On Saturday, February 2nd, a made-up DJ played to more than 10 million made-up characters in a made-up world. And the real-life music industry gasped in unison.
The fictional DJ has a name: Marshmello. No one truly knows his identity, thanks to his white bucket helmet with an unambiguous painted smile and crisscross eyes — although increasingly voluminous online scuttlebutt suggests the man under the plastic cranium is Chris Comstock, a 26-year-old producer hailing from Philadelphia.
The point, though, is that Marshmello could be anyone. He’s an entirely fictional creation, a...
The fictional DJ has a name: Marshmello. No one truly knows his identity, thanks to his white bucket helmet with an unambiguous painted smile and crisscross eyes — although increasingly voluminous online scuttlebutt suggests the man under the plastic cranium is Chris Comstock, a 26-year-old producer hailing from Philadelphia.
The point, though, is that Marshmello could be anyone. He’s an entirely fictional creation, a...
- 2/22/2019
- by Tim Ingham
- Rollingstone.com
Colin MacCabe in a Chris Marker Cats Go Barack T-shirt Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits Of John Berger co-director Colin MacCabe and photographer Adam Bartos will be joined by Ben Lerner and Experimenter director Michael Almereyda for an In Chris Marker's Studio panel discussion following the screenings of Marker's Cat Listening To Music (Chat Écoutant La Musique), Ouvroir, Second Life featuring Guillaume-en-Égypte and excerpts from Agnès Varda's Agnès De Ci De Là Varda at Metrograph in New York.
Michael Almereyda's Escapes subject Hampton Fancher at BAMcinemaFest Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Almereyda's two latest films, Marjorie Prime (starring Lois Smith, Jon Hamm, Geena Davis, Tim Robbins) and his Hampton Fancher documentary Escapes will be released this summer in the Us.
Marker's Sans Soleil, Tokyo Days and his Le Joli Mai with Pierre Lhomme will be shown as part of the series celebrating another cat man.
The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits Of John Berger co-director Colin MacCabe and photographer Adam Bartos will be joined by Ben Lerner and Experimenter director Michael Almereyda for an In Chris Marker's Studio panel discussion following the screenings of Marker's Cat Listening To Music (Chat Écoutant La Musique), Ouvroir, Second Life featuring Guillaume-en-Égypte and excerpts from Agnès Varda's Agnès De Ci De Là Varda at Metrograph in New York.
Michael Almereyda's Escapes subject Hampton Fancher at BAMcinemaFest Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Almereyda's two latest films, Marjorie Prime (starring Lois Smith, Jon Hamm, Geena Davis, Tim Robbins) and his Hampton Fancher documentary Escapes will be released this summer in the Us.
Marker's Sans Soleil, Tokyo Days and his Le Joli Mai with Pierre Lhomme will be shown as part of the series celebrating another cat man.
- 7/3/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Short of the DayHow far would you go to play this game?
Ar, or augmented reality, is the next big thing. As opposed to Vr, virtual reality, which completely conjures environments, Ar enhances your environment, adding elements instead of fabricating the entire conceit. Think Pokemon Go. What’s just percolating to the surface now will be everywhere in five years’ time, bringing with it new ways of interacting with technology and each other through technology, not all of which are going to be good. After all, if social media has demonstrated anything about society, it’s that we’re all just as comfortable interacting by a degree removed than we are in person, perhaps even more comfortable. Extrapolating off this, we’ve made “games” like The Sims, or Second Life, or No Man’s Sky that create entire universes into which people can disappear for extended periods of time.
The next logical leap from this, at...
Ar, or augmented reality, is the next big thing. As opposed to Vr, virtual reality, which completely conjures environments, Ar enhances your environment, adding elements instead of fabricating the entire conceit. Think Pokemon Go. What’s just percolating to the surface now will be everywhere in five years’ time, bringing with it new ways of interacting with technology and each other through technology, not all of which are going to be good. After all, if social media has demonstrated anything about society, it’s that we’re all just as comfortable interacting by a degree removed than we are in person, perhaps even more comfortable. Extrapolating off this, we’ve made “games” like The Sims, or Second Life, or No Man’s Sky that create entire universes into which people can disappear for extended periods of time.
The next logical leap from this, at...
