Noddla Nocdar

Black Friday

A set of headlights hopped across the parking lot as a black Escalade hit the entrance from the street. Janice nudged Linda who was sitting in the passenger’s seat of her Navigator.

“This is it.”

“What if they don’t get out right away?”

“Nuh-uh; no you don’t. Get out. We were here first; but we have to—”

“It’s cold though; and wet.”

Janice grabbed her extra-large-regular. She was upset they didn’t have what she wanted as a free sample of Dunkie’s that early in the morning. It was advertised.

“Get out Lin, or they’ll be first.”

The girls got out. Janice fobbed the car as they double-timed it to the doors of what used to be a K-Mart. Those letters had been replaced with DOMINIC’S DISCOUNT ELECTRONICS. She could still see the cleaner parts of the building where the K-Mart name had been.

They beat out the couple from the Escalade by a few steps and then exchanged awkward greetings. One of the new arrivals looked to be the daughter of the other. They had the same shoulder length black hair.

Janice glanced at her watch; it was three-thirty. “According to the flyer I got in the mail, the doors open at four AM on Black Friday.” She sipped from her coffee and said, “I wouldn’t mind if they opened a little early.” She cupped a hand to her temple, trying to see inside. The glass door had been blacked-out so she could see nothing.

Linda said, “I never get up this early. This is kind of crazy.”

Janice looked at her while sipping more coffee. “No it’s not. Think of it: forty percent off GPS navigation, thirty-five percent off 52” LCD televisions, and they carry a line of Coach at fifty percent off.”

The older woman next to Linda said, “They have Coach? Wow.” To her daughter she said, “Did you hear that sweetie?”

“Yes mom.” She was looking at Janice as if Janice had just punched her mom. A black cloud formed over her.

“Sorry,” Janice said. “I spilled the beans, didn’t I?”

Other cars were showing up in ones and twos. The people coming to the door were mostly women. At first they formed a line, but as more showed up at the door from different parts of the parking lot, the line turned into a mob.

Someone next to Janice stepped on the lace of her sneaker and it was untied. She said, “I have to tie my sneaker. I’m going to sit. Hold my coffee Linda?”

She sat with her back against the building, trying to tie her sneaker with her oversized purse still on her shoulder when it happened.

The doors unlocked and swung in.

The herd began to move. Janice pressed her feet against the concrete, pushing her back into the building so she wouldn’t get knocked over and trampled. Several shoppers tripped over her feet but stayed up. As the doors swung shut she caught a glimpse inside.

It was dark; very few lights were on. The man who opened and closed the door had a ponytail and a week’s growth on his face. He wore a black leather vest. As he closed the door, something swung from his shoulder. It looked like a gun. It looked like a fake gun because it was all black; a movie prop perhaps.

Janice was the only one outside. With her sneaker tied, she rolled to her side and got up. After straightening her jacket, she tried the door. It was locked and her heart sank. She was alone. Several ramp trucks pulled into the parking lot and positioned to carry away cars that had only just arrived.

Janice began to worry. Linda was inside and the doors were locked. Her Navigator was in the lot and cars were being hauled away. Everything was wrong.

Suddenly, what could only be the sound of gunfire erupted on the other side of the doors. There had to be several guns from the sound of it. Janice lurched back, whimpered, and then got down to a crouch.

The gunfire dwindled down to single shots here and there and Janice fled from the front of the building. Fobbing her car door after a frantic search in her purse, she got in. Her eyes welled up and a tear turned black with mascara before it raced to her jaw line. She didn’t understand what was going on. The one thing she understood was that a lot of people were on the inside when the guns were being fired. Linda was inside. She was supposed to be in there as well, but she stopped to tie her shoelace.

She noticed two men in black reaching from the roof of the building. They were removing the black letters that spelled out DOMINIC’S DISCOUNT ELECTRONICS. The last car to be hauled away was the black Escalade the mother and daughter had arrived in.

Janice was found alone in the parking lot later that day. She couldn’t say what happened. She couldn’t say anything at all for quite some time.

Did you notice the Dunkie’s link in the story?

“Federalism also diffuses conflict and promotes harmony.  A strong proponant of the death penalty can live in Texas, which has the most active execution chamber, and not care much that New Jersey has just abolished the punishment. Individuals with widely divergent beliefs are able to coexist in the same country because of the diversity and tolerance federalism promotes.” Mark Levin/Liberty and Tyranny

Substitute the word abortion for ‘death penalty’ and this is exactly why abortion should never have been taken from the states to decide. Abortion should be a state’s rights decision and not a governmental edict. The Supreme Court, with Justice Blackmun leading the charge, created this policy. It can’t be called a law because Congress nor THE people ever voted on this.

