Explore The "Quantified Self" Revolution with Jason Silva

"We will measure everything... and feed that information back into the system."

The Quantified Self Revolution. You've heard the buzz term, but it's the idea that as we extend computation into everything, and as we extend sensors into everything, we're increasingly extending those sensors into ourselves - creating a data rich, always on stream of information about our biological functioning.

Join Jason Silva every week as he freestyles his way into the complex systems of society, technology and human existence and discusses the truth and beauty of science in a form of existential jazz. New episodes every Tuesday.

Genesis "L'Odyssée de la Vie"

From a fertilized egg to a baby in 3d

JASON SILVA: Biology is software that builds its own hardware. Software we can upgrade. Genetics and biotech have made "LIFE" our new canvas.

Biology is software that builds its own hardware. Software we can upgrade. Genetics and biotech have made "LIFE" our new canvas.
Posted by Jason Silva on Thursday, November 5, 2015

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Diotima’s Ladder: From Lust to Morality (narrated by Harry Shearer)

The Myth of the Missing Half (Narrated by Aidan Turner)

Plato's Philosopher Kings (Narrated by Aidan Turner)

The Antikythera Mechanism (Narrated by Gillian Anderson)

SONDERKOMMANDO: "Do you remember Salonica?"

YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE: ARTEMIS P. SIMOPOULOS, AUTHOR OF THE OMEGA DIET, ON HOW THE HIPPOCRATES PRINCIPLES CAN HELP YOU LIVE BETTER

YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE:AN ENDORSEMENT BY THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF THE OMEGA DIET

APRIL 15 IS INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. REMEMBERING THE MARTYRS AND THE HEROES OF THE HOLOCAUST.

Part 1: The Sonderkommando revolt

By Dimitri Vorris

...One action will stand out alongside the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and that is the Revolt of the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz-Birkenau on October 7, 1944. This was an uprising in which Sephardi and Greeks Jews both helped plan and execute and left a memorable list of heroes and martyrs to posterity. Their victory was dual: it was a psychological victory over the Nazis who now feared the Jews in the camps and hastened their declining confidence in winning or even surviving the war and secondly, they died as free men in the tradition of Greek noble death, an outcome that has become part of western tradition, namely to fight against all odds until the very end and deny the enemy the opportunity to loot and gloat.

Feature film project "Sonderkommando", depicts one of the most heroic pages of humankind history.  The world forgets not only that Sephardic Jewry suffered during the Holocaust too, but that Jews were brave enough to revolt and fight under the most hopeless circumstances. These historical events have striking similarities with Leonidas and the 300 Spartans fighting the Battle at Thermopylae. The major difference is that, in this film, you don’t have an elite army fighting an Empire, but imprisoned, entrapped, everyday people in a death camp. They are hungry, tortured, abused, sick, ailing, armed only with an ingenious plot and self-made guns and explosives. Against the Empire of the Third Reich. They are performing the ultimate sacrifice for their fellow man and woman. 

 "Sonderkommando" is a film about the riots at the death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is based on real historical  events.  “Sonderkommando” depicts a story that has never before been told cinematically—that of the Sonderkommando uprising at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, in which 300 Jewish prisoners (men and women) plotted to overthrow the SS and blow up the camp’s crematoria.  The Sonderkommando were camp prisoners who were forced to aid their Nazi tormentors in the process of killing fellow prisoners (cremating the bodies etc.) Every four months most of them were gassed down by the Nazis in order to eliminate eyewitness testimonies later.

 I feel very strongly that this film needs to be made and the story of the Sephardic Jewish plight needs to be told.  The Sonderkommando revolt was a shining moment in WWII and Jewish history and the time is ripe to alert the world as to who these people are, why their history is so unique and important and why their dead must be remembered and their living must thrive. Anti-semitism is on the rise. The world remains unaware.

"SONDERKOMMANDO" ARTIST'S RENDERING DRAFT POSTER

"YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE" PHOTOS

Four women. A major challenge. A life-changing journey.

"YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE" STARTS FILMING IN SPRING

YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE MOOD VIDEO 2 DIMITRI VORRIS from DIMITRI VORRIS on Vimeo.

