Movie Making is For the Patient

My brother is in the film industry, I have gone on set before and enjoy watching the process, but not for too long! No where does time cease to exist like it does on a movie set. The same scene is set up over and over, acted and reacted with no change as far as I can see. Shoot one minute, stop, wait 30 minutes, stop, shoot one minute, stop. All day long, over and over. I would never have the patience to be a director.

If I were a director, I would shoot twice and say, "that's just fine, move along, no one will notice anyway." Tiny little details are shot over and over. They may shoot for days for a segment lasting only a minute or two. Attention to detail is a must. Are the cavemen wearing watches? Is the loin cloth the same color and position and length as it wasyesterday? Is the scar on the same side of the face, in the same hues? Attention, attention, attention to the minute and the minutiae.

I happened to be on the set recently when they were filming "John Adams" the mini series. I was by an actor whose job it was to push a wheel barrow full of vegetables around a corner in the very back of the scene. Hours and hours he waited for his cue, he would push his wheel borrow around the corner, walk about 20 steps, stop, wait and start over. He was so far back in the scene it wouldn't matter if he were wearing a dress but every detail was in place, every hair combed. His face would never see the light of day, yet there he was, happy and content to have any role at all. No wonder movies take so long to make at such outrageousbudgets.

Upcoming movie industries from around the world are learning the art of movie making. Bollywood, Mexican movies, African movies, and the ever sad Chinese movies with all their beauty and tragedy. Each representing the culture differences of their countries, and more importantly if they want to compete on a global stage they are learning patience!

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Movie Making is For the Patient

Sony W595 Blue W-Series Phone Joins Sony Ericsson W595 Walkman Range

Sony Ericsson have been busy of late releasing a multitude of new Walkman phones, the latest addition to the W-Series range is the new Sony Ericsson W595, a direct upgrade to the extremely popular W580i with enhanced technology, new features and a similar but improved design. The Sony W595 Walkman phone looks very similar to the previous W580i but its form it more squared and this phone offers the latest Walkman music software and stereo speakers for sharing music while with friends.

Other features to note include TrackID, Shake Control, Walk Mate, Video Blogging, Access to Online Music Store, 3.15 megapixel camera, large 2.2 inch display screen and 3 g services with video calling. The Sony Ericsson W595 is a Walkman phone built for sharing, this sliding mobile phonefeatures built-in stereo speakers and a stereo Share jack allowing for a second stereo headset so that two people can listen to the music player.

The W595 Walkman's player supports several file formats including MP3 and AAC and with 40 MB on board memory further expandable via an M2 slot, users will not be short of places to store their favourite music tracks. With Shake control activated, press and hold the Walkman key, then flick the wrist-a vibration lets the user know that the track has been changed-a new song from the current playlist is selected randomly then played automatically.

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The easy-to-use Walk Mate application stays activated all throughout the day, it keeps track of how many steps walked and how many steps left to reach a daily average health goal. Userssimply place their phone in ytheir own pocket and they are ready to go. A built-in FM radio, 3.15 Megapixel camera with support for video recording and a secondary VGA camera for face-to-face video calling, Bluetooth v 2.0 and HSDPA connectivity for high speed browsing and downloads make the Sony W595 a music phone and much more.

The Sony Ericsson W595 offers support for a wealth of file formats, users can simply drag and drop from their PC to the phone via the accompanying PC suite and then listen to and manage all their music on Sony Ericsson's intuitive Walkman player with Shake Control applications. The Sony W595 allows users to enjoy data speeds at a substantial 1.8 MBit/s (megabits per second) or 3.6 MBit/s downlink with new HSDPA technology. Users can download music, games,video clips and make & receive video calls at the touch of a button, the W595 also gives access to 3 g services such as the latest news and sports headlines, upcoming new movie trailers and music videos.

The Sony Ericsson W595 has been initially made available on Orange pay monthly contract tariffs in the u.k., however this new Walkman phone is set to be released on further UK networks in the very near future. The Sony W595 is a well thought out upgrade to the previous Walkman model, its new features and technology will appeal to the original user base as well as those seeking a fashionable, functional and fun mobile phone.

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Transformers Revenge of the Fallen-The All Star Cast

Everybody is excited to know more and more about the upcoming movie, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Excellent performances from the actors who worked on Transformers has forced people to think about the cast hired in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Following is a brief description that has been caught to some extent via trailers and rumours about this mysterious movie.

The main role as a human being in this movie is played by Shia LaBeouf, the teenager who destroyed Megatron in the previous movie. In this upcoming movie, Sam is working on personal development and trying to live his life as a normal person. He is trying to forget what happened in the past, and getting rid of the over protective shell of his parents and Bumblebee.

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Megan Fox stars as MikaelaBanes, who is Sam's girlfriend. She is short of money so cannot attend college. She decides to get a job at a repair shop for motorcycles. In reality she does not know how to ride a bike, so she had to get lots of help from others to push her vehicle. In order to look more real in this movie she put on some weight, which was required by the character.

