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by Claudine Zap
Interspecies swine flu, the buzz on Bigfoot, and a really, really old fossil. All these stories and more for your Buzz Week in Review.
Please don’t sneeze on your pet
It’s enough that you have to worry about you and your kids catching swine flu this season. But now you also have to be concerned for … your cat. That’s right. Your furry friend can catch it, from you. At least that’s the case for a 13-year-old feline in Iowa diagnosed with H1N1 after its two owners both came down with the flu. The cat was treated at a veterinary hospital after appearing lethargic, losing its appetite and having trouble breathing. All three have recovered. Although this is the first documented case, consider it a cautionary tale. While searches on “swine flu symptoms” were up this week almost 400%, lookups on “swine flu in cats” also increased. (Read up on how to protect pets from the swine flu.)
Bigfoot gets big buzz
Bigfoot: It’s a riddle wrapped in a mystery, or something like that. But is it an enigma because it doesn’t exist (say it isn’t so!) or because we haven’t had the technology to properly document the evidence? Members of Sasquatch Watch are definitely in the latter camp. And a group of intrepid Bigfoot hunters were on the move in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia, armed with all the gee-whiz gadgets needed to prove, for sure, without ambiguity, definitely, that Bigfoot exists. Maybe.
Although some suspicious footprints were preserved with plaster of Paris in areas where there have been previous so-called sightings of the beast, un-fun skeptics are unsure if this is the real deal. But enthusiasts of the furry biped have already helped launch big buzz on the Web. Searches on “latest bigfoot sightings” shot up over 100%. Amateur sleuths also sought out “real bigfoot pictures,” “bigfoot evidence,” and “bigfoot research organization.”
Tyrannosaurus Rex has ancestors
We knew T. rex was old and big, but that he had family? This comes as a surprise. Here’s the story: Thanks to CT scans, a newly identified dinosaur Proceraaurus has been named as the oldest known T. rex. That dates the tyrannosauroid group back
to 170 million years, older than any other known fossil, according to Scientific American. But here’s the thing: While the bigger, badder T. rex lived 65 to 99 million years ago, the Jursassic-Era cousin was still a meat eater, but way smaller, measuring just 10 feet. But it was just as ferocious, with four knife-like teeth and a pointy horn jutting from its nose. Of course, all these gigunda-saurs were the earliest ancestors of birds, like the ones we eat. Take that, dinos.
Also buzzing…
•Sarah Palin’s book spawned a publishing bonanza.
•The movie “Precious” opened to rave reviews and lots of buzz.
•Jon Stewart takes on Glenn Beck.
by Claudine Zap
Those with movies coming out with odd names (say, “The Men Who Stare at Goats“) have perhaps gotten a little envious of the mega-hit “Paranormal Activity,” which went from unknown to big time through a wildly successful word-of-mouth campaign.
Well, we can’t all be $11,000 movies that top the box office. But the makers of the satire starring George Clooney have done the next-best thing: a spoof of the “Paranormal Activity” ad. It’s a clever mash-up of the horror-thriller ad you’ve seen — with goats.
Watch and enjoy.
by Vera H-C Chan
In stepping into the lead role of “Precious,” newcomer actor Gabourey Sidibe had to take on some monumental tasks.
- The 26-year-old had to play an abused, obese 16-year-old, convincingly.
- She had to be good enough to satisfy fans of a modern literary classic, the 1996 novel “Push,” by Sapphire.
- She needed to hold her own with a stand-out cast that includes mega-stars like Mo’Nique, Mariah Carey, and Lenny Kravitz.
- She had to portray a character, Precious Jones, who weighs in at more than 300 pounds in a Hollywood that tends to slim down its leading ladies.
Well, mission very accomplished. The movie became a Sundance Festival favorite, building massive buzz on the Web and off. California and New York audiences talked up the film, directed by Lee Daniels (who produced “Monster’s Ball“), and opening weekend searches came from about two-thirds of the nation, led by Southern states.
Monumental Buzz
Turned out Sidibe, a psychology student and receptionist, couldn’t have been more perfect for the role. The New York native wasn’t unfamiliar with bright lights, hanging out at the performances of her gospel-singer mom. But that hard lifestyle of constantly trying to get gigs was exactly why Sidibe aimed for a steady desk job. Her best friend convinced her to audition, and so Sidibe competed with 1,000 others testing for the part.
As The New York Times puts it, “she blew everyone away.” The director fell in love (”with all my soul”). Since then, others have fallen in line. She has already received one prestigious award. Rolling Stones critic Peter Travers calls her “glorious,” and her talk-show appearances literally leave people cheering.
Far From Precious
While Brooklyn-born and Harlem-raised, Sidibe’s similarities to the character Precious ends there. Sidibe is one of six kids, and her mother Alice Tan Ridley is a loving teacher as well as a gospel singer—known by NYC locals as the godmother of soul of the Times Square subway station. To understand the horribly abused Precious, the college student fell into familiar academic mode and delved into research about abuse. Given all the Oscar talk around her performance, Sidibe’s studying more than paid off.
Level-Headed Grownup
In a Huffington Post interview, Sidibe said she felt “immense responsibility” to do Precious justice, and that her confidence came from age (24, when she auditioned): “I know Precious because I know who I am.” Sidibe keeps it real. She also said that a role model doesn’t come “because I’m in a movie. My first responsibility is to my family and to myself.”
Fame isn’t over yet, although Sidibe understands that her background and build, atypical for Hollywood, means people make snap judgments. “I think people look at me and don’t expect much,” she told an Indiewire reporter, “even though, I expect a whole lot.” In her new career as an actor, Sidibe sees her new life as “an office job.and my office happens to be a red carpet or a room full of interviewers.” Now that’s a grownup attitude.