 

A heartfelt screenplay about finding the courage to change and fall in love again after life 

(and others) had let you down...

YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE MOOD VIDEO 2 DIMITRI VORRIS from DIMITRI VORRIS on Vimeo.

LEGENDARY EDITOR JERRY GREENBERG HONORED WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AT EDDIE AWARDS

Jerry Greenberg was honored last night with a Lifetime Career Achievement Award at the 65th annual American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards. Deadline's Ross A. Lincoln and Erik Pedersen report that "Carol Littleton presented Greenberg with his career nod. The Oscar-winning editor of The French Connection has a résumé of required viewing spanning decades, but watching his tribute reel tonight, it stuck out that, if editing is the most important part of completing a film, he is one of the most quantifiably influential people in the past 40 years. Not only on film, but given his work on Scarface, the man is partly responsible for an enormous amount of hip-hop. Greenberg was double Oscar nominee in 1980 for Apocalypse Now and Kramer Vs. Kramer, and his dozens of editing credits also include The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three, The Untouchables, Christmas Vacation, American History X and Get Carter."

Aside from Scarface and The Untouchables, Greenberg worked with De Palma on Dressed To Kill, Body Double, Wise Guys, and the music video for Bruce Springsteen's Dancing In The Dark. In Susan Dworkin's 1984 book Double De Palma, De Palma said of Greenberg, "I can just talk to him on the phone, and he'll know exactly what I want. And can even do it better."
According to the bio on the ACE press release, Greenberg "began his career in his native New York in 1960 where he learned how to edit music and began familiarizing himself with the Moviola, splicers, synchronizers and recorders. He was ready for his big break and he got it when he was offered an apprenticing job for the legendary Dede Allen on Elia Kazan’s America America. By 1967, Greenberg and Allen were working closely together and on Bonnie and Clyde, Greenberg was given the task of editing a couple of the shootout scenes and worked closely with Allen and director Arthur Penn on them. Not soon after, his career was off and running. He cut his first solo feature Bye Bye Braverman for director Sidney Lumet in 1971 and won the Oscar® and BAFTA for editing William Friedkin’s The French Connection a year later. The infamous car chase from that film has been dissected and taught at film schools ever since."
http://www.angelfire.com/de/palma/blog/

Media Misinformation On Greece Misleads the World

FORBES/By Frances Coppola

The amount of misinformation about the new Greek government being spread by the world’s media beggars belief.
On Friday, Greek financial minister Yanis Varoufakis supposedly refused to cooperate with the “Troika” of IMF , ECB and European Commission. What he actually did was refuse to cooperate with the overseers put in place by those three institutions to enforce their austerity program, which is progressively destroying the Greek economy.
Also on Friday, the Greek government’s refusal to accept further bailout loans was widely interpreted as an intention to default on its debts. This is an unwarranted assumption. Greece does not want to accept more bailout loans, because they are counterproductive for an insolvent country. But it wants to renegotiate its debts, not default on them.
Now we are told that Syriza is backtracking on its “initial defiance”. In an exclusive, Bloomberg reported that Alexis Tsipras, the Greek Prime Minister, had sent an email in which he committed Greece to paying its debts to the IMF and ECB:

Greece will repay its debts to the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund and reach a deal “soon” with the euro-area nations that funded most of the country’s financial rescue, Tsipras said in a statement e-mailed to Bloomberg News on Saturday.
“The deliberation with our European partners has just begun,” Tsipras said. “Despite the fact that there are differences in perspective, I am absolutely confident that we will soon manage to reach a mutually beneficial agreement, both for Greece and for Europe as a whole.”

The world breathed a collective sigh of relief. Syriza had seen the error of its ways, the Troika had regained the upper hand and all was well with the world.

