These are a few of my FAV things: Laughter, Hugs & Sunkissed Smiles; Film, music, live concerts, art; the Golden Age of Hollywood; 3D animation, dance (NYC tap, STOMP!), architecture, interior design, wearable art: cool sneakers, specs and t-shirts; cutting-edge global cuisine; fine wines, liquers and wicked martinis; attending film festivals & awards shows. I LOVE to TRAVEL. I have visited many AWESOME places on our planet including: Africa (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana), Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Greece, UK, France (Cannes), Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, the Caribbean Islands, Turks & Caicos Islands, and major cities in the US and Canada ... Trip Advisor Map
SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL
79th Academy Awards® “Achievement in Makeup†Winner Montse Ribe talks about working on Pan’s Labyrinth. The video podcast contains pictures of F/X makeups
from the film, Doug Jones photos, and pics from the 79th Academy Awards®
Pre-events. Montse is the partner of David Marti of DDT Efectos Especiales
AGENTS OF CHANGE:
A & E types passionate about human rights; a global initiative for children's health and poverty; preservation of wildlife; protection of our environment; and world peace.
BONO, BILL CLINTON, ROBERT REDFORD.
Clinton Foundation
Stop Global Warming
LeonardoDiCaprio.org
Christian Butera, a Rwandan Survivor speaks to the crowd gathered at the Annual Holocaust Commemorative Service in Winnipeg, Canada Spring 2007
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
HSUS MySpace Page
HELP PUT AN END TO THE CRUEL, SENSELESS, BARBARIC SLAUGHTER OF HARP SEALS IN CANADA. !!!
HSUS "STOP THE SEAL HUNT" CAMPAIGN PHOTOS
Erasure Concert "Light at the End of the World" Tour 2007. First Avenue, Minneapolis
Erasure Concert Photos 07/27/07
Erasure Concert write-up
Erasure MySpace
Erasure Website
"Somewhere" Remix (Westside Story), Pet Shop Boys
R&B, Soul, BritPop, SynthPop, Dance, Nu-jazz, Alternative. LUTHER VANDROS, ARETHA FRANKLIN, ERASURE, DEPECHE MODE, NEW ORDER, PET SHOP BOYS, SCISSOR SISTERS, GOLDFRAPP, ROISIN MURPHY, LADYTRON, THE PERFECTS, JOHN GARRISON, CORINNE BAILEY RAE, Stephanie Mills, CLASH, CHRIS CORNELL, She Wants Revenge, Seal, MACY GRAY, Jennifer Hudson, Janet Jackson, Joss Stone, ADRIENNE PIERCE, Sara McLachlan, NATASHA KAMINSKY, Amanda Baker, Tania Maria, MADONNA, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Jeffrey Osborne, TONY BENNETT, Dianna Krall, Hil St. Soul, George Benson, Earth Wind & Fire, Seal, JACKSOUL, Jonathan Butler, Braxton Bros., U2, Budapest, Eurythmics, COLD PLAY, Cure, The The, TRENT REZNOR, NIN, Neil Young (from my hometown Winnipeg), KURT COBAIN, Nirvana, IAN THORNLEY, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Psychedelic Furs, Nylons, Retrograde, WINSTON, Norah Jones, John Mayer, STEVIE WONDER, SMOKY ROBINSON, Leela James, Arctic, James Ingram, Herbie Hancock, Kenny G., Patti Labelle, Stephanie Mills, Al Jarreau, Rolling Stones, Jimmy Hendrix, David Sanborn, Patti Austin, Teddy Pendegrass, Keiko Matsui, Queen Latifah, Jackie Shaw, Sheena Grobb, Freddie Jackson, John Legend, Chris Botti, MICHAEL BUBLE, Frank Sinatra, Nat King & Natalie Cole; ANDREA BOCELLI, Kathleen Battle, Placido Domingo; Broadway Show tunes, etc.~~~ SoulfulSmoothJazz.com NY and RadioG.org.
~~~FILM COMPOSERS~~~ Bill Conti (Rocky Balboa), Javier Navarrete (Pan's Labyrinth), Danny Elfman (Charlotte's Web), James Horner, Howard Shore, James Newton Howard, Brian Tyler, Steve Jablonsky, Hans Zimmer
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Amanda Bynes and Cast at HAIRSPRAY SING-A-LONG VERSION OUTDOOR SCREENING and Red Carpet at Sunrise Park, 2008 Palm Springs International Film Festival.
