Thursday Tidbits

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Got another batch of mini updates for you today. Mini updates go down extraordinarily well with cookies, so go raid the cupboards before reading on. - The author of Air…

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New/oldies

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Quite a few new/old photos from the Clinton Global Initiative Conference in Austin can be found at photographer Cory Ryan's Flickr.

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Nat The Visionaire

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The "avant-garde" art publication, Visionaire, has quite a nifty idea for its 57th edition. They are putting together their first "plug in electric" issue/calendar as a tip of the hat…

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Rate V for Vendetta

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I couldn’t think of a new poll and the “who should she date” suggestion sounds familiar. But if you like that, give me some suggestions in the comments section and maybe that could be the next poll.

But right now, its time to get voting again. The next film up is V, which I think will get a pretty high score.

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After the jump are the results of the previous poll, which suggest that Impossible Pursuits will get a mixed to positve reception at TIFF. We’ll find out in a week. (more…)

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Explosions In The Sky

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The Belfast Telegraph is reporting that this weekend Natalie checked out a concert by the post rockers, Explosions In The Sky.

She may be a long way away from her Stateside home, but Hollywood actress Natalie Portman is still keen to support American rock bands.

Portman took time out from shooting the movie Your Highness in Belfast to attend a concert at the Spring and Airbrake at the weekend. The star of Closer and The Other Boleyn Girl was spotted in the crowd at the Explosions In The Sky gig on Sunday night.

Wearing a backless dress, the diminutive Israeli-born actress was accompanied by Your Highness co-stars James Franco and Zooey Deschanel.

It was the debut Belfast show by the Texan instrumental rockers.

Last month Portman was also spied hanging out backstage at New York’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs concert at St George’s Market.


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