Archive for the 'Entertainment' Category

16th of June, 2010

Posted by Doug in Entertainment at 3:10 pm

Trinity Nightclub in Seattle is an ornately adorned 2-level labyrinth, housing 3 rooms: The Main Room, the Blue Room, The Card room and a large private VIP room. Each room has a unique theme and decor with 2 spacious dance floors, full lounge, state of the art sound and lighting, plus internationally acclaimed DJ’s.

The Main Room, is a majestic room featuring Seattle’s top sound and lighting systems. It also has one of the largest dance floors on the west coast. Many of the room’s features are from a Seattle area church, including the DJ booth, which was constructed from its pulpit. This design gives The Main Room a classic, old-world feeling with all the modern amenities, including fully appointed VIP room with full bar and private restroom.

The Blue Room, is the fun, flirty side of Trinity. Royal blue with white accents, including a sparkle-infused blue dance floor. It’s reminiscent of the 50′s, but with aretro-modern style, and a pinch of an overdone Roger Moore James Bond film style. The Blue Room also features computer-controlled LED lighting system suspended from the ceiling and a custom designed DJ booth.

The Card Room, is an eclectic Asian themed lounge side of Trinity. Featuring pieces rescued from the Asian room at the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle. The Card Room is very exotic and relaxing, a place to enjoy dim sum, drink and a good conversation.

The VIP Room, is a private and intimate area with up-matched elegance. The perfect setting for professional and personal entertaining. This sophisticated room offers a fully stocked bar, plush seating, a private restroom, a climate-controlled atmosphere and the VIP guests get to enjoy an unsurpassed service, which includes table-side premium service made available by your personal host and professional staff. Reservation are necessary.

You’ll find Trinity at 111 Yesler Way, not far from a downtown boutique hotel Seattle, USA offers its fine international guests.

28th of May, 2010

Posted by Doug in Entertainment at 3:10 pm

New York City has always been a pretty intimidating rival to Hollywood when it comes to making movies. In terms of sheer volume, of course, no one can come close to the west coast, but in terms of top films made in the country, ones that critics generally accept as the finest of their crop, New York is very much a contender. It’s really rather difficult to compete with New York for anything and come out winning, because there’s something rather sturdy about the people and the artistic traditions here. There are also some fine movies.

It’s not just a great place to make movies, although it has some of the most spectacular locations anyone could ask for. It’s also a great place to see movies, with some of the oldest movies houses in the country, offering plenty of entertainment for anyone staying in a New York hotel and looking for an authentic experience. Years ago, the stories go, people could smoke in the theaters, and one could hop from one to another, and see movies all day. Common rules of decency have changed these things a bit, but it’s still a city that offers a cinema experience that’s important to catch.

The city has enough weight behind it when it comes to film. Some of the most important films have been made in the city, and New York in the movies has been used to such effect that it actually becomes a character. It’s easy to see how this figures into the movies of Woody Allen, Spike Lee, or Martin Scorcese. In many of their films, the subject matter is so quintessentially New York, and the city locations are used with such dexterity, that it comes to life in a remarkable and memorable way.

It wasn’t just this era of the contemporary cinema greats, however, that make New York memorable in movies . It could have started before 1933, but that year, when King Kong was climbing the Empire State Building, the movie became more than a film set in New York. The city became a symbol of culture and civilization, but then it also showed itself to contain a brutal force, one that could compete with the worst that nature could throw at it. In the end, it lies in a poignant balance between the two places, both as urban jungle and high society, and the dialectic serves to spin out films generation after generation.

24th of May, 2010

Posted by Doug in Entertainment at 3:10 pm

Seeing movies in San Francisco has all the advantages of seeing a film in any big, cosmopolitan city. The audiences are generally much more receptive, and also critical, and make the experience very different than seeing a film anywhere else. For anyone taking a vacation, going from their downtown hotel to the local theatre, it’s sometimes a wonderful experience in world cinema, and sometimes it becomes striking how many films are made in and about the city itself.