2006 FAVORITE ORIGINAL SCORE, MOTION PICTURE
JAVIER NAVARRETE, Pan's Labyrinth
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2006 FAV MOTION PICTURE: Pan's Labyrinth
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Actor Doug Jones of "Pan's Labyrinth"
79th Academy Awards® "Best Foreign Language Film" Nominees, Press Call
Doug Jones Website
Doug Jones MySpace
CHARLIE ROSE: Awesome conversation about film and friendship with Mexican filmmakers
GUILLERMO DEL TORO (Pan's Labyrinth), ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU (Babel),
and ALFONSO CUARON (Children of Men). Watch the entire episode...
~2006~ PAN'S LABYRINTH, CHILDREN OF MEN, BLOOD DIAMOND, BABEL, BOBBY, VENUS, APOCALYPTO, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, VOLVER, NOTES ON A SCANDAL, THE DEPARTED, THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, HAPPY FEET, DREAMGIRLS, DAVINCI CODE, STRANGER THAN FICTION, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, THE HOLIDAY, CHARLOTTE'S WEB ~ 2006 INDEPENDENT FILMS ~ A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS, AMERICAN GUN, CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN, THANK YOU FOR SMOKING, FRIENDS WITH MONEY, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, FOUR EYED MONSTERS ~~~ Overnight, Crash, The Barbarian Invasions, Capote, Brokeback Mountain, Amelie, March of the Penguins, The Constant Gardener, Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling for Columbine, The Blue Butterfly, Amores Perros, Love Actually, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Being There, East of Euclid, Barbarian Invasions, Crash, It's All Gone Pete Tong, Maelstrom, The Corporation, Spider, Naked Lunch, The Family Stone, Possible Worlds, Safe, Edward Scissorhands, Insomnia, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Sixth Sense, Body Heat, Mulholland Drive, All About My Mother, The Big White, Woman on the Verge, One True Thing, Something's Gotta Give, Mrs. Doubtfire, Terms of Endearment, Ordinary People, Patch Adams, Sophie's Choice, Julia, Annie Hall, Barefoot in the Park, Moscow on the Hudson, When Harry Met Sally, The Bird Cage, Beverly Hills Cop, The Matrix, One Hour Photo, The Island, Free Willy, Felicia's Journey, Blow Out, Race With the Devil, P.S., Jacob the Liar, Magnolia, Boys Don't Cry, Being John Malcovitch, The Shining, Titanic, The Shawshank Redemption, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, As Good As It Gets, All The President's Men, Crimes of Passion, Sleuth, LA Confidential, The Other Side of Midnight, Michael, The Wizard of Oz, Godzilla, King Kong, ET and more ~~~ D I R E C T O R S ~~~ Guillermo del Toro, Pedro Almodovar, David Lynch, Deepa Mehta, Tony Montana, Paul Haggis, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Emelio Estevez, Steven Spielberg, Brian De Palma, Fellini, Robert Altman (RIP), Tim Burton, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorcese, David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, Wim Wenders, Aundre Johnson, Spike Lee, David DeCoteau, Guy Maddin, Danishka Esterhazy, Steven Soderbergh, George Lucas, Robert Redford, Sofia Coppola, Ang Lee, Denys Arcand, James Cameron, Norman Jewison, Vincenzo Natale, David "Sudz" Sutherland
Director of Photography: Guillermo Navarro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army; Night at the Museum). The wonderful song used in this ad is "Boum" by Charles Trénet, recorded in 1937.
Brothers & Sisters, Grey's Anatomy, Nip/Tuck and SNL.
I've chosen the environmentally friendly digital approach to reading (no trees are cut down, no manufacturing pollutants, no paper to recycle). 99% of my reading is done online...Variety, Screen Daily, Daily Candy, etc.
Love is stronger than death: In loving memory of my Mom and Dad. Bill Clinton, Bono, Martin Luther King, JFK, Nelson Mandella, Richard Branson, Oprah, Al Gore, Paul Haggis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Moore, George Clooney, Morgan Freeman, Robert Redford, Lance Armstrong, Erin Brockovich, and Nancy Chuda to name a few.
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The 2006 Clinton Global Initiative focuses on the issues of energy and climate change, global health, poverty alleviation, and mitigating religious and ethnic conflict. Clinton Foundation