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Academy Invites Largest, Most Diverse Class of New Members Ever

Edit Time Magazine 30 Jun 2016
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the largest and most diverse class of new members in its 89-year history, with John Boyega, Eva Mendes, Oscar Isaac, Emma Watson, James Wan, and Lana and Lilly Wachowski among the 683 invitees ... The controversy prompted the academy to drastically overhaul its membership rules and goals ... The 2016 invitees are.. Actors ... Joe ... Lucrecia Martel — The Headless Woman, The Holy Girl....

Quality of work is the priority, not just quantity

Edit The National 29 Jun 2016
Robert Mogielnicki's suggestion in his article, Working shorter hours may be more productive (June 29) has some merit. Working shorter hours assures quality rather than quantity and keeps workers healthier. Losing two hours of work per day is equivalent to losing 25 per cent of your production capacity per day ... In reference to Headless body found in Dubai residential neighbourhood (June 29), I agree that Dubai is a very safe city....

ACADEMY INVITES 683 TO MEMBERSHIP (Academy Awards - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jun 2016
(Source. Academy Awards - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 683 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2016 ... Lucrecia Martel - 'The Headless Woman,' 'The Holy Girl'....

'Shocked' Dubai residents say they still feel safe after discovery of woman's headless body

Edit The National 28 Jun 2016
DUBAI // The headless, dismembered body of a woman has been found in Dubai's International City. The body was found by police and forensics teams are trying to identify the woman, the circumstances of her death and the motives for her murder. Residents of the development off Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road said they were shocked to hear about the grisly find ... "I heard about something like this," he said....

Watch: Los Angeles Metro’s Unbelievably Gruesome New Ads Are A Hit On Social Media

Edit Inquisitr 28 Jun 2016
— FOXTRAX (@FoxtraxBand) April 4, 2016 ... There are also videos entitled “Careful or Crushed,” “Patient or Pancake,” “Mindful or Mangled,” “Dismount or Dismembered,” and what seems to be the favorite among reports covering the Los Angeles Metro campaign, “Heads-Up or Headless.” All the videos are embedded at the end of this article ... This cannot end well for Martin ... Watch....

In this Brexit turmoil we’ll need our civil servants to steady the ship

Edit The Guardian 28 Jun 2016
Jane Dudman. The threat to public finances following the EU referendum has to be a major concern for politicians at both national and local levels ... email ... Derided by media and by politicians, especially in central government, which since the 2010 election has engaged in an attack on civil service jobs, pensions and resources, it is those very bureaucrats who will ensure stability while politicians run round like headless chickens ... ....

The failure in Fallujah

Edit IRINnews 28 Jun 2016
As the Iraqi military announced (not for the first time) that it had finally routed the so-called Islamic State in Fallujah, the city’s former residents can be forgiven for not breathing a collective sigh of relief ... Others are more brutal in their assessment. “Aid workers are running around like headless chickens,” said one worker recently returned from the new camps ... The humanitarian system, led by the UN, has been struggling to cope....

Brutal, Bruising Ads About Train Safety From the L.A. Metro

Edit CityLab 27 Jun 2016
Metro ... For instance, in “Dismount or Dismembered?”—they all have names like this, including “Careful or Crushed?” and “Heads-up or Headless?”—Jimmy breaks the rules by riding his skateboard on a Metro platform ... Some more tales of woe.. H/t The Source ....

England, a country and football team in crisis, crash out of Euro 2016 an embarrassment

Edit The National 27 Jun 2016
England 1 (Rooney pen 4'). Iceland 2 (Sigurdsson 6', Sigthorsson 18'). England depart Euro 2016 with an achievement of sorts. They mustered perhaps the most ignominious defeat in their often inglorious history ... They lost to Iceland ... They nevertheless won and deservedly so ... More on Euro 2016. ... They have spent much of the tournament playing like headless chickens, taking illusory positives by referencing the numbers of shots they have had....

Use or loose your head in new co-op game Headventures in the Underworld

Edit The Examiner 27 Jun 2016
Those looking for a new casual co-op game to play with a significant other or friend may find the light-hearted independent game Headventures in the Underworld a great fit ... The trickster Beelzeboss forces the children through an increasingly complicated labyrinth filled with his monstrous minions ... Jesse Tannous ... Scott Bradford ... JT. Where did you get the original concept for the headless characters that players control?. SB ... JT ... SB ... JT ... SB ... End....

IDS goes off-message on Brexit plan while Labour tears itself apart

Edit The Guardian 26 Jun 2016
John Crace. It was one of those mornings when there were so many car crashes at the same time it was hard to know where to look. Contact author. @JohnJCrace ... Lunch. Cricket. Lunch. That sort of thing ... “So when is the brutal punishment budget coming?” demanded Andrew Marr ... “Um, er, I’ve been in touch.” Translation ... Not to be left out, Labour was also keen to reassure the country it could make a good fist of acting like a headless chicken ... ....

No disgrace for Wallabies but lowered future expectations may be called for

Edit The Guardian 26 Jun 2016
Michael Cheika’s side have not been completely awful during the June Test series but whatever they threw at England they just couldn’t land the killer blow. @journomatcleary ... There was greater creativity, guile and endeavour. They were competitive, occasionally dominant at scrum, lineout and breakdown. And they threw it around and ran it about and scored some rather fine tries ... Related ... Nick Phipps, for one, can be a headless chook ... ....

Game of Thrones 'Battle of the Bastards' big-budget episode sets new TV benchmark

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 25 Jun 2016
In a seamless mix of CGI and real-world stunt-work (involving 70 horses and 500 extras), headless horsemen careened into giants; Jon Snow's army was caught in a deadly pincer movement by hundreds of advancing soldiers with head-to-toe shields and three-metre spears; bodies piled high and our hero was almost trampled underfoot before Sansa's cavalry rode to the rescue ... And we haven't even mentioned the dragons…. Advertisement ... ....
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