Close-Up: Titanic

Titanic is a 1997 American epic romantic disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage. Cameron's inspiration for the film was predicated on his fascination with shipwrecks; he wanted to convey the emotional message of the tragedy, and felt that a love story interspersed with the human loss would be essential to achieving this. Production on the film began in 1995, when Cameron shot footage of the actual Titanic wreck. he film was partially funded by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox, and, at the time, was the most expensive film ever made, with an estimated budget of $200 million. Upon its release on December 19, 1997, the film achieved critical and commercial success. It equaled records with fourteen Academy Award nominations and eleven wins, receiving the prizes for Best Picture and Best Director. With a worldwide gross of over $2 billion, it was the first film to reach the billion dollar mark, remaining the highest-grossing film of all time for twelve years, until Cameron's 2009 film Avatar surpassed its gross in 2010. A 3D version of the film was re-released in theaters (often billed as Titanic 3D) on April 4, 2012, to commemorate the centenary of the tragedy.

In 1996, treasure hunter Brock Lovett and his team explore the wreck of RMS Titanic, searching for a diamond necklace called the Heart of the Ocean. They recover Caledon "Cal" Hockley's safe, believing the necklace to be inside, but instead find a sketch of a nude woman wearing it, dated April 14, 1912, the night the Titanic hit the iceberg. An elderly woman named Rose Dawson Calvert, hearing about the drawing, calls Lovett and claims that she is the woman depicted and she and her granddaughter, Lizzy Calvert, visit him and his team on his salvage ship. Asked if she knows the whereabouts of the necklace, Rose recalls her time aboard the Titanic, revealing that she is Rose DeWitt Bukater, a passenger believed to have died in the sinking.

In 1912, 17-year-old first class passenger Rose boards the ship in Southampton with her fiancé Cal, the son of a Pittsburgh steel tycoon, and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater. Ruth stresses the importance of Rose's engagement, as the marriage will solve the DeWitt Bukaters' secret financial problems. Distraught by her engagement, Rose considers suicide by jumping off the ship's stern. A drifter and artist named Jack Dawson stops her. Discovered with Jack on the stern, Rose tells Cal that she was looking over the ship's edge in curiosity and that Jack saved her from falling. At Rose's insistence, Cal invites Jack to dinner the following night to show his appreciation. Jack and Rose develop a tentative friendship, though Cal and Ruth are wary of the young third-class man. Following the first-class dinner that night, Rose secretly joins Jack at a party in the ship's third-class quarter.

You know how it ends, the reader. For recall after a century the sinking of Titanic, History Channel made a biography film, named, ‘Titanic Mistery Solved’

For more info about movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_(1997_film)

Nothing on Earth could come between them,

The Storyteller

Be Grateful!

let this song to accompany you while reading this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paMzF1lnwGg&ob=av2e

I always looking for an inspiration wherever I am, when I was at home - even though there no friends who was my age – a whole time, I feel happy. Because at home, I could feel warm love from my dad, caresses the hand of my mom, and some funny joke – that ended fighting – with my sister. I never minded that someday I would out from this lovely house, I think I won’t let it go from my heart. Then I find some words that can express my feelings about this love, ‘be grateful’. About this love, because this isn’t going to be eternity, about this life, because you won’t feel happy forever, about this miracle, because you will wake up one day, and think how you wasted your life.

Maybe you will never realize how your life could be without him/her, without mom/dad, without grandma/pa, or without friends. Let’s recall the past, before you hate him/her, remember how they give you a text, and that text made you happier than who you are. Maybe you will smile anytime, without the funny things around you. So, how you face your mother/father when they get mad? Remind when they mad, because they don’t want you hurt by anyone, and anything else. When your grandma/pa fussy when they believe the old-fashioned tradition? Maybe they have the reason why they do that! Everyone called friend is such a jerk, I agree. But when will we have a latest laugh without them? It’s hard to do, but THINK POSITIVE, LIKE THERE’S NO NEGATIVE THINGS TO THINK!

Be grateful, even though you are poor – because the rich one wanted to have a family just like poor people. Be grateful, even though, when you are sad – because people out there wearing a mask to keep smile. Be grateful, about who you are right now. Maybe there is a reason why you’re so ugly, and not perfect. Because maybe someday is the day when you can’t to be grateful anymore.

