South Indian Actress Praneetha

South Indian Actress Praneetha

South Indian Actress Praneetha

South Indian Actress Praneetha. for latest photoshoot pictures of Praneetha visit "Darpan Cool Pics"

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it "the Reproduction of what the senses perceive in nature through the veil of the mist.
~ Edgar Allan Poe

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand dollars -- it's a luxury I can't afford.
~ Pablo Picasso

Country music is three chords and the truth.
~ Harlan Howard

The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.
~ Paul Strand

Tom Ford in a Headdress; but that's not the interesting part

 (image via HuffPo)

AK Note: Hi, remember me? My apologies for the sudden post drop off, school has been ridiculously busy. But I'm back, promise. And I'm still always looking for guest posts if anyone is interested...nativeappropriations@gmail.com

A few days ago, Huffington Post posted some preview pictures of Tom Ford's photo spread in French Vogue (he's a fashion designer, btw). The first picture of the spread is of Ford, sporting a warbonnet. So, we all know why it's wrong, and we can add him to the list of recent celebrity redface transgressions. Not that exciting. 

What I am fascinated by, however, are the comments on the article on HuffPo, but mostly on the re-post over at Jezebel. We all know I'm not a big fan of the Jezebel commenting community on issues of race, especially on Native issues, but check some of these out (the whole comment thread is here):

"That photo is many types of wrong.  I have never seen a racist as big as a horse before."

"Nothing like a little cultural insensitivity to start out a... lunch."

"Why has the NA/1st Nations type headdress become the new hipster fashion statement? Was blackface just too messy?"

"You guys!! I'm sure he's 1/16 Cherokee! Totes ok!"

"If I were a Native American I would have a complete wardrobe of religious headgear from every possible sector of Anglo culture and I would wear them at the most inappropriate times and places. I would dress up as the Virgin Mary for Halloween and wear my sporty pope hat to the beach."

and I liked this one, as a reference to the whole Meghan-McCain-Trail-of-Tears-tag debacle (thanks!):

"Doesn't Tom know that such things are only tasteful if you include a handy trail of tears tag?"

 Some Native voices even came out of the woodwork:

"As a first nations woman, I challenge all headdress wearing hipsters to come to any powwow, next year in your fake feathers. If you are arrogant enough to wear them, then I assume you're brave enough to wear them around those who earn their headdress one feather at a time.

"Dear Tom Ford,
My culture is not a photoshoot prop.
You're an ignorant douche."

or this woman, married to a Navajo man (her screenname is "DineBoo"--just cute):

"What is it with people wearing headdresses? Heck, I'm married to a Navajo man and I don't bust out the turquoise, the velvet, and the squash blossoms to wear out in public.

The headdress is sacred, which carries individual meanings to each different tribe. It is not a flashy hat. The way people have been wear the headdress makes it look like there is only one tribe in existence now."

Um, what happened? Where are all the cultural appropriation defenders? Where are the people telling me to "get over it?" Why can't I fill my Bingo Card?! There is one woman, who posts a question about wearing a headdress and Indian jewelry, but she then thanks the commenters who respond and send her links about why its wrong. She thanks them.

The HuffPo article has one comment about the wrongness of wearing a headdress as well--and no one pushed back. The replies thank her (him?) and agree.

Have we just witnessed a shift in the space-time continuum? Has the message started to get across? Definitely too soon to tell, but I can't even tell you how refreshing and uplifting it was to see these comment chains. I mean, it was barely a month ago that we were talking about Paris Hilton on Halloween.

Thoughts? Are people getting sick of the trend? Is this just an anomaly? Are the people who click through to an article about high fashion a different, more enlightened subset of the population? Whatever it is, this is ridiculous. In a good way.


Jezebel: Tom Ford Shows French Vogue His Headdress Collection
Huffington Post: Inside Tom Ford's French Vogue

(Thanks Alicia!)

Funny Demotivational Posters - Part 13

New batch of funny pictures.Related Posts:Funny Demotivational Posters - Part 1Funny Demotivational Posters - Part 2Funny Demotivational Posters - Part 3Best Demotivational Posters - Part 4Best Demotivational Posters - Part 5Funny Demotivational Posters - Part 6Funny Demotivational Posters - Part 7Funny Demotivational Posters - Part 8Funny Demotivational Posters - Part 9Funny Demotivational

23 Unusual and Creative Toilet Paper

Collection of unusual toilet paper designs that will spice up your bathroom and surprise your guests.