READ MORE

http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2015/02/01/media-misinformation-on-greece-misleads-european-leaders/

ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

Best Picture
"American Sniper"
"Birdman"
"Boyhood"
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Selma"
"The Theory of Everything"
"Whiplash"

Best Director
Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman"
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher”
Morten Tyldum, "The Imitation Game"
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, “Two Days, One Night”
Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"
Best Actor
Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
Laura Dern, “Wild”
Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
Emma Stone, "Birdman"
Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
Edward Norton, "Birdman"
Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”
Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash"
Jason Hall, “American Sniper”
Anthony McCarten, "The Theory of Everything"
Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game"
Best Original Screenplay
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye, "Foxcatcher"
Dan Gilroy, "Nightcrawler"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, "Birdman"
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Best Foreign Language Film
"Leviathan"
"Ida"
"Tangerines"
“Timbuktu”
"Wild Tales"
Best Documentary Feature
"CITIZENFOUR"
“Finding Vivian Maier”
"Last Days in Vietnam"
“The Salt in the Earth”
"Virunga”

 MORE NOMINATIONS
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/15/oscar-nominations-2015_n_6473542.html 

#JeSuisCharlie

#‎JeSuisCharlie‬
Albert Uderzo, came out of retirement, and published two images in France, and shared both with the official "Asterix" Twitter account, making a statement to fans and non fans: "Moi aussi je suis un Charlie" (Me too I am Charlie). It looks like comic book creators have fallen asleep in Hollywood.

EΡΧΟΜΑΣΤΕ!

ΣΥΝΤΟΜΑ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΟΓΡΑΦΟΥΣ!

"....Ανεξάρτητη παραγωγή, χειροποίητη και γυρισμένη με πραγματικό αγώνα από τη πλευρά του δημιουργού της, Η Εξέγερση του Δεκέμβρη,
έρχεται να μας θυμίσει την ζωή που δεν ζήσαμε, τον αγώνα που δεν δώσαμε και τους λόγους που φτάσαμε ως εδώ, με σκυμμένο κεφάλι και ταπεινωμένες ζωές..."
Xρυσοστομάκης Λακταρίδης, DOCTV.GR

H EΞΕΓΕΡΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΗ (DECEMBER RIOTS) Clip 1 "Λένε ότι η ζωή είναι ωραία!"

“... Independent production, handmade and filmed with many fights on the side of its creator, December Riots,
comes to remind us the life we never lived, the fight we never fought and the reasons we got here, with bowed heads and humiliated lives ... "
Chrisostomakis Laktaridis

...Ενας αθώος και ανυπεράσπιστος 15χρονος μαθητής πέφτει νεκρός από τα δολοφονικά πυρά ενός αστυνομικού​. ​Εφτά εγκλωβισμένοι σε ένα υπόγειο σινεμά τέχνης φοβούνται να βγούν έξω στην σκληρή πραγματικότητα. Η εξέγερση του Δεκέμβρη αρχίζει!
Η ταινία Η ΕΞΕΓΕΡΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΗ είναι μια πραγματικά ανεξάρτητη παραγωγή, χωρίς τη χρηματοδότηση και την υποστήριξη κανενός Κέντρου και ...παράκεντρου. Περιγράφει τις ημέρες της εξέγερσης του 2008 και τα γεγονότα που ακολούθησαν ενώ σε παράλληλη δράση παρακολουθεί τις αγωνιώδεις συγκρούσεις ανάμεσα σε εφτά χαρακτήρες εγκλωβισμένους σε έναν υπόγειο κινηματογράφο. Το μόνο κοινό που τους ενώνει είναι o φόβος τους και η άρνηση τους να αντιμετωπίσουν και να αλλάξουν την πραγματικότητα. Κατά τα άλλα τους χωρίζουν έριδες, μικρότητες, συνωμοσίες, μίση και πάθη. (Οπως την συντριπτική πλειοψηφία των Ελλήνων).
Σενάριο-σκηνοθεσία: Δημήτρης Βόρρης.
Cast: Λουκία Λαιμού, Αβραάμ Παπαδόπουλος, Μαρία Φλωράτου, Βίβιαν Ιωάννου, Κώστας Ανταλόπουλος, Νίκος Γιαννίκας, Αρης Παπάς, Νάσος Παπάς, Aris Athan, Michael Angels, Louise Rheas, Duncan Skinner, Χριστίνα Μάνη (αφηγήτρια).
Edited clip posted for demo purposes only.

