Nell Minow's Blog, page 17
March 8, 2017
Smile of the Week: Giving Unique Voices to Those Who Need Help Speaking
What could be more personal than a voice, and what can be more important in expressing our emotions? Famously, British scientist Stephen Hawking complained that the automated voice he was given had an American accent. This NBC news story shows how individualized voices are being created to help people express themselves.
If you want to participate, you can add your voice to the Voice Bank. ...
If you want to participate, you can add your voice to the Voice Bank. ...
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March 7, 2017
Trailer: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks with Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne
Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne star in "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," based on the best-selling book by Rebecca Skloot. Lacks was a poor black woman who died at age 31 of cancer. Some cells taken without her knowledge in 1951 became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more. For reasons no one understands, her cancer cells were remarkably vibrant, reproducing robustly and...
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March 6, 2017
Tribute: TCM’s Robert Osborne
We bid a sad farewell to Robert Osborne, the most gracious of gentlemen and the most devoted and erudite of movie fans.
Osborne's love of old movies and the people who made them brought a new generation to movies made before their parents were born. His interviews were always fascinating and thoughtful and his books, including a history of the Oscars and a tribute to some of his most cherished favorites, are...
Osborne's love of old movies and the people who made them brought a new generation to movies made before their parents were born. His interviews were always fascinating and thoughtful and his books, including a history of the Oscars and a tribute to some of his most cherished favorites, are...
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New Podcasts: Guilty Pleasure Movies, Why a Joke is Funny, and More
I love podcasts so much I sometimes wish I had more places to drive to. Some I am especially enjoying right now:
Jesse David Fox hosts "Good One," with each episode a discussion of one joke with the comic who wrote it. Guests include Jim Gaffigan, Kristen Schaal, and Neil Brennan.
Homecoming is an immersive audio mystery drama with...
Jesse David Fox hosts "Good One," with each episode a discussion of one joke with the comic who wrote it. Guests include Jim Gaffigan, Kristen Schaal, and Neil Brennan.
Homecoming is an immersive audio mystery drama with...
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Trailer: Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Looks like we get a bit of Jack Sparrow's backstory -- and some gorgeous special effects in this last of the Pirates movies -- or so they say! ...
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March 5, 2017
What Will Win the Oscar in 2019?
Filmonomics says they have a system for predicting what is going to win the Oscar -- two years from now!
The likelihoods of a movie being Certified Fresh, financially successful and being nominated for Academy Awards, is knowable at the point of development.
It is based on their multi-point analysis of the script, even before the movie goes into production. ...
The likelihoods of a movie being Certified Fresh, financially successful and being nominated for Academy Awards, is knowable at the point of development.
It is based on their multi-point analysis of the script, even before the movie goes into production. ...
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See Kong’s Skull Island in 360VR!
Explore Skull Island, from this week's King Kong movie, in this VR video!...
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March 4, 2017
Crowdsourcing Phyllis Diller’s Legendary Joke File
Now this is cool. Legendary comic Phyllis Diller's legendary joke file of more than 52,000 index cards is now at the Library of Congress, and they have invited all of us to help digitize...The post Crowdsourcing Phyllis Diller’s Legendary Joke File appeared first on Movie Mom.
Contest: Win a DVD of the Touching Romance “New Life”
New Life is a love story starring Erin Bethea and Jonathan Patrick Moore. They play characters who meet as children, fall in love in college, and have ups and downs as they face the greatest happiness and the greatest sadness they could ever imagine.
I have a copy of this PG-rated love story to give away!
Send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com with Life in the subject line and tell me what you are looking forward to this spring. Don't forget...
I have a copy of this PG-rated love story to give away!
Send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com with Life in the subject line and tell me what you are looking forward to this spring. Don't forget...
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March 3, 2017
MVP of the Week: Stephen Merchant
The 6 foot 7 inch talk Stephen Merchant, who appears in two very different movies opening this week, is also the creative talent who co-created the original British version of "The Office," as well as "Extras," "Lip Sync Battle," and his own series "Hello, Ladies." This week he appears as Caliban the mutant tracker in the Wolverine movie "Logan" and Walter, the ex-con in the romantic comedy "Table 19."
His lip sync battle with Joseph Gordon-Levitt is unforgettable. And I also recommend his...
His lip sync battle with Joseph Gordon-Levitt is unforgettable. And I also recommend his...
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