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Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase

Hakuna Matata! Ain’t no passing craze

It means no worries for the rest of your days

It’s our problem-free philosophy

Hakuna Matata!

It seems like The Lion King is really coming to life. After Mufasa and Simba in the last post here’s a picture of real life Timon and Pumba!

Beautiful picture reminiscing the movie The Lion King where Mufasa tells his son Simba while standing on the edge of Pride Rock that everything the light touches is our kingdom.

In 1951, a biopsy was performed on Henrietta Lacks as part of her treatment for cervical cancer. Henrietta died a few months later, but cells collected during the biopsy are being used for research study today.

Click on the image for a closer look.

Wired put together this graphic tracing the history of the HeLa cell line—Henrietta’s cells- to show how it has nudged along biological research through the years. The cell line is known as an “immortal line” due to its ability to survive and proliferate indefinitely, and this is exactly why it is so significant for research. I only wish this woman could’ve known that part of her would live on to make a such a difference. [Wired and Wikipedia]

News came today that Sony offered (500) Days of Summer director, Marc Webb, to direct the next three Spider-Man movies. As we all know, the franchise will get a reboot after Sam Raimi left the franchise recently after disagreements with Sony on the story of the next movie. The new rebooted movie will take a closer look at Peter Parker’s personal life while the setting will see him back in high school.

Written by James Vanderbilt, Webb will work closely with producers Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin in developing the project, which will begin production later this year.

Commenting on the announcement, Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Matt Tolmach, president of Columbia Pictures, said, “At its core, Spider-Man is a small, intimate human story about an everyday teenager that takes place in an epic super-human world. The key for us as we sought a new director was to identify filmmakers who could give sharp focus to Peter Parker’s life. We wanted someone who could capture the awe of being in Peter’s shoes so the audience could experience his sense of discovery while giving real heart to the emotion, anxiety, and recklessness of that age and coupling all of that with the adrenaline of Spider-Man’s adventure. We believe Marc Webb is the perfect choice to bring us on that journey.”

Sony’s appeal in Webb is also financial as he’s much cheaper than the old Spider-Man crew. The deal just now being sewn up calls for Webb to be paid roughly $10 million for the first film, with substantial bonuses built in if the picture reaches certain box-office milestones. This is a big savings from how his predecessor Sam Raimi was compensated. Unlike the now-departed Raimi, Webb won’t be getting paid a percentage of the films’ grosses. Compare that to Spider-Man 4, for which Raimi and star Tobey Maguire were expected to claim more than 25 percent of the gross.

Marc Webb’s most recent movie, (500) Days of Summer was a critical and commercial success. The film’s reception in the American press was overwhelmingly positive. During it’s opening weekend in the US, the film grossed twenty seven times its original budget cost. Talks of bringing “(500) Days” star Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Peter Parker have already starting making the rounds on the internet.

The fourth installment is set for a summer 2012 release.

Recently, lib dubs made by students of different universities are hitting YouTube. The most popular one being the UQAM (University of Quebec in Montreal) lib dub of “I got a feeling” of the Black Eyed Peas created by 172 communication students.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zcOFN_VBVo

Another lib dub from Montreal was created by the students of the Law Faculty of the University of Montreal using “Pretty Fly” of Offspring.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5cJDBGR-14

But Montreal universities aren’t the only ones creating lib dubs. The french graduate school of management, ESSCA, created a lib dub based on the Grease movie soundtrack.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw7t4f-ZV3E

Hundreds of lip dubs can be found on sites like YouTube. Even the HR director were I work wants to do one for the office Christmas party!

What do you guys think of lip dubs? Are they here to stay?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwSci4UCHI0

For those still wondering, the guy is hanging out of the back window

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W06k415gGCw

I’m on vacation and I felt like testing my new Flip MinoHD so I went around and filmed what I was doing.

In order of appearence at the Francofolies:
- Paul Cargnello
- Ariel
- Yelo Molo

I couldn’t believe I saw the Stanley Cup. I was so excited!!

For those wondering what a Flip MinoHD is, here’s a picture:

The Flip MinoHD is a small portable camcorder able to record videos in 720p high definition. It has 4GB of internal memory and can record around 60 minutes of footage. I bought it because it’s small enough to fit in my pocket and I can bring it everywhere I go.

I was quick enough to film it too!

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