Oddly Different Professions

I bet that as a child you dreamed of your perfect profession. This is a list of professions that you had no idea even existed. You won’t find policemen, firemen, doctors, or even sales clerks inside. Check out the professions that passed you by.

The Rise & Fall of Harley-Davidson (Infographic)

The Harley-Davidson motorcycle company's history is almost as tumultuous as the Hell's Angels biker gang it's synonymous with. Today we present to you the rise and fall of Harley-Davidson.More Infographics.Click to Enlarge.Source: motorcycleinsurance

Pink Tattoos

Starting from the top down, here is what is known to be just a partial list of Pink's tattoos:

• A tribal musical note behind her left ear
• A bar code reading "1 9879-11299-1 3" on the back of her neck
• On her left shoulder, a guardian angel
• On her left arm: a portrait of her dog Elvis, the words "Sir Corky Moore" and a date, a broken heart on the inside of her left elbow
• A razor blade on her left wrist (inside)
• A red star on her left hand
• On her right wrist: the words "What Goes Around Comes Around", and the words "True Love"
• A symbol for love and a red heart on her lower stomach
• On her left leg: dragon on her thigh, the words "Mr. Pink" on her inner thigh, a Japanese symbol for good luck on ankle
• A Japanese symbol for happiness, a frog and two other unknown symbols on her left foot
• On her left and right big toes: a red heart on each
• Dog tags representing her brother and dad on her right ankle
• A Chinese symbol representing infinity above her right ankle

Of course it is believed there may be more ink on Pink's body, but these are the tats that are confirmed.

Scarlett Johansson Tattoos

Scarlett Johansson tattoos are beautiful, just like her. The sun over the sea tattoo on her arm reflects her personality and her beauty: radiant like the sun and romantic like the sea at sunset.

Did you like Scarlett Johansson tattoos? then have a look at all the other celebrity tattoos, some of them are really amazing (either too beautiful or just atrociously awful )

Six Year Old Skateboarder

His name is Asher Bradshaw, and he is definitely going pro.His front teeth are missing as his baby teeth fall out and he is getting his new front teeth in now. He never did a faceplant.

Black Friday 2010

The day after Thanksgiving is known as “Black Friday” in the USA. It traditionally begins the Christmas shopping season. On this day people can buy many specials with discounts thus they are eager to wait the whole night in below freezing temperature outside stores in order to be the first ones to get inside the door and grab gifts and presents at the lowest prices. A lot of Americans go shopping

Video Game Cakes

Everyone has had those lame custom cakes on their birthday, but you never had one quite like these!

Underclothes to Protest TSA X-Ray Scanners

If you don’t like the idea of the introduction of TSA X-ray scanners in airports, you can protest with these underwear and undershirts with 4th Amendment metallic ink-prints.Source: cargocollective

Jessica Stroup looks leggy and beautiful

Danish Model-Actress Jessica Stroup (24) at "Taste of Beverly Hills" Food & Wine, Sept 2 2010.

In one picture: Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning (16) looks cheerful going to sign autographs before her appearance on the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show to promote the latest "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" film. (Oct 2010)

Kate Moss launches her new perfume in London

Top Model Kate Moss (36) looks beautiful at the launch of her new perfume Muse in London, Nov 26, 2010.

Check out 2 more!

Flashback: Evangeline Lilly goes signing for fans

Evangeline Lilly of "Lost" struts down a sidewalk much to the delight of her fans, waiting outside as she finishes taping her appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in LA. , May 5, 2010

check out 3 more after the jump!

Ashley Greene out at Mexican Restaurant

Ashley Greene (23) went out at a Mexican Restaurant with boyfriend Joe Jonas, they met his mother and she stopped for a fan photo.

check out 2 more after the jump!

Jessica Alba at AMA's Photo Room

Jessica Alba (29) at Photo Room and Show at the 2010 American Music Awards, Nov 21 2010.

check out 2 more pics after the jump!

Blake Lively on Gossip Girl set on Nov 23

Blake Lively on the set of "Gossip Girl" take a break to send some text messages. Check out her long legs!

