Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '99... WEAR SUNSCREEN

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT.

The long term benefits of sunscreen has been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

BUT TRUST ME ON THE SUNSCREEN.

yep, i think i need to wear sunscreen especially living here in sunny singapore and the tropical islands of the philipppines! whew!

I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

You are NOT as FAT as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

SING.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

FLOSS.

Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

and don't forget to say your thank you's.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

STRETCH.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.

thanks goodness, and i thought i was getting old and still not knowing what to do with my life.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.

i am missing them already, and im only 26! i stopped drinking milk when i was 3 or 4 years old and with no other source of calcium i don't think explanation is needed.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

DANCE. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

but good thing about some beauty magazines right now is that they are trying to remind you that in order to be beautiful outside, you must also be beautiful inside. and they try to make you feel better (and work with) what you already have and feel beautiful in your own skin. (well, almost) maybe just stop looking at the over-photoshopped covers.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

TRAVEL.

the best way to experience different culture and different people. learning does not have to be inside a four-walled room.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

We went to watch the fireworks at this large field/sports complex in Fraser (which is near Winter Park, for those of you non-Coloradans), and got to enjoy a live band and delicious brats and Coors Lights before freezing our asses off for about two hours. (Your mom was right: bring a coat. The mountains are ever so slightly colder than the city, and sundresses do not keep you particularly warm.) The freezing-our-asses-off part was worth it, though, because the fireworks show was amazing. Somehow we picked the best spot on the lawn, and the fireworks ended up being directly over our heads. Fabulous. I love how fireworks amaze and awe people from three to 93. We were a bunch of 21- and 22-year-old boys and girls (by technical standards, adults), and we were ooh-ing and aah-ing and screaming "WOW!" like a group of toddlers who had no idea what those lights up in the sky were. I love that.

If you haven't noticed yet, I'm completely and totally obsessed with the state of Colorado. I'm not particularly outdoorsy, but I love that my state is, and I love living in a great city that's only two hours away from some of the most amazing mountains in the world. It doesn't get much better than that. You know that Baz Luhrmann song about sunscreen? Where he says "Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft"? To that, I'd add: Live in Colorado once. Period. You may never want to leave.

My camera drowned in a Blue Moon shower last weekend, so I didn't take any photos while I was up in Fraser, but the area basically looks like this:

And the drive up looks something like this:

Pretty great, no?

[Posted by Mallory]

Austrália, o novo filme do realizador Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) e protagonizado por Nicole Kidman e Hugh Jackman teve um novo trailer internacional divulgado. Neste caso trata-se do trailer destinado ao mercado francês. O Hotvnews mostra-o já a seguir.

Notícias Relacionadas:

• Será o filme tão bom quantos estas imagens?
• Hotvnews Presents... Austrália

La història se centrarà en una aristòcrata anglèsa (Kidman) que hereta un gran ranxo. Però quan un grup de barons anglesos intenten apoderar-se de les seves terres, decideix unir les seves forces amb un jove (Jackman) perquè l'ajudi a transportar el seu bestiar al llarg del perillós territori australià, arribant fins a Darwin, un lloc que està sent atacat per les forces japoneses.

Nicole Kidman graces the July 2008 issue of American Vogue. She was photographed by Annie Leibovitz and will soon be seen in the Baz Luhrmann-directed movie, Australia. An excerpt of Nicole's Vogue article. (For the full article, click here.)

On her knees splaying out at a 45-degree angle during the interview: “The whole experience is so primal… Just look at how I’m sitting here with my legs apart. This is the way you have to sit when you’re pregnant.”

On her country life: “I’ve been in Tennessee, just sitting. We have a farm there, and I have an organic vegetable garden. This is a path I’d not taken before. My mum’s always gardened. My sister gardens. And I’ve now conformed to the Kidman women’s hobby of gardening. And it is just a hobby. I’m not feeding the troops. (laughs) There’s a softness to the Tennessee landscape that I just love. It’s very beautiful out there. We have deer and wild turkeys.”