San Francisco may have a reputation for cop films, with hits like 48 Hours, Dirty Harry (yes, the original one), and Bullitt, with some of the most exciting car chase scenes ever caught on celluloid. But there are also a number of other kinds of films made here as well, with intimate, exceptional dramas like Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and Days of Wine and Roses. There are also films like X-Men, Monsters Vs. Aliens, George of the Jungle, and Herbie the Love Bug that take some common ideas of a world based on San Francisco, and then morph it for maximum effect. Then there are films that are more focused on the multiple cultures here, like The Mistress of Spices, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Joy Luck Club, and Milk.

These all make up a kind of testament to what San Francisco is, a glass bead game with multiple facets, constantly revealing and unveiling, and at the same moment hiding something new. The San Francisco Film Commission has been pretty instrumental in keeping the city centered as a location for world cinema, and there are many independent filmmakers and small companies working to document the dreams and realities of the city on film and video. The first moving picture was taken in this part of the country, and it set a standard for the city, as well as a kind of fortunate precedent. Small visions of great poetic beauty, and large visions of the state of the world are worthy of capturing the audience’s attention here, and it’s up to the artists to filter in and out what makes sense, and what makes a dream.

19th of May, 2010

Posted by Doug in Entertainment at 11:30 am

Three contemporary films set in Las Vegas, “The Hangover,” “Leaving Las Vegas,” and “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” can offer a fairly good idea of the kinds of films being made about the city these days. They offer a glimpse into the worlds that are here, and also reflect the extraordinary imaginations of the filmmakers. Seen in another light, they also speak of a cultural history in the U.S. in general. Las Vegas has always served as a kind of litmus test for the rest of the country when it comes to film, because of the unusual things that films can reveal that are not possible in other art forms.

It also has a lot to do with how the city is perceived in the rest of the world, and what it stands for in the imagination. Since the film industry got off the ground in the 20th century, Las Vegas has been a primary setting for movies, and there are literally hundreds of movies about Las Vegas in the past hundred years. Recent popularity of the above-mentioned films also suggests that this isn’t something that’s on the decline. Las Vegas stands, then, as a kind of archetype that continues to haunt the imagination, and the archetype tells as much about the imaginations of the people as it does about the city itself.

It’s often the case in Las Vegas movies that the hotel plays a big role in the content of the film. Hotels aren’t simply locations where the characters happen to be staying, but often play a significant role themselves, and this gives them a certain metaphorical weight. The luxurious hotel in a movie speaks to the fortunes of the characters, and also tells the audience that they are in the city inhabiting another space. Being in a new space, for any character in literature, usually means that the story is an adventure, where they are stepping out of themselves in order to let their real essence come through.

The dislocation of people in time and space is an old literary device, putting them in a kind of crucible, where they will be tested. In some of the movies, the test is one where sudden good fortune becomes a means of bringing out the darker sides of human nature. In others, the location becomes something of a last chance, to discover something that was lost or fading away, and the movie then become about the characters struggling with what was left behind, in order to change and become the next thing. Much like the city itself, always in flux, and always on the way to something else.

18th of May, 2010

Posted by Doug in Entertainment at 4:02 pm

Lindsey Lohan denies that they are going out, but it is a different story from what other people who have seen them around town are saying. Photographer, Indrani, has been seen hanging out with Lohan a lot lately, and has even been spotted making out with her. Indrani says that this is her first female relationship she has had, but she really likes Lohan. Her impression is that Lohan is trying to get her life back on track and many people who know Lohan are hoping that Indrani is a good influence on her. If all this is true it begs the question as to why Lindsey is denying the relationship. What are your thoughts on the matter?

11th of May, 2010

Posted by Doug in Entertainment, Travel at 12:42 pm

Atlanta, Georgia is a place that’s rich with history and culture. It’s one of the great cities in the world to visit, and now more than ever there are plenty of reasons for coming. In the past, it was a place to change planes, but the secrets are getting out that it’s also one of the most fabulous cities in the country. Still small enough to maintain its distinct identity, but large enough to have a very cosmopolitan feel, there is something for everyone. There are plenty of live entertainments to enjoy here, including live music, theatre, dance, and other kinds of performance, but it’s also increasingly a place for movies.

It’s indeed a rich place for film-lovers, and there are also a number of very popular movies filmed in Atlanta . Because of its extremely lovely natural appeal, with different kinds of vegetation and landscapes, it is a perfect choice for filmmakers looking for shots of the country. It also has a lively urban center, which means that multiple locations are very accessible here. As if this weren’t enough, there are also new tax incentives that make it very financially reasonable to choose Atlanta as a setting.