A woman in Texas was forbidden by law from having an abortion on demand. At the time the law in Texas allowed abortion only “by medical advice for the purpose of saving the life of the mother.” And of course, her life was not in danger. This case gave the SCOTUS an extraordinary moment in history.

Blackmun made policy by establishing which trimester a fetus was protected under the Constitution. In other words, he determined when a fetus became a human being – although many and the state of Texas believed that at the moment of conception it is a human being -  and therefore, when it was provided rights and protection under the state.“Blackmun specifically declared that the unborn child was not a ‘person’ under the fourteenth amendment and thus, had no equal protection rights.” Mark Levin/Men in Black

This is how more absurd it got: “Blackmun constructed a hyper-technical analysis to break down the rights of the mother and the state. In the first trimester, the decision to abort must be left up to the mother’s physician. In the second trimester, the state may regulate abortion procedures to promote its interest in the mother’s health. In the third trimester, in the interest of protecting the unborn child, the state can regulate and even ban abortion, except where, by medical judgment, it is necessary to preserve the mother’s life or health.” Men in Black

And keep in mind Blackmun was not talking about the ’state’ of Texas. He was talking about the federal government when he used the word ’state.’

“To be true to its constitutional role, the Supreme Court should refuse to be drawn into making public policy, and it should strike down legislation only when a clear constitutional violation exists.” Men in Black

The result is that the justices impose their own personal theories and biases on issues that the constitution does not address and is outside their purview.

The right  – or not – to abortion should be the people’s decision. It’s a morality issue and therefore has no place in the courts. It should be struck down and given back to the states and their citizens to decide. This is an issue that does not find cover under the invisible “right to privacy” which does not even exist in the Constitution.

The Supreme Court has become a legislative body by the de facto creation of policies.  And unfortunately we have president who plans to continue to appoint policy making justices.

Lest we forget:

Today marks the 46th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The 1976 House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that a “probable conspiracy” to kill President Kennedy existed, but never identified the principal figures that led it. Most Kennedy assassination theories have speculated on a combination of disgruntled Cuban exiles, the Mafia, Vietnam War hawks, Federal Reserve Bank officials, or others disgruntled by Kennedy administration policies. The role of UFOs and Kennedy’s interest in them has been discounted, and most commonly ridiculed as a possible factor in his assassination. A newly released DVD featuring a detailed analysis of both official and leaked documents provides a compelling case that President Kennedy’s efforts to declassify UFO files was a direct factor in his assassination.

The DVD is a video recording of the author’s presentation at the 7th Annual UFO Crash Retrieval Conference in Las Vegas on November 7, 2009. Citing official and leaked documents, the video begins with testimonial evidence that President Eisenhower briefed President-Elect Kennedy about the dangers of the military-industrial complex. Eisenhower was concerned that corporate control of technologies retrieved from UFOs, which were clearly identified to be extraterrestrial in origin, would ultimately lead to threats against civil liberties and the American Republic by the military-industrial complex….Read More

Jockeying for support and influence in the shadow of oncoming social unrest.

Saturday morning of Carnage, I ran a demo of Revolution!, a Euro-style bidding game. This was the first time I took the game out in public, previously having played it only with friends. The basis of the game is players try to gather support — also known as accrue victory points — by bribing, blackmailing or intimidating different individuals in a town about to be swept up in a revolution.

Players use these three techniques of persuasion in the form of tokens with which they secretly bid to influence the townsfolk. Behind a screen, they place tokens on different people’s squares. Some personalities can only be influenced by certain forms of persuasion; the General can’t be forced and the Innkeeper can’t be blackmailed, for example. Everyone reveals their tokens and the player who bid the highest on a given personality gains whatever benefits they offer. Usually that’s a combination of support points, tokens to use in the next round of bidding and the placement of influence cubes in one of the sections of the board. Two, the Spy and the Apothecary, allow players to manipulate influence cubes already placed on the board by either replacing them with one of their own or switching positions of already placed cubes.

These cubes represent the amount of influence each player has over a particular institution or community within the town itself. Winning a bid for the Merchant’s support, for example, allows the player to gain influence in the market by placing a cube there. Once all the influence spaces on the board are filled, the game ends. Whichever color has the majority of cubes in a particular space gains a certain number of support points. If red has two cubes in the Tavern, while blue and yellow have one each, red gains the twenty support points associated with the Tavern.