Feature film «DECEMBER RIOTS» Depicting Riots and Turmoil in Europe...
TIME magazine readers voted protesters—from Occupy Wall Street to the violent streets of Athens—as Person Of The Year and “DECEMBER RIOTS,” written, produced and directed by Dimitri Vorris, depicts exactly that.
The film's epicenter is the cold-blooded execution of 15 year-old student Alexander Gregoropoulos by two policemen in a downtown Athens café on December 6, 2008. "December Riots," is a film about the Gregoropoulos killing, an incident that sparked riots in over seventy cities and twenty-two countries worldwide including the USA. The independently financed, claustrophobic thriller, focuses on a group of Europeans and Americans trapped in an art-house movie theater in downtown Athens during the 2008 riots.
#DecemberRiots #indie #feature #comingsoon #December4 #premiere #Greeceburns4allofus

DECEMBER RIOTS: GREECE BURNS 4 ALL OF US

#DecemberRiots #indie #feature #comingsoon #December4 #Greeceburns4allofus

“... Independent production, handmade and filmed with many fights on the side of its creator, December Riots,
comes to remind us the life we never lived, the fight we never fought and the reasons we got here, with bowed heads and humiliated lives ... "
Chrisostomakis Laktaridis

 TIME magazine readers voted protesters—from Occupy Wall Street to the violent streets of Athens—as Person Of The Year and “DECEMBER RIOTS,” written, produced and directed by Dimitri Vorris, depicts exactly that.

The film's epicenter is the cold-blooded execution of 15 year-old student Alexander Gregoropoulos by two policemen in a downtown Athens café on December 6, 2008. "December Riots," is a film about the Gregoropoulos killing, an incident that sparked riots in over seventy cities and twenty-two countries worldwide including the USA. The independently financed, claustrophobic thriller, focuses on a group of Europeans and Americans trapped in an art-house movie theater in downtown Athens during the 2008 riots.

...Ενας 15χρονος μαθητής πέφτει νεκρός από τα δολοφονικά πυρά ενός αστυνομικού​ ​Εφτά εγκλωβισμένοι σε ένα υπόγειο σινεμά τέχνης που φοβούνται να βγούν έξω στην σκληρή πραγματικότητα. Η εξέγερση του Δεκέμβρη αρχίζει!

Η ταινία Η ΕΞΕΓΕΡΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΗ είναι μια πραγματικά ανεξάρτητη παραγωγή, χωρίς τη χρηματοδότηση και την υποστήριξη κανενός Κέντρου και ...παράκεντρου. Περιγράφει τις ημέρες της εξέγερσης του 2008 και τα γεγονότα που ακολούθησαν ενώ σε παράλληλη δράση παρακολουθεί τις αγωνιώδεις συγκρούσεις ανάμεσα σε εφτά χαρακτήρες εγκλωβισμένους σε έναν υπόγειο κινηματογράφο. Το μόνο κοινό που τους ενώνει είναι o φόβος τους και η άρνηση τους να αντιμετωπίσουν και να αλλάξουν την πραγματικότητα. Κατά τα άλλα τους χωρίζουν έριδες, μικρότητες, συνωμοσίες, μίση και πάθη. (Οπως την συντριπτική πλειοψηφία των Ελλήνων).

YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE mood video

...Through the voices of these four women in the film, we begin to understand the complexity of the everyday challenges and the relationship issues they are facing (one out of eight women in USA is going to face the challenge of breast cancer). And hopefully, we can transform ourselves, alter our perspectives, and, ultimately, change our own complicated and distorted relationships and attitudes towards breast-cancer patients.

The mood, pace and overall tone of the film is unique since it is elevated far above the drama of the four leading female characters. They are searching for the light in the end of the tunnel. They remain optimistic and humorous even in the worst of circumstances and challenges they are facing. Life goes on and you have to rise above adversities and obstacles. You have to re-invent yourself.

A heartfelt screenplay about finding the courage to change and fall in love again after life (and others) had let you down...

