that boat is beached.
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or maybe it's not entirely beached. i'm unsure of the exact definition of the term. but it's at least close. it's wavering, in other words.
there is a 100% chance of rain right now.
photo credit - my mom
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or maybe it's not entirely beached. i'm unsure of the exact definition of the term. but it's at least close. it's wavering, in other words.
there is a 100% chance of rain right now.
photo credit - my mom
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A Deeper Shade of Blue (a movie about the history and evolution of surfing) premiered at the Arlington last night and kids seemed more fired up for this event then any other event this week. It seemed like a part of the film festival that was actually geared towards Santa Barbaraians (Santa Barbarbarns?) and not just some mythical, elite creature that occasionally visits SB to make sure we're still classy. It got a bit rowdy in the theater (anytime someone got barreled on-screen there was a tremendous amount of yelling and screaming) but it actually made the whole experience quite a bit of fun. The only thing better than the exciting and tumultuous atmosphere was the extra-large popcorn I scarfed down.
Chris Shifflett of the Foo Fighters
Film maker Jack McCoy and Kathy Kohner Zuckerman (the original Gidget)
Denny Aebeg
Wes and Dana Brown (Step into Liquid)
Bruce Brown
Filmmaker Jack McCoy
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Purported sponsorship may be deceiving - don't expect to go home with a free case of beer in situations like this
post hip-replacement Christopher Lloyd (SB loc and SBIFF juror)
Billy Baldwin - another SB loc and film fest juror...also brother of Alec Baldwin
Tom Hooper - Director of The King's Speech
Geoffrey Rush
Gareth Unwin, one of the producers of The King's Speech
Colin Firth. Hi!
Helena Bonham Carter trying to think of her favorite poet
She's really close to figuring it out
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Last night on the rojo carpet...
Alyssa Price - Director of the film Mostrosity
Flimakers (and baby) from Blind Spot
Brittany Ballard and Jamil Walker Smith from Make a Movie Like Spike
Derek and Beverly Joubert - Creators of The Last Lions
Christopher Nolan - Winner of the Modern Master Award; Director of Inception
Chris and Leo hugging it out
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James Franco accepted the award for Outstanding Performer of the Year last night at the Arlington. Although he was a bit late to the show, he still spent about 15 minutes signing autographs and greeting his adoring fans.
Adoring fans (as mentioned above).
Possibly too adoring?
It was crowded on the red carpet and I didn't have my trusty step stool!
Dear James, I love your dimples...and your uncompromising sense of self.
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I had a bit of an awkard time shooting the red carpet last night - somehow I ended up behind Annette and Warren. I still don't know how this happened.
The big shocker of the night (other than the surprise Foo Fighters concert at Velvet) was, of course, the appearence of unnamed Arlington Theater Employee Number 1 on the red carpet. The other surprise was me ending up at Paradise Cafe at the end of the night.
2.5 Stars.
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There were almost too many dignitaries out and about tonight...and one 25 foot tall photographer.
Presenting dignitary Lois Capps.
DP high school student (disguised as professional E hollywood reporter) interviewing Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Director of Sarah's Key)
State Assemblyman Das Williams and his brand-new and very whimsical-looking wife
Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com
Freakishly tall reporter.
I'd like to give myself 3 stars out of 5 for this post.
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Tired of the same old style of walking? Want a new way to get around our lovely city? Ready to make a change for the better? Try dance walking!
Dance walking is: community, friendship, synergy, energy, movement, calorie-burning, fun, funny, wierd, spontaneous, bipartisan, freedom, eclectic, innovative, spartan...
For more ambiguous buzz words with no relevance to the topic at hand click HERE.
Please do forgive the shaky iPhone filming and amateur level editing work (that's Trex's fault, not mine).
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Apparently Katy Perry grew up two houses away from me on the westside. This is the greatest thing that's ever happened to me! She was visiting her old house this morning with MTV filming some special about growing up in Santa Barbara. Here's a picture of her waving to my roommate and me on our front porch. I almost passed out I was so excited.