Miley Cyrus thumbs up

Miley Cyrus (18) Out & about in Toluca Lake, Nov 27

The Largest Vehicle Recalls Ever (Infographic)

In 2010, recalls by automakers seemed to populate the news every week. Once Toyota had their major recall issues in the beginning of the year, it seemed that they continued to spread across every brand. This graphic from our friends at Showroom Logic takes a look through history at biggest recalls ever.More Infographics.Click to Enlarge.Source: showroomlogic

Apple's Steve Jobs Action Figure

Have you seen the "SJ Action Figure"? Its a doll look alike of Apple's front man, Steve Jobs. Its received so much attention and Apple fans loved it. But Apple's (AAPL) legal department was not so happy about it. M.I.C. Gadget, the doll's Chinese manufacturer announced that Apple had stop them from producing the doll after selling out its first batch of 300.

A law firm representing Apple Inc. said in an email that this "SJ action figure", has not consented to the use of Apple's copyrights and trademarks, therefore was

ordered M.I.C. Gadgets to stop selling and manufacturing the said doll. "Unauthorized use of a person's name and/or likeness constitutes a violation of California Civil Code Section 3344, which prohibits the use of any person's name, photograph or likeness in a product without that person's prior consent…"

Source: tech.fortune.cnn.com

Apple's Steve Jobs Action Figure

Have you seen the "SJ Action Figure"? Its a doll look alike of Apple's front man, Steve Jobs. Its received so much attention and Apple fans loved it. But Apple's (AAPL) legal department was not so happy about it. M.I.C. Gadget, the doll's Chinese manufacturer announced that Apple had stop them from producing the doll after selling out its first batch of 300.

A law firm representing Apple Inc. said in an email that this "SJ action figure", has not consented to the use of Apple's copyrights and trademarks, therefore was

ordered M.I.C. Gadgets to stop selling and manufacturing the said doll. "Unauthorized use of a person's name and/or likeness constitutes a violation of California Civil Code Section 3344, which prohibits the use of any person's name, photograph or likeness in a product without that person's prior consent…"

Source: tech.fortune.cnn.com

Pee Wee Herman Tattoo

Pee Wee Herman is a rather iconic figure in many of our childhoods, but really, a tattoo of Pee Wee?

Not to mention, a bizarre twisted cartoon version, of the artist formerly known as Paul Reubens.

Sony HVR-HD1000U MiniDV 1080i High Definition Camcorder

Twenty years ago, back before digital video, they were selling full sized S-VHS camcorders. They cost about the same as a Hi8 camcorder and Hi8 was supposed to be slightly superior in some way, but people still wanted the full-sized camcorders.

I don't know, but, at the time, I figured that a full-sized S-VHS camcorder was an affordable, professional-looking alternative to spending three or four thousand dollars for an actual "prosumer" Hi8 camera.

Now, Sony has a camcorder, an HVR-HD1000U MiniDV 1080i High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom. It sells for about $1,500.

Here's what Sony says about it:

The HVR-HD1000U was created to meet the growing demand from users who are looking for mobility and professional appearance. This camcorder features a shoulder-mount design and black matte body similar to that of professional camcorders; making it perfect for weddings, corporate communications, colleges, universities, and sporting events where appearance makes a difference....

It's a consumer camcorder made to look like a prosumer camcorder. It's for videographers who want to impress their clients.

Well. Seems like a good idea.

Years ago, someone posted on a message board. They were going to make a no-budget slasher movie. But should they use a Hi8 camcorder or a S-VHS camcorder? Other people discussed the relative merits of the two formats. I wisely told him to get S-VHS. A big, giant camcorder would impress the actors.

Video: HVR-HD1000u First Look

Tanushree Dutta Biography

Bollywood Actress Tanushree Dutta Biography

Tanushree Dutta Biography

Tanushree Dutta Biography: Tanushree Dutta, a Bong beauty, won the Miss India contest and is paving her own path in Bollywood.
Life before Miss India-Universe ‘04
Tanushree Dutta is a 1979 born, celebrating her birthday on 19th March. She was born in Jamshedpur, Bihar. Her father Tappan is associated with Life Insurance Corporation of India.
She has a degree in Commerce from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune. She worked in event management at the Oracle Institute before entering the Femina Miss India Contest. She won the crown, besides Miss Confidence and Miss Beautiful Smile and headed off to Ecuador where she took her place among the final ten at the Miss Universe contest. She is yet to get that one breakthrough role.
Show Business
Chocolate was to be Tanushree Dutta’s debut in 2005. However Aashiq Banaya Aapne beat it to the theaters. The movie enjoyed moderate success. She also had a Telugu release Veerabhadra. Apart from a cameo in 36 China Town, she didn’t have any movies in 2006. But had five releases in 2007 – Risk, Good Boy Bad Boy, Raqeeb, Dhol and Speed.
Her only release in 2008, Saas Bahu Aur Sensex did well.

