is the only loser in this comparison for the past few years. It was released in 3D shortly before TS3 and made $750 mil. TS3 was also released in 3D, and earned over one billion.
Four sequels from DWA and Blue Sky, and only one Pixar competitor earned more at the box the year it was released. And this is a failed business strategy why?
If you wish to live in some animation utopia where producing films is mainly about the creative process and not about developing profitable franchises that appeal to large segments of the movie going public, that's your choice. But that's not the world that studio execs live in. All that matters to the executives and the shareholders they represent is profitability. - March 8, 2011 at 1:55 PM
I think that Disney/Pixar needs Dreamworks and Dreamworks needs Disney/Pixar to keep eachother on their toes.
I agree with this completely. Competition is healthy. - March 8, 2011 at 1:56 PM
Perhaps I sound as if I'm doing too much bashing of Dreamworks. I understand their strategies and why they do what they do. What I'm trying to say is that there is more artistic integrity at Disney/PIXAR currently (ya know, after Chicken Little and such) and if that is what Glen is looking for, and I assume he would be given what a talented artist he is, then I would suggest staying where he is. In regards to PIXAR, just because they can make a ton of money off sequels doesn't mean they're doing it for that reason, especially since they haven't made a sequel since 1999 whereas Dreamworks made four in that time while planning out seven more and a spin-off while Blue Sky made two with a planned third. Comparing the Dreamworks sequels to PIXAR movies intake it seems that those sequels did perform stronger, but making $731 million with an original idea compared to making $880 million with a low-quality sequel doesn't scream "we need to get some sure-fire money-raking sequels made...NOW!" I guess a world where art is made for art's sake and not a cynical world where it's made strickly to rip money out of our pockets without trying does sound better. I'll take that utopia anyday.
- March 8, 2011 at 6:33 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glen Keane is my hero!! PLZ DON'T LEAVE! PLZ PLZ PLZ!! DISNEY NEEDS HIS SUPER FANTASTIC AURA OF AWESOME!! HE'S MADE THE GREATEST MOVIES AND HAVE MADE THE GREATEST MOVIE!! I LOVE TANGLED! HE DOESN'T MATCH DREAMWORKS!! HIS KIND OF DRAWING IS MEANT FOR DISNEY!
- March 8, 2011 at 9:49 PM
"Comparing the Dreamworks sequels to PIXAR movies intake it seems that those sequels did perform stronger, but making $731 million with an original idea compared to making $880 million with a low-quality sequel doesn't scream "we need to get some sure-fire money-raking sequels made...NOW!"
But this is precisely why Cars 2 and Monsters, Inc 2 are being made. It's about Disney wanting to milk more money from popular Pixar characters. Just like DreamWorks and Blue Sky are doing with their sequels. To suggest that Pixar is "above all that" is nonsense.
And chastising Blue Sky for making $150 million more with IA3 than Pixar made with UP is ridiculous, especially since IA3 cost about half as much as UP to produce ($90 mil vs $175 mil). More people on the planet saw Ice Age 3 than UP, and those film goers certainly didn't think it was "low-quality" or else they wouldn't have bought the tickets. Ice Age is a popular, well-written, entertaining franchise that millions more people enjoyed in 2009 than UP. Just because you didn't enjoy it doesn't mean it's "low-quality."
"I guess a world where art is made for art's sake and not a cynical world where it's made strickly to rip money out of our pockets without trying does sound better. I'll take that utopia anyday."
Thankfully, you're not in charge of a studio. That kind of silly sentimentality would drive your shareholders crazy, and eventually, you out the door. Creating movies for simply the sake of creating high art is only for fanboy billionaires with too much money and time on their hands.
And your Pixar elitist attitude is getting tiresome. All of these studios obviously "try" to make the best films possible, but you seem to think that only Pixar can be successful at it. Wake up to the new reality, King Louie. Pixar ain't the only quality game in town now. - March 9, 2011 at 12:22 PM
- MetFanMac said...
"Thankfully, you're not in charge of a studio. That kind of silly sentimentality would drive your shareholders crazy, and eventually, you out the door. Creating movies for simply the sake of creating high art is only for fanboy billionaires with too much money and time on their hands."
Or he could be Walt Disney, who indeed drove his shareholders crazy by creating movies for simply the sake of creating fine art, a practice that did not prove financially successful until long after his death (many of today's "Disney Classics", such as Dumbo and Fantasia, were yesterday's flops).
Just sayin'. - March 10, 2011 at 1:01 AM
More people need to read Blue Sky, it's the shuzit!