- 3/25/2017
- by H. Perry Horton
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Rob Leane Nov 3, 2016
Charlie Brooker’s latest creepy predictions are coming true even faster than the previous Black Mirror ideas. Major spoilers...
This article contains spoilers for Black Mirror series 3.
See related Class: trailer for episode 4 Class episode 3 review: Nightvisiting Class episodes 1 & 2 review: For Tonight We May Die & The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo Doctor Who Christmas special: Moffat and Capaldi discuss superhero episode
In the gap between Black Mirror’s haunting Christmas episode White Christmas, and its first Americanised season on Netflix, I began to notice a lot of news articles pointing out the similarities between real life and the unsettling predictions that Charlie Brooker based his first seven anthology episodes around. Not least a certain situation involving a pig and a Prime Minister.
Eagle-eyed Den Of Geek readers may remember that I wrote an article about that. It was a lot of fun, in a terrified-for-the-future-of-mankind sort of way.
Charlie Brooker’s latest creepy predictions are coming true even faster than the previous Black Mirror ideas. Major spoilers...
This article contains spoilers for Black Mirror series 3.
See related Class: trailer for episode 4 Class episode 3 review: Nightvisiting Class episodes 1 & 2 review: For Tonight We May Die & The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo Doctor Who Christmas special: Moffat and Capaldi discuss superhero episode
In the gap between Black Mirror’s haunting Christmas episode White Christmas, and its first Americanised season on Netflix, I began to notice a lot of news articles pointing out the similarities between real life and the unsettling predictions that Charlie Brooker based his first seven anthology episodes around. Not least a certain situation involving a pig and a Prime Minister.
Eagle-eyed Den Of Geek readers may remember that I wrote an article about that. It was a lot of fun, in a terrified-for-the-future-of-mankind sort of way.
- 11/3/2016
- Den of Geek
There’s never been a better time to be a fan of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. For those who have never had the chance to give it a spin, the Game of the Year edition is set to launch tomorrow, which includes both the Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions, along with all of the game’s free pieces of downloadable content.
These expansions are some of the best we’ve played in recent memory, but The Witcher 3 itself was one of the best game’s of last year. You can check out our original review, in which I gave the game 5 stars out of 5, which we only hand out to a handful of games each year.
If you’re still playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, or are planning to jump into it soon, you’ll be glad to know that developer CD Projekt Red has...
These expansions are some of the best we’ve played in recent memory, but The Witcher 3 itself was one of the best game’s of last year. You can check out our original review, in which I gave the game 5 stars out of 5, which we only hand out to a handful of games each year.
If you’re still playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, or are planning to jump into it soon, you’ll be glad to know that developer CD Projekt Red has...
- 8/29/2016
- by Shaan Joshi
- We Got This Covered
14 TV Shows That Got a Second Life on Another Network Some television shows aren’t meant to last — but others are given a second chance. Here are 14 television shows that were given a new lease on life on another network. “Nashville” (2012-16 on ABC; 2016- on Cmt) Despite receiving critical acclaim and maintaining a devoted fanbase, “Nashville” was canceled in May by ABC. Fortunately, Cmt rescued the series in time, renewing “Nashville” for a fifth season. “Supergirl” (2015-16 on CBS; 2016- on the CW) The DC Comics-based action/comedy was already in trouble of being canceled due to low ratings during its first season.
- 6/14/2016
- by Sam Rosenberg
- The Wrap
Gabriel Mascaro. Photo by Beto Figueiroa.Similarly to the “slow cinema” fad of international art-house cinema, the docufiction format and variations of the fiction and documentary marriage seem to be in high demand by festival programmers, judging by last year´s Locarno and this year´s Rotterdam programs. The plethora of films at the intersection of both realms, resulting in a blending of cinematic strategies, styles and codes of both formats, span a wide spectrum of options from audience-pleasers like Kaweh Modiri´s Bodkin Ras to avangardishly-tuned Pietro Marcello´s Lost and Beautiful. Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro also fits the label, currently dominating the festival circuit with award-reaping Neon Bull, which sees its release in the Us cinemas on April 8, followed by a retrospective devoted to the director at New York's Film Society of Lincoln Center. Mascaro was born in north-eastern region of Brazil in Recife, the capital and the...