Josh Duhamel acted as Captain William Lennox, who is a militant, ranger, and most importantly, a friend of the Autobots. Right from the time when the first movie came into view, Lennox played an active part of NEST, which is an international team fighting the Decepticons with the Autobots.

Tyrese Gibson is Robert Epps in this movie, who is also an active member of NEST. He is an air force war who later becomes Master controllerSergeant

John Turturro appears as Reggie Simmons, past mediator of the finished Sector 7 unit, which checked Transformer movements on Earth. He is at the moment not at work, but works in a restaurant. He climbed pyramids in reality during the film and that is a real achievement.

Matthew Marsden is a special forces agent in the film, Graham. He is also a member of NEST. He impressed the director with his performance and eventually got more work to do for a longer period of time in the movie.

Ramon Rodriguez is a roommate of Sam. He owns a mysterious website on ' Conspiracy Theory '. He worked as Leo Spitz. Other cast members are Kevin Dunn and Julie White, who acted as Ron and Judy Witwicky. They are Sam's parents. Rainn Wilson Cameos is a university professor. Kym Whitleyand John Benjamin Hickey also played small roles in the movie. Glenn Morshower acts as Gen. Morshower

We know a lot about the Autobots know this article contains only the names of actors who voiced them in the background. Primary character Optimus Prime was voiced by Peter Cullen. The voice behind the noble Bumblebee was of Mark Ryan. Ironhide was Jess Harnell and Ratchet was Robert Foxworth. Jetfire has John Turturro's voice behind him.

For the Decepticons, the people who voiced them were Hugo Weaving, Charlie Adler and Frank Welker.

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Senior Care Marketing Executives Can Have Social Media Success With a Simple EDIT

"The Social Network", a movie based on the life of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg, opens in theaters October 1. The movie discusses Zuckerburg's rise from an anonymous freshman at Harvard to the CEO of one of the most powerful Internet corporations in America.

But senior care marketing executives don't have to read that script to have success in social media. A simple self-check should help determine whether those businesses have the right social media marketing plan, or whether they need to make changes to their branding plan. This "E.D.I.T." involves measuring four simple parts: engagement, diversification, innovation, and transparency.

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Engagement.
Any senior business, from home care to assisted living marketing companies marketing, can create a Facebook page.But the pages that create the most clicks and help build the most online conversions do more than just post a few updates and photos. The best branding of Facebook pages includes calls to action, at least 2-3 posts per week, and the use of multimedia content in their posts.

Social media users don't just click, they create conversation. Digital PR means letting fans know you appreciate their responses and inviting more with open-ended posts. If your business is in the elder care field, ask fans to mention some of their own tips and stories to personalize your page. Frequent updates help keep fans coming back to your page (pages without posts can easily be forgotten), and posting multimedia gives fans content that they can share with others, and create more fans in theprocess.

Diversification.
Facebook is the most popular social network, but niche networks can also be useful. Many companies have had success syndicating their content through Twitter while engaging key influencers, and other senior care marketers should strongly consider creating YouTube channels and mobile phone applications.

Location-based social media or geolocation technology, such as Foursquare and Facebook Places, have also become trends to watch. If you aren't at least aware of those options, you are behind in the social media sphere, and your lead generation will suffer.

Innovation.
The trickiest part of social media for senior businesses may be innovation. How can one senior business create better Digital PR than others? The most obvious way is througha creative Facebook landing page. Visitors to your page can be sent to a unique landing page that can include news of a new product, deals for consumers, or a general introduction that is more inviting than simply relying on the shared wall. Many unique landing pages also invite viewers to "Like" the page, increasing the Fan base.

Already have a landing page? There are other, upcoming ways to innovate on social media platforms. Start learning about Facebook Questions-a crowdsourcing platform similar to Yahoo! Answers-and the new Twitter multimedia platform that could create several new ways to build your brand.

Transparency.
For many senior businesses, this can be the most challenging of all. What happens when your Facebook page (or other social site) gets feedbackfrom customers that you don't want? Previously, many companies might delete such negative commentary, but in the new social marketplace that tactic will make things worse.

The best way to handle any negative comment is to comment quickly and proactively. Many businesses have launched Twitter accounts specifically for client complaints, but any polite response on any social platform is better than no response. That builds credibility among social media users, and makes them more likely to return.

Please find the original article at the Home Care Marketing Blog

Senior Care Marketing Executives Can Have Social Media Success With a Simple EDIT

Parable of the Prodigal Son

A teenager came to his pastor for advice. "I left home," said the boy, "and did something that will make my dad furious when he finds out. What should I do? " The minister thought for a moment and replied, "Go home and confess your sin to your father, and he will probably forgive you and treat you like the prodigal son." Sometime later, the boy reported to the minister, "Well, I told Dad what I did." "And did he kill the fatted calf for you? ' asked the minister. "No," said the boy, "but he nearly killed the prodigal son."

