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A customer refused to give any tip at all last week in an Applebee´s restaurant in the North American city of Saint Louis and wrote in the receipt the following "I give god 10% Why do you get 18%?". You can see it below
This waitress posted the picture of the receipt on the Internet hence she got the sack as her bosses received protests from the customer. As a result, this dismissed worker named Chelsea Welch has become very popular and has written an interesting letter explaining her experience and how the system of tips work on the United States of America.
LETTER FROM CHELSEA WELCH, THE SACKED WAITRESS
I was a waitress at Applebee's restaurant in Saint Louis. I was fired Wednesday for posting a picture on Reddit.com of a note a customer left on a bill. I posted it on the web as a light-hearted joke.
This didn't even happen at my table. The note was left for another server, who allowed me to take a picture of it at the end of the night.
Someone had scribbled on the receipt, "I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?"
I assumed the customer's signature was illegible, but I quickly started receiving messages containing Facebook profile links and websites, asking me to confirm the identity of the customer. I refused to confirm any of them, and all were incorrect.
I worked with the Reddit moderators to remove any personal information. I wanted to protect the identity of both my fellow server and the customer. I had no intention of starting a witch-hunt or hurting anyone.
Now I've been fired.
The city of St Louis
The person who wrote the note came across an article about it, called the Applebee's location, and demanded everyone be fired -- me, the server who allowed me to take the picture, the manager on duty at the time, the manager not on duty at the time, everyone. It seems I was fired not because Applebee's was represented poorly, not because I did anything illegal or against company policy, but because I embarrassed this person.
In light of the situation, I would like to make a statement on behalf of wait staff everywhere: We make $3.50 an hour. Most of my paychecks are less than pocket change because I have to pay taxes on the tips I make.
After sharing my tips with hosts, bussers, and bartenders, I make less than $9 an hour on average, before taxes. I am expected to skip bathroom breaks if we are busy. I go hungry all day if I have several busy tables to work. I am expected to work until 1:30am and then come in again at 10:30am to open the restaurant.
I have worked 12-hour double shifts without a chance to even sit down. I am expected to portray a canned personality that has been found to be least offensive to the greatest amount of people. And I am expected to do all of this, every day, and receive change, or even nothing, in return. After all that, I can be fired for "embarrassing" someone, who directly insults his or her server on religious grounds.
In this economy, $3.50 an hour doesn't cut it. I can't pay half my bills. Like many, I would love to see a reasonable, non-tip-dependent wage system for service workers like they have in other countries. But the system being flawed is not an excuse for not paying for services rendered.
I need tips to pay my bills. All waiters do. We spend an hour or more of our time befriending you, making you laugh, getting to know you, and making your dining experience the best it can be. We work hard. We care. We deserve to be paid for that.
I am trying to stand up for all of us who work for just a few dollars an hour at places like Applebee's. Whether a chain steakhouse or a black-tie establishment, tipping is not optional. It is how we get paid.
I posted a picture to make people laugh, but now I want to make a serious point: Things like this happen to servers all the time. People seem to think that the easiest way to save money on a night out is to skip the tip.
I can't understand why I was fired over this. I was well liked and respected at Applebee's. My sales were high, my managers had no problems with me, and I was even hoping to move up to management soon. When I posted this, I didn't represent Applebee's in a bad light. In fact, I didn't represent them at all.
I did my best to protect the identity of all parties involved. I didn't break any specific guidelines in the company handbook – I checked. But because this person got embarrassed that their selfishness was made public, Applebee's has made it clear that they would rather lose a dedicated employee than an angry customer. That's a policy I can't understand.
I am equally baffled about how a religious tithe is in any way related to paying for services at a restaurant. I can understand why someone could be upset with an automatic gratuity. However, it's a plainly stated Applebee's policy that a tip is added automatically for parties over eight like the one this customer was part of. I cannot control that kind of tip; it's done by the computer that the orders are put into. I've been stiffed on tips before, but this is the first time I've seen the "Big Man" used as reasoning.
Obviously the person who wrote this note wanted it seen by someone. It's strange that now that the audience is wider than just the server, the person is ashamed.
I have no agenda here. I seek no revenge against the note writer. I have no interest in exposing their identity, and, at this point, I'm not even sure I want my job back. I was just trying to make a joke, but I came home unemployed.
I've been waiting tables to save up some money so I could finally go to college, so I could get an education that would qualify me for a job that doesn't force me to sell my personality for pocket change.
While this story has garnered immense media attention, my story is not uncommon. Bad tips and harsh notes are all part of the job. People get fired to keep customers happy every day.