- 4/7/2016
- by Martin Kudlac
- MUBI
America’s Next Top Model, which was a longtime staple on The CW, will be resurrected on VH1. Tyra Banks, however, will not be returning as the host. America’s Next Top Model Returning VH1 and Banks, America’s Next Top Model series creator and executive producer, confirmed the show’s reboot Tuesday, reported The Hollywood Reporter. Banks also revealed […]
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- 2/24/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Tribeca Film Festival heads announced on Wednesday a new programme for the event’s 2016 edition set to run from April 13-24.
Tribeca Talks: Storytellers will present in-depth conversations with leading creators at the Tribeca Festival Hub and other venues.
Tina Fey and Tom Hanks are among the first of the featured actors, artists, musicians, and writers to be announced.
The festival will return to Spring Studios, which will serve as the festival’s creative centre, and the schedule of events will include Imagination Day on April 19 powered by the Hatchery.
The summit of creative thinkers will feature Richard Branson (pictured), inventor and technology developer Regina Dugan of Google Atap, Second Life and High Fidelity founder Philip Rosedale, Vr directors Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël of Felix & Paul Studios and Strivr founder and CEO Derek Belch.
The hub’s programming for the 15th festival will encompass the world festival premiere of Invasion!, the first Vr...
Tribeca Talks: Storytellers will present in-depth conversations with leading creators at the Tribeca Festival Hub and other venues.
Tina Fey and Tom Hanks are among the first of the featured actors, artists, musicians, and writers to be announced.
The festival will return to Spring Studios, which will serve as the festival’s creative centre, and the schedule of events will include Imagination Day on April 19 powered by the Hatchery.
The summit of creative thinkers will feature Richard Branson (pictured), inventor and technology developer Regina Dugan of Google Atap, Second Life and High Fidelity founder Philip Rosedale, Vr directors Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël of Felix & Paul Studios and Strivr founder and CEO Derek Belch.
The hub’s programming for the 15th festival will encompass the world festival premiere of Invasion!, the first Vr...
- 12/16/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Universal Pictures
The time has finally come – we are officially living in the future (so long as you set your calendar by excellent 80s movies, and why wouldn’t you?)
Back To The Future Part II made some pretty bold claims as to what the world would look like on the 21st October, 2015. This is usually the kiss of death that will open anyone up to be mercilessly mocked when the real future finally rolls around and it looks nothing like the predictions.
So how does the classic sequel measure up? Actually, not all that badly.
Hopefully we dress a little better than was predicted and we were mercifully spared the 18 Jaws sequels (although even Jaws 2 was a bridge too far to be honest), but now that the day has finally arrived, let’s take a look at how our 2015 compares to the late-80s version of events?
8. Hoverboards...
The time has finally come – we are officially living in the future (so long as you set your calendar by excellent 80s movies, and why wouldn’t you?)
Back To The Future Part II made some pretty bold claims as to what the world would look like on the 21st October, 2015. This is usually the kiss of death that will open anyone up to be mercilessly mocked when the real future finally rolls around and it looks nothing like the predictions.
So how does the classic sequel measure up? Actually, not all that badly.
Hopefully we dress a little better than was predicted and we were mercifully spared the 18 Jaws sequels (although even Jaws 2 was a bridge too far to be honest), but now that the day has finally arrived, let’s take a look at how our 2015 compares to the late-80s version of events?
8. Hoverboards...
- 10/20/2015
- by Stevie Shephard
- Obsessed with Film
Reviews Interviews Analysis Acquisitions IFC Films Acquires Wim Wenders' 3D Drama 'Every Thing Will Be Fine' Clips/Trailers/Posters Watch: Eddie Redmayne Becomes 'The Danish Girl' in First Trailer for Awards Contender Watch: Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore Face Life-Shattering News in Heartfelt 'Miss You Already' Trailer Watch: The Consequences of Drone Warfare are Deadly in Exclusive 'Full Contact' Trailer Exclusive 'Neon Bull' Poster Gives Tiff and Venice an Exotic Splash of Color Watch: Sex, Drugs and Nicholas Hoult Go Bonkers in Nsfw 'Kill Your Friends' Trailer Watch: Ridley Scott and Matt Damon Blast Off in Rock 'n' Roll 'The Martian' Trailer Watch: A Mother Must Survive a Harrowing Israeli Prison in Exclusive '3,000 Nights' Trailer Watch: Politics, Identity and Family Converge for a Second Life in Exclusive 'P.S. Jerusalem' Tiff Trailer Watch: War Lord Idris Elba Reigns Over Harrowing 'Beasts of No Nation'...