On how carrying a child is something new and overwhelming: “When I first saw the baby on the ultrasound, I started crying. I didn’t think I’d get to experience that in my lifetime. I like the unpredictable nature of it. To feel life growing with you is something very, very special, and I’m going to embrace that completely. I don’t believe in flittering around the edges of things. You’re either going to walk through life and experience it fully or you’re going to be a voyeur. And I’m not a voyeur.”

On her and husband Keith Ubran never being apart for more than five days at a time: “I’m so committed to this relationship, and so is he. I don’t have addiction problems, but love is a very powerful force in my life. It’s my fatal flaw and my virtue.”

Estreno en España: 26 de Diciembre de 2008

Pincha en cualquier enlace y sigue las instrucciones

Today, I happened to visit a friend’s blog about the song “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen). I’ve heard it perhaps a million times already but everytime I play it, I am still moved by the message just like the first time I ever heard it =) It has life’s lessons that are surely noteworthy. What a brilliant writer Mary Schmich is!

Here’s the lyrics:

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97... wear sunscreen.

.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.

.

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

.

I will dispense this advice now.

.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

.

You are NOT as fat as you imagine.

.

Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

.

Sing.

.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

.

Floss.

.

Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.

.

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

.

Stretch.

.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.

.

Get plenty of calcium.

.

Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.

.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's.

.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

.

Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.

.

Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

.

Travel.

.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

.

Respect your elders.

.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

.

Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

Australia.La esperadísima(al menos por mi) nueva película de Baz Luhrmann, director de ese clásico moderno llamado Moulin Rouge! ,con Nicole Kidman y Hugh Jackman. La película es una épica al estilo clásico de Hollywood, y me aventuro a decir que puede ser una gran competidora de cara a los Oscar del proximo año. Es típica peli carne de Oscar con solo ver el trailer. Tiene pinta de ser buenísima. Estreno en España, el 26 de Diciembre(si no hay cambios)

My showcase film today is a notable exception. It's one where when I saw the title, I heaved a gigantic contented sigh, and said, "Oh, yes. They got that one right." (And before you ask, I do talk to myself - all the time, in fact). It is No. 10 on the New Classics movie list: Moulin Rouge! (2001). This film, directed by Baz Luhrmann and written by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce, is pure melodrama injected with absinthe. It's definitely a love-it-or-hate-it kind of movie, and I can respectfully acknowledge those people who hated it with a deep and abiding passion. But you can't be indifferent about it, and how many movies can you say that about?

The plot follows a classic romance formula: a naive writer, Christian (Ewan McGregor), gets drawn into the world of the Moulin Rouge and falls in love with its star, Satine (Nicole Kidman). There's a villain and, of course, a secret deadly illness, and lots of singing and dancing. Despite the fine acting by Kidman and McGregor [random digression: Ewan McGregor singing "Come What May" is perhaps the single most romantic scene in filmdom EVER. Is it warm in here? Pardon me while I fan myself a moment.], where the movie truly excels, and what lifts it into the realm of the "repeater-worthy" movie, is its use of style and tone. From the opening frames until the closing credits, Luhrmann maintains the frenetic, kinetic energy through the saturated colors, the camera angles and fast cuts, even the actors' pacing of the dialogue. It takes what could have been a bland, formulaic disaster of a musical and makes it utterly brilliant and new.

What movies from the EW Movies list do you consider to be "repeater-worthy?"

CAPTION:  Ghengis Khan is all up in this yurt.

So last week I saw that flick Mongol, you know, the new epic about Ghengis Khan made by a Russian director (Sergei Bodrov), starring a Japanese dude (Tadonubo Asano), nominated for an Oscar, and inexplicably released stateside in the middle of the summer movie season.  It was a pretty good movie that held my interest for two hours by exposing me to a culture I know little about and featuring a well played out historical epic story arc complete with requisite kick-ass battle scenes.  Sitting there getting frosty in the air-conditioned theater while the heat and humidity raged outside, I couldn't help thinking this was a movie better suited for the prestigious autumnal season.  With the most gluttonous of film seasons in full swing (is The Dark Knight out yet?), I decided to take a look ahead at my favorite season in film and weather. 