You know what time is it , bitch! You know what time is it,

The Storyteller

What's Up Today: Black Widow

Black Widow is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Most of these versions exist in Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe. Natalia "Natasha" Alianovna Romanova is the first character to take on the Black Widow codename in the modern mainstream Marvel Comics. She was created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Don Rico and artist Don Heck, and first appeared in Tales of Suspense #52 (April 1964). The character has been associated with several superhero teams in the Marvel Universe, including The Avengers, The Defenders, The Champions, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Thunderbolts. She has appeared in many other forms of media, including the major motion picture Iron Man 2, where she was portrayed by actress Scarlett Johansson. She is also set to appear in the upcoming film, The Avengers, portrayed by the same actress. Monica Chang is the second Black Widow in Ultimate Marvel's continuity that appears in Ultimate Comics: Avengers. Despite the painful memories associated with the previous Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), she refuses to change her codename. It is revealed that Monica is Asian-American and was the ex-wife of Nick Fury but the marriage fell apart after she discovered that he had been sleeping with various female members of her family and limited social circle, including her own mother.

We’re not gonna talk about Monica Chang, now, but Natasha Romanova. Natasha was born in Stalingrad (now Volgograd), Russia. The first and best-known Black Widow is a Soviet agent trained as a spy, martial artist, and sniper, and outfitted with an arsenal of high-tech weaponry, including a pair of wrist-mounted energy weapons dubbed her "Widow's Bite". She wears no costume during her first few appearances but simply evening wear and a veil. Romanova eventually defects to the U.S. for reasons that include her love for the reluctant-criminal turned superhero archer Hawkeye. Romanova's parents were killed in a fire when Romanova was a child. She was saved from death herself by Ivan Petrovitch, who raised her as a surrogate father. He first appears in Marvel continuity in the Widow's 1970s Amazing Adventures feature, in which he is introduced as her chauffeur and confidant, without this back-story revealed. Romanova as a child appears in a flashback to 1941, in which Petrovitch, the superhero Captain America, and the mutant Logan who would become the superhero Wolverine, rescue her from Nazis on the fictional island principality of Madripoor. Natasha married the renowned Soviet test pilot Alexi Shostakov.

Johansson as Black Widow

The Black Widow is a world class athlete and gymnast, expert martial artist (including karate, judo, aikido, savate, various styles of kung fu, and boxing), marksman, and weapons specialist as well as having extensive espionage training. She is also an accomplished ballerina.

The Black Widow uses a variety of equipment invented by Soviet scientists and technicians, with later improvements by S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists and technicians. She usually wears distinctively shaped bracelets which fire the "Widow's Bite" electro-static energy blasts that can deliver charges up to 30,000 volts, as well as "Widow's line" grappling hooks, tear gas pellets, along with a new element introduced during her ongoing series during the "Kiss or Kill" arc called the "Widow's Kiss"; an aerosol instant knock-out gas she has modified. She wears a belt of metallic discs, some with disc-charges containing plastic explosives, others have been shown to be compartments to house other equipment. Her costume consists of synthetic stretch fabric equipped with micro-suction cups on fingers and feet, enabling her to adhere to walls and ceilings. In the 2006 "Homecoming" mini-series, she commented that she did not wish to use weaponry belonging to her traditional costume any more and was seen using knives, unarmed combat, and various firearms, but she has since began using her bracelets again. While in disguise as Yelena Bolova when infiltrating the then Osborn-sanctioned Thunderbolts during "Dark Reign" she used a specialed multi-lense goggle/head-carapace that demonstrated various technical abilities enhancing vision and communication. Later, she has used a modified gun based on her Widow's Bite wrist cartridge, during her adventures alongside the new Captain America. The Black Widow has been enhanced by biotechnology that makes her body resistant to aging and disease and heals at an above human rate as well as psychological conditioning that suppresses her memory of true events as opposed to implanted ones of the past without the aid of specially designed system suppressant drugs, attempts to do so result in extreme biological reactions, indicated as vomiting and black-outs.

I'm my own woman  - first - last, and always!,

The Storyteller

A Bedtime Story All The Time: Snow Queen

The Snow Queen is a fairy tale story by Hans Christian Andersen. The tale was first published in 1845, and centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Gerda. The tale has been adapted in various media including animated film and television drama.