- 9/8/2015
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Live By Night
Chris Messina ("Argo") is in negotiations to play Dion Bartolo in the Ben Affleck-directed adaptation of Dennis Lehane's Prohibition-era crime drama novel "Live By Night".
The story follows the black-sheep son of a police captain who gets involved in escalating levels of organized crime during the Prohibition. [Source: Deadline]
Sana
"The Age of Adaline" screenwriter J. Mills Goodloe has sold the original action-thriller pitch "Sana" to Studio Canal. The story follows a Germany-based Air Force major who who flies Predator drones over Yemen.
He discovers his entire squadron has been poisoned by a jihadist infiltrator. Given only days to live, he travels to the Arabian Peninsula to hunt down the men responsible. [Source: THR]
Untitled Horror Project
Red Granite Pictures ("The Wolf of Wall Street") are developing an untitled psychological horror film based on an idea from co-topper Joey McFarland. Riza Aziz and McFarland are producers while Seth W. Owen will pen the script.
Chris Messina ("Argo") is in negotiations to play Dion Bartolo in the Ben Affleck-directed adaptation of Dennis Lehane's Prohibition-era crime drama novel "Live By Night".
The story follows the black-sheep son of a police captain who gets involved in escalating levels of organized crime during the Prohibition. [Source: Deadline]
Sana
"The Age of Adaline" screenwriter J. Mills Goodloe has sold the original action-thriller pitch "Sana" to Studio Canal. The story follows a Germany-based Air Force major who who flies Predator drones over Yemen.
He discovers his entire squadron has been poisoned by a jihadist infiltrator. Given only days to live, he travels to the Arabian Peninsula to hunt down the men responsible. [Source: THR]
Untitled Horror Project
Red Granite Pictures ("The Wolf of Wall Street") are developing an untitled psychological horror film based on an idea from co-topper Joey McFarland. Riza Aziz and McFarland are producers while Seth W. Owen will pen the script.
- 8/28/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Lionsgate has preemptively acquired The Second Life Of Nick Mason, a potential franchise based on the first in a series of books by Steve Hamilton. This comes on the heels of a new four-book deal Hamilton signed with Putnam, ending his 17-year relationship with St. Martin’s Press. Putnam will publish the novel next May. Hamilton is the two-time Edgar-winning author of The Lock Artist and the Alex McKnight series that spans 10 books. Nina Jacobson, who produced T…...
- 8/27/2015
- Deadline
Ready Player One: Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One has now been dated for release on December 15, 2017. As we reported when Spielberg signed on to the project, it will follow his period thriller Bridge of Spies, due out in October, and next year's family-friendly The Bfg. Based on a novel by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One is about "a billionaire game designer who dies and leaves his fortune to the first person who can solve all his clues and find the Easter egg hidden inside his insanely popular Second Life-type virtual reality game." [The Hollywood Reporter] Tower of Terror: Disney wants to transform another of their theme park rides into a big-screen attraction. The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror ride has been frightening guests since 1994 (see...
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- 8/7/2015
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
Fox has canceled the beloved The Mindy Project after three seasons in which the show gained a devoted following but failed to rise in the ratings. The Mindy Project Canceled Throughout its three-season run, The Mindy Project managed to get a cult following that made it relevant on social media and in pop culture. Furthermore, […]
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- 5/7/2015
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Reese Witherspoon is going virtual, but it.s not what you think. The Oscar winner.s production company is developing a new cyber thriller called Second Life. According to Variety, Pacific Standard.which is the production company co-owned by Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea.is reportedly developing a film adaptation of the S.J. Watson novel Second Life. This will be the fourth film project released from three-year-old production house. No word yet on who will star in the cyber thriller, or when production is expected to begin. Based on Watson's novel of the same name, Second Life centers on a woman who creates an online persona in an effort to learn more about her sister.s violent death. Unfortunately, she begins to get caught up in the web of lies that she creates. This movie will mark yet another film project from Pacific Standard featuring a female protagonist, a ...
