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Friday, May 4, 2012
Emotion Is Reversed in the Brains of Left Handers [Science]
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'Saturday Night Live' Will Have 'Some' Cast Changes
'I'd like everyone to stay,' Lorne Michaels says, addressing rumors that Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis are leaving the show.
By Jocelyn Vena
Kristen Wiig and Darrell Hammond on "Saturday Night Live"
Photo: NBC
Last month, there were rumors that "Saturday Night Live" standouts Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis might not be back for another season of the late-night staple. Wiig teased her possible exit in an interview with Alec Baldwin, while Samberg and Sudeikis have remained tight-lipped on their rumored departures.
On Wednesday, during a conference call about this weekend's Eli Manning/ Rihanna episode, the show's boss, Lorne Michaels, confirmed there would be some cast shakeups next season but didn't specify how they would take shape.
"I'm not really certain myself," he told reporters when asked whether there would be any exits. "I know there will be some, but it's just sort of the nature of the way we work that no one kind of talks about it until the season's done. Needless to say, I'd like everyone to stay. Did that avoid that question successfully?"
While he didn't want to fully commit to commenting on the future of the three actors on "SNL," he did share that fresh meat would be brought in to liven up the cast for next season. "Every summer, we go out and make the rounds of Chicago and L.A. and New York and various other places where people do this kind of work, and invariably that leads to somebody joining [the cast]," he teased. "The show has always been about bringing new people in."
With the season nearing an end, fans might not have to wait much longer to find out who will stay and who will go. But before any announcements are made, it seems the show has plans for this season to wrap with a bang. Per the show's Twitter page, Will Ferrell and Usher will be on hand for the May 11 episode and Mick "Moves Like" Jagger will pull double-duty on the May 19 season finale.
Who do you hope sticks around for another season? Let us know in the comments!
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
New 'Amazing Spider-Man' Trailer: Five Key Scenes
We take a closer look at the latest action-packed sneak peek.
By Kara Warner
Andrew Garfield in "The Amazing Spider-Man"
Photo: Columbia Pictures
Holy web-slingers, Spidey fans: Another trailer for "The Amazing Spider-Man" has arrived!
While there are several familiar scenes from the first two epic teasers weaved into this exciting new two-and-a-half minutes, director Marc Webb has introduced a bunch of intriguing new elements into the new footage.
Here are five key scenes from the latest trailer:
Lonely Boy
Webb told us previously that the fact that Peter Parker is an orphan will play heavily into the story of this film, which is very much exemplified by the multiple "lonely boy" shots of Parker standing atop various buildings or walking by himself through the city streets with a forlorn look on his face. Not to mention Andrew Garfield's voice-over: "This life is not an easy one. I've made enemies, powerful enemies. I've put people I love in danger, but the one thing that has haunted me my entire life is finding the truth about my parents ... "
"I think there's a real emotional consequence to someone who's left by their parents when they're 7 or 8 years old," Webb has said. "And that contributes to sort of this trickster, chip-on-his-shoulder attitude."
Other Mischief May Come
Speaking of Parker's trickster side, we get another glimpse of his comedic and sarcastic sensibilities during his encounter with a carjacker, as shown in the previous trailer. What's new and fun this time around is Parker taunting the guy: "You found my weakness!" Parker says to the carjacker sarcastically. "It's small knives!"
The other intriguing and very possibly mischievous element in play here is the quick shot we see of Parker looking up at the impossibly tall and menacing Oscorp skyscraper. Yes, we know Parker is interested in the building because of its ties to his father and that Oscorp ID card he holds onto, but we can't help but feel a little bit of foreshadowing is at play in knowing what plays out with one Norman Osborn.
Lizard in a Lab Coat
Behold, the recently transformed, very dangerous-looking Lizard crumpled on the floor and bursting out of his lab coat — or the lab coat of his former self, Dr. Curt Connors (played by Rhys Ifans). We've seen some very quick shots of the film's central villain before, but this trailer offers us multiple glimpses at the before-and-after of Dr. Connors. And he is not at all a nice guy in his hulking green lizardy form ("Avengers" pun un-intended). We see the Lizard hurling innocent people around and later in heated pursuit of our heroic web-slinger.
Mystery Man With Intel
Speaking of the pre-reptilian Dr. Connors, there is a very brief, but intriguing interrogation-like scene in the trailer between Connors and an unidentified older gentleman. The gentleman looks to have long-ish white hair and is shown in a sort of shadowy silhouette asking the good doctor a very pointed question about Peter Parker and his parents. "Did you tell the boy about his father?" he says to Connors. We don't get to hear the Doc's response during this brief exchange, but the worried-but-stubborn look on Connors' face says the man is definitely withholding some key information that will undoubtedly prove to be of major importance to Parker down the line.