Keep up the news, Honor. Love your perspective and scoops.
Now, you have to find out where Andreas is headed! - March 10, 2011 at 9:18 PM
Now, one year later, 2012, Glen Keane has left Disney.
I want to see a follow-up article, please! - March 28, 2012 at 10:43 AM


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Web access battles brew before UN conference
An upcoming U.N. gathering about Internet oversight is raising alarms from a broad coalition of critics, including the U.S., tech giants such as Google and rights groups, concerned that changes could lead to greater efforts to censor Web content and stifle innovation in cyberspace.
An upcoming U.N. gathering about Internet oversight is raising alarms from a broad coalition of critics, including the U.S., tech giants such as Google and rights groups, concerned that changes could lead to greater efforts to censor Web content and stifle innovation in cyberspace.
Among the issues on the agenda at next month's meeting in Dubai are ideas to battle Internet spam and fraud. But also tucked into more than 1,300 proposals are potential hot-button items that opponents believe could be used by in places such as Iran and China to justify their crackdowns on bloggers and other Web restrictions.
Another likely battle when the meeting begins Dec. 3 is over European-backed suggestions to change the pay structure of the Web to force content providers â€" such as Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and others â€" to kick in an extra fee to reach users across borders.
It's unclear what proposals will emerge from the 11-day meeting of the U.N.'s 193-nation International Telecommunications Union, or ITU. The preliminary jockeying highlights the tensions of the Internet age between what to regulate and what to leave alone. The outcome could affect billions of Internet users.
Some are unhappy with the structure of the conference itself.
'Engineers, companies and people that build and use the Web have no vote,' said Google in an online statement. 'The billions of people around the globe that use the Internet, the experts that build and maintain it, should be included' in the decision-making process.
Others warn of dangers.
Simply opening the door to greater controls by the ITU raises concern among activists and others. They worry that countries with tightly controlled cyberspace such as China, Iran and Gulf Arab states will push for additions to the ITU's treaty â€" such as national security monitoring â€" that could be used to give legitimacy both to their current efforts to monitor and restrict the Web and to possible future clampdowns.
'We can expect an Internet totally different to today's open and global system,' said Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, representing 175 million workers worldwide.
'Repressive governments will have a U.N. treaty which allows them to control freedom of expression, to monitor everything any targeted individual is saying on the Net, and to stop social movements and human rights defenders demanding respect for basic rights,' she cautioned.
The host United Arab Emirates, for example, sharply tightened Internet laws this month to give authorities wide powers to bring charges for offenses such as insulting the rulers or trying to organize street protests.
The ITU's secretary-general, Hamadoun Toure, said in a May speech in Canada that he expected 'a light-touch regulatory approach to emerge.'
The ITU says it has no interest in governing the Internet or restricting expression, but notes that it must update its communications treaty to incorporate the dramatic technological changes that have occurred since the last revisions in 1988. That was before the Internet in the public domain.
Among the topics to be discussed in Dubai: Internet security, combating fraud, preventing mobile phone 'bill shock' with roaming charges and efforts to expand broadband infrastructures in developing countries.
'For every proposal, there is a counterproposal,' said ITU spokeswoman Sarah Parkes.
She noted that U.N. treaties such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights take precedence over any regulations ITU may adopt that could relate to freedom of expression.
'We will not support any effort to broaden the scope of the IT₹(International Telecommunications Regulations) to facilitate any censorship of content or blocking the free flow of information and ideas,' said Terry Kramer, a former technology industry executive who was given ambassador status to lead a powerhouse 123-member U.S. delegation to the World Conference on International Telecommunications.
The groups include representatives from Facebook, Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and Google â€" which has been leading an aggressive online campaign to warn about the risks of increased Internet regulations from the meeting.
The international Internet Society, a group headquartered in Virginia and Switzerland that maintains the Internet core protocols, also claims any tighter U.N. controls could 'interfere with the continued innovation and evolution of the telecommunications networks and the Internet.'
The American technology company envoys in Dubai also are expected to push back strongly against any sweeping revision in Internet charges. The proposal, led by the
European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association, would do away with the current system â€" called 'net neutrality' â€" that now treats all Internet traffic equally, regardless of who is sending or receiving.
In its place, the European plan seeks to have content providers pay when their service is accessed across borders. The money raised, theoretically, could pay to expand broadband infrastructures in developing countries. Opponents, however, say companies such as Facebook could cut off access to countries where the extra charges are too burdensome.
Even the U.N.'s cultural agency, UNESCO, has raised concerns about proposals that are so broadly worded that they could be used to restrict freedom of expression under the guise of national security or fighting spam and Internet fraud.