- 5/6/2015
- cinemablend.com
Sony
It’s time to observe a moment’s silence; PlayStation Home is nearing the end because, from tonight, the social gaming platform will be shut down for good.
Home launched to users on December 11, 2008 amidst a lot of industry fanfare and hype. It was championed by Phil Harrison, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, who painted an image of a slick, virtual 3D world where gamers could meet and talk in cyberspace, away from the competitive environment of online multiplayer.
It combined elements of the Sims and Second Life with popular RPGs, giving users a “home space” to customise and furnish with objects earned through playing mini-games. But interest in Home quickly started to wane as Sony struggled to capitalise on its full potential. More often than not, it was used by game studios to advertise their latest offering.
Sony
There were some positives to come out...
It’s time to observe a moment’s silence; PlayStation Home is nearing the end because, from tonight, the social gaming platform will be shut down for good.
Home launched to users on December 11, 2008 amidst a lot of industry fanfare and hype. It was championed by Phil Harrison, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, who painted an image of a slick, virtual 3D world where gamers could meet and talk in cyberspace, away from the competitive environment of online multiplayer.
It combined elements of the Sims and Second Life with popular RPGs, giving users a “home space” to customise and furnish with objects earned through playing mini-games. But interest in Home quickly started to wane as Sony struggled to capitalise on its full potential. More often than not, it was used by game studios to advertise their latest offering.
Sony
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- 3/31/2015
- by Matt Charles
- Obsessed with Film
Steven Spielberg has been tapped by Warner Bros. to direct the long-gestating adaptation of the nostalgia-heavy Ready Player One. It's currently scheduled to be his next movie after The Bfg, which will be arriving in 2016 so don't expect this until 2017 at the earliest. Before all that, though, Spielberg has Bridge of Spies set to hit theaters on October 16, 2015. If you were born in the '70s or early '80s and consider yourself a film geek, you may want to pick up a copy of Ernie Cline's highly entertaining Ready Player One. It's about a billionaire game designer who dies and leaves his fortune to the first person who can solve all his clues and find the easter egg hidden inside his insanely popular Second Life-type virtual reality game. The game...
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- 3/26/2015
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
"I'm going to fight my way out of this world!" There seems to be an oncoming trend with sci-fi involving virtual worlds, e.g. Second Life, most likely thanks to growing interest in virtual reality via Oculus Rift. A new short film called Immersion, written & directed by Raphael Rogers, has debuted online and it's a techno-thriller (though I probably shouldn't call it that) kind of inspired by The Matrix and Tron, about a virtual gaming platform called "Immersion". This 7 minute sci-fi short starts out pretty good, then gets a little choppy in the second half, almost as if he's trying to give us hints at a bigger story in the full-length feature. Which may be what's really going on anyway, another unique short hinting at the potential of more. It looks pretty cool and I'm intrigued by the premise, though I wish the story in the short was a bit clearer.
- 3/10/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“There are a lot of things I like about your project, but the effects on the videos are not one of them.” “How is this different from Second Life?” “Your video — it’s kind of boring.” Participating in a hackathon, like Pov’s which wrapped Sunday, Nov. 9, means opening yourself up to blunt feedback. Forty-eight hours of project development and rapid prototyping, Pov’s hackathons pair documentary filmmakers with mentors and programmers and task them with extending non-fiction storytelling beyond the cinema (or television) walls. This month’s event — Pov’s seventh — concluded with the five selected teams presenting their projects […]...
- 11/18/2014
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
“There are a lot of things I like about your project, but the effects on the videos are not one of them.” “How is this different from Second Life?” “Your video — it’s kind of boring.” Participating in a hackathon, like Pov’s which wrapped Sunday, Nov. 9, means opening yourself up to blunt feedback. Forty-eight hours of project development and rapid prototyping, Pov’s hackathons pair documentary filmmakers with mentors and programmers and task them with extending non-fiction storytelling beyond the cinema (or television) walls. This month’s event — Pov’s seventh — concluded with the five selected teams presenting their projects […]...
