Me uno a la condena de esta agresión sexual por parte de la Policía.

El Proyecto Caribeño de Justicia y Paz que dirige Wanda Colón emitió un comunicado denunciando lo que a claras luces es una agresión sexual contra una de las estudiantes al ser arrestada por desobediencia civil el pasado jueves 27 de enero. Dice el Comunicado que:

Es inaceptable que un Gobierno que presume de defender la "Ley y el Orden", permita la tortura a jóvenes esposados a la espalda y la humillación del toqueteo contra las estudiantes detenidas, a la vista de todo el mundo haciendo alarde de su impunidad.

Exigimos al Gobernador, al Superintendente de la Policía, a la administración de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, así como a la Procuradora de las Mujeres, a la Comisión de Derechos Civiles, al Senado y a la Cámara de Representantes, que atiendan de inmediato esta crasa violación de derechos civiles y humanos. Que se investiguen y procesen a los agresores sexuales de la policía y de la Fuerza de Choque que manifiestan un comportamiento inmoral y abusivo. Así como las múltiples quejas contra los policías por hostigamiento sexual hacia las estudiantes dentro del campus de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.

Estas agresiones machistas contra las estudiantes promueven la violencia y le falta el respeto a todas las mujeres del País, por el mal ejemplo que dan los que se suponen protejan a la ciudadanía y respeten sus derechos civiles y humanos.

En la blogosfera boricua se había denunciado desde el primer momento por Carmen Enid Acevedo en su blog Pesquisa Boricua que luego retomó Elco Lao en un post en el suyo con la foto que es prueba de lo que se denuncia.

And the box office champion this week is...

NEW YORK – The Anthony Hopkins horror film "The Rite" topped the box office on a weekend notable for the bump many Oscar-nominated films received, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The Warner Bros. flick earned $15 million from just under 3,000 theaters. The PG-13, "Exorcist"-influenced movie drew most of its audience from the older-than-25 demographic.

In its 10th week of release, the Weinstein Company's "The King's Speech" earned $11.1 million while adding nearly 900 screens.

Now with a cumulative box-office haul of $72.2 million, the story of King George VI's triumph over his stuttering affliction continues to build momentum as the Oscar favorite for best picture. It led with 12 Oscar nominations on Tuesday, and its director, Tom Hooper, won best director from the Directors Guild on Saturday.

Last week's top film, the Natalie Portman romantic comedy "No Strings Attached," from Paramount, slipped to second with $13.7 million.

The other debut this weekend, CBS Films' action film "The Mechanic," which stars Jason Statham and Ben Foster, took in $11.5 million, tied for third with Sony's updated superhero film "The Green Hornet."

Heavily marketed, "The Rite" sought a PG-13 rating less to attract younger audience members than "not to offend" older fans of the 73-year-old Hopkins, said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros.

Fellman credited the film's success to Hopkins, who remains a draw for moviegoers, especially in scary films that recall his famous performance as Hannibal Lecter in 1991's "The Silence of the Lambs."

"The King's Speech" saw the biggest increase after Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday, jumping 41 percent from its performance last weekend.

The Coen brothers' Western "True Grit" was up four percent in its sixth week, bringing its total to $138 million. "The Fighter," in its eighth week, and Portman's "Black Swan," in its ninth week, had only slight drop-offs from the prior weekend.

Still, it was hard to ignore the rising tide of "The King's Speech," which has usurped David Fincher's "The Social Network" as prognosticators' pick to win best picture at the Academy Awards on Feb. 27. Its star, Colin Firth, is believed to be a shoo-in for best actor.

"If I was in Vegas, I'd slip a few bucks on it," said Fellman of "The King's Speech." (Warner Bros.'s dog in the fight is Christopher Nolan's "Inception," whose chances for best picture are considered slim.)

The Screen Actors Guild, whose members make up a large block of academy voters, was to hand out their awards Sunday night.

