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| 01-19-13 08:56am - 4355 days | #567 | |
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wowporn, a sister site to wow girls. | |
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| 01-18-13 02:54pm - 4356 days | #4 | |
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I've never been a member of 21sextury. As far as getting emails that show you are the sender (as well as being the recipient: I've posted on the forums (and maybe in response to some PU comments) that I sometimes get emails delivered to me that have me as the sender of the emails. I just delete those emails automatically, because I know I'm not that schizophrenic. And for the last year or so, I've been getting spam (mainly porn offers, but also offers for prescription drugs, etc.) that are addressed to my real first name, and sometimes to my first and last real names. So I agree that some porn sites might be selling private information. I've opened a couple of alternative email addresses, but my original email address is the one that gets the bulk of this spam. And it's hard for me to give it up, because that's where I get almost all my emails. There have been threads at PU where this problem of spam has been discussed before. But I just try to delete as much of it as I can, day by day. I believe that once you are put on a list that spammers use, you can either give up your email address (change completely to a new one), or just try to delete anything you think is spam. But the way: I almost never, in 15 years or more, open any kind of suspected spam message without checking it for a virus. And I just delete almost all spam messages anyway, without opening them. | |
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| 01-18-13 02:33pm - 4356 days | #998 | |
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I just saw Frankenweenie, the Tim Burton animated film that came out on DVD last week. I thought it was technically superior, a beautifully realized black-and-white animated update of the original Frankenstein movie. But I didn't really enjoy it all that much. I enjoyed Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland so much more. Alice in Wonderland has great visuals, fantastic colors (it's a color film), a great mix of characters who are familiar yet re-imagined for this film, a more elaborate plot, etc. etc., just a better overall experience watching this movie unfold. | |
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| 01-18-13 04:45am - 4356 days | #997 | |
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In theory, the President of the U.S. is not a movie star. But did you know some of the following facts about the President? 1. His limo is transported by plane wherever he travels. 2. He gets to see first-run and not-released movies free of charge. 3. He does not stop for a red light or a stop sign. 4. He has his own private zip code. ========== ========== http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/just-expl...perks-203926005.html Just Explain It: Who Pays For Presidential Perks? By Zelkadis Elvi | Just Explain It – 15 hours ago Being the President of the United States comes with a tremendous amount of pressure and responsibility. However, the commander in chief does enjoy preferential treatment most of us will never experience. Some of those perks include: having his limo transported by plane wherever he travels, getting to see first-run and not-released movies free of charge, never stopping for a stop light or sign and his own private zip code. Which brings us to today’s Just Explain It. What’s the value of the presidency when you add in all the perks for being Commander-in-Chief? We may never be able to put a dollar amount on the value of the presidency. That’s because some of the costs associated with the position are buried in many different budgets and scattered between different governmental departments. Let’s take a look at some of the presidential perks covered by your tax dollars. They not only make the president’s life easier, they’re for security and practical purposes too. Number one -- the president’s salary is $400,000 a year. The Chief Executive also gets a budget for entertainment, business and travel expenses. Number two -- Transportation. To get the president from place to place safely, he has Air Force One, Marine One and a limo available at a moment’s notice. A 2012 Congressional Research Service report found that Air Force One costs about $180,000 an hour to operate. According to the Hawaii Reporter, one round-trip flight to Honolulu by President Obama last month cost about $3.2 million. But the president made two of them because of the fiscal cliff crisis. That doubled the price tag to $6.4 million. Number three – The White House. For the 2008 fiscal year, Bradley Patterson, a retired Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, estimated the cost of running the White House was almost $1.6 billion. And that amount didn’t include unpublished classified expenses. The president’s White house staff also comes at a steep price. In 2012, the White House reported its payroll grew from $37 million in 2011 to $37.8 million. The list includes 468 names. 139 of which make more than $100,000 a year. Number four – Secret Service access. Protecting the President takes a great deal of manpower. The agency’s budget this year is $1.6 billion. A portion of that will go toward protecting president while in office and for life. And number five – Retirement plan. According to CNBC, President Obama will receive over $191,000 a year for life as soon as he leaves office. A former president’s net worth can grow substantially in retirement. After two terms in office, The Atlantic magazine reported Bill Clinton’s net worth at around $40 million. The increase was due to numerous speaking engagements and book deals. | |
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| 01-17-13 06:50pm - 4356 days | #4 | |
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After listening to the screeches the birds make, I guess the noises the Japanese models make during sex isn't so bad after all.  | |
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| 01-17-13 11:39am - 4357 days | #995 | |
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Carly Rose Sonenclar might be only 13 years old, but one of the YouTube videos asks if she is an alien. Do they allow aliens to be appear on TheXFactorUSA? She has a fantastic voice. And her performances are freaking great. According to Wikipedia, she made her Broadway debut when she was 6 or 7 years old in Les Miserables. | |
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| 01-17-13 11:13am - 4357 days | #994 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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I just read that Matt Lauer's salary is $25,000,000 per year. He is co-host of NBC's The Today Show since 1996. The Today Show is a morning news\talk show. When I said that some voice actors appear to be overpaid, I hadn't realized that TV talk show hosts can make even more money. $25 million a year, to host a daytime news/talk show? | |
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| 01-17-13 08:05am - 4357 days | #992 | |
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I think that some of these shows that are very expensive are worth the money, because of the quality or popularity with the audiences they draw in. I enjoy Game of Thrones. I also enjoyed Rome. Deadwood was not among this list of expensive shows, but I thought it was a great series. But paying voice actors $300,000 or $400,000 per episode is ridiculous, in my opinion. Plus, I am sure they also get extra money from residuals, DVD sales, etc. | |
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| 01-16-13 07:17am - 4358 days | #4 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Why do I get those weird symbols in my output? I'm guessing you are writing your post in some word processing program (Wordpad, Word, or something similar) and then copying the text and pasting it into the message block. And because the word processing program has format characters that are not recognized by the program that processes the message block, you get the weird symbols in your output. The same thing happens if you copy some articles posted on the web to a word processing program, then save the file. When you open the file to see the article you copied, you then see the weird symbols. But you don't see the weird symbols until you close the file and then reopen it. The weird symbols are not displayed when you paste the copied text, but are only displayed when you close the file and then reopen it. The same thing occurs when you paste copied text into the message box: You don't see the weird symbols when you paste the text. They only appear when the copy is stored and then brought up. If you type your post directly into the message block, instead of using a word processing program and pasting that into the message block, I'm guessing you won't see the weird symbols when the message is saved and then brought up for viewing. On the other hand, if you are decorating your posts with foreign symbols for added character, which could be called artistic license, then you might think of the weird symbols as individual expression. Maybe we could start a trend in Internet fashions! Edited on Jan 16, 2013, 07:24am | |