THE GREEK SECRET VIDEO: "PHILOTIMO"

Leading Greek-Americans Explain Why Hellenic Excellence Throughout History May Result From The Uniquely Greek Word “Philotimo” 

Arianna Huffington, George Stephanopoulos, Bob Costas and Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America Demetrios are among the nationally-known Greek-Americans who appear in video titled The Greek Secret produced by the Washington Oxi Day Foundation. The video suggests that the secret to extraordinary Hellenic excellence -- personally and as a people -- may spring from the uniquely Greek word philotimo. 

This video features interviews with 29 leading Hellenes who each share their definition of a concept that only the Greek language has one word to describe: philotimo. Those interviewed defined philotimo as not only the "love of honor" but also as finding pleasure in sacrificing for: the good of others; doing the right thing; improving themselves and their families; and seeking to achieve respect and love from others. 

"While it has not been released to the public until now, we gave a small number of Foundation supporters a sneak peek at this video over the weekend. It has already received over 10,000 views. Our prediction that this video can be transformational for our community and may help the Greek brand may be coming true," said Oxi Day Foundation Founder and President, Andrew Manatos. 

The Foundation and many of those interviewed believe that "philotimo" may in great part explain the Greeks' spectacular achievements throughout history, as well as their close family and community relationships. The video highlights such Hellenic achievements as: the miraculous leap forward that the ancient Greeks brought to humankind’s standard of living and freedom; Greece being identified by America, Great Britain and Russia as the only other country essential to the defeat of Hitler; the Greeks’ unsurpassed response to the Holocaust; and Hellenes alone in America's 20th century rising from universal, uneducated poverty to ranking among the top in education and income. 

PUSSY RIOT ON THE "COLBERT REPORT":"WE HAD TWO YEARS OF PRACTICE HIDING THINGS FROM SEARCHES"...

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By SAMANTHA ROLLINS

Masha Alyokhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova, the two recently freed members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot, made their first talk show appearance on last night's episode of The Colbert Report. Speaking through a translator, the two gamely joked with Colbert about Vladimir Putin, and their time in jail. When Colbert teased that Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova would be searched before leaving the building, Tolokonnikova didn't miss a beat: "We've had two years of practice hiding things from searches," she said (...)
Watch more:
http://theweek.com/article/index/255988/watch-pussy-riot-needle-putin-on-the-colbert-report

WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA: 2014 WINNERS AND NOMINEES

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Her, Written by Spike Jonze; Warner Bros. (WINNER)
American Hustle, Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell; Columbia Pictures
Blue Jasmine, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Classics
Dallas Buyers Club, Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack; Focus Features
Nebraska, Written by Bob Nelson; Paramount Pictures

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Captain Phillips, Screenplay by Billy Ray; Based on the book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty; Columbia Pictures (WINNER)
August: Osage County, Screenplay by Tracy Letts; Based on his play; The Weinstein Company
Before Midnight, Written by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; Based on characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan; Sony Classics
Lone Survivor, Written by Peter Berg; Based on the book by Marcus Lutrell with Patrick Robinson; Universal Pictures
The Wolf of Wall Street, Screenplay by Terence Winter; Based on the book by Jordan Belfort; Paramount Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Stories We Tell, Written by Sarah Polley; Roadside Attractions (WINNER)
Dirty Wars, Written by Jeremy Scahill & David Riker; Sundance Selects
Herblock – The Black & The White, Written by Sara Lukinson & Michael Stevens;The Stevens Company
No Place on Earth, Written by Janet Tobias & Paul Laikin; Magnolia Pictures
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks; Written by Alex Gibney; Focus Features

STORY: Complete Guide to TV Premiere Dates 2014

DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad (WINNER)
The Good Wife
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men

COMEDY SERIES
Veep (WINNER)
30 Rock
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Orange Is the New Black

DAYTIME DRAMA

Days of Our Lives (WINNER)
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless

NEW SERIES
House of Cards (WINNER)
The Americans
Masters of Sex
Orange is the New Black
Ray Donovan

COMEDY / VARIETY(INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES
The Colbert Report (WINNER)
Conan
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live