"The Oscar bump is in full effect," said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian.

But the box-office opportunity for Academy Awards favorites is available partially because of the lack of blockbuster dominance in the marketplace. The weekend was Hollywood's 12th down-weekend in a row, meaning total box office was below that of the corresponding weekend a year earlier.

Last year's high January totals were largely due to the enormous success of James Cameron's 3-D epic "Avatar," which went on to become the highest grossing film ever.

"`Avatar' is casting a long shadow, making our comparisons week after week very tough," said Dergarabedian. "It's an anomaly. ... The marketplace is kind of doing what it's supposed to be doing."

Dergarabedian says the streak of down-weekends is likely to continue, possibly passing the 2005 record of 18 consecutive down-weekends.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. "The Rite," $15 million.

2. "No Strings Attached," $13.7 million.

3. "The Green Hornet," $11.5 million.

(tie) "The Mechanic, $11.5 million.

5. "The King's Speech," $11.1 million.

6. "True Grit," $7.6 million.

7. "The Dilemma," $5.5 million.

8. "Black Swan," $5.1 million.

9. "The Fighter," $4.1 million.

10. "Yogi Bear," $3.2 million.

In Memoriam...

Los astronautas siempre han sido mis héroes. Ellos personifican el espíritu de descubrimiento del ser humano. Pero esta aventura ha costado vidas humanas. Aquí recordamos los astronautas que han perdido la vida por el sueño de la conquista del espacio.

APOLLO 1 (APOLLO/SATURN 204) - 27 DE ENERO DE 1967

VIRGIL "GUS" GRISSOM
EDWARD H. WHITE
ROGER B. CHAFFEE


TRANSBORDADOR ESPACIAL CHALLENGER (STS 51-L) 28 DE ENERO DE 1986

RICHARD "DICK" SCOBEE
MICHAEL J. SMITH
RONALD "RON" McNAIR
ELLISON S. ONIZUKA
SHARON CHRISTA McAULIFFE
DR. GREG JARVIS
JUDY RESNIK

TRANSBORDADOR ESPACIAL COLUMBIA (STS 107) 1RO DE FEBRERO DEL 2003

RICK D. HUSBAND
WILLIAM C McCOOL
DAVID M. BROWN
DR. KALPANA CHAWLA
MICHAEL P. ANDERSON
LAUREL B. CLARK
ILAN RAMON


Que en paz descansen.

Some 80's videos. Just beacuse...

Cold morning, depressing news.

What's better than some music?

So here's some videos. Enjoy!

WARNING! Some of them are weird!

Las nominaciones para los Oscares han sido anunciadas.

Ya han sido anunciadas las nominaciones para los premios de la Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas (Los Oscares). Aquí la lista oficial de nominados.

MEJOR PELÍCULA
* Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) A Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production
Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
* The Fighter (Paramount) A Relativity Media Production
David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
* Inception (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. UK Services Production
Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers)
* The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features) An Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production
Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
* The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production
Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
* 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) An Hours Production
Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
* The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Columbia Pictures Production
Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production
Darla K. Anderson, Producer
* True Grit (Paramount) A Paramount Pictures Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
* Winter's Bone (Roadside Attractions) A Winter's Bone Production
Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

MEJOR ACTOR PRINCIPAL

• Javier Bardem in "Biutiful" (Roadside Attractions)
• Jeff Bridges in "True Grit" (Paramount)
• Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• Colin Firth in "The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
• James Franco in "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight)

MEJOR ACTOR SECUNDARIO

• Christian Bale in "The Fighter" (Paramount)
• John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone" (Roadside Attractions)
• Jeremy Renner in "The Town" (Warner Bros.)
• Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features)
• Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company)

MEJOR ACTRIZ PRINCIPAL

• Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features)
• Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole" (Lionsgate)
• Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter's Bone" (Roadside Attractions)
• Natalie Portman in "Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight)
• Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine" (The Weinstein Company)