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| 01-16-13 12:58am - 4358 days | #989 | |
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http://www.cnbc.com/ Highly Expensive TV Productions Multi-million-dollar epic productions featuring prestigious actors and costly special effects aren't just for multiplexes any more. Television now serves as home to programming that rivals anything Peter Jackson — the guru behind "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit — can put on the screen, with the budgets to prove it. What drives these huge budgets? According to Shari Anne Brill, president and CEO of Shari Anne Brill Media, it comes down to location, talent and CGI, and that's just for starters. "The sets and costumes can drive up the price [of] historical dramas," the advertising veteran said in an interview. "Stunts can be expensive." She added that budgets run into deficits when unforeseen problems rear their heads. "Sometimes you'll go into extra money if the show doesn't test well, or if you have issues with talent and you have to re-shoot entire scenes," she said. "Sometimes there are creative differences, or someone was a prima donna and had to be replaced." So is it worth spending millions of dollars to create a television show with no guarantee that it will be successful? According to Brill, if the show is a hit, the answer becomes an emphatic 'yes'. What are some of the most expensive television productions of all time? Read ahead to find out. By Daniel Bukszpan Posted 15 Jan. 2013 "Band of Brothers" "Band of Brothers" was a 10-episode World War II miniseries that aired on HBO in 2001. With Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks serving as executive producers, it brought the show a level of gravitas that compared favorably to "Saving Private Ryan," the 1998 runaway critical and box-office hit. The show also used real World War II veterans as consultants, helping to make the show feel realistic. According to The New York Times, the price tag for "Band of Brothers" was $110 million. The miniseries went on to win six Emmys and sold $250 million worth of DVDs, according to The Los Angeles Times. "Boardwalk Empire" "Boardwalk Empire" is an HBO series that chronicles gangster life in Atlantic City during the 1920s. Few people are as qualified to bring the violent Prohibition era to the screen as "GoodFellas" and "Casino" director Martin Scorsese, who directed the $18 million feature-length pilot. Why, some asked, would HBO go to such expensive lengths for a new show? Part of it may have been pure return on equity. "After 'The Sopranos' was finished, a lot of people felt like there was no point in keeping HBO, and they cancelled it," Brill said. She speculated that the network may have hoped that a new gangster series could attract new subscribers, or win back those it had lost when "The Sopranos" ended. "Father of the Pride" "Father of the Pride" was a short-lived NBC animated sitcom that ran in 2004. It was so short-lived, in fact, that the first season didn't even air in its entirety. The show was about a family of white lions, one of whom appears with Siegfried & Roy in Las Vegas. It cost $1.6 million per episode to produce, so it needed to be a ratings juggernaut to justify its expense. Unfortunately, it lost nearly half of its highly-coveted 18- to 49-year-old demographic within just a couple of months. The show was quickly euthanized before even completing its scheduled run. (NOTE: NBC is the parent company of CNBC.) "Friends" Thirty-minute sitcoms normally cost very little money, as they're shot on an inexpensive set with a single camera. The NBC mega-hit "Friends" had modest production demands, but the cost of the show was driven up as time went on by the actors. The stars of the ensemble show -- Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer -- grew increasingly popular in their own right. In 2002, however, rather than lobby for higher salaries individually, the actors lobbied as a group to have them bumped up to $1 million each per episode. "Game of Thrones" "Game of Thrones" is an HBO fantasy series that has raked in devoted fans since its April 2011 premiere. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the budget for the first season was between $50 million and $60 million. Brill said that it was worth the risk. "When something hits that well and does well overseas, then that's where all the money is," she said. "Something like HBO is not ad-supported, so there's much more money in back-end stuff like DVDs and overseas sales." "Lost" "Lost" was a massively popular ABC TV show that followed the survivors of a plane crash who are stranded on a desert island. It premiered in 2004, and went on to become a cultural phenomenon and ratings juggernaut throughout its six seasons. The pilot was directed by J. J. Abrams, and The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported that it cost between $10 million and $14 million. This was the most money ever spent on a pilot episode in ABC history, but the loyal following of millions of "Losties" suggests it was worth it. "Pan Am" "Pan Am" was an ABC series about the pilots and stewardesses of the iconic airline, which is now defunct. It took place during the 1960s, earning plaudits for the realism of its sets and costumes. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures Television spent $10 million on the pilot alone. It looked great and received favorable reviews, yet that wasn't enough to keep viewers interested. The series ended in February 2012, a mere five months after it debuted. "Rome" "Rome" was originally pitched to HBO as a miniseries, but the network liked the idea so much that they ordered a whole series. According to BBC News, the sprawling tale of the Roman Empire became a joint venture between HBO and BBC that cost close to $100 million. Still, the show was cancelled after two seasons, primarily because of its huge price tag. HBO Chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht cited the show's cost as a factor behind why the BBC wouldn't commit to more seasons. "This was a big bite for them," he said. "Terra Nova" "Terra Nova" was a 2011 Fox series in which a family was transported millions of years into the past to encounter CGI dinosaurs. The creatures were expensive to render, and according to The Washington Post, the pilot alone cost between $10 million and $20 million to produce. Despite good reviews, Fox didn't pick up the pricey show for a second season. "Probably 'Terra Nova' wasn't supposed to cost as much as it did, but went over budget for CGI, which put it out of the ballpark," Brill said. "The X Factor" "The X Factor" is a reality show created by Simon Cowell of Fox's "American Idol" fame. The nearly-identical premise involves the search for new singing talent through public auditions, with a $5 million recording contract as the prize. According to Cowell, the budget of the show is $100 million, a figure which he revealed while discussing the ongoing instability in the judges' chairs. Celebrity judges such as Britney Spears, Paula Abdul and Demi Lovato had come and gone as the show progressed. At one point, rumors circulated that Cowell had offered megastar Beyonce Knowles the opportunity to be a judge for $100 million. In an interview with the television show "Extra", however, he squashed the rumor immediately. "The budget of the show is $100 million," he said. "No one is going to pay $100 million a year for someone." | |
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| 01-14-13 03:04am - 4360 days | #4 | |
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Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Very nice thread. Some very good thoughts. Quality over quantity. Like you, I don't have the time, the energy, or the enthusiasm I once did to pick through a pile of rubbish to find vids or photos I might enjoy. I know that, in the internet age, the price for porn has diminished dramatically. But I still try to find sites that I think give good value: a site that is easy to use (navigation, download speeds, not a lot of advertising cluttering up the member pages, etc.), with good-to-high quality content that I enjoy. I'm constantly looking for new sites, but I also revisit sites that I found worthwhile in the past. Regional pricing doesn't affect me, because I'm in the U.S. Pre-checked cross-selling is irritating, but since so many sites use it, I try to make sure, when I join a site, that I don't get dinged. I remember (dimly) when The Devil In Miss Jones was playing in movie theaters. But I never saw it then, and never watched it on VHS or DVD. But I did see Emmanuelle and The Story of O in a movie theater. And these were regular movie theaters, that showed mainstream movies. The city I was living in at the time did not have any porno theaters (though it did have topless bars). In fact, there weren't any porn shops in that city (it was in Southeast U.S.). | |