The mechanics of the game are really straight-forward. After that, it’s about thinking about what other players might be doing and dealing with their actions while also keeping yourself in position to make useful bids in the next round. Will blue go for yet another influence token in the harbor? Is it time to start switching cubes around with the Apothecary? Will anyone ever notice how I keep winning the Printer with a single gold piece?

All told, I demoed the game three times that morning: a full group of four, another of three at the same time and then a later session for a husband and wife couple who happened by the table. Reactions were mixed, but not unsurprising. The people who got the underlying principles of the game, or just happened to do well by luck, had a positive reaction. Other people, not so much. One player commented that he didn’t have the knack for bidding games, nor figuring out the trick to keeping up with everyone else in terms of generating more bidding tokens as well as accruing support points. And that surprised me, because I know the player and always figured him for deducing systems with relative ease. He may have been referring to the unpredictability factor of not knowing if all his tokens would go to waste in a turn because other players bid more on the same spaces as he. It’s easier to plan and adjust in a Puerto Rico-like game, where there’s still a choice to make even when one’s desired role is already taken, than in a blind bidding situation, where everything a player might do in a turn nets them nothing useful.

Overall, it was a revealing session. I got to see the game played with a variety of people with their own style preferences and unique reactions to Revolution!’s gameplay. I certainly came to understand the flow a bit better by watching others. The next step, I think, is to figure out how to both plan one’s own bids and watch other players’ choices to better read the progression of understanding.

“Ghostbusters: meets “Men in Black”, Hollywood tackles another science-fiction comedy.

A meteor slams into the earth narrowly missing a fire fighter recruit (Seann William Scott). The meteor brings out two college professors (David Duchovny, Orlando Jones) to investigate the impact.

The professors chip away at the meteor and bring back samples to their university. The meteor fragments are like nothing they have ever seen before. Before the two college professors realize there is a problem with the meteor fragments, the “impact” site is covered with government officials. Ted Levine and Julianne Moore are among the scientists called in with the military.

“Evolution” is the perfect summer movie for teens and nostalgia buffs. It’s brand of comedy isn’t as vulgar as a lot of the other comedies released this past year. It embraces director Ivan Reitman’s formula of goofiness with the military and science fiction like he did with his runaway hits of the 80’s classics “Stripes” and “Ghostbusters”.

It is utterly uncanny how many similarities there are in this film and “Ghostbusters”. Duchovny’s movement and charisma reminded me a lot of Bill Murray’s Peter Venkman in “Ghostbusters”. Julianne’s reluctance to Duchovny’s childish advances were a lot like what Murray and co-star Sigourney Weaver’s did in their scenes. The scenes where people shriek and runaway from the ghosts are here as the aliens come upon some unsuspecting suburbanites. Even the slime slowly creeps in but that would be giving too much away.

“Ghostbusters” was a huge hit in 1984 becoming the highest-grossing film of that year. “Ghostbusters” went on to become the highest grossing comedy in history until it was taken down by “Home Alone”.

I always wanted a Ghostbusters 3 but in some ways this film is almost a third one. It would have been incredible if they did bring in the original Ghostbusters cast for this flick. It may have been a lot funnier. I really wanted this film to have more laughs and more creatures.

I really fell in love with the “Ghostbusters” formula and science fiction laughs. On that alone I could have given this film a higher grade but it was the ending and the discovery of how to stop the aliens that really made me angry at the film’s writers.

After all that great lead up and comedy you end it with this? I was so disappointed with the lack of creativity and settling they did on this ending. I hope there is an alternate on the DVD.

The best scenes involve the aliens and man’s reactions. It’s a shame these were all seen in the trailers. The shopping mall scene and the rectal examination were by far the most entertaining scenes.

Originally this film was supposed to be a “horror” film like I would assume “Mimic” or “The Relic” but the studio decided to bring in Reitman to inject some humor. The film was reconceived and its what we have today. Does that story have any ramifications or influence on what made this film become what it is? Let me know your take on this.

3.5 out of 5

So Says the Soothsayer.

Written: July 14, 2001

Day 63 – Ken here
(DEF v.1, ch.14, pp.430-440)

The Goths are like the last siut you'll ever own - they appear again, and again, and again (Men in Black poster from film).

The Story

Historical Note on Sources, or Why Not to trust Comedians and Priests
Having survived using the dread Augustan Histories for the first 14 chapters or so of Gibbon (which were about as accurate as a National Lampoon series on Roman History), one would think that more reputable sources might be forthcoming. Unfortunately, as the Augustan Histories cease about the time of Constantine, we start getting more and more christian writers (sometimes writing centuries after the fact), which clouds issues even more.