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With Contraceptive Coverage Plan 2.0, Obama Pleases Allies, But Not Everyone
President Obama's latest proposed change in how contraceptives are covered by employer health insurance may not have ended the controversy that has raged for the past three weeks. But what the administration is calling an "accommodation" for religious employers has apparently mollified key allies who had opposed his original plan.
Speaking in the White House Briefing Room flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the president said he was not backing away from the "core principle" that "women will still have access to free preventive care that includes contraceptive services — no matter where they work."
But at the same time, he said, "we've been mindful that there's another principle at stake here — and that's the principle of religious liberty."
The original proposal would have made churches, synagogues and other houses of worship exempt, but not religion-sponsored hospitals, universities and charities.
His contraceptive coverage 2.0 will allow those latter institutions to also opt out, but women will be guaranteed no-cost access to contraception by a requirement that the institution's insurance company offer the coverage instead.
"The result will be that religious organizations won't have to pay for these services, and no religious institution will have to provide these services directly," Obama said. "But women who work at these institutions will have access to free contraceptive services, just like other women, and they'll no longer have to pay hundreds of dollars a year that could go towards paying the rent or buying groceries."
Women's groups were pleased by the announcement.
"Today's announcement makes it clear that President Obama is firmly committed to protecting women's health," said Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America.
But more important, the new proposal brought back into the fold many of those who had reluctantly split with the president over the policy.
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The announcement also won back Sister Carol Keehan, president of the Catholic Health Association, a key ally in getting the 2010 health law passed.
"The framework developed has responded to the issues we identified that needed to be fixed," she said in a statement.
But not everyone was satisfied. NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports that while the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called the shift "a first step in the right direction," other church officials weren't so charitable. Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami labeled the president's change "a smoke screen" that obscures issues of religious freedom.
And the reaction from Republicans on Capitol Hill was predictably harsh.
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Some of the most restrained reactions came from those who would be most affected — the insurance companies.
In a statement, the insurance industry trade group America's Health Insurance Plans said only that "we are concerned about the precedent this proposed rule would set. As we learn more about how this rule would be operationalized, we will provide comments through the regulatory process."
Other industry onlookers were less reticent.
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He said there is simply no way that insurers will actually pay for the benefits and that they will end up passing the cost back to their customers, including the religious entities who are supposedly being excused.
"We're going to play a game called, 'You didn't tell us to do it so we won't bring this up,' " he said.
And even those with a somewhat more charitable view of the proposal are still worried, such as Helen Darling, president of the National Business Group on Health.
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Darling said she's happy the president found a formula that seems to satisfy many in the women's health-vs.-religious employer divide, but that doesn't mean that formula will necessarily be a workable one.
"The logistics will be a little bit complicated, there's no question about that," she said.


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You'll be seeing a lot of gorgeous buns this weekend on the blogesphere. Each one with a story to tell. Buns of all sizes and shapes and I am sure each one will make you want to stick your teeth into them, lick them and luxuriously bite into them.
No, my blog has not gone x-rated - it's just another awesome Daring Baker challenge, which had us all seeing buns in September. Cinnamon, sticky, spiced, fruity and nutty buns.
Our hostess this month was magnificent Marce of the wonderful Pip In The City. Marce was able to select a winner of a challenge. Her aim was to provide us with a challenge that fitted well with the ever growing list of members. No easy task, considering our group has expanded to an incredible size with members in every corner of the world - literally. I can imagine how difficult it must be as a hostess to please everyone. However, when Marce revealed her challenge I think almost everyone in the group was elated by her choice.
I certainly was. I love buns. Sticky, cinnamon rolls drizzled with caramel and topped with nuts and fruit. I am not sure how many of you are familiar with the delicious rolls from Cinnabon. They taste incredible and I cannot even begin to put their exquisite taste into words. I just can say one thing I am so glad that there is not a Cinnabon outlet here in Gemany otherwise I know it would be my downfall! In Dubai - it's a whole different story though. With Cinnabon outlets dotted all across the city, it becomes hard to avoid the wonderful fragrance of freshly baked cinnamon rolls wafting in the air.
Thanks to Marce and this challenge I had the opportunity of making my own sticky buns. Something I had not done to date. I am beginning to think it was a big mistake to actually go ahead with the challenge. These were even more addicting than any Cinnabon roll I have ever tasted - and it comes from my own kitchen and is easy to bake and yes, I have already made two batches ever since the challenge was announced and yes I think my waistline will explode soon and yes I have been doing extra rounds at the gym to keep it under control. Marce, how could you!!! ;-)
As with each challenge we were allowed a few modifications, otherwise we were supposed to stick to the recipe. The modifications allowed were:
- We did not have to use cinnamon, but could use any other spices or a mix.
