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Nominations Announcement for the 82nd Academy Awards

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Planning Your Disneyland Wedding

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A wedding day is considered by many the happiest day of their life. It can be even happier I it is held at the happiest place on Earth. That place is Disneyland. Disneyland has made weddings possible with Disneyland Weddings.

Women dream of their weddings from a young age. They visualize a story type wedding that is very unique and, romantic. With the story factor in it, it becomes very enchanting. Now that you're all grown up and at the point of marriage, you can have your wedding at Disneyland! Disneyland makes it possible to have a magical time and a very creative ceremony. It will certainly be the happiest place on Earth.

The best thing is that you don't have to stress over the details. Disneyland really makes it a Cinderella story by taking care of the details in providing a fairy God Planner.

You should know that Disneyland weddings should not be left for the last minute. Your planning should start one year in advanced. You must schedule a meeting with the Disney wedding planner, take a site tour and pick out the locations for the wedding. You must sign the letter of agreement eleven months prior the big day. Ten months prior the wedding the announcements are mailed out to your guests.

The panning becomes more intense eight months before the wedding date. Planning occurs over the phone and in person with the wedding planner. The ceremony and receptions are prepared as well. Like a jigsaw puzzle,all the pieces come together and into place for the big picture. Payments for the event are due 30 days before the wedding date and the guest count must be complete at least 4 days before the wedding date.

Disneyland plans everything out with your input and all the details are handled without any additional stress put on you. After all, you must be very stressed with your wedding date coming fast. Flowers, catering, music, invitations and other details are all included. After the wedding ceremony occurs, you will have a lifelong impression left in your heart. You are your husband or wife will have and enjoy the reception you always have dreamed of.

The staff will wear white gloves and will be complete with table settings from the resort. There will be a head table The floors will be lined with floor length linens and the tables will have place cards. Your imagination will run wild by seeing your life long dreams coming to life.

After the wedding, be sure to checkout the honeymoon packages available from the Disney Resort. Disneyland makes it possible to have the wedding of your dreams and the honey moon of your dreams.

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AMC STS Oscar Nominees Announcement Reaction Part 2

Christina Warren and John Campea of amcentertainment.com give their reactions to the Oscar Nominees announcements.



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Music Creates the Mood

In every television show, commercial, and movie trailer it is right there; harnessing your attention, riveting your anticipation and directing your expectation. It is the theme, the musical background, the sales jingle that tells you what you should expect. The music tells us what to look forward to and as a result creates the mood. It is the music that tells us when our favorite television shows are coming on. I cannot listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger. There are not a lot of people that would say that they could recognize the song Suicide is Painless. But if I were to tell you that is the theme song to the old MASH series there would be instant recognition. And if you were a regular in MASH's television audience, you are probably humming that tune right now. You may even be remembering some favorite episodes and what sparked that was a tune.

It was the musical jingles that taught us how to spell. Remember M, I, C, K, E, Y, M, O, U, S, E? (for all of you old timers) Or is this one any better; "Oscar Mayer has a way with b, o, l, o, g, n, a?" The jingles taught us that we could double our pleasure and our fun just by chewing gum, that we should obey our thirst, that a sprinkle a day keeps the odor away, and that whatever is going on at McDonald's, I'm loving it. If you are any kind of television watcher, I am sure that there are more jingle sitting in your unconscious memory waiting to be brought to consciousness. It is easy to memorize these trifling ditties. That is why they were designed, to guide our decision making, particularly when we are shopping.

The danger is that more than our shopping habits may be influenced by what we listen to. A nationally known motivational speaker ended one of his talks by telling the audience that he was going to ride a motorcycle across the United States. What was so amazing about this announcement was the fact that at that time he did not own a motorcycle, neither had he ever even ridden a motorcycle. In fact, his announcement surprised him more so than any of his listeners.

The situation came about in this wise. Our non-motorcycle riding lecturer keeps musical CD's in his car. He usually plays them on his way to a speaking engagement. They are high-energy numbers that are intended to get him pumped prior to his speech. On one of the CD's there is a song with a theme of riding across America on a motorcycle. After hearing that song enough times, our non-motorcycle riding motivational speaker felt empowered to take that ride, even though he had never ridden a motorcycle in his life.

Our lecturer's experience makes a case for the suggestibility of music into our habits, choices and lifestyles. Because no thought resides rent free in our minds, it is incumbent upon us to make the best choices concerning our thinking. It is the thought that precedes the action. It is not my purpose to put down any type of music. Nonetheless, a review of the themes and messages found in much of our contemporary music would find a definite want for positive ness in choices and lifestyle. That is a problem. The number one thing that young people (teens) do when they are depressed is to listen to music. That is number one over talking to friends or getting counseling. If the themes they are attending are not uplifting, how can they be raised from their depression? Music does indeed create the mood.

