February 07, 2011

Voice Actress - Eartha Kitt

Eartha Mae Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American actress, singer and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit Christmas song "Santa Baby". She took over the role of Catwoman for the third season of the 1960s Batman television series, replacing Julie Newmar, who was unavailable for the final season. 
After her death, she won a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Oustanding Performer in an Animated Program for voicing the character of Cool Cat in Nickelodeon's The Wonder Pets. She previously won in the same category twice before for her role as Yzma in The Emperor's New School.



 Credit List
American Dad! (2005, Animated Series) Fortune Teller
Emperor's New Groove, The (2000, Animated Film) Yzma
Emperor's New School, The (2006, Animated Series) Yzma
Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story, The (1998, Live Action Film (Direct-to-Video)) Bagheera
Kronk's New Groove (2005, Animated Film (Direct-to-Video)) Yzma
Magic Schoolbus, The (1994, Animated Series) Mrs. Franklin (Keesha's Grandma)
My Life As A Teenage Robot (2003, Animated Series)

Simpsons, The (1989, Animated Series) Eartha Kitt
Wild Thornberrys, The (1998, Animated Series) Lionesses
Wonder Pets! (2006, Animated Series) Cool Cat

Voice Actor - Kenneth Sansom

Kenneth Sansom first began acting in the early seventies. His first role was in an episode of Mayberry R.F.D., a continuation of the Andy Griffith Show. He is best known for his role as Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh.

Credit List:

All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show, The (1983, Animated Series) (additional voices)
Book of Pooh, The (2001, Puppet Series) Rabbit
Chipmunk Adventure, The (1987, Animated Film) (additional voices)
Kingdom Hearts II (2005, Video Game) Rabbit
Littles, The (1983, Animated Series) Dr. Hunter
Milo
Peterson
My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007, Computer Animated Series) Rabbit
My Little Pony and Friends (1986, Animated Series) (additional voices)
New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The (1988, Animated Series) Rabbit
Piglet's Big Movie (2003, Animated Film) Rabbit
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997, Animated Film) Rabbit
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005, Animated Film) Rabbit
Pooh's Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007, Animated Film (Direct-to-DVD)) Rabbit
Shinbone Alley (1971, Animated Film) Female Alley Cat
Skatebirds, The (1977, Live-Action/Animated Series) (additional voices)
Snorks, The (1984, Animated Series) (additional voices)
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985, Animated Film) Magreb
Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, The (1985, Animated Series) (additional voices)
TaleSpin (1990, Animated Series) Ralph Throgmorton
Tigger Movie, The (2000, Animated Film) Rabbit
Transformers, The (1984, Animated Series) Hound
Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving, A (1998, Animated TV Special) Rabbit
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002, Animated Film (Direct-to-Video)) Rabbit
Wizard of Oz, The (1990, Animated Series) (additional voices)
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1974, Animated Special) Papa

February 05, 2011

Zeta Oph: Runaway Star


Like a whip plowing through cosmic seas resembling the 'Nexus Ribbon' from Star Trek 7, this runaway star known as Zeta Ophiuchi produces the arcing interstellar bow wave or bow shock seen in this stunning infrared portrait from the WISE spacecraft. In the false-color view, bluish Zeta Oph, a star about 20 times more massive than the Sun, lies near the center of the frame, moving toward the top at 24 kilometers per second. Its strong stellar wind precedes it, compressing and heating the dusty interstellar material and shaping the curved shock front. Around it are clouds of relatively undisturbed material.

What set this star in motion? Zeta Oph was likely once a member of a binary star system, its companion star was more massive and hence shorter lived. When the companion exploded as a supernova catastrophically losing mass, Zeta Oph was flung out of the system. About 460 light-years away, Zeta Oph is 65,000 times more luminous than the Sun, is about 12 light years in length from tip to end, and would be one of the brighter stars in the sky if it weren't surrounded by obscuring dust.

Homemade Death Ray!

Tron 3

The Willow Tree

Time Lapse

Super Stalks



This photographer set his Pentax K110D camera equipped with Harbortronics DigiSnap 2100 to take a photo of maturing cornstalks every 29 minutes and 45 seconds over a 10-day period.

Let It Snow

When a massive blizzard swept through Belmar, New Jersey, in December 2010, a local photographer captured the winter wonderland scene every 5 minutes for 20 hours. He then compressed the images so you can watch several feet of snow accumulate in 40 seconds.

Tokyo at Its Finest

London-based cameraman, editor and motion graphics designer Stefan Werc perched his Canon 7D camera on a tripod to snap these thrilling shots of Tokyo. He then used After Effect CS4 to edit them into a 2-minute video capturing the movements of one of the largest cities in the world.

Le Tour du Monde

Paying tribute to Jules Verne's classic novel Around the World in 80 Days, duo Romain Pergeaux and Alex Profit spent three weeks touring London, Cairo, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, San Francisco, New York and London, during which they snapped 640 images with a Sony HX5V Cyber-shot. They then condensed the pics into this 80-second video.

Daily Decomposition


It may not be the most appetizing video, but the decomposition of these fruits and veggies is definitely interesting. Over a span of 74 days, Henry at Webiocosm.com took a photo of fresh produce in a large tub under his house every 40 minutes with his Canon PowerShot S3 IS. Using GBTimelapse software, he then played the images back at 30 frames per second.

Half Full

We’ve all seen a cup of ice turn to water, but definitely not this quickly. Another time-lapse work by Henry, this video was shot with his Canon Power Shot S3 IS camera, and was then converted into video with GBTimelapse software at 30 frames per second.

Fire and Rain

Colorado-based artist Justin VanAlstyne is the force behind this scenic video of Wellington, Colorado, from three years ago, when he filmed a calm sunset with storm clouds brewing over the horizon.

Space Scenes


Don Pettit, an Oregon State University alum who spent some time at the International Space Station, snapped these photos of Earth, which he turned into a breathtaking time-lapse video of the transition from night into day into night again.

Flower Power

This video of a cosmos flower in bloom by creator Neil Bromhall was shot using a Nikon D300 35mm digital camera set to take a photo every 7 to 10 minutes over a two-day period.

Flashes from the Bash

During 2010’s New Year’s Eve celebration in Sydney, this photographer captured the festivities from early evening, through the fireworks and into the calm of the next morning.

Daniele Manoli's Animated Alphabet - Part 1

Here's the cool retro typographic art series of mini animated shorts from the mind of Daniele Manoli. They feel like a cross between MTV and Sesame Street.



























Thomas Beg's stripped down version of "The Garden of Earthly Delights"