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...received his full wages since September. "After a week or so, the bosses stopped feeding us until we called off the strike, so a few brigades have now gone back to work," says Igor Pechorin, 48, who left his family in Siberia in order to operate a cement mixer in Sochi, thousands of miles away. "I went to see a prosecutor to complain ... But he just stared at me like a zombie." (See pictures of the Vancouver Olympics...
...suggested opening her speech by saying she understands that members of the Oscar audience don't want to hear from a sound mixer because they're only interested in the fame and glamour of sound editors. Anna flinched at that idea because apparently the relationship between sound mixers and editors is a little tense. So I suggested coming up with a list of people she wasn't going to thank, including the stars and director, since they would never thank the sound mixer. Anna said she'd like to avoid antagonizing J.J. Abrams, the powerful director of Star Trek...
...Anna Behlmer, a nominee for sound mixing for her work on Star Trek, agreed to hear my suggestions. For those of you who don't know what a sound mixer does: she mixes sound. I met Anna four years ago, when I attempted to prove that fashion publicity had gotten so out of control that even a sound mixer could get a designer to lend her a dress for the Oscars. A $2,650 Escada dress, a $1,195 black Swarovski-crystal purse and a $45,000 Erica Courtney diamond bracelet later, I had proved that I am the gayest...
...winners for not showing enough excitement onstage, since he's British. And when the guy in the booth starts to play music to drown her out, she'll call him out by name and union local number and tell him he can't do this to a fellow sound mixer. Then, even though I told her not to about 20 times, I'm pretty sure she'll thank...
What we had anticipated to be an awkward, find-a-job contest (in no small part implied by the event’s name) actually turned out to be an awkward, relaxing mixer. The Harvard Club of Toronto was very welcoming of everyone from lowly frosh to retired alumni, and no one was ever left out of a circle, fiddling with a glass and looking confused. Definitely one of the better networking events we've submitted ourselves to. Good job, Toronto, good...