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Sunday, November 17, 2013

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the five top comment generating posts of the past week.

'Princess Bride' Stage Show in the Works

www.hollywoodreporter.com: "Inconceivable?" No, "As you wish." our editor recommends NYFF 2012: Rob Reiner, Billy Crystal, Robin Wright Spill Secrets About the Making of 'Princess Bride' Mandy Patinkin: 'Princess Bride' Line is 'Cornerstone' of 'My Life' Disney Theatrical Productions has announced plans to collaborate with William Goldman on a stage work based on his 1973 fairy tale, The Princess Bride, and on his screenplay for the beloved 1987 Rob Reiner film that became a cult classic.



Constructable: Interactive Laser Cutting

hackaday.com: Do you miss the old days of making things by hand, without the aid of a computer? Do you remember actually drafting drawings by hand? Well, the folks over at the Human-Computer Interaction group from the Hasso Plattner Institute have come up with a rather novel idea, combining manual input via laser pointers, to cut designs with a laser cutter. Sound familiar? A few days ago we shared another cool project on Laser Origami from the same people.


Black Light Effects – They’re Not Just for Halloween Anymore

Rosco Spectrum: Tis the season for haunted houses, spooky mazes and Halloween parties. No doubt, if you partake in any of the above, you’ll probably experience at least one black light effect. We covered what makes good black light in a previous Spectrum post. Now, we’ll illustrate how, thanks to the LED black light technology found in Rosco’s Miro Cube UV, designers are empowered to use black light in ways they never could before.


Here's A Wild Idea For Shakespeare: Do It His Way

NPR: This season, New York audiences have seen wildly different interpretations of Shakespeare plays. They've seen the Romeo of Orlando Bloom make his first entrance on a motorcycle; they've seen a production of Julius Caesar set in a women's prison. Now the London-based company from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre has landed on Broadway with what seems like the most radical concept of them all: plays staged in a style Shakespeare would've recognized, with all-male casts, period costumes and live music.


See the Freaky, Animatronic Baby That Almost Invaded the 'Twilight' Franchise

Movie News | Movies.com: When it comes to movies, we’ll take practical effects over CGI any day, but in the case of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, a certain practical effect was banned from the set due to its utter creepiness. We’re talking about baby Renesmee — the half-human, half-vampire daughter of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan.

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