On 07/22/2013 03:57 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: > Yeah, I saw Leonardo DiCaprio in an ad recently, and thought, "why?", though > I am sure the exposure is almost *required* at that level. And everyone has a > mortgage, or three. > > Not that it ultimately matters, though I am shooting for north of one > hundred, this time around.:-)
You'll need to know kayakalpa for that. But in a nutshell it is making sure the you do the reduction (detox) and tonification cycles of ayurveda. Of course all bets are off if a Mac truck hits your Volkswagen. ;-) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: >> Comcast maybe scrambling to find another actor to represent them in >> their ads unless it's the U-Verse ads Farina was doing. Wow, only 69 >> and with something anyone could have, a problem with a blood clot. >> That's why every day after I turned 50 I've felt is a gift. >> >> On 07/22/2013 11:33 AM, doctordumbass@... wrote: >>> Always loved him, in any role. I inserted the title of one of my favorite >>> movies of his, 'Big Trouble', with Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, >>> Tom Sizemore, and Jason Lee. Hilarious comedy, about a nuclear device >>> smuggled into the US, that was slated for release just about the time 911 >>> happened. Really awful timing, that buried an excellent dark comedy. >>> >>> >From wikipedia: >>> "Big Trouble was originally scheduled for release on September 21, 2001 and >>> had a strong advertising push. The events of September 11 of that year cast >>> an unshakable pall over the movie's comedic smuggling of a nuclear device >>> onto an airplane. (A gun also makes its way onto the plane, but this was >>> easily overshadowed by the specter of the WMD.) Consequently, the film was >>> pushed back until April 2002, and the promotion campaign was toned down >>> almost to the point of abandonment. Big Trouble came quietly to American >>> theaters and left quickly afterwards, receiving mixed reviews and being >>> generally ignored by audiences, becoming a box office bomb." >>> >>> Dennis Farina, star of 'Law & Order,' dead at 69 >>> >>> July 22, 2013, 1:15 PM EST >>> >>> NEW YORK (AP) -- Dennis Farina, a onetime Chicago cop who as a popular >>> actor played a cop on "Law & Order," has died. >>> >>> Farina died Monday morning in a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospital after suffering >>> a blood clot in his lung, according to his publicist, Lori De Waal. He was >>> 69. >>> >>> For three decades, Farina was a character actor who displayed remarkable >>> dexterity, charm and, when called for, toughness, making effective use of >>> his craggy face, steel-gray hair, ivory smile and ample mustache. >>> >>> Farina appeared in films including "Get Shorty," "Saving Private Ryan," >>> "Midnight Run" and "Out Of Sight." >>> >>> Among his many TV portrayals was Detective Joe Fontana on "Law & Order" >>> during the 2004-06 seasons. He starred in the 1980s cult favorite "Crime >>> Story" and was a regular in the 2011-12 HBO drama "Luck." He recently >>> completed shooting a comedy, "Lucky Stiff." >>> >>> A veteran of the Chicago theater, Farina appeared in Joseph Mantegna's >>> "Bleacher Bums" and "Streamers," directed by Terry Kinney, among other >>> productions. >>> >>> Born Feb. 29, 1944, in Chicago, he was a city detective before he found his >>> way into the acting profession as he neared his forties. >>> >>> His first film was the 1981 action drama "Thief," directed by Michael Mann, >>> whom he had met through a mutual friend while still working for the Chicago >>> Police Department. >>> >>> "I remember going to the set that day and being intrigued by the whole >>> thing," Farina recalled in a 2004 interview with The Associated Press. "I >>> liked it. And everybody was extremely nice to me. If the people were rude >>> and didn't treat me right, things could have gone the other way." >>> >>> Farina is survived by three sons, six grandchildren and his longtime >>> partner, Marianne Cahill. >>> >>> >>> > >
