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AFI's 10 Top 10 Films: Do You Agree?

BuzzSugar — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:31:21 PDT

This week, the American Film Institute announced its choices for the 10 greatest movies in each of 10 genres, ranging from fantasy to epic to mystery. To create the list, AFI chose 50 films in each of the categories, then handed out ballots to 1,500 greats from the film community, who narrowed the choices down to the final winners. Lists like this are simply meant to be debated, of course, so I'm curious to hear your take on which films are deserving and which were left out. To check out which films topped AFI's list, just hit "Start."

Buzz News Roundup, 12/17

BuzzSugar — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:30:59 PST

Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien will return to the air Jan. 2. The Futon Critic has Conan's full statement along with Jay's take.
Meanwhile, David Letterman is working on a plan to bring his show back - writers and all, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
The release date for the Bryan Singer/Tom Cruise film Valkyrie has been pushed back from July 4 to October 2, Variety reports.
Jon Favreau and country music stars Tim McGraw and Dwight Yoakam are joining the cast of Four Christmases, which stars Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, writes ComingSoon.
Billboard has new details on Alanis Morissette's new album, which will bring together folk, world, and experimental pop music.
The American Film Institute has named its top movies and TV shows of 2007, USA Today reports, including No Country for Old Men and Friday Night Lights.
NBC has set a February premiere date for Quarterlife, the online series it's re-purposing for TV, Zap2it reports.
According to Variety, Emmy Rossum will star in Dragonball, the movie based on the Japanese manga.

Photos courtesy of NBC

Dr. Ornish on the Power of Love, Chocolate, and Snacking

Lauren Turner — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:59:25 PST

We had a chance to chat with Dr. Dean Ornish, founder and president of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, over the weekend at the Sundance Film Festival. He's a featured health expert in the new documentary, Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, which examines the current state of our health care system and provides hopeful solutions based on lifestyle and dietary changes. A big proponent of chronic disease prevention through healthy habits, Dr. Ornish offered up some sound advice and simple changes we can all make to improve our health - chocolate included!

FitSugar: What do you think is the most simple, overlooked thing people can do for their health?
Dr. Ornish: Love more. What you eat, how you respond to stress, how much you exercise, whether or not you smoke, how much love and support you have. But of all those, probably the love and support. Study after study has shown that people who are lonely and depressed are 10 times for likely to die or get sick. You're more likely to smoke and abuse yourself if you're lonely and depressed. It's not enough to just work at a behavioral level and give people information; you have to work at a deeper level.

FS: Everyone has days where they don't want to exercise, how do you motivate yourself on those days?
DO: If I really don't want to, I don't, and then I'll do more the next day. What matters is your overall way of eating and living. So if you don't do something one day, do a little more the next. If I don't have time to meditate for an hour, I'll do it for a minute. It's not all or nothing at any age, and it's really up to you.

FS: People like to stick with their daily habits; how do you get individuals to change their behavior towards healthier choices?
DO: It's about helping people connect the dots between what they do and how they feel, and giving them the tools. Fear is not a sustainable motivator. You can scare people into changing for a few weeks, but not for very long. When you make changes, most people find that they feel so much better so quickly, it reframes the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living, and that's what makes it sustainable. Also, to realize that it's not all or nothing. Instead of saying this is good food and this is bad food, and don't ever eat meat, be a vegetarian - I never tell people that. I used to a long time ago and then I realized I was actually not only not helping people, but making it worse. It turns people off because even more than being healthy, people want to be free, so when you tell people what to do they stop listening. If you eat meat five times a day, eat it three times a day or have a meatless Monday and see how you feel. If you don't exercise one day, do a little more the next. Then you start to feel better and then it comes out of your own experience, not because some doctor or some book told you.

To find out Dr. Ornish's surprising favorite indulgence and his take on snacking just read more.

Link Time - Check Out a New Dark Knight Rises Poster

BuzzSugar — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:36:39 PST

See the latest poster for The Dark Knight Rises - Rotten Tomatoes
The best parts of James Franco's Breaking Dawn review - Moviefone
Get the scoop on Disney's latest princess, Sofia - The Hollywood Reporter
The American Film Institute names the top 10 TV shows of 2011 - Aol TV
Watch the teaser trailers for new HBO shows Girls and Veep - Zap2It
The best returning TV series of 2011 - BuddyTV
Relive The Muppets with the "Man or Muppet" music video - NextMovie
Get fashion inspiration from the stars of New Girl and Hart of Dixie - FabSugar