'Rocky' With Wine Aug 7, 2008
As the great critic Spurrier, Rickman takes his time with this, each facial muscle moving independently to convey the nuances of his tasting experience. Gustavo and his father (Miguel Sandoval) intersperse their speeches on the soulful nature of the grapes with long looks at the horizon. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Easy ways to be an optimist Jun 25, 2008
In one study, subjects who were asked to hold a pen in their mouth (causing them to inadvertently make the facial muscle movements characteristic of a smile) rated cartoons to be funnier than did other subjects, even though they were unaware that it was the smile that was boosting their reaction. There's an interesting biological reason for this effect: When you feel down, your brain tells your face you're sad, and your facial muscles respond by putting on a depressed expression -- and convey... (CNN -- US)
Lou Reed's gritty realities Mar 16, 2008
In the session discussing the album and a life in art, Wilner noted, "This is like Tony Soprano and his shrink. Last time we were talking about your anger towards your mother." Reed didn't move a facial muscle at this one. He's a seriously cranky dude. (National Post)
Big Bet On Beowulf Nov 17, 2007
That data are blended with 121 facial muscle motion-capture nodes to measure minute muscle movements. "We also had specialists come in and talk to us about eye construction, and psychology and physiology of eye movement," he said. (Forbes)
'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' Nov 16, 2007
That contributes to the tension in this adult (sex, nudity, violence) thriller that allows Hoffman to move from confident to cold to so tightly wound that you can see the pulsing of a facial muscle and, then, to vulnerable and pleading. The pounds Hoffman shed to play Truman Capote in 2005 are mostly back, and he carries them as if they represented the increasing weight of his troubles. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Smile, darn you smile Nov 8, 2007
Who can forget Al Jolson singing, "I'd walk a million miles For one of your smiles, My Maaaamy!" Or Judy Garland singing, "Smile, though your heart is aching Smile even though it's breaking ..." How about "Just let a smile be your umbrella On a rainy, rainy day ..." There are others such as "Smile darn you, Smile!" and "There are smiles that make you; happy, There are smiles that make you blue ... Why am I writing about smiles? Well, it has occurred to me that about all you need sometimes is a... (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
New Yorkers try facial yoga to reduce wrinkles Sep 8, 2007
At a recent class in Manhattan's wealthy Upper East Side, yoga instructor Annelise Hagen teaches several facial exercises designed to stretch and tone facial muscles. Yoga teacher Annelise Hagen demonstrates a facial muscle stretch that is a part of her face intensive yoga teachings in New York in this August 31, 2007 file photo ... Hagen recently released a book, "The Yoga Face: Eliminate Wrinkles with the Ultimate Natural Facelift." She said she developed a workshop using facial yoga because... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Hits and misses aplenty in clever and sleazy 'Shoot 'Em Up' Sep 7, 2007
In one corner we have Clive Owen as the glowering hero, barely twitching a facial muscle while the bodies stack up like cordwood. In the other corner is Paul Giamatti as the deadly nerd villain, chewing on the scenery as though it represented his first meal in months. (Boston Globe)
Try facial yoga to achieve youthful appearance Sep 6, 2007
Yoga teacher Annelise Hagen demonstrates a facial muscle stretch that is a part of her face intensive yoga teachings in New York Aug. 31, 2007 ... Yoga student Kathy Healey stretches her facial muscles during a face intensive yoga class taught by Annelise Hagen in New York Aug. 31, 2007. (Xinhuanet, China)
Politics: Experts fluent in candidates' nonverbal cues Sep 4, 2007
Emotions go on a continuum and pass through you in quick waves, said Hill, president of Sensory Logic, which specializes in facial muscle analysis ... More contemporarily, researcher Paul Ekman identified 43 facial muscles that correspond to core emotions consistent across cultures including happiness, surprise, anger, fear, sadness, disgust and contempt. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Q&A: Dan Hill Aug 21, 2007
Facial coding measures emotional buy-in by studying facial muscle activity. It identifies seven core emotions across all cultures. (MediaWeek.com)
The brain as joystick Mar 8, 2007
Marco, the demo guinea pig, donned a headset with 15 or so sensors that recorded his facial muscle movements and monitored the electrical activity in his brain. He showed how he could concentrate so he could control objects in a virtual world, such as While he had occasional difficulty with the prototype system, it worked well enough. (San Jose Mercury News)