As this story has gotten popular, I've received inquiries as to where people can send money to support me. As a broke kid trying to get into college, it's certainly appealing, but I'd really rather you make a difference to your next server. I'd rather you keep that money and that generosity for the next time you eat out
“Gracias por matar a quién hayas tenido que matar para hacer que esté hoy aquí arriba”Jennifer Lawrence a Harvey Weinstein al recibir el Globo de Oro a la mejor actriz principal de comedia por la película El lado bueno de las cosas.
JENNIFER LAWRENCE RECIBE EL GLOBO DE ORO
Antes de hablar sobre la película El otro lado de las cosas y su reparto, en especial sobre la actriz Jennifer Lawrence que se postula como favorita para ganar el óscar a la mejor actriz principal, vayamos a lo que realmente interesa a los seguidores de Halcombe Hackney Norilsk que no es otra cosa que el problema que tuvo Lawrence a la hora de recoger el SAG a la mejor actriz y es que su espléndido Dior, confeccionado para ella falló y la dejó en evidencia ante la créme de la créme de Hollywood. De hecho, la parte inferior se soltó sacando a relucir más de lo previsto.
Jennifer Lawrence
En el siguiente video lo puedes ver...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE PIERDE LA FALDA
Jennifer Lawrence
JENNIFER LAWRENCE Y EL LADO BUENO DE LAS COSAS (Silver Linings Playbook)
HARVEY WEINSTEIN OBRA MILAGROS
La diferencia entre una película premiada, nominada o ignorada es a veces mínima y en estos últimos años es el nombre de Harvey Weinstein. El productor americano consigue siempre grandes resultados para sus películas y ésta no iba a ser una excepción. Consiguió que Shakespeare in love, The Artist o El Discurso del rey arrasaran cuando a priori no tenían ninguna opción en la noche de los Óscar, de hecho, todas las películas que respalda son taquillazos o ganan premios importantes. Su carrera es ya una leyenda en el mundo del cine y Hollywood. Todo lo que toca se convierte en oro.
Silver Linings playbook tiene 8
nominaciones a los óscar, entre ellas a mejor película y mejor director. Los 4
actores principales están nominados en las categorías de actuación, algo que
sin ser del todo exagerado habla demasiado bien de El lado bueno de las cosas. Si
Robert De Niro ganara el óscar sería su tercero y empataría con las huestes de
Jack Nicholson y Walter Brennan algo que sería justo para su carrera y la
historia del cine pero no para con esta película. (No obstante, Daniel Day
Lewis si gana este año también tendría 3 Óscar y los 3 en la categoría de mejor
actor principal.) No entiendo por qué la mujer de De Niro en la película, Jacki
Weaver, está nominada, tampoco Bradley Cooper actúa nada fuera de lo normal.
Jennifer Lawrence
Por su parte, no sabemos si
Jennifer Lawrence fingía una falsa modestia o quería hacerse la graciosa al
recoger su Globo de oro pero la verdad (aparte de que a Harvey Weinstein no le
hizo ni pizca de gracia la bromita) es que Lawrence está muy cerca de ganar el
óscar a la mejor actriz, ya ha ganado el Globo de oro y el SAG entre otros
premios y nominaciones. Con 22 años Jennifer está haciendo historia ya que nadie
había tenido a esa corta edad dos nominaciones a los premios de la Academia en
su haber. Con un futuro más que prometedor, su actuación aquí no está mal pero esta película tiene muchas
carencias. Jennifer no sé si debería ser la mejor actriz del año, parece algo
sobreactuada y realmente la película no merece ningún premio.
Jennifer Lawrence
Lo más destacable en “El lado
bueno de las cosas” es el uso de la canción “Fell in love with a girl” de The
White Stripes. Los dos protagonistas buscarán la redención y el sentido a sus vidas
con un concurso de baile,Robert De Niro
ganar dinero con apuestas, su mujer no sé realmente en qué destaca.
El aparente ingenio del guion,
personajes e historia no lo ves por ninguna parte y la historia avanza con una
sonrisa más bien forzada. Las actuaciones de De Niro y Lawrence están bien pero
que ganen un óscar por sus papeles suena excesivo. La película es una comedia
más.
Jennifer Lawrence
La película arranca con los
problemas mentales de sus dos protagonistas, tanto Lawrence como Cooper han
tenido serios problemas que sobrellevan de la mejor forma posible en una
pequeña localidad, pero a medida que la
película avanza esa aparente gravedad se torna en anécdota y se olvida, al
mismo tiempo, la película se transforma en una comedia tontorrona que termina
sin mucha gracia ni sorpresa, haciendo que el recurrido tema del amor siga
siendo una eterna dicha para los creadores y acabas preguntándote cómo demonios
El lado bueno de las cosas tiene tantas nominaciones y reconocimiento, o más concretamente
¿A quién ha matado esta vez Harvey Weinstein?
"Four More years" Barack Obama just as knowing he was going to rule the world (Sorry, United States of America) 4 more years, this is the most popular tweet in history.