It is important for us to see that in this parable Jesus is not interested in teaching us something about shepherding or keeping our money or even being good parents. What he is trying to do is give us a snapshot of God. He is seeking to answer the age oldquestion, "What is God like?" The parable shows us the true nature of repentance and the Lord's readiness to welcome and bless those who return to him. It sets forth the riches of grace and encourages us to repent.

As I was doing my research for this sermon, I was amazed about how much this parable reminded me of the hymn "Amazing Grace" and the upcoming movie by the same name. I was particularly amazed by the words of the author, William Wilberforce, wrote in the first verse, namely:

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Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see

Like the prodigal son, Wilberforce was lost and blind, but he saw the error of his ways-and, like the prodigal son, he came home to the love and grace of ourheavenly father.

The prodigal son's recovery from misery was a turning point in his conversion. When we turn from the darkness of sin to the light of eternal life, God opens our eyes and convinces us of our sin. This causes us to view ourselves and every object in a different light from what we did before. God was not in the prodigal son's life he squandered, 1998 God's grace. The prodigal son saw the light and decided to return in repentance to his father. This is the first step of true repentance.

The elder son in this parable was a metaphor of the Pharisees. His hatred of his brother is a metaphor of those who hate repentant sinners. This springs from pride, self-preference, and ignorance of a man's own heart. There is unspeakable happiness of all the children of God who keepclose to God, because they are, and ever shall be, ever with him. God's receiving of a sinner who repents permission is no loss to those who have always served him. The father in the parable cut short his son's confession because he could not wait to forgive him. God is the same way. He can't wait to forgive those who repent and turn away from sin. The prodigal son was dead to sin, but was raised to new life. Now he is found and will be a comfort. He is a metaphor of a sinner who refuses to depend on, and be governed by the Lord.

What does it mean to be lost? It means you have gone astray, you are wandering, you suffer from neglect, you are rebellion against God, and you are self-righteous. It also means that God is seeking you both in dangerous places and domestic places. Most important;however, is the fact that sinners should be saved.

Jesus mentions that sin has serious consequences and leads to dire circumstances. The prodigal son went through the seven degrees of the misery of sin:

1. Losing sight of God and becoming distant from him.
2. God's love was replaced by carnal love and impure desires.
3. Spiritual riches were squandered, 1998.
4. Poverty, misery and want.
5. Becoming a slave to the devil
6. Hardship and rigor of slavery.
7. Insatiable hunger and thirst.

Once he saw the light, he went through the eight degrees of conversion and salvation, namely:

1. Knowing and feeling misery, guilt and corruption.
2. Resolve to forsake sin.
3. Looking toward God as a compassionate and tenderhearted father.
4. Confessionof sin.
5. Coming in spirit of obedience to the word of God.
6. Putting resolutions into practice.
7. God receives a sinner with a kiss of peace and love, blots out sin and restores him to the heavenly family.
8. The sinner is clothed with holiness, united to God and has his faith shod with the shoes of preparation of the Gospel of peace.

Sin is a failure to keep a loving relationship with God, community, family and neighbour. The far country is a metaphor for looking for love in the wrong place. It is only fun for a season. Eventually, it turns sour.

We are more like the Pharisees who criticized Jesus for associating with tax collectors and sinners. He accepted these people as people. He did NOT write them off. They mattered to him; they did not matter to thePharisees. He was able to communicate what mattered to him-i. e. that God wanted to include them. The Pharisees were like the elder son in that they took God for granted. The elder son was so inflated by a sense of entitlement that he refused to eat with someone who did not earn his place at the table. The elder son is also a metaphor for the hypocrite of our time. Jesus uses the parable to teach about God's grace and acceptance of people who have been rejected by society. All of us fall short of attaining salvation. When we grow in our understanding of God's grace and understand more about how Christ has freed us from sin's condition, we respond with joy, praise and gratitude.

The joyful feast thrown by the father is a metaphor for the rejoicing in heaven when a sinner repents permission. Realrepentance teaches us to hate sin and love righteousness, holiness and purity. Jesus invites us to "Be compassionate as your father is compassionate." In other words, be like God and show some compassion to others as he shows to us. We are to be like the prodigal son who ran away and not be like the elder son who stayed at home. The spent pieces of the prodigal son's dead life were gathered up in the life-giving arms of his father. This is a metaphor of both Christ's crucified body gathered up and raised to a new life AND the re-gathering of the scattered disciples who were gathered up under a new and Holy Communion.

The welcoming home, acceptance and inclusion of the parable runs counter to the broader perspective of society, especially concerning the inclusion of gays andlesbians. Jesus teaches us to see each other as God sees us and love each other as he loves us. We must do more than just minister to the outcasts of society – i. e. by donating to the local food bank. We must actually be a friend to them like Jesus is; however, we must live a pure and holy life. In other words, we must bring them to our level without stepping down to theirs. Christ calls us not to separate ourselves from those who seem farthest from God's reach but to get right into the Center and change lives by giving hope to those who need such hope.

