Annie Leibovitz's Disney Fantasyland

World famous photographer Annie Leibovitz "Disney Dream Portrait Series" was commissioned by Disney Parks to celebrate their Year of a Million Dreams promotion for Disneyland and Walt Disney World.  Photos from http://thedisneyblog.com

Scarlet Johansen as Cinderella. The tagline reads, "Where every Cinderella story comes true." 

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is Wendy Darling, with dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan and actress Tina Fey as Tinker Bell. The tagline is "Where you never have to grow up."

Close up of Tina Fey as Tinkerbell.  Love the facial expression.

Rachel Weisz is Snow White with the tagline "Where you're the fairest of them all"


Beyoncé appears as "Alice in Wonderland," twirling in a teacup, accompanied by Oliver Platt as the Mad Hatter and Lyle Lovett as the March Hare. The tagline reads, "Where Wonderland is your destiny."

Roger Federer is King Arthur and the tagline reads "Where You're Always King of the Court"

Julie Andrews is the Blue Fairy and Abigail Breslin is her apprentice fairy.  The tagline is "Where the magic begins"

Jessica Biel is Pocahontas. The tagline reads "Where Dreams Run Free."

Jennifer Lopez as Jasmine and Marc Anthony as Aladdin.  The tagline is "Where a whole new world awaits."

Whoopi Goldberg as the Genie from Aladdin. No tagline

David Beckham is Prince Phillip from "Sleeping Beauty,". The tagline reads, "Where imagination saves the day."

New International Joker Poster from "The Dark Knight"

Update:

This is the new US Poster that has been released to theaters. Very cool.



The Batman poster is really cool, but this Joker one is amazing. I am so going to have to buy this.

Couple sentenced for far-fetched fraud

The couple that preyed together won't stay together. They are going to separate federal prisons.

Brent Eric Finley -- who along with his wife scammed family, friends and neighbors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars with a far-fetched scheme of using the CIA and some of its technology to head off serious medical problems -- has been sentenced in federal court to four years and three months in prison. Finley, 38, of Rayville must report to prison by Feb. 4.

His wife, Stacey, who prosecutors believe was the dominant personality in the massive fraud, was sentenced earlier this year to five years and three months in prison.

Over a period of six years, the Finleys persuaded 22 people to pay them a total of $989,898, prosecutors said. Many of the victims, who ranged in age from young adults to the elderly, depleted savings, insurance policies, and pension funds.

Stacey Finley, 34, persuaded her targets -- described by federal prosecutors as "solid, middle-class, educated citizens" -- that she was a CIA agent and could use her agency contacts to have medical scans conducted by satellite. Finley said the scans would reveal hidden medical problems, prosecutors said, and that CIA agents would then enter their homes and administer secret medications while they slept. Those treatments would supposedly prevent serious health problems and hereditary diseases.

The FBI began investigating after one of the victims became suspicious and told a local law enforcement officer.

Stacey Finley is not associated with the spy agency, prosecutors said

The Finleys were ordered to make restitution in the amount of $873,786.94. Prosecutors said that money won't come from what was stolen because the victims' money was spent. They said the Finleys owned a home and five vehicles, but their house was mortgaged and the vehicles financed and there were few other assets.

Asked how so many people could be conned by such far-fetched claims, U.S. Attorney Donald Washington described Finley as "a cult-like, charismatic personality."

http://www.ktbs.com/news/Couple-sentenced-for-far-fetched-fraud-6952/

Magic Baseball Bat

Amazing photos of the 2007 floods in China

Most of the time my blog is about silly stuff. Things that are fun, weird, etc. However, this is one entry that is very serious. I found these amazing photos of the floods that hit China this year at http://www.axisofinfo.com/?p=10 and wanted to share. I am only going to post a few of them, to see the rest, visit their site.

It's a story that I had heard about briefly in the news, but these photos really bring the human element home. Why does a story like this get little attention, and O.J. Simpson getting arrested dominates the news? Oh yeah, the media and American public love a scandal. We can shake our heads and cllick our tongues at Britney Spears imploding her career, or admire that Angelina Jolie adopted another child, but something like this is bitter and harder to wrap our heads around. I'll admit I'm as guilty as the next person. Later this week I'll blog about my adventures at the Utah State Fair and eating fried Coca Cola and my trip to Southern California. But for now, I wanted to reflect a little about these people and how grateful I am that I haven't had to experience such a thing.