Movie News That Teaches Me Stuff: Channing's Parkour Drama

BuzzSugar — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:35:27 -0700

I was unfamiliar with the word "Parkour" until I read this new bit of movie news about Channing Tatum's next movie, an untitled drama about Parkour, which Variety describes as "a free-jumping extreme sport in which agile practitioners run and jump from rooftops." The article goes on to say the movie follows "a pair of jumpers who use their skills in heists," and that "Parkour was featured in the opening sequence of Casino Royale." In fact, my buddy FitSugar discussed Parkour as a burgeoning fitness movement a little while after Casino Royale came out.

A little jaunt over to Wikipedia provided a whole new world of information regarding the practice that is apparently, "miscategorized as a sport or an extreme sport." The Wiki page is incredibly helpful:

Parkour (sometimes abbreviated to PK) or l'art du déplacement (English: the art of movement) is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. It is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment - from branches and rocks to rails and concrete walls.

The practice differs from a sport in that it "has no set of rules, team work, formal hierarchy, or competitiveness. On the contrary it is more like an art or discipline that resembles self-defense in the ancient martial arts."

In any event, I bet this movie of Channing's will be pretty awesome to watch. Also, now I've learned a few things. And learning is fun.

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What to TiVo: Thursday

BuzzSugar — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:50:00 -0700

ABC is new with FlashForward, Grey's Anatomy, and Private Practice
CBS is new with Survivor: Samoa and CSI, and has a repeat of The Mentalist
FOX has MLB ALCS Game 5: Yankees at Angels
NBC is new with Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, and 30 Rock
The CW has repeats of Vampire Diaries and Supernatural
MTV is new with Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, Nitro Circus, and MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge
Bravo is new with The Real Housewives of Atlanta
Comedy Central is new with The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report
FX is new with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Lifetime is new with Project Runway
Late-night highlights include President Barack Obama on a repeat of The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Hilary Swank on The Jay Leno Show on NBC; Charlize Theron and Dave Matthews Band on a repeat of The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on NBC; John C. Reilly and NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak from The Real Housewives of Atlanta on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC; Tim Gunn, Colbie Smulders, and Lynyrd Skynyrd on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on CBS; and Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone on a repeat of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC