Revealing How ChickenMcNuggets Are MadeWon’t Save McDonald’s
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- McDonald's
has unveiled to the world how it makes
a Chicken McNugget, but the radical
marketing campaign won't be nearly
enough to halt steep sales declines in
the U.S.
On Monday evening, McDonald's released
its latest marketing video in an
ongoing battle to silence critics of
its food quality. The six-minute
spot below takes viewers through the
production process of the popular
menu staple, from the slicing of dead,
hanging birds all the way through the
flash-frying process. A similar video
was released earlier in the month
showing how the McRib sandwich is
produced.
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The release of the video conspicuously
came on the heels of McDonald's U.S.
sales sliding 4.6% in November,
however. McDonald's U.S. has served up
three straight quarters of falling traffic
to its restaurants, and same-store
sales have declined in each quarter of
2014.
With its revamped marketing approach
falling on deaf ears, and U.S. sales
plunging, TheStreet takes a look at
three operational changes
McDonald's should consider in 2015.
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1. Dismantle the Fast-Food
Preparation Process
McDonald's pioneered the concept of
quickly making large volumes of
processed, packaged food and then
bringing it out to hungry customers
waiting near a cash register. That
approach is what became known in
America as "fast food." Now, with
Americans having greater knowledge of
the calories in their meals and the
origin of ingredients, they are
demanding to see how their order is
constructed from start to finish.
Furthermore, they want to be able to
customize the product based on their
tastes.
Growing demand for
product customization in the fast food
business is a view not lost on the CEO
of McDonald's competitor Sonic . "The
customer, in our case, is not
coincidental to the food preparation
process, they drive the preparation
process," said Sonic CEO J. Clifford
Hudson in a Nov. 10 interview with
TheStreet. Hudson added, "For some of
our competition that is not true, they
are estimating what the needs are
going to be and then make the food
beforehand."
The food customization movement
hasn't been entirely lost on execs
at McDonald's, either.
The company's new "Create Your Taste"
program lets customers sidestep the
counter and go right to tablet-like
kiosks where they can customize their
burger. According to McDonald's, the
program, which began in four Southern
California stores this year, will be
expanded to 30 locations in five
additional states in 2015.
But customizing burgers still doesn't
address the fundamental issue of how
McDonald's prepares food out of the
sight of hungry customers. One change
it should consider: Adopt the
transparent, speedy food prep process
of the red-hot Chipotle .
At the burrito and salad bowl maker, a
person enters a line, chooses
ingredients presented right in front of
them, and is shuffled down to a cash
register to pay. The consumer not only
creates the product from scratch, but
is able to see exactly what they are
eating for lunch or dinner.
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2.Give Consumers Healthier
Ingredients
What McDonald's may be missing in its
radical video and TV marketing
campaign -- consumers care about the
origin of the individual ingredients being
put in a sandwich, like chicken and beef.
Is the poultry organic? How was the
bird or cattle raised at the farm? These
are some of the questions consumers
are now asking, most often on Twitter
and Facebook.
Recent comments by McDonald's CEO
Don Thompson hint the company does
not fully appreciate the higher priority
consumers of fast food are placing on
ingredient quality. "If you look at the
broader market, and you look at what
customers are asking for, they are
asking for transparency, they're asking
to know what's in the food, and they're
asking for integrity of the food," said
Thompson when asked about the shift
in consumers preferences on a Oct. 21
earnings call. He followed up with,
"There are cases, and there are
markets, where organics are drivers at
a higher level, but I would offer is that
the highest level is more about their
transparency, integrity and also the
ability to customize and have what
they want on a sandwich or a burger."
Driving the message home of "healthy"
fast-food has been Chipotle. "On the
ingredient side, we have always used
real, whole foods (not the cheap,
heavily processed foods you see in
typical fast food)," pointed out a
spokesman at Chipotle in an Oct. 21
email to TheStreet. The spokesman
went onto mention that Chipotle is
serving more naturally raised meat,
dairy from cows that aren't treated
with the synthetic hormone rBGH and
organically grown vegetables.
As Chipotle stays on the offensive with
the marketing of its organic veggies
and responsibly raised beef, McDonald's
is moving slowly to adopt the needed
changes to its ingredient list. "You'll see
us in some categories looking to
different products, possibly organics,
we actually are doing it in certain
markets", said Thompson on the
earnings call. "I think we have some
additional opportunities to talk about
the fact that the vast majority of our
food at McDonald's in the U.S. is
produced right here in the U.S., so we
have some opportunities to talk about
that."
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3. Develop New Signature Items
Beyond the Big Mac and its
French Fries
McDonald's is still largely known for its
high-calorie sandwiches such as the Big
Mac and the McRib. And, of course,
there is the iconic McDonald's French
fry. The problem is these menu staples
were concocted years ago when
knowledge on calories and ingredient
sources in America was virtually non-
existent.
The Big Mac was first introduced in
1967 at a mere 45 cents. Meanwhile,
the McDonald's French fry was an item
near and dear to the founder of the
modern-day McDonald's Ray Kroc, back
in the late 1950s. In his autobiography
Grinding it Out: The Making of
McDonald's, Kroc mentioned the French
fry was "almost sacrosanct for me."
To start reversing persistently declining
traffic to its U.S. restaurants,
McDonalds has to become known for
signature items tailored for today's
consumer preferences, notably those
for indulgent, "healthy" fast food. A fully
organic, artisanal burger is an option.
Another option could be inking
partnerships with popular local farm to
table concepts or food trucks to bring
their signature items to McDonald's
restaurants in top markets.
There are signs that McDonald's is in
search of new signature foods. As part
of its ongoing initiative to simplify its
menu, and cater to local tastes, the
home of the Golden Arches has
recently introduced a chorizo burrito,
the cheddar bacon onion sandwich, the
clubhouse burger and mozzarella sticks.
Not exactly waist line-friendly fare, but
baby steps in re-casting a brand dealing
with scores of new competitors.
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On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
> According to Jack Daniel's Master
> Distiller Jeff Arnett, the US military
> buys the most of the brand's
> premium Single Barrel whiskey in the
> world.
> The price tag for an entire barrel of
> this whiskey, approximately 250
> bottles, swings from $9,000-$12,ooo
> since no two whiskey barrels have the
> same volume.
> "Over the entire span of when the
> program has existed, the US military is
> the largest purchaser. It has been
> represented by base exchanges,
> individual units, as well as other on-
> base military entities like Officers'
> Clubs," Arnett told Business Insider in
> an email.
> Single Barrel whiskey was first sold in
> 1997 and was such a success that the
> distillery created the ' By The Barrel'
> program a year later, and ever since
> then the American military has been
> the top buyer.
> During a tour of the distillery in
> Lynchburg, Tenn., our tour guide said it
> is believed that Navy SEAL Team 6
> bought a barrel after the successful
> raid on Osama Bin Laden.
> Although, we could not confirm, parent
> company Brown-Forman did share,
> "SEAL teams have purchased barrels
> before but we can't officially confirm
> Seal Team 6."
> At the distillery, only 1 in 100 barrels
> makes the cut for the select 94-
> proof Single Barrel whiskey.
> In an average 53-gallon barrel, there
> are approximately 250 bottles-worth
> of Jack Daniel's Single Barrel whiskey.
> Here's how the 'by the barrel' program
> works.
> A prospective whiskey barrel buyer is
> invited to tour the distillery in
> Lynchburg, Tennessee and meet with an
> expert Jack Daniel's Master Taster and
> sometimes the Master Distiller, Jeff
> Arnett.
> A buyer samples whiskey from 3
> handpicked barrels along with the
> expert. After the tasting, a buyer
> selects a barrel and then later receives
> the empty barrel along with
> approximately 250 bottles. The bottles
> are individually numbered and
> personalized with a custom metal hang
> tag. The top of the barrel is also
> engraved before it is shipped to the
> buyer.
> And in the distillery's Single Barrel
> room, the buyer gets their name on a
> special plaque.
> Those who buy more than one barrel
> are given a medallion on their tablet.
> MacDill Air Force Base's plaque reflects
> the purchase of 7 barrels of Jack
> Daniel's Single Barrel whiskey.
> According to Arnett, Jack Daniel's
> derives all of its' color and most of the
> flavor from the handmade charred oak
> barrels.
> Single Barrel whiskey sits on
> the highest level of the distillery's
> barrelhouses where temperatures can
> reach up to 120-degrees Fahrenheit,
> the fluctuations in temperature give
> this whiskey the most interaction with
> the barrel, and therefore a darker
> color and more robust flavor.
> The distillery's relationship with
> America's troops spans further with
> the creation of the Operation Ride
> Home program. Since 2011,
> approximately 1,200 service members
> have benefitted from free travel from
> their bases to homes in order to
> celebrate the holidays with their
> families.
> "The men and women of our armed
> forces have been some of the best
> friends of Jack Daniel's over the years,
> and Operation Ride Home is a
> continuation of our longstanding
> support of our nation's military," Arnett
> told Business Insider.