It’s not their choice of religion, but their motives and (oftentimes) lack of a classical education that render them less than usable. Christian historians tend to use history as a means to proselytize, preach, encourage brethren in their faith, or muse on the motives and operations of divine justice, rather than attempt to report events. They are also absolutely hostile towards pagans, pagan emperors, and anyone who had ever persecuted the early christian church (see the previous post on the death of Galerius). So the mind-numbingly detailed sifting work – separating fact from emotional personal attacks, continues.

Valeria (Galeria Valeria) - wife of Galerius, daughter of Diocletian - given in an arranged marriage, she was killed with her mother in a political purge after wandering as fugitives for more than a year

After Galerius died (of the infestation of worms – see previous post), Maximin Daia demanded that Valeria marry him (to further cement his own hold on the throne in the East). Valeria refused, and Maximin confiscated her wealth and imprisoned her and her mother (Prisca) on false charges of adultery. Diocletian petitioned to allow them to live with him in his palace in Split (Salona), but was refused.

Upon Maximin Daia’s death, Licinius killed all living relatives of Galerius and Maximin Daia, prompting Valeria and Prisca to wander the empire for 15 months, fugitives from the law (the imperial law). They were apprehended in Thessalonica (in Constantine’s territory!) and immediately beheaded and their bodies thrown into the sea. A very sad, but very common story in the later Roman empire.

This from Wiki on Valeria: “When Galerius died, in 311, Licinius was entrusted with the care of Valeria and her mother Prisca. The two women, however, fled from Licinius to Maximinus Daia, whose daughter was betrothed to Candidianus. After a short time, Valeria refused the marriage proposal of Maximinus, who arrested and confined her in Syria and confiscated her properties. At the death of Maximinus, Licinius ordered the death of both women. Valeria fled, hiding for a year, until she was found in Thessaloniki. She was captured by the mob, beheaded in the central square of the city, and her body thrown in the sea. Canonized as christian saint with her mother.”

Saint Alexandra of Rome - also known as Prisca, wife of Diocletian - 19th century painting

Maximin Daia - a powerful, rough, and doomed young emperor

By Conspiracy Theorist Nicola Novakowsky

If any of you have heard of the Slender Man, then you might already be dead. But in case you’re not, I hope you’re in hiding. The Slender Man is a very tall slender faceless man. He usually lives out in the forests (any forest, mind you) usually near schools just so he can kidnap children. It’s unclear what happens to children when they’re kidnapped but few have ever returned. The few that have returned usually do not remember the actual experience but they do have indications of trauma.

Lock your children in the closet!

Sometimes, before the Slender Man kidnaps, children report having dreams of the Slender Man kidnapping them. Often, just like in the movies, the parents do not believe the kid. Stupid parents, listen to your kids, no matter how impossible their story is. If your kid told you that she traveled faster than light, she probably did.

So who is this Slender Man? Honestly, if I had to make a guess, I’d say he’s probably the newest addition to the sinister Men in Black. I say this for two reasons: (1) the Slender Man dresses in black just like the Men in Black and (2) he shape shifts into Reptoids just like MIBs.

Some suspect that kids are being kidnapped by the Slender Man in order to social engineer a race of humans that only preach One World Government agendas. I’m inclined to believe this hypothesis, especially since so many pro-One World Government people keep popping up everyday. Where on Earth do weird, crazed, and sinister people like Rahm Emanuel come from? Clearly, those kinds of people could only be produced by years of intense Re-education Camps indoctrinating them with Illuminati Zeal.

I hope that you spread the message of the Slender Man as soon as you can. He isn’t just known to kidnap children. Adults also go missing (the few adults who actually believe what the children are saying). The adults usually go missing not long after they mention his name as a matter of fact. So please spread this message as soon as you can and maybe we can stop this ultimate Reptilian One World Government plot once and for all.

As always, do your own research and discover your own facts.

My assembled gaming kit for the weekend. I tie-dyed the dice bag myself.

Sometime early yesterday afternoon, the stalwart Stella Blue, AKA my aged Chevy Malibu, merged with the southbound traffic of Interstate 89, heading for the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, VT. For you see, every year since 2003, about this time in late fall, Lake Morey has played host to Carnage, Vermont’s longest running game convention. After eight or so months of thought and planning, it’s finally time to hit the ground running for Carnage 12.

I’ve been attending since 2006, when at the last minute a friend asked, “Hey, do you want to go to this convention called Carnage?” Every year, I’ve steadily become more and more involved, running stuff on my own or as a Man in Black.

Behind the jump is my dance card for the weekend. Whether you want to play something I’m running or not, don’t be shy of saying hey if you happen past.