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| 01-12-13 04:24pm - 4361 days | #14 | |
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I dimly recall, it was over 10 years ago now, there was a lot of talk about virtual reality for individual users with their PCs. I'm sure that people are working in this area for non-porn applications. But how soon we will have practical applications that are reasonably priced is anybody's guess. If they do get non-porn applications, I would think that the porn world would jump on this. Having said that, virtual reality will come in the future. Increasing broadband access, cloud technology, and other advances will all help to make it a reality. Edited on Jan 12, 2013, 04:44pm | |
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| 01-10-13 09:59am - 4364 days | #3 | |
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The guy was lucky. Being arrested for giving a false name, and also being cited for having the windows of his automobile tinted too dark, and he is out on $1,000 bail. The fine for not stopping for a red light is $480 in my town. So I would guess that the fine for giving a false name to a police office would be much higher than the fine for a simple traffic violation, plus the other charge of the tinted windows. The football player signed his name as "Fuck y'all", which is Southern dialect for "Fuck you", and then, when asked to sign his real name because the police officer didn't believe "Fuck y'all" was the legal name, the football player said that was his real name. So I would assume the football player has a real attitude problem, and he got off lightly. | |
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| 01-10-13 07:52am - 4364 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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McClain arrested for signature Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain, was arrested for a signature he wrote on a ticket after being pulled over by police. Police say McClain was pulled over in Decatur, Ala. because they suspected the tint on his car was too dark. After they gave the citation to him to sign, he wrote on it, F*** y'all, USA Today reported on Jan. 9. He was then taken into custody for giving a false name to police. Police officials said if he would have just simply signed his real name, he wouldn't have been arrested. After McClain wrote F*** y'all on the ticket, police gave him a chance to sign the ticket again using his actual name. However, McClain gave them the following response, "That is my name." McClain told police he was allowed to have the illegal tint due to photosentivity issues, and showed a letter from a doctor. Police said it wasn't valid because the prescription form didn't back up his claims. Lt. John Crouch said McClain, 23, was arrested and taken into custody at the Decatur City Jail on the misdemeanor and the window tint violation. He posted a $1,000 cash bail and was released shortly after. He later told Decatur Daily, “I’m falsely accused of everything. It’s corrupt. It’s terrible.” | |
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| 01-07-13 05:42pm - 4366 days | #2 | |
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I agree that the internet and advancing computer technology made porn much cheaper, and more accessible, as well as providing an amazing amount of different niches in photos and videos. But as far as the business of porn, there's no denying that, based on anecdotal evidence, many porn sites seem to be really hurting from the current economic downturn, as well as possible anti-porn laws and enforcement. Yes, a site that has a large amount of backlog content might be good for a one-month subscription. But I doubt that many sites will be financially stable on a one-month membership model. Although I do realize that there are many sites out there that do not update their contents. If those sites not updating are part of a network, then the other sites in the network that do update are basically the only hope for repeat business. Several members have posted in the past that if there were no new porn, they could still have the satisfaction of their porn stash. But I think that's really wishful thinking. Fresh porn is more valuable than porn you've already seen, all other things being equal. Perhaps that's an overly broad statement, in psychology, but I believe there's a lot of truth to that statement. I'm not saying that there's not a lot of great porn that was produced in the past, in photos and videos. But most of us here at PU are always looking to join and rejoin sites that we might like. To put it in a slightly different way: if there were no new movies being made, we could always watch the movies that were already made. On TV, cable, DVD, streaming, whatever. But it's human nature to still watch the new movies that come out. Even though we've been making movies for over 100 years already. Edited on Jan 07, 2013, 05:48pm | |
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| 01-07-13 09:05am - 4367 days | #987 | |
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Parker, a new movie coming out this month at theaters, starring Jason Statham. The movie is loosely based on the first book in a series about the Parker character by Richard Stark. Stark (better known as Donald Westlake) died in 2008. I saw a preview of the movie. Like I said, it's very loosely based on the Parker series of novels. Jason Straham uses the name of Parker, and the Parker character is double-crossed by his parner in committing a robbery and shot. And then Parker goes after his former ex-partner. But aside from a few references to the original book in the series, it appears that the Parker story has been updated and changed. The original Parker novel came out in 1962, and there were 24 books in the series. Parker was one of the best hard-boiled criminals ever written, and if you like crime stories about hard-boiled criminals, you would probably like reading this series. You would have a hard time recognizing Parker (2013, the movie) from the trailer I saw, if you are thinking about the Parker character from the first few books about him. There were at least 2 other film adaptations of the original Parker novel, and both were closer to the original storyline. Point Blank (1967), starring Lee Marvin. Payback (1999), starring Mel Gibson. I usually like Jason Statham movies. But I thought the original The Mechanic with Charles Bronson was better, because the plot made more sense. I've read all the Parker books, and I think it would be better if I could dis-associate everything I remember about the series, from this movie, because except for a few similarities, this movie Parker is a very different character from the book series. The movie is an "updated version", which means they changed the plot almost completely. And the way the character acts is very different from the way Parker acted in the first few books of the series. I haven't seen the movie yet, obviously, because it hasn't come out. But in my opinion, if they had followed the original story more closely, without making the changes to the plotline and the characters, it would have been a better movie. | |
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| 01-05-13 07:46am - 4369 days | #986 | |
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I guess I was hoping for extra credit by posting those notices. Oh, well.  | |
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| 01-05-13 12:44am - 4369 days | #984 | |
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This ToriiBlackk is using the forums to promote a free password site. Spam. | |
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| 01-05-13 12:30am - 4369 days | #983 | |
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I found an article that talks about the sale of Burt Lancaster's rights to certain films. And this article shows that it wasn't just limited to one film, but the rights of many of Burt Lancaster's films were sold cheaply (or more acurrately, given away). The Lancaster heirs were screwed. ========= --------- http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jun/12/...ertainment/ca-burt12 Los Angeles Times (newspaper) Pursuing a legacy Movies | SHOWBIZ Rarely does a star get the rights to his films. So how, the heirs of Burt Lancaster want to know, did his slip away? June 12, 2005|Robert W. Welkos | Times Staff Writer CALL it "The Mystery of the Lancaster Copyrights." The star: Burt Lancaster. The studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The plot: Why did Lancaster's business manager sign away valuable copyrights to some of the actor's best-known films, including "Elmer Gantry," "Sweet Smell of Success" and "Birdman of Alcatraz," to MGM in the 1990s at a time when the actor either was incapacitated by a stroke or after his 1994 death from a heart attack at age 80. Seeking answers, Lancaster's three daughters and grown granddaughter have filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleging that these well-known movies along with nine others were signed away to the studio for as little as $1 each, amounting to what the suit calls