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> A bottle of Jack Daniel's Single
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>
> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sony hackers have leaked new emails
>> revealing a heated exchange that detail
>> the metldown of Aaron Sorkin's "Jobs"
>> -- a script that suffered several high
>> profile talent departures before winding
>> up at Universal.
>> Hackers dumped studio president Amy
>> Pascal and Sony TV head Steve Mosko's
>> email inboxes onto file sharing sites
>> Monday evening, and Gawker unearthed
>> an undeniably juicy chain on Tuesday in
>> which Pascal and Rudin bicker
>> relentlessly about the state of the
>> Apple founder's biopic.
>> Sony has not yet responded to
>> TheWrap's request for comment.
>> The narrative begins around anxiety
>> over director David Fincher possibly
>> being lured away by Angelina Jolie to
>> direct a "Cleopatra" update, limiting his
>> window to helm "Jobs" and it's
>> theoretical star Christian Bale. Rudin
>> had no sympathy for Jolie's desires to
>> court Fincher, forcing Pascal to reflect
>> to one colleague:
>> "Setting aside Rudin for a minute, Eric is
>> mad about Fincher because he knows
>> that after all this money and time we
>> don't have a draft that could actually
>> land a director. That's on him alone. So
>> he's hiding behind outrage when he
>> knows full well Fincher could get picked
>> off by a good script at any studio.
>> That's the truth.
>> Angie directed a movie and now she's
>> ready for Cleo and it's not ready.
>> Fincher is her silver bullet.
>> Except he's not.
>> He's perfect for Jobs and we don't even
>> know what Cleo is, only what we want it
>> to be. That's the same situation as Girl.
>> A disaster.
>> Let's take a breath. Neither movie is
>> going anywhere. Next weeks business. I
>> will work on meeting.
>> This doesn't need to get crazy. We
>> control the material. Jobs is awesome.
>> Cleo can be a big commercial hit. They
>> are ours. We don't work for these
>> people."
>> The Eric identified in the Pascal email is
>> likely Eric Roth, the Oscar winning
>> screenwriter of "Forrest Gump" and
>> previous Fincher collaborator for "The
>> Curious Case of Benjamin Button." And
>> "Girl,' as it's only referred to, is
>> presumably Fincher and Sony's last
>> effort "The Girl With The Dragon
>> Tattoo."
>> From there, Rudin stirs the pot by
>> implying Pascal is starstruck by Jolie,
>> wasting her time trying to make
>> Fincher happen for "Cleopatra." Rudin
>> shares his own thoughts about Mrs.
>> Brad Pitt, and doesn't sugarcoat them:
>> I'm not destroying my career over a
>> minimally talented spoiled brat who
>> thought nothing of shoving this off her
>> plate for eighteen months so she could
>> go direct a movie. I have no desire to
>> be making a movie with her, or
>> anybody, that she runs and that we
>> don't. She's a camp event and a
>> celebrity and that's all and the last thing
>> anybody needs is to make a giant bomb
>> with her that any fool could see
>> coming. We will end up being the
>> laughing stock of our industry and we
>> will deserve it, which is so clearly
>> where this is headed that I cannot
>> believe we are still wasting our time
>> with it.
>> If you want at some point to talk about
>> this the way I pitched it to you --
>> which was a responsible way to make
>> this subject with some proper cover
>> for us all, and a proper price -- I'm
>> happy to do it. I'm also happy to say all
>> of this to Angie directly as I have no
>> need to keep her happy and what I DO
>> have is the right to determine for
>> myself a) what I want to do with my
>> own time and work, and b) what I want
>> to do with material I incepted. I won't
>> be part of this idiocy and I'm not --
>> and believe me, I am dead serious
>> about this -- spending literally ONE
>> more minute occupying one single inch
>> of brain space with it.
>> There is NO relationship with any movie
>> star -- ANY one -- that requires our
>> willingness to prostrate ourselves this
>> way in the face of childish,
>> irresponsible, willful and un-partnerly
>> behavior. You don't want David Fincher
>> on the movie. It's your right. Stop
>> allowing yourself to be made to feel like
>> a criminal for it.
>> That's the finish of this chapter for me.
>> I'm done.
>> Also on Tuesday, a tech website for
>> self-identifying "alpha geeks," Arc
>> Technica, published what it claimed to
>> be emails from Sorkin regarding
>> casting. Bale dropped out of the running
>> for the Jobs role on the heels of
>> Fincher's own departure. Danny Boyle
>> stepped in and Sorkin started lobbying
>> for actor Tom Cruise:
>> "I've gotten Scott and Danny to the
>> point where they're now a little
>> interested in Tom Cruise. Though both
>> remain concerned about his age (me
>> less so) everyone agrees that he's an
>> actor who can really handle language
>> (Lions for Lambs, Magnolia, A Few Good
>> Men) and a movie star who feels
>> comfortable owning the stage. He's in
>> London filming right now and Scott
>> wants to get him a script to read and a
>> meeting with Danny before Danny
>> comes here to LA next week. I've been
>> warned that he likes to bring in Chris
>> McQuarrie to re-write but [Creative
>> Artists Agency (CAA) agent] Maha Dakhil
>> (who wants him in the movie) has
>> assured me that won't happen."
>
>> On 12/9/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Little did we know that Ayiri Emami is
>>> also a fan of the much loved Tayo but
>>> since he (Tayo) did led the Warri
>>> billionaire to give Tayo Folarin
>>> $350,000 which is $50,000 more than
>>> what the winner of Big Brother Africa
>>> Hotshot won and that totals to about
>>> 63 million naira.
>>> Tayo whose girlfriend gave birth to
>>> their child, Oluwatoye, on two months
>>> ago while he was in the BBA hotsot
>>> house, where biggy gave him a box of
>>> cigars and cognac to celebrate with
>>> housemates.
>>> His baby, Oluwatoye and his great
>>> display on the show has earned him
>>> $350,000 a source close to Ayiri
>>> Emami disclosed this to OkGist.
>>> Congrats to Tayo Faniran!
>
>
>>> On 12/8/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Seven decades after being sent to Nazi
>>>> concentration camps, survivors of the
>>>> Holocaust will have the chance to get
>>>> retribution -- from the government of
>>>> France.
>>>> France signed an agreement Monday with
>>>> US authorities to pay $60 million to
>>>> Holocaust survivors transported to
>>>> concentration camps, said Arnaud Guillois,
>>>> a spokesman for the French Embassy in
>>>> Washington.
>>>> Patrizianna Sparacino-Thiellay, France's
>>>> ambassador at large for human rights in
>>>> charge of Holocaust issues, said Monday
>>>> the agreement "is a further contribution to
>>>> recognizing France's commitment to facing
>>>> up to its historic responsibilities.
>>>> "The reparation programs set up
>>>> immediately after the war, and those
>>>> introduced in the past fifteen years, are
>>>> the tangible symbol of the official
>>>> acknowledgment in 1995 of France's
>>>> 'imprescriptible debt' towards the victims
>>>> of the Holocaust," Sparacino-Thiellay said.
>>>> A joint statement from France's Foreign
>>>> Affairs Ministry and the US State
>>>> Department noted that the accord shows
>>>> the close relationship between the two
>>>> countries.
>>>> "In this year marked by the
>>>> commemoration of the 70th anniversary
>>>> of the Allied landings in Normandy and
>>>> Provence, this agreement further
>>>> strengthens the historic friendship and ties
>>>> between our two countries," the statement
>>>> said.
>>>> US officials created the fund and will
>>>> administer it. But Americans aren't the only
>>>> ones eligible for compensation; victims
>>>> living in nations that haven't signed
>>>> Holocaust compensation agreements also
>>>> can benefit, according to the embassy
>>>> spokesman.
>>>> A few thousand people may be eligible for
>>>> some of the fund, according to Guillois.
>>>> This fund had been years in the making,
>>>> and had come under intense pressure
>>>> inside the United States, including efforts
>>>> by American lawmakers to bar the SNCF,
>>>> the French national railway, from bidding in
>>>> US markets until the issue is resolved.
>>>> One piece of proposed legislation, the
>>>> Holocaust Rail Justice Act, stated that
>>>> more than 75,000 Jews and thousands of
>>>> others were moved from France to Nazi
>>>> concentration camps on SNCF trains.
>>>> Those transported included US citizens
>>>> and their relatives, as well as American
>>>> military pilots shot down during the war.
>>>> An official at France's national railway
>>>> declined to comment on the agreement
>>>> when reached by CNN. Yet Guillois explained
>>>> that the SNCF was not considered liable
>>>> for the deportation of Jews in France,
>>>> because it was commissioned by France's
>>>> Vichy government -- which was formed
>>>> after the armistice and collaborated with
>>>> the Nazis -- to do so.
>>>> This isn't the first time that France, which
>>>> was invaded by Nazi Germany in 1940
>>>> before reaching an armistice agreement
>>>> with Adolf Hitler's government later that
>>>> year, has borne some responsibility for
>>>> the Holocaust.
>>>> As Guillois noted, this latest agreement is
>>>> one of several mechanisms by the French
>>>> government to compensate Holocaust
>>>> victims since 1946, the year after World
>>>> War II ended.