Can’t wait to wake up unconscionably early Saturday morning and admire the morning mist drifting over Lake Morey!

• Friday afternoon: Frag Gold, the good old FPS arena fighter with a component upgrade. Still fun.
• Friday evening: GURPS Ghostbusters: The Lurker in the Limelight, about which I’ve blogged rather extensively on Held Action.
• Saturday morning: Revolution!, a new bidding type game from Steve Jackson Games about agents securing influence for their patrons in the face of the regime-changing writing on the wall.
• Saturday afternoon: GURPS Infinite Worlds: Highway to Niflheim, in which the Infinity Cops travel to Midgard, where Viking societies cover the globe and an innocuous Homeline research station has gone missing.
• Saturday evening: Arkham Horror, because I love that game and want to play it whenever I can. This is as Northeast Wars staff and highlights the latest expansion, Innsmouth Horror.
• Sunday afternoon: Dungeoneer, again as Northeast Wars staff, because it’s a fairly light game for the end of the convention.

By Conspiracy Theorist Nicola Novakowsky

If any of you have heard of John Rhodes, then you will know by now that this man is a persistent researcher in the area of Men in Black and Reptilians. His research alone has produced volumes of data that not only prove the existence of Men in Black but their ubiquitous presence and ill-intents.

Men in Black are often referred to as MIBs for short. Men in Black are not the kind of people portrayed in the movie Men in Black or Men in Black II. Actual MIBs have been reported to dematerialize and re-materialize through people’s walls. They have also been reported to shift in and out of a Reptilian state of identity.

Much more importantly, MIBs will harass you if you have observed a UFO. Most people complain about how people who have been visited by ETs have no physical evidence. Is it any wonder why with MIBs destroying people’s evidence and intimidating them from going public?! Look, I don’t completely buy most Zeta abductions stories. Because I think a lot of alien abduction stories are a Reptilian distraction. But, I do think that some must be true, otherwise, why would there be no evidence of aliens visiting us? Clearly the lack of evidence of aliens visiting us must mean that there are some Reptilians destroying evidence in the form of MIBs.

Do you know why no one except for Admiral Byrd has ever made it to the North and South Pole? Sure, some people have claimed to go to the poles because they’re either Reptilians or they’ve been brainwashed by Reptilians/human MIBs to think that there are actual poles rather than openings into the Earth. Essentially, the Men in Black are everywhere and they even keep people from knowing the truth of the hollow Earth.

The omnipresence of the MIBs can be explained by the fact that so many agencies under the umbrella of the United Nations and world governments hire Men in Black to silence any one world/Reptilian opposition. Men in Black can come in the form of Reptilians, humans, and even Sasquatch-like entities. Also, MIBs are employed simply to silence rational debate.

Recent reports of Men in Black claim that the MIBs now wear bright purple or even yellow uniforms. These more noticeable uniforms make Men in Black (or Men in Various Colors) look less ominous and less secretive. But it fools no one, especially the people who are daily harassed and told not to question authority.

I commend people like John Rhodes because they do a great service at getting to the bottom of what’s really happening out there in the world your government doesn’t want you to know about.

Always remember: Do your own research and discover your own facts.

Lyndon, Tim and Chris are online and fragging away.

This past Halloween weekend was also Bakuretsucon, Vermont’s only anime convention. Like many conventions of a given type, a great many activities go on only slightly related to anime, up to and including a tabletop game room in the hotel lobby. Saturday, Halloween itself, I hung out in the game room doing demos as a Man in Black.

Unsurprisingly, things were pretty quiet, given it’s an anime convention and tabletop games are an extreme sideline. A ConnectiCon staffer ran a Magic: The Gathering tournament with eight or so participants. The other side of the room had an invitation-only game of fourth edition Dungeons & Dragons. In the middle was me with a pile of Steve Jackson games and John the game room monitor, whose own pile of games included several of those I had brought.

I did get to run a few demos, though. A group of four sat down for Frag Gold almost completely out of the blue, which was pretty cool. It was a smooth ride, all around. We played it straight, since it was a demonstration situation. In casual play, I like to use the house rule that a fragged player gets a special card, as well as their fragger. Keeps everyone on their toes and evens things up for someone who can’t catch a break and repeatedly gets fragged by bigger, tougher fighters.

Later on, John the monitor sent a couple my way to check out Munchkin Quest. While they’d played regular Munchkin previously, the board game version was brand new to them. They both dug the tile-based board aspect of the game, as well as all the bits: hearts, feet, gold pieces, standee monsters and what-not. It’s an impressively bit-tacular game, particularly when you consider it grew out of something that uses a pile of cards and a d6.