The story is about an evil "troll" "actually the devil himself", makes a magic mirror that has the power to distort the appearance of things reflected in it. It fails to reflect all the good and beautiful aspects of people and things while it magnifies all the bad and ugly aspects so that they look even worse than they really are. They then want to carry the mirror into heaven with the idea of making fools of the angels and God, but the higher they lift it, the more the mirror grins and shakes with delight. It shakes so much that it slips from their grasp and falls back to earth where it shatters into billions of pieces — some no larger than a grain of sand.

Vilhelm Pedersen illustration.

Years later, a little boy, Kay, and a little girl, Gerda, live next door to each other in the garrets of buildings with adjoining roofs in a large city. Kay and Gerda have a window-box garden to play in, and they become devoted in love to each other as playmates. Kay's grandmother tells the children about the Snow Queen, who is ruler over the snowflakes, that look like bees — that is why they are called "snow bees." As bees have a queen, so do the snow bees, and she is seen where the snowflakes cluster the most. Looking out of his frosted window, Kay, one winter, sees the Snow Queen, who beckons him to come with her. Kay draws back in fear from the window. By the following spring, Gerda has learned a song that she sings to Kay: Where the roses deck the flowery vale, there, infant Jesus thee we hail! Because roses adorn the window box garden, Gerda is always reminded of her love for Kay by the sight of roses. Then one day, when Kay’s personality changes becomes cruel and aggressive. He doesn’t care more about Gerda. The only perfect thing is tiny snowflakes sees with a magnifying glass.

The following winter he goes out with his sled to the market square and hitches it—as was the custom of those playing in the snowy square—to a curious white sleigh carriage, driven by the Snow Queen, who appears as a woman in a white fur-coat. She kisses him only twice: once to numb him from the cold, and the second time to cause him to forget about Gerda and his family. She does not kiss him a third time as that would kill him. Kay is then taken to the Snow Queen's palace on Spitsbergen, near the North Pole where he is contented to live due to the splinters of the troll-mirror in his heart and eyes. Gerda searched Kay everywhere, but she doesn’t find him anywhere. Gerda meets the four seasons, and then one day she met with Bae, he knows how to go to the Lapland. The only thing that overcomes them is Gerda's praying the Lord's Prayer , which causes her breath to take the shape of angels, who resist the snowflakes and allow Gerda to enter the palace.

Gerda finds Kay alone and almost immobile on the frozen lake, which the Snow Queen calls the "Mirror of Reason" on which her throne sits. Gerda finds Kay engaged in the task that the Snow Queen gave him: he must use pieces of ice as components of a Chinese puzzle to form characters and words. If he is able to form the word "eternity" (Danish: Evigheden) the Snow Queen will release him from her power and give him a pair of skates. Gerda finds him, runs up to him, and weeps warm tears on him, which melt his heart, burning away the troll-mirror splinter in it. Kay bursts into tears, dislodging the splinter from his eye. Gerda kisses Kay a few times, and he becomes cheerful and healthy again, with sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks: he is saved by the power of Gerda's love. He and Gerda dance around on the lake of ice so joyously that the splinters of ice Kay has been playing with are caught up into the dance. When the splinters tire of dancing they fall down to spell the very word Kay was trying to spell, "eternity." Even if the Snow Queen were to return, she would be obliged to free Kay. Kay and Gerda then leave the Snow Queen's domain with the help of the reindeer, the Finn woman, and the Lapp woman. They meet the robber girl after they have crossed the line of vegetation, and from there they walk back to their home, "the big city." They find that all is the same at home, but they have changed! They are now grown up, and they are delighted to see that it is summertime.

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)

"Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:3),

The Storyteller

What's Up Today: Kendall Jenner

Did you know best-selling reality on channel E!, Keeping Up with the Kardashians? If yes, you definitely know Kendall Jenner – half-sister of the Kardashians. She is the eldest daughter from Bruce Jenner and Kris Jenner. She has a younger sister, Kylie. one older half-brother, Rob Kardashian. Through her father, she has three older half-brothers, Burton Jenner, Brandon Jenner, and Brody Jenner, and an older half-sister, Casey Jenner. She also has a nephew and two nieces, Mason Dash Disick, who is her sister Kourtney's son with boyfriend Scott Disick, and Francesca and Isabella Marino, who are her sister Casey's daughters. Her first modeling job was shot at a restaurant in La Crescenta-Montrose, called Rocky Cola Café.