The older brother is also a metaphor of a Judaism that condemned God's acceptance of outsiders, particularly the Gen tiles. God's love has no limits, is patient, is eager, is a joyful love, and focuses on the sinner, NOT on the right.This may not seem fair. "The real prodigal is the person who stays outside the loving God. Life with God is a party to be shared with others. The older son was lost and dead because he saw himself and right and righteous. He can't see that his self-righteousness means that he cut himself off from the source of life like his brother did. The older son could not see that without his father, he was also dead. We are all like the older son because we are dead without God. God is the continuing, abundant source of life. The pain of rejection is devastating, but we must remember these four things:

1. The feeling is only temporary. Talk it over with someone.
2. The person rejecting you is the one with the problem.
3. Remember how to laugh.
4. God accepts and loves you.

Theheart of the story is the older brother. He did not understand why the father welcomed the younger son back. Perhaps there was a tinge of jealousy over how the younger son was living. Do we think, like the older son did, that God measures sin? The answer is no, because we are also outside the kingdom until God forgives us and brings us into the kingdom.

This parable is the story of our lives. We have all had times when we have been far from God. God loves us enough to let us go and welcome us with open arms when we return home. We must not let God's blessings become commonplace. Like the story of the footprints in the sand, we must remember that God is with us always, even in life's deepest, darkest times. When we come to God, excuses won't do. The only way to return is humbly, withrepentance. Our sin was paid for with a heavy price-Christ's death on the cross. We can see ourselves in the lost brother. Jesus tried to draw a picture for the Pharisees of themselves. He wanted them and us to see what the real spirit was in their hearts. The older brother was disturbed by both the return of his brother AND his father's reaction. This a metaphor of those who hate to see people saved-and there are probably lots of people whose hearts have never been broken in true repentance.

When we become Christians, we are changed like the prodigal son was. Our way of thinking also changes, much like an enemy can be changed into a friend and vice versa. This change encourages us to share and spread the Good News of salvation and God's grace.

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Different Car Audio Equipments That Will Make Your Car a Head Turner

We are already living in a world full of high end digital technologies, a world where the production of quality and class technologies seems to have no halt. We get too overwhelmed over the different technologies not minding the fact that they have all turned the people into lazy and overly dependent brats. Well, it is where we are headed to so might as well go just go with it.

It is not only technologies that are constantly changing. But this also includes the different motorized vehicles that you can see in the streets or up in the air and may even in the sea. In the next upcoming years, we really should not bother wondering if we will see flying cars or perhaps computer generated vehicles. We all just have to prepare for the birth of another new innovation and it willreally depend upon the individual as to whether he will let himself be affected by the different technologies or not.

Going back with motorized vehicles, many individuals have already turned their vehicles, like cars for instance, into a more advanced one. There are already different gears and gadgets wherein one can install in his car to make it look more futuristic. If you upgrade your car and put some decorations in it, you car will definitely be a head turner or you would even make the people looked stunned like as if they were hit by a stun pen.

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One way to make your car a head turner is through installing the best car audio system. You see, this has already been a major trend in almost any country. People have become amazed with having their own car audio system that willreally blow the mind and ears of the people. This alone can already make the car look outstanding.

Another way to make your car with the latest is through the installation of a car DVD player. "Who says we can only watch movies on television or the big screen? That is where you are wrong. There are already inventions of portable DVD players that can be placed or used in cars. There are some cars wherein the DVD players are already built in and have separate screens found at the back of both the front seats. If entertainment is what you want, then entertainment is what you will get.

If you are the type of person who is busy and keeps on answering phone calls, well you might benefit greatly if you install Bluetooth software in your car. Having a Bluetooth player in your carenables you to answer phone calls without even holding your own phone. This technology keeps the driver focused on the street even if he is talking to someone.

There are also some individuals who prefer to have navigation software. The navigation software will enable the individual to see or know where he already. In other words, the navigation software will serve as the individual's map. "Isn't this great? You will never have to buy maps because the navigation software will take you from where you are headed to just the same as how the stun gun flashlight will serve as your light and guide in dark areas.

Different Car Audio Equipments That Will Make Your Car a Head Turner

7 Tax Tips for Artists

With tax season coming upon us, I decided to sit down with Amanda Mills of Loose Change, Inc. and capture some of the wisdom she's gained in over 20 years experience as a financial and business management consultant for artists.

The tax system can be hard on artists. Artists just don't fit into a typical career path of making a set amount of money and then increasing that slightly year-by-year.

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Here are the 7 most important lessons I learned from speaking with Amanda about artists, money and taxes.

1. Make your passion into a business. Claiming to the world, the government and yourself that your art is a business is a hugely important step that requires courage and confidence. Reporting the income you generate from your art shows that you're taking your art andyourself seriously.