>>>> The Nazis systematically killed more than
>>>> 6 million Jews during the Holocaust, along
>>>> with millions of other people who were
>>>> religious and ethnic minorities, political
>>>> dissidents, homosexuals or disabled, in
>>>> death camps situated primarily in Germany
>>>> and Eastern Europe.
>
>
>>>> On 12/8/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Prince William and Kate started their
>>>>> whirlwind tour of New York City on
>>>>> Monday, attracting crowds of well-wishers
>>>>> and heavy security.
>>>>> The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
>>>>> arrived Sunday for a three-day trip, their
>>>>> first to the Big Apple, which could include
>>>>> mingling with the American version of
>>>>> royals.
>>>>> Excited royal watchers gathered outside
>>>>> their hotel hours before their arrival,
>>>>> braving the nighttime winter chill. The
>>>>> Empire State Building also got in on the
>>>>> action, changing its world-famous lights to
>>>>> red, white and blue -- the colors of the
>>>>> Union Jack flag.
>>>>> Reporting from New York, CNN's royal
>>>>> correspondent Max Foster said the
>>>>> couple's visit was causing commotion in
>>>>> the city.
>>>>> Screams greeted the Duchess of
>>>>> Cambridge when she arrived at a children's
>>>>> craft group in Harlem, greeted by the first
>>>>> lady of New York City, Chirlane McCray,
>>>>> amid tight security.
>>>>> "They were very excited even to see the
>>>>> motorcade, and there is a real buzz
>>>>> around the city today," Foster said.
>>>>> "I think that association with Diana (Prince
>>>>> William's late mother), who used to come
>>>>> to New York a lot -- the biggest star in
>>>>> the world -- and Kate seems to be the
>>>>> closest replacement they have to Diana in
>>>>> this day and age."
>>>>> The Cambridges' flurry of activities
>>>>> includes a conservation reception with
>>>>> Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, and Prince
>>>>> William split for a while Monday for a trip
>>>>> to Washington, where he met with
>>>>> President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.
>>>>> William's visit underscored "the special
>>>>> relationship" between the United States and
>>>>> the United Kingdom, the White House said.
>>>>> After meeting with Obama, Prince William
>>>>> spoke at a session of the World Bank
>>>>> about the need for an international effort
>>>>> to stop illegal wildlife trading.
>>>>> "Cooperation is our greatest weapon
>>>>> against the poachers and traffickers who
>>>>> rely on evading individual national
>>>>> initiatives," he said. "Our collective goal
>>>>> must be to reduce the wildlife trade by
>>>>> making it harder: denying traffickers
>>>>> access to transportation, putting up
>>>>> barriers to their illegal activities and
>>>>> holding people accountable for their
>>>>> actions."
>>>>> William will later return to New York City,
>>>>> where the couple will attend an NBA game
>>>>> between the Brooklyn Nets and the
>>>>> Cleveland Cavaliers.
>>>>> During the evening game, the couple will
>>>>> get a chance to watch an American
>>>>> basketball royal in action, LeBron James,
>>>>> who is also called King James.
>>>>> At the game in Brooklyn, the couple are
>>>>> likely to rub shoulders with Beyonce --
>>>>> Queen Bey to her fans -- and her husband,
>>>>> Jay-Z. The celebrity couple used to be part
>>>>> owners of the Brooklyn basketball team.
>>>>> The couple's plans Tuesday include a
>>>>> moment of reflection at the 9/11
>>>>> memorial and a glittering charity dinner
>>>>> for their alma mater, St. Andrews
>>>>> University, at the Metropolitan Museum of
>>>>> Modern Art.
>>>>> Kate, who is pregnant with the couple's
>>>>> second child, has battled acute morning
>>>>> sickness in recent months, and has had to
>>>>> cancel some events.
>>>>> Their chubby-cheeked toddler, Prince
>>>>> George, did not accompany them on the
>>>>> trip.
>>>>> .
>
>>>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> It has been a roller coastal these 65
>>>>>> days and finally it has come to an end
>>>>>> this final day December 7th and the
>>>>>> winner finally chose, Idris. we did make
>>>>>> our predictions known earlier and we
>>>>>> had indeed predicted that the lad, as
>>>>>> against our very own, Tayo, would
>>>>>> take home the prize and so he did.
>>>>>> Here is how the night panned out up
>>>>>> until this very glorious moment.
>>>>>> Butterphly and Ma'm Bea, first to
>>>>>> be evicted
>>>>>> The final show was definitely not
>>>>>> lacking in the pomp, glitz and glamour
>>>>>> the Big Brother show has come to be
>>>>>> known for. The show kicked off with
>>>>>> interesting performances from music
>>>>>> artists including "Eja Nla" D'banj who
>>>>>> had the audience asking for more of
>>>>>> his performance.
>>>>>> IK then went straight to the eviction of
>>>>>> as the representative of the auditing
>>>>>> firm brought the envelope containing
>>>>>> the names of the six housemates that
>>>>>> would first be evicted. IK asked all the
>>>>>> Hotshots to stand just as he called the
>>>>>> names of Butterfly and Ma'm Bea to
>>>>>> leave the house as they were the first
>>>>>> to be evicted.
>>>>>> JJ and Sipe are next evictees
>>>>>> A musical performance by Nzonzi
>>>>>> helped to douse the highly tensed
>>>>>> atmosphere. After the musical
>>>>>> interlude, IK welcomed Butterphly and
>>>>>> Ma'm Bea to the stage and asked them
>>>>>> how they feel. Butterphly said she felt
>>>>>> like crying for leaving at this stage
>>>>>> while Ma'm Bea said she learnt a lot
>>>>>> the last week. Butterphly said the
>>>>>> house brought out the real her even
>>>>>> as it took her long to adjust. Ma'm Bea
>>>>>> said she had a caring heart which she
>>>>>> picked up from her mother. IK
>>>>>> presented a medallion as gift from
>>>>>> Biggie to the duo, saying it will help
>>>>>> serve as a reminder they made it to
>>>>>> the finals.
>>>>>> IK moved on next to the housemates
>>>>>> for the next set of evictions. He
>>>>>> announced the names of JJ and Sipe as
>>>>>> the next evictees from the Big Brother
>>>>>> house.
>>>>>> The Moment The Winner Was
>>>>>> Picked-
>>>>>> The final moment was upon us. Tayo
>>>>>> and Idris were brought through via a
>>>>>> limosine and went on stage with IK,
>>>>>> waiting to hear which one of them
>>>>>> would be crowned this season's winner,
>>>>>> Africa's Big Brother Hotshot. They
>>>>>> made a great entrance to the live
>>>>>> stage. Idris was speechless, Tayo
>>>>>> watched his final video of his 63 days
>>>>>> in the house as he shuffled around
>>>>>> nervously.
>>>>>> Idris clearly enjoyed his video and
>>>>>> watched himself intently. IK talked to
>>>>>> Tayo and he said that things changed
>>>>>> for him in the house. They discussed
>>>>>> their fight but it was water under the
>>>>>> bridge. He talked about having fun in
>>>>>> the house in the last week, IK asked
>>>>>> Tayo if the pressure got to him, Tayo
>>>>>> said that he chilled for the past week
>>>>>> as he felt he had done everything he
>>>>>> had done already. Tayo then mentioned
>>>>>> that if he won, he would give a "grand
>>>>>> prize" to the woman who "walked into
>>>>>> his house". Idris said that he will "give
>>>>>> the money back to Africa".
>>>>>> IK stood on stage with the final
>>>>>> envelope that revealed the winner. "The
>>>>>> winner of Big Brother Hotshots is…" IK
>>>>>> left them hanging, the drone kept
>>>>>> droning on, IK extended their agony,
>>>>>> and then said. "That person is Idris."
>>>>>> Idris is the winner! Africa has chosen
>>>>>> as Idris charmed not only the women
>>>>>> of the house, he charmed the entire
>>>>>> continent of Africa. The Tanzanian is
>>>>>> now USD300,000 richer. Tayo played
>>>>>> an amazing game but Idris is the
>>>>>> ultimate winner and there is much
>>>>>> celebration.
>>>>>> Congratulations to Idris, the ultimate
>>>>>> Big Brother Hotshot.
>>>>>> How Africa Voted
>>>>>> According to the final votes of this
>>>>>> season, the housemate with the most
>>>>>> number of country votes is Idrs.
>>>>>> Idris received five country votes and
>>>>>> these were from Kenya, Namibia,
>>>>>> Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
>>>>>> The runner-up, Tayo received two
>>>>>> country votes and these were from
>>>>>> Nigeria and Mozambique. The rest of
>>>>>> the finalists received country votes as
>>>>>> follows:
>>>>>> Macky2 got two country votes from
>>>>>> Zambia and Rest of Africa, Nhlanhla
>>>>>> also got two country votes from
>>>>>> South Africa and Botswana, JJ got one
>>>>>> country vote from Zimbabwe, Sipe also
>>>>>> got one country vote from Malawi and
>>>>>> Butterphly received 0 country votes.
>>>>>> For the housemates who received the
>>>>>> same number of country votes, the tie
>>>>>> breaker rule came into effect for
>>>>>> those housemates.