Barack Obama
"We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance tosucceed as anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own" Barack Obama during his 2013 Inauguration speech
Barack Obama
After having realised how much our political parties are awfully linked to corruption, however ideology they stand for however region they come from, it was fully gratifying to find out how beautiful the 2013 Barack Obama´s inauguration speech was conveyed and the whole event arranged and conducted last week in Washington DC. It is widely accepted that our political system is full of corrupted politicians who, among other dirty issues, do not pay taxes or get rich within an illegal manner, their job is not public service but filthy lucre. We accept that and keep with our lives whilst powerful people choose the middling politicians who rule Spain that behave as puppets incapable of doing anything to bring fairness and justice to our lives, they only help to fulfill the dreams of these wealthy business people hence watching the 2013 Barack Obama´s full inauguration speech convinced Halcombe Hackney Norilsk into the notion that there are still idealistic and talented politicians as Barack Hussein Obama who is willing to carry out whatever he is allowed in order to make the world better because the spectacle we have got used to see in Spain every day as far as politics and corruption is concerned is horrible, sad and hopeless. Indeed, Barack Obama rendered such a superb speech that made us still believe in Democracy, this is how a political must talk and address himself to the public. When did it was the last time you saw a Spanish politician talking so well? Is there still hope for our country? Can we trust Spanish politicians any more? Is there a political party in Spain that has no been into trouble as far as corruption is concerned? To some extend, we can believe at least in the Democracy of the United States of America.
BARACK OBAMA´S OATH OF OFFICE
BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA DANCE DURING THE INAUGURATION BALL
Barack and Michelle Obama dance romantically.
BEYONCE PERFORMS THE AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM
Beyonce was chosen to sing the National Anthem
Barack Obama
BARACK OBAMA´S INAUGURATION SPEECH Please, take a look at this 2013 Obama´s Inauguration Speech to understand what I am trying to humbly convey. If you do not fully understand the speech do not panic as you can read the transcription at the end of this post.
Barack Obama
There were more things perhaps less deep and important but funnier and spectacular nonetheless such as the great performance of Katy Perry showing how much she cares about the United States of America dressed as a patriotic superstar and singing some of her best hits such as Part of me or Firework that you can enjoy right now. This concert was performed prior to Barack Obama´s Inauguration day, in the audience Michelle Obama and her daughters had a great time watching Katy Perry alongside other children from military families.
KATY PERRY PERFORMS AT KIDS´ INAUGURATION CONCERT.
Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Finally, in case you have been no able to understand Barack Obama´s Inauguration Speech here you can read the full transcription below, a piece of writing that it is so perfectly written that Halcombe Hackney Norilsk has it hidden so that not feel jealous.
TRANSCRIPTION. OBAMA´S INAUGURATION SPEECH
Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members
of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we
bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution.
We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall
that what binds this nation together is not the colours of our skin or the tenets
of our faith or the origins of our names. What makes us exceptional – what makes
us American – is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made
more than two centuries ago:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of
Happiness.”
Today
we continue a never-ending journey, to bridge the meaning of those words with
the realities of our time. For history tells us that while these truths may be
self-evident, they have never been self-executing; that while freedom is a gift
from God, it must be secured by His people here on Earth. The patriots of 1776
did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or
the rule of a mob. They gave to us a Republic, a government of, and by, and for
the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed.
For more than two hundred years, we have.
Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by
sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and
equality could survive half-slave and half-free. We made ourselves anew, and
vowed to move forward together.
Together, we determined that a modern economy
requires railroads and highways to speed travel and commerce; schools and
colleges to train our workers.
Together, we discovered that a free market only
thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play.
Together, we resolved that a great nation must
care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and
misfortune.
Through it all, we have never relinquished our
skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all
society’s ills can be cured through government alone. Our celebration of
initiative and enterprise; our insistence on hard work and personal
responsibility, are constants in our character.
But we have always understood that when times
change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new
responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately
requires collective action. For the American people can no more meet the demands
of today’s world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the
forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias. No single person can
train all the math and science teachers we’ll need to equip our children for the
future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new
jobs and businesses to our shores. Now, more than ever, we must do these things
together, as one nation, and one people.
This generation of Americans has been tested by
crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience. A decade of war is
now ending. An economic recovery has begun. America’s possibilities are
limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries
demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk
and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment,
and we will seize it – so long as we seize it together.
For we, the people, understand that our country
cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make
it. We believe that America’s prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a
rising middle class. We know that America thrives when every person can find
independence and pride in their work; when the wages of honest labour liberate
families from the brink of hardship. We are true to our creed when a little girl
born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as
anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not
just in the eyes of God but also in our own.