The stars might wish 'Ghost Rider' disappears Feb 17, 2007
Movies Restaurants Food Calendar Music Theater/Arts TV Books Celebrity news Games. " This time he seems to be in on the joke.Eva Mendes is scrumptious as Johnny's love interest, and Sam Elliott collects a nice paycheck as a Ghost Rider of an earlier generation. The elemental Nephilim , demons who hang out with Blackheart because he's the baddest kid in school, are cool to look at but put up surprisingly little fight. The star doesn't make the same mistake. Asks Cage's Johnny, "If somebody makes... (Boston Globe -- Living)
A painful battle of Thompsons Nov 28, 2006
Pops, as his sons call him, barely moved a facial muscle as he watched the mismatch from his courtside seat. He told Ronny the game was a "stupid" idea when both appeared on the radio earlier in the day, and he showed up wearing a neutral black baseball cap with a gray letter "T". (Newsday -- Sports)
Hoyas Win Battle Of Brothers Nov 28, 2006
That means it doesn't have to be Ball State or Georgetown," he said with the familiar twinkle in his eye. "This is what you call personal branding. " "I'm rooting for Thompson," he said. "I like my chances. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- Sports)
Victoria Gotti set to leave hospital Nov 25, 2006
Gotti, 64, was hospitalized a week ago after she was discovered by one of her sons at her Howard Beach home suffering from facial muscle problems and halting speech, said daughter Angel. "She thinks she is tough but she is not that tough," said Angel about her mother, who sat through three federal racketeering mistrials in the last year involving her son John A. "Junior" Gotti. (Newsday)
Thinking Of Backroom Botox? Think Again Nov 22, 2006
Botox is a licensed drug containing tiny amounts of botulinum toxin A; its uses include relaxing certain facial muscles to smooth out wrinkles ... Botox is a licensed drug containing tiny amounts of botulinum toxin A; its uses include relaxing certain facial muscles to smooth out wrinkles ... Their symptoms: progressive weakness and cranial neuropathies (abnormality of certain nerves in the face and neck that control functions including sensation, facial muscle movement, and swallowing). (CBS News)
Levy: No One Guilty Nov 16, 2006
GOC Southern Command Yoav Galant will say with exasperating coolness that apparently there was "a problem with the battery's targeting apparatus," without moving a facial muscle, and will that be enough. Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh will say, "The IDF is militarily responsible, but not morally responsible," and will he thus exculpate himself. (Zmag.org)
Homecoming parade builds B-CC's family Oct 15, 2006
Some stride in lockstep, barely twitching a facial muscle. Others break into a choreographed shuffle. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
A Look Tells All Oct 5, 2006
He has catalogued more than 10,000 possible combinations of facial muscle movements that reveal what a person is feeling inside. And he has taught himself how to catch the fleeting involuntary changes, called microexpressions, that flit across even the best liar's face, exposing the truth behind what he or she is trying to hide. (Scientific American)
Evolutionary Backtracking Sep 1, 2006
Scientists have reversed evolution, reconstructing an ancestral gene and demonstrating how the ancestral gene directed facial muscle development in mice ... Turning off one gene causes the mice to lose the ability to control facial muscles ... One gene now controls facial muscles, while the other controls the development of the brain. (Discover Magazine)
Airport security: Search and defend Aug 26, 2006
In the mid-1960s, Paul Ekman, a professor at the University of California at San Francisco, began researching how facial muscle movement relates to emotions. He noted several thousand facial muscle combinations and put together an intricate, 500-page catalogue of facial expressions. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Survival strategy Jun 5, 2006
They had a name for the killer stalking Pamela Neely's neighborhood in New York: ``They called it `the monster,' " Neely said.``People lost facial muscle, their backs hunched over, their hair became fine. It was able to take complete control over their lives, and they went very, very quickly.". The monster was AIDS. It killed many of the intravenous drug users Neely knew. (Boston Globe)
Symptoms and tips for preventing Lyme disease Apr 16, 2006
-- When the infection is untreated it can spread to other parts of the body and can cause a loss of facial muscle tone, severe headaches or neck stiffness, heart palpitations and shooting pains. -- After several months, a majority of patients who are not treated have intermittent arthritis with severe joint pain and swelling. (Herald Sun)