- We could do both cinnamon and sticky buns or simply choose one.
- We did not have to use any nuts for the sticky buns if we did not want to.
- We could substitute the raisins for any other dried fruit.
- Recipe ingredient exception allowed only if allergy or an ingredient not available or cost prohibitive in our region
It's a classic combination and I love the tart flavor the cranberries gave the buns. The recipe provided by Marce was really easy to follow and I had absolutely no trouble with the dreaded yeast. For all those who enjoy a good sticky roll for breakfast I urge you to give these a try. You won't regret it.
Days to Make: One (1)
Active/Resting/Baking Time: 15 minutes to mix, 3 1/2 hours fermentation/shaping/proofing, 20 - 40 minutes to bake
Recipe Quantity: Eight(8) - twelve (12) large rolls or twelve (12) - sixteen (16) small rolls
Making the Dough
95g (3.25 ounces) granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
80g (2.75 ounces) unsalted butter or margarine
1 large egg - slightly beaten
1 teaspoon lemon extract OR 1 teaspoon grated zest of 1 lemon - I used the zest of 1 lime
500g (16 ounces) unbleached bread or all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons instant yeast*
300ml (1 1/8 to 1 1/4 cups) whole milk or buttermilk - at room temperature
cinnamon sugar - made of approximately 80g granulated sugar plus 12g ground cinnamon (or any other spices you want to use, cardamom, ginger, allspice, etc.)
Walnuts, pecans, or other nuts (for sticky buns.)
Raisins or other dried fruit, such as dried cranberries or dried cherries (for sticky buns, optional.)
For cinnamon buns you will additionally need:
White fondant glaze - recipe below
For Sticky buns you will additionally need
Caramel glaze - recipe below
*Instant yeast contains about 25% more living cells per spoonful than active dry yeast, regardless of the brand. Instant yeast is also called rapid-rise or fast-rising.
Step 1- Making the Dough:
Cream together the sugar, salt, and shortening or butter on medium-high speed in an electric mixer with a paddle attachment (or use a large metal spoon and mixing bowl and do it by hand).
Whip in the egg and lemon/lime extract/zest until smooth. Then add the flour, yeast, and milk. Mix on low speed (or stir by hand) until the dough forms a ball. Switch to the dough hook and increase the speed to medium, mixing for approximately 10 minutes (or knead by hand for 12 to 15 minutes), or until the dough is silky and supple, tacky but not sticky. You may have to add a little flour or water while mixing to achieve this texture. Lightly oil a large bowl and transfer the dough to the bowl, rolling it around to coat it with oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
Step 2 - Fermentation:
Ferment at room temperature for approximately 2 hours, or until the dough doubles in size.
Step 3 - Form the Buns:
Mist the counter with spray oil and transfer the dough to the counter. Proceed as shown in the photo for shaping the buns.
Transcription: (A) Roll out the dough with a rolling pin, lightly dusting the top with flour to keep it from sticking to the pin. Roll it into a rectangle about 2/3 inch thick and 14 inches wide by 12 inches long for larger buns, or 18 inches wide by 9 inches long for smaller buns. Don´t roll out the dough too thin, or the finished buns will be tough and chewy rather than soft and plump. (B)Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the surface of the dough and (C) roll the dough up into a cigar-shaped log, creating a cinnamon-sugar spiral as you roll. With the seam side down, cut the dough into 8 to 12 pieces each about 1 3/4 inches thick for larger buns, or 12 to 16 pieces each 1 1/4 inch thick for smaller buns.
Step 4 - Prepare the Buns for Proofing:
- For cinnamon buns: line 1 or more sheet pans with baking parchment. Place the buns approximately 1/2 inch apart so that they are not touching but are close to one another.
- For sticky buns: coat the bottom of 1 or more baking dishes or baking pans with sides at least 1 1/2 inches high with a 1/4 inch layer of the caramel glaze. Sprinkle on the nuts and raisins (if you are using raisins or dried fruit.) You do not need a lot of nuts and raisins, only a sprinkling. Lay the pieces of dough on top of the caramel glaze, spacing them about 1/2 inch apart. Mist the dough with spray oil and cover loosely with plastic wrap or a food-grade plastic bag.
