Archive for September, 2011

take shelter

Friday, September 30th, 2011

It would be possible to appreciate Shannon’s fabulous work in “Take Shelter” far better if the filmmaker lost a quarter of the two-hour running time — there are many overlong scenes that make this a needlessly tough sit. [1]

Take Shelter is a 2011 American drama film starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. [2]

The last news about Take Shelter. [3]

View company contact information for Take Shelter on IMDbPro. [4]

His talents are put to exceptional use in writer-director Jeff Nichols’ devastating Take Shelter. [5]

Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon) has a good life. [6]

In his second collaboration with Shannon following Shotgun Stories, Nichols has written a role tailored to the actor’s particular gifts in Curtis LaForche. [...] Unable to vanquish his fears, he takes a risky loan and illegally borrows equipment from work to expand the house’s tornado shelter in preparation for the apocalypse. [5]

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Writer-director Jeff Nichols, whose previous film Shotgun Stories also starred Shannon, has the rare ability to think big and work small. [1]

He has a loving home life with wife Samantha (Jessica Chastain) and 6-year-old daughter Hannah (Tova Stewart), who has lost her hearing but is scheduled for corrective surgery. [5]

He chooses to keep the disturbance to himself, channeling his anxiety into the obsessive building of a storm shelter in their backyard. [...] Curtis LaForche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. [1]

These performers (and one producer) had their work cut out for them at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. [6]

In September 2011, Take Shelter screened at the 37th Deauville American Film Festival, where it beat 13 other contenders to win the festival’s grand prize. [2]

Sources:
[1] Take Shelter - Rotten Tomatoes
[2] Take Shelter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] Take Shelter Trailer
[4] Take Shelter (2011)
[5] Watch Take Shelter Online - Watch Take Shelter Free
[6] Take Shelter | Moviefone

homeland

Friday, September 30th, 2011

The Black homelands were dissolved and reincorporated into South Africa by the 1994 constitution. [1]

When used as a proper noun, the word, as well as its cognates in other languages (i.e. Heimatland in German) often have ethnic nationalist connotations: Fatherland, Motherland, Mother country, each having some distinct interpretation according to nationality or historical usage. [...] Russians commonly refer to Mother Russia as a personification of their nation. [...] Motherland may refer to a mother country, i.e. the place of one’s birth, the place of origin of an ethnic group or immigrant, or a Metropole in contrast to its colonies. [2]

Hence also the English terms patriot, patriotism. [...] As a common noun, it simply connotes the country of one’s origin. [3]

Any of the ten regions designated by South Africa in the 1970s as semiautonomous territorial states for the Black population. [1]

People from Australia and former British colonies would sometimes describe the United Kingdom as the “Mother Country”, often carrying a strong British Imperialist connotation, and not always in a flattering manner. [2]

All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. [...] A state, region, or territory that is closely identified with a particular people or ethnic group. [1]

Among African Americans it is common to refer to the continent of Africa as the Motherland. [2]

Sources:
[1] homeland - definition of homeland by the Free Online
[2] Homeland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] homeland: Definition from Answers.com

Delonte West

Friday, September 30th, 2011

BOSTON, MA - MAY 09: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat tries to pass the ball as Glen Davis #11 and Delonte West #13 of the Boston Celtics defend in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Semifinals in the 2011 NBA Playoffs on May 9, 2011 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. [1]

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Delonte Maurice West (born July 26, 1983, in Washington, D.C.) is an American professional basketball player in the guard positions for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. [1]

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Sources:
[1] Delonte West - News, photos, topics, and quotes
[2] Delonte West Info Page | NBA.com
[3] Delonte West, Boston Celtics, NBA - CBSSports.com Basketball
[4] Delonte West Stats, News, Videos, Highlights, Pictures, Bio

Claire Danes

Friday, September 30th, 2011

An actor since childhood, Claire Danes jumped successfully to the big screen in 1997’s Romeo and Juliet, playing Juliet to Leonardo DiCaprio ’s Romeo. [1]

Claire Danes got her start as a guest star on Law & Order in an episode called “Skin Deep”. [2]

As he learns from his brilliant, mercurial new mentor, Richard attempts to win the affections of Sonja Jones (Claire Danes), an ambitious secretary at the theater who has designs on meeting David O. Selznick. [3]

