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[pien]

She knows she is bad in acting...

Something else comes into my mind.

Sometimes you see people build a business on some simple trick which they repeat acting like it is something extraordinair. Lot of followed coem and the fact they know what they do is not that special. It is like the emporers clotted. But in this case emporer knows.

[soho]

i love jodie

[artfuldodger]

yep yep

[artfuldodger]

She's watchable as hell. She's just got it, and it's gotten better over time.

[Mario]

Nov 5, 2013 11:44:53 GMT -5 @pien said:

She knows she is bad in acting...

Something else comes into my mind.

Sometimes you see people build a business on some simple trick which they repeat acting like it is something extraordinair. Lot of followed coem and the fact they know what they do is not that special. It is like the emporers clotted. But in this case emporer knows.

Even if I think she, acting-wise, reached her peak long ago I disagree here. She clearly has 'it'. And 'it' is much more than acting skills, it's what degree of magic one can do through the lens of a camera -or not.

In art sure there are lots of examples of artists who take advantage of the fact that their art is reproducible. And this started long before masters like Warhol, which might come to most people's mind. But even old Albrecht Duerer made most of his cash with works he let his wife print/copy and sale. It doesn't have to be the product itself that to me unique, sometimes it's the story about it, so if you story is very good why not going on sell it to people as long as their is demand. Art, not different to any other business, doesn't it just fulfill dreams and longings of people. I wouldn't be ashamed one second if I find a way to make thousands happy&satisfied with my product, that is totally un-extraordinary and cheap to reproduce. The opposite is more likely truth: If it looks that easy, why don't you sell emporer's clothes?

[pien]

I do sell them so i know what i'm talking about.

[Mario]

I want them too! Hurry!



Maybe the quotes from a Daniel Radcliffe interview showed up in your news feed recently because he mentions Jodie. Since none of those b-class celeb sites mentioned a source I traced it back to NPR.

www.nprberlin.de/post/child-actor-artist-radcliffe-reflects-post-potter-life

..and it's a very good talk since it seems he became a really nice guy nowadays. He says..

"You know, Jodie Foster, Elijah Woods, Christian Bale all started very, very young. And, you know, particularly Jodie Foster is somebody who has handled both her professional and personal life with more grace than almost anybody."

Also here (in case you didn't know): Trevor Project, gay support etc..

GROSS: So Ginsberg was also gay, which you're not, but you've given a lot of money to gay rights groups. And I've read that you've said that that's because you grew up with so many gay men that - and when you were exposed to homophobia for the first time, like you were shocked because it was so not part of the world that you were in, which I imagine was like the acting world.

RADCLIFFE: Yeah, I mean exactly. My mom was a costume director, and my dad was a literary agent. So - and they had both been actors when they were younger. So I grew up knowing loads of gay men, and it was just not - you know, it's not even something you question. You just go, like, you know, you don't think about it. And, yeah, somebody was asking me about this earlier, just saying, like, why is it that you give so much attention to, you know, the Trevor Projects and things involved in that cause.

GROSS: It's an anti-gay bullying project, yeah.

RADCLIFFE: Yes, sorry, thank you. And I really - it actually started from, like, an interview I was doing when I was 17, or 17, 18, in London, and I was being interviewed by Attitude, which is a gay magazine in England, in the U.K. And they were telling me lots about lots of gay rights issues that had come up recently in the U.K., and then they were asking me about stuff.

And as I started talking, I became aware of how passionate I was getting and how - and I suddenly was like I've never really spoken this strongly on any, like, political issue before. Like I've never - I don't mean to sound like a horrible person, but I've never had the same, you know, zeal for the environment that I know a lot of people do.

Like - not that I don't care, but it's, like, it's just that you, you know, you find what you're passionate about. And with this thing, I suddenly started talking about it, and I think it is a consequence of the fact that when I went to school and suddenly was seeing people be homophobic, and even though I was, you know, nine or 10, and there was, you know, nobody in my class - well, certainly nobody in my class had come out at that point, you know. And - but it was just, like, homophobic words and slang being thrown around as insults.

GROSS: So you were exposed to, like, homophobia and homophobic slurs when you were in school. When were you in school? Because I know there was a period when you were doing Harry Potter films when you were basically being tutored outside of school so you could make the movies.

RADCLIFFE: No absolutely. I mean, I was - I pretty much left full-time formal education when I was 11. So that was when I was taken out of the school system. But, you know, gay homophobic slang is being thrown around in playgrounds a lot younger than that. Like it's the reality.

[Mario]

Nov 4, 2013 18:04:20 GMT -5 @christianelopes said:

carolyngage.weebly.com/2/post/2013/01/one-more-blog-on-jodie-foster.html?fb_action_ids=603261816397955&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

I was bored of so much Jodie and Alex and I found this blog. I like this nostalgia. Jodie is stil the same Jodie of the 70's and 80's. So little has changed. The same gestures, reactions and... well... so little is to be said...

First, a minor correction. The caption "Foster at Yale" is wrong. The picture, here uncropped and better resolution...



...was taken in early '79 and Jodie more than 1 1/2 half years away from Yale.

Next...did you read the text? I can't agree to some points but I find "butch invisibility" an interesting topic. In the "Jodie: An Icon" documentary the narrator simply said "the tomboy had to disappear when she grew up" or something like that. In a way they wanted to suggest, this is something that has to happen, else your homosexuality would become too visible and obvious to everyone. I wish there were people I could explore this a little bit deeper with, who maybe know JF's story and experienced the same in their lives.