Sherri Hill Photography

She was born in L. A., California, on November 3, 1995. She is a model from Sherri Hill dress line with Cassidy Gifford, which specializes in dresses for proms and pageants. Besides modeling she is also a cheerleader in her school. She is a stubborn, she doesn’t want to be someone, if she doesn’t want. Just like example, initially, she didn’t want to do the runway at Sherri Hill show, just because she has to practice cheerleader with her friends. She is 5 ft 10 in tall.

Although she is young, she began performing in some television, like America’s Next Top Model cycle 18.

You know damn well you ain't a bad bitch. You just look bad, bitch,

The Storyteller

The Impossible Things Could Be Possibly: The Chronicles of Narnia

Based on novel by C. S. Lewis, Narnia become one of famous box office movies in Hollywood. Based on 7 series novel, from the seven books, there have been three film adaptations so far—The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Prince Caspian (2008), and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). Narnia is children fantasy world novel and movie, guided by Aslan, the talking lion and the king of Narnia. The series is considered to be one of the biggest movie franchises around the world due to the legacy of the novels. The first film is the 41st highest-grossing film of all-time.  The first two films were directed by Andrew Adamson, produced by Mark Johnson, and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The third film is the first of the chronicles to be released in Digital 3D. It was directed by Michael Apted and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The series has now grossed over $1.5 billion making it the 20th highest-grossing film series of all time.

C. S. Lewis never sold the film rights to the Narnia series, being skeptical that any cinematic adaptation could render the more fantastical elements and characters of the story realistically.[3] Only after seeing a demo reel of CGI animals did Douglas Gresham (Lewis's stepson and literary executor, and film co-producer) give approval for a film adaptation.

The Cast

This movie lead characters are Peter Pevensie (William Moseley), Edmund Pevensie (Skandar Keynes), Susan Pevensie (Anna Popplewell), Lucy Pevensie (Georgie Henley), and the voice of Aslan by Liam Neeson.

It all began with images; a faun carrying an umbrella, a queen on a sledge, a magnificent lion,

The Storyteller

What's Up Today: Brandon Routh

Handsome, doesn't he?

Let's talk about another handsome Superman, Brandon Routh, he is played as Superman in Superman Returns, He was in his role as Superman. He was born Iowa, US, October 9, 1979. He is former American actor and model. His first film is Karla, have you ever heard? I’m not, that movie is not famous. But in 2006, he made a breakthrough career on Superman Returns Movie. He plays the movie with Kate Bosworth, Lois Lane.

He is chosen as Superman, the lead role. Routh attended the University of Iowa for a year, aspiring to be a writer. During this time, he modelled and acted in order to earn his tuition fee. Routh has said he was often told that he bore a physical resemblance to Christopher Reeve, who had previously portrayed Superman. His former manager signed him on because of the resemblance, telling him that he thought Routh would be cast as Superman if there was another film in the series. But when he was asked whether he would appear on series Smallville, Routh answered, "Would be fun, but perhaps it might be a little bit strange since my portrayal of Superman was more recent than the others". He won Saturn Award for Best Actor in Superman Returns.

After the release of Superman Returns, Routh signed on to play CIA agent John Clark in Without Remorse under the direction of John Singleton with a screenplay by Stuart Beattie. Routh was signed to star in The Informers, a film based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name. He joins Kim Basinger, Amber Heard, and Billy Bob Thornton, but his scenes ended up scrapped with the decision to excise the "vampire" subplot from the film entirely. He portrayed Dylan Dog in the 2011 film Dead of Night.

On August 23, 2006, Brandon became engaged to his girlfriend of three years, actress Courtney Ford; the couple married on November 24, 2007, at the El Capitan Ranch in Santa Barbara. In March 2012, Routh and Ford announced that they were expecting their first child in the summer of 2012.

Routh knew actor Kal Penn, a co-star in Superman Returns, for several years during the time he lived in Los Angeles. Routh and Penn were both also featured in The Lonely Island's Awesometown MTV pilot music video "The Avon Lady".

Routh's sister, Sara, has a musical track entitled "You're Never Gone" on Sound of Superman, the companion soundtrack of the film. Routh is a fan and player of the video game World of Warcraft. During the 2008 Presidential Election, Routh spoke at an Iowa rally in support of Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

And the spirit of Superman is great to have around.