After that, the hubbub died right down. The Magic tournament and Dungeons & Dragons game rolled along. Some convention attendees broke out Pokemon decks at one point. It was, all in all, a quiet game room, but that’s anime conventions for you. I folded up shop around 4:00 that afternoon and rolled out, considering two demos and seven happy players a job well done.

A good movie will transport you into a separate time or era with an intriguing story, everlasting characters, and imaginative plot development. It could have a happy, sad, romantic, or action packed theme.. As a whole, the world population adores the character actors who star in these stories. People can personally relate to certain movie characters and individual actors. In the history of cinema, billions of dollars has been grossed in movie theatres and rental stores worldwide. Certain actors have made their mark on the industry becoming the most successful at the box office. I have compiled a list of the most successful actors in world history, according to money made on films they have starred in.

10. Robin Williams

U.S. Gross : $3,177,675,199
Worldwide Gross : $5,749,935,745

Robin Williams is a storied comedic actor who rose to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy. He quickly became an international celebrity and movie star in the 1980’s. Williams is a bit of a goofy character, but is a great actor and can also tackle dramatic roles. He has won six Golden Globes and three Grammy Awards in his career. Robin William’s average film gross is $59,956,136 million dollars per movie. Be sure to look out for his 2010 release Old Dogs. In March of 2009 Williams had successful heart surgery to replace his aortic valve. He has a tour planned and still travels the world performing his stand up comedy act.

Most Successful Films:

1. Night at the Museum : $574,480,841
2. Aladdin : $504,050,219
3. Mrs. Doubtfire : $441,286,195
4. Happy Feet : $385,000,317

9. Will Smith

U.S. Gross : $2,542,908,988
Worldwide Gross : $5,771,022,176

Will Smith is widely regarded as the most successful actor making films today. His movies have an amazing average gross of $127,145,449 million dollars, which is the highest among lead actors. He is the only actor in history to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in domestic box office sales. Will Smith has also had eight consecutive films open at the #1 spot. Unlike some individuals on this list, Smith has not earned movie credit for small roles or voice work. In the future, he will be starring in the blockbuster Time Share and will also be making a prequel to I Am Legend.

Most Successful Films:

1. Independence Day : $817,400,878
2. Hancock : $624,346,274
3. Men in Black : $587,790,539
4. I Am Legend : $585,055,701

8. Morgan Freeman

U.S. Gross : $3,138,301,600
Worldwide Gross : $5,851,042,996

Morgan Freeman is one of the greatest character actors of all time. He is rarely the leading man in films, but his role always stands out and is vital to the movies success. He has one of the most dominant and recognizable voices in Hollywood. He has starred in around sixty productions, which have an average gross of $64,046,971 million dollars. Freeman has many upcoming films he is contributing to, including Invictus, The Last Full Measure, and The Maiden Heist.

Most Successful Films:

1. The Dark Knight : $1,000,245,358
2. The War of the Worlds (Narrator) : $591,745,532
3. Bruce Almighty : $485,004,995
4. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves : $390,500,000

7. Eddie Murphy

U.S. Gross : $3,470,799,901
Worldwide Gross : $6,211,397,821

Eddie Murphy is undoubtedly the most successful comedic actor of all time. His films have an average gross of $99,165,711 million dollars. Eddie Murphy began his career as an edgy comedian and performance actor. Lately, he has turned to children’s films and continues to entertain billions of people worldwide. Murphy has three films set to be released in the last half of 2009. They are Beverly Hills Cop IV, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and A Thousand Words. Shrek Forever After will be out in the middle of 2010.

Most Successful Films:

1. Shrek 2 : $919,838,758
2. Shrek the Third : $798,958,162
3. Beverly Hills Cop : $316,300,000
4. Coming to America : $288,800,000

6. Bruce Willis

U.S. Gross : $3,045,317,743
Worldwide Gross : $ 6,432,992,990

Bruce Willis is a true action hero. He has appeared in over sixty films and usually plays the title role in his movies. Bruce Willis was born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany and his father was an American soldier. He moved to Penns Grove, New Jersey when he was two years old, after his father was discharged from the military. To date, his films have an average gross of $51,615,555 million dollars per movie. He truly has a unique acting style and makes intense, edge of your seat, entertaining cinema. Watch out for his role alongside Tracy Morgan in Kevin Smith’s newest comedy A Couple of Dicks, which will be out in January of 2010.

