Tuesday, May 8, 2012

'Snow White And The Huntsman': Charlize Theron Vs. Her Costume

'The costumes were more damaging than the actual fight sequences,' actress says during 'MTV First,' tonight at 7:56 p.m. ET on MTV.
By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz


Charlize Theron in "Snow White and the Huntsman"
Photo: Universal Studios

Of all the things to be psyched to see in Kristen Stewart's upcoming action adventure "Snow White and the Huntsman," we are most enthused about the A-list girl-on-girl action that is Stewart's Snow White vs. Charlize Theron's Evil Queen Ravenna.

With just a few more hours to wait until "MTV First: Snow White and the Huntsman," starting tonight at 7:56 p.m. ET on MTV, here's a little sneak peek of Theron talking about those highly anticipated fight sequences and the surprising culprit responsible for her on-set bruises.

"The costumes were more damaging than the actual fight sequences," Theron revealed. "I was way more bruised from my costume than I was from [fighting with Stewart]. Doing a fight sequence in your sweatpants is different than wearing an 80-pound steel thing. I don't know, you were in leather," she said to her co-star Chris Hemsworth. "It's different. [Stewart] was in full metal, I was in full metal, just getting down, it took us four hours," she said, speaking of the complex setting involved in filming her showdown with Stewart.

The "Young Adult" actress has been reluctant to divulge any gory details about their climactic fight scenes, but she did offer up some praise for the "Twilight" star.

"She was a good fight," Theron said. The bitch brought it!"

Speaking of those precarious costumes, the film's Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood recently told us that despite the metal confinements, Theron knew how to work it in her dark and dangerous-looking wardrobe.

"You can't design for [Queen] Ravenna without having Charlize to work the costume. We had a great time," Atwood said. "She wanted to have fun with it and not be too strapped into the cliché of an evil queen. She wanted to be a person too and later becomes sort of mad.

"The [costumes] get more and more spectral and bug-like as the movie progresses," Atwood continued. "There are a lot of elements of death in her costume, so we used lots of feathers, skulls, small bones. The fun of the design was doing the film equivalent of a couture costume, couture dress," she said.

Don't miss "MTV First: Snow White and the Huntsman" tonight at 7:56 p.m. ET on MTV, followed by a Q&A with Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth and Sam Claflin on MTV.com!

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Researchers make an RGB laser with a regular laser and quantum dots

Researchers make an RGB laser with a regular laser and quantum dots

The problem with lasers is, they tend to generate just a single color or light.To get more than one hue requires actually combining more than one type of laser to produce red, green and blue. But researchers at Brown University have figured out a solution to creating small RGB lasers by using colloidal quantum dots, or CQDs. The idea of leveraging the properties of the thin film isn't new, but past attempts to use CQDs in semiconductor lasers have failed because the necessary energy tends to wind up as heat instead of light. The work around scientists found was to excite the various dot sizes with a laser then filter out original light source. Unfortunately, the solution is far from practical for use in commercial products, but it does represent a milestone in the march towards a single-material multi-wavelength laser. For more details check out the source link.

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Twitter's Discover tab now snags popular stories and commentary from those in your Twitterverse

Twitter's Discover tab now snags popular stories and commentary from those in your Twitterverse

If you fancy seeing what headlines those who you follow on Twitter are chatting about in one compact list, some new functionality in the Discover tab will offer their insight in a few clicks. Essentially, the new feature tracks stories that your pals in the Twitterverse post and allows you to see what the commotion is all about via the "View Tweets" option along the bottom of each article link. From there, you can tweet the link yourself and include your thoughts on the particular matter. While the outfit boasts ongoing improvements to the Discover tab, this particular feature will see daylight on the web while hitting both iPhone and Android apps in the next few weeks. Go on. Navigate to your Twitter home page to take it for a spin yourself.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Nightclub scraps live zebra plan

A nightclub manager said he has been forced to cancel plans to hire a live zebra after complaints from animal welfare groups.

Carbon bar had printed posters promising a zebra at its Zoo club night as a "first" for the Oxford club scene.

Manager Jan Zarecky said it had been planned as "a bit of fun".

The RSPCA spokeswoman said it had worries the zebra's safety would be "unnecessarily compromised for the purpose of entertainment."

"If the Zebra was to be kept outside a noisy nightclub we would be very concerned," she added.

'Serengeti scene'

Mr Zarecky said the animal had been booked from an animal acting agency.

"It wasn't ever meant to cause anyone offence. It purely was a bit of fun. The zebra was going to go out in front of the building. We were planning to build a pen made from crowd barriers and decorated with bamboo to set a Serengeti scene."

He said he was "massively surprised" by the amount of opposition from animal rights groups.

Comments were also posted on the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.

One said: "Would those who support it take their own pets to stand outside the nightclub ahead of a queue of loud, possibly drunken revellers? Not really the place for any animal."

Oxfordshire County Council Trading Standards confirmed it had discussed the idea with the club but said its officers had "reservations" about the proposal.

The club's application for a Performing Animals Licence was withdrawn before it was considered by council officials.

Mr Zarecky said he was not going to rule out hiring animals in future but that next time the club would do things differently.

He added "I'm open to anything that's legal and accepted by society as a whole."

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New Orleans Jazz Fest first Sunday: Music reviews, photos, videos ...

The New Orleans Jazz Fest's first Sunday closed on a high note, and whether you were there, or you are keeping up with the music, food, fashions and fun from afar, The Times-Picayune and NOLA.com have everything you need to recap the day. Here's a compilation of the music reviews, news blogs, photos and videos we produced throughout the day.

Stay tuned for more, starting Thursday, when our open-to-close Jazz Fest coverage continues.

Music reviews

Bruce Springsteen renders fans speechless

Dr. John's past and present went head to head at the New Orleans Jazz Fest

Al Green preaches the gospel of soul

Janelle Monae leaves crowds gasping in wonder

Yolanda Adams encourages the soul

Pete Fountain delights crowd with the standards

Gary Clark Jr. goes full throttle

Another New Orleans Jazz Fest for the venerated and venerable 100-year-old trumpeter Lionel Ferbos

Iron and Wine fills its quiet corner

Ironing Board Sam glows at Jazz Fest

Spencer Bohren lifts up New Orleans Jazz Fest audience

New Orleans Jazz Fest friends salute Alex Chilton

NOCCA Jazz Ensemble gets in the groove at the New Orleans Jazz Fest

Children's musician gets families moving at New Orleans Jazz Fest

Culture, food and crafts

New Orleans Jazz Fest problems? They're the best kind

Emcee for Food Heritage Stage at New Orleans Jazz Fest is 'a big teddy bear' who keeps order

Cajun accordians are popular worldwide, says New Orleans Jazz Fest exhibitor

Menswear at New Orleans Jazz Fest: Best hats

Replay: Live updates from the New Orleans Jazz Fest's first Sunday

New Orleans Jazz Fest features music, matrimony: links

Video

Bruce Springsteen Fans Rush the Gates at New Orleans Jazz Fest

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Dentist Removes All of Her Ex-Boyfriend's Teeth in His Sleep [Wtf]

I had an emergency tooth extraction last Friday. One of my molars cracked and got infected. Fortunately, my dentist isn't an ex-girlfriend. Otherwise I may have ended like Marek Olszewski, who went to his girlfriend's practice with a toothache and left without his teeth. All for revenge! More »


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