The Storyteller

Superman on A Farm

Superman on  A Farm? Of course this is only a metaphor. Have you ever heard name ‘Clark Kent’? If you haven’t, of course all of you know who is Superman. The story of Superman starts from DC Comics, with other superhero famous stories. Some Hollywood famous actors have starred in Superman movie just like Christopher Reeve, Dean Cain, and Brandon Routh. But what we want talk about it’s not movie, not serial Lois & Clark.

Tom Welling portrayed Clark Kent (Superman)

 I want to talk about Smallville, which first appeared October 16, 2001 on The WB. Starring Tom Welling and Kristin Kreuk. Tom portrayed as superhuman-which one we will call Superman later-named Clark Kent. But of course, Clark wasn’t from Kent’s family. Clark from the other planet named Krypton, and fell with meteor on Jonathan and Martha Kent’s farm. He is sent by his father, Jor-El, to save the world. The real name is Kal-El, but Kent given him a name Clark. Clark lives in Smallville. Maybe this is reason why, this serial named ‘Smallville’. On this serial you will meet, Lana Lang-the lovely neighbor, Lex Luthor-the unfriend, Chloe Sullivan-the best friend, and Lois Lane-the chatty woman.

Allison Mack portrayed Chloe Sullivan

As you know Superman is masquerade on Daily Planet, with Lois, but this serial tell you the childhood of Superman, which is Clark Kent. Background is concentrated a fields and Smallville. A film by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, can draw attention. This serial ended on season 10, on May 13, 2011. Although this serial was ended, Superman story will be the most famous story in this world.

Every story has a beginning, 

The Storyteller

What's Up Today: Tom Cruise

What's Up Tom Cruise? Have you heard about this name? No, you're suck! Tom Cruise is the one of famous artist in Hollywood, his born name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV but widely known as Tom Cruise is an american actor and producer. He was born July 3, 1962. He has been active since 1981-present. He has been married three times. With whom? Let's see to the new line.

with Kidman

He didn't start his career by getting the lead role. He began filmography as a supporting role in 1981 on Endless Love as Billy. He became known when he started a lead role in 1983 film, Losin' It with Shelley Long. On 1987, he married actress Mimi Rogers. Mimi is older than Tom about 7 years. The couple divorced on 1990. Rumors say divorce is due to the third person, Nicole Kidman’s was dragged, their proximity rumored by film-making Days of Thunder. The couple married on December 24, 1990. He and Kidman adopted two children, Isabella Jane (born December 1992) and Connor Antony (born January 1995). They separated in February 2001 when Kidman was three months pregnant; she later miscarried. During 2006 until present, Cruise’s wife is Katie Holmes.

Cruise’s one famous film is Mission Impossible. Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol, just played a few weeks ago on cinemas. Apparently, Cruise shares his fame to his and Katie’s daughter, Suri. Suri Cruise isn’t an actress, but she known as a fashion child. Every dress that she worn, always being spotlight by ‘paparazzi’.

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends. -Cruise

The Storyteller

I Feel A Little

My mother is a hardworker. Everytime, she always see the time, watch the oven. Are the cake already cooked enough? She received some burns, imprint blackish and can’t be lost. She has already smear cream, but it can only disguise. It’s not a small burn, sometimes its blister, and horrible. I never felt the pain about, because I’ve never helped her.

But I know it looks scary, I don’t want to be like her. And someday, I exposed to the boiled water. That's just a small wound, length of less than 1 cm. But it feels horrible. That’s why the reason I think and I write this on my blog. I don’t know how to be Mom, she is a great and strong woman.

Everyday, she always baked a cake, and if she lucky, she doesn’t get burn. But I don’t know how it feels if she get burn. I reckon it may be hurts, but she does that for me, and her family. Help the economy of our family. If her children were did the brazen things, including me. I feel guilty, there’s not enough sorry to be sorry to Mom.

Mothers hold their child’s hand for a moment and their heart for a lifetime ,

The Storyteller

How to be A Blogger

Being a blogger, it’s not just about how you made it, and make and some posts. Being a blogger, for me, it’s funny pressure. Blogging it’s not just for fun, it’s how to socialize with your surroundings. And how to make your blog it’s the most favorite blog. It’s all about how to mix; salt, pepper, sweet, bitter taste that being sense that fits, and accepted by all around you. I can say this so easy for my first post. But I don’t know how to, so I just learned and see my development in this blog.

With a warm welcome,

The Storyteller