With all the strange, interesting, and bad press that followed in the wake of Sasha Baron Cohen's Borat film, you're about to get a new look behind the scenes of the production, from the perspective of yet another group duped by the film. While many of the stories that came out the film didn't evoke ...
Though stars in magazines isn’t generally the sort of thing that gets me to pay attention, Jennifer Aniston is paying homage to Barbra Streisand with a photo shoot in Harper’s Bazaar, and I thought it was actually an interesting idea.
We are becoming familiar with the idea that filming graphic novels rarely works out the way we might hope. Alan Moore disinherits most adaptations of his work, big-budget Watchmen drastically changed the story (managing only marginal artistic success, and mixed reactions), and Will Eisner’s The Spirit quickly became a laughing stock.
DC and Warner Brothers are celebrating 75 years with a highlight on digital distribution, including films, TV shows, and Apps starring all your favorite DC superheroes. There is no shortage of variety, with classics and newcomers, blockbusters and lesser-knowns, movies and video games, all taking center stage.
In the world of App games, one of the most prevalent genres is the time-waster. Those games that are often somewhat nonsensical, are utterly simple by design, and don’t really require a lot of attention.
Just how smart is your smartphone? Find out by turning your smartphone into a cellbot during the APPCON™ 2010 Cellbot Hackathon Challenge.
As part of APPCON™ 2010, the world’s only mobile App-centric developer and business conference, mobile App developers will have the unique opportunity to try their hand at cellbot coding in an exciting challenge pitting App developers against one another in a competition to build the best cellbot using smartphones of their choice. First, second and third place winners will be crowned Cellbot champions and will win their very own cellbot kit to build and experiment with at home.
Participation in the APPCON™ 2010 Cellbot Hackathon Challenge is free, but attendees are encouraged to pre-register for the contest to ensure adequate availability of equipment and resources.
I’ve been doing my best to talk up GetGlue and AdaptiveBlue for about as long as Are You Screening? has existed. Unfortunately, GetGlue has long been one of those things that I love in theory, but in actual practice find myself using far less than I would wish.
Like most things that have to do with social networks, GetGlue would take thousands of words to explain, but is nevertheless quite simple. Witness the length of explanation in their FAQ alone.
Basically, the general function of GetGlue is that it is a social network which focuses on things. Books, films, video games, wines, and many more are covered in the possibilities, and GetGlue latches onto what you’re doing on the internet to connect people by the things they’re interested in, and vice versa… sort of.
The App market is booming, and now APPNATION has been announced and they’re looking for speakers! Ready for an expo devoted to Apps? Here it comes. Want to be a part of it?
First International Executive Conference and Exposition From Digital Industry Veteran and Former ad:tech Chairman Drew Ianni
Keynotes Include App Pioneers Ilja Laurs, CEO of GetJar; Smule Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer Dr. Ge Wang; and Executives From Time Inc, Marvel Entertainment, Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners, Mediabrands and Initiative Media (Interpublic), Nielsen Telecom, The North Face, The Wall Street Journal, and Zynga
M2 Events, a new conference development and thought leadership production company, today announces the launch of APPNATION, a new executive conference and exposition that focuses on the burgeoning consumer applications economy. APPNATION will focus on social and mobile apps across all devices and platforms including PCs, smartphones, tablets, Internet-enabled televisions, portable gamers, peripherals and a range of other current and emerging connected devices.
If you’ve seen the trailers for Despicable Me, you’ve probably got a few glimpses of the minions. Want to know what they’re saying? Well, there’s an App for that.
When you go to see Despicable Me in theaters starting July 9, Best Buy wants you to keep your cell phone on!
In partnership with Universal Pictures, Best Buy has launched the first ever “movie-enhancing” cell phone application. Available as a free download on www.bestbuymoviemode.com, Best Buy Movie Mode will respond to audio queues in Despicable Me and translate the language of the Minion characters in the closing credits.
