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We have our final: Nadal[5]broke Berdych in the opening game and rolled from that, gathering a second break in the process to bag the opening set. Berdych kept it closer in the 2nd, but Nadal pushed at 4-4, broke and served it out. vs Federer[2]played a poor match, making too much unforced...

We'll see what tune you'll sing after seeing it...

So: Berdych[6]was down and out. He played some clean service games to love, played some decent return games, but every time Djokovic [1] managed to bring a game to 30-30 or deuce, every time it became a battle, Djokovic won. Defending better, returning better, more consistent... basically...

A problem with VII could be that so much of the backgrounds were outsourced. This can pose two issues: a legal one (depending on the original deals) and a technical one (the outside studios might only have delivered low resolution renders and tracking these companies down - if they still exist -...

I feel the South Park episode about scientology should be mentioned also.

Considering the endorsement deals that come with being a star player, you would think the smart thing to do would have been for Durant to take less than max salary to maximize his chance at a championship. Probably a difficult choice to make though.

What is the expected range of orbital period for planets with liquid water? Running four years, Kepler would have caught Mercury, Venus, Earth and two occurrences of Mars (10% chance of 3 occurrences) in our solar system. Sounds pretty good to me!

For me it made little sense considering what came before it. His mistress' marriage is on the verge of explosion, which in extra-marital affair code means 'time to thread very carefully', because balance in repercussions for secret breaking is suddenly askew and new and unwanted expectations...

In respectful homage to his name:

Being badly distributed is a good start. A movie like Transformers is released on a huge number of screens and pushed by a lot of advertisement. Little to no advertisement budget goes hand in hand with very few screens. If the film is not a priority, it will also not get bundled in distribution...

If you close your eyes, you don't see what you miss and as a result don't miss it.

What's in store for the quarter finals: Djokovic[1]was not troubled by Dolgopolov. vs Berdych[6]once again proved that he is just a little better than Anderson. Court surface (clay) and past meetings (13-1 for Djokovic) put the serb as the heavy favorite on paper. In fact, beating...

So... Gulbis is destroying Nadal at the moment. 5-0 in 19 min of insane first strike tennis. Can he keep it up?

Surely, Bruce Wayne offshored the manufacturing of his gadgets to China or to another place where they don't know about Batman!

Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Lefty Call (S06E04) - great scenes follow each other with an avalanche of these absurd concepts and linguistic creativity that make the brilliance of the show. So good I kept it on my PSP to watch it from time to time.

So: let's take a quick look at Rome's draw now that the first two rounds are done. Djokovic [1] vs Dolopolovbenefited fromWawrinka's withdrawal (seeing the draw, now it makes even more sense, you don't want to play Djokovic when not 100% fit, especially if you know that you have a shot when...

Yep... Wawrinka drudged through his first round match in Rome, won, but withdrew before the 2nd round because of a thigh bothering him. Watching Murray at the moment and he is still bothered by his hip/lower back on the left side and is on the path of defeat against Granollers who is playing...

No Olenna in the 7th episodeBut a Bron-Tyrion sceneBron is not far from being my favorite character in the show.

These movies are worldwide blockbusters and super hero comics readership is the tiniest of niche outside the english speaking world. So there is that...

I have not seen the first half of tonight's Bulls vs Heat: What's up with the Bulls shooting at 27%? Cold hands all around or good Miami defense?

Not too sure what Fifty Shades of Draper was about.

I found that really silly... UNTIL he pointed out that learning to domesticate the interface could be part of the game, putting you in the position of the character having to learn magic. That interface could make for a fun competitive multiplayer game.

Charles Dance's "We could arrange to have you carried" killed me.

Wes Andersonprobably has the best track record I can think of. I can fit all his movies into two categories: great and very good. Even Darren Aronofsky or Paul Thomas Anderson can't touch that. Terrence MalickandJohnnie Tofollow closely. Two very different directors, but I know that even if...

Wawrinka started his final poorly, immediately giving good looks to a Nadal that was much sharper than in his previous matches. The spaniard still made some uncharacteristic errors, but it was more than evened out by the number of unforced errors and the bad shot selections of the swiss. Not...

Just playedThe Unfinished Swanthis afternoon, a downloadable game for PS3. It's the exploration of several pretty cool gameplay ideas wrapped in a very clean, very elegant package. The narrative ribbon that ties it all is also neat, in a light, poetic children story kind of way, even if it feels...

You would think a sick ass festival is a professional fair for proctologists. Joke put aside, Burning Man is not 'on the playa' but in the middle of the desert so an important part of your enjoyment will be dependent on your planning (to deal with the sun, heat, sand and lack of water).

And they sure has hell don't have any rice to throw away.

If the Thunder made a bullet point list of things to do better after game 2, they probably hit all of their targets, but they somehow did not do what they usually do well: shoot. Anyway I think they lost before Durant missed both free throw in a row (a career first?): They lost when Jackson(?)...

Hey things did not end past midnight this time, so we already know who will be the finalists. Wawrinka[15] somehow prevailed. He jumped onBerdychfrom the get go to break and managed to defend somewhat laboriously his own deal, well helped by a Berdych making a number of unforced errors and...

Again: Romeo + Juliet was well received.

I don't know who the Iron Patriot is, but it worked with the image vs identity theme of the movie, so it has a point.

Photochop alert!

Chicago is by Rob Marshall, not by Baz Luhrmann. Looking at Rotten Tomatoes, it appears critics were fan of Strictly Ballroom, enjoyed Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!, but really did not care for Australia and even less so for this version of Gastby. I'll see it anyway because of Di Caprio and...

I have not seen Blue Valentine so I really cannot compare the two movies. But Nicolas Winding Refn being Nicolas Winding Refn the 'more Drive' hitch will probably be scratched by Only God Forgives.

She is coaching now! I saw her working for Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova the other day. Hingis' mother is also still coaching, she is trying to turn a talented swiss teenager called Belinda Bencic into a pro.

Late in the fourth, three good defensive sequences by the Bulls and yet three three points play by Miami...

Whenever Robinson is on the screen it feels like I am seeing a 4:3 feed in 16:9!

Another day, another round. Wawrinka[15] started the match just like he ended the previous one: hitting big on both wings and painting the lines. His meetings withTsongahave almost always been long and hard fought battles ending with Tsonga as the victor, but the swiss leading 5-0 after 20...