Results tagged “discoverychannel”

EVENT: Angels and Kings is hosting a Nerd Nite, described as: "the Discovery Channel with beer." This evening brings zombies to life, sort of, with a presentation on the undead titled "Zombies Are Real: Actual Zombies of the Natural World And Why You Might Be One." Drink, learn, be nerdy.

, also known as the shark in a tank by British artist Damien Hirst, will be shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Labor Day, according to the NY Times. The artwork, bought by hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen for $8 million, isn't the exact same one that was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum of Art's Sensation show in 1999 - the shark has since been replaced, as it started to rot almost immediately (note to conceptual artists thinking about suspending animal carcasses in formaldehyde- the carcasses need to injected with formaldehyde too).

A look at some noteworthy television this week:

“I had a tracking box in my bedroom,” he said. Huh? “That’s a box of sand that I walked in, pretending I was an animal. That determined how my tracks would look if I turned or walked backward.” It helped him, he said, to understand the nuances of animal movement.

Continue reading "Adventurer Returns Home"

, we never quite thought of Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling books as "movie material." Though interesting and filled with all kinds of fun facts about snap judgments, speed-dating, and the origins of the Hush Puppy madness, they lacked traditional plots or story outlines that could easily be adapted for the screen; they seemed more Discovery Channel material. But thanks to a skinny modelizer with big adaptation dreams -- Leonardo DiCaprio -- we can probably expect Blink, the “intellectual adventure story,” to soon hit theatres. According to Variety, Dicaprio's production company is currently adapting the bestseller, with DiCaprio (obviously) set to star and Stephen Gaghan onboard to write and direct. Supposedly, Gaghan's plans to include a writer character based on Gladwell and various characters out of the book, "woven together into a story." We can only hope DiCaprio intends to play the lead in a curly, Gladwell-afro inspired wig.

Gothamist noticed that on the Discovery Channel there's a program called Life of Grime, and tonight's episode follows a NYC restaurant inspector. Gothamist is a little afraid of what the episode might bring, especially since the description notes the inspector "finds evidence of rats in the kitchen and liquor bottles full of flies" but we're going to watch. And dream up Law & Order: Restaurant Violations.

The Chocolate Show is coming! The Chocolate Show is coming! We know where we'll be camped out this weekend . . .

Jeffrey Abramson, Gen Art

Jina Wye, MBA Student