The application will also automatically disable the ringer, dim the screen and discourage texting during the film so as not to bother other movie patrons.
The show Ghost Hunters has turned into a bona fide franchise. Recently renewed for another season, the show also has the spin-off Ghost Hunters International, and its own reality show with contestants vying for their chance to join the ranks.
Now available on DVD, Ghost Hunters International – Season One Part 1 brings you 11 episodes with over and hour of deleted scenes.
The paranormal investigation, and popularity, of Ghost Hunters has by now caused a stir in ever-widening circles. Even those who are quick to dismiss the paranormal in general, and the show in particular, have to face the fact that it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Though similar shows (and not so similar paranormal shows) have popped up with increasing frequency, this is the franchise that seems to have caught people’s attention.
Even among the quick to judge, who wonder aloud about such ideas like the fact that there hasn’t been a person yet who claimed to be walking around at 3:00 am in total darkness when they saw something, there’s something about the regular guys from RotoRooter that has people hooked.
Every generation in the history of mankind has talked about the good old days, so it isn’t surprising to find one more example of reminiscing about days gone by and the way things have changed. Most generations probably have some version of pointing out that things really are different in their case, but there might be a pretty good argument this time around.
New York Street Games, a feature documentary by Matthew Levy, takes a look at the games that used to be an undeniably integral part of life in New York City. Showcasing interviews with Hector Elizondo, Regis Philbin, Ray Romano, Whoopi Goldberg, Keith David, Joe Pantoliano, and many more, the film describes the games themselves, but also the life they were a part of. Things may evolve before your eyes as not that much more than a fond memory of a “Spaldeen,” but this generation may actually have something to say about what’s different, because there really is no other generation in which children suddenly lost all interest in being outside.
Once in a while, something comes along that is just odd enough to get me to pay attention. If it involves the World Cup, it’s a little easier to do. If it also involves a truly bizarre commercial concept… it’s harder actually, but this one is out there in just the right way.
Dodge is picking sides, and they’re going to try to help you cheer during your favorite sporting event and mine… well, mine anyway.
Take a look at a very brief teaser, and check out some images of the Dodge Challenger getting in on some historic duty.
During his First Annual Address to Congress in 1770, President George Washington said, “To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” For the past decade, the muscle car segment has been quietly battling to keep a sea of dull daily drivers at bay, and the tension has finally reached its fever pitch. We are standing on the cusp of a revolution, and we are nothing if not prepared. We’ve got the horsepower, the track time and the street cred – all that’s missing is the official throwing down of the gauntlet. As of today, we’ve got that, too.
wl, and everyone else under the sun, reported today that a memo went out at The New York Times “banning” the use of the word “tweet.” Apparently, Phil Corbett, the standards editor, sent out a memo explaining the reasoning behind the “ban,” and if The Awl can reprint it, I suppose I can too.
While many have commented on the idea in the specific, should it be banned or not, I’m rather taken by the generals of the memo.
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How About “Chirp”?
Some social-media fans may disagree, but outside of ornithological contexts, “tweet” has not yet achieved the status of standard English. And standard English is what we should use in news articles.
Except for special effect, we try to avoid colloquialisms, neologisms and jargon. And “tweet” — as a noun or a verb, referring to messages on Twitter — is all three. Yet it has appeared 18 times in articles in the past month, in a range of sections.
There are several clones of the classic board game RISK already available at the iPhone App Store, but this summer the real deal is coming from EA. Some of the options already available to you aren’t that bad for killing time actually, but EA clearly takes its App Games very seriously, already offering several of the most incredible titles there are, and it looks like this one will be no different.
THE REAL RISK EXPERIENCE! Soon on iPhone® & iPod touch®, pursue world domination with THE ORIGINAL game of strategic conquest. Mobilize against realistic AI adversaries or challenge up to 6 multiplayer opponents. Play the game that has fired dreams of global conquest for generations!
