Sify (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Mandrills monkeys, a species closely related to humans, sniff out potential mates with different genetic makeup in order to have healthy and strong offspring, according to a new study.
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
This spring the zoo in the eastern German city named a newborn mandrill “Obama” after freshly inaugurated US President Barack Obama. But an advocacy group for black Germans demanded that the primate be renamed this week, calling the zoo’s choice racist. “It’s a catastrophe,” director of the Initiative for Black Germans (ISD) Tahir Della told The Local on Friday....
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
David Moles, a wonderful, up-and-coming sf writer, did me the honor of writing a story called Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (this is, of course, the title of my first novel) -- inspired, in part, by my ongoing experiment of writing stories with the same titles as famous sf books (so far: "Anda's Game," "I, Robot," "True Names" -- and, in progress, "Martian Chronicles"...
comiXtreme (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
The animals in Disney's deepest, darkest India had had enough. For three decades, they were the go-to characters when it came to not fully anthropomorphic wild creatures. But then the 1990s came with The Lion King, and the cast of The Jungle Book got shoved aside. But not anymore. Just as...
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The plug on this Oakland-based producer's latest project: "Nick James Plays Crown City Rockers is the third installment in the series of remixes dropping every week. Crown City Rockers is a Hip-Hop band that have been captivating audiences with their live shows for years and I took on the task producing tracks to complement their style. In the past two weeks I dropped Nick James Plays Outkast...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
1. DOWN AA Gill This week TheSunday Times restaurant critic AA Gill provoked, well, absolute astonishment, really, when he kicked off his column with the instantly immortal line: “I shot a baboon.” Given that the piece was supposed to be a review of the new London restaurant by the TV chef John Torode, it was quite a left-field opener. Gill then went on to explain that, while on safari...
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
With as lightening-fast as Marko Zaror is, we were incredibly lucky to catch him on camera for an exclusive Fantastic Fest interview. We assume the master martial artist and Mandrill director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza were lured in by the promise of free booze and shag carpet on the walls.
Gadgets9.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Writer/Director: Ernesto Díaz Espinoza Cast: Marko Zaror, María Elena Swett, Ariel Mateluna Studio: Magnolia Pictures At Fantastic Fest last week, I had the pleasure of seeing MANDRILL, another film from Espinoza Ernesto Díaz staring “The Latin Dragon” Marko Zaror. (check out that review HERE). read more
The Boombox Music Blog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News , Soul/R'n'B , R'n'B News , Real Talk , What's Beef? North Carolina producer and NAACP representative, 9th Wonder , took it upon himself to respond to disparaging comments made by legendary soul singer Gladys Knight recently. "It definitely has not elevated us as African-Americans, because we show disrespect for our partners, men and women," Knight complained....
today and tomorrow (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Shin Murayama made this masks series project called “Valhalla”. They’re exclusively available at I don’t like Mondays and the proceeds go to Designers Against Aids. “Shoe Face” “Mandrill Nose” “Sock Eater”
Nick's Flick Picks (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
And furthermore , I have lived through one of those incredibly canny midnight screenings in order to tell you that this is as terrifying as this , if not quite its equal in low-fi ingenuity and craft. I can't imagine that Paranormal Activity will work nearly as well without the room-thickening tension of being packed in a multiplex at the witching hour with a group of largely confused patrons, who...
Cave News (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
A mandrill savors an ice cream treat in a zoo in Rhenen during the heat last summer. On really hot days the zoo animals were given frozen dessert to cool them down.
Bossip (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Famed producer 9th Wonder, who aids in the positive real roots of hip hop music, recently wrote an open letter to address Gladys Knight’s statements on the negative effects of hip hop. Last week, soul and R&B legend Gladys Knight publicly criticized rap music, addressing the genre with a rather broad stroke. Professor Patrick Douthit, aka [...]
Twitch (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
With Mandrill - the third collaboration between star Marko Zaror and writer-director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza - picking up awards hardware at Fantastic Fest it seems appropriate to point out that collaboration number two - much loved lo-fi superhero picture Mirageman - is finally hitting DVD October 6th. This one has kind of crept up quietly but don't let that dissuade you. This is quality stuff.
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Luckily we had a list of the winners sent to us because we didn't remember all the names. Or where our pants went.
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