Anna Kendrick Injects Herself

Anna Kendrick Injects Herself Into '50/50' Character

Though "50/50" is just loosely based on writer Will Reiser's experience navigating cancer in his mid-20s, nearly every character in the movie is based on a real person who was involved in Reiser's life during that confusing time. Most prominently, Seth Rogen, Reiser's best friend and co-writer, plays a twisted version of himself, while Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Adam, a fictionalized big screen Reiser.

Anna Kendrick, on the other hand, takes on one of the few major roles in the film with no true backstory. But that hardly means that she didn't find a way to inject life into her character.

Kendrick plays Katherine, a 24-year-old psychotherapy graduate student who is charged with somehow comforting a terse, scared -- and three years her senior -- Adam. Hot on the role from the moment she read the script,,cheap nfl jerseys china, Kendrick said she felt a certain empathy with Katherine from the start.

'[She] was such a mess.Nfl bears jersreys cheap She was so vulnerable and terrified on the inside.Golf Ladies Clubs I liked that a lot," Kendrick told The Huffington Post in an interview on Monday. "I felt like a lot of people didn't see that, and maybe that's because I projected some of that on to the character, I guess I'll never really know."

Reiser, she said, didn't quite realize the extent to which they could mine Katherine's background and dialogue for compassion, palpable fear and professional uncertainty. Instead, the initial version of the script envisioned the character as the apathetic daughter of a well-regarded therapist, thrust into the field without any sort of enthusiasm or desire to help her patients. Unable to reconcile that with what she saw on paper, Kendrick revealed that she spoke to the film's director, Jonathan Levine,Louis Vuitton Handbags wholesale about making a major change.

Some of HTC's Google patents may be worthless

Some of HTC's Google patents may be worthless

That's according to Tyron Stading, founder and chief technology officer of Innography, a software company that pores through data related to intellectual property. His company's analysis found that Google may not have had the right to sell two of the nine patents.

At issue were missing signatures from the original inventors of patents bought from Palm and Motorola. In both cases,wholesales mac Lip gloss inventors didn't assign the technology to the company, meaning they weren't in the position to sell the patents. Stading said that in past instances where this has happened, the court will throw out a case if the plaintiff doesn't prove proper ownership of the patents.

"This could have been avoided had they done the proper due diligence,2012 nfl super bowl jerseys" Stading said. "This causes a huge issue for strategic defense."

Representatives for HTC and Google weren't immediately available for comment.

HTC had counted on these patents in its legal counterattack against Apple. Last week, the company filed a new lawsuit in the federal district court in Delaware and amended its complaint with the International Trade Commission to incorporate the new intellectual property.cleveland cavaliers jerseys

For Google, it represented the first direct support of one of an Android partner. Several companies, including HTC, Samsung Electronics, and Motorola Mobility, had been targets of lawsuits by Apple. In response, Google bought Motorola and its 17,000 patents (with 7,500 pending).

Stading said that all of the parties have been Cheap Christian Louboutinnotified of the ownership issues with the two patents. He said he wouldn't disclose if Innography was working with either side.

If the patents are found to be invalid, there's little HTC can do about it. The company would have to re-file its case using the other seven patents. Google and HTC also can't retroactively get the inventors' signatures.

The FTSE 100 index of leading UK shares fell

The FTSE 100 index of leading UK shares fell by as much as 5 per cent in early trading yesterday, dropping well below the 5,000 barrier, but bounced back into the black later in anticipation of the Fed's statement. It closed at 5,165, up 1.9 per cent.

In Britain, the latest figures on manufacturing confirmed other evidence of a pronounced slowdown in industrial production. The news will add to pressure on the Bank of England to follow the Fed and also ease monetary policy. Oil prices, closely linked to the strength of the world economy, slipped again, at one point falling below $100 a barrel – something that will take the edge off inflationary pressures. In China, more signs of overheating had heightened expectations that the Beijing will act to cool her economy.

In Europe shares also gyrated as jittery investors struggled again to minimise their loses with a second day of across-the-board sell offs. Germany's Dax hit an 18-month low, plunging over 7 per cent, and the French Cac index opened sharply lower, but both markets rallied later in the day.

Some analysts described investors' selling on Monday and yesterday morning as "hysterical" and said it had little to do with economic factors. "It is simply indicative of a loss of confidence in politicians, the banks and the ratings agencies," said Anita Paluch of ETX Capital in Frankfurt.

China calls for stronger coordination between peacekeeping

China calls for stronger coordination between peacekeeping, peacemaking, peacebuilding

In order to address new challenges, coordination between UN peacekeeping operation, peacemaking and peacebuilding efforts needs to be strengthened, Wang Min, deputy permanent representative of the Chinese Mission to the United Nations said here on Wednesday.

Wang made the remarks when he addressed a UN Security Council's open meeting on UN peacekeeping operations.

He pointed out that as important as peacekeeping operations is, it is not panacea. The key to building lasting peace lies in promoting political dialogue and reconciliation process. Furthermore, concerned parties should pay more attention to and tackle the root causes of conflicts, particularly the problem of economic and social development.

Wang also noted that while implementing mandate of protecting civilians, UN peacekeeping operations should strictly abide by Security Council resolutions, stick to principle of neutrality so as to avoid becoming a party of conflict.

China supports the UN's efforts to improve speed and efficiency of peacekeeping operation deployment, make it more targeted and flexible, and to enhance the partnership with host countries and regional organizations, he said.

Border crossing in northern Kosovo set on fire

Border crossing in northern Kosovo set on fire

A group of Kosovo Serbs attacked on Wednesday evening a border crossing with Serbia in northern Kosovo, demolishing properties of Kosovo Police and Customs and setting it on fire.

Unconfirmed reports say fire shots were heard in the scene, perhaps near the KFOR (NATO-led mission) site.

KFOR Commander Erhard Buhler in the afternoon called on Serbs to remain calm after unidentified persons shot at two KFOR helicopters on route in the northern Kosovo.

The attack follows two days of a tense situation since Monday evening when Kosovo leader Hashim Thaci dispatched special police to take control of the two disputed border crossings.

Special units of Kosovo police left two border points on Wednesday morning, but local Serbs, which oppose Pristina authorities, rejects the decision that Kosovo border and custom police officers remain in the border crossing point.

Kosovo Serb leaders have declared a state of emergency in the locality and have called all citizens to be aware of any developments that might occur in the hours to come.

KFOR Commander has ordered reserve units to be ready for intervention if the situation worsens. Roads to the disputed crossings remained barricaded by local Serbs.