Welcome to Claire Danes Fan also known shortly as CDF, your number one source for actress Claire Danes, online since 2005! [4]

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Visit our gallery with over 27,000 Claire Danes photos and still growing! [4]

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Always someone interested in learning, Danes rejected Spielberg’s offer because she wouldn’t be able to receive schooling in Poland, where the movie was to be filmed. [1]

Whether portraying the angst-ridden Angela Chase on My So-Called Life or trailer park trash in Oliver Stone ’s U-Turn, Danes has consistently displayed an uncommon maturity and insight in her performances that belies her relative inexperience. [3]

After attending the Professional Performing Arts School for the sixth and seventh grade, she went to Los Angeles in the hopes of being cast in Steven Spielberg ’s Schindler’s List (Danes had previously appeared in an episode of Law and Order and in Dreams of Love, an obscure film produced by Milos Forman). [1]

She has appeared in roles as diverse as Angela Chase in My So-Called Life, as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann ’s Romeo + Juliet, as Yvaine in Stardust and as Temple Grandin in the HBO TV film Temple Grandin. [...] Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress of television, stage and film. [2]

Photos of Claire at public events, award shows, premieres and more. [5]

In 1994, 15-year-old Danes starred as the 15-year-old Angela Chase in the television drama series My So-Called Life, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received an Emmy nomination. [...] She won the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress ‘ Miniseries or Television Film and the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries award. [2]

Sources:
[1] Claire Danes: Biography from Answers.com
[2] Claire Danes - Wikipedia
[3] Claire Danes Movies
[4] ‘ ‘ ‘ Claire Danes Fan | www.clairedanesfan.com
[5] Home - Claire Danes Fan | Gallery | www.clairedanesfan.com

Debit card fees

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Bank of America will begin charging a $5 monthly fee at the beginning of next year for customers who make debit card purchases. [1]

But Bank of America wasted no time in announcing a $5 monthly fee for debit card purchases to make up for the expected drop in revenue. [2]

FILE - In this July 17, 2009 file photo, a customer uses a Bank of America ATM in Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America plans to start charging customers a $5 monthly debit card fee. [3]

Other banks have been flirting with the idea of introducing a fee for debit card usage, but Bank of America is one of the first major institutions to announce that it will make this a reality for active debit card customers. [4]

Bank of America will charge customers $5 per month to use their debit card starting in early 2012, according to Dow Jones Newswires. [5]

NEW YORK — Bank of America plans to start charging customers a $5 monthly fee for using their debit card to make purchases. [6]

It’s the biggest sign so far of how new bank regulations are going to mean big changes for the millions of customers who have come to rely on cards that are tied to their checking accounts ‘ and don’t rack up potentially huge interest bills. [7]

A Bank of America customer uses a Bank of America ATM in Charlotte, North Carolina May 11, 2011. [8]

But several banks have recently introduced or started testing debit card fees. [3]

Chase and Wells Fargo also are testing $3 monthly debit card fees in select markets. [6]

Bank of America will begin charging the fee early next year. [3]

Other large U.S. banks including Wells Fargo & Co, JPMorgan Chase & Co and SunTrust Banks Inc are testing or planning monthly debit card fees. [8]

Back in June I said that that while placing a cap on those debit card fees might be great news for retailers it would be bad news for customers. [9]

Senator Richard Durbin, architect of debit card interchange fee reform, bashed the proposed monthly fee. [...] The Dodd-Frank Act’s Durbin amendment, due to go into effect on October 1, caps fees banks can charge merchants for processing debit card transactions at 21 cents per transaction from an average of 44 cents, potentially costing banks billions of dollars. [8]

Sources:
[1] Bank of America plans to charge $5 monthly debit card fee
[2] Bank of America; debit card; monthly fee - latimes.com
[3] More bad news for bank customers: Debit card fees - Wire
[4] Bank Of America To Charge $5 Monthly Debit Card Fee - Money
[5] Bank Of America Plans To Charge Monthly $5 Debit Card Usage
[6] BofA to charge $5 debit card fee - Banks - BradentonHerald.com
[7] Bank Of America’s $5 Per Month Debit Card Fee Is Sign Of The
[8] Bank of America to charge debit card use fee | Reuters
[9] BofA’s New $5 Debit Card Fee? Blame Dodd-Frank - Forbes