We understand that outworn programs are inadequate
to the needs of our time. We must harness new ideas and technology to remake our
government, revamp our tax code, reform our schools, and empower our citizens
with the skills they need to work harder, learn more, and reach higher. But
while the means will change, our purpose endures: a nation that rewards the
effort and determination of every single American.
That is what this moment requires. That is what
will give real meaning to our creed.
We, the people, still believe that every citizen
deserves a basic measure of security and dignity. We must make the hard choices
to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the
belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built
this country and investing in the generation that will build its future. For we
remember the lessons of our past, when twilight years were spent in poverty, and
parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn. We do not believe that
in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few. We
recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at
any time, may face a job loss, or a sudden illness, or a home swept away in a
terrible storm. The commitments we make to each other – through Medicare, and
Medicaid, and Social Security – these things do not sap our initiative; they
strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the
risks that make this country great.
We, the people, still believe that our obligations
as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to
the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our
children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgement
of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and
crippling drought, and more powerful storms. The path towards sustainable energy
sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this
transition; we must lead it. We cannot cede to other nations the technology that
will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its promise. That is how
we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure – our forests
and waterways; our croplands and snow capped peaks. That is how we will preserve
our planet, commanded to our care by God. That’s what will lend meaning to the
creed our fathers once declared.
We, the people, still believe that enduring
security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. Our brave men and women
in uniform, tempered by the flames of battle, are unmatched in skill and
courage.
Our citizens, seared by the memory of those we have lost, know too
well the price that is paid for liberty. The knowledge of their sacrifice will
keep us forever vigilant against those who would do us harm. But we are also
heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies
into the surest of friends, and we must carry those lessons into this time as
well.
We will defend our people and uphold our values
through strength of arms and rule of law. We will show the courage to try and
resolve our differences with other nations peacefully – not because we are naive
about the dangers we face, but because engagement can more durably lift
suspicion and fear. America will remain the anchor of strong alliances in every
corner of the globe; and we will renew those institutions that extend our
capacity to manage crisis abroad, for no one has a greater stake in a peaceful
world than its most powerful nation. We will support democracy from Asia to
Africa; from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our
conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must
be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalised, the victims of
prejudice – not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the
constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes: tolerance
and opportunity; human dignity and justice.
We, the people, declare today that the most
evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides
us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and
Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left
footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk
alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound
to the freedom of every soul on Earth.
It
is now our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our
journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a
living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay
brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are
truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal
as well. Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for
hours to exercise the right to vote. Our journey is not complete until we find a
better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as
a land of opportunity; until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in
our workforce rather than expelled from our country. Our journey is not complete
until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia
to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and
always safe from harm.
That is our generation’s task – to make these
words, these rights, these values – of Life, and Liberty, and the Pursuit of
Happiness – real for every American. Being true to our founding documents does
not require us to agree on every contour of life; it does not mean we will all
define liberty in exactly the same way, or follow the same precise path to
happiness. Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about
the role of government for all time – but it does require us to act in our
time.
For now decisions are upon us, and we cannot
afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute
spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate. We must act,
knowing that our work will be imperfect. We must act, knowing that today’s
victories will be only partial, and that it will be up to those who stand here
in four years, and forty years, and four hundred years hence to advance the
timeless spirit once conferred to us in a spare Philadelphia hall. My
fellow Americans, the oath I have sworn before you today, like the one recited
by others who serve in this Capitol, was an oath to God and country, not party
or faction – and we must faithfully execute that pledge during the duration of
our service. But the words I spoke today are not so different from the oath that
is taken each time a soldier signs up for duty, or an immigrant realizes her
dream. My oath is not so different from the pledge we all make to the flag that
waves above and that fills our hearts with pride.
They are the words of citizens, and they represent
our greatest hope.
You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this
country’s course.
You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to
shape the debates of our time – not only with the votes we cast, but with the
voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideals.
Let each of us now embrace, with solemn duty and
awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright. With common effort and common
purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history, and
carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom.
Thank you, God Bless you, and may He forever bless
these United States of America. Barack Hussein Obama.
It does not come as a surprise that the Israeli model Bar Refaeli works in the world of fashion as she started her career at the age of 8 months doing commercials for babies. Furthermore, her mum was a very popular and important model in Israel in the 1970s. In her country doing time in the army is mandatory, yet she found a small loophole so that avoid this issue marrying for a short time a close acquaintance of her something which brought Bar Refaeli lots of criticism from Israeli officers. She has been modelling all her life though she could not be in the business for some time during her early teens because she had to wear braces in the teeth.
BAR REFAELI FOR PASSIONATA 2013
Passionata belongs to the French group Chantelle founded in 1876 although Passionata was created less than 30 years ago. Bar Refaeli is her most famous face. Victoria´s Secret sells Chantelle products throughout its stores too.