(source)

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.
~ Ingmar Bergman

An artist, in giving a concert, should not demand an entrance fee but should ask the public to pay, just before leaving as much as they like. From the sum he would be able to judge what the world thinks of him - and we would have fewer mediocre concerts.
~ Kit Coleman, Kit Coleman: Queen of Hearts

All art requires courage.
~ Anne Tucker

Film lovers are sick people.
~ Francois Truffaut

Actress Shreya Saran Biography

Actress Shreya Saran(Shriya Saran) Biography

Actress Shreya Saran Biography

Shreya Saran Biography: Shriya Saran’s one of the reigning queens of South Indian cinema, her face transforming from innocence to glamorous with remarkable ease. Language is no barrier to this actress as she continues to take on roles in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and English films.
Simply Shriya
Shriya was born in Dehradun on the 11th of September 1982. Her mother is Neeraja, a school teacher and her father is Pushpendra Saran, working with Bharat Heavy Metal Works. She has an older brother Abhiroop.
Shriya grew up in Ranipur. She studied at the Delhi Public School and acquired a B.A in Literature from Lady Sri Ram College. She is also a Kathak dancer and trained under Shobha Narayan.
She started out as a model, appearing in several commercials like Brookbond, Red Label, Lux and Head & Shoulders. She was also a part of music videos like Tirakthi Kyun Hawa by Reenu Nathan which was shot in Banaras.
Lighting Up The Screens
Shriya broke into movies with a Telugu movie Ishtam in 2001. Though the movie was not a success, the industry noticed her. This was followed by the 2002 film Santosham with Nagarjuna, which did extremely well. The other two films released the same year Nuvve Nuvve and Chennakeshava Reddy also did well. She got the opportunity to work with some of the major stars and came out with several hits like Tagore (2003) and Chatrapati (2005).
Her Tamil films like Ennaku 20 Unnaku 18 in 2003, Mazhai in 2005 were good performers at the box office. In 2007, she starred in Azhagiya Tamil Magan and she was cast opposite Rajnikanth in Shivaji: The Boss that was one of the biggest films ever made in India
Bollywood also has seen a Shriya with Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003), Thoda Hum Badlo Thoda Tum (2004), Awaarapan (2007) and Mission Istanbul (2008).
Up Ahead
Shriya has a mix of Tamil, Hindi and English scheduled to hit the theaters soon like Ek- The Power of One, Kanthaswamy, Jaggubhai, The Other End of the Line and What’s Cooking Stella?

(source)

Anushka Shetty Biography

Actress Anushka Shetty Biography

Actress Anushka Shetty Biography

Anushka Shetty is an actress and yoga instructor, who received acclaim for her role in Arundhati.

Basics on Anushka
Anushka Shetty was born on 7th November 1980 in Mangalore, Karnataka. She is known to her close friends as Sweety.

She is a graduate in computer applications from Mount Carmel College and has also trained in yoga under Bharat Thakur and now takes yoga classes.

Anushka Shetty’s Movies
Anushka Shetty began her acting career in Telugu cinema as Sasha in Super (2005) with Sonu Sood and Nagarjuna. She delivered more hits with Vikramarkudu (2006), Rendu (2006) and Astram (2006).

Lakshyam (2007) did well while Okka Magadu (2008) and Baladoor (2008) failed to do well. She made up for it with Souryam (2008) and Chintakayala Ravi (2008).

Her performance as Arundhati and Jejamma in the supernatural flick Arundhati (2009) earned her good reviews. Billa (2009) in which she acted with Prabhas as Maya became a blockbuster. The year is just beginning for Anushka as she has other releases waiting to hit the theater like Varudu with Mahesh Babu and Singam.

(source)

Leading Oscar Contenders

The Academy awards night is fast approaching and here are some of the leading oscar contenders.

Leading Oscar Contenders:

ANOTHER YEAR (SONY PICTURES CLASSICS, OPENS DEC. 29)

Director: Mike Leigh

Writer: Mike Leigh

Stars: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville

About: A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.