- 11/18/2014
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Times sure have changed. “The Comeback” star Lisa Kudrow swung by “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Wednesday and explained why hit NBC sitcom “Friends” was considered “racy” when it first launched in 1994. See video: Lisa Kudrow Talks About the Unlikely Second Life of HBO's ‘The Comeback’ Back then, sleeping with somebody on the first date was still taboo. “When we were shooting the pilot, the network got really nervous that Monica,” Kudrow said. ”Because she sleeps in the first episode with a guy… they were really nervous that, ‘The audience won't like her because she's sleeping with him on the first date.
- 10/30/2014
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Fullscreen head of talent Larry Shapiro is headed to Big Frame, the boutique talent management company that DreamWorks Animation's AwesomenessTV acquired last spring, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Shapiro, a former agent at Creative Artists Agency, is bringing Fullscreen managers Andrew Graham and Rana Zand with him, effective immediately. Shapiro was hired by Fullscreen in April 2013 to lead the signing and management of rising online stars. During his tenure, Fullscreen signed management deals with several top content creators, including vlogger JennXPenn (who is a member of the Awesomeness network). Graham managed YouTube super group Our Second Life and helped one member, Connor
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- 10/4/2014
- by Natalie Jarvey
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It seems PlayStation Home will not exist at all next March. Two of the last remaining regions are confirmed to be shut down, and the last region will follow suit.
Sony is a big company so they make big decisions. Such as creating a somewhat Second Life style social platform that never really took off, and then shutting it down. When PlayStation Home wasn't branched over to the PS4 we all knew it would happen. PlayStation Home will cease to exist starting March 2015.
We previously reported that the Asia regions of PlayStation Home were shutting down in March, but Na (North America) was safe from it for the time being. Today Sony confirmed that Na is indeed included. Both Us and Canada servers will be shut down, and we expect to hear EU regions shutting down soon too.
November 12th will be the last content update and users can keep...
Sony is a big company so they make big decisions. Such as creating a somewhat Second Life style social platform that never really took off, and then shutting it down. When PlayStation Home wasn't branched over to the PS4 we all knew it would happen. PlayStation Home will cease to exist starting March 2015.
We previously reported that the Asia regions of PlayStation Home were shutting down in March, but Na (North America) was safe from it for the time being. Today Sony confirmed that Na is indeed included. Both Us and Canada servers will be shut down, and we expect to hear EU regions shutting down soon too.
November 12th will be the last content update and users can keep...
- 9/26/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Dustin Spino)
- Cinelinx
More and more popular books are getting the big-screen treatment, and the latest to have its name up in lights is Sj Watson’s bestseller Before I Go To Sleep. With an A-list class that includes Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, and Mark Strong, it’s an engaging thriller that works hard to keep its audience guessing.
When we caught up with the author earlier this week, we quizzed him on what passage from the novel he was most looking forward to seeing on screen, what lessons he’s learned about his writing process, and plenty more.
How much did you know about amnesia and how much research did you do when you started writing the book?
I used to work at a place called the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery which is a hospital for people specifically suffering from a disease of the nervous system and the brain. I...
When we caught up with the author earlier this week, we quizzed him on what passage from the novel he was most looking forward to seeing on screen, what lessons he’s learned about his writing process, and plenty more.
How much did you know about amnesia and how much research did you do when you started writing the book?
I used to work at a place called the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery which is a hospital for people specifically suffering from a disease of the nervous system and the brain. I...
- 9/5/2014
- by Amon Warmann
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chen-Zer Doze Niu’s Paradise In Service and Lee Bo-Cheung’s Gangster Pay Day to bookend 19th edition.
The 19th Busan International Film Festival (Biff) (Oct 2-11) today announced its line-up with the international premiere of Chen-Zer Doze Niu’s Taiwanese film Paradise In Service as the opening film.
Niu and cast members will be on hand at the opening ceremony on Oct 2, to be emceed by Moon So-ri and Ken Watanabe.
Lee Bo-Cheung’s Hong Kong-China film Gangster Pay Day will receive its world premiere as the closing film on Oct 11. The director as well as stars Anthony Wong and Charlene Choi will be on hand to present the film.
