Tuesday Jul 15 | Digital Video
Using Power Matte: Rotoscoping Unmasked
Rotoscoping is one of the tedious necessities of many visual effects today. Any time a CGI element is placed in a live scene and an actor walks in front of it, a mask or matte must be created to overlay the ...
Austin filmmakers move to Louisiana, New Mexico
"We're rolling," said the booming baritone voice. "Action!" In a dark back room of the Actor's CafA© in Shreveport, La., Hollywood veteran Greg Alan Williams is giving acting lessons.
Richard Belzer and Steve Schirripa return as guest judges, and Bill Bellamy hosts.
Kate Bosworth Is Glamourously Grounded
The actress has a lot going for her right now: Adorable boyfriend? Check . Recent hit movie? Check .
"I was looking at old photos of Aretha," the star has said. "She's not overdone - 'she's just hot." 2000: Ripple effect.
Remember the Titans - Denzel Washington stars as a football coach grappling with racial prejudice among his players and staff - and a whole town - in this true story set in 1971 Virginia, when court-ordered ... via Philly.com
Feature film shot in Edenton returns for premier, celebration
“I knew that I wanted to go there to make a movie some day, and over the next four years, I began working hard to make that a reality”
The town of Edenton has always been known for its historical, cultural, and aesthetic values, but in the town's 296 years of existence, these stunning attributes have never gone so far as to inspire a movie, ... via Daily Advance
True story '21' hits jackpot on the big screen
“What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.”
Issue date: 4/10/08 Section: Intermission In this continuing trend of movie directors trying to make slapstick comedies about true classic movies, "21" took a left at the stoplight, and screamed down the ... via University Chronicle
Princess Ka'iulani Film Causing Stir
“The grade-C movie being filmed at Iolani Palace should properly describe what it is, an inaccurate and insensitive depiction, an extension of the treatment of others towards the host culture at the expense of the treatment of each of us taxpayers.”
A poster mock-up with the film's former controversial title From its controversial titles to its non-Hawaiian star to its use of Iolani Palace, the $9 million Princess Ka'iulani film that's being produced by ... via Hawaii Film Office Blog
“It's so weird how life works out”
"I'd rather see somebody wearing too little makeup than too much," Kate Bosworth has said and it's no wonder. via InStyle
“I think that people look at me as just another one of those girls who's going to screw up, like: 'She's going to get into drugs, and she's going to get into the parties'.”
Celebrities only make the headlines when they are arrested says Heroes star Hayden Panettiere. via XtraMSN Real Estate
The untruths behind Remember the Titans endure.
“It's like people in the city don't care about the truth anymore”
Barack Obama held a town-hall meeting at the T.C. Williams High School field house just before the recent Virginia primary. via City Paper
Network television is a frustrating entity filled with both endless promise and dull, cookie-cutter disasters. via DigitallyOBSESSED.com
CLICK HERE to see larger Photo by M.E. Sprengelmeyer If Virginia is Tuesday's big battlefield, then this is one of Sen. via Rocky Mountain News
Obama: Clinton Divides America
“Democrats win when we unite America”
At a town hall over the weekend, at the high school that inspired the Denzel Washington vehicle "Remember the Titans" -- TC Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia -- Sen. via TheBlueSheet
Forget the Whales, What About Us Humans?
“Would you be willing to quit your Hollywood job to pursue your passion for saving the whales?”
Whales: Love them, or hate them? Few issues are more divisive than that of saving the whales. via The Hoya
Reality lives up to movie in story of racial healing
“No, Sunshine (player Ronnie Bass) didn't kiss Gary Bertier. No, we didn't run through a swamp to get to Gettysburg. We got there at 8 o'clock at night on a bus.”
If you're like the rest of the couch-potato world, you've seen the film Remember the Titans . via Winston-Salem Journal
If you took the time to read one of the flyers posted in Red Square, and then really turned the description of the event over in your mind for a few moments, you would have sworn it was a joke. via The Hoya
Hayden Panettiere Cheers Again
What is it about Hayden Panettiere and cheerleading uniforms? That was a rhetorical question, pervs. via Zap2it.com
Constant Viewer Mini-Reviews: The Great Debaters, P.S. I Love You, The Bucket List & Juno
Perhaps it isn't entirely fair to dismiss The Great Debaters as a remake of Remember the Titans by way of Stand And Deliver . via Positive Liberty