If you spend time with us, guess what, you’re going to live forever, you’re going to go to some other plain where you’re going to be so happy, you’ll just be happy all the time.
(reworded)
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=184827647
Blood, sweat, and sex: a porn star tells us it ain’t easy being an adult performer, especially once you get past those “fresh meat” scenes:
Over time the “new girl” scenes no longer appealed to consumers, who want to see diversification from steadily working performers, and scenes that progressively up the ante. Over the last decade this process has gained momentum—girls that enter porn in 2013 have to be ready for extreme acts earlier on in their careers. Because of this acceleration, there is about to be a generation of porn performers who have spent the majority of their years in porn doing extreme sex acts. I am one of them. I’ve smiled through gonzo scenes, but afterward often went home sick, curled up in a ball and physically nauseated. There is always a price to pay; the kind of damage we’ve inflicted on our bodies won’t catch up with us for years. Hopefully it won’t be lasting, but we’ll be the first generation of adult actresses to know.
Adult actresses are prone to internal tears the way an athlete might be at risk for injuring a tendon. No amount of stretching can prepare you for what will happen on an adult set if things go wrong. No one likes to talk about injuries (porn-girl etiquette), so it’s hard to pinpoint how frequently they occur. Injuries are not routine, as far as I know, but several of us, myself included, have experienced their fair share. My first on-set injury happened with a rapacious male performer who held little regard for my body and slammed into me like a rag doll. It was the first time I’d been torn; the director suggested we use extra lube and keep going. (On days like that a tube of Neosporin became my best friend after work). It was excruciating, but the show must go on. No one gets paid if it doesn’t.
Adult actress Aurora Snow writes, “My hard life in porn.”
Shouts & Murmurs: In the interest of brevity, the International Film Festival has issued a single press release to introduce all of this year’s films:
U.S. Films in Competition
105 minutes, EnglishIn this ________ (stunningly forceful / wryly sardonic / charmingly intimate) film, a…
Big LOL.
(Source: newyorker.com)
Mark Wahlberg - Career In Four Minutes
http://www.totalfilm.com/features/mark-wahlberg-career-in-four-minutes
“I was calling to thank you for making me feel so supported as a child, sometimes even as an adult. And there’s times when I feel like we have nothing in common, we don’t know each other at all, we weren’t even really put on the same earth by the same God, but at the same time I just feel like there’s a hammock under the earth that’s protecting me. It really means a lot and that’s because of you and I’m grateful. I love you Mom, I really, really love you.”
Happy Birthday Robert Altman! (1925–2006)
I add A Prairie Home Companion to this list.
COMMUNITY IS BACK TONIGHT ON NBC!
Our very own Jace Lacob previews the fourth season.
Strangers who look like twins
“I struggle with the idea of winning awards for acting. Stating I’m Best Actor for something as subjective as film seems strange to me. To the uninitiated it implies I’m solely responsible for the creation and implementation of the character. I am not. I suppose that’s why we thank our colleagues. There are those who you all know such as Paul Thomas Anderson, to whom I am eternally grateful – a man who has persistently searched for the truth. I am fortunate to have been under his guidance. Philip Seymour Hoffman for his patience and advice. Amy Adams for being angry. Megan Ellison and everyone at Annapurna for their support of the film and ensuring that I was able to cover my mortgage. But there are many others who you do not know by name such as Mike Kenna, who I believe was the grip but he did 20 different jobs so I can’t be sure; Adam Somner, the first assistant director; Karen Ramirez in the office; Tommy – I don’t know your last name… there are too many to list. The truth is, you cannot separate my work from their’s. We were a unit bolstered by the same goal: to do our part in helping Paul to achieve his vision. I view this award as recognition of all of our work. I am very cognisant of the fact that for me this award is an encouragement to continue my lifelong passion of being an actor. I will not squander this high regard. P.S. There’s an up-and-coming actor named Daniel who’s in a movie called Lincoln. You should check it out.”
(Source: firewalkwithmecharliebrown, via operationfailure)
Watch President Obama age from January 2009 to December 2012. Connie Mariano, White House physician from 1992 to 2001, observes, “It’s like they went in a time machine and fast-forwarded eight years in the span of four years.”
If you slow down Call Me Maybe to 75% its original speed, it sounds vaguely like an acoustic cover by a guy in a coffee shop.
holy shit this is actually really pretty???
what the fuck
no
this is not ok
LOL WTF NO
I can stand it now
Kinda lovin’ this.