ANIMATION
“A Test Before Trying” (The Simpsons), Written by Joel H. Cohen; Fox (WINNER)
“Game of Tones” (Futurama), Written by Michael Rowe; Comedy Central
“Hardly Kirk-ing” (The Simpsons), Written by Tom Gammill & Max Pross; Fox
“Murder on the Planet Express” (Futurama), Written by Lew Morton; Comedy Central
“Saturday Morning Fun Pit” (Futurama), Written by Patric M. Verrone; Comedy Central
“Yolo” (The Simpsons), Written by Michael Nobori; Fox

EPISODIC COMEDY

“Hogcock!” (30 Rock), Written by Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock; NBC (WINNER)
“Career Day” (Modern Family), Written by Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh; ABC
“Farm Strong” (Modern Family), Written by Elaine Ko; ABC
“Lesbian Request Denied” (Orange Is the New Black), Written by Sian Heder; Netflix
“Leslie and Ben” (Parks and Recreation), Written by Michael Schur & Alan Yang; NBC
“Pilot” (Orange Is the New Black), Teleplay by Liz Friedman and Jenji Kohan; Netflix

PHOTOS: Golden Globes 2014: Red-Carpet Arrivals 

EPISODIC DRAMA

“Confessions” (Breaking Bad), Written by Gennifer Hutchison; AMC (WINNER)
“Buried” (Breaking Bad), Written by Thomas Schnauz; AMC
“Episode 101” (House of Cards), Teleplay by Beau Willimon; Netflix
“Granite State” (Breaking Bad), Written by Peter Gould; AMC
“Hitting the Fan” (The Good Wife), Written by Robert King & Michelle King; CBS
“Pilot” (Masters of Sex), Written by Michelle Ashford; Showtime

COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS
Blake Shelton’s Not So Family Christmas (WINNER)

More winners and nominees:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wga-awards-2014-winners-676344?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_breakingnews&utm_campaign=THR%20Breaking%20News_now_acouch

THE RAID 2: BERANDAL Official Trailer #1 (2014)

FORENSICS REVEAL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MURDER IN COLD BLOOD OF STUDENT ALEXANDROS GREGOROPOULOS

DECEMBER RIOTS CLIP from DIMITRI VORRIS on Vimeo.

Footage from my feature film "DECEMBER RIOTS" about the murder of 15 year-old student Alexandros Gregoropoulos by two policemen and the riots that followed his execution on December 6, 2008 just a few blocks away from my office.. Unarmed, and not dangerous, Alexandros was murdered by two policemen while sitting at a downtown cafe. In cold blood..... Gregropoulos, the innocent victim of police brutality, became an instant martyr for his generation.

MATT TAIBI: ANOTHER BATCH OF WALL STREET VILLAINS FREED ON TECHNICALITY DURING THANKSGIVING

I love covering trials, which is one reason I've been a little sad since switching over to the Wall Street beat: Few of the bad guys in this world ever even get interviewed by the authorities, much less indicted, so trials are comically rare.

But we did have one last year, a big one, and though it was boring and jargon-laden enough on the surface that at least one juror fought sleep in its opening days, I thought it was fascinating. In a story about the Justice Department's Spring 2012 prosecution of a wide-raging municipal bond bid-rigging case, I called it the "first trial of the modern American mafia":

"Of course, you won't hear about the recent financial corruption case, United States of America v. Carollo, Goldberg and Grimm, called anything like that . . . But this just completed trial in downtown New York . . . allowed federal prosecutors to make public for the first time the astonishing inner workings of the reigning American crime syndicate, which now operates not out of Little Italy and Las Vegas, but out of Wall Street."

Dominick Carollo, Steven Goldberg and Peter Grimm were mid-level players who worked for GE Capital. They were involved in a wide-ranging scheme (one that also involved most of America's biggest banks, from Chase to BOA to Wachovia) to skim billions of dollars from America's cities and towns by rigging the auctions banks set up to help towns earn the highest returns on the management of municipal bond issues.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/another-batch-of-wall-street-villains-freed-on-technicality-20131204#ixzz2mdgLwILp 
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"LEVIATHAN" DOC TRAILER FROM HARVARD SENSORY ETHNOGRAPHIC LAB