David Arquette is having the time of his life on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. However, that's not all--he and Courteney Cox are still working together, which suits him just fine.
Of course Coco's parents take that job seriously. They stay close friends to insure that their daughter will always feel their joint support. The duo is also creatively linked. Together, they are working on several TV deals.
"We are doing the Celebrity Name Game," says Arquette. "Craig Ferguson will host that." He and Courteney also recently sold a comedy to ABC. It sounds vaguely familiar too. It's about a group of friends.
David Arquette and Courteney Cox are still business partners and neither of them is ready to give up that connection, at least for now. "We always pitch things," says Arquette. It sounds like the duo gets their creative juices flowing best when they are together.
It is nice to see a Hollywood couple that can keep it together for themselves as well as their child. If only more stars could act in such an adult fashion. It is refreshing to say the least. Undoubtedly, it also makes little Coco's life a lot easier.
Right now, of course, Coco is just enjoying seeing her daddy on the Dancing with the Stars dance floor. "It was sweet to see her there," says David Arquette. "It's a dream for her to see all these amazing dancers and then for her dad to come out with Kym and do his routine. She loved it!"
The fans loved it too, David, as did the judges. Arquette's score was 18, which put him solidly in the center of the pack. Chances are he'll be around to dance for Coco a little while longer.
2011年9月19日星期一
'The Lion King' reigns at US box office
The movie did far better than the studio executives had expected, earning 29.3 million dollars from 2,330 venues in the United States and Canada during the weekend, Englishnews reported.
The previously held record was Pixar's 'Toy Story' and its 2009 3D sequel, which garnered 12.5 million dollars in the opening weekend.
Being the biggest blockbuster from Disney, the movie was also made into two made-for-video sequels, a television series and a Broadway musical.
The movie was reproduced in its 3D version mainly due to the existence of a huge audience in their twenties and families, who account for 74 percent of movie goers.
The re-release was originally slated as a two-week limited theatrical run.
The original 'Lion King' released in 1994 maintains the record for the fifth highest grossing animated film and continues to be the highest-grossing hand drawn animation film ever made.
The previously held record was Pixar's 'Toy Story' and its 2009 3D sequel, which garnered 12.5 million dollars in the opening weekend.
Being the biggest blockbuster from Disney, the movie was also made into two made-for-video sequels, a television series and a Broadway musical.
The movie was reproduced in its 3D version mainly due to the existence of a huge audience in their twenties and families, who account for 74 percent of movie goers.
The re-release was originally slated as a two-week limited theatrical run.
2011年9月17日星期六
Lockout slows NBA players’ charity events
If it’s late September, it must be charity-event time in the NBA. At least, it usually would be—players would be flocking back to their teams’ cities and the charitable foundations of their teammates would be humming with get-togethers and fund-raisers. But one of the consequences of the league’s lockout has been a reduction in those kinds of events.
As one agent said, “There isn’t as much of an appetite for that right now. There’s too much uncertainty, you can’t work with the team to help with arrangements, the costs of bringing in players from all over are prohibitive, and most guys want to hunker down until they see how things play out.”
Chris Duhon says that post-Labor Day, he typically sees more of his teammates. (AP Photo)
On Saturday in Orlando, Magic guard Chris Duhon will host a charity bowling event to benefit Families in Transition, with proceeds going to homeless children in the Orlando area. Two of his teammates—J.J. Redick and Quentin Richardson—will definitely be in attendance, Duhon said. But in a normal September, much of the team would show up
“It’s kind of tough now just with the uncertainty of us having a season, so guys are kind of in new routines and doing their own things,” Duhon said. “I mean, the hard part is being able to get the participation of your teammates you’d normally get. I know if we had a season starting on time, guys would be in town and a lot of the guys would be willing to go and show up. But without that, not knowing when we’re going to start and guys doing their own thing, trying to figure out their situation, it is kind of hard as far as participation goes. I can see where it is hard.”
Besides the potential loss of paychecks and the cancellation of summer leagues, one of the ways that the lockout will most affect players is simply by breaking their offseason routines.
Whether it’s on-court work or off-court bonding, the longer the lockout drags on, the more impossible it gets for teams to re-create their usual offseasons.
“It’s definitely a little different, because usually after Labor Day, that is when you start to head back toward the team and start to work out with the guys,” Duhon said. “But it’s hard not to have that access and not to be around the guys for that long of a time.”
But the Magic will, at least, attempt to get themselves together in the coming weeks, according to Duhon. Point guard Jameer Nelson is arranging for the team to get together and work out next week in Orlando, and center Dwight Howard is hoping to do the same thing the following week.
“We’re trying to go about our business the right way and get together,” Duhon said.
2011年9月9日星期五
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2011年9月8日星期四
Cut the cord between college football and the NFL
It's time to recognize that Division I college football is really a minor league professional sport and treat it like the pro game it is.
That means making drastic, fundamental changes that end college football's role as the National Football League's sole development agency and removing the nonstudent players from campus so America's universities can focus on their real mission: education.