Step 5 - Proof the Buns:
Proof at room temperature for 75 to 90 minutes, or until the pieces have grown into one another and have nearly doubled in size. You may also retard the shaped buns in the refrigerator for up to 2 days, pulling the pans out of the refrigerator 3 to 4 hours before baking to allow the dough to proof.
Step 6 - Bake the Buns:
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C (350F) with the oven rack in the middle shelf for cinnamon buns but on the lowest shelf for sticky buns.
Bake the cinnamon buns for 20 to 30 minutes or the sticky buns 30 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown.
If you are baking sticky buns, remember that they are really upside down (regular cinnamon buns are baked right side up), so the heat has to penetrate through the pan and into the glaze to caramelize it. The tops will become the bottoms, so they may appear dark and done, but the real key is whether the underside is fully baked. It takes practice to know just when to pull the buns out of the oven.
Step 8 - Cool the buns:
For cinnamon buns, cool the buns in the pan for about 10 minutes and then streak white fondant glaze across the tops, while the buns are warm but not too hot. Remove the buns from the pans and place them on a cooling rack. Wait for at least 20 minutes before serving.
For the sticky buns, cool the buns in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes and then remove them by flipping them over into another pan. Carefully scoop any run-off glaze back over the buns with a spatula. Wait at least 20 minutes before serving.
Toppings for the Buns:
White fondant glaze for cinnamon buns
Cinnamon buns are usually topped with a thick white glaze called fondant. There are many ways to make fondant glaze, but here is a delicious and simple version, enlivened by the addition of citrus flavor, either lemon or orange. You can also substitute vanilla extract or rum extract, or simply make the glaze without any flavorings.
Sift 520g (4 cups) of powdered sugar into a bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of lemon or orange extract and 6 tablespoons to 118 ml (1/2 cup) of warm milk, briskly whisking until all the sugar is dissolved. Add the milk slowly and only as much as is needed to make a thick, smooth paste.
When the buns have cooled but are still warm, streak the glaze over them by dipping the tines of a fork or a whisk into the glaze and waving the fork or whisk over the tops. Or, form the streaks by dipping your fingers in the glaze and letting it drip off as you wave them over the tops of the buns. (Remember to wear latex gloves.)
Caramel glaze for sticky buns
Caramel glaze is essentially some combination of sugar and fat, cooked until it caramelizes. The trick is catching it just when the sugar melts and lightly caramelizes to a golden amber. Then it will cool to a soft, creamy caramel. If you wait too long and the glaze turns dark brown, it will cool to a hard, crack-your-teeth consistency. Most sticky bun glazes contain other ingredients to influence flavor and texture, such as corn syrup to keep the sugar from crystallizing and flavor extracts or oils, such as vanilla or lemon. This version makes the best sticky bun glaze.
NOTE: you can substitute the corn syrup for any neutral flavor syrup, like cane syrup or gold syrup.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine 95g (1/2 cup) granulated sugar, 100g (1/2 cup) firmly packed brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 230g (1/2 pound) unsalted butter, at room temperature.
Cream together for 2 minutes on high speed with the paddle attachment. Add 1/2 cup corn syrup and 1 teaspoon lemon, orange or vanilla extract. Continue to cream for about 5 minutes, or until light and fluffy.
Use as much of this as you need to cover the bottom of the pan with a 1/4-inch layer. Refrigerate and save any excess for future use; it will keep for months in a sealed container.
Making these buns was a real breeze and rather comforting. The steps were easy and the ingredients were not exotic or difficult to handle. I was amazed that something that looks like a lot of work is in actual fact so simple. The results were extraordinary. Soft, moist and sticky. The recipe yielded 12 buns and these were gone in a matter of a couple of days. As a matter of fact I found that the taste of the ingredients got better. Just one word of warning though - make these at your own risk. They taste too good and are far too difficult to resist. Especially with the aroma of lovely fruit, nuts and cinnamon lingering in the air.
I thank Marce from the bottom of my heart for this one. Without you I think I would still be dreaming about Cinnabon rolls instead of making my own buns.
If you want to see more hot Daring Bakers' buns then click your way down the blogroll. Have fun drooling!
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Sports Illustrated, citing an unidentified source, reported that Hernandez was not believed to be a suspect in what was being treated as a possible homicide. The magazine said police had spoken with Hernandez.
State police referred questions to Bristol District Attorney Sam Sutter's office, which declined to comment.
Sports Illustrated reported that the link between Hernandez and the case was a rented Chevrolet Suburban with Rhode Island plates that police had been searching for. The Associated Press could not independently confirm the report.
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North Attleborough is south of Boston on the Rhode Island state line, not far from the Patriots' stadium in Foxboro.
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