Actions: Consider the beliefs that are underlying your decision of whether or not to report your earnings as an artist. And by all means, consider hiring a professional like Amanda Mills to help you out.

Amanda's clients value her unique expertise and understanding of the arts because she takes them seriously. Other accountants might look at the small earnings of an artist and ask, "Why bother?" Amanda treats your identity and earnings as an artist with respect and gives them the attention they deserve.

2. Fund your passion with a supplemental job. A "day job" doesn't have to be something that makes you miserable. If it is, it's costing you a lot more than you're earning and you'd be better off finding something else.

Look at the big picture-your supplemental job doesn't have to be something you're passionate about; its function is to provide the funding for what you ARE passionate about.

Here's where to supplemental job can really make things easier with taxes. Let's say your supplemental job is teaching at a university, and you make $ 80,000 a year. You're also a sculptor, and you've established your sculpting as a business.

You spend $ 40,000 on your sculpting in a year. Because it's a business, you can claim that as a business expense. So, instead of paying taxes on the $ 80,000 you earned at your supplemental job, you only have to pay taxes on $ 40,000. That could save you over ,000 in taxes.

Action: Weigh out the costs and earnings of your "day job". Consider the financial costs (child care, gas,transit, parking, clothing, supplies, training, etc.), time costs (travel time, time spent at work, bringing work home with you, etc.), mental costs (getting distracted trying to solve work problems when you're at home, or other stressful thoughts related to work), and lastly the emotional costs (being miserable in a job you don't like, interpersonal conflicts with colleagues, or feelings that the job or company is not aligned with your personal values).

3. Art is life and life is art. For artists, there's much more of a blurred line between personal and professional life.

Whether you're taking a trip, having lunch with a friend or seeing a movie, chances are that what you're doing will influence your creative work in some way.

And if you're not directly absorbinginspiration, you're fueling it in your conversations, by talking about your work. And so these activities can often be deducted as business expenses.

Action: Keep track of everything you're spending money on and keep notice of how it affects the business of your art. Get receipts for everything and keep these in a folder, envelope or box marked, "Expenses".

4. Live at the bottom of the curve and keep your footprints. Artists often have an irregular flow of income coming in, so managing cash flow can be tricky. It's important to see the low times (when less money is coming in) as "normal", and budget yourself to be able to live on that. Keep your footprints small by minimizing the costs of your lifestyle.

Then, when good times happen and some money is rolling in,you'll be able to take care of some bigger things-get the car fixed, for example, or put some money aside for the next low time.

Action: Save three to six months of living expenses. Start small, just by putting aside one week of expenses. This is the best step you can take to reduce the impact of a fluctuating income.

5. Flatten your income. Artist incomes can vary wildly from year to year. One of Amanda's jobs is to "flatten" to client's income out from one year to another. Sometimes that's purely on paper and sometimes that's through strategic actions on the part of the artist.

It's especially important that by your third year in business, you're showing some earnings as an artist (that's often the "red flag" point of time for the tax collectors).

Amandarecommends that her clients help this along by making extra efforts to book shows, apply for as many grants as possible, or by donating their artwork to charity.

Actions: Be mindful of the ebb and flow of your income, and how that will show on paper at tax time. not just this year, but in the history and future of your art business. Also, be sure and tell your tax preparation specialist about any upcoming opportunities on the horizon.

6. Think ahead and get your records organized. Contrary to the myth of the "flaky artist, Amanda finds that most artists are quite organized.

Actions:

1. Get started by checking out the resources at Amanda's Artbooks site (see below).

2. Find all of your revenue and expense receipts, sort them and add them up.

7. how topeace with paying your taxes. Think of it as rent for your country. If you're making money at your art, get someone to figure out what percentage of your gross income goes to taxes, and send in your taxes as regular payments throughout the year.

Otherwise, unless you're incredibly disciplined at setting these amounts aside, you'll end up scrambling to come up with this big lump sum of money at tax time. This is a recipe for fiscal disaster.

Action: Decide upon quarterly or monthly tax payments, or perhaps pay after you've received a big payment such as a grant or a paid lecture.

© Linda Dessau, 2006.

7 Tax Tips for Artists

Marriage Therapy-Do Couples Need Counseling to Find Out If Their Relationship is a Sham?

A recent movie depicts the romantic story of a couple who begin their marriage as a means to save the woman from deportation. Comedy ensues when an immigration agent suspects their upcoming marriage to plot to keep the woman in the USA. He vows to negative outcomes for the couple and tries to prove their marriage a "sham".

The immigration agent's plan in the movie is to reveal that the couple does not know each other very well. He believes they are marrying for reasons other then "love". What I take from this story is that in America, if not done for the reason of love, any other reason makes the marriage a sham, a spurious imitation.