Wait, here you wrote "I was bored of so much Jodie and Alex" and there you asked "What do you say now that she has been spotted with Alex". So..what is it now?

[Mario]

I totally missed Disney posted this on their blog last week.



Just great. Wish they'd post more from their archives.

[Mario]

Somewhere I have the newspaper snippet announcing the event back then...

more details anaheimhistoricalsociety.blogspot.com/2013/10/disneyland-and-anaheim-halloween-parade.html

[Mario]

>>"Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 1978. The special was made to commemorate the 50th birthday of Mickey Mouse and highlights many moments in his career. <<

Her 16th birthday. There's just this screenshot.

[Mario]

good Casey Brown screenshot

[artfuldodger]

*deep sigh* If I had a tiime machine, I would be in England right now.

[artfuldodger]

Wow, that's a good find, Mario. Thanks. I would love to watch the whole special.

[artfuldodger]

Damn, Mario, you came back with a vengeance this time. Fantastic find. Thank you.

[artfuldodger]

Her influence certainly can be felt and seen.

[atj]

Awesome find love it so much!!

Sent from my Nexus 7 using proboards

[Mario]

We have a famous soccer player here and he supports gay rights groups too, when it became public he found himself in a situation where he had to 'explain' that --complete with rumours he must be gay and all (what he isn't). I don't know about the US but in Euroland gay football players are one of the last taboos. Yeah maybe except the German national soccer girls, where some women are out and proud. As much as I respect JF's way to handle everything...I think it's safe to say we humans make the most progress when stuff is visible and talked about. And to some degree it's straight people's liability to provide an environment where this is possible and safe. Radcliffe obviously (and because he never knew different) is aware of that. Yes, it's probably very easy for me to write on these things..but I also understand (and have the empathy) that changes happen too slow, that LGBT people don't see much change, give a sh* they have to rely on so called normal people and things even get worse in parts of the world --I'd be angry too.

[Mario]

you've got mail

[artfuldodger]

You have to be realistic, Mario. You can not force an issue.

And JF has done an enormous amount of good just by being where she is and being a stable respected presence.

[nike]

Sushi for two! Stylish Jodie Foster enjoys a date night with girlfriend Alexandra Hedison

They've done their utmost to keep their relationship on the down low since they first started dating earlier this year.
But on Thursday night, Jodie Foster and her girlfriend Alexandra Hedison were seen venturing out to grab some dinner at Nobu Matsuhisa Japanese restaurant in Beverly Hills.
Jodie, 50, looked stylish for the outing in a pair of black trousers, leather jacket and light grey scarf, while photographer Alexandra, 44, accessorised her ensemble with a black and gold scarf.
However, Jodie ended up somewhat distracting from her date night look with what appeared to be a large scarf on her right foot, covered in medical tape.
As the pair made their way to Jodie's car to head home, the Oscar-winning actress was seen clutching her wallet and a $20 note after apparently tipping the valet.
Nobu Matsuhisa, which serves everything from sushi to hot dishes, is a popular restaurant choice among Hollywood's elite couples, with David and Victoria Beckham, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard all regular customers.
In October, it was revealed that Jodie and Alexandra, who is the ex-girlfriend of Ellen DeGeneres, had been 'quietly dating' for several months.
A source told E! News of the relationship at the time: 'It's pretty serious. They're totally in love.'
It's not the first time that Jodie and Alexandra have been linked, as reports of a romance between he pair first emerged when they were seen together at a technology seminar in Los Angeles this summer.
The duo then fuelled the claims when they went to dinner with friends several days later.
The relationship marks the first serious pairings for both Jodie and Alexandra in several years.
While Jodie and Cydney Bernard, who have two sons together, split in 2008 after a 20-year relationship, Alexandra split from Ellen in 2004 after three years together.
It was claimed at the time that Ellen left Alexandra, who has appeared in shows including The L Word as well as her photography career, for her now-wife, Portia de Rossi.
News of Jodie's romance with Alexandra comes after the actress came out as gay while accepting a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globe awards in January.

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[Mario]

Thank you, nike!

Jeez, this is blood. She somehwere hurt her foot. Or remains of a little surgery? Sinews, veins, obdormition of the toes or something like skin cancer?

[Mario]

Oh, it's not me who puts pressure on JF for a public identity clarification, "or else we don't like her". Just wanted to say I understand it exists. And it's a legitimate question to ask what if every lesbian would (have) be(en) like JF. In slightly provocative words: Who has the power for visible changes if not her?
...yeah maybe I mix up her tough and brave on screen persona with the real one. But then, why does she feel so much for these roles. A warrior by nature only to fight a live long for this privacy thing? I don't believe in simple compensation.

[artfuldodger]

We all have the power, Mario. Every voice counts.

[urban]

She looks sad in the driving pic. I feel bad for her.

[pien]

I like her look like this.

Same old technique alex not walking next to her. She is handeling te paparazzi alone.

[Mario]

She's lucky the Japanese cook didn't notice she once again stole the table cloth.

[pien]

yeah the only not so stylish part beside the wallet

[soho]

nice pic
thanks

[Mario]

You can see cheap syndication works when a five your old YT video floods big media outlets...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-m3AMbbw8#t=75 So we spare us the ancient bloopers clip they've just discovered and have a look what time did to the cast..













and finally..



haha, just kidding.