Doritos Commercial for Crash the Superbowl

Hey check out this doritos commercial that i made for Crash the Superbowl. It’s titled “Doritos at First Sight (Updated)”. Click the link to follow and share with others as well!

A Different Way to Show Emotion

Here is a recent video that my friend, SamTheBalloninator, has made recently for a project. The concept? Doing an action without “actually” doing it. Sound difficult? Well “TheBalloninator” was able to accomplish this with this video called “Cry”.

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Lady Gaga’s “Judas” music video releases today

The long awaited “Judas” by our own Lady Gaga has finally arrived. I’m not the hugest fan of Gaga, but I have to say I really love this video. The basic plot is that Gaga is Mary Magdalene. She is with Jesus (who we can tell by the thorns on his head) but we can also see that she is drawn to Judas. The twist? Gaga, Jesus and the “disciples” are all part of a motorcycle gang in present times. It apparently costed $10 million dollars to make. I’ll let you be the judge, but as for me, I’m in love with Judas

The Invisible Man….literally

Came across some pictures while browsing and noticed some interesting photos taken in different locations and areas. What I didn’t realize is what was in the photo as well as beside the background.

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It may take a double take to spot this fascinating artist Liu Bolin. He’s 35 years old from Shandong China, who literally paints himself the background of his photo and “blends” into the picture, like a chameleon. Sometimes people can’t tell that he is there unless he moves. He works up to 10 hours at a time for one photo, making sure it’s right and achieving the exact effect. He says his work is a protest against actions of the government who shut down his art studio in 2005, with a theme of “not fitting in”. Well to me it looks like he almost fits in perfectly and his work is much admired by all who see it.

The Art of Getting By: Comeback for Freddie Highmore?

We’ve all seen Freddie Highmore as the cute young kid in films like Finding Neverland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and August Rush. How will people see him now that he’s all grown-up? It will all depend on his new film The Art of Getting By, starring the 19-year old as a slacker in school on academic probation who starts to develop a friendship with his crush, who is Emma Roberts. Feelings are there, but will he actually take a chance, or will stand by the sidelines with his normal comment “I don’t have anything to say”. Set to be released in June 17th and the official Sundance 2011 film festival selection, will it set ablaze as a box-office hit? or will it be another New-York romance? You decide

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The Art of Getting By IMDB

Rainbow roses: Impossible?

Sounds impossible right? Apparently not. In 2004, the alliance of two Dutch companies, River Flowers and F.J Zandbergen, resulted in perfecting the process of growing flowers with many different colors. The secret? Placing the roses in special water, with different substances already dissolved in it. The roses absorb this water as part of natural process and it changes the colors of the petals. The Rainbow Rose Company, where you can buy these special flowers, not only have these “Happy Roses” but other color combinations with roses and many other types of flowers like Chrysanthemum and Hydrangea. I find it a little hard to believe but hey, anything is possible.

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To buy some of these flowers, go to their website below:

Rainbow Rose Company

For more or information about theses fabulous flowers, click below

Happy Roses

Pencil vs. Camera: Photography or Art?

Stumbling along the internet, I found amazing photos by a Belgium artist named Ben Heine. Born in Abidjan and currently living and working in Brussels, he had developed his own project called “Pencil vs. Camera” (also called “Drawing vs Photography” or “Imagination vs Reality“). He takes a drawing he created and suprerimposes it over a photpo, making the audience debate between reality and imagination in his photography. It’s really sensational stuff and should be considered as a new type of art.

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For more photos from his “Pencil vs Camera” collection click below here.

Pencil vs Camera

For more information or artwork from this talented artist, click below.

Ben Heine

The Conspirator trailer

Opening in theaters today, this historical drama is the tale of what happened after Lincoln’s death, during the assassination trial. Mary Surratt is charged as co-conspirator, for she owns a boarding house claimed to be where John Wilkes Booth and others met and planned attacks. With everyone turning against her, she must rely on her reluctant lawyer, Frederick Aiken, to defend her and uncover the truth of the killing of one of our nation’s greatest presidents. Directed by Robert Redford, written by James D. Soloman, and starring James McAvoy and Robin Wright.