Until such measures are taken, college football will remain a corrupting influence on both society and higher education. Players, coaches, administrators, trustees, students and even some faculty conspire to hide the deceptions. Let's end the hypocrisy now.
Attempts to reform college football historically have failed. After many decades of rules changes, little has changed: Last year, 2004 national champion University of Southern California was stripped of its title; this year, 2001 national champion Miami and 2002 national champion Ohio State are in hot water.
Reform attempts fail because they ignore the extreme level of fan and alumni support that college football enjoys, the hoped-for rewards from television and bowl games - which include not just money but publicity - and the fact that playing college football is the only path for talented high school players to get to the pros. As long as these three factors remain, corruption is inevitable.
Most cheating begins with offering scholarships to players who don't belong in college.
Winning requires the best athletes, not the best students, and it's obvious to any objective observer that many Division I football players are not at home in the classroom; at best, they are faking it. They are steered into meaningless classes with "safe" professors; they plagiarize; they get illicit tutoring - whatever it takes to retain eligibility. Many coaches, alumni, administrators and faculty facilitate the charade.
Even schools with high admission standards routinely recruit athletes with ninth-grade academic skills. At the top-tier University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, it recently was revealed that about half the players in the last six football recruiting classes were admitted through a special committee process required for students who fall below minimum academic requirements.
A career in professional football requires physical toughness and aggression - big muscles, not a degree in English or physics. So it's irrational to expect a player's chance for a possible pro career to depend on his academic performance. Some of these players will cheat to get by; to expect otherwise suggests a complete lack of understanding of human nature and incentives.
Further complicating the matter are the often-unrealistic demands on players' time, even for serious scholar-athletes.
Many say that colleges exploit players by earning profits from their talent and giving little in return, and should therefore pay them salaries. While serious student-athletes - and there are many - do improve their futures by earning real degrees, academically unqualified athletes often don't benefit much from their time on campus.
They become prime candidates to accept illegal benefits from corner-cutting coaches, overzealous boosters and rogue agents. Their talents have value, but a college education is the wrong form of payment. Rachel McCoy, wife of former University of Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, discussed the pressures players faced in a candid ESPN radio interview this summer that had many wondering whether Texas would be the next school investigated by the NCAA. "There's no way that college kids can really, honestly say no to all this stuff," she suggested.
The only way to end the cheating and hypocrisy is to eliminate the one corrupting principle that can be eliminated - requiring college for prospective professional football players.
Cutting the cord may sound impossible, but Major League Baseball provides a hopeful model for doing it.
Major League Baseball subsidizes its own minor leagues, instead of getting colleges to foot the bill for player development. As a result, college baseball is thriving with good players who actually want an education. But players who would rather forgo college also have a route into the pros: baseball's minor leagues, where they can be paid a salary while improving their skills.
To adopt such a model, the NCAA would have to agree to severely punish any school that admits players who have little chance of academic success at that institution. This means many outstanding athletes will never play Division I football.
The NFL certainly wouldn't like it - it would have to subsidize the new minor leagues.
But the alumni would still have football teams to cheer (manned with real students), athletes with more brawn than brain would still have a route into the pros, and universities could finally end their hypocrisy.
That means making drastic, fundamental changes that end college football's role as the National Football League's sole development agency and removing the nonstudent players from campus so America's universities can focus on their real mission: education.
Until such measures are taken, college football will remain a corrupting influence on both society and higher education. Players, coaches, administrators, trustees, students and even some faculty conspire to hide the deceptions. Let's end the hypocrisy now.
Attempts to reform college football historically have failed. After many decades of rules changes, little has changed: Last year, 2004 national champion University of Southern California was stripped of its title; this year, 2001 national champion Miami and 2002 national champion Ohio State are in hot water.
Reform attempts fail because they ignore the extreme level of fan and alumni support that college football enjoys, the hoped-for rewards from television and bowl games - which include not just money but publicity - and the fact that playing college football is the only path for talented high school players to get to the pros. As long as these three factors remain, corruption is inevitable.
Most cheating begins with offering scholarships to players who don't belong in college.
Winning requires the best athletes, not the best students, and it's obvious to any objective observer that many Division I football players are not at home in the classroom; at best, they are faking it. They are steered into meaningless classes with "safe" professors; they plagiarize; they get illicit tutoring - whatever it takes to retain eligibility. Many coaches, alumni, administrators and faculty facilitate the charade.
Even schools with high admission standards routinely recruit athletes with ninth-grade academic skills. At the top-tier University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, it recently was revealed that about half the players in the last six football recruiting classes were admitted through a special committee process required for students who fall below minimum academic requirements.
A career in professional football requires physical toughness and aggression - big muscles, not a degree in English or physics. So it's irrational to expect a player's chance for a possible pro career to depend on his academic performance. Some of these players will cheat to get by; to expect otherwise suggests a complete lack of understanding of human nature and incentives.
Further complicating the matter are the often-unrealistic demands on players' time, even for serious scholar-athletes.