Most Successful Films:

1. The Sixth Sense : $672,806,292
2. Armageddon : $554,600,000
3. Live Free or Die Hard : $383,531,464
4. Over the Hedge- $336,002,981

5. Tom Cruise

U.S. Gross : $3,274,294,878
Worldwide Gross : $6,642,337,497

Tom Cruise is a true international celebrity. He is cherished in Japan, Europe, and other areas of the world much more then many actors on the list. This is because he often travels and visits many different countries. Cruise is widely considered one of the most powerful celebrities in the world. His films have an average gross of $96,302,791 million dollars. He will be starring in the blockbuster Motorcade in 2010.

Most Successful Films:

1. The War of the Worlds : $591,745,532
2. Mission Impossible 2 : $546,209,889
3. The Last Samurai : $456,810,575
4. Rain Man : $412,800,000

4. Orlando Bloom

U.S. Gross : $2,390,308,637
Worldwide Gross : $6,554,217,251

Orlando Bloom is an English actor and the youngest member of this prestigious group of men. He landed main roles in two of the biggest trilogies of all time, playing Legolas in The Lord of the Rings and Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean. Orlando Bloom has an amazing average film gross of $183,869,895 million dollars per movie. Bloom’s first main title role was in the 2005 release Kingdom of Heaven, which was a profitable hit making $211,398,413 million dollars worldwide. Orlando Bloom is extremely popular in various areas of Europe and England. He has an international draw that is matched by very few. Some of his upcoming roles include appearances in the movies Sympathy for Delicious and Main Street.

Most Successful Films:

1. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King : $1,133,027,325
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest : $1,065,659,812
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers : $926,284,377
4. Troy : $497,398,577

3. Harrison Ford

U.S. Gross : $3,630,449,689
Worldwide Gross : $6,657,454,464

In the past, Harrison Ford was highest grossing actor in the world, but has recently fallen to number three. You have to keep in mind that Ford was popular during the 1970’s and 80’s when box-office sales were not as extravagant. This article does not measure inflation scales. A high majority of the most financially successful films in history have come in the last twenty years. At one point in history, each of the top five box office hits of all time included one of Harrison Ford’s roles. His films have an average gross of $98,120,262 million dollars. Ford will be starring in the film Crowley, which will be out at the end of the year.

Most Successful Films:

1. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope : $797,900,000
2. Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull : $786,558,765
3. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back : $534,171,960
4. The Fugitive : $368,900,000

2. Tom Hanks

U.S. Gross : $3,985,186,565
World Gross : $8,007,367,700

Tom Hanks is the most successful lead actor in cinema history with his films grossing over $8 billion dollars worldwide. He is averaging a gross of $94,885,394 million dollars per film. Tom Hanks has starred in over 50 movies and 19 of them made over $100 million dollars at the worldwide box office. Although, he does have the animated features Cars and The Simpson Movie on his resume, which he only had minor voice roles in. In 2010, Hanks will be starring in Disney’s A Christmas Carol and Toy Story 3.

Most Successful Films:

1. The Da Vinci Code : $757,236,138
2. Forrest Gump : $679,400,525
3. Saving Private Ryan : $481,635,085
4. Cast Away : $427,230,516

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1. Samuel L Jackson

U.S. Gross : $4,458,983,764
Worldwide Gross : $8,640,150,950

Samuel L Jackson is the world’s highest grossing actor and his movies have made over $8.5 billion dollars worldwide. Samuel is different from many actors on this list and has played smaller character roles in many blockbuster films. You may argue that he doesn’t deserve the top spot over leading actors who have appeared in fewer films. Although, Samuel L Jackson has been the busiest man in Hollywood for the last twenty years and should be commemorated for appearing in so many famous motion pictures, over 70 productions in all. Movies that he has appeared in have an average gross of $57,166,459 million dollars. As you would expect, Samuel L Jackson will be appearing in some upcoming features, including Iron Man 2, Quantum Quest: Cassini Space Odyssey, and Blown. He is well aware of his sales record and is continuously trying to land roles in the year’s biggest blockbuster hits.

Most Successful Films:

1. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace : $924,288,297
2. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith : $848,998,877
3. The Incredibles : $635,564,642
4. Iron Man : $582,313,199

El guionista Etan Coen, responsable de la descacharrante Tropic Thunder, ha sido contratado para escribir el libreto de Men in Black 3, secuela de la famosa saga de… ¿ciencia ficción humorística?. Los buenos resultados en taquilla de sus predecesoras habrían convencido a sus responsables de esta tercera intentona, para la que aún no han firmado ni el director Barry Sonnenfeld ni los actores Tommy Lee Jones y Will Smith. Convencer a Sonnenfeld puede ser el menor de los problemas de la producción, que sí lo tendría más complicado con Jones, ahora centrado en su faceta como director y con Smith, actualmente una de las mayores estrellas de Hollywood con la agenda llena de proyectos. Al parecer se pretende empezar a rodar esta tercera parte en la primavera de 2.010.

