Documentary on the REAL Avon Barksdale coming to DVD in March.




Click Here to view the trailer and see the real Avon/Bodie ..slightly graphic though mostly unintentionaly funny.

The Wire was based on the lives of real gangsters. The Avon Barksdale Story is the first to chronicle the actual lives of these real people. Barksdale’s real name, Nathan Avon Barksdale, and his nickname, “Bodie,” were both used in the series as composite characters. Avon Barksdale was The Wire’s first season’s central character. The storyline focused on the Barksdale clan and their ruthless hold on Baltimore’s underworld and the intense efforts of law enforcement to stop them. Barksdale was a real crime figure in Baltimore.

Barksdale says he consulted David Simon, the creator of The Wire, during the early filming of the highly successful mini-series. He says, “The Wire was one long commercial for this!”

During the drug wars of the ‘80s, long before The Wire’s drug kingpin Avon Barksdale entered the mind of David Simon, a young man (named Nathan Avon “Bodie” Barksdale) was in the belly of one of the most violent neighborhoods on Baltimore’s Westside. The Lexington Terrace Projects was one of the most notorious areas in the city making it the perfect backdrop for HBO’s The Wire. But unlike David Simon, an admitted outsider, this story possesses the intimate detailing which can only come from an insider’s view. The real Barksdale brings the riveting fact-filled account of his world now known as The Avon Barksdale Story – Legends of the Unwired. A must see story for all true fans of The Wire!

James Cameron: Damon, Gyllenhaal Could’ve Been In ‘Avatar’

LOS ANGELES, Calif. --

The box office behemoth “Avatar” has served as a big break for Sam Worthington, but James Cameron said the Australian actor wasn’t always up for the lead role.

“[Jake Gyllenhaal and Matt Damon] were bandied about,” the director told MTV News. “The studio was interested in having a name, I think really just for the part of it we’re doing right now, which is, ‘How do you sell this movie? What are the handles on this thing that we can sell it to the media somehow or get media attention?’ Well, having a name actor gets you on talk shows and all that sort of thing. So there was some value to that idea, and we explored it.”

However, he decided it was Sam who best personified the character of Sully.

“Ultimately we kept coming back to Sam,” he said. “Sam was the guy who just — he was the guy. Even with the accent and everything. You hear Sam talk and he sounds like Crocodile Dundee — but you hear him in the character and he’s utterly and completely the guy.”

Audiences seem to agree – as previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, “Avatar” recently overtook “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” as the second-highest grossing film in box office history with $1.14 billion – with no signs of slowing down yet.

And according to Ain’t It Cool News, Sam may get another shot at the world of Pandora. A fan in attendance at a Los Angeles “Avatar” screening and Q&A told the site that James said, “Yes, there’ll be another,” adding that the plan had always been to make a trilogy".

However, a possible “Avatar” sequel isn’t the only project on the director’s plate. According to Variety, James has optioned the rights to the book “The Last Train To Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back,” which will hit bookstores on January 19. He reportedly met with Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who survived the World War II bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in December during a trip to Japan. Yamaguchi, 93, died on Monday.

Source

Bamboo-Charcoal Dark Miso Ramen, originally uploaded by Jen Chan.

Interesting to order, but I don't think the bamboo did anything for the soup from the bite I tried. Though, it reminded me of the Black Ramen from TWEWY. Other stuff we had at Motomachi

// Motomachi 740 Denman Street, Vancouver

Source: Guest of a Guest

Ben Savage, aka Cory Matthews of Boy Meets World, spent New Year's Eve partying it up in Vegas, thereby proving that old proverb, "Make one popular sitcom in your teens and get laid the rest of your life."

Bateman, Arnett and Silverman were set to announce the launch of DumbDumb on Friday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

( taste the happy~ )