>>>>>> According to the Big Brother Africa
>>>>>> rules: If the Popularity vote does not
>>>>>> yield clear evictees and there is a
>>>>>> deadlock between two or more
>>>>>> housemates, the percentage vote from
>>>>>> each of the 15 regions is added
>>>>>> together and divided by 14 in order to
>>>>>> generate an across the board
>>>>>> percentage, which is then used to
>>>>>> ascertain who stays and who goes.
>
>
>>>>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> The PlayStation gaming console wrapped
>>>>>>> up its second decade on Wednesday, and
>>>>>>> Sony celebrated by looking to the past.
>>>>>>> The Japanese tech giant announced that a
>>>>>>> limited edition 20th Anniversary
>>>>>>> PlayStation 4 will be released soon. The
>>>>>>> console will be gray, like the first
>>>>>>> PlayStation released December 3, 1994 in
>>>>>>> Japan. It will include other imagery like the
>>>>>>> iconic four-color PlayStation logo that
>>>>>>> harks back to the system's history.
>>>>>>> "The mid-'90s were an exciting time for
>>>>>>> game developers, driven by the explosion
>>>>>>> of powerful but affordable 3-D graphics
>>>>>>> rendering hardware and the birth of many
>>>>>>> young and adventurous development
>>>>>>> studios," Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony
>>>>>>> Computer Entertainment Worldwide
>>>>>>> Studios, wrote in the post on the
>>>>>>> PlayStation blog. "The original PlayStation
>>>>>>> was meant to embody that sense of
>>>>>>> adventure and discovery, that sense that
>>>>>>> anything was possible."
>>>>>>> The PlayStation sold a then unheard-of
>>>>>>> 100,000 units in its first weekend and hit 1
>>>>>>> million units in six months, according to
>>>>>>> Sony.
>>>>>>> Only 12,300 units of the 20th Anniversary
>>>>>>> PS4 will be released, according to a video
>>>>>>> on the blog post. Pre-orders will begin
>>>>>>> Saturday, and details about how to vie for
>>>>>>> one of the handful of slots will come
>>>>>>> during a keynote presentation from
>>>>>>> PlayStation Experience, a fan and
>>>>>>> developer expo being held in Las Vegas.
>>>>>>> The keynote will be Saturday at 1 pm ET.
>>>>>>> To celebrate the 20th anniversary, we
>>>>>>> assembled a gallery of images of the
>>>>>>> PlayStation, and the people who love it,
>>>>>>> from the past two decades.
>
>>>>>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Bond is back and we're pleased to have
>>>>>>>> all of the details of the new movie.
>>>>>>>> Director Sam Mendes revealed the
>>>>>>>> name and cast of the new movie,
>>>>>>>> Spectre, during a live event held at
>>>>>>>> London's Pinewood Studios.
>>>>>>>> The movie is set to be released on 6th
>>>>>>>> November 2015. Avid fans will know
>>>>>>>> Spectre stands for: Special Executive
>>>>>>>> for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism,
>>>>>>>> Revenge and Extortion,
>
>
>>>>>>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Gangnam Style hit music video by
>>>>>>>>> South Korean singer, PSY, has exceeded
>>>>>>>>> YouTube's view limit, prompting
>>>>>>>>> YouTube to upgrade its counter.
>>>>>>>>> The video which was released in 2012,
>>>>>>>>> was announced to be its most watched
>>>>>>>>> ever and has been viewed more than
>>>>>>>>> 2,147,483,647 times. YouTube has now
>>>>>>>>> changed the maximum view limit to
>>>>>>>>> 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, or more
>>>>>>>>> than nine quintillion.
>>>>>>>>> On December 1, YouTube posted a
>>>>>>>>> statement saying: "We never thought a
>>>>>>>>> video would be watched in numbers
>>>>>>>>> greater than a 32-bit integer… but
>>>>>>>>> that was before we met Psy."
>>>>>>>>> Meanwhile, how do you say
>>>>>>>>> 9,223,372,036,854,775,808? That's
>>>>>>>>> over a quadrillion, over a trillion, and
>>>>>>>>> over a billion.
>
>
>>>>>>>>> On 12/4/14, Joseph Ogunlowo <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Kim K has been named the "Most Searched
>>>>>>>>>> Person of 2014″, beating last year's winner,
>>>>>>>>>> Beyonce. 2014 was definitely the year of the 34
>>>>>>>>>> year old reality star with buzz-worthy events like
>>>>>>>>>> her wedding to Kanye, her Vogue cover and
>>>>>>>>>> most recently her 'break the internet' naked pics
>>>>>>>>>> for Paper magazine.
>>>>>>>>>> Beyonce comes second, while Miley Cyrus and
>>>>>>>>>> Katy Perry come 3rd and 4th respectively. See
>>>>>>>>>> the top ten most searched personalities of 2014
>>>>>>>>>> after the cut...
>>>>>>>>>> 1. Kim Kardashian
>>>>>>>>>> 2. Beyonce Knowles
>>>>>>>>>> 3. Miley Cyrus
>>>>>>>>>> 4. Katy Perry
>>>>>>>>>> 5. Justin Bieber
>>>>>>>>>> 6. Joan Rivers
>>>>>>>>>> 7. Jennifer Lopez
>>>>>>>>>> 8. Kendall Jenner
>>>>>>>>>> 9. Kaley Cuoco
>>>>>>>>>> 10. Robin Williams
>
>
>>>>>>>>>> On 12/3/14, Joseph Ogunlowo <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> At the Pioneers Festival in Vienna, a
>>>>>>>>>>> Slovakian startup called AeroMobil unveiled
>>>>>>>>>>> the thing that we have all been dreaming
>>>>>>>>>>> about since we saw that first episode of the
>>>>>>>>>>> Jetsons while still wearing diapers: The first
>>>>>>>>>>> flying car. It's here. It's real. And it's
>>>>>>>>>>> spectacular.
>>>>>>>>>>> According to Venturebeat, the company
>>>>>>>>>>> took the wraps off AeroMobil 3.0, the latest
>>>>>>>>>>> iteration of its flying car that has been in
>>>>>>>>>>> development for almost 25 years.
>>>>>>>>>>> "We believe personal transportation is about
>>>>>>>>>>> to change forever," said AeroMobil chief
>>>>>>>>>>> executive Juraj Vaculik at a press
>>>>>>>>>>> conference. "We think it's time to make
>>>>>>>>>>> transportation more emotional and more
>>>>>>>>>>> personal."
>>>>>>>>>>> The car was designed by Stefan Klein,
>>>>>>>>>>> founder and head of the Department of
>>>>>>>>>>> Transport Design at the Academy of Fine
>>>>>>>>>>> Arts in Slovakia. Klein had been tinkering
>>>>>>>>>>> with the concept as far back as 1989.
>>>>>>>>>>> Image
>>>>>>>>>>> The car needs very little runway to take off,
>>>>>>>>>>> and it can be refueled at any standard gas
>>>>>>>>>>> station when the wings are retracted.
>>>>>>>>>>> AeroMobil believes it will be attractive for
>>>>>>>>>>> countries that don't have billions of dollars
>>>>>>>>>>> to spend building a modern transportation
>>>>>>>>>>> infrastructure.
>>>>>>>>>>> The body is built from advanced composite
>>>>>>>>>>> materials that keep it lightweight but also
>>>>>>>>>>> durable. Under the hood, it has autopilot
>>>>>>>>>>> and an advanced parachute deployment
>>>>>>>>>>> system. The cockpit can carry two people,
>>>>>>>>>>> and in the air the flying car can reach top
>>>>>>>>>>> speeds of 200 km/h. It has a 27-foot
>>>>>>>>>>> wingspan and is 19.7 feet long.
>>>>>>>>>>> No word on the price tag.
>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/3/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> According to reports Angelina Jolie's black
>>>>>>>>>>>> SUV car slipped on a wet road, slid into the
>>>>>>>>>>>> curb with extreme force, popping two tires,
>>>>>>>>>>>> almost causing the driver to lose control of
>>>>>>>>>>>> the vehicle.
>>>>>>>>>>>> The actress was heading home in a
>>>>>>>>>>>> chauffeured black SUV from Writers' Guild
>>>>>>>>>>>> Theater, when the car hit the curb.
>>>>>>>>>>>> According to an eyewitness (who spoke ti
>>>>>>>>>>>> X17 Online): "The car slammed into the
>>>>>>>>>>>> curb at a significant speed. Angelina must
>>>>>>>>>>>> have wondered if they hit another car. It
>>>>>>>>>>>> was pretty bad -- the tire exploded and it's
>>>>>>>>>>>> amazing nothing worse happened to the
>>>>>>>>>>>> car. I wouldn't be surprised if she has
>>>>>>>>>>>> whiplash."
>>>>>>>>>>>> Angelina reportedly stayed in the car after
>>>>>>>>>>>> the incident and was later picked up, not
>>>>>>>>>>>> by Brad pitt, but by another driver from the
>>>>>>>>>>>> same car service.