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As a marriage counselor in Overland Park, KS, I am worried about putting marriage at the mercy of feeling. Is love really the onlyindispensable and essential ingredient for a non-sham marriage? Does the genuine marriage disappear when a couple hates each other, when love is gone?

The critical pillar of family rests on an ephemeral twig if it's only love that makes a couple's bond legitimate. "Honey," "I used to love you, but it flew off someplace. Actually, my love lit on that woman next door, so, since I love her now and not you, our marriage is now a sham. It must be the will of the Love God for me to leave you and marry her, at least until my Love Bug bites on someone else's pretty skin. "That's goofy thinking, or worse, not thinking at all. Our couple relationships are at the mercy of our fickle feelings if the critical element distinguishing between sham marriage and non-sham marriage is whether or notthe couple loves each other.

Love certainly adds spice and richness to a marriage. Emotional bonding and facilite parking comes from a couple interacting with each other on personal and emotional levels over time. You may call that "love", which is fine. On the other hand, I have seen many couples with thick and strong emotional bonds who also fight and upset each other daily.

Are we to report these unhappy couples to the "Love" Cops "and arrest then for the crime of Sham Marriage? Maybe it's time to consider any union two consenting adults choose to have a marriage, if they want to call it that. They may choose to stay in it or not. They may choose to be in love, or not.

As a couples counselor, I have heard people give many reasons to marry and stay married. Those include: forthe kids, money, social appearances, the couple had sex before marriage, marriage vows, fear of change, parental arrangement.

You know what else? I've even seen couples who were not in love at first, bond and growing very fond of each other as they simply do life together over the years.

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Fashion As a Career

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Neile McQueen Heiskanen (aka Neile Adams) Talks About Her Life With Movie Star Husband Steve McQueen

For 15 and a half years Neile McQueen Heiskanen was Mrs. Steve McQueen,
the woman who shared everything with him. Neile has just re-released, in
a new special 20th Anniversary edition, her highly successful and deeply intimate
1986 memoir of her marriage to Steve, My Husband, My Friend.

In this exclusive interview with Neile McQueenOnline talks candidly about her life with Steve,
her reasons for writing the book, and it's unexpected impact on her life.

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MO: There are so many people out there who still, today, are so passionate about Steve McQueen,
even though he's been gone since 1980. As his wife, I guess you wonder why other people get so connected
to somebody they've never met.

Neile: I don't think you can explain that. I thinkyou walk into a room and there's a stranger across the crowded room and you go right to them. So you just never know. But on the other hand,
with Steve and I, because our backgrounds are so similar, I mean because we had all the stuff going on in our lives, it was just a natural chemistry that drew us together. We just understood each other right from the very beginning.

MO: That's a very special thing and it's hard to find.

Neile: Yes, yes ... So he moved in with me in a few days time, because it was either me move into his place, which was awful (laughs), or he move into mine, which was fairly good because I was a working Broadway dancer.

MO: When you first released My Husband, My Friend you expressed that you were unhappy with
the books that were outat the time, and that you wanted to clear up misconceptions.

Neile: There were a few things that happened, I mean I didn't really do that to ' set the record straight ', I hate that phrase anyway. I just wanted to ... just say it the way it was, and also describe him the way he was, because most of those people had never even met him. Like if you look at certain books that came out after mine, most of what they write is taken from my book, and then they give me credit for saying ... "Neile said this" and "Neile said that", "according to Neile" ... you know what I mean ... there's a lot of that shit that drove me crazy (laughs). But there was another writer who said, "I was the only journalist that he would talk to." I mean ... I was around at that time, I thought to myself,"when would he meet with Steve, at 4:0 or 3 in the morning? That's ridiculous. "

Also, somehow, I think the very first book on Steve, I believe when he was still doing Wanted, for some crazy reason they put his height at 5 ' 7 ", which is totally ludicrous. I've got his passports to prove that he was 5 ' 10 1/2 ", 5 ' 11". And they said, "well he looks tall because you're little." I said, "That's not the point, I always wear heels, too." (laughs) He was the same height as Robert Redford and Paul Newman,
they were all the same height. Like bookends.

MO: People still argue about that today.

Neile: It's ridiculous. And I'm there to tell them that it's not so and they'll argue with me!
And they've never even seen him! It's insane (laughs).

MO: So hewas definitely 5 ' 10 1/2 "?

Neile: Oh yeah (laughs), in fact the last 2 passports had him at 5 ' 11 ", I think it depended on his shoes.

MO: A popular legend is the rivalry between Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. Some writers would have it appear that it consumed Steve ...

Neile: Oh, it didn't. But when the opportunity would arise, like when it did with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Towering Inferno, he would rise to the challenge and say, "Oh shit, this is my chance" (laughs) "I'd better do this." But no, he was not consumed by it. And they were friends ... Friendly rivals they were.

MO: There are also several new books on Steve just released or about to be released at the moment.