Here I present my list of most anticipated movies for Fall 2008:

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1.  The Miracle at St. Anna  (scheduled release date:  9/26)

The Director:  Spike Lee

The Stars:  Derek Luke, John Leguizamo, James Gandolfini, Joseph Gordon Levitt, some cute Italian kid, Alexandra Maria Lara, and a boatload of other people and familiar faces

The Scoop:  Okay, so I will admit it right here, right now.  I love Spike Lee.  I even liked She Hate Me.  He's a cunning provocateur who's had numerous peaks and valleys in his career but just won't stop no matter what and always seems to get his name in the papers--witness Clint Eastwood telling him recently to "shut his face".  Spike is coming off the most commercially successful film of his long career with Inside Man.  With this adaptation of the novel by James McBride about a group of African-American soldiers trapped in Tuscany during WWII, he's giving us his first epic since Malcom X.    The trailer for this film is a smashing success that manages to sell the film as both a murder mystery and a searing Saving Private Ryan style WWII drama.  This latest Spike Lee Joint has so many great things going for it:  an auteur on the precipice of a personal artistic and commercial Renaissance (much like the one Scorsese recently went through with The Aviator and The Departed); a great storyline that has the potential to provoke discussions of history, race, religion and politics in a historic Presidential election year; and a multi-ethnic cast that includes a cute Italian kid, and as a special bonus for me, the devastatingly seductive Alexandra Maria Lara, whose beauty alone made Francis Ford Coppola's recent debacle Youth Without Youth worth watching.

Watch the trailer:  http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3941007641/

Official Site:  http://www.miraclemovie.com

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2.  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button  (scheduled release date:  12/19)

The Director:  David Fincher

The Stars:  Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond

The Scoop:  This is the fantastic case of a gimmick film (it tells the not so simple story of a man who ages backwards, folks) with a literary pedigree (adapted from a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald).  I first saw the trailer for this in front of the latest Indiana Jones flick, and the packed house was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.  Its epic scope appears to be a complete departure for director Fincher, and its unique story and images sweep over you in the masterfully crafted trailer-much kudos thus far to the marketing team.  This film has the potential to be monumentally huge or just another curiosity grabbing for Oscar gold at Christmastime.  Will Fincher (robbed of an Oscar nod for Zodiac last year) and uber-star Pitt (robbed last year for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) finally get their due?

CAPTION:  Two Oscars please, my good man!  Oscars for me and the Finch!

Watch the trailer:  http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton/

Official Site:  http://www.benjaminbutton.com/

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3.  Australia  (scheduled release date:  11/14)

The Director:  Baz Luhrmann

The Stars:  Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Australia!

The Scoop:  Baz the Spazz changes gears completely with this big historical epic depicting heroism and romance against the backdrop of a Japanese attack on Australia during WWII.  The trailer sells the imagery and scope of the film very well, making it look Gone with the Wind Down Under, though the frame story of Kidman telling a fairy tale to the Aborigine girl seems a bit strained (and remarkably similar to Tarsem's The Fall.)  Luhrmann appears to have abandoned his hyper kinetic style for the dreadful sumptuousness that always seems to sell tickets during the big holidays at the end of the year.  Kidman and Jackman certainly look the parts, and lord knows they could both use a big hit.   Will critics be eager to embrace the new Luhrmann after a seven year hiatus?  More than any other film, I think critics have the chance to make or break this one.

Watch the trailer:  http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2917663001/

Official Site:  http://www.australiamovie.com/

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4.  The Soloist  (scheduled release date:  11/21)

The Director:  Joe Wright

The Stars:  Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Jamie Foxx

The Scoop:  Brit Joe Wright atones for his period pieces by making this American set musical biopic.  Downey Jr. is back on the A-list, the director is taking on a genre held in high favor in recent years, and playing a schizophrenic musical genius seems right up Foxx's alley.  There are no trailers or official sites yet, but I can't wait to see what kind of tracking long shots Wright cooks up for this one--I'm picturing a shot the begins with an overhead dolly and travels down and through the crowd and orchestra at a grand concert hall.