a "wholesale plundering" of the actor's estate. "Something went terribly wrong with my father's estate," his youngest daughter, Sighle Lancaster, 50, of Los Angeles, said in a statement released through her attorney. "At this point, I do not know who exactly is responsible for why it happened, but my goal is to find out as much as I can." Lancaster's relatives currently earn a portion of home video sales of the late star's movies, but contend that the copyrights could allow them to earn much more. Given today's red-hot market in DVD sales and rentals, the family says that some of Lancaster's movies could potentially generate millions of dollars in the years to come. The other films at the center of the suit include movies that Lancaster either starred in or co-produced, such as "The Unforgiven," "The Devil's Disciple," "Separate Tables," "The Young Savages," "Cry Tough," "Bachelor Party," "Season of Passion" (also known as "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll"), "Take a Giant Step" and "The Rabbit Trap." Joining their sister Sighle (pronounced Shee-la) in the lawsuit are Susan Elizabeth Lancaster, 55, and Joanna Mari Lancaster, 53, and the actor's 38-year-old granddaughter, Keigh Lancaster, all of Los Angeles. According to the lawsuit, the movie rights were transferred in the '90s by the actor's business manager, Jack M. Ostrow, who died in 1998. Lancaster's heirs, who can't fathom why Ostrow would do such a thing, are alleging fraud, negligence, conspiracy and breach of fiduciary duty against three people who might know the answers: employees of a banking company, U.S. Trust, which was a co-trustee along with Ostrow. The suit claims that former employees John Westwater and Andrew Gifford and a current vice president, Mimi Evers, "should have sounded an alarm" when the unusual transfers occurred and also alleges that the employees "failed to undertake any investigation of the suspect conduct." U.S. Trust declined to discuss the suit, but a spokeswoman issued the following statement: "U.S. Trust and its officers managed the Lancaster Trusts properly and professionally, in the best interests of all of the beneficiaries of the trusts created by Burt Lancaster. We firmly believe the complaint has no merit." The Lancaster heirs are also suing an attorney who they say missed a crucial deadline to file a claim against MGM. As a result, although MGM -- recently sold to a business consortium led by Sony Corp. -- retains the copyrights in question, it is not a party to the lawsuit, the family's attorney said. Out-of-the-ordinary pact IT is rare for stars to have copyright ownership of the films in which they appear. Studios prefer to keep those rights, and instead give a star a percentage of a movie's gross receipts on the back end. However, the copyrights would give the Lancaster heirs the ability to pick out any distributor they want, and put together their own deals, instead of relying upon the studio to do so. The story of the Lancaster copyrights began in the late 1940s, not long after Lancaster shot to stardom in the 1946 film noir "The Killers" costarring Ava Gardner. Before the decade was out, Lancaster had decided to buck the studio system and formed a production company with Harold Hecht, the man who had spotted him early in his career and told him: "In five years we'll be making our own pictures." Lancaster and Hecht made film deals with United Artists stipulating that their production company would retain a substantial interest in ownership rights to each of their films, including copyrights, according to the lawsuit. United Artists eventually would be absorbed into MGM, which continued to distribute many of Lancaster's films around the world. In 1988, the actor set up a trust to oversee his assets and he became a co-trustee along with Ostrow, his business manager. But Lancaster suffered a stroke in 1990 that left him unable to communicate and he was removed as co-trustee. In 1992, Ostrow transferred the rights to "Elmer Gantry," for which Lancaster won an Oscar as best actor, to MGM. A year later, MGM received the rights to "Sweet Smell of Success." Then in 1997, the rights to 10 other Lancaster films, including "Birdman of Alcatraz," were signed away to MGM. Since Lancaster's death in 1994, his heirs have received less than $2 million from MGM, and only for three films -- including "Elmer Gantry" -- according to their attorney, Charles G. Smith of Los Angeles. "Neither I nor any of the other heirs of Burt Lancaster has ever received any money for 'Sweet Smell of Success,' " Sighle Lancaster said through her attorney, referring to what is one of her father's most popular movies. "We have not received anything for TV or video rights.... We have always been told that the movie is in a loss position." Smith, who filed the suit on behalf of Lancaster's daughters and granddaughter, said he is baffled by Ostrow's moves. There is no suggestion that Ostrow benefited financially from the transfers, Smith said, and it seems unlikely that he would have betrayed Lancaster, who was a close friend and confidant. The lawsuit speculates that some of the transfers came at a time when MGM was in corporate turmoil, and Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti borrowed against the MGM-UA film library to fund his short-lived control of the studio. "We cannot figure out why [Ostrow] transferred these movie rights for what appeared to be no consideration. More to the point, we don't understand why he had to do it.... It doesn't make sense he would do this for financial gain for himself because he was financially stable and he was a longtime associate that Burt depended on." Added Smith: "That's why these transfers make no sense." Memorable roles Some of Burt Lancaster's best-known films are among those whose rights were signed away to MGM and have become the center of a court battle. Following is a snapshot of three that earned him some of his best notices. All, including his Oscar-winning performance in "Elmer Gantry," pictured at far left, are available on DVD. 'SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS': Though it wasn't a financial success when released in 1957, "Sweet Smell" is considered one of the seminal films from the 1950s. Lancaster is cast as J.J. Hunsecker, the most powerful newspaper columnist in New York. Tony Curtis plays sleazy publicist Sidney Falco. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, "Sweet Smell" also features a superb jazz score by Elmer Bernstein. * 'BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ': Released in 1962, this film was Lancaster and director John Frankenheimer's triumph as a team. Lancaster received a best actor Oscar nomination for his moving performance as Robert Stroud, a convicted murderer who becomes an expert on birds after saving a baby sparrow. Thelma Ritter, as his mother, and Telly Savalas also received Oscar nominations. * 'SEPARATE TABLES': One of the most acclaimed films of 1958, "Tables" received numerous Oscar nominations including best picture and actress (Deborah Kerr). It won Oscars for David Niven and Wendy Hiller, above with Lancaster. Lancaster plays an alcoholic residing in an English hotel who is secretly engaged to the woman (Hiller) who runs it. Rita Hayworth plays Lancaster's ex-wife, who arrives for a visit to stir things up. | |
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| 01-05-13 12:05am - 4369 days | #981 | |
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I forget where I read that Burt Lancaster's rights to Gunfight at the OK Corral were sold for $1.00. But it wasn't to a charity. It was a business deal. The man who sold the rights either worked for, or was a business associate of Lancaster. I'm pretty certain Lancaster himself was not involved in the sale. He was either sick (he suffered a stroke a few years before his death, and never fully recovered from that stroke) or was actually dead. I'm pretty certain the article said (in my own words, now) that some family member said the person who sold the rights for $1.00 was not a thief or trying to steal anything. But the article did not give any explanation for why the rights were sold so cheaply. | |
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| 01-04-13 11:28pm - 4369 days | #2 | |
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Tell your credit card company that you cancelled your subscription and you don't want to be charged anymore. I've never had this happen to me, but it seems like a reasonable request. | |
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| 01-03-13 07:44pm - 4370 days | #978 | |
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What with all the bankruptcies and financial deals and whatever, you need to be an expert to understand who owns what in producing/distributing deals for James Bond or a lot of other film libraries. Some deals apparently make little or no sense. I once read that Burt Lancaster owned some rights to Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957, a film he starred in with Kirk Douglas). His rights to the film were sold for $1.00 to someone. I never understood the details of that deal, or how it was allowed to stand legally. I mean, they are still selling DVDs of the movie, and you can pay to rent it or buy a digital copy of the movie at Amazon or other streaming services. It's one of my favorite westerns. I saw it originally in a movie theater back in the 1950s, and have seen it several times since. | |