Para todos los fanaticos de Men In Black (hombres de negro), debo informarles que ya Columbia Pictures contrato un guionista para la 3 entrega de la pelicula.

Se trata de Ethan Cohen, el mismo de Tropic Thunder, eso es todo lo que esta seguro hasta ahora.

De seguro se comenzara a firmar a mediados del 2010. Yo solo espero que hagan un mejor trabajo que “Men In Black 2″, porque la verdad eso fue una porqueria. Según la fuente de la noticia aún no estan confirmados ni Will Smith, ni  Tommy Lee Jones, pero todos sabemos que tienen por obligación protagonizar la pelicula.

Men In Black

Reensaiem a coreografia… De acordo com o JB Online, a Sony Pictures está preparando “MIB 3″, o terceiro filme da franquia dos “homens de preto”:

Os homens de preto vão entrar em ação novamente. (…) Etan Cohen, que assina o roteiro de “Trovão Tropical”, está escrevendo a história, e há rumores de que Barry Sonenfeld, que dirigiu os dois primeiros filmes da série, estaria se preparando para repetir a dose, embora ainda não haja acordo ou oferta formal nesse sentido.

O estúdio quer iniciar a produção em 2010.

O fator desconhecido ainda é Will Smith. O ator ainda não se comprometeu a fazer o terceiro, embora nos últimos dias venha circulando que ele esteja interessado em voltar. O envolvimento de Tommy Lee Jones também é incerto.

Leia mais clicando aqui.

Columbia Pictures is adding to its list of recent franchise revivals (Ghostbusters 3) by starting work on Men in Black 3. Etan Cohen has started writing the new script though no word yet on Will Smith or Tommy Lee Jones.

via: Variety

Hollywood Reporter & Variety both state that Etan Cohen, writer of Tropic Thunder, will take on the task of writing the script for the sequel Men In Black III. There is no reports on whether or not Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones or director Sonnenfield will be returning. They hope to get this project under way by Spring of 2010.

Columbia Pictures ha puesto al guionista que hizo la movie de “Tropic Thunder” para que escriba la tercera parte de “Men In Black”.

Según el Variety, aún no se sabe nada de la participación de Will Smith y de Tommy Lee Jones, sin embargo, todo mundo sabe que esta película no se va a hacer si estas dos estrellas no están confirmadas.

Por lo mismo, no hay todavía una fecha de producción.

here’s a vid i found of a group of two hipster chicks and one blipster bro covering and playing instruments to a medley mash-up of songs by Will Smith. they go by the name Pearl and the Beard. the main singer woman is pretty intimidating but that aside, i enjoyed the video a lot. the acoustic and tranquil feeling of their other songs are nice too. good stuff guyz. check the video out below!

I am fairly certain that college is a conspiracy by government officials to weed out all the crazies and all the almost crazies.

Why?

College is the one time in your life where you are forced to live with someone you don’t know in a room the size of a closet. To top off the conflict and discomfort that situation already creates they throw in a touch of stress and a dash of freedom and things can get pretty hairy.

No wonder kids are going so crazy! How else can they cope with the situation they are put in.

So when the going gets tough, and the kids get crazy that’s when the government steps in and puts the kid on their list. Yep, must be true.

You would think that college would be the one time when you would have your own quiet room where you could focus on work. Instead you get three loud roommates who watch Jerry Springer until all hours of the morning while they paint their toenails and get high off the fumes.

(That never happened to me, it is only an example)

All I am saying, it is seems a little fishy. Not fishy in the can breathe under water sense either, fishy in the there is something up sense.

Fishy.

Anyway, the point of this thing is a new event I found on facebook to help us kiddos cope.

“The Exam Scream”

Each day of exam week at exactly midnight, college students all across campus (and off campus) are encouraged to let out a scream. That scream could be one of excruciating pain, life crushing stress, or joy. The emotions behind the scream don’t matter so long as you get to release a little bit of whatever crazy you have got building up.

See, that’s one thing the conspirators didn’t expect. They didn’t expect for us to adapt and release our crazy before it’s too late.

Take that men in suits. Take that government conspirators. Take that Justin Timberlake!

(Disclaimer: Dear Government, This blog entry is not real. I do not believe men in suits take away the crazies and I do not believe their is a conspiracy. Please do not come arrest me, I am too young to die. Love, Jane)

<3 Keep Blabbing and if you see any men in nice black suits alert me immediately

Jane