For more information about the movie click below:

IMBD: The Conspirator

Aida: My newest music obsession

Aida Broadway Logo

I have always heard of this musical, but never really bothered to listen/go see it because I wasn’t all that interested. But while i was doing work at the library the other day, I decided to finally listen to it. So, I went upstairs, got the CD, checked it out, downloaded to Itunes and gave it a listen. And now I understand why my best friend loves it so much and wonder why the heck didn’t I listen to it earlier?

For those who don’t know, Aida is a 2-act musical based on Giuseppe Verdi’s Italian opera by the same name, with lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Elton John and produced by Disney Theatrical. Like the tragic romance of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, The story revolves around the time when Egypt and Nubia are at war. Radames, the Captain of the Egyptian army, is set to be married to the Princess of Egypt, Amneris. But when Aida, the princess of Nubia, is brought to the palace as a slave, everyone’s world is turned upside down and changes their destinies forever.

Adam Pascal and Heather Headley as the two lovers

The show open on March 23,200, starring Adam Pascal, Sherie Rene Scott, and Heather Headley as the title role. It won 4 Tony Awards, including Best Actress in a Musical and Best Original Musical Score. Notable replacements for the show were Idina Menzel and Taylor Dane for Amneris; Will Chase and Patrick Cassidy as Radames; And Michelle Williams, Toni Braxton, and Deborah Cox as Aida .It ran a total of 1,852 performances, closing on Broadway September 4, 2004.

What captivates audiences is the impossible romance between two lovers and the phenomenal music and lyrics for the show. Aida does include humor and action, but the main storyline and music take you on an incredible journey of a woman trying to save her people from slavery, while falling in love with who should be her mortal enemy. The music captures your heart as each song is told as if it comes from the soul of that actor/character her/himself. It leaves you wanting for it to work out, but never knowing if they will ever truly be together.

Deborah Cox and Company

Though it may not be on Broadway anymore, Aida has been performed all of the world, from the Netherlands to Germany, Israel, Japan, and so on and so forth. Many schools have done productions of Aida, still keeping the show alive and favorite for all. If you have not heard/seen this musical, I highly recommend that you do. Get the album or get tickets to the show if it is playing near you. Then you can truly know why Aida is a show that will last a lifetime for all

For more information about show and get tickets to a theater near you, click below.

Broadway Musical Home: Aida

Old Spice Ads: Not Just Hot Body, but Amazing Creativity

I was stumbling across Youtube and happened to come across the Old Spice Commercials. We’ve seen all these before, with a handsome man, wrapped in a towel, putting on that smile and starts of his conversation with those two words that can make any woman faint, “Hello Ladies”. He then compares himself to your man and that your man could smell like him if he used Old Spice and that “anything” is possible when your man smells like Old Spice and not a lady. But do we fall under his spell for his sexy image or could it possibly be the creativity and thought that goes into all Old Spice commercials through the years?

Typically, Old Spice has a very handsome man in it’s commercials, but it’s the thought and creativity that really captivate us. In one of the older commercials, a man who can’t stand to lose uses Old Spice and he and his “girlfriend” jump form having dinner to an icy fresh mountain top in a matter of seconds.

In next line of commercials, they began using a bigger, more muscular man, who would tell men that Old Spice Odor Blocker can block your scent up to 16 hours and that it can make you just as powerful as him. They then would use special effects to make his abs talk, punch someone facing in the opposite direction without moving or place him in a city where he destroys a building and yells “EXPLOSION!!!!” and it lights on fire.

Commercials today for Old Spice is now where you see the talent, played by Isaiah Mustafa, attract the ladies to convince them if your man smelled like him, anything would be possible, such as making diamonds appear from his hand, jumping from several feet into a hot tub, or traveling form one place to another, from swimming in the waters to being at home where he waiting for you. These commercials today I have to say are the most creative because of all the humor and thought is put into it. It makes people wanting more.

It’s amazing how they accomplish such a piece of work. Below is a video of the behind the scenes process for their commercial of Old Spice’s Scent Vacation.

With each new Old Spice commercial, it leaves people wondering what will they come up with next. For myself, I believe it is not the handsomely talented actor, but the creative thought and mind process that goes into all these commercials that makes them fantastic to watch and will become more popular for years to come.

For more videos of Old Spice or to learn more, click on the link below

Old Spice