Madonna gets animated at the Grammys - but it's U2's night Nov 17, 2009
Fat-bellied seahorses, praying mantis vs tree frog, and tiger vs deer. Lenticular UFO clouds and other spectacular cloud formations. (Yahoo News -- Grammy Awards)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Nov 17, 2009
Fat-bellied seahorses, praying mantis vs tree frog, and tiger vs deer. Ken Ober, the American presenter of MTV's Remote Control game show, has died aged 52. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Dance goes on for talents Aug 25, 2009
The first production, Praying Mantis Dreaming, was set in an underground mine and Sydney's back streets, with brothers Stephen and Russell Page dancing key roles ... This week, Bangarra Dance Theatre celebrates its 20-year anniversary with Fire, a retrospective that includes excerpts from its most memorable works, including Praying Mantis Dreaming, Walkabout, Corroboree 00004000 , Fish, Skin, Ochres, Rations and Bush. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Critics' Picks: The fun-house world of "Coraline" Jul 25, 2009
I watched the whole movie with the red-blue specs on, and there are some nifty effects, notably in the glowing, spectral tunnel between Coraline's real house and the other world and in the haunted garden patrolled by her "other father" atop a mechanical praying mantis. But let's be honest: Home video 3-D is a novelty at this point, awaiting further technical breakthroughs, and "Coraline" loses virtually nothing viewed as an ordinary film. (Salon)
An 'evolutionary milestone' Jul 19, 2009
All this power was crucial to launching an interplanetary spaceship -- called the Apollo Command Service Module -- and its companion craft, a lunar lander that looked like a mechanical praying mantis. "It was an engineering challenge that dwarfed anything in human history," said Andrew Chaikin, author of the Apollo Chronicle, "A Man On The Moon.". (Florida Today)
Wolverine is such a sexy beast Apr 28, 2009
Face it; no man in his right mind would turn down cozy-time with Mystique even if he was fairly certain shed snap his neck like a praying mantis when it was all over, because well. But not our Wolvie. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Frank's paradise Apr 16, 2009
For some reason there were swarms of water beetles coming out of the Glades at times and praying mantis were in almost every hedge. Butterflies were everywhere year around and we had critters you never see anymore. (The Palm Beach Post)
• Letting her light shine Apr 11, 2009
While there, they experience adventure, fear, and faith as they forge friendships with Mattey the praying mantis and Walleye the walking stick. Eventually, the insects help the children to find their way back home. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Five museums you AND your kids will enjoy Mar 18, 2009
Visit the to download butterfly origami and coloring pages or let your kids read Harry the Praying Mantis' blog. Adults $15; children 2 to 12 $10. (CNN)
Henry Selick on 2-D 'Coraline' Mar 2, 2009
Riggers moved such moving pieces as the fathers fully articulated two-foot-long praying mantis flying tractor. (Visible sticks, wires and hands are removed after the fact. (Variety)
