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Were Honored Journalists Really Terrorists?

Were Honored Journalists Really Terrorists?

Washington D.C.'s Newseum, a museum dedicated to the news media, announced on Monday that it will reevaluate its decision to include the names of two al-Aqsa cameramen in its tribute to 84 journalists who died...

News posted in on 14th May 2013

Ap Film Writers Quit

Ap Film Writers Quit

Christy Lemire, the lead film critic for the Associated Press has quit, just days after AP colleague David Germain submitted his resignation. Their departures will leave numerous AP-affiliated newspapers that had dismissed their own film...

News posted in on 13th May 2013

Gatsby Great; Iron Man Greater

Gatsby Great; Iron Man Greater

The Great Gatsby raked in an estimated $51.1 million over the weekend, bowling over analysts' predictions of $35-40 million. But it was not enough to displace Iron Man 3 as the No. 1 film at...

News posted in on 13th May 2013

Silver Linings Playbook No 1 On Home Video

Silver Linings Playbook No 1 On Home Video

People who are advised to look for the silver lining were likely to find it at the top of the DVD, Blu-ray and video rental charts last week as the Weinstein Co.'s Silver Linings Playbook...

News posted in on 9th May 2013

Disney's Plan To Trademark Mexican Holiday Is Muerto

Disney's Plan To Trademark Mexican Holiday Is Muerto

The Walt Disney Co. has apparently decided it's not a good idea to try to trademark the name of a Mexican holiday. On Tuesday it was reported that Disney had filed 10 applications for trademarks...

News posted in on 8th May 2013

G.i. Joe Writers Say Studio Stole Their Ideas

G.i. Joe Writers Say Studio Stole Their Ideas

Two writers who received screen credit on the first G.I. Joe movie, Rise of the Cobra, have filed a lawsuit against the makers of the sequel, Retaliation, claiming that Paramount, MGM and Di Bonaventura Pictures...

News posted in on 7th May 2013

Smaller Theaters Feeling Pinch Of Transition To Digital

Smaller Theaters Feeling Pinch Of Transition To Digital

Many theaters in small communities that are unable to afford to purchase digital projectors and new sound systems before Hollywood stops distributing new movies on film later this year are turning to the crowd-funding site...

News posted in on 6th May 2013

Another Jackie Robinson Teammate Knocks 42'S Accuracy

Another Jackie Robinson Teammate Knocks 42'S Accuracy

The hazards of making a true story feature film about an iconic figure of the recent past was underlined over the weekend when one the persons depicted in 42, the Jackie Robinson biopic, took issue...

News posted in on 6th May 2013

Bestiality Billboard For Australian Tv Channel Yanked

Bestiality Billboard For Australian Tv Channel Yanked

Australian billboard advertising for the Foxtel arts channel Studio has been ordered taken down by Foxtel which acknowledged that the scene featured in the ad -- a man simulating sex with a pig -- was...

News posted in on 3rd May 2013

Does Betty White's Show Stereotype Old Folks?

Does Betty White's Show Stereotype Old Folks?

etty White is perpetuating the stereotype of old people and doing them no favors with her Off Their Rockers television show, said Barbara Morris, the 84-year-old author of Put Old on Hold and other books...

News posted in on 3rd May 2013

Ex-child Star Deanna Durbin Dead At 91

Ex-child Star Deanna Durbin Dead At 91

Deanna Durbin, who received unprecedented fame and fortune as a child star in the 1930s but quit Hollywood at the age of 26 following a string of mediocre movies in the late 1940s, has died,...

News posted in on 1st May 2013

Report: News Corp Breakup To Take Effect June 30

Report: News Corp Breakup To Take Effect June 30

News Corp has set June 11 as the date its shareholders will vote on whether to break the company into two entities: one, which will be called 21st Century Fox and include the company's film,...

News posted in on 1st May 2013

Obama Nominates Ex-lobbyist To Become Fcc Chief

Obama Nominates Ex-lobbyist To Become Fcc Chief

President Obama has nominated a former lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries to become the next head of the Federal Communications Commission, filling the post currently held by Julius Genachowski, who has resigned. Some...

News posted in on 1st May 2013

Iron Man 3 Sets Opening Imax Records Overseas

Iron Man 3 Sets Opening Imax Records Overseas

Of the $198.4 million that Iron Man 3 raked in during its overseas opening, $7.1 million came from 113 IMAX theaters, IMAX said on Monday. That broke down to around $63,000 per IMAX screen and...

News posted in on 30th April 2013

Iraq Yanks License Of Al Jazeera

Iraq Yanks License Of Al Jazeera

The Iraqi government has suspended the license of Al Jazeera, the Arab satellite news network and other local TV channels that it claims have incited violence by devoting coverage to recent Sunni protests. The Communication...