MEJOR ACTRIZ SECUNDARIA

• Amy Adams in "The Fighter" (Paramount)
• Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
• Melissa Leo in "The Fighter" (Paramount)
• Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit" (Paramount)
• Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom" (Sony Pictures Classics)

MEJOR PELÍCULA ANIMADA

• How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
• The Illusionist (Sony Pictures Classics) Sylvain Chomet
• Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich

MEJOR DIRECCIÓN DE ARTE

• Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
• Inception (Warner Bros.), Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)/span>
• The King's Speech (Paramount), Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
• True Grit (Paramount), Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)

MEJOR CINEMATOGRAFÍA

• Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Matthew Libatique
• Inception (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
• The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Danny Cohen
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
• True Grit (Paramount) Roger Deakins

MEJOR DISEÑO DE VESTUARIO

• Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood
• I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) Antonella Cannarozzi
• The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Jenny Beavan
• The Tempest (Miramax) Sandy Powell
• True Grit (Paramount) Mary Zophres

MEJOR DIRECTOR

• Black Swan (Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky
• The Fighter (Paramount), David O. Russell
• The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher
• True Grit (Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

MEJOR DOCUMENTAL (Largometraje)

• Exit through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency) Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz A Paranoid Pictures Production
• Gasland Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic A Gasland Production
• Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics) Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs A Representational Pictures Production
• Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment) Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger An Outpost Films Production
• Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley (Arthouse Films) An Almega Projects Production

MEJOR DOCUMENTAL (Cortometraje)

• Killing in the Name- Nominees to be determined A Moxie Firecracker Films Production
• Poster Girl -Nominees to be determined A Portrayal Films Production
• Strangers No More- Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
• Sun Come Up -Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger A Sun Come Up Production
• The Warriors of Qiugang- Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon A Thomas Lennon Films Production

MEJOR MONTAJE FILMICO

• Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Weisblum
• The Fighter Paramount Pamela Martin
• The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Tariq Anwar
• 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Jon Harris
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

MEJOR PELICULA EXTRANJERA

• Biutiful- Mexico
• Dogtooth- Greece
• In a Better World- Denmark
• Incendies- Canada
• Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)- Algeria

MEJOR MAQUILLAJE

• The Way Back (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment) Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
• The Wolfman (Universal) Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

MEJOR PARTITURA MUSICAL ORIGINAL

• How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) John Powell
• Inception (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer
• The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Alexandre Desplat
• 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

MEJOR CANCION ORIGINAL

• Coming Home from Country Strong (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)) Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
• I See the Light from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
• If I Rise from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
• We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

MEJOR CORTOMETRAJE ANIMADO

• Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton
• The Gruffalo A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
• Let's Pollute A Geefwee Boedoe Production Geefwee Boedoe
• The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment) A Passion Pictures Australia Production Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
• Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) A Sacrebleu Production Bastien Dubois

MEJOR CORTOMETRAJE

• The Confession (National Film and Television School) A National Film and Television School Production Tanel Toom
• The Crush (Network Ireland Television) A Purdy Pictures Production Michael Creagh
• God of Love A Luke Matheny Production Luke Matheny
• Na Wewe (Premium Films) A CUT! Production Ivan Goldschmidt
• Wish 143 A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production Ian Barnes and Sama

MEJOR MONTAJE DE SONIDO

• Inception (Warner Bros.) Richard King
• Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
• Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
• True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
• Unstoppable (20th Century Fox) Mark P. Stoeckinger

MEJOR MEZCLA DE SONIDO

• Inception (Warner Bros.) Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
• The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
• Salt (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
• True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. K

MEJORES EFECTOS ESPECIALES

• Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
• Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
• Inception (Warner Bros.) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
• Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

MEJOR GUION ADAPTADO

• 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
• Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
• True Grit (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• Winter's Bone (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

MEJOR GUION ORIGINAL

• Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh
• The Fighter (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
• Inception (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan
• The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
• The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler

Los Oscares se transmitiran el Domingo 27 de Febrero a las 9pm - Hora de Puerto Rico.