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It was closing night of the film festival last night and things were wrapped up with the world premiere of George Gallo’s latest film ‘Middle Men.' Lots of the film's cast and production team were in attendance and so I was afforded my first opportunity to take pictures on a red carpet (I've done some blue carpet work, but it's not really the same). Actor Gabriel Macht (one of the film's stars) was in attendance and I really wanted to ask him if he would be my valentine (even though I was celebrating Singles Awareness Day yesterday) but, much to my chagrin, he had come along with his gorgeous wife and co-star Jacinda Barrett. Luke Wilson made it onto the red carpet a bit late and was quickly rushed by us with no interviews so I was unfortunately only able to snap a couple of lame photos (I do sincerely apologize for that one, although it’s not really my fault). I won’t say too much about the film itself (other than the fact that I loved it and can’t believe it’s a true story) because I have to get back to reality and do some homework for once in my life.
Jacinda Barrett
Composer Brian Tyler, Producers Chris Mallick and William Sherak
Rade Serbedzija
Robert Forster and wife
Beau Bridges and wife
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'The Elephant in the Living Room' just had its world
premier at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Thursday
afternoon. It’s showing again tonight at 6:30PM at Victoria Hall. I
know you can’t hear it, but I am yelling at you to PLEASE go see this
movie.
Before I watched this movie, I knew nothing about
the world of exotic animals in the United States. Now I’m completely
fascinated, frustrated, and totally blown away by what I’ve learned.
The Elephant in the Living Room follows Tim Harrison, a public safety
officer in Oakwood, Ohio who has responded to a countless number of
calls over the years involving people and their exotic pets. Harrison
is also director of a non-profit organization that he started in 2001
called Outreach for Animals and he’s been working with exotic animals
for 34 years.
Exotic animal ownership has become a huge
problem in the United States ever since animal-based reality TV shows
became so popular in the 1990’s. After seeing these intriguing animals
on TV, a lot of people become inspired to buy one to keep in their
home. The problem is that people with little to no handling experience
are able to easily obtain animals like alligators, cobras, lions,
tigers, chimpanzees, and really any other animal you can think of.
What’s amazing about all of this is the ease in which a person can buy
something like an extremely deadly snake or a mountain lion. There are
no federal laws that govern this so whether or not you’re allowed to
own an exotic pet is usually governed by the state you live in. In the
United States today there are approximately 15,000 big cats that have
private owners and it’s totally legal for them to have them. There are
about 20 states that allow ownership of exotic animals as pets and in
about half of those states you are not even required to have a license.
Roger Pahkola, an emergency room doctor that’s interviewed in the film,
remarks that you have to have “dog tags for your dog but not tags for
your lion.”
Unfortunately, there are a lot of people that don’t
want the issue of exotic animal ownership to become a topic of
conversation. Consider the fact that, in 2003, the sale of dangerous
exotic animals was a 13.5 billion dollar industry and I’m guessing it’s
even more now. As Director Mike Webber puts it, “this [is] the elephant
in the living room. This is an enormous thing and it’s not even really
obscure, it’s everywhere and nobody is talking about it and nobody
really knows that this exists.”
‘The Elephant in the Living
Room’ manages to educate its viewer about all of the issues surrounding
exotic pet ownership but it also doesn’t give just a narrow perspective
of what’s going on. In addition to following Tim Harrison for a over a
year, Webber also focused on Terry Brumfield who raised his two African
lions, Lambert and Lacy since they were a few months old. You get to
see how Brumfield interacts with the lions and how he literally loves
them as if they were his own children. I think this film very
successfully presents this incredibly complicated issue and will
hopefully cause us to have more of a dialogue about what we are
allowing to occur in this country.
Please don’t worry that
you’re going to come out of this movie and feel totally disturbed and
emotionally drained. Instead, I think you’ll be glad that you got to
see such a beautifully told story play out on the screen. Harrison is
hoping that people will “ask tons of questions” after seeing this film
and “investigate [this issue] for themselves.” I’m still quite
dumbstruck by everything I’ve learned today and I really think (and
hope!) this film is going to make a big impact. I can’t wait to talk to
more people about what they think about this movie! Oh yeah, did I
mention that it’s playing tonight at Victoria Hall and you should
REALLY be in attendance.
www.theelephantinthelivingroom.com
http://outreachforanimals.org/
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