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5.  Revolutionary Road  (scheduled release date:  12/26)

The Director:  Sam Mendes

The Stars:  Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet

The Scoop:  I have to admit, the plot of this one (from a novel by Richard Yates) sounds like a snore-fest:  a young couple in 1950's Connecticut deal with problems and such.  However, Mendes has yet to make a bad film, suburban dystopia is his bread and butter (American Beauty, anyone?), and the reunion of Titanic stars Leo and Kate in a Christmastime release give this film some palpable buzz.  No trailers or official site have appeared yet. 

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Other Films of Interest:

Changeling:  10/31.  The latest from Clint Eastwood has some mixed buzz coming from its Cannes' premier.  This 1920's set psychological thriller about a mother who begins to doubt the identity of her young son who has been returned to her after going missing will have a hard line to tow while it tries to convince people it's not a remake of a horror film with the same name and is instead a prestigious Oscar bid for its uber-star Angelina Jolie.

Defiance:  12/2.  Yet another WWII epic, this one is based on a true story and staring Daniel Craig.  Directed by Edward Zwick, the film of course reeks of quality, and the trailer has been getting some good buzz (at least amongst my friends and family), but it looks nobly cliched to me.  If that new Spike Lee Joint strikes a cord, this runs the risk of being overshadowed as the later release.

Watch the trailer for Defiance:  http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2008154393/

Oh, yeah, there's also a new James Bond flick (Craig again) idiotically entitled Quantum of Solace (11/7), and a wacky crime caper from Oscar darlings the Coen Brothers zanily called Burn After Reading (9/12) and staring, you guessed it, Brad Pitt.

Watch the Quantum of Solace trailer:  http://www.moviefone.com/movie/quantum-of-solace/26922/trailer?trailerId=2150289

 Austrália tem estréia marcada para o dia 14 de Novembro nos EUA, e 25 de Dezembro no Brasil.

*Ah propósito, hoje, dia 20 de Junho de 2008, Nicole Kidman completa 41 anos! Parabéns Nicole! xD

Nicole Kidman is featured in a 16-page photo spread in the July 2008 issue of Vogue. Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz traveled to the set of Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming action-adventure epic, Australia, to photograph the film’s star.

Der Welt größte Nicole Kidman-Anhängerin bin ich nicht gerade und auch Moulin Rouge habe ich noch nie bis zum Ende durchgehalten, doch der neueste Streich des australischen Regisseurs Baz Luhrmann (Romeo + Julia, Moulin Rouge) wirkt entgegen aller Befürchtungen seiner typischen Stakkato-Schnitt-Torturen recht vielversprechend. Ein Epos im Gefolge David Leans, inklusive Krieg, Sonnenuntergängen im Outback und einen kantigen Viehtreiber. Ein Aussie muss man nicht sein, um diese Inhaltsstoffe interessant zu finden.

Neben Frau Kidman wird in Australia ihr Landsmann Hugh Jackman, der die ursprünglich für Russel Crowe vorgesehene Rolle des Leading Man übernommen hat, zu sehen sein. Der Trailer sieht zwar irgendwie nach Oscar und Flop zugleich aus. Doch ungeachtet aller Box Office-Ergebnisse und vergoldeten Statuetten - man kann bei Luhrmann davon ausgehen, dass sein erster Film seit sieben Jahren alles sein wird, nur nicht gewöhnlich.

Der Inhalt des Abenteuerepos' sieht laut Filmstarts.de wie folgt aus:

Kurz vor Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs reist die britische Aristokratin Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) nach Australien. Dort muss sie sich mit einem raubeinigen Viehtreiber (Hugh Jackman) verbünden, um die Farm ihres Mannes, die sie geerbt hat, zu retten. Sie begeben sich auf eine Reise, die ihr Leben für immer verändern wird. [...] Die Lage spitzt sich zu, als sie die Bombardierung der Stadt Darwin durch die japanischen Streitkräfte erleben müssen, die zuvor Pearl Harbor angegriffen haben.