Music speaks to our unconscious. The tempo directs us, almost in an unknowing fashion into agreement with the rhythm. If you don't believe this, try this simple experiment; when you are trying to get romantic, play Stars and Stripes Forever or play Taps at a pep rally and see what sets the mood. Because of its power and potential to influence, it is important that we recognize and guard well against its overwhelming influence.

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Sam Darby, Ed.D. is a an author, counselor and motivational speaker with over 30 years of experience in working with families and children.

Obama supports Oscar the Grouch to replace Simon Cowell

President Obama came out in support of Oscar the Grouch's bid to become the next American Idol judge on Simon Cowell's announcement he is leaving the show.



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James Dean - James Byron Dean

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JAMES BYRON DEAN

LIFE IMITATES ART

GENERATION NEXT

ANIMAL FARM

FOUR EYES

THESE GO TO ELEVEN

THE ACTOR WAY

FRANK, BILLIE AND JIMMY

ACTING THE PART

DEAD MAN'S CURVE

APOCALYPSE NOW

GIANT

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean

JAMES BYRON DEAN

James Dean was born on February 8th, 1931 in Marion, Indiana. His hobbies were writing, painting, bullfighting (when did that happen?), photography, sculpting, car racing, horse racing and playing the bongos. His favorite drink was coffee and his favorite ice cream flavor was coffee and raspberry.

LIFE IMITATES ART

"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication. Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done."

GENERATION NEXT

James Dean's first professional acting gig was a Pepsi commercial. Since then, Michael Jackson, Cindy Crawford, Michael J. Fox, Shaquille O'Neal, Jeff Gordon, Ray Charles, Billy Crystal, Britney Spears, Beyonce, Shakira, The Osbournes, Faith Hill, Sammy Sosa, Joe Montana, Ken Griffey Jr., Gloria Estafan, Tina Turner and many others have endorsed the blue canned beverage.

BRAD'S CHOICE

Before Pepsi was called Pepsi, it was called "Brad's Drink" way back in 1898. Well, another Brad, Brad Pitt is now vying for the chance to remake James Dean's first film, "East of Eden" with Pitt in the starring role. Dean's performance in "East of Eden" won him an Oscar nomination, making him one of only five actors to receive a nomination from their first screen performances. He was also the only actor in history to receive more than one Oscar nomination posthumously.

ANIMAL FARM

"Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me. I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed."

FOUR EYES

Dean was required to wear glasses while driving as he was nearsighted. The king of cool, had to wear glasses, if only he had been around long enough to do a public service announcement for that, then being a "four-eyes" would have meant a completely different thing these days.

THESE GO TO ELEVEN

No matter what kind of music James Dean listened to, he liked it LOUD! But what did he listen to? After all it was the early 50's and Elvis had yet to become the King, the Beatles had yet to become the Fab Four...What did James Dean rock out to, before there was Rock? He liked African Tribal music, Afro-Cuban songs and dance (Dean liked to play the bongos), Classical music - especially Bartok and Stravinsky, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday.

THE ACTOR WAY

"When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director's task is just that ñ to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over. And he must be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons."

FRANK, BILLIE AND JIMMY

It has been said that James Dean's favorite song was Billie Holiday's "When Your Lover Has Gone" and his favorite album was Frank Sinatra's "Songs for Young Lovers".

ACTING THE PART

"An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet. In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as possible. He must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art."

DEAD MAN'S CURVE

Dean only made three Hollywood pictures, propelling him into super stardom. As his final film, Giant, was wrapping up in Marfa, Texas, Dean was driving his Porsche Spyder to an auto race in Salinas, California. His car collided with another can outside Cholame, California. James Dean, an American legend, died on September 30th, 1955. The Failure Analysis Associates later re-created all the details of the accident at the same approximate time on September 30th, and concluded that James Dean was traveling 55 to 56 m.p.h. when the fateful accident occurred, thereby proving he had not been speeding, despite the fact that he had received a speeding ticket only two hours before the crash.

APOCALYPSE NOW

"Jim Dean and Elvis were the spokesmen for an entire generation. When I was in acting school in New York, years ago, there was a saying that if Marlon Brando changed the way people acted, then James Dean changed the way people lived. He was the greatest actor who ever lived. He was simply a genius." - Martin Sheen

GIANT

"Every time I go to Europe, I remember that James Dean never saw Europe, but yet I see his face everywhere. There ís James Dean, Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe windows of the Champs Elysees, discos in the south of Spain, restaurants in Sweden, t-shirts in Moscow. My life was confused and disoriented for years by his passing. My sense of destiny destroyed the great films he would have directed, the great performances he would have given, the great humanitarian he would have become, and yet, he is the greatest actor and star I have ever known." - Dennis Hopper

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