For guests, this can mean that there are times of the year when celebrity star-gazing is particularly good. And who knows? Perhaps this means that one might run into someone famous on the streets, when setting foot outside of the luxury hotel . It’s not uncommon. In the 1970s, BUrt Reynolds spent a lot of time here, with films like “Deliverance,” and “Sharkey’s Machine.” Even “Smokey and the Bandit” took advantage of some of Georgia’s back roads.

The filming of “Roots” in Savannah was a ground-breaking work that touched the entire country, but it also sparked interest in Atlanta as a fine choice for film . “The Big Chill” may be the first big contemporary Hollywood blockbuster to be shot here. This opened up the doors for other kinds of movies as well, where they didn’t have to be action-oriented, but could appeal to urban audiences looking for films that allowed for intimacy with the viewers. “Driving Miss Daisy,” “The Blind Side,” and “The Last Song,” are just some of these. There are also generous amounts of side-slitting comedy’s set here, most notably some of the more celebrated works of Tyler Perry. Even in film, Atlanta has something for everyone.

9th of May, 2010

Posted by Doug in Education, Entertainment at 12:46 pm

There has been a lot of going ons about the IPad. Is it worth it? If you don’t have one yet, you may want to take a look at this video and find out some things about it. The main thing he likes to say about it in the video is that the IPad is for the Consumption of Content, not for the creation of it. You won’t want to write an essay on it, or even a blog post. You make up your own mind though.

1st of May, 2010

Posted by Doug in Entertainment at 3:10 pm

Singapore’s reputation as a force to be reckoned with in the global scheme of things is pretty solid by now. The recent decades have seen a city-state that’s turned itself into its own version of itself, and this is in constant reinvention. In part, the reinvention is one that’s almost a quotation of itself, referring to its own particular history and multiculture. In part, too, the reinvention is a constant negotiation between the whole puzzle of global culture, as well as its distinct parts. Port cities have a knack for integrating ideas, rhythms, and ingredients in ways that few places can, and Singapore seems masterful at decoding for itself which parts are worth keeping and adding to its own evolving cloth.

Club culture here is no different than anything else, exciting, edgy, and extremely progressive. It might be one of the very top hallmarks of the city-state, where it’s ability to mix culture comes across on the dance floor and in the spaces in a very elegant and fresh way. It’s easy to see why so many first-time visitors come to the island and fight off their jet lag to enjoy a spectacular meal at a singapore restaurant and then head out to the clubs as soon as the plane lands.

Zouk is by no means the only club in town, but it’s pretty iconic as a representation of what Singapore has to offer, and an evening spent here, in any or all of the three rooms, will fill the appetite for world beats and late-night youth culture. The buildings were originally warehouses in 1919, and have been refurbished to maintain the old look. This is not only a perfectly hip move in club culture, but it also serves to center the history of Singapore right here. No matter how fast the grooves carry you away from the present and into a future that looks so bright, there is always the weight of the past. In this case, it doesn’t have a gravitational pull that slows things down, but instead ties this cultural moment to everything that came before, turning the weight into power. Fashion and lifestyle do indeed come to the clubs, reverberating the cultures of the city-state in ways that speak to the visual as well as the aural, and suddenly we all find ourselves on the crest of a new wave.

29th of April, 2010

Posted by Doug in Education, Entertainment at 3:55 pm

Loving to cook is a good thing. Someone who can cook well is pretty much always appreciated. It looks it is also becoming a skill more and more people want to learn because as I was looking through some of the best videos on the web today I came across this one.


How To Use Your Guide HandThe funniest videos clips are here

It has gotten a lot of hits, and is honestly a pretty good cooking video.

19th of April, 2010

Posted by Doug in Entertainment, Society at 1:47 pm

Facebook is announcing a new feature soon. There has been no official talk yet, but it looks as though all the rumors point in the same direction. Soon Facebook will be announcing a button that allows you to “Like” web pages. With it being a little colder than becoming a fan, and takes most of the same styling of Digg, one wonders how well this will work out.