QUENTIN TARANTINO Y DJANGO UNCHAINED-DJANGO DESENCADENADO Sobre la película Django Unchained-Django Desencadenado.
Django Unchained estará siempre
en la historia del merchandising de la cultura pop, pero nunca en la historia
del cine.
En mi opinión, la carrera de
Tarantino no auguraba nada bueno a finales de los 90, tras Pulp Fiction pensaba
que no sólo no iba a llegar al nivel de calidad de la que es su mejor obra sino
que sus películas iban a decepcionar, de hecho, niJackie Brown, ni Kill Bill ni Grindhouse me
llamaron la atención, sin embargo, Inglourious Basterdsme sorprendió gratamente y con Django Unchained no sólo demuestra que su talento sigue intacto sino que es un realizador
de primer nivel pero al mismo tiempo se
comprueba que Quentin Tarantino está por debajo de los mejores cineastas de la historia.
Nominado y máximo favorito al óscar
al mejor guion original, premio que estaría bien que recibiera debido a, entre otras
cosas, que es merecido y es mejor guion (más original seguro) que el de los
otros aspirantes, resarciría su más que discutible omisión en la categoría de mejor
director (¿los directores de “Bestias de sur salvaje” y “El lado bueno de las cosas” se lo merecen más que
Quentin Tarantino?). No obstante, es ese mismo guion lo que hace que al final la película no llegue al sobresaliente.En la grandeza del guion está también la decadencia de la película
Leo Dicaprio, Jamie Foxx y Cristoph Waltz protagonizan Django Unchained
Reputados críticos han alabado esta
obra muy por encima de Malditos Bastardos, los que firman en The Guardian, por ejemplo,
aseguraban que Django Desencadenado es mucho mejor película que aquella y el papel de
Christoph Waltz es infinitamente mejor. No lo creo, me he llevado una decepción
porque el actor austríaco me impresionó en esa obra y a pesar de ganar el Globo
de oro este año no creo que esté tan bien en ésta, más que nada, porque reincide
un poco en los mismos clichés interpretativos del sargento nazi. Por el
contrario, Leonardo DiCaprio, (olvidado por la Academia no así Waltz) hace un
papelón, habla con acento del sur americano e imprime a su papel una gran
calidad, su personaje que es muy original tiene frases míticas. Si DiCaprio no
ha sido nominado al óscar por esta actuación ¿Cuándo lo ganará?. Samuel L. Jackson (ni siquiera nominado
a los Globos de oro) sorprende con una caracterización fuera de lo común y con
una de las mejores interpretaciones que ha realizado. Los 3 actores son lo
mejor de la obra, pero DiCaprio y Samuel L. Jackson están un escalón por encima
de Waltz. Cualquiera de los dos merecería el óscar al mejor actor secundario,
(premio que espero gane Robert De Niro). Extrañamente, el gran Jamie Foxx
que encarna a Django creo que está incómodo con el personaje, me ha sorprendido
negativamente porque en obras como Collateral se comía la pantalla. Explicaré
que Foxx es un esclavo liberado por Waltz que por su parte es un caza
recompensas de origen alemán y antiguo dentista, DiCaprio es un terrateniente y
Jackson un astuto jefe de servicio.
Django Desencadenado La película empieza muy bien, el
guion es realmente inteligente, todo funciona pero llega un momento auspiciado
por el devenir de los personajes de DiCaprio y Waltz en que lo bueno termina y empieza
la leyenda pop de Django, el guion aporta tantas variantes y opciones que esa
misma originalidad lleva a la película a tal encrucijada que la última hora empobrece
al conjunto, queda bien con su lado salvaje y la gran audiencia, devuelve a Tarantino
a la primera línea del entretenimiento de masaspero le deja irremediablemente
por debajo de los grandes cineastas de todos los tiempos. La película llega a cansar al final,
no te la crees. El guion que tanto brilla al principio se convierte en algo poco
creíble y todo está rodado para regocijo del gran público, para entretener, para
el aplauso fácil, en consecuencia, la película pincha y no llega a ser una obra
rotunda.
Tarantino pierde los papeles con un periodista británico
Divertida pero desde el punto de
vista cinematográfico Django Unchained no es una película de primer nivel, su guion
tan brillante al inicio se estropea demasiado y convierte el tramo final en algo
plúmbeo, desmesurado y predecible. Django Unchained es una de las mejores películas del año, dicho esto, se tiende a exagerar con Tarantino y si analizas bien la obra la misma presenta carencias.
"So Sexy, so Scary" Candice Swanepoel as posting a picture of herself on Twitter.
The Body of Candice Swanepoel
Given the groomed image he sells on purpose one can fully believe that Halcombe Hackney Norilsk is an extremely cultivated person, yet it is a fake notion successfully made up because what he really loves is the filthy side of this crooked and rotten world.