IMDB Link

BLACK SWAN (FOX SEARCHLIGHT, OPENS DEC. 1)

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Writers: Mark Heyman (screenplay), Andres Heinz (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
Stars: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel

About: Darren Aronofsky's follow-up to "The Wrestler." A thriller that zeros in on the relationship between a veteran ballet dancer and a rival.

IMDB Link

THE FIGHTER (PARAMOUNT, OPENS DEC. 10)

Director: David O. Russell
Writers: Scott Silver (screenplay), Paul Tamasy (screenplay), and 4 more credits »
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo

About: David O. Russell's boxing movie is a worthy successor to "Raging Bull," "Rocky" and "Million Dollar Baby." A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s.

IMDB Link

HEREAFTER (WARNER BROS., IN THEATERS)

Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: Peter Morgan
Stars: Matt Damon, Cécile De France and Bryce Dallas Howard 

About: A drama centered on three people -- a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy -- who are touched by death in different ways.

IMDB Link

HOW DO YOU KNOW (SONY, OPENS DEC. 17)

Director: James L. Brooks
Writer: James L. Brooks
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson

About: Feeling a bit past her prime at 27, former athlete Lisa Jorgenson finds herself in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with Lisa's current, baseball-playing beau.

IMDB Link

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (DREAMWORKS ANIMATION, ON DVD)

Directors: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Writers: Cressida Cowell (novel), William Davies (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
Stars: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler and Christopher Mintz-Plasse

About: A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed. 

IMDB Link

INCEPTION (WARNER BROS., ON DVD DEC. 7)

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page

About: In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at redemption which involves executing his toughest job till date, Inception.

IMDB Link

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (FOCUS FEATURES, ON DVD)

Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Writers: Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
Stars: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo

About: Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their birth father into their family life.

IMDB Link

THE KING'S SPEECH (THE WEINSTEIN CO., OPENS NOV. 26)

Director: Tom Hooper
Writer: David Seidler (screenplay)
Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter

About: The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.

IMDB Link

127 HOURS (FOX SEARCHLIGHT, IN THEATERS)

Director: Danny Boyle
Writers: Danny Boyle (screenplay), Simon Beaufoy (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
Stars: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara

About: A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

IMDB Link

SHUTTER ISLAND (PARAMOUNT, ON DVD)

Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Laeta Kalogridis (screenplay), Dennis Lehane (novel)
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer and Mark Ruffalo

About: Drama set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.

IMDB Link

THE SOCIAL NETWORK (SONY, IN THEATERS)
Director: David Fincher
Writers: Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Ben Mezrich (book)
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake
About: A story about the founders of the social-networking website, Facebook.
IMDB Link

THE TOWN (WARNER BROS., IN THEATERS)
Director: Ben Affleck
Writers: Peter Craig (screenplay), Ben Affleck (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
Stars: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall and Jon Hamm
About: As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the FBI agent looking to bring him and his crew down.

IMDB Link

TOY STORY 3 (DISNEY/PIXAR, ON DVD)
Director: Lee Unkrich
Writers: John Lasseter (story), Andrew Stanton (story)
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack
About: The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.

IMDB Link

TRUE GRIT (PARAMOUNT, OPENS DEC. 22)
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Writers: Charles Portis (novel), Joel Coen (screenplay)
Stars: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Hailee Steinfeld 

About: A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer.

IMDB Link

YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER (SONY PICTURES CLASSICS, IN THEATERS)
Director: Woody Allen
Writer: Woody Allen
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts and Josh Brolin 

About: Follows a pair of married couples, Alfie (Hopkins) and Helena (Jones), and their daughter Sally (Watts) and husband Roy (Brolin), as their passions, ambitions, and anxieties lead them into trouble and out of their minds. After Alfie leaves Helena to pursue his lost youth and a free-spirited call girl named Charmaine (Punch), Helena abandons rationality and surrenders her life to the loopy advice of a charlatan fortune teller. Unhappy in her marriage, Sally develops a crush on her handsome art gallery owner boss, Greg (Banderas), while Roy, a novelist nervously awaiting the response to his latest manuscript, becomes moonstruck over Dia (Pinto), a mystery woman who catches his gaze through a nearby window. Written by Sony Pictures Classics
IMDB Link

Source: www.imdb.com ; www.reuters.com