The Fault in Our Stars

John Green
The Fault in Our Stars
2012

Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now.

Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault.

Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind. 

Em português
Título: A Culpa é das Estrelas
Tradução: Ana Beatriz Manso
Revisão: Maria Cortez
Editora: Asa

Apesar do milagre da medicina que fez diminuir o tumor que a atacara há alguns anos, Hazel nunca tinha conhecido outra situação que não a de doente terminal, sendo o capítulo final da sua vida parte integrante do seu diagnóstico. Mas com a chegada repentina ao Grupo de Apoio dos Miúdos com Cancro de uma atraente reviravolta de seu nome Augustus Waters, a história de Hazel vê-se agora prestes a ser completamente rescrita.

PERSPICAZ, ARROJADO, IRREVERENTE E CRU, A Culpa é das Estrelas é a obra mais ambiciosa e comovente que o premiado autor John Green nos apresentou até hoje, explorando de maneira brilhante a aventura divertida, empolgante e trágica que é estar-se vivo e apaixonado.

MOTELx

A sétima edição do MOTELx terá lugar entre 11 e 15 de Setembro no cinema de São Jorge. O Festival Internacional de Cinema de Terror de Lisboa deste ano terá como convidados Hideo Nakata, o famoso realizador japonês conhecido pelo filme Ringu (o filme original que teve uma adaptação americana), e Tobe Hooper, o americano que realizou The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Será feita ainda uma homenagem a Ray Harryhausen que faleceu recentemente.

O festival tem programadas algumas ante-estreias como é o caso de Byzantium de Neil Jordan, Chained de Jennifer Lynch, Kiss of the Damned de Xan Cassavetes, The Lords of Salem de Rob Zombie e The Conjuring de James Wan, que teve uma estreia bastante promissora em termos de bilheteira nos E.U.A. 

Como acontece todos os anos, o MOTELx premeia a Melhor Curta de Terror Portuguesa 2013, cujos candidatos são:

Bilis Negra, Nuno Sá Pessoa (2013)
O Coveiro, André Gil Mata (2013)
Desespero, Rui Pilão (2013)
Hair, João Seiça (2012)
A Herdade dos Defuntos, Patrick Mendes (2013)
Longe do Éden, Carlos Amaral (2012)
Monstro, Alex Barone (2013)
Nico - A Revolta, Paulo Araújo (2013)
Sara, Miguel Ângelo (2012)

Acessórios

Detestável Futilidade

The Warrior's Apprentice

Lois McMaster Bujold
The Warrior's Apprentice
Vorkosigan Saga
1986

Between the seemingly impossible tasks of living up to his warrior-father's legend and surmounting his own physical limitations, Miles Vorkosigan faces some truly daunting challenges.

Shortly after his arrival on Beta Colony, Miles unexpectedly finds himself the owner of an obsolete freighter and in more debt than he ever thought possible. Propelled by his manic "forward momentum," the ever-inventive Miles creates a new identity for himself as the commander of his own mercenary fleet to obtain a lucrative cargo; a shipment of weapons destined for a dangerous warzone.

Gravity

Cinema Fantástico

Gravity é o novo filme de Alfonso Cuarón e tem Sandra Bullock e George Clooney como protagonistas. As imagens reveladas são de cortar a respiração e no cinema as imagens ainda têm mais impacto.
A estreia está prevista para dia 4 de Outubro.

Emmys 2013

Nomeações

A Academia de Televisão, Artes e Ciências dos Estados Unidos da América revelou os nomeados para a edição 65 dos Emmy Awards. A entrega dos prémios terá lugar no dia 22 de Setembro, sendo apresentada por Neil Patrick Harris. 
Entre os programas com mais nomeações estão American Horror story: Asylum (17), Game of Thrones (16), Behind the Candelabra (15), Saturday Night Live (15), Breaking Bad (13), 30 Rock (13), Downton Abbey (12), Mad Men (12), Modern Family (12), Homeland (11), Phil Spector (11) e Boardwalk Empire (10). 
Aqui aparecem apenas s principais nomeações nas principais categorias. A cerimónia de entrega dos prémios terá lugar a 22 de Setembro.
 

Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad • AMC
Downton Abbey • PBS
Game Of Thrones • HBO
Homeland • Showtime
House Of Cards • Netflix
Mad Men • AMC

Outstanding Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory • CBS
Girls • HBO
Louie • FX Networks 
Modern Family • ABC
30 Rock • NBC
Veep • HBO

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Breaking Bad • AMC • Bryan Cranston as Walter White
Downton Abbey • PBS • Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham
Homeland • Showtime • Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody
House Of Cards • Netflix • Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood
Mad Men • AMC • Jon Hamm as Don Draper
The Newsroom • HBO • Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Bates Motel • A&E • Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates
Downton Abbey • PBS • Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley
Homeland • Showtime • Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison
House Of Cards • Netflix • Robin Wright as Claire Underwood
Mad Men • AMC • Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson
Nashville • ABC • Connie Britton as Rayna James
Scandal • ABC • Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Arrested Development • Netflix • Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth
The Big Bang Theory • CBS • Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper
Episodes • Showtime • Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc
House Of Lies • Showtime • Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan
Louie • FX Networks • Louis C.K. as Louie
30 Rock • NBC • Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Enlightened • HBO • Laura Dern as Amy
Girls • HBO • Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath
Nurse Jackie • Showtime • Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton
Parks And Recreation • NBC • Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope
30 Rock • NBC • Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
Veep • HBO • Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer

Outstanding Miniseries Or Movie
American Horror Story: Asylum • FX Networks
Behind The Candelabra • HBO
The Bible • HISTORY
Phil Spector • HBO
Political Animals • USA
Top Of The Lake • Sundance Channel

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Behind The Candelabra • HBO • Michael Douglas as Liberace
Behind The Candelabra • HBO • Matt Damon as Scott Thorson
The Girl • HBO • Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock
Parade’s End • HBO • Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens
Phil Spector • HBO • Al Pacino as Phil Spector

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
American Horror Story: Asylum • Jessica Lange as Sister Jude Martin
The Big C: Hereafter • Showtime • Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison
Phil Spector • HBO • Helen Mirren as Linda Kenney-Baden
Political Animals • USA • Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish Hammond
Top Of The Lake • Sundance Channel • Elisabeth Moss as Robin

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program
American Idol • FOX • Ryan Seacrest, Host
Betty White’s Off Their Rockers • NBC • Betty White, Host
Dancing With The Stars • ABC • Tom Bergeron, Host
Project Runway • Lifetime • Heidi Klum, Host; Tim Gunn, Host
So You Think You Can Dance • FOX • Cat Deeley, Host
The Taste • ABC • Anthony Bourdain, Host

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race • CBS
Dancing With The Stars • ABC
Project Runway • Lifetime •
So You Think You Can Dance • FOX
Top Chef • Bravo
The Voice • NBC

Outstanding Variety Series
The Colbert Report • Comedy Central
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon • NBC
Real Time With Bill Maher • HBO
Saturday Night Live • NBC

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire • HBO • Bobby Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti
Breaking Bad • AMC • Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut
Breaking Bad • AMC • Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman
Downton Abbey • PBS • Jim Carter as Mr. Carson
Game Of Thrones • HBO • Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
Homeland • Showtime • Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Breaking Bad • AMC • Anna Gunn as Skyler White
Downton Abbey • PBS • Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
Game Of Thrones • HBO • Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen
The Good Wife • CBS • Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart
Homeland • Showtime • Morena Baccarin as Jessica Brody
Mad Men • AMC • Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
The Good Wife • CBS • Nathan Lane as Clarke Hayden
The Good Wife • CBS • Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning
Homeland • Showtime • Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn
Mad Men • AMC • Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper
Mad Men • AMC • Harry Hamlin as Jim Cutler
Scandal • ABC • Dan Bucatinsky as James Novack

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series
The Americans • FX Networks • Margo Martindale as Claudia
Game Of Thrones • HBO • Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell
The Good Wife • CBS • Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni
Mad Men • AMC • Linda Cardellini as Sylvia Rosen
The Newsroom • HBO • Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing
Shameless • Showtime • Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
Breaking Bad • Dead Freight • AMC • George Mastras
Breaking Bad • Say My Name • AMC • Thomas Schnauz
Downton Abbey • Episode 4 • PBS • Julian Fellowes
Game Of Thrones • The Rains Of Castamere • HBO • David Benioff; D.B. Weiss
Homeland • Q&A • Showtime • Henry Bromell