Action, Action and More Action
And just like all great superheroic trailers before it, Webb spends the last minute or so of his new trailer impressing us with tons of action. We see Parker-as-Spider-Man's extraordinary athleticism in some scenes of good old-fashioned chasery: He dodges police officers, carjackers and the Lizard, not to mention one impressive feat wherein he appears to be holding a burning car from plunging into a river — which, by the way, totally reminds us of a scene from Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man," whether that was intended or not; we'll have to see the finished film to decide. There is also more demonstration of Spidey's fancy web-slingers as he masters his skills with swinging from building to building and stealthily sliding into rooms upside down.
Check out everything we've got on "The Amazing Spider-Man."
For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com.
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Santigold Says Earl Sweatshirt Collabo 'Will Be Done Soon'
Though she's just released her Master of My Make-Believe album, Santi's already prepping a new track with the Odd Future member.
By James Montgomery, with reporting by Uptin Saiidi
Santigold
Photo: MTV News
On her just-released Master of My Make-Believe album, Santigold strives to reinvent (or reinterpret) reality ... which, as you might expect, was a challenge, to say the very least.
"It's about accepting that your fantasy is actually your reality, and trusting your imagination, and trusting that your imagination is actually a real sense of knowing," she told MTV News. "It was about navigating through my mind, my emotions, and realizing I was in control. I had to trust my vision and my creativity and really own the art I was making ... I had to grow into accepting that. It took a tremendous amount of trust in myself."
And while she spent much of the past year working under conditions both real and surreal, Santi also found time to collaborate with (finally free) Odd Future member Earl Sweatshirt on a new track. But since the collaboration was revealed via Twitter back in February, there's been no updates on just when fans would be able to hear the track. So, when Santi stopped by the MTV Newsroom earlier this week, we asked her for the latest ... and just how the unlikely team-up happened in the first place.
"I saw a tweet. I guess somebody re-tweeted that Earl said 'I like Santigold, would love to do something.' And I was like, 'OK!' " she laughed. "I mean, he's so cool, he's such a cute, awesome dude. And they were at Coachella, and they were the first ones up onstage — we invite people up onstage [during her performance] — and they came and did some major booty-shaking moves. And a couple of them came to our MOCA show in LA. We did this event that Mike D curated ... and they came there and caught the show."
So, when can we hear it? Well, with a new album out, Santigold's plate is pretty full right now, though she swears she's going to get the track out as soon as she finds a free second.
"I don't have many plans these days. I just kinda, like, soon as I can get stuff done," she said. "It's something I really want to do, so hopefully it will be done soon."
What do you think of an Earl Sweatshirt/Santigold collabo? Leave your comment below!
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Damon Lindelof Begs For A 'Dark Knight Rises' Intervention In Today's Twitter-Wood
My wife:"What's your problem?"Me:"I've buried enough Waynes."My wife:"What?"#SevenViewsAndCounting#DarkKnightRises — Damon Lindelof (@DamonLindelof) May 1, 2012 Have you seen the final "The Dark Knight Rises" trailer yet?! Wasn't it AMAZING? We were obviously on board from the beginning, but after that trailer, Batman is fighting "The Avengers" for a spot at the forefront of our minds, [...]
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Taiwan: LNG Tanker Due at Yung-An Tommorow>> LNG World News
?Taiwan?s Yung-An LNG terminal is due to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas this week, according to Kaohsiung Port Authority.
The Puteri Zamrud tanker, with a capacity of 137,000 cbm, will reach Yung-An terminal on May 2.
The Yung-An terminal is Taiwan?s first liquefied natural gas receiving terminal, and it is operated by CPC.
LNG World News Staff, May 1, 2012; Image: CPC
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Leonard Nimoy: 'We're Talking' About Returning For 'Star Trek 2'
Leonard Nimoy has lived long and prospered as Spock for many years, though his final appearance alongside the good men and women of Starfleet seemingly occurred in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" reboot some years ago. Not so fast, it turns out. Nimoy spoke with CNN last week during the launch of the space shuttle Enterprise [...]
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Researchers make an RGB laser with a regular laser and quantum dots
The problem with lasers is, they tend to generate just a single color or light.To get more than one hue requires actually combining more than one type of laser to produce red, green and blue. But researchers at Brown University have figured out a solution to creating small RGB lasers by using colloidal quantum dots, or CQDs. The idea of leveraging the properties of the thin film isn't new, but past attempts to use CQDs in semiconductor lasers have failed because the necessary energy tends to wind up as heat instead of light. The work around scientists found was to excite the various dot sizes with a laser then filter out original light source. Unfortuneately, the solution is far from practical for use in commercial products, but it does represent a milestone in the march towards a single-material multi-wavelength laser. For more details check out the source link.
Researchers make an RGB laser with a regular laser and quantum dots originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 May 2012 06:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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