>
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has unveiled to the world how it makes
a Chicken McNugget, but the radical
marketing campaign won't be nearly
enough to halt steep sales declines in
the U.S.
On Monday evening, McDonald's released
its latest marketing video in an
ongoing battle to silence critics of
its food quality. The six-minute
spot below takes viewers through the
production process of the popular
menu staple, from the slicing of dead,
hanging birds all the way through the
flash-frying process. A similar video
was released earlier in the month
showing how the McRib sandwich is
produced.
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The release of the video conspicuously
came on the heels of McDonald's U.S.
sales sliding 4.6% in November,
however. McDonald's U.S. has served up
three straight quarters of falling traffic
to its restaurants, and same-store
sales have declined in each quarter of
2014.
With its revamped marketing approach
falling on deaf ears, and U.S. sales
plunging, TheStreet takes a look at
three operational changes
McDonald's should consider in 2015.
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in the Works
1. Dismantle the Fast-Food
Preparation Process
McDonald's pioneered the concept of
quickly making large volumes of
processed, packaged food and then
bringing it out to hungry customers
waiting near a cash register. That
approach is what became known in
America as "fast food." Now, with
Americans having greater knowledge of
the calories in their meals and the
origin of ingredients, they are
demanding to see how their order is
constructed from start to finish.
Furthermore, they want to be able to
customize the product based on their
tastes.
Growing demand for
product customization in the fast food
business is a view not lost on the CEO
of McDonald's competitor Sonic . "The
customer, in our case, is not
coincidental to the food preparation
process, they drive the preparation
process," said Sonic CEO J. Clifford
Hudson in a Nov. 10 interview with
TheStreet. Hudson added, "For some of
our competition that is not true, they
are estimating what the needs are
going to be and then make the food
beforehand."
The food customization movement
hasn't been entirely lost on execs
at McDonald's, either.
The company's new "Create Your Taste"
program lets customers sidestep the
counter and go right to tablet-like
kiosks where they can customize their
burger. According to McDonald's, the
program, which began in four Southern
California stores this year, will be
expanded to 30 locations in five
additional states in 2015.
But customizing burgers still doesn't
address the fundamental issue of how
McDonald's prepares food out of the
sight of hungry customers. One change
it should consider: Adopt the
transparent, speedy food prep process
of the red-hot Chipotle .
At the burrito and salad bowl maker, a
person enters a line, chooses
ingredients presented right in front of
them, and is shuffled down to a cash
register to pay. The consumer not only
creates the product from scratch, but
is able to see exactly what they are
eating for lunch or dinner.
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2.Give Consumers Healthier
Ingredients
What McDonald's may be missing in its
radical video and TV marketing
campaign -- consumers care about the
origin of the individual ingredients being
put in a sandwich, like chicken and beef.
Is the poultry organic? How was the
bird or cattle raised at the farm? These
are some of the questions consumers
are now asking, most often on Twitter
and Facebook.
Recent comments by McDonald's CEO
Don Thompson hint the company does
not fully appreciate the higher priority
consumers of fast food are placing on
ingredient quality. "If you look at the
broader market, and you look at what
customers are asking for, they are
asking for transparency, they're asking
to know what's in the food, and they're
asking for integrity of the food," said
Thompson when asked about the shift
in consumers preferences on a Oct. 21
earnings call. He followed up with,
"There are cases, and there are
markets, where organics are drivers at
a higher level, but I would offer is that
the highest level is more about their
transparency, integrity and also the
ability to customize and have what
they want on a sandwich or a burger."
Driving the message home of "healthy"
fast-food has been Chipotle. "On the
ingredient side, we have always used
real, whole foods (not the cheap,
heavily processed foods you see in
typical fast food)," pointed out a
spokesman at Chipotle in an Oct. 21
email to TheStreet. The spokesman
went onto mention that Chipotle is
serving more naturally raised meat,
dairy from cows that aren't treated
with the synthetic hormone rBGH and
organically grown vegetables.
As Chipotle stays on the offensive with
the marketing of its organic veggies
and responsibly raised beef, McDonald's
is moving slowly to adopt the needed
changes to its ingredient list. "You'll see
us in some categories looking to
different products, possibly organics,
we actually are doing it in certain
markets", said Thompson on the
earnings call. "I think we have some
additional opportunities to talk about
the fact that the vast majority of our
food at McDonald's in the U.S. is
produced right here in the U.S., so we
have some opportunities to talk about
that."
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3. Develop New Signature Items
Beyond the Big Mac and its
French Fries
McDonald's is still largely known for its
high-calorie sandwiches such as the Big
Mac and the McRib. And, of course,
there is the iconic McDonald's French
fry. The problem is these menu staples
were concocted years ago when
knowledge on calories and ingredient
sources in America was virtually non-
existent.
The Big Mac was first introduced in
1967 at a mere 45 cents. Meanwhile,
the McDonald's French fry was an item
near and dear to the founder of the
modern-day McDonald's Ray Kroc, back
in the late 1950s. In his autobiography
Grinding it Out: The Making of
McDonald's, Kroc mentioned the French
fry was "almost sacrosanct for me."
To start reversing persistently declining
traffic to its U.S. restaurants,
McDonalds has to become known for
signature items tailored for today's
consumer preferences, notably those
for indulgent, "healthy" fast food. A fully
organic, artisanal burger is an option.
Another option could be inking
partnerships with popular local farm to
table concepts or food trucks to bring
their signature items to McDonald's
restaurants in top markets.
There are signs that McDonald's is in
search of new signature foods. As part
of its ongoing initiative to simplify its
menu, and cater to local tastes, the
home of the Golden Arches has
recently introduced a chorizo burrito,
the cheddar bacon onion sandwich, the
clubhouse burger and mozzarella sticks.
Not exactly waist line-friendly fare, but
baby steps in re-casting a brand dealing
with scores of new competitors.
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On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
> According to Jack Daniel's Master
> Distiller Jeff Arnett, the US military
> buys the most of the brand's
> premium Single Barrel whiskey in the
> world.
> The price tag for an entire barrel of
> this whiskey, approximately 250
> bottles, swings from $9,000-$12,ooo
> since no two whiskey barrels have the
> same volume.
> "Over the entire span of when the
> program has existed, the US military is
> the largest purchaser. It has been
> represented by base exchanges,
> individual units, as well as other on-
> base military entities like Officers'
> Clubs," Arnett told Business Insider in
> an email.
> Single Barrel whiskey was first sold in
> 1997 and was such a success that the
> distillery created the ' By The Barrel'
> program a year later, and ever since
> then the American military has been
> the top buyer.
> During a tour of the distillery in
> Lynchburg, Tenn., our tour guide said it
> is believed that Navy SEAL Team 6
> bought a barrel after the successful
> raid on Osama Bin Laden.
> Although, we could not confirm, parent
> company Brown-Forman did share,
> "SEAL teams have purchased barrels
> before but we can't officially confirm
> Seal Team 6."
> At the distillery, only 1 in 100 barrels
> makes the cut for the select 94-
> proof Single Barrel whiskey.
> In an average 53-gallon barrel, there
> are approximately 250 bottles-worth
> of Jack Daniel's Single Barrel whiskey.
> Here's how the 'by the barrel' program
> works.
> A prospective whiskey barrel buyer is
> invited to tour the distillery in
> Lynchburg, Tennessee and meet with an
> expert Jack Daniel's Master Taster and
> sometimes the Master Distiller, Jeff
> Arnett.
> A buyer samples whiskey from 3
> handpicked barrels along with the
> expert. After the tasting, a buyer
> selects a barrel and then later receives
> the empty barrel along with
> approximately 250 bottles. The bottles
> are individually numbered and
> personalized with a custom metal hang
> tag. The top of the barrel is also
> engraved before it is shipped to the
> buyer.
> And in the distillery's Single Barrel
> room, the buyer gets their name on a
> special plaque.
> Those who buy more than one barrel
> are given a medallion on their tablet.
> MacDill Air Force Base's plaque reflects
> the purchase of 7 barrels of Jack
> Daniel's Single Barrel whiskey.
> According to Arnett, Jack Daniel's
> derives all of its' color and most of the
> flavor from the handmade charred oak
> barrels.
> Single Barrel whiskey sits on
> the highest level of the distillery's
> barrelhouses where temperatures can
> reach up to 120-degrees Fahrenheit,
> the fluctuations in temperature give
> this whiskey the most interaction with
> the barrel, and therefore a darker
> color and more robust flavor.
> The distillery's relationship with
> America's troops spans further with
> the creation of the Operation Ride
> Home program. Since 2011,
> approximately 1,200 service members
> have benefitted from free travel from
> their bases to homes in order to
> celebrate the holidays with their
> families.
> "The men and women of our armed
> forces have been some of the best
> friends of Jack Daniel's over the years,
> and Operation Ride Home is a
> continuation of our longstanding
> support of our nation's military," Arnett
> told Business Insider.
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> A bottle of Jack Daniel's Single
> Barrel.
> About 250 bottles on a wall.
