Peter Jackson on the set of The Hobbit. Three months in, and we already have a ‘best photo of 2011’…
This November 2009-February 2010 time lapse of BC Place as the Olympic opening, medal, and closing ceremonies were built, rehearsed, and put on is pretty incredible. While a part of my soul hurts from the extravagance of cost exhibited herein (and the knowledge that much of it was directly from taxes), the other part of me that’s faced a challenge trying to put on events for just 300 people is completely in awe.
I can’t really wrap my head around the idea of rehearsing the closing ceremonies by night WHILE setting up and taking down the medal ceremonies to be conducted by day. I have a feeling London’s going to have to do something similar with the limited space that they have to work with.
(via VanCity Buzz)
Pixar Canada Officially Open!
Although they’re still in temporary offices in downtown Vancouver as they finalize a permanent, 20,000 sq ft. home, Pixar has released a video today announcing their official arrival in Canada! 18 year old me is pretty excited right now, while 8 year old me fainted before he had a chance to check the video out on CTV’s website, which for some reason is against embedding videos (we all know that embedding is why NO ONE has ever heard of YouTube…), which not only features John Lasseter, Ed Catmull, and the executive team at Pixar Canada discussing the new studio, but shows various classic characters discovering the city.
Like I said, I’m obviously pretty excited. Not just that Pixar’s in the country, but that they’re in the same city, when they could have hit up Montréal— the main reasons for Vancouver seem to be taxes, the matching timezone for working with the mothership, and the fact that there’s a huge talent pool here looking for work.
Here’s hoping it all works out in the long run, this is going to be a huge deal for the vfx/animation community at large here.
Thanks to /Film for the find!
While in Los Angeles, Kesha had the opportunity to sing background vocals for Paris Hilton’s single, “Nothing in This World,” which led to a later incident in which she vomited in Hilton’s closet.
More video from the set of Jinx!
In retrospect, they had to pack a lot of things and people into that beemer. But we were wasting gasoline.
