MONEYBALL’s Stephen Bishop Talks Playing David Justice, The Training and Working With Brad Pitt


As an actor, it’s probably a mixed blessing to play a real living person.

On the one hand, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel as you have access to the person with all their subtleties and quirks but on the other hand, you have to portray a compelling character without becoming a caricature. That is the delicate balance that Stephen Bishop had to manage as he played real life baseball star David Justice in the upcoming movie MONEYBALL starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

OXFAM America: Food Games


It’s time to put an end to the wasteful special interest deals by reforming food aid programs in the 2012 Farm Bill. If we cut the red tape we can reach up to 17 million more people with life-saving aid at no additional cost to taxpayers. Save millions more lives, without spending a dime. It’s a no-brainer.

When kids play with their food it’s cute. When Washington does, it costs lives. Tell Washington to stop playing with food aid.

Study Finds Homophobes Hiding in the Closet


As the lead author of the study
, Netta Weinstein of University of Essex, explained to Science Daily, “Individuals who identify as straight but in psychological tests show a strong attraction to the same sex may be threatened by gays and lesbians because homosexuals remind them of similar tendencies within themselves.” It’s a form of self-hate projected on others.

Eric Franklin reviews Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime


The Prime comes in two colours, a dark grey with a hint of purple and a silver with a hint of gold (which Asus appropriately calls the “champagne” colour). If you admired the build quality, weight and thinness of the iPad 2, then you’re going to be gobsmacked by this; the first ten minutes of my time with the Prime was spent literally caressing it, I almost licked it. If I had done that with a living being, I’d have probably been arrested.