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| 01-03-13 12:01pm - 4371 days | #976 | |
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Step aside, Daniel Craig. Hugh Jackman is ready to take over the James Bond character. ======= 'I'm ready': Jackman jokes about becoming Bond December 7, 2012 Hugh Jackman is ready to don a tux and sip a martini with the Aussie screen star joking that he is willing to wait for his chance to play famous fictitious British spy James Bond. Jackman, 44, said he was too busy playing Wolverine in the X-Men series in 2006 when he was approached to take on the 007 part. Instead Briton Daniel Craig, 44, got the gun and has now made three Bond films - Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (200  and Skyfall (2012)."At the time it was wrong for me, but when I saw Daniel in the movie I thought maybe I should have been more interested, because it was great," Jackman told British newspaper The Sun. "But I am great mates with Daniel. When he was in Australia we caught up and, you know, no one could have played Bond better." But the Sydneysider has not given up on the chance to serve Her Majesty's secret service and took a swipe at his mate's unflattering physique. "I will just wait," he quipped. "The good thing about Daniel is he's, what, 62 now, isn't he? He's falling apart at the seams. So I just keep telling him, 'I'm ready, whenever you want to let him (Bond) go, I'm ready.' "The good thing is I have also got a British passport. | |
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| 01-03-13 12:19am - 4371 days | #75 | |
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In California, there are all kinds of rules/regulations about owning a firearm. Below, is just an introduction to some of the rules about firearms: In California, before you can legally buy a firearm, you have to pass a background check. The application must be notarized. Also, all firearms purchases and transfers, including private party transactions and sales at gun shows, must be made through a licensed dealer under the Dealer Record of Sale (DROS) process. California imposes a 10-day waiting period before a firearm can be released to a buyer or transferee. A person must be at least 18 years of age to purchase a rifle or shotgun. To buy a handgun, a person must be at least 21 years of age, and either 1) possess an HSC plus successfully complete a safety demonstration with the handgun being purchased or 2) qualify for an HSC exemption. As part of the DROS process, the buyer must present "clear evidence of identity and age" which is defined as a valid, non-expired California Driver's License or Identification Card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. A military identification accompanied by permanent duty station orders indicating a posting in California is also acceptable. If the buyer is not a U.S. Citizen, then he or she is required to demonstrate that he or she is legally within the United States by providing to the firearms dealer with documentation that contains his/her Alien Registration Number or I-94 Number. Purchasers of handguns are also required to provide proof of California residency, such as a utility bill, residential lease, property deed, or government-issued identification (other than a drivers license or other DMV-issued identification). I believe that if you own a handgun in California, you have to pay a yearly license fee. I don't know if you have to pay for a separate license fee for each handgun, or just pay for a single license fee. If you give or sell a handgun to your adult child or domestic partner (husband, wife), you don't have to use a licensed dealer for the transfer. But you do have to report the transfer and pay a $19 fee to the California Department of Justice. May I carry a concealed firearm in California? Except in extremely limited circumstances, you may not carry a concealed firearm on your person in public unless you have a valid CCW license. CCW permits are issued only by a county sheriff to residents of the county, or by the head of a city police department to residents of that city. Depending on where you live, it might be extremely difficult to get a CCW permit. (PC Sections 12025-12031, 12050-12054) I live in another state and have a permit to carry a concealed handgun that was issued in my home state. Does my permit allow me to carry a concealed handgun while in California? No. Weapons permits from other states are not valid in California. | |
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| 12-28-12 09:11am - 4377 days | #14 | |
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JosiahE, what is the name of the model in the photo you posted? Also, at what sites is she found? Very cute girl. | |
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| 12-27-12 06:03pm - 4377 days | #7 | |
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I agree it must be a cultural thing. But I much prefer the good-old American screams and moans and "Yes, do it like that!", as long as it not too overdone. | |
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| 12-27-12 11:19am - 4378 days | #5 | |
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I think many Japanese models are among the most beautiful in the world. I don't like the mosaic censorship, and it really reduces the value of their photos and videos. I also don't like the whimpering-whining noises the women make in their videos. I think it's supposed to represent the women are resisting the physical pleasure of the sex, but I prefer the western way, where the women are supposed to (mainly) enjoy the sex. Japanese porn can be very inventive. But there are many niches that I don't care for. Bukakke is one niche I don't care for. | |
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| 12-26-12 10:16am - 4379 days | #8 | |
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Didn't James Kirk get promoted to admiral? Or did he get demoted for stupidity? I used to like William Shatner. But that was before I read how his ego is bigger than his brain. Apparently, several of the original Star Trek actors did not get along with Shatner. For example: "I like Captain Kirk. I can't say that I'm very fond of Bill." - supposedly said by James Doohan ("Scotty" from Star Trek) about William Shatner. | |
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| 12-25-12 06:43am - 4380 days | #543 | |
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hdloveDOTcom appears to be a new site. In the style of X-Art. Very limited preview page. | |
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| 12-18-12 04:24pm - 4386 days | #38 | |
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6th-grader brings gun to school to protect against ‘Connecticut-style’ attack By Liz Goodwin, Yahoo! News National Affairs Reporter 2 hrs 20 mins ago A sixth-grader at West Kearns Elementary School near Salt Lake City, Utah, brought a gun to school on Monday, saying he wanted to protect himself and his friends after Friday's shooting in Newtown, Conn. He "continues to assert that he brought the weapon to protect himself and his friends from a 'Connecticut-style [shooting],'" Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley said. Two of the 11-year-old's classmates told their teacher on Monday afternoon that the student had a gun. The teacher immediately "apprehended" the student and contacted the authorities, Horsley said. The boy is being charged with one count of possession of a firearm on school property and three counts of aggravated assault, for allegedly threatening some of his classmates. He will be charged in the juvenile system and eventually will be transferred to another school. | |
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| 12-14-12 11:25am - 4391 days | #974 | |
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I liked G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra that came out a few years ago. I thought it was a fun movie, with lots of action. And the girls added some nice eye-candy, like Rachel Nichols. But the best comic book movie that I saw in the last few years was Captain America: The First Avenger, with Chris Evans. I liked the story, the visuals, the super-car, the super-airplane, the super-villain (Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull), etc. I even bought the DVD. | |
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| 12-13-12 05:22am - 4392 days | #972 | |
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Forget the Hobbit. G.I. Joe: Retaliation is coming to your local movie theater this March, 2013. Featuring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Channing Tatum, and everybody's action hero, Bruce Willis as General Joe Colton. And best of all, Cobra forces will launch an attack on London, England, blowing up Big Ben and showing the dirty Brits what power is all about. So maybe Cobra isn't entirely evil after all, just misunderstood and wanting to re-shape the world to a cleaner, leaner vision. Go, Cobra! (I am getting tired of seeing Los Angeles getting blown up on the big screen. So I applaud when I see New York, or even London, taking the hit.) | |
