As 'Saving Private Ryan' was being made, times were changing in Hollywood. New technologies were making both the recording and editing processes more sophisticated, and the analogue age was giving away to the digital age. The internet had been born, and the world would never look back. Spielberg would go on to make plenty of films using these new technologies, but not until after his passion project was complete.
All of the editing on 'Saving Private Ryan' was done on a non-digital system. In real terms, that means it was done manually, with tape reels being cut and then glued back together to complete the edit. It's an intensive work of labor that seems almost unthinkable today, when you can just highlight the parts you don't want and select 'cut'. Some more films were made using old school methods after 'Saving Private Ryan'; and the occasional one is still made today as a curiosity; but this was the last movie made using the old-school method to win an Oscar.
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.