Pursuant to satisfy his bitter and sadistic sense of humour he enjoys to say of what the world is really made. Today, the truth about the industry of fashion is to be revealed using the image and telling of the gorgeous model Candice Swanepoel who is happy to appear on this blog. Are you prepared to read the following facts?
CANDICE SWANEPOEL "SO SEXY SO SCARY"
Candice Swanepoel
Some days prior to the 2012 Victoria´s Secret Fashion Show one of its main protagonists and most important models right now, the flawless South African beauty Candice Swanepoel posted a photo of her tummy on Twitter which caused plenty of controversy. Ere to this important Fashion Show some models do only eat a breakfast (e.g. Adriana Lima) consisting of light milkshakes during two weeks.
CandiceSwanepoel followed a hard diet too and as her worries about her figure grew she posted on Twitter a photo of her tummy which was extremely thin and some deemed it naff. A rowdy debate started and a lot of kerfuffle was heard creating brouhaha over her tweet as many claimed these bodies are not natural and these models promote unhealthy and risky habits. Is Victoria´s Secret selling an overly impossible image to be achieved? Are these models putting themselves at risk? The truth is that they are on strict diets, do exercise diary and have lots of people behind them working to create a perfect image as if we were to see them without make up we would be disappointingly surprised though.
Candice Swanepeol on the beach
Sometimes Candice Swanepoel need a helping hand in order to do her job properly.
Candice Swanepoel and her puppy, without her pooch she is no able to work well.
Many are jealous of Candice Swanpeol´s dog.
However, we should no be too worry about these supermodels as they are professionals who know the industry and their body perfectly. Indeed, we cannot blame Candice Swanepoel for having such a pert body, yet Candice Swanepoel should be aware of the images she is posting as many youngsters are deceived easily and believe everybody can be like her.
What is more, there are many people waiting for any mistake these beauties commit so that escape from their otherwise middling lives. Candice Swanepoel is one of the most important models ever, her life is a fairytale where everything she has ever dreamed of has become reality, when you are born in a humble country in Africa is not so easy to become a superstar and appear on the most important catwalks, covers and blogs (like this one in particular) of the entire world. Her career therefore is commendable.
These are the last photos Candice Swanepoel has done for Victoria´s Secret, whilst we are suffering from the rigours of our friend Winter these models remind us that there is still some hope for us in some months time. These images are perfect to jazz your day up as we are in the middle of a terrible crisis and a cold month. Here you have Candice Swanepoel´s summer campaign pictures for Victoria´s Secret.
Candice Swanepoel
Candice Swanepoel and her boyfriend the Brazilian model Hermann Nicoli to whom she is dating since 2006. Candice and Hermann have some great time on the beach showing off their incredible bodies.
Candice Swanepoel
In order to end this post appropriately you can enjoy now two spectacular and recent pictures from the main protagonist of this post, Candice Swanepoel, despite her worries exposed on Twitter we firmly believe she must be keeping herself in the world of fashion as she is one of the best professionals working on it.
Thomas Paul Anderson y la
comparación con Stanley Kubrick. Sobre la película The Master.
Thomas Paul Anderson es comparado
frecuentemente con Stanley Kubrick algo que no es del todo justo excepto en una cuestión
que descubriré al final de esta crítica ya que como Kubrick nunca va a haber nadie.
No obstante, sí que es verdad que Anderson realiza unas películas tan
personales y especiales que se puede hablar de un estilo propio algo que habla
muy bien de este genio del cine. Apenas ha cumplido 40 años y ya ha firmado
obras soberbias.
The Master
No recomendaré The Master a todo
el mundo, el alto precio de las entradas de cine y la excesiva vena artística
de Anderson hace que no sea una película apta para cualquier cinéfilo, no es
una historia a la que se le siga el hilo, es más bien el devenir de unos
personajes, de una época, de una comunidad, me pasó algo parecido con La Cinta Blanca de
Haneke, películas muy buenas pero que pueden dejar frío y no entretener al gran
público.
The Master
Daniel Day Lewis tiene un gran
enemigo en Joaquín Phoenix a la hora de ganar su tercer óscar, aunque lo más
seguro es que se lo lleve, Phoenix podría perfectamente ser coronado como el
mejor actor del año. Su actuación es buenísma, lástima que este año tenga tan
dura competencia.
The Master
Su personaje está perdido, enamorado de una
mujer kilómetros lejos de él, atrapado en trabajos mediocres logra conocer
al maestro de la Iglesia de la Cienciología y llegará a ser su mano derecha. No
hace falta contar nada más.