Biff will screen 314 films from 79 countries with 98 world premieres and 36 international premieres.
All the 12 New Currents competition films are world or international premieres, including Amin Dora’s Ghadi, the first Lebanese film to screen in this section, and Jalal’s Story, directed by Abu...
The 19th Busan International Film Festival (Biff) (Oct 2-11) today announced its line-up with the international premiere of Chen-Zer Doze Niu’s Taiwanese film Paradise In Service as the opening film.
Niu and cast members will be on hand at the opening ceremony on Oct 2, to be emceed by Moon So-ri and Ken Watanabe.
Lee Bo-Cheung’s Hong Kong-China film Gangster Pay Day will receive its world premiere as the closing film on Oct 11. The director as well as stars Anthony Wong and Charlene Choi will be on hand to present the film.
Biff will screen 314 films from 79 countries with 98 world premieres and 36 international premieres.
All the 12 New Currents competition films are world or international premieres, including Amin Dora’s Ghadi, the first Lebanese film to screen in this section, and Jalal’s Story, directed by Abu...
- 9/2/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
PlayStation Home may be nearing it's last days as two big regions will be closed next year.
Sony will be shutting down the Japan and Asia regions of Ps Home will be no more starting March 2015. They will be closing down the service for both regions, while Na and EU regions seem to be unaffected at least for the time being.
Due to the closure all Ps Home related sales will stop in those regions starting September 24th. The service will still be around until the closure date, but nothing can be purchased. Sony did state that the service will go out with a bang, but details are so far not announced.
The service never really seemed to expand on what its overall intentions were. The idea was somewhat a Second Life answer by Sony, while also utilizing social features of the PS3. There were a few hopes that the...
Sony will be shutting down the Japan and Asia regions of Ps Home will be no more starting March 2015. They will be closing down the service for both regions, while Na and EU regions seem to be unaffected at least for the time being.
Due to the closure all Ps Home related sales will stop in those regions starting September 24th. The service will still be around until the closure date, but nothing can be purchased. Sony did state that the service will go out with a bang, but details are so far not announced.
The service never really seemed to expand on what its overall intentions were. The idea was somewhat a Second Life answer by Sony, while also utilizing social features of the PS3. There were a few hopes that the...
- 8/22/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Dustin Spino)
- Cinelinx
Geek news from Hollywood to keep us in anticipation. One of my favorite novels published in the last few years is Ready Player One, written by Ernie Cline, a fantastic adventure about a kid from 80s living in a dystopian digital future where everyone is playing a global Second Life-like game to win the game creator's vast wealth. It's filled with so many geeky references galore, but it's an awesome book, and it will make for a great movie, if they do it right (more on that later). While we've known for a while now that Warner Bros is planning to adapt the book into a movie, The Wrap is now reporting that they're pushing forward by hiring a prominent geek screenwriter, Zak Penn, to rewrite the first draft co-written by the author and Eric Eason. Here's another synopsis for Ernie Cline's Ready Player One, first published in 2011. Get your own copy.
- 6/24/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
New Line Cinema
This year marks the 15th anniversary of one of the most important years in film. The year 1999 truly changed how movies are made and perceived. Twist endings, low-budget pseudo documentaries, classic book adaptations, darker-than-dark comedies, and that loathsome Jar Jar Binks character: 1999 had it all. Not since the summer of 1989 (Batman, Lethal Weapon 2, Ghostbusters 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) has a year been more fruitful and transformative at the box office.
Why, exactly, there was suddenly a surge in creativity in Tinseltown during this particular year remains a mystery. Maybe the hysteria of the coming Y2K “apocalypse,” which, as we now know, never materialised, panicked Hollywood executives, and they took risks green-lighting more daring and out-there scripts (just think of Being John Malkovich). Whatever the reason, their anxieties were the movie-loving world’s gain. It’s hard to believe, but all of these...
This year marks the 15th anniversary of one of the most important years in film. The year 1999 truly changed how movies are made and perceived. Twist endings, low-budget pseudo documentaries, classic book adaptations, darker-than-dark comedies, and that loathsome Jar Jar Binks character: 1999 had it all. Not since the summer of 1989 (Batman, Lethal Weapon 2, Ghostbusters 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) has a year been more fruitful and transformative at the box office.