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| 12-10-12 09:02pm - 4394 days | #11 | |
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My take is that once you hand over your money to a bank, it's no longer your money, but yours-and-the-bank's money. They have a fiduciary responsibility to see that the money is spent wisely. And by charging you a fee for each time you want some of your money back, they are encouraging you to think before spending any of that hard-earned wealth. That's part of the benevolent society that George Orwell was writing about when he wrote 1984. Big Brother is watching you, and looking out for your best interests. | |
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| 12-09-12 05:38am - 4396 days | #4 | |
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Like Ed2009 says, banks have been trying to increase the fees they "earn" in many different ways. Sometimes they get away with it, other times consumers protest too much, and the banks are forced to withdraw some particular fee. I've used a credit card only a few times for a charge that wasn't in US dollars. As I recall, the bank only charged a conversion fee, and no other transaction fee. But the conversion fee that was charged was a few percentage points higher than the rate quoted on Wall Street. What really burns me, though, is that banks pay less than 1% on a savings account. But they charge anywhere from 9% to 20% on purchases made on credit card. For cash advances (when you get actual money instead of just a purchase), they can charge 20% to 30% or more. Back in the 1960s, it was illegal to charge such high rates of interest, and it was called usury. But in the 1970s some states in the US changed their laws, permitting banks and credit card companies to charge whatever they wanted to, basically. | |
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| 12-06-12 12:09pm - 4399 days | #970 | |
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After passing laws that put the control of the Internet under US control in times of emergency, the US is now fighting against the control of the Internet by the U.N. Shouldn't the US bow down to world control of the Internet? What right does the US have to fight the will of the people? The EU (European something-or-other) is also fighting against control of the Internet by the U.N. We are a nation of law-abiding citizens. Shouldn't we be helping everyone to obey the laws? Shame on the US and the EU. I am posting this under movies, because the Internet is how most of us get our porn movies delivered to us. As well as our photosets. God bless the Internet. Home of the free and the brave! --------------------------------- --------------------------------- U.S. now 'totally unified' in opposition of U.N. Internet governance Summary: The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously approved a resolution to oppose U.N. intent to govern and regulate the Internet at its WCIT-12 conference in Dubai, currently underway. Violet Blue By Violet Blue for Pulp Tech | December 6, 2012 -- 00:52 GMT (16:52 PST) In a historical moment of unanimous agreement -- an eye-opening 397-0 vote -- the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to approve a resolution pushing the U.S. government to fight the United Nations in its bid to control and change the Internet at the WCIT-12 summit, currently under way in Dubai. The unanimous vote is meant to send a signal -- as a show of strength -- to other countries meeting at the telecommunications summit that both the White House and its lawmakers oppose any role the U.N. might take in Internet governance or regulation. The WCIT-12 summit is where the U.N.'s little-known ITU is facilitating updates and changes to global telecommunications regulations that would place the Internet under the control of nation states. This week, ITU member states are at the Dubai summit arguing over proposals from countries, most notably oppressive regimes such as Russia and China, that would impose levies on Internet traffic and adopt standards that would make it easy to track Internet users' activities. It would give governments more effective control over citizens' access and use, as well as establish standards for telephone-style fee collection for Internet use. According to The Hill, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said: We need to send a strong message to the world that the Internet has thrived under a decentralized, bottom-up, multi-stakeholder governance model. The ITU denies that the U.N. is making a play for control of the Internet, or the International Telecommunicaitons Union (ITU) grabbing a larger role in Internet governance. In a recent email exchange ITU's Senior Communications Officer Toby Johnson told ZDNet: ITU's Secretary General has repeatedly said that this is not the case. In fact there are no proposals to the conference to this effect. ITU's mandate with regards to the Internet is very clearly laid down in various Resolutions that cannot be overridden by anything that happens in Dubai. So this is just a myth. However, Johnson did not respond to ZDNet's request for evidence to support this claim. Prior to the summit's Monday opening ceremonies, the EU's upper house, the European Parliament, voted to oppose the U.N.'s plans to regulate the Internet. The 27 EU member states also voted unanimously, joining the U.S. to fight the ITU's WCIT-12 plans as a unified bloc. The E.U. is backed in its stance by Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and other countries who are also members of the ITU. "The EU believes that there is no justification for such proposals," said the European Commission, on Friday. The opinion given by Europe's lower house was the view of all 27 member states, it said. According to the Reuters news agency, EU Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes, who is in charge of Europe's Internet policy, said the ITU proposals "risk damaging the Internet's evolution as a critical piece of global commercial infrastructure and a network for the free flow of information and data." "The European Union's firm view is that the Internet works," she said earlier this week. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." The ITU responded, claiming the EU resolution was flawed: ...it is unfortunate and disappointing to see that the European Parliament appears to base its Resolution on misleading and erroneous conjecture put forth by certain companies who are defending their commercial interests, in particular when those companies are not even European companies. Opposition to ITU's WCIT-12 summit, fueled by details on the proposed changes leaking onto the Internet, are mounting. Read more U.N. WCIT-12 makes Syrian Internet blackout 'trivial' everywhere U.N. readies for protests on eve of secret Internet regulation treaty ITU member states continue to argue over proposals from a range of countries, most notably oppressive regimes -- including as Russia and China -- which could impose levies on Internet traffic and adopt standards, making it easier to track Internet users' activities. The proposals would give governments more effective control over citizens' access and use, as well as establish standards for telephone-style fee collection for Internet use. Changes under consideration at WCIT-12 would pit citizens' rights to communicate against rules that will allow the member states to cut off and potentially intercept communications under vague wordings for cases that, "appear dangerous to the security of the State [...] or to public order or decency." Proposed changes at WCIT-12 would also legitimize the pay-per-model of the Internet and would in all likelihood threaten 'net neutrality'. The ITU has carried out years of studies and engaged in persistent maneuvering to figure out how to charge for, and measure, Internet traffic -- but has never come up with a firm, mutually-agreed proposal on how to do it. Many will be surprised to see the United States unified in such a way -- for anything. One thing shouldn't be overlooked. Standing against the ITU's endless wrangling over Internet controls sends a message toward governments that are excited at the prospects of getting tighter control of the internet by way of their telecoms (and the attractive lure of billions in increased revenue): Again, from The Hill, Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) told the House: The 193 member countries of the United Nations are gathered to consider whether to apply to the Internet a regulatory regime that the International Telecommunications Union created in the 1980s for old-fashioned telephone service. He said member states will also consider whether to, "swallow the Internet's non-governmental organizational structure whole and make it part of the United Nations." "Neither of these are acceptable outcomes and must be strongly opposed by our delegation," he added. We have reached out to ITU for comment and response to the U.S. resolution and will update this article accordingly. | |