> Bill Barrilleaux and James Manley Jr/
> Jack Daniel's/Facebook
> Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 is a close
> second
>
> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sony hackers have leaked new emails
>> revealing a heated exchange that detail
>> the metldown of Aaron Sorkin's "Jobs"
>> -- a script that suffered several high
>> profile talent departures before winding
>> up at Universal.
>> Hackers dumped studio president Amy
>> Pascal and Sony TV head Steve Mosko's
>> email inboxes onto file sharing sites
>> Monday evening, and Gawker unearthed
>> an undeniably juicy chain on Tuesday in
>> which Pascal and Rudin bicker
>> relentlessly about the state of the
>> Apple founder's biopic.
>> Sony has not yet responded to
>> TheWrap's request for comment.
>> The narrative begins around anxiety
>> over director David Fincher possibly
>> being lured away by Angelina Jolie to
>> direct a "Cleopatra" update, limiting his
>> window to helm "Jobs" and it's
>> theoretical star Christian Bale. Rudin
>> had no sympathy for Jolie's desires to
>> court Fincher, forcing Pascal to reflect
>> to one colleague:
>> "Setting aside Rudin for a minute, Eric is
>> mad about Fincher because he knows
>> that after all this money and time we
>> don't have a draft that could actually
>> land a director. That's on him alone. So
>> he's hiding behind outrage when he
>> knows full well Fincher could get picked
>> off by a good script at any studio.
>> That's the truth.
>> Angie directed a movie and now she's
>> ready for Cleo and it's not ready.
>> Fincher is her silver bullet.
>> Except he's not.
>> He's perfect for Jobs and we don't even
>> know what Cleo is, only what we want it
>> to be. That's the same situation as Girl.
>> A disaster.
>> Let's take a breath. Neither movie is
>> going anywhere. Next weeks business. I
>> will work on meeting.
>> This doesn't need to get crazy. We
>> control the material. Jobs is awesome.
>> Cleo can be a big commercial hit. They
>> are ours. We don't work for these
>> people."
>> The Eric identified in the Pascal email is
>> likely Eric Roth, the Oscar winning
>> screenwriter of "Forrest Gump" and
>> previous Fincher collaborator for "The
>> Curious Case of Benjamin Button." And
>> "Girl,' as it's only referred to, is
>> presumably Fincher and Sony's last
>> effort "The Girl With The Dragon
>> Tattoo."
>> From there, Rudin stirs the pot by
>> implying Pascal is starstruck by Jolie,
>> wasting her time trying to make
>> Fincher happen for "Cleopatra." Rudin
>> shares his own thoughts about Mrs.
>> Brad Pitt, and doesn't sugarcoat them:
>> I'm not destroying my career over a
>> minimally talented spoiled brat who
>> thought nothing of shoving this off her
>> plate for eighteen months so she could
>> go direct a movie. I have no desire to
>> be making a movie with her, or
>> anybody, that she runs and that we
>> don't. She's a camp event and a
>> celebrity and that's all and the last thing
>> anybody needs is to make a giant bomb
>> with her that any fool could see
>> coming. We will end up being the
>> laughing stock of our industry and we
>> will deserve it, which is so clearly
>> where this is headed that I cannot
>> believe we are still wasting our time
>> with it.
>> If you want at some point to talk about
>> this the way I pitched it to you --
>> which was a responsible way to make
>> this subject with some proper cover
>> for us all, and a proper price -- I'm
>> happy to do it. I'm also happy to say all
>> of this to Angie directly as I have no
>> need to keep her happy and what I DO
>> have is the right to determine for
>> myself a) what I want to do with my
>> own time and work, and b) what I want
>> to do with material I incepted. I won't
>> be part of this idiocy and I'm not --
>> and believe me, I am dead serious
>> about this -- spending literally ONE
>> more minute occupying one single inch
>> of brain space with it.
>> There is NO relationship with any movie
>> star -- ANY one -- that requires our
>> willingness to prostrate ourselves this
>> way in the face of childish,
>> irresponsible, willful and un-partnerly
>> behavior. You don't want David Fincher
>> on the movie. It's your right. Stop
>> allowing yourself to be made to feel like
>> a criminal for it.
>> That's the finish of this chapter for me.
>> I'm done.
>> Also on Tuesday, a tech website for
>> self-identifying "alpha geeks," Arc
>> Technica, published what it claimed to
>> be emails from Sorkin regarding
>> casting. Bale dropped out of the running
>> for the Jobs role on the heels of
>> Fincher's own departure. Danny Boyle
>> stepped in and Sorkin started lobbying
>> for actor Tom Cruise:
>> "I've gotten Scott and Danny to the
>> point where they're now a little
>> interested in Tom Cruise. Though both
>> remain concerned about his age (me
>> less so) everyone agrees that he's an
>> actor who can really handle language
>> (Lions for Lambs, Magnolia, A Few Good
>> Men) and a movie star who feels
>> comfortable owning the stage. He's in
>> London filming right now and Scott
>> wants to get him a script to read and a
>> meeting with Danny before Danny
>> comes here to LA next week. I've been
>> warned that he likes to bring in Chris
>> McQuarrie to re-write but [Creative
>> Artists Agency (CAA) agent] Maha Dakhil
>> (who wants him in the movie) has
>> assured me that won't happen."
>
>> On 12/9/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Little did we know that Ayiri Emami is
>>> also a fan of the much loved Tayo but
>>> since he (Tayo) did led the Warri
>>> billionaire to give Tayo Folarin
>>> $350,000 which is $50,000 more than
>>> what the winner of Big Brother Africa
>>> Hotshot won and that totals to about
>>> 63 million naira.
>>> Tayo whose girlfriend gave birth to
>>> their child, Oluwatoye, on two months
>>> ago while he was in the BBA hotsot
>>> house, where biggy gave him a box of
>>> cigars and cognac to celebrate with
>>> housemates.
>>> His baby, Oluwatoye and his great
>>> display on the show has earned him
>>> $350,000 a source close to Ayiri
>>> Emami disclosed this to OkGist.
>>> Congrats to Tayo Faniran!
>
>
>>> On 12/8/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Seven decades after being sent to Nazi
>>>> concentration camps, survivors of the
>>>> Holocaust will have the chance to get
>>>> retribution -- from the government of
>>>> France.
>>>> France signed an agreement Monday with
>>>> US authorities to pay $60 million to
>>>> Holocaust survivors transported to
>>>> concentration camps, said Arnaud Guillois,
>>>> a spokesman for the French Embassy in
>>>> Washington.
>>>> Patrizianna Sparacino-Thiellay, France's
>>>> ambassador at large for human rights in
>>>> charge of Holocaust issues, said Monday
>>>> the agreement "is a further contribution to
>>>> recognizing France's commitment to facing
>>>> up to its historic responsibilities.
>>>> "The reparation programs set up
>>>> immediately after the war, and those
>>>> introduced in the past fifteen years, are
>>>> the tangible symbol of the official
>>>> acknowledgment in 1995 of France's
>>>> 'imprescriptible debt' towards the victims
>>>> of the Holocaust," Sparacino-Thiellay said.
>>>> A joint statement from France's Foreign
>>>> Affairs Ministry and the US State
>>>> Department noted that the accord shows
>>>> the close relationship between the two
>>>> countries.
>>>> "In this year marked by the
>>>> commemoration of the 70th anniversary
>>>> of the Allied landings in Normandy and
>>>> Provence, this agreement further
>>>> strengthens the historic friendship and ties
>>>> between our two countries," the statement
>>>> said.
>>>> US officials created the fund and will
>>>> administer it. But Americans aren't the only
>>>> ones eligible for compensation; victims
>>>> living in nations that haven't signed
>>>> Holocaust compensation agreements also
>>>> can benefit, according to the embassy
>>>> spokesman.
>>>> A few thousand people may be eligible for
>>>> some of the fund, according to Guillois.
>>>> This fund had been years in the making,
>>>> and had come under intense pressure
>>>> inside the United States, including efforts
>>>> by American lawmakers to bar the SNCF,
>>>> the French national railway, from bidding in
>>>> US markets until the issue is resolved.
>>>> One piece of proposed legislation, the
>>>> Holocaust Rail Justice Act, stated that
>>>> more than 75,000 Jews and thousands of
>>>> others were moved from France to Nazi
>>>> concentration camps on SNCF trains.
>>>> Those transported included US citizens
>>>> and their relatives, as well as American
>>>> military pilots shot down during the war.
>>>> An official at France's national railway
>>>> declined to comment on the agreement
>>>> when reached by CNN. Yet Guillois explained
>>>> that the SNCF was not considered liable
>>>> for the deportation of Jews in France,
>>>> because it was commissioned by France's
>>>> Vichy government -- which was formed
>>>> after the armistice and collaborated with
>>>> the Nazis -- to do so.
>>>> This isn't the first time that France, which
>>>> was invaded by Nazi Germany in 1940
>>>> before reaching an armistice agreement
>>>> with Adolf Hitler's government later that
>>>> year, has borne some responsibility for
>>>> the Holocaust.
>>>> As Guillois noted, this latest agreement is
>>>> one of several mechanisms by the French
>>>> government to compensate Holocaust
>>>> victims since 1946, the year after World
>>>> War II ended.
