Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Our You Tube Obession

Bunny

Clearly, BeansTalk is not a 14-year-old girl -- but one lurks within.

To prove this, this is our latest obsession:

Texan Rachel "Bunny" Meyer aka Grav3yardgirl, YouTube sensation.

Check out her videos:

http://www.youtube.com/user/grav3yardgirl

You won't be sorry you did.

We especially like her real-life take on items she buys herself (she identifies if she's gifted anything) and came across her when we were trying to figure out what those spiral curler things were (Curlforms). We've watched numerous videos, much to the alternate amusement and chagrin of our CEO and CFO.

It took BeansTalk all of a minute to grow accustom (and eventually fond) of her OTT antics, loud voice (she has hearing issues, people!), rapid-fire banter and playful (at least it is to us) mugging.

We find her quite fun. We do!

Monday, March 03, 2014

Oscar Winners!

Oscar Winners: 2014
Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave

Best picture 
"12 Years a Slave" -- WINNER 
"American Hustle" 
"Captain Phillips" 
"Dallas Buyers Club" 
"Gravity" 
"Her" 
"Nebraska" 
"Philomena" 
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
Actor in a leading role 
Christian Bale - "American Hustle" 
Bruce Dern - "Nebraska" 
Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Wolf of Wall Street 
Chiwetel Ejiofor - "12 Years a Slave" 
Matthew McConaughey - "Dallas Buyers Club" -- WINNER
Actor in a supporting role 
Barkhad Abdi - "Captain Phillips" 
Bradley Cooper - "American Hustle" 
Michael Fassbender - "12 Years a Slave" 
Jonah Hill - "The Wolf of Wall Street" 
Jared Leto - "Dallas Buyers Club" -- WINNER
Actress in a leading role 
Amy Adams - "American Hustle" 
Cate Blanchett - "Blue Jasmine" -- WINNER 
Sandra Bullock - "Gravity" 
Judi Dench - "Philomena" 
Meryl Streep - "August: Osage County"
12 Years A Slave
Actress in a supporting role 
Sally Hawkins - "Blue Jasmine" 
Jennifer Lawrence - "American Hustle" 
Lupita Nyong'o - "12 Years a Slave" -- WINNER 
Julia Roberts - "August: Osage County" 
June Squibb - "Nebraska"
Gravity

Directing 
Alfonso Cuaron - "Gravity" -- WINNER 
Steve McQueen - "12 Years a Slave" 
Alexander Payne - "Nebraska" 
David O. Russell - "American Hustle" 
Martin Scorsese - "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Writing (adapted screenplay)
"12 Years A Slave" - John Ridley -- WINNER 
"Before Midnight" - Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke 
"Captain Phillips" - Billy Ray 
"Philomena" - Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope 
"The Wolf of Wall Street" - Terence Winter
Writing (original screenplay) 
"American Hustle" - Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell 
"Blue Jasmine" - Woody Allen 
"Dallas Buyers Club" - Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack 
"Her" - Spike Jonze -- WINNER 
"Nebraska" - Bob Nelson
Animated feature film 
"The Croods" 
"Despicable Me 2" 
"Ernest & Celestine" 
"Frozen" -- WINNER 
"The Wind Rises"
Documentary (feature) 
"The Act of Killing" 
"Cutie and the Boxer" 
"Dirty Wars" 
"The Square" 
"20 Feet From Stardom" -- WINNER
Music (original song) 
"Happy" - "Despicable Me 2" - Pharrell Williams 
"Let it Go" - "Frozen" - Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez -- WINNER 
"Ordinary Love" - "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" - U2, lyrics by Paul Hewson, aka Bono 
"The Moon Song" - "Her" - music by Karen O, lyrics by Karen O and Spike Jonze
Music (original score) 
"The Book Thief" - John Williams 
"Gravity" Steven Price -- WINNER 
"Her" - William Butler and Owen Pallett 
"Philomena" - Alexandre Desplat 
"Saving Mr. Banks" - Thomas Newman
Visual effects 
"Gravity" -- WINNER 
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" 
"Iron Man 3" 
"The Lone Ranger" 
"Star Trek Into Darkness"
Cinematography 
"The Grandmaster" 
"Gravity" -- WINNER 
"Inside Llewyn Davis" 
"Nebraska" 
"Prisoners"
Costume design
"12 Years a Slave" 
"American Hustle" 
"The Grandmaster" 
"The Great Gatsby" -- WINNER 
"The Invisible Woman"
Makeup and hairstyling 
"Dallas Buyers Club" -- WINNER 
"Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" 
"The Lone Ranger"
Film editing 
"12 Years a Slave" 
"American Hustle" 
"Captain Phillips" 
"Dallas Buyers Club" 
"Gravity" -- WINNER
Documentary (short subject) 
"CaveDigger" 
"Facing Fear" 
"Karama Has No Walls" 
"The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life" -- WINNER 
"Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall"
Foreign language film 
"The Broken Circle Breakdown" - Belgium 
"The Great Beauty" - Italy -- WINNER 
"The Hunt" - Denmark 
"The Missing Picture" - Cambodia 
"Omar" - Palestine
Short film (live action) 
"Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)" 
"Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)" 
"Helium" -- WINNER 
"Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)" 
"The Voorman Problem"
Short film (animated) 
"Feral" 
"Get a Horse!" 
"Mr. Hublot" -- WINNER 
"Possessions" 
"Room on the Broom"
Production design 
"12 Years a Slave" 
"American Hustle" 
"Gravity" 
"The Great Gatsby" -- WINNER 
"Her"
Sound editing 
"All Is Lost" 
"Captain Phillips" 
"Gravity" -- WINNER 
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" 
"Lone Survivor"
Sound mixing 
"Captain Phillips" 
"Gravity" -- WINNER 
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" 
"Inside Llewyn Davis" 
"Lone Survivor"