THE ORIGINAL WAR GAME TRADITION LIVES ON IN AN EXPLOSIVE NEW WAY
The updated look and feel also captures the powerful tradition of the authentic RISK experience. Strategize over the world map, attack with a “roll” of the dice, and fortify your advances with the same rule set as the classic board game.
I have a great fondness for movies that let me know right where I am just by naming their director. Robert Luketic may have been hard to nail down when he hit the scene with Legally Blonde, but after Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, and Monster-in-Law we knew where we were. Then came last year’s The Ugly Truth, and though it was met with critical disdain, I came to believe I was getting a sense for the real Luketic. Sprinkling in 21, I think I’ve got a good feel for every film he’ll ever do, and I probably mean something different than you might think.
Killers, Luketic’s recent effort that keeps Katherine Heigl, but adds in Ashton Kutcher, is a film destined to be called stupid in ways too numerous to mention, and I predict many of them will be fabulously inventive. The truth is, the film really is incredibly stupid, but there’s stupid and then there’s stupid, and once the film isn’t being remotely serious, you shouldn’t be either.
The new animated adventure by Lionsgate, Alpha and Omega, has a new trailer out, and it looks like we might have a cute ride ahead. With voice work by Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Christina Ricci, Danny Glover, Dennis Hopper, and more, this one should be pretty fun.
There’s a lot open as far as whether or not the wolf road picture has enough going on to sustain the runtime, but it looks from the trailer to be a good effort anyway.
Let me know what you think.
What makes for the ultimate road trip? Hitchhiking, truck stops, angry bears, prickly porcupines and a golfing goose with a duck caddy. Just ask Kate and Humphrey, two wolves who are trying to get home after being taken by park rangers and shipped halfway across the country. Humphrey is an Omega wolf, whose days are about quick wit, snappy one-liners and hanging with his motley crew of fun-loving wolves and video-gaming squirrels. Kate is an Alpha: duty, discipline and sleek Lara Croft eye-popping moves fuel her fire. Humphrey’s motto – make ‘em laugh. Kate’s motto – I’m the boss. And they have a thousand miles to go.
Back home rival wolf packs are on the march and conflict is brewing. Only Kate and Humphrey can restore the peace. But first, they have to survive each other.
I happened across a similarly titled article at SciFi Wire this morning, which offered a counterpoint in that Sir Ben Kingsley seems to be of the opinion that video games are art. Check out that article here. Unfamiliar with the idea that Roger Ebert had expressed the opinion that video games aren’t art, I followed the link to his blog post on the subject. In a post titled Video games can never be art, Ebert lays out his points on the subject.
Though he has apparently made the claim before, what kicked him off was a presentation. Find that presentation below. It’s around fifteen minutes long.
In reading the first article, I didn’t think Ebert was making as strong a claim as it turns out he is, and I was rather surprised to read his thoughts on the subject. Early on he says, “I remain convinced that in principle, video games cannot be art.” (emphasis from original)
That’s the sort of thing that will spark my interest, because when someone says “in principle,” I want to know their reasoning. I was somewhat surprised that I found his reasoning decidedly flawed. In the end, I decided that his statement itself is flawed as well.
Chris O’Donnell is hitting newsstands soon, and he’ll be talking about something that doesn’t get a lot of celebrity press, his healthy marriage. As Redbook‘s pick for “celebrity Hot Husband of 2010″ (and I have no real idea what that means), he discusses his marriage, career, and home life, and it’s a pretty cool interview.
It may seem odd, but I couldn’t care less about 99% of anything accurately labeled gossip, and a less “flashy” interview is nice to read. Check out some snippets below, then find the link to the full article.
He first hit the Hollywood scene as the perfect Boy Next Door, but former teen heartthrob Chris O’Donnell has matured into the ultimate family man, with five kids of his own. The hunky Hollywood dad and star of NCIS: Los Angeles is REDBOOK’s pick for celebrity Hot Husband of 2010 and appears with his adorable kids on the flip cover of the June issue.
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