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...home in year eight if needed. On top of that, he says talks are underway to bring in a reinsurer. "The reinsurers' job is to step in at the end of the day and make up any shortfall should there be a shortfall," he says. "I don't want anyone to have any question about where I will be in year eight." (See the top 10 news stories...
...year break? -Gerardo Valero, Mexico City [Laughs.] I didn't plan on taking 12 years last time, but my current plan is not to take 12 years. If not an Avatar film, then something like that because the enthusiasm and passion and the capability of that team make me want to do another film like this pretty much right away...
...unexpected pairing. Burton's music tends toward the funky side - a bit of hip-hop here, a few tape loops there - whereas the Shins are the melodic band skinny kids in Converse sneakers name-drop if they want to sound sensitive. "People tend to be split on this album," says Burton by phone from his Los Angeles home. "They either think it sounds like what they'd guess the two of us together would sound like, or they say it wasn't like anything they expected...
...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...
Luckily, Anna's delivery was excited and earnest, so I had a lot to work with. Plus, she wanted her speech to be fun: "I'm not going to be like the guys. They're so serious. I actually care. I'm not going to walk up there with a piece of paper like those idiots. And I timed it so it's 45 seconds. I don't want to be embarrassed." I nodded as if I weren't completely ignoring her last sentence...