"Twilight", lidera las nominaciones de "Los Razzies", los anti-Oscares.

Las películas The Twilight Saga: Eclipse y The Last Airbender son las favoritas para la 31ra edición de los premios Razzies, considerados los “anti-Oscar”.

Esas dos producciones empataron con nueve candidaturas en unos galardones que destacan lo más negativo del año cinematográfico y que otorga anualmente la fundación Golden Raspberry Award, que publicó ayer la lista de nominados.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse y The Last Airbender disputan el dudoso honor de ser nombrado el peor filme de 2010 junto con The Bounty Hunter, Vampires Suck y Sex and the City 2.

Los protagonistas de Twilight, Taylor Lautner y Robert Pattinson, obtuvieron sendas menciones en la categoría de peor actor, lo mismo que Gerard Butler (The Bounty Hunter), Ashton Kutcher (Killers, Valentine’s Day) y Jack Black (Gulliver’s Travels).

Kristen Stewart (Twilight), fue nominada a peor actriz, lo mismo que Jennifer Aniston (The Bounty Hunter, The Switch), Megan Fox (Jonah Hex), Miley Cyrus (The Last Song), y el reparto femenino de Sex and the City 2 con Sarah Jessica Parker a la cabeza.

M. Night Shyamalan fue candidato por partida doble, por peor director y peor guión de The Last Airbender.

Los Razzie estrenaron una categoría para destacar los peores efectos de 3D, un premio al que optan las películas Cats & Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty Galore, Clash of the Titans, The Last Airbender, Nutcracker 3D y Saw 3-D.

Jack LaLanne - Fitness Guru, Juicer spokeperson. 1914-2011

(CNN) -- American fitness guru Jack LaLanne died Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay, California, according to his long-time agent, Rick Hersh. He was 96.

The cause, said Hersh, was respiratory failure due to pneumonia. LaLanne had been ill for the past week. His wife, Elaine, was at his side, along with his family and friends, Hersh said. No funeral arrangements were announced, but his agent said plans were being made.

LaLanne spent decades talking about the healthful benefits of exercise and fitness. He opened his own health spa in California in 1936, years before the fitness craze swept the United States. LaLanne even designed the world's first leg-extension machine, along with several other pieces of fitness equipment now standard in the fitness industry.

He was born in San Francisco on September 26, 1914. A self-confessed sugar- and junk-food addict as a child, he went on to study bodybuilding and weight-lifting by the time he was in his late teens.

From the 1950s through the 1980s, LaLanne performed multiple feats of strength and endurance. His first such stunt was an underwater swim the length of the Golden Gate Bridge, loaded with 140 pounds of equipment, in 1954. He went on to stage many attention-getting events, including completing over a thousand pushups in a little over 20 minutes, and towing 65 boats filled with thousands of pounds of wood pulp in Japan.

LaLanne had his own workout program, "The Jack LaLanne Show." First broadcast nationally in 1959, the show went on to run for three decades.

In his later years, he was easily recognized because of late-night infomercials on on the benefits of juicing.

He also made many appearances on CNN's "Larry King Live" and was a friend of the talk show host. "There was no one like Jack LaLanne," King said Sunday night. "He would go on forever ... a true guru. I guess Charles Atlas from the old comic books would be the predecessor for Jack LaLanne."

But it wasn't simply LaLanne's physical prowess that impressed King. "Elderly people were encouraged by him because he just kept on going," King said, adding that modern fitness celebrities owe a debt of gratitude to the original impresario of exercise.

LaLanne's wife of 51 years released a statement on her husband's passing: "I have not only lost my husband and a great American icon, but the best friend and most loving partner anyone could ever hope for," Elaine said.