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| 12-05-12 01:43am - 4400 days | #968 | |
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Hope springs eternal. Or there's always something good coming down the road. Hugh Hefner is 86. His bride to be is 26. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hugh Hefner, fiancee obtain marriage license Associated Press � 10 hrs ago LOS ANGELES (AP) � Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris are again taking steps toward the altar, more than a year after the centerfold canceled their previous engagement and was branded a "runaway bride" in Playboy. The couple obtained a marriage license Tuesday at a courthouse in Beverly Hills. Harris called off the couple's previous engagement in June 2011, prompting Playboy to affix "runaway bride" stickers to an issue introducing her as Mrs. Hefner. Celebrity website TMZ first reported the couple's license. It says they reunited earlier this year and plan to wed on New Year's Eve. LA County Recorder Public Information Officer Elizabeth Knox says the license is valid for 90 days. The Playboy founder has been married twice before. His spokeswoman Teri Thomerson didn't immediately return a message Tuesday. Edited on Dec 05, 2012, 02:28am | |
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| 12-03-12 12:00pm - 4402 days | #13 | |
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Thanks for the quick response. I'm surprised no one else commented om the missing issue. I guess maybe I'm the only one of your faithful subscribers. | |
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| 12-03-12 06:00am - 4402 days | #2 | |
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All three sites are run by the same people. But Wow Girls is a separate site that is not part of the Diesel Access network, which does include Young Legal Porn and 18 Only Girls. Wow Girls is separate, like I said. If you want access to that site, you have to join it separately. You can join Young Legal Porn and 18 Only Girls either as separate sites (with a separate membership to each), or you can join the Diesel Access network by paying a higher price and getting access to all the sites in the Diesel Access network. Or, if you remain a member of one of the sites in the Diesel Access network beyond a few months, you will gain access to all the sites in the Diesel Access network. They do not share videos between the sites. They share models, but not videos or photosets. Some of the models at these sites are incredibly lovely. | |
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| 12-01-12 03:47pm - 4404 days | #9 | |
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Is the PU Newsletter still active? It just popped into my head (when thinking on porn matters) that I haven't seen a copy of the PU Newsletter lately. It used to be delivered to my email box once a week. Also, do they keep older copies of the PU Newsletter at the PU site that members can look at? Edited on Dec 01, 2012, 04:29pm | |
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| 11-30-12 09:09am - 4405 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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This is only alleged, not proven. But if true, it shows stupidity and careless disregard for the lives of others. If true, they should give this guy a lethal injection and end his suffering. The guy is sick with hepatitis C. This is what is alleged: He is a medical technician working at different hospitals. So he steals syringes filled with Fentanyl, an anti-pain medicine for cancer, and injects himself with the drug. Which means the syringes are now possibly tainted with hepatitis C. To cover the theft, he then filled the syringes with saline and replaced them for hospital use on patients. He is stealing an anti-pain medication for himself, and substituting salt water to be given to cancer patients for their pain? And risking the spread of his infectious disease to these same patients as well? What is true: More than 30 patients at a New Hampshire hospital are now infected with hepatitis C. Thousands of other patients are being tested in Arizona, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and other states, because he has carried the disease since at least June 2010, and he held hospital jobs from Arizona to New England. ---------------- ---------------- Ex-medical technician indicted in hepatitis C outbreak Federal grand jury charges David M. Kwiatkowski, who is accused of stealing hospital syringes, using them on himself and placing them out for use on patients. By Richard A. Serrano, Washington Bureau November 29, 2012, 9:18 p.m. WASHINGTON — A nomadic medical technician who held hospital jobs from Arizona to New England has been indicted in connection with a hepatitis C outbreak that infected more than 30 patients at a New Hampshire hospital and exposed thousands of others in Pennsylvania, Maryland and other states. David M. Kwiatkowski, a 33-year-old former radiology technician, was charged Wednesday by a federal grand jury with seven counts of tampering with a consumer product and seven counts of obtaining controlled substances by fraud, the Justice Department said Thursday. Infected with the life-threatening virus, he is accused of stealing hospital syringes, using them on himself and placing them out for use on hospital patients. Kwiatkowski has carried the disease since at least June 2010. When he was found in a Holiday Inn room in Boxborough, Mass., this summer, officials say, officers discovered six bottles of medication and loose pills. Kwiatkowski was drunk, disheveled and confused, and had left a suicide note to a friend, according to police reports. "Please call [her] and let her know I passed away," he is quoted as saying in the note. "Tell her I couldn't handle this stress anymore." He was taken to a hospital in Worcester, Mass., and was arraigned in his bed next to FBI agents, lawyers and a federal judge from Boston. His defense attorney, James G. Reardon Jr., said, "He was quite sick." Kwiatkowski faces up to 98 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted. A hospital in Pittsburgh has sent letters to 2,000 patients warning that Kwiatkowski might have infected them, and four hospitals in Maryland are testing 1,700 patients. More than 30 tested positive for hepatitis C at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, N.H. "This has been a difficult time for our patients and the community," the 100-bed hospital said on its website. Marcie DiFede, an FBI special agent in Portsmouth, N.H., said in a court affidavit that Kwiatkowski was raised in Michigan and in 2007 began traveling the country as a contract lab technician in six states, including Arizona, Kansas and Georgia. Some stints lasted just 13 weeks. DiFede said Kwiatkowski "often told stories about himself," claiming he played college baseball in Michigan, that his fiancee died "under tragic circumstances" and that he was fighting cancer. At Exeter Hospital, co-workers said he was "sweating" with "bloodshot eyes" and appeared to be "on something," DiFede said. Or that he came to work with a "red face, red eyes and white foam around his mouth." His arms carried "fresh track marks, " DiFede said. She said Kwiatkowski injected himself with syringes filled with Fentanyl, an anti-pain medicine for cancer, which tainted the needles with hepatitis C. He then filled the syringes with saline for hospital use, she said. DiFede said Kwiatkowski had denied tampering with drugs but also told authorities, "I'm more concerned about myself, my own well-being. That's all I'm really concerned about." richard.serrano@latimes.com Copyright © 2012, Los Angeles Times | |
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| 11-30-12 05:59am - 4405 days | #967 | |
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Gerard Depardieu needs to start attending AA or some other program to stop drinking. Or he could end up in serious trouble or dead. ............. ............. Report: Depardieu briefly held for drunk driving Associated Press � 16 hrs ago PARIS (AP) � French actor Gerard Depardieu was briefly detained by police for allegedly driving drunk on his motorcycle, according to a news report. Sipa news agency quoted police as saying the 63-year-old actor was brought in Thursday afternoon by Paris police after falling off his motorcycle. The burly actor, who has appeared in more than 150 films, allegedly failed a sobriety test and was taken to a police station, Sipa said. Police then escorted him home, but he'll have to appear in court, the news agency reported. It was one of several encounters with the law for Depardieu. He grabbed headlines when he urinated in the aisle of a plane before takeoff on a Paris to Dublin flight. He was removed from the aircraft. Depardieu was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in 1990 film "Cyrano de Bergerac." | |
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| 11-30-12 05:53am - 4405 days | #5 | |
