Gesundheit: Kichaa is the name of one of the animated characters causing consternation among the animators at Digital Domain. He's featured in the upcoming film The Legend of Tembo.
You may not have heard of the special-effects studio Digital Domain, but you've probably seen their work. They sank the Titanic for James Cameron; they aged Brad Pitt backward in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Most recently, their virtual likeness of the late Tupac Shakur performed in concert.
Having worked those wonders, they're tackling thornier challenges: fur and feathers.
Philadelphia's Mütter Museum has a lot of heart, and other organs too. Items in this collection of medical specimens include a gangrenous hand, a wallet made of human flesh, and a colon the size of a medium suitcase. And that's just the stuff on display, imagine what's in the basement.
Louisiana, 7 January 2010: Fried sac-a-lait fish, topped with crawfish etouffee, a peanut butter and apple jelly sandwich and chocolate chip cookies.
Credit Brian Forrest / Julie Green
The Last Supper, installation detail, 2009. Mineral paint on 357 kiln-fired ceramic plates, approximately 12' x 26' installed; Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles
Credit Brian Forrest / Julie Green
Louisiana, Jan. 7, 2010: Fried sac-a-lait fish, topped with crawfish etouffee, a peanut butter and apple jelly sandwich and chocolate chip cookies.
Credit Brian Forrest / Julie Green
Mississippi, July 23, 1947: Fried chicken and watermelon served to a 15-year-old and 16-year-old boy.
Credit Brian Forrest / Julie Green
Texas, June 15, 2010: Four eggs, four chicken drumsticks, salsa, four jalapeno peppers, lettuce, tortillas, hash browns, garlic bread, two pork chops, white and yellow grated cheese, sliced onions and tomatoes, a pitcher of milk and a vanilla shake.
Credit Brian Forrest / Julie Green
Montana, Feb. 16, 1917: One apple.
Credit Brian Forrest / Julie Green
Texas, March 30, 2010: None.
Credit Brian Forrest / Julie Green
Indiana, March 14, 2001: German ravioli and chicken dumplings prepared by his mother and prison dietary staff.
Chefs (and the rest of us) often fantasize about what to pick for our last meal on Earth. But the answers we come up with are often extravagant and largely theoretical.
First, I hate the title, and not because it's an adjective. Notorious, Ravenous, Rabid: great titles. Brave? Generic. And with the poster of a girl with flame-red curls pulling back a bow, it looks like yet another female-warrior saga, another you-go-girl action picture suggesting the biggest injustice to women over the last millennium has been the suppression of their essential warlike natures.
