Comments on: Milla models Donna Karan Cashmere Resort 2009 collection http://www.millafan.com/2009/10/11/milla-models-donna-karan-cashmere-resort-2009-collection/ Your largest unofficial Milla Jovovich online guide. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:07:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shallyp http://www.millafan.com/2009/10/11/milla-models-donna-karan-cashmere-resort-2009-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-2987 Shallyp Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:27:30 +0000 http://www.millafan.com/?p=2022#comment-2987 Aliens in Nome? By Tyler Rhodes Nestled in a deep valley lined by steep forested slopes and craggy cliffs sits Nome, Alaska—a hot bed of creepy disappearances and paranormal activity. Or so Hollywood would have the world believe. The scene is from a trailer for the movie “The Fourth Kind,” set to be released Nov. 6. For its premise, the thriller seemingly feeds off the disappearance of approximately two dozen people in Nome over a span of decades. The Fourth Kind—think “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”—explains the disappearances as the work of extraterrestrials. The movie, filmed in Bulgaria, purports to be based on actual events and uses what it says is archival footage from a psychiatrist working in Nome in the late 1990s. While the disappearances were real—an FBI investigation deemed many were tied to Nome’s harsh winters and hard drinking—it appears the movie has no ties to any real events or people on the Seward Peninsula. But that’s not what the marketing hype around the film would have you believe. To promote the movie, it appears the movie’s marketers have worked hard to construct an alternative reality online where the film’s protagonist, Dr. Abigail Tyler, and her supposed sleep disorder studies actually did take place. Google “Abigail Tyler” and you will find links to a site describing the “doctor’s” work on a site called alaskapsychiatryjournal.org. Combine “Abigail Tyler” and “Nome Nugget” in a Google search and you’ll get a site that offers Alaska news archives, complete with a story by Nugget publisher and editor Nancy McGuire about Dr. Tyler’s arrival in Nome. Problem is, McGuire never wrote the story. She has since demanded the website remove the story fraudulently attributed to her. As of Sept. 8, the link was still active. While both sites have lines of text claiming to be around since 1997 or 1998, registry searches show they were created in mid-August just as the promotional trailers were hitting the web and theaters. State licensing examiners have been quoted in other media noting that they have no record of a Dr. Abigail Tyler working in the state. Outside of the recently created websites, there is no other trace of an Abigail Tyler in Nome. Apparently constructed in a style akin to the film the “Blair Witch Project,” the hoax around the Fourth Kind has been quickly debunked on the web and in other media. If the goal was to have the masses believe the premise and archival footage was real, the effort may have been for naught. However, if the setup was to create a buzz and have people talking about a movie whose release is still two months away, it appears to be a success. Even The Nome Nugget is talking about the movie. Aliens in Nome?
By Tyler Rhodes
Nestled in a deep valley lined by steep forested slopes and craggy cliffs sits Nome, Alaska—a hot bed of creepy disappearances and paranormal activity.

Or so Hollywood would have the world believe.

The scene is from a trailer for the movie “The Fourth Kind,” set to be released Nov. 6. For its premise, the thriller seemingly feeds off the disappearance of approximately two dozen people in Nome over a span of decades. The Fourth Kind—think “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”—explains the disappearances as the work of extraterrestrials. The movie, filmed in Bulgaria, purports to be based on actual events and uses what it says is archival footage from a psychiatrist working in Nome in the late 1990s. While the disappearances were real—an FBI investigation deemed many were tied to Nome’s harsh winters and hard drinking—it appears the movie has no ties to any real events or people on the Seward Peninsula. But that’s not what the marketing hype around the film would have you believe.

To promote the movie, it appears the movie’s marketers have worked hard to construct an alternative reality online where the film’s protagonist, Dr. Abigail Tyler, and her supposed sleep disorder studies actually did take place. Google “Abigail Tyler” and you will find links to a site describing the “doctor’s” work on a site called alaskapsychiatryjournal.org. Combine “Abigail Tyler” and “Nome Nugget” in a Google search and you’ll get a site that offers Alaska news archives, complete with a story by Nugget publisher and editor Nancy McGuire about Dr. Tyler’s arrival in Nome. Problem is, McGuire never wrote the story. She has since demanded the website remove the story fraudulently attributed to her. As of Sept. 8, the link was still active.

While both sites have lines of text claiming to be around since 1997 or 1998, registry searches show they were created in mid-August just as the promotional trailers were hitting the web and theaters. State licensing examiners have been quoted in other media noting that they have no record of a Dr. Abigail Tyler working in the state. Outside of the recently created websites, there is no other trace of an Abigail Tyler in Nome.

Apparently constructed in a style akin to the film the “Blair Witch Project,” the hoax around the Fourth Kind has been quickly debunked on the web and in other media. If the goal was to have the masses believe the premise and archival footage was real, the effort may have been for naught. However, if the setup was to create a buzz and have people talking about a movie whose release is still two months away, it appears to be a success. Even The Nome Nugget is talking about the movie.

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