Neile: isn't it amazing. Books are starting to come out, soI thought, "well, might as well do it now, and get it out there." I've been talking about this for the last year, and finally I said "OK let's do it." It seems silly not to. Because it's such a good story anyway. And I think ... for people reading this book ... it will remind them ... that there was a tremendous story between these two people.

MO: You've brought the book up to date with present events ...

Neile: I changed the cover, and I added a new epilogue, which encompasses
Steve 's, my daughter's and my husband's deaths.

MO: You also include more photos?

Neile: And I put more photographs in there, just to update it.

MO: You said that you had to be sensitive when you started to write the book back in 1985 because of Al.

Neile: My husband,yes. He was so kind, and so sweet. Because I had all this stuff inside me that was just waiting to get out, because when Steve died I had just gotten re-married, and it was very difficult to grieve in front of a new husband, so consequently it all started coming out on paper, and said "Oh for God's sake, let me get you a word processor, and let's get this out of the way." And he said, "but I'm warning you, this is going to be the end of it, OK, because as much as I love you, and I know you love me, this shit has got to stop." (laughs) So I said "just let me get this out," and true, as soon as my book was over, as soon as the tour was over for the book it was fabulous, it was a fabulous feeling of relief, and then my marriage started with A really.

MO: So it was a verycomplete thing for you emotionally.

Neile: Yeah, it was a closure.

MO: You really managed to capture Steve in such a real way that the reader can feel his personality coming through the pages. Can you tell me about the creative process you went through in writing My Husband, My Friend?

Neile: I just did the book from beginning to end, as life unfolded. I had to leave some stuff out because it got too long, we had to edit out a few things, but on the whole it's all there. I had tons of scrap books-probably about 40 scrapbooks from the time we got married in 1956 till 1968.
So the scrapbooks were there to begin with, and I just would paste everything. So it was our life
together. On top of that I also kept journals, which I still do. And with thescrapbooks and my journals,
when I needed a point of reference, it was pretty easy to really follow it through.

MO: When the book came out in 1986, the Hollywood press were very hard on you for talking about the worst aspects of the marriage breakdown ....

Neile: That drove me crazy "at the very beginning ... they were sort of
unforgiving towards me because I was revealing secrets, so to speak. Priscilla Presley actually started that, and then I did it. But now they understand more ... they thought at that point in time I was just calling Steve to wife beater, which is ridiculous. The man never laid a hand on me for the first 14 years of our life together, but the fact that I'd had an affair just really drove him over the edge, and I expected that, really, becauseI knew him so well, but I didn't think it would destroy our marriage. But it did.

MO: It was a very emotionally "explosive" time for you both ...

Neile: Yes, he had ... lucky on one hand and unfortunate on the other ...
he had me up on a pedestal, the man really adored me. But he just couldn't help himself as far as the women were concerned, and plus his mid-life crisis coincided with the sexual revolution and the drug culture and all that ... I always say that the ' flower children ' ruined my life. Because that's when it all really began. While he was discrete in the beginning when he would have a fling here and there, now he would say "well why do I have to hide?" So, anyway, he had me up on this pedestal, and when he found out that I'd had a fling to geteven with him, it was difficult for him to take.

For the first 14 years of our lives together he never laid a hand on me. He would explode and he'd be angry and we'd be arguing and all that but he never, never laid a finger on me.
But unfortunately one night, in Le Mans, he gave me some coke. He didn't force me, but he kept saying
"oh please do" ... and I was so exhausted and I knew he was not going to let
me go to sleep if I didn't have some coke with him. So I said "OK let me have some." And as soon as I had some ... I don't do any of that stuff, I don't even drink ... and it hit me like a ton of bricks, and I started to giggle, which was really surprising. And Steve, having the insticts of an animal, he really did have that, he, I think, knew somewhere alongthe way that his wife had had an affair somewhere ... had done something, because he kept saying, "well you know baby, I'd understand. I would really understand if you had because I've put you through hell. " And then I said "really honey?" Well, that was all I had to say ... that was my big mistake. Because I never, never would have said anything to Steve. But when I said "really," and I suddenly saw that pain in his eyes because he knew ... I thought, "Oh my, this feels good," so I kept on, boy, and that was it, that really started the end.

MO: As much As Steve was dealing with his own pain, you were dealing with your own too because you'd gone through a lot.

Neile: The funny thing is, had he not turned violent on me, I would most likely, I would say 90 percent likely,I would have stayed in that marriage and just rode it out until he got tired of all that shit, which eventually they all do. But unfortunately I couldn't handle the terrorizing more than anything else.

MO: His violent response to you was horrible. I believe it's highly likely that you were the only adult link in his life which represented unconditional love.

Neile: Absolutely.

MO: You were the only link that he'd ever had in his life. And when that failed, it was like it devastated some fragile aspect of his soul that he'd been very precariously holding onto all his life. And he snapped.

