Word: shells
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...week after lawmakers rushed back to Washington to approve $10 billion for hurricane-relief efforts, nearly all that money had been spent, and the White House got Congress to shell out $52 billion more. For those who are keeping tabs...
...series derived from old movies tend to be as reliably bad as movies derived from old TV series, but Blood+ should buck the trend. The effects budget is high for TV, and Production I.G.?the team behind the original film and groundbreaking anim? such as Ghost in the Shell?signed on for the series, while Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer will contribute to the soundtrack. Sony, which has some experience with undead projects, has said it will support Blood+ across its corporate platforms, and will even make shows available online for less than $2 a month at www.aii.co.jp...
...multi-million rigs are reported to be free of their moorings and Royal Dutch Shell said its huge Mars platform, which pumps 220,000 barrels a day, is offline...
Parker's laid-back delivery, which can seem mannered in some roles, is perfect for the shell-shocked Nancy, and the characters are well realized almost down the line. (The exceptions are her egregiously stereotyped black pot suppliers.) Creator-writer Jenji Kohan gives Weeds an arch yet dreamy tone that improves on its two obvious influences. It's Desperate Housewives with nuance, Six Feet Under without the self-seriousness, a pot comedy worth the buzz...
Four Tet's electronic maestro Kieran Hebden loops and layers a series of joyous chirps and cymbal crashes until an honest-to-goodness tune emerges, then he moves it around with the dexterity of a veteran shell gamer...