The Master
Hay escenas muy bien rodadas, otras que son
incluso poco agradables, lo que verdaderamente hace que The Master no sea una película
redonda es que Anderson se olvida de la historia, se pierde en su maestría, se
recrea rodando la complejidad de los personajes haciendo que tu complicidad con
la película no sea completa. Kubrick está por encima de Anderson. No se parecen
tanto, son diferentes.Aunque hay una cosa que Anderson
sí comparte con Kubrick y es que sus
trabajos no están plenamente reconocidos por los premios de la Academia. En
2013 no recibe nominaciones ni a mejor película ni a mejor director, es una de las
grandes perdedoras del año. Esperemos que esta única comparación plausible no se haga en
un futuro próximo y Anderson gane un óscar importante que es más que merecido.
Cada año los Premios de la
Academia de cine americano, los coloquialmente conocidos como Óscar, reconocen
el trabajo de unos pocos privilegiados cuyas películas se revalorizan
consiguiendo más público y por consiguiente más recaudación. A pesar de que
estos famosos premios no dotan directamente de dinero a los ganadores los
negocios, contratos y acuerdos que se cierran esa noche en torno a las fiestas
y la ceremonia bien podríanacabar con
el hambre en el mundo un par de veces. Además, todos los profesionales trabajan
duro para conseguir un premio de la Academia ya que cambia para siempre el
caché y currículum de un artista y están reconocidos como los más prestigiosos
no sólo del cine sino incluso de todas las artes.
ESCÁNDALOS Y ERRORES EN LOS ÓSCARS No obstante, tampoco hay que
tomarse tan en serio estos premios ni seguir al pie de la letra sus irrevocables
decisiones. De hecho, nombraré unos cuantos ejemplos de cineastas que nunca
ganaron el Óscar en las categorías principales (director y mejor película) y
actores que por una razón u otra no recibieron un premio que era más que
merecido.
STANLEY KUBRICK Stanley Kubrick nunca ganó un Óscar
importante, sólo ganó uno a los mejores efectos especiales, algunas de sus
películas sí que recibieron alguna nominación pero poco más, algo que es
incomprensible viendo de lo que era capaz de acometer. De hecho, Kubrick puede
que sea el mejor cineasta de todos los tiempos.
Stanley Kubrick se quedó sin óscar
ALFRED HITCHCOCK Alfred Hitchcock, uno de los
mayores genios de la historia del cine no ganó ninguno, recibió uno honorífico
y sólo 5 nominaciones siendo que firmó más de 50 obras, algunas de ellas
auténticas obras maestras.
Alfred Hitchcock también se quedó sin óscar
ORSON WELLES Orson Welles sólo recibió uno y
en la considerada categoría de menor rango como la de mejor guion, algo extraño
cuando sé es el autor, entre otras, de
obras como Ciudadano Kane o La dama de Shanghai, su excesiva independencia
creativa de los grandes estudios no le ayudó.
Orson Wells
Tampoco pesos pesados como Charles
Chaplin (2 honoríficos y uno musical) Howard Hawks y Sidney Lumet consiguieron
un más que merecido premio ni los europeos Robert Altman, Ingmar Bergman, Jean-
Luc Godard o Federico Felini recibieron un galardón de relevancia por alguna de
sus películas. Tampoco el japonés Akira Kurosawa que como los anteriores se
conformó con el honorífico. (No obstante,
hay que aclarar que tanto Felini como Bergman o Kurosawa consiguieron para sus
respectivos países el de mejor película en la categoría de habla no inglesa, un
gran premio aunque te deja por debajo de los grandes.
En otras ocasiones, la Academia
de cine queda tan evidencia que quiere arreglar sus despropósitos de cualquier
manera y hacen justicia con el pasado otorgando premios para quedar bien y no
dejar sin estatuilla a grandes genios del cine. Le pasó a Humphrey Bogart, tras
no recibir ningún premio por sus magníficas actuaciones en El Sueño Eterno o
Casablanca lo recibió por la muy discutible Reina de África unos 6 años antes
de morir.
Humphrey Bogart
John Wayne, uno de los mejores actores
que ha dado el celuloide pese a deslumbrar en casi todas las películas que rodó
con y sin John Ford y no ganar ningún premio (se rumorea que nunca le perdonaron su abierto
apoyo al Partido Republicano) recibió su único Óscar por True Grit cuando ya
contaba 62 años y estaba claro que no iba a realizar muchas más películas, es
increíble comprobar cómo ni siquiera era nominado siendo que nadie interpretaba
personajes de Western o tipos duros como él. Más recientemente, el gran Al Pacino
lo ganó por Esencia de mujer cuyo papel y película quedan en ridículo viendo
cualquier actuación suya en los años 70 e incluso si uno analiza el premio que
recibió Martin Scorsese por Infiltrados
sospecha que suena a resarcir un poco el pasado ya que a pesar de que es una
buena cinta no puede compararse al trabajo de Marty en Casino o Toro Salvaje
por nombrar sólo 2 ejemplos.