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The Asus EEE Transformer Prime 10" tablet is more than $400, plus more than $100+ for the mobile dock, if you want that as well. The Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire are $200 each. So the price difference is large. | |
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| 11-29-12 08:52pm - 4405 days | #3 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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I'm not a member. I got a spam email because I was a member of some porn paysite, and they keep sending me advertisements for different sites, most of which I ignore, but the title of the site struck me as funny. So I looked at the TBP site to see what they said. There's very little data on the site at TBP. The site just launched Aug 2012, and there's no data on the number of videos or photosets. So I'm staying away until there's a lot more data on the site. And even then, I'd hesitate to join, because there are plenty of more mainstream sites where I can trust the quality and amount of content to be more to my liking. But I read somewhere else that people do send in their homemade videos to this site, and that you can do that as well. So at least some of the videos are supposed to be real homemade videos, and not just porn models. I don't know what the legal status is of sending in videos/photos of girls without their consent. But I'm assuming that's what is supposed to be part of the "revenge" factor. | |
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| 11-29-12 08:30pm - 4405 days | #3 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
A relative just got the Nexus 7. It has an impressive screen, low price, seems to have lots of capabilities. But the new Kindle Fire is impressive as well. But I don't own either of them. I'm still window shopping. But with me, that can take years.  | |
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| 11-29-12 10:05am - 4406 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I just saw a new site called FUBiLOVdotCOM. That's a phrase I can use in every day greetings to people I like, because I can tell them it's shorthand for fubby-love, which means some kind of affectionate greeting. But the online site says FUBiLOV stands for Fuck You Bitch, I Leaked Our Video. The site is supposed to be leaked videos of ex-girlfriends. Saying FUBiLOV makes me feel smart and sophisticated and wicked and part of the in-crowd. I always wanted to be part of the in-crowd, and here's my chance. Maybe I should post this in the "Comment" section, so we can start a trend of PU members who use this phrase. But remember, I saw it first! Edited on Nov 29, 2012, 10:10am | |
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| 11-28-12 05:16am - 4407 days | #966 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
You're right. That might be because Christopher Nolan is a writer and producer of the upcoming Superman movie.  | |
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| 11-27-12 11:48pm - 4407 days | #964 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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The photo I saw of Henry Cavill as Superman, without the red briefs, makes him look very different from previous versions of Superman that I saw. The Henry Cavill Superman has a large bulge in his groin. That bulge was never so obvious with either Christopher Reeve or Brandon Routh. Does that mean that Henry Cavill is more endowed than previous versions of Superman? Or did he stuff something down there to appear more manly? Or maybe the prop department fitted an appliance down there to complete the look of the costume? Enquiring minds want to know. http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk...steel-222100414.html ============== ============== Zack Snyder takes off Superman’s underwear in ‘Man of Steel’ By Bryan Enk | Movie Talk – Mon, Nov 26, 2012 5:21 PM EST Henry Cavill as Superman in 'Man of Steel' (Photo: Warner Bros) It's strange how a world obsessed with comic book movies can no longer accept a man in tights... or at least red briefs. What Warner Bros. (and millions of fans) hope will be a Superman for the 21st century (following the lukewarm reception of Bryan Singer's well-intentioned but perhaps ultimately misguided 2006 would-be reboot, "Superman Returns") will be unveiled next summer, and with him a somewhat dramatic tweaking of that most dubious aesthetic challenge in bringing a superhero to the live-action screen: his costume. Don't worry -- the "Man of Steel," played by Australian actor Henry Cavill, will still have the red cape and that awe-inspiring big capital "S" on his formidable chest. He'll even have a blue bodysuit and red boots. But what he won't have is the red briefs of previous big-screen Supermen played by Christopher Reeve and Brandon Routh. "The costume was a big deal for me, and we played around for a long time," director Zack Snyder said in an interview with the New York Post. "I tried like crazy to keep the red briefs on him. Everyone else said, 'You can't have the briefs on him.' I looked at probably 1,500 versions of the costumes with the briefs on." [Related: Daniel Craig beat Superman & Perseus to win 'Casino Royale' Bond role] Snyder said the brief-less look was chosen to update Superman's outfit without completely throwing away what makes him iconic. He said, "If you look at the costume, it's very modern, but the relationship to the original costume is strong." It's a radical variation on what's been the traditional Superman wardrobe, as the removal of the "red briefs" makes way for an all-blue unitard with a somewhat metallic, more armored look... which sets the stage for a superhero who's more of a brooding warrior than perhaps, say, a melancholy stalker of ex-lovers (an element that made for one of the many criticisms of "Superman Returns"). This approach is certainly in line with Warner Bros.' desire to turn the Last Son of Krypton into a more serious, introspective kind of hero -- and with producer Christopher Nolan's insistence on bringing a sense of realism (or, as original "Superman" director Richard Donner put it, "verisimilitude") to even the most outrageous concepts. "There's a logic and concreteness that has to exist with Chris," Snyder said. "You can't just do stuff because it's cool. He demands that there be story and character behind all of it, which I'm a big fan of." [Related: Indie Roundup: 'Silver Linings Playbook'] Indeed, if the impressive teaser trailer released this past summer is any indication, Snyder will be giving us a more introspective Superman, an alien coming to terms with his remarkable abilities and the responsibilities that come with them -- and how they ultimately might make him even more isolated from the very world he's sworn to defend. "Man of Steel" opens June 14, 2013. | |
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| 11-26-12 06:25am - 4409 days | #46 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I think the quoted prices for the hard drives in the post above may be misleading. I checked the Fry's ads yesterday, and did not find the Iomega 3TB external listed. Maybe it was a one-day sale, from a couple of days ago. But the post that showed that price was from yesterday morning, 10:27am (PST, which is Pacific Standard Time, where the Fry's chain is located). And that price was not available. In the US, there is a Black Friday sale that takes place one day after Thanksgiving, which just took place. Many retail businesses offer great bargains on many items, but the quantities are usually limited to stock on hand, and the stock on hand may be very limited. I saw an ad at Costco (a retailer) for a 3TB Seagate external hard drive for $99. But the online site sold out of that hard drive very fast, and I missed out. The physical Costco store I went to was already out of that item when I went there on Friday, which was the starting date of the sale. Hard drive prices seem to be cheaper in the US than in the UK. But you can't get a 3TB external hard drive for $99. It will probably cost around $135 for a Western Digital or Seagate external hard drive of that capacity in the US. The $135 price does not include sales tax, which adds another 9% to the final price in California. Edited on Nov 26, 2012, 06:30am | |
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| 11-24-12 06:03pm - 4410 days | #9 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Slower and more savory, at least at the start. And then, as you said, a bit more intensity as the scene gets to the climax. | |
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| 11-24-12 05:28am - 4411 days | #962 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
'Dallas' star Larry Hagman dies in Texas By LYNN ELBER | Associated Press – 3 hrs ago Who shot J.R. Ewing? It was J.R.'s sister-in-law, Kristin (Mary Crosby) who plugged him — he had made her pregnant, then threatened to frame her as a prostitute unless she left town — but others had equal motivation. J.R. Ewing was a business cheat, faithless husband and bottomless well of corruption. R.I.P., Larry Hagman. | |
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