In Deutschland wird Australia am 25. Dezember 2008 starten. Was will man am ersten Weihnachtsfeiertag auch anderes tun, als Nicole Kidman durch die australische Steppe irren zu sehen?

Den Trailer (oder ist es ein Teaser?) gibt es bei Apple in mehreren Größen oder in der Flash-Version unten:

Botón secundario del ratón y guardar destino como....

Veja o trailer de “Australia“, novo filme de Baz Luhrmann (Romeu + Julieta, Moulin Rouge! etc.). Trata-se de um épico passado durante a segunda guerra. No elenco, Nicole Kidman e Hugh Jackman.

Nos EUA, estréia no dia 14 de novembro. No Brasil, deve ser lançado no dia 25 de dezembro.

Nos EUA, estréia no dia 14 de novembro. No Brasil, deve ser lançado no dia 25 de dezembro.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97... wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

You are NOT as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

2 - Fraggle Rock: The Live Action Musical, man that just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? Off the bat you might think this is a crazy idea, but when Iron Man, Narnia, Inidana Jones and Wall-E prove complete and utter dominance over the box office, we can see why family films are the "green" way to go. All I really want to see in this is the Fraggles eat some Doozer buildings, which causes the Doozers to begin a Che-like revolution against their furry, multi-colored oppressors. Now that's comedy. [via Variety]

3 - Watch the video attached to this page, then go outside and light up. I dare you. [via JoshSpear]

4 - This is generally how I feel about Monday mornings. [via Garfield Minus Garfield]

5 - Jonah Hill has been on a wild ride these past few years. Stealing scenes and winning over comedy critics in many of Judd Apatow's recent hits, like Knocked Up, Superbad and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but now he's making a step I could never have seen coming. He is reportedly heading up the project, and writing the script, for a silver screen version of 21 Jump Street. I'm not one to knock the show, it brought us Johnny Depp, Dustin Nguyen and Peter Deluise, not to mention a killer theme song by actress/star Holly Robinson Peete, but I don't know if this is something that translates well. Narc'ing in high schools and busting pot rings might not hold the weight. Yet, if there is a Booker cameo by Richard Grieco, or if he actually turns out to be the villain, now we're talking gold. [via FilmDrunk]

6 - This six minutes of stop motion animation must have taken months, but it's worth years. [via GorillaMask via Liquid Generation]

7 - Foamy is back and this time I only have one word to say: cow-mouflage. [via ill will press]

8 - Have you ever wondered what "the good times" looked like? Check out this news video and learn. Pay close attention to the crawler on the bottom of the screen. [via swissmiss]

9 - Just in case you were wondering where Wile E. Coyote got all those neat gadgets, most of which he almost killed himself trying to use, here you go: The Online ACME Catalog. [via GorillaMask]

10 - It's been years since we heard the beginning of this project, but we have finally got our first taste of Baz Luhrmann's next epic film, Australia. Mmmmm, tastes like quality movie making to me. [via ComingSoon]

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El filme de Baz Luhrmann ('Mouline Rouge') transcurrirá en la Australia del norte en un periodo anterior a la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La historia se centrará en una aristócrata inglés (Nicole Kidman) que hereda un rancho del tamaño de Maryland. Pero cuando un grupo de barones ingleses intentan apoderarse de sus tierras, decididamente une sus fuerzas con un joven (Hugh Jackman) para que le ayude a transportar su ganado a lo largo del más peligroso territorio australiano, llegando hasta Darwin, un sitio que está siendo atacado por las fuerzas japonesas.

*Pulsa Aquí para ver el trailer de 'Australia'

El film tiene previsto su estreno en noviembre del presente año.

Fdo: Kitano