Why, exactly, there was suddenly a surge in creativity in Tinseltown during this particular year remains a mystery. Maybe the hysteria of the coming Y2K “apocalypse,” which, as we now know, never materialised, panicked Hollywood executives, and they took risks green-lighting more daring and out-there scripts (just think of Being John Malkovich). Whatever the reason, their anxieties were the movie-loving world’s gain. It’s hard to believe, but all of these...
- 3/12/2014
- by Michael Perone
- Obsessed with Film
Maylasia's James Lee doesn't appear to know how to take a break. Hugely prolific, with his work crossing multiple genre boundaries with his career bouncing back and forth between indie and studio work, Lee has taken a step back from features of late but that doesn't mean he's not still working at his customary pace. Nope, it's just that now he's focusing on a series of ultra low budget shorts films that he's releasing for free on his YouTube channel as a sort of exercise to prove to the local industry that there's more than one way to do things. And the results have been interesting.Take, for example, his latest offering, the trailer for an action short film titled Second Life. Yes, the budget limits...
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- 2/25/2014
- Screen Anarchy
She’s made many wise choices along her road to success, but Lily Allen really wishes she could have a mulligan for a bad call she made in 2009.
The “Smile” songstress tweeted about a time she was offered payment in Bitcoins to perform on the Second Life website, and she ended up turning it down.
Lily wrote, “About 5 years ago someone asked me to stream a gig live on second life for hundreds of thousNds of bitcoins, ‘as if’ I said. #idiot #idiot.”
According to current exchange rates, Allen’s take would have exceeded $100 million, given that Bitcoin has skyrocketed in value.
In career news, Lily has accepted a gig at Glastonbury in 2014- she gushed, “It got confirmed yesterday. That’s the first big thing I’m going to be doing. I’ll be doing 16 weeks of festivals over the summer and then tour.”...
The “Smile” songstress tweeted about a time she was offered payment in Bitcoins to perform on the Second Life website, and she ended up turning it down.
Lily wrote, “About 5 years ago someone asked me to stream a gig live on second life for hundreds of thousNds of bitcoins, ‘as if’ I said. #idiot #idiot.”
According to current exchange rates, Allen’s take would have exceeded $100 million, given that Bitcoin has skyrocketed in value.
In career news, Lily has accepted a gig at Glastonbury in 2014- she gushed, “It got confirmed yesterday. That’s the first big thing I’m going to be doing. I’ll be doing 16 weeks of festivals over the summer and then tour.”...
- 1/7/2014
- GossipCenter
The National Security Agency is taking its snooping virtual by infiltrating online games such as “World of Warcraft,” according to new documents leaked by the Military Industrial Complex’s favorite thorn in the side, Edward Snowden. Some may see the agency’s moves as a disturbing violation of privacy, but Stephen Colbert hailed the spying group’s actions as an exciting breakthrough for espionage on Monday’s edition of “The Colbert Report.” “Folks, the Nsa is just doing their job, and they’re just doing it in more places than you ever imagined,” Colbert said. ”That’s right — the Nsa is spying on ‘Second Life,...
- 12/17/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Andrew Reynolds is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Second Life, the online virtual world where the pixelated residence can mould, shape and indeed, inhabit a universe of their own design, has yet to toss its virtual hand into the 50th Anniversary year celebrations. Well, consider that virtual void filled by this, a truly outstanding tribute to all things Doctor Who by Kat Kassner,
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Second Life, the online virtual world where the pixelated residence can mould, shape and indeed, inhabit a universe of their own design, has yet to toss its virtual hand into the 50th Anniversary year celebrations. Well, consider that virtual void filled by this, a truly outstanding tribute to all things Doctor Who by Kat Kassner,
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- 12/12/2013
- by Andrew Reynolds
- Kasterborous.com
GTA V is probably going to come out on top at the end of this year as 2013′s greatest game. In many (if not most) ways it is well deserved. Considering that there is a new generation around the corner, GTA V has serves as a welcome swan song for this generation of consoles, much like San Andreas did 9 years ago for its generation.
With each passing addition of GTA, the world has yearned for a multiplayer experience that works in harmony with the single player – One that stands up to its stellar solo campaign. With GTA Online