Todavía es mucho peor lo que pasó
con dos grandísimos actores como Peter
O´Toole y Cary Grant protagonistas ambos de películas legendarias como Lawrence
de Arabia o Con la muerte en los talones y responsables ambos de actuaciones
míticas tuvieron que recibir uno honorífico. Otro
actor que bien podía haber ganado un Óscar y que se le otorgó el honorífico fue
Kirk Douglas. Hay muchos más casos de celebridades que podrían haber recibido
uno pero los ya mencionados son particularmente llamativos y sonrojantes.
¿Cuándo te dan a destiempo un
premio honorífico qué haces? ¿Olvidarte de la afrenta y la tropelía acometida?
¿Enfadarte y no recibirlo para denunciar la injusticia? (Godard no quiso asistir
a recoger el Honorífico alegando su avanzada edad, le entristeció más ganar éste
que no haber sido nunca premiado porque para él no son los reales).
Todos los premios importantes
tarde o temprano quedan en entredicho o deben resarcir errores del pasado, de
hecho, los miembros de la Academia saben perfectamente que es incomprensible
que algunos genios del cine nombrados anteriormente no ganaran nunca un Óscar
por eso el Honorífico queda tan bien para eliminar posibles
problemas de conciencia. ¿Recibió por error el óscar Marisa Tomei?
Seguro que vemos más reconocimientos
sospechosos y premios a toda una trayectoria cuyos ganadores hubieran debido
obtener por una película anterior. Por cierto, Tom Cruise, Johnny
Depp, Brad Pitt, Annette Bening y Julianne Moore están abrazando la cincuentena
¿Qué pasará entonces? ¿Ganarán un Óscar tan extraño como el de Al Pacino o
recibirán uno tipo Cary Grant?
THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS. Sobre "Westway to the world" The Clash.
Desde el momento en que se
encuentran en la cola del paro y deciden formar The Clash hasta su disolución pasando por sus momentos más
exitosos como la inclusión de la canción “Rock the Casbah” en el top 5 de
Estados Unidos y entrelazando la opinión de sus 3 principales miembros (Joe
Strummer, Mick Jones y Paul Simonon) el director Don Letts nos cuenta de una
forma cercana y sincera la historia de la “única banda que realmente importa” The Clash.
En la página de Film Affinity se
indica que “Westway to the world” dura 60 minutos, el DVD que me compré hace
años dura 80. Además, en los extras hay una crónica de unos conciertos de The
Clash en Nueva York, espero que el lector pueda disfrutar de la misma versión
que tengo yo.
Los 3 miembros principales de The
Clash te cuentan entresijos esenciales del grupo, te explican el porqué del
nombre de la banda, su origen, la razón de ser de canciones como “I´m so bored
with the USA” “White Riot” “Police and thieves” o “1977”. Momentos clave como
sus primeras giras, apariciones televisivas, su contrato con CBS, sus discos, sus conciertos de 15 días seguidos en Nueva
York, también hay imágenes muy buenas de la banda en vivo y apariciones de
protagonistas de su historia como la fotógrafa que tomó la foto de la portada
del “London Calling” o la experiencia del batería, sin olvidar las peleas
internas, el desgaste, disolución de la banda o la heroína.
Aquí puedes ver el documental Westway to the world gratis y sin cortes
Es la crónica de los 7 años de
existencia de los londinenses, aderezada con reflexiones sobre la vida, la
sociedad y el negocio de la música de Joe Strummer y las experiencias y puntos
de vista imprescindibles de Mick Jones y Paul Simonon. La forma en que termina
es muy acertada, es un documental como el punk, sin alardes pero con gran
mensaje y contundencia.
Unos chicos que desde la cola del
paro de un barrio humilde del oeste de Londres llegan a llenar el inmenso
estadio de béisbol Shea Stadium de Nueva York sin formación musical y sin
apenas dinero que les cubra las espaldas se ganaron el calificativo que titula
esta crítica porque siempre estuvieron a la altura de las circunstancias, nunca
se alejaron del ciudadano de a pie y perfeccionaron el punk aportando un
mensaje argumentado y profundo y enriqueciendo su sonido con aportaciones de otros
estilos, cada disco era la constatación de su superaciónartística. No se vendieron y fueron siempre coherentes manteniendo el
compromiso social y la lealtad a sus principios.
Aunque luego su inmensa calidad y
mito han hecho que su música se oiga en desfiles de moda, la utilice Levis o
sus camisetas se vendan en Zara fueron son y serán
“The only band that matters”
Para concluir, hay que decir que Joe Strummer va a recibir un homenaje en la ciudad española de Granada, ciudad en la que residió casualmente, ciudad que admiraba y además a un grupo punk local pagó de su bolsillo para que grabaran un disco.