>>>> The Nazis systematically killed more than
>>>> 6 million Jews during the Holocaust, along
>>>> with millions of other people who were
>>>> religious and ethnic minorities, political
>>>> dissidents, homosexuals or disabled, in
>>>> death camps situated primarily in Germany
>>>> and Eastern Europe.
>
>
>>>> On 12/8/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Prince William and Kate started their
>>>>> whirlwind tour of New York City on
>>>>> Monday, attracting crowds of well-wishers
>>>>> and heavy security.
>>>>> The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
>>>>> arrived Sunday for a three-day trip, their
>>>>> first to the Big Apple, which could include
>>>>> mingling with the American version of
>>>>> royals.
>>>>> Excited royal watchers gathered outside
>>>>> their hotel hours before their arrival,
>>>>> braving the nighttime winter chill. The
>>>>> Empire State Building also got in on the
>>>>> action, changing its world-famous lights to
>>>>> red, white and blue -- the colors of the
>>>>> Union Jack flag.
>>>>> Reporting from New York, CNN's royal
>>>>> correspondent Max Foster said the
>>>>> couple's visit was causing commotion in
>>>>> the city.
>>>>> Screams greeted the Duchess of
>>>>> Cambridge when she arrived at a children's
>>>>> craft group in Harlem, greeted by the first
>>>>> lady of New York City, Chirlane McCray,
>>>>> amid tight security.
>>>>> "They were very excited even to see the
>>>>> motorcade, and there is a real buzz
>>>>> around the city today," Foster said.
>>>>> "I think that association with Diana (Prince
>>>>> William's late mother), who used to come
>>>>> to New York a lot -- the biggest star in
>>>>> the world -- and Kate seems to be the
>>>>> closest replacement they have to Diana in
>>>>> this day and age."
>>>>> The Cambridges' flurry of activities
>>>>> includes a conservation reception with
>>>>> Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, and Prince
>>>>> William split for a while Monday for a trip
>>>>> to Washington, where he met with
>>>>> President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.
>>>>> William's visit underscored "the special
>>>>> relationship" between the United States and
>>>>> the United Kingdom, the White House said.
>>>>> After meeting with Obama, Prince William
>>>>> spoke at a session of the World Bank
>>>>> about the need for an international effort
>>>>> to stop illegal wildlife trading.
>>>>> "Cooperation is our greatest weapon
>>>>> against the poachers and traffickers who
>>>>> rely on evading individual national
>>>>> initiatives," he said. "Our collective goal
>>>>> must be to reduce the wildlife trade by
>>>>> making it harder: denying traffickers
>>>>> access to transportation, putting up
>>>>> barriers to their illegal activities and
>>>>> holding people accountable for their
>>>>> actions."
>>>>> William will later return to New York City,
>>>>> where the couple will attend an NBA game
>>>>> between the Brooklyn Nets and the
>>>>> Cleveland Cavaliers.
>>>>> During the evening game, the couple will
>>>>> get a chance to watch an American
>>>>> basketball royal in action, LeBron James,
>>>>> who is also called King James.
>>>>> At the game in Brooklyn, the couple are
>>>>> likely to rub shoulders with Beyonce --
>>>>> Queen Bey to her fans -- and her husband,
>>>>> Jay-Z. The celebrity couple used to be part
>>>>> owners of the Brooklyn basketball team.
>>>>> The couple's plans Tuesday include a
>>>>> moment of reflection at the 9/11
>>>>> memorial and a glittering charity dinner
>>>>> for their alma mater, St. Andrews
>>>>> University, at the Metropolitan Museum of
>>>>> Modern Art.
>>>>> Kate, who is pregnant with the couple's
>>>>> second child, has battled acute morning
>>>>> sickness in recent months, and has had to
>>>>> cancel some events.
>>>>> Their chubby-cheeked toddler, Prince
>>>>> George, did not accompany them on the
>>>>> trip.
>>>>> .
>
>>>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> It has been a roller coastal these 65
>>>>>> days and finally it has come to an end
>>>>>> this final day December 7th and the
>>>>>> winner finally chose, Idris. we did make
>>>>>> our predictions known earlier and we
>>>>>> had indeed predicted that the lad, as
>>>>>> against our very own, Tayo, would
>>>>>> take home the prize and so he did.
>>>>>> Here is how the night panned out up
>>>>>> until this very glorious moment.
>>>>>> Butterphly and Ma'm Bea, first to
>>>>>> be evicted
>>>>>> The final show was definitely not
>>>>>> lacking in the pomp, glitz and glamour
>>>>>> the Big Brother show has come to be
>>>>>> known for. The show kicked off with
>>>>>> interesting performances from music
>>>>>> artists including "Eja Nla" D'banj who
>>>>>> had the audience asking for more of
>>>>>> his performance.
>>>>>> IK then went straight to the eviction of
>>>>>> as the representative of the auditing
>>>>>> firm brought the envelope containing
>>>>>> the names of the six housemates that
>>>>>> would first be evicted. IK asked all the
>>>>>> Hotshots to stand just as he called the
>>>>>> names of Butterfly and Ma'm Bea to
>>>>>> leave the house as they were the first
>>>>>> to be evicted.
>>>>>> JJ and Sipe are next evictees
>>>>>> A musical performance by Nzonzi
>>>>>> helped to douse the highly tensed
>>>>>> atmosphere. After the musical
>>>>>> interlude, IK welcomed Butterphly and
>>>>>> Ma'm Bea to the stage and asked them
>>>>>> how they feel. Butterphly said she felt
>>>>>> like crying for leaving at this stage
>>>>>> while Ma'm Bea said she learnt a lot
>>>>>> the last week. Butterphly said the
>>>>>> house brought out the real her even
>>>>>> as it took her long to adjust. Ma'm Bea
>>>>>> said she had a caring heart which she
>>>>>> picked up from her mother. IK
>>>>>> presented a medallion as gift from
>>>>>> Biggie to the duo, saying it will help
>>>>>> serve as a reminder they made it to
>>>>>> the finals.
>>>>>> IK moved on next to the housemates
>>>>>> for the next set of evictions. He
>>>>>> announced the names of JJ and Sipe as
>>>>>> the next evictees from the Big Brother
>>>>>> house.
>>>>>> The Moment The Winner Was
>>>>>> Picked-
>>>>>> The final moment was upon us. Tayo
>>>>>> and Idris were brought through via a
>>>>>> limosine and went on stage with IK,
>>>>>> waiting to hear which one of them
>>>>>> would be crowned this season's winner,
>>>>>> Africa's Big Brother Hotshot. They
>>>>>> made a great entrance to the live
>>>>>> stage. Idris was speechless, Tayo
>>>>>> watched his final video of his 63 days
>>>>>> in the house as he shuffled around
>>>>>> nervously.
>>>>>> Idris clearly enjoyed his video and
>>>>>> watched himself intently. IK talked to
>>>>>> Tayo and he said that things changed
>>>>>> for him in the house. They discussed
>>>>>> their fight but it was water under the
>>>>>> bridge. He talked about having fun in
>>>>>> the house in the last week, IK asked
>>>>>> Tayo if the pressure got to him, Tayo
>>>>>> said that he chilled for the past week
>>>>>> as he felt he had done everything he
>>>>>> had done already. Tayo then mentioned
>>>>>> that if he won, he would give a "grand
>>>>>> prize" to the woman who "walked into
>>>>>> his house". Idris said that he will "give
>>>>>> the money back to Africa".
>>>>>> IK stood on stage with the final
>>>>>> envelope that revealed the winner. "The
>>>>>> winner of Big Brother Hotshots is…" IK
>>>>>> left them hanging, the drone kept
>>>>>> droning on, IK extended their agony,
>>>>>> and then said. "That person is Idris."
>>>>>> Idris is the winner! Africa has chosen
>>>>>> as Idris charmed not only the women
>>>>>> of the house, he charmed the entire
>>>>>> continent of Africa. The Tanzanian is
>>>>>> now USD300,000 richer. Tayo played
>>>>>> an amazing game but Idris is the
>>>>>> ultimate winner and there is much
>>>>>> celebration.
>>>>>> Congratulations to Idris, the ultimate
>>>>>> Big Brother Hotshot.
>>>>>> How Africa Voted
>>>>>> According to the final votes of this
>>>>>> season, the housemate with the most
>>>>>> number of country votes is Idrs.
>>>>>> Idris received five country votes and
>>>>>> these were from Kenya, Namibia,
>>>>>> Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
>>>>>> The runner-up, Tayo received two
>>>>>> country votes and these were from
>>>>>> Nigeria and Mozambique. The rest of
>>>>>> the finalists received country votes as
>>>>>> follows:
>>>>>> Macky2 got two country votes from
>>>>>> Zambia and Rest of Africa, Nhlanhla
>>>>>> also got two country votes from
>>>>>> South Africa and Botswana, JJ got one
>>>>>> country vote from Zimbabwe, Sipe also
>>>>>> got one country vote from Malawi and
>>>>>> Butterphly received 0 country votes.