News posted in on 29th April 2013

Lucasfilm Looking To Set Down In China

Lucasfilm Looking To Set Down In China

Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy is the latest top U.S. studio executive to make the pilgrimage to China to discuss ways in which the burgeoning Chinese film industry and Hollywood can cooperate to their mutual benefit....

News posted in on 26th April 2013

Why Marvel Decided Not To Coproduce Iron Man 3 With Chinese Studio

Why Marvel Decided Not To Coproduce Iron Man 3 With Chinese Studio

Although Marvel Entertainment had initially announced its intention of coproducing Iron Man 3 in China with DMG Entertainment, a Chinese media group, it later decided not to do so, possibly because to approve a co-production...

News posted in on 25th April 2013

London Newspaper Offers A New Method To Read It

London Newspaper Offers A New Method To Read It

The London Independent has found a way to merge its print edition with its online edition using an app called Blippar that has previously been used principally in connection with advertising stunts. Readers of the...

News posted in on 25th April 2013

Star-studded Cannes Jury Announced

Star-studded Cannes Jury Announced

The Cannes Film Festival unveiled an impressive array of jurors who will decide who will be the winner of this year's Palme d'Or, the festival's top award. Headed by Steven Spielberg, the Cannes jury will...

News posted in on 24th April 2013

Soap Producer Prospect Park Accuses Abc Of Sabotage

Soap Producer Prospect Park Accuses Abc Of Sabotage

Prospect Park, the company that plans to revive the soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live online, has filed a lawsuit against ABC claiming that ABC has broken the licensing agreement to...

News posted in on 19th April 2013

Theater Chains Halt Selling Iron Man 3 Tickets

Theater Chains Halt Selling Iron Man 3 Tickets

Ordinarily, the annual conference of theater owners known as CinemaCon is not the setting for much controversy. That's not the case this year. Regal Entertainment and AMC Entertainment, the nation's top two exhibitors, have reportedly...

News posted in on 18th April 2013

Oscar Producers Rehired

Oscar Producers Rehired

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Hawk Koch announced on Monday that he has rehired Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to produce next year's Oscar ceremony. In reporting the decision, the Los Angeles...

News posted in on 18th April 2013

42 Scores At Box Office

42 Scores At Box Office

On Jackie Robinson Day, the 66th anniversary of the second-baseman's debut on the Brooklyn Dodgers -- when every MLB player wears Robinson's number 42 on their uniforms -- it was announced that 42, the film...

News posted in on 16th April 2013

Actress Loses Battle With Imdb Over Age Disclosure

Actress Loses Battle With Imdb Over Age Disclosure

The actress Huong (aka Junie) Hoang who sued the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) for disclosing her true age -- and found support for her claim from the actors' union SAG-AFTRA -- has lost her case....

News posted in on 12th April 2013

Box Office Falls As Moviegoers Shun 3d

Box Office Falls As Moviegoers Shun 3d

It's not difficult to make out the handwriting on the wall. Box office revenue for the first quarter of 2013 is down more than 11 percent from the first quarter of 2012. Attendance is down...

News posted in on 11th April 2013

Will Dish Buy T-mobile?

Will Dish Buy T-mobile?

With $10 billion in cash, DISH Network now has accumulated the most money among all U.S. TV and phone providers, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The cash pile has touched off increasing speculation that company...

News posted in on 11th April 2013

3d Movies Coming To Mobile Devices -- No Glasses Needed

3d Movies Coming To Mobile Devices -- No Glasses Needed

The dream of being able to watch 3D movies without the need of glasses moved a step closer to realization on Tuesday with the endorsement of the Dolby 3D format by Cameron/Pace Group, headed by...

News posted in on 10th April 2013

Most Viewers Use Videogame Consoles To Connect To Tv Sets

Most Viewers Use Videogame Consoles To Connect To Tv Sets

For most people, the bridge between the Internet and their television set is a videogame device, accord to a study by NPD DisplaySearch and reported on Monday by Home Media magazine. The study, conducted in...

News posted in on 9th April 2013

Seinfeld Crosses $3 Billion In Syndication Sales

Seinfeld Crosses $3 Billion In Syndication Sales

Jerry Seinfeld's decision to go out on top and turn down a reported $5-million-per-episode offer to produce a tenth season of his iconic show has paid off beyond anyone's imagination at the time, the London...

News posted in on 4th April 2013

Anti-piracy Group Knocking On Doors Of Alleged Offenders

Anti-piracy Group Knocking On Doors Of Alleged Offenders

Stepping up its anti-piracy efforts, the British group Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) sent its investigators to the home of the owner of TorrentZone and ordered him to shut down and turn over his domains,...

News posted in on 3rd April 2013

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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate

Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate

On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...

Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying

Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]

Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.

Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review

Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review

Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.

WYSE talks to us about her

WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]

With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...

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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a

Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]

Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...

Keelan X talks to us about staying true to

Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]

Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.

Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]

Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]

Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...

Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and

Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]

Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...

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