Monday, February 17, 2014

Netvibes

Hello,

I’ve recently created a Netvibes account, which allows me to essentially filter through entertainment blogs and news sites.  It’s fantastic because it gives me the opportunity to look at the top stories of the day in one location.

I would normally have to travel from individual site to individual site.  While clicking through all of these websites doesn’t necessarily add a substantial amount of time to my daily morning internet browsing, but it gives me a cheat sheet for daily headlines.

There are reasons why I have these specific websites linked to the page.  I added several blogs that I stumbled across so that I can receive the most up to date posts.  But I am especially happy to have news in one location.

I generally like to have a mixture of sources.  As an individual who is located in the mix of the entertainment industry I like to see what is occurring in Los Angeles.  Placing the Los Angeles Times and news sites such as CNN into this netvibe dashboard gives me the opportunity to take a look at all aspects of the entertainment industry. I like to know what entertainment news is making the global rounds.   I have general news sites, entertainment blogs, and entertainment news sites here.

Deadline is an absolute favorite of mine.  This news site is formatted like a blog but it gives the most up-to-date information and news about the entertainment industry.  Because it extensively covers the business element within the entertainment industry, I have to hop onto another website if I want to specifically read about celebrity antics.


It’s interesting because in this one place and I can stumble across the film review articles such as “The Monuments Men can be lengthy but provides historical value” and “Making the most of the Mediocrity of Monuments Men.”  The two headlines caught my eyes and I quickly opened both tabs to read about the seemingly differing opinions.

As a World War II history buff and film student this film was already on my radar.  I’ve been meaning to read the book that it was based off of.   But I have no love lost for George Clooney despite Hollywood’s love for him. 

Because there are seemingly opposing titles and viewpoints, I’m suddenly interested in what they have to say about Monuments Men.  I’ve had my eye on the project since it’s announcement.  I was originally dissuaded by the aging cast and the attempt convince the audience that they indeed were able soldiers ready to be sent to the front to reclaim priceless and historical works of art.   Cate Blanchett and Jean Dujardin were stand-out figures that reeled my curiosity back in.

Without spotting the conflicting headings I would have happily gone on to attempt to watch the film by the time it was released on DVD.  But now that I’ve read about it, I might make the attempt to view it in theatres (after all it’s been a while since a history-based film has been released.)  I feel like numerous amounts of sequels or remakes have been hitting theaters in the past year.  It will be nice to view a historical-based film for a change.




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