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire • Margate Sands • HBO • Tim Van Patten
Breaking Bad • Gliding Over All • AMC • Michelle MacLaren
Downton Abbey • Episode 4 • PBS • Jeremy Webb
Homeland • Q&A • Showtime • Lesli Linka Glatter
House Of Cards • Chapter 1 • Netflix • David Fincher

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Girls • HBO • Adam Driver as Adam Sackler
Modern Family • ABC • Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett
Modern Family • ABC • Ed O’Neill as Jay Pritchett
Modern Family • ABC • Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy
Saturday Night Live • NBC • Bill Hader as Various characters
Veep • HBO • Tony Hale as Gary Walsh

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory • CBS • Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler
Glee • FOX • Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester
Modern Family • ABC • Sofia Vergara as Gloria Pritchett
Modern Family • ABC • Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
Nurse Jackie • Showtime • Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow
30 Rock • NBC • Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney
Veep • HBO • Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory • CBS • Bob Newhart as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton
Modern Family • ABC • Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman
Nurse Jackie • Showtime • Bobby Cannavale as Dr. Mike Cruz
Saturday Night Live • NBC • Louis C.K., Host
Saturday Night Live • NBC • Justin Timberlake, Host
30 Rock • NBC • Will Forte as Paul

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
Enlightened • HBO • Molly Shannon as Eileen Foliente
Glee • FOX • Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste
Louie • FX Networks • Melissa Leo as Laurie
Saturday Night Live • NBC • Melissa McCarthy, Host
Saturday Night Live • NBC • Kristen Wiig, Host
30 Rock • NBC • Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
Episodes • Episode 209 • Showtime • David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik
Louie • Daddy’s Girlfriend (Part 1) • FX Networks • Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
The Office • Finale • NBC • Greg Daniels, Written by
30 Rock • Hogcock! • NBC • Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock
30 Rock • Last Lunch • NBC • Tina Fey, Tracey Wigfield

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
Girls • On All Fours • HBO • Lena Dunham
Glee • Diva • FOX • Paris Barclay
Louie • New Year’s Eve • Louis C.K.
Modern Family • Arrested • ABC • Gail Mancuso
30 Rock • Hogcock! / Last Lunch • NBC • Beth McCarthy-Miller

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
American Horror Story: Asylum • FX Networks • James Cromwell as Dr. Arthur Arden
American Horror Story: Asylum • FX Networks • Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson
Behind The Candelabra • HBO • Scott Bakula as Bob Black
The Big C: Hereafter • Showtime • John Benjamin Hickey as Sean
Top Of The Lake • Sundance Channel • Peter Mullan as Matt

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
American Horror Story: Asylum • FX Networks • Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters
The Girl • HBO • Imelda Staunton as Alma Hitchcock
Political Animals • USA • Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish Worthington
Restless • Sundance Channel • Charlotte Rampling as Sally Gilmartin
Steel Magnolias • Lifetime • Alfre Woodard as Ouiser

Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special
Behind The Candelabra • HBO • Richard LaGravenese
The Hour • BBC America • Abi Morgan
Parade’s End • HBO • Tom Stoppard
Phil Spector • HBO • David Mamet
Top Of The Lake • Sundance Channel • Jane Campion, Gerard Lee

Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special
Behind The Candelabra • HBO • Steven Soderbergh
The Girl • HBO • Julian Jarrold
Phil Spector • HBO • David Mamet
Ring Of Fire • Lifetime • Allison Anders
Top Of The Lake • Part 5 • Sundance Channel • Jane Campion, Garth Davis

Outstanding Variety Special
The Kennedy Center Honors • CBS
Louis C.K.: Oh My God • HBO
Mel Brooks Strikes Back! With Mel Brooks And Alan Yentob • HBO
Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday (Part One) • NBC
12-12-12: The Concert For Sandy Relief

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series
The Colbert Report • Comedy Central
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central
Jimmy Kimmel Live • ABC
Portlandia • IFC •
Real Time With Bill Maher • HBO
Saturday Night Live • NBC

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special
The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards • NBC
Louis C.K.: Oh My God • HBO
Night Of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together For Autism Programs • Comedy Central
Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday (Part One) • NBC
66th Annual Tony Awards • CBS

Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series
The Colbert Report • Episode 8131 • Comedy Central • James Hoskinson
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Episode 17153 • Comedy Central • Chuck O’Neil
Jimmy Kimmel Live • Episode 13-1810 • ABC • Andy Fisher
Late Show With David Letterman • Episode 3749 • CBS • Jerry Foley
Portlandia • Alexandra • IFC • Jonathan Krisel
Saturday Night Live • Host: Justin Timberlake • NBC • Don Roy King

Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special
The Kennedy Center Honors • CBS • Louis J. Horvitz
London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony • NBC • Bucky Gunts, Hamish Hamilton
Louis C.K.: Oh My God • HBO • Louis C.K.
The Oscars • ABC • Don Mischer
12-12-12: The Concert For Sandy Relief • Michael Dempsey

Catching Fire

Cinema Fantástico

O novo trailer de Catching Fire foi revelado na Comic-Con. Para variar, as imagens mostram quase todos os acontecimentos mais importantes do filme. Apesar de as imagens não deixarem de ser espectaculares, podiam guardar algumas surpresas como é o caso do vestido a transformar-se, mas o trailer faz basicamente um resumo pequeno do livro. Não vou deixar de ir ver o filme ao cinema, até porque este será certamente um sucesso de bilheteira, mas continuo a acreditar que as distribuidoras podiam guardar algum segredo na divulgação de imagens promocionais.

The Hunger Games continuam este ano com a adaptação de Catching Fire, o segundo livro da trilogia apocalíptica distópica escrita por Suzanne Collins e que se tornou um fenómeno mundial tanto em termos de literatura como de cinema. A estreia está prevista para Novembro.

The Walking Dead

Séries Fantásticas
Quarta Temporada
Estreia a 13 de Outubro

Já estão disponíveis imagens da quarta temporada de The Walking Dead. Alguns actores da série estiveram na Comic-Con a promover a série e mostraram este trailer extenso com o que esperar da nova temporada. A série de zombies mais conhecida e vista da actualidade estará de volta a 13 de Outubro.

  

AMC TV - The Walking Dead 

Arrow

Séries Fantásticas
Segunda Temporada
Estreia a 9 Outubro

Já há um trailer com imagens da segunda temporada de Arrow. Depois do fim violento, trágico e destrutivo da primeira temporada, a série regressará com algumas novidades, incluindo novas personagens, como é o caso de Summer Glau (Firefly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) que será Isabel Rochev. 

Os acontecimentos desta segunda temporada têm lugar cinco meses depois da tragédia que se deu no final da primeira, parece que o império da família Queen está em perigo e espera-se grandes revelações e desenvolvimentos com o surgimento de novas personagens inspiradas na banda desenhada Green Arrow.

O teaser/trailer que foi apresentado na Comic-Con mostra um conjunto de imagens dos acontecimentos mais relevantes da primeira temporada e passa para as imagens desta segunda temporada. A estreia está marcada para 9 de Outubro no canal CW.

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J. K. Rowling publicou livro sob pseudónimo

Novidades

A famosa autora inglesa da série Harry Potter publicou um policial sob o pseudónimo Robert Galbraith em Abril, em Inglaterra. O livro com o título The Cuckoo's Calling conta a história de Cormoran Strike, um veterano da guerra do Afeganistão que se torna detective privado e tenta desvendar o caso do suicídio de um modelo feminino. A autora queria saber como seria a recepção de um livro seu sem a pressão da fama e expectativa em relação ao que estava a fazer e parece que tanto os leitores como a crítica aprovaram o livro. O livro vendeu cerca de 1500 exemplares desde Abril, mas assim que se descobriu que Robert Galbraith era J. K. Rowling, as vendas dispararam. 

The Cuckoo's Calling, Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling)

A brilliant debut mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide.After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office.
Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, thelegendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man.
You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you've never seen them under an investigation like this.

Fusão de Blogues

Decidi fazer uma fusão dos meus dois blogues: Mag - Tudo e Nada com Mundo Snitram. O objectivo era manter um mais geral, o primeiro, sobre um pouco de tudo e um outro, o segundo, apenas dedicado aos temas do fantástico. No entanto, percebi que é muito complicado manter os dois blogues e, como tal, decidi juntar os dois blogues num só e fazer também uma fusão dos seus nomes. Desta forma, o meu blogue passa a ser Mundo Snitram - O Tudo e o Nada da Mag.

The Light Ages

Ian R. Macleod
The Light Ages
2003

In a bleak and gritty England, in a fantastical Age of Industry, the wealth that comes from magic is both revered and reviled. Here, an ambitious young man is haunted by his childhood love-a woman determined to be a part of the world he despises.