>>>>>> For the housemates who received the
>>>>>> same number of country votes, the tie
>>>>>> breaker rule came into effect for
>>>>>> those housemates.
>>>>>> According to the Big Brother Africa
>>>>>> rules: If the Popularity vote does not
>>>>>> yield clear evictees and there is a
>>>>>> deadlock between two or more
>>>>>> housemates, the percentage vote from
>>>>>> each of the 15 regions is added
>>>>>> together and divided by 14 in order to
>>>>>> generate an across the board
>>>>>> percentage, which is then used to
>>>>>> ascertain who stays and who goes.
>
>
>>>>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> The PlayStation gaming console wrapped
>>>>>>> up its second decade on Wednesday, and
>>>>>>> Sony celebrated by looking to the past.
>>>>>>> The Japanese tech giant announced that a
>>>>>>> limited edition 20th Anniversary
>>>>>>> PlayStation 4 will be released soon. The
>>>>>>> console will be gray, like the first
>>>>>>> PlayStation released December 3, 1994 in
>>>>>>> Japan. It will include other imagery like the
>>>>>>> iconic four-color PlayStation logo that
>>>>>>> harks back to the system's history.
>>>>>>> "The mid-'90s were an exciting time for
>>>>>>> game developers, driven by the explosion
>>>>>>> of powerful but affordable 3-D graphics
>>>>>>> rendering hardware and the birth of many
>>>>>>> young and adventurous development
>>>>>>> studios," Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony
>>>>>>> Computer Entertainment Worldwide
>>>>>>> Studios, wrote in the post on the
>>>>>>> PlayStation blog. "The original PlayStation
>>>>>>> was meant to embody that sense of
>>>>>>> adventure and discovery, that sense that
>>>>>>> anything was possible."
>>>>>>> The PlayStation sold a then unheard-of
>>>>>>> 100,000 units in its first weekend and hit 1
>>>>>>> million units in six months, according to
>>>>>>> Sony.
>>>>>>> Only 12,300 units of the 20th Anniversary
>>>>>>> PS4 will be released, according to a video
>>>>>>> on the blog post. Pre-orders will begin
>>>>>>> Saturday, and details about how to vie for
>>>>>>> one of the handful of slots will come
>>>>>>> during a keynote presentation from
>>>>>>> PlayStation Experience, a fan and
>>>>>>> developer expo being held in Las Vegas.
>>>>>>> The keynote will be Saturday at 1 pm ET.
>>>>>>> To celebrate the 20th anniversary, we
>>>>>>> assembled a gallery of images of the
>>>>>>> PlayStation, and the people who love it,
>>>>>>> from the past two decades.
>
>>>>>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Bond is back and we're pleased to have
>>>>>>>> all of the details of the new movie.
>>>>>>>> Director Sam Mendes revealed the
>>>>>>>> name and cast of the new movie,
>>>>>>>> Spectre, during a live event held at
>>>>>>>> London's Pinewood Studios.
>>>>>>>> The movie is set to be released on 6th
>>>>>>>> November 2015. Avid fans will know
>>>>>>>> Spectre stands for: Special Executive
>>>>>>>> for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism,
>>>>>>>> Revenge and Extortion,
>
>
>>>>>>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Gangnam Style hit music video by
>>>>>>>>> South Korean singer, PSY, has exceeded
>>>>>>>>> YouTube's view limit, prompting
>>>>>>>>> YouTube to upgrade its counter.
>>>>>>>>> The video which was released in 2012,
>>>>>>>>> was announced to be its most watched
>>>>>>>>> ever and has been viewed more than
>>>>>>>>> 2,147,483,647 times. YouTube has now
>>>>>>>>> changed the maximum view limit to
>>>>>>>>> 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, or more
>>>>>>>>> than nine quintillion.
>>>>>>>>> On December 1, YouTube posted a
>>>>>>>>> statement saying: "We never thought a
>>>>>>>>> video would be watched in numbers
>>>>>>>>> greater than a 32-bit integer… but
>>>>>>>>> that was before we met Psy."
>>>>>>>>> Meanwhile, how do you say
>>>>>>>>> 9,223,372,036,854,775,808? That's
>>>>>>>>> over a quadrillion, over a trillion, and
>>>>>>>>> over a billion.
>
>
>>>>>>>>> On 12/4/14, Joseph Ogunlowo <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Kim K has been named the "Most Searched
>>>>>>>>>> Person of 2014″, beating last year's winner,
>>>>>>>>>> Beyonce. 2014 was definitely the year of the 34
>>>>>>>>>> year old reality star with buzz-worthy events like
>>>>>>>>>> her wedding to Kanye, her Vogue cover and
>>>>>>>>>> most recently her 'break the internet' naked pics
>>>>>>>>>> for Paper magazine.
>>>>>>>>>> Beyonce comes second, while Miley Cyrus and
>>>>>>>>>> Katy Perry come 3rd and 4th respectively. See
>>>>>>>>>> the top ten most searched personalities of 2014
>>>>>>>>>> after the cut...
>>>>>>>>>> 1. Kim Kardashian
>>>>>>>>>> 2. Beyonce Knowles
>>>>>>>>>> 3. Miley Cyrus
>>>>>>>>>> 4. Katy Perry
>>>>>>>>>> 5. Justin Bieber
>>>>>>>>>> 6. Joan Rivers
>>>>>>>>>> 7. Jennifer Lopez
>>>>>>>>>> 8. Kendall Jenner
>>>>>>>>>> 9. Kaley Cuoco
>>>>>>>>>> 10. Robin Williams
>
>
>>>>>>>>>> On 12/3/14, Joseph Ogunlowo <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> At the Pioneers Festival in Vienna, a
>>>>>>>>>>> Slovakian startup called AeroMobil unveiled
>>>>>>>>>>> the thing that we have all been dreaming
>>>>>>>>>>> about since we saw that first episode of the
>>>>>>>>>>> Jetsons while still wearing diapers: The first
>>>>>>>>>>> flying car. It's here. It's real. And it's
>>>>>>>>>>> spectacular.
>>>>>>>>>>> According to Venturebeat, the company
>>>>>>>>>>> took the wraps off AeroMobil 3.0, the latest
>>>>>>>>>>> iteration of its flying car that has been in
>>>>>>>>>>> development for almost 25 years.
>>>>>>>>>>> "We believe personal transportation is about
>>>>>>>>>>> to change forever," said AeroMobil chief
>>>>>>>>>>> executive Juraj Vaculik at a press
>>>>>>>>>>> conference. "We think it's time to make
>>>>>>>>>>> transportation more emotional and more
>>>>>>>>>>> personal."
>>>>>>>>>>> The car was designed by Stefan Klein,
>>>>>>>>>>> founder and head of the Department of
>>>>>>>>>>> Transport Design at the Academy of Fine
>>>>>>>>>>> Arts in Slovakia. Klein had been tinkering
>>>>>>>>>>> with the concept as far back as 1989.
>>>>>>>>>>> Image
>>>>>>>>>>> The car needs very little runway to take off,
>>>>>>>>>>> and it can be refueled at any standard gas
>>>>>>>>>>> station when the wings are retracted.
>>>>>>>>>>> AeroMobil believes it will be attractive for
>>>>>>>>>>> countries that don't have billions of dollars
>>>>>>>>>>> to spend building a modern transportation
>>>>>>>>>>> infrastructure.
>>>>>>>>>>> The body is built from advanced composite
>>>>>>>>>>> materials that keep it lightweight but also
>>>>>>>>>>> durable. Under the hood, it has autopilot
>>>>>>>>>>> and an advanced parachute deployment
>>>>>>>>>>> system. The cockpit can carry two people,
>>>>>>>>>>> and in the air the flying car can reach top
>>>>>>>>>>> speeds of 200 km/h. It has a 27-foot
>>>>>>>>>>> wingspan and is 19.7 feet long.
>>>>>>>>>>> No word on the price tag.
>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/3/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> According to reports Angelina Jolie's black
>>>>>>>>>>>> SUV car slipped on a wet road, slid into the
>>>>>>>>>>>> curb with extreme force, popping two tires,
>>>>>>>>>>>> almost causing the driver to lose control of
>>>>>>>>>>>> the vehicle.
>>>>>>>>>>>> The actress was heading home in a
>>>>>>>>>>>> chauffeured black SUV from Writers' Guild
>>>>>>>>>>>> Theater, when the car hit the curb.
>>>>>>>>>>>> According to an eyewitness (who spoke ti
>>>>>>>>>>>> X17 Online): "The car slammed into the
>>>>>>>>>>>> curb at a significant speed. Angelina must
>>>>>>>>>>>> have wondered if they hit another car. It
>>>>>>>>>>>> was pretty bad -- the tire exploded and it's
>>>>>>>>>>>> amazing nothing worse happened to the
>>>>>>>>>>>> car. I wouldn't be surprised if she has
>>>>>>>>>>>> whiplash."
>>>>>>>>>>>> Angelina reportedly stayed in the car after
>>>>>>>>>>>> the incident and was later picked up, not
>>>>>>>>>>>> by Brad pitt, but by another driver from the
>>>>>>>>>>>> same car service.
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