Julie Wood

The enduring songs of The Beatles, set the tone for Across The Universe, a love story about a British boy and an American girl set against the backdrop of the social upheaval of the 1960s. The stirring music of the Fab Four will drive the narrative, with the actors singing and dancing to the classic tunes. The film is directed by acclaimed filmaker Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus) and is a feast for the eyes with it's stunning color and cutting edge visual style. Evan Rachel Wood (Thirteen) and Jim Sturgess play the young couple in love with supporting roles from Salma Hayek and Bono.

Does your garbage disposal sound like a wood chipper? Resist the temptation to grind up whatever’s in there and watch Julie Sussman and Stephanie Glakas-Tenet, authors of the Dare to Repair books, as they show you how to free a jammed garbage disposal.

June 20: The lure of easy money, and minimal jail time if arrested, is luring young women into working as assassins for Mexican drug cartels along the border with the US. Former DHS official Julie Myers Wood explains.

Watch the comedic short film Kidnapping Caitlynn. Emily (Jenny Mollen) and Max (Jason Biggs) are on their second date. Emily asks Max to help her retrieve some belongings from her ex-boyfriend Daniel's (Rhys Coiro) house. When they arrive her key doesn't work. To Max's surprise she scales a wall, leaving him to wonder what exactly is going on. She reassures him that it's totally fine and proceeds to take a whole lot of things- some of them questionable. As all this is going on a nervous Max finds comfort in the companionship of Daniel's dog, Gina Girl (Gina Girl). They decide to take the dog as well. Suddenly, the door opens to reveal not Daniel but Daniel's new live-in girlfriend Caitlynn (Julie Benz). Caitlynn justifiably freaks out and chaos ensues. Even after hitting Caitlynn over the head with a piece of wood and absconding her from her house- Emily insists that everything is cool and she has no feelings for her ex. Her ultimate goal is for all four of them to be friends. In the end Caitlynn is tied up in Max's car, the dog is wearing an elaborate costume and the cops arrive....

International trailer for Across the Universe. The Beatles' songs may have provided the soundtrack for the lives of those coming of age in the 1960s, but their extensive catalog acts as the literal soundtrack in this romantic musical from visionary director Julie Taymor. Newcomer Jim Sturgess stars as Jude, a young man working on the docks in Liverpool. Eager to escape, he travels to Princeton where he meets Max (Joe Anderson). But it's his meeting with Max's younger sister Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood) that changes him. They quickly fall in love, but their relationship is tested by the chaos of the late 1960s and Max's unwilling tour in Vietnam.

At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, Revolution Studios Across the Universe is an original movie musical springing from the imagination of renowned director Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus, and the Broadway smash hit musical 'The Lion King') and writers Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais (The Commitments). A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll, the film moves from the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam. The star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with 'Dr. Robert' (Bono) and 'Mr. Kite' (Eddie Izzard) as their guides. Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy against all odds to find their own way back to each other.').

At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, Revolution Studios' Across the Universe is an original movie musical springing from the imagination of renowned director Julie Taymor and writers Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais. A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll, the film moves from the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam. The star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with 'Dr. Robert' (Bono) and 'Mr. Kite' (Eddie Izzard) as their guides. Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy against all odds to find their own way back to each other.