Neile: That's absolutely correct, and he was never the same after that. And unfortunately for poor Wingers, who was really crazy about him ... it was a whole different deal,it became a whole different life
altogether. He just let himself go, he let his beard grow, he gained weight ... all that stuff ... he just didn't care. You know ... it was like ... I mean I really had done it to him, and I really felt guilty about that, I didn't mean to.

MO: Will you have much creative control over the recently announced upcoming movie version of My Husband, My Friend?

Neile: Oh yes. That's the reason this book has never been done, is because I need to have some creative control ... especially with the young people today who are emerging as producers, because they don't have the life experience, so they are going to go for the womanizing and the drugs and the violence. I know that is what's going to happen because I've had talks with them, and allthey can see is that. They forget that the thrust of this story is the love story between two people, and that other stuff is all sidebars. I'll be consultant. We haven't got a home yet, but we will.

MO: So you're confident that your vision will hit the screens?

Neile: Yes.

MO: Hypothetical Question ...Clint Eastwood has made some of his biggest and most successful films in his 60 's with The Unforgiven and in his 70 's with Million Dollar Baby. If Steve was still alive what sort of films do you think he would have been making?

Neile: He was not a film maker. Steve was too subjective. I don't think he would have been able to produce the way Warren Beatty or Clint Eastwood do. That's why Le Mans was such a disaster. I mean, now it's become a cult film,because of the racing and all that, but he couldn't even decide on the leading lady for God's sake, but of course all the problems ' were arising then, so maybe I'm short changing Steve in that area, but I don't think so ... because he did a lot of directing for Tom Horn. (editorial comment: Tom Horn is a great but deeply flawed film.) He was wonderful with details, you know, but he didn't have the overall vision that Clint Eastwood does.

MO: Then as an actor (you played a major part in helping him pick his best roles) what sort of roles would you have had him play in his 50 's and 60 's?

Neile: That I don't know, I would have had to read the script, but certainly ... play his age.
I wouldn't have had him playing across from a 20-year-old when he was pretending to be 6030.

MO: Do you think he would have turned into a good character actor?

Neile: He really was a fabulous actor. And that Enemy of the People, when he first told me about it, I forgot about Ibsen, I was thinking, "Oh, OK ... he's doing a western." But when he took me to see it, and I suddenly realised what I was looking at ... I didn't even recognise him for the first seven minutes I think, and I finally said, "My God, is that you?" He said, "shut up!" (laughs) Cuz he was fat, and he's got this beard, and these glasses. But once I settled down, settled back and just relaxed to see what was going on ... I mean he really did work hard on it. .. he had a kid working with him from UCLA for his lines and all that stuff. But he was wonderful, he was very good, but it was just notthe sort of thing people would like to see Steve in.

MO: Why do you think he made An Enemy of the People?

Neile He had to do a film for First Artists, he owed them that, and they kept saying "you've got to do a movie ... you've got to do another movie for us." And one day, at Ali's and Steve's house ... there were some books there ... and he grabbed a book and he said, "OK this one," he opened the pages and he said, "I'm gonna do this one," and it happened to be An Enemy of the People. It's as simple as that.

MO: You mean to say that it could have been any book in the stacks?

Neile: It could have been any book (laughs).

MO: Would you say there was an animosity towards First Artists?

Neile: He was just irritated at the company telling him "you'veGOT to do a picture ". He owed them one picture. The Getaway was a First Artists picture, and he owed them another picture, and this was already 1978 (laughs).

MO: You were very influential in helping Steve pick his best films. I think the last role you chose for him, the title role in Papillon, represents the peak of his career ...

Neile: You know how that happened to be ... My decorator read Papillon, and he gave it to me, he said "read this Neile, I think it might just be great for Steve," and it was. Steve was concerned about the accent, because it happens on Devil's Island which is a French region. And I said, "look, I saw a movie with Humphrey Bogart about Devil's Island, everybody spoke with an American accent, but it was believed ... everybody believed they were ina French colony. So that's why nobody had an accent in Papillon. He was fabulous in that movie, I don't know why he didn't get nominated.

MO: You're still performing yourself, you're still singing, and you've got four CD's available at the moment.

Neile: I do. I've got another one coming up soon too. We're working on it now.

MO: "Can you give any details about the songs on the new CD?

Neile: You know I do, almost always, Broadway show tunes, but the opening this time, for me, which is a departure from what I do, is a Keith Urban song called ' I Wanna Love Somebody Like You. ' And so I tried that, and I think it turned out OK. But then the rest are show tunes. It generally details the story of my life. I've got a section there which I call the bio-medleywhich is a series of songs about me and Steve from the time we met.

To order My Husband, My Friend in either Book or CD format, visit Neile's personal websites:
www.myhusbandmyfriend.com---http://www.neileadams.com---http://www.neilemcqueentoffel.com

Neile McQueen Heiskanen (aka Neile Adams) Talks About Her Life With Movie Star Husband Steve McQueen