Many say that colleges exploit players by earning profits from their talent and giving little in return, and should therefore pay them salaries. While serious student-athletes - and there are many - do improve their futures by earning real degrees, academically unqualified athletes often don't benefit much from their time on campus.
They become prime candidates to accept illegal benefits from corner-cutting coaches, overzealous boosters and rogue agents. Their talents have value, but a college education is the wrong form of payment. Rachel McCoy, wife of former University of Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, discussed the pressures players faced in a candid ESPN radio interview this summer that had many wondering whether Texas would be the next school investigated by the NCAA. "There's no way that college kids can really, honestly say no to all this stuff," she suggested.
The only way to end the cheating and hypocrisy is to eliminate the one corrupting principle that can be eliminated - requiring college for prospective professional football players.
Cutting the cord may sound impossible, but Major League Baseball provides a hopeful model for doing it.
Major League Baseball subsidizes its own minor leagues, instead of getting colleges to foot the bill for player development. As a result, college baseball is thriving with good players who actually want an education. But players who would rather forgo college also have a route into the pros: baseball's minor leagues, where they can be paid a salary while improving their skills.
To adopt such a model, the NCAA would have to agree to severely punish any school that admits players who have little chance of academic success at that institution. This means many outstanding athletes will never play Division I football.
The NFL certainly wouldn't like it - it would have to subsidize the new minor leagues.
But the alumni would still have football teams to cheer (manned with real students), athletes with more brawn than brain would still have a route into the pros, and universities could finally end their hypocrisy.
2011年9月5日星期一
Tokyo Girl's Collection Is the Anti-Fashion Show
More than 30,000 fashionistas flocked to Japan's largest fashion event, the Tokyo Girl's Collection -- or TGC this weekend -- a bi-annual show that combines the country's top fashion brands with popular music acts.
Now in its sixth year, the six hour show has established itself as the epicenter of Japan's "kawaii," or cute culture, a culture that has gained a global following in recent years.
On Saturday, the Saitama Super Arena, just outside of Tokyo, looked more like a cross between a concert and circus than a fashion show. Popular models strutted their looks down the runway, as adoring fans screamed their names, while other show-goers crowded booths featuring everything from makeup to a foot massage. In between, the TGC stage featured a mini ballet performance, and an appearance by Cirque de Soleil.
Visit the Tokyo Girl's Collection Fashion Show
"Our goal is to create festival like atmosphere, that celebrates fashion," said show producer Maki Okuda.
Consider the TGC the "anti-fashion" show where the focus is on accessibility and tech-savvy shopping, not just cutting edge fashion. Unlike New York and Paris fashion shows, where big name brands unveil high-priced looks on the runway months before they reach retailers, outfits featured at the TGC can be purchased immediately, for an affordable price.
H&M and American Apparel Join Tokyo Girl's Collection
"TGC is not about how many buyers come or who sits in the front row," said Okuda. "Any girl, as long as they buy a [$60] ticket can go and enjoy the fashion show."
The idea for TGC was born out of mobile phone site "Girlswalker.com," which featured fashion trends and horoscopes. Okuda says the site organized a fashion show to mark its fifth anniversary six years ago, to feature what she calls "real clothes" or casual, everyday wear. Success of the initial show led to a larger event the following year. Today, the show is held twice a year in Tokyo, with separate shows in Nagoya and Okinawa. It has also taken its event abroad, to Paris and Beijing.
The show's tech-savvy marketing has helped elevate its success. Looks on the runway are sold online, so audience members can purchase the clothes from their smartphones instantly. Booths that exhibit at the event come equipped with a cell phone "reading" machine. Consumers must tap their cell phones on the machine in order to get freebies. In return, companies get immediate access to consumer information including email addresses.
"Because TGC is such a major event, there is a real value in setting up booths to help with business," said Hiroshi Ito, who handles marketing for a small spa.
While the event mainly draws on domestic brands, foreign companies are starting to take note. Swedish retail giant H & M, as well as American Apparel set up booths at the show for the first time this year. American designer Jill Stuart has become an annual participant, not only showing her collection but setting up a makeup booth, allowing girls to test out the products, and walk away with free samples.
For attendees, the TGC offers a chance to get up and close to popular models, who enjoy celebrity status in Japan. The event also gives the fashionistas an opportunity to get a taste of modeling. Hair care companies set up mini-salons, where attendees can get their hair done, with the latest products. H & M set up a photo studio, so people could try on their latest looks, while getting a free photo taken on a set similar to the one featured in the brand's catalog.
"I felt like an actual fashion model and this was really fun," said 12-year-old Saki Shingu.
Event organizers dedicated this year's show to victims of Japan's triple disasters, with the theme "Smile for _,," a fill-in-the-blank effort to not only lift the spirits of a reeling country, but revive a retail sector that has struggled, like the rest of the country, in the aftermath of the disaster. TGC models also participated in volunteer activities, charity auctions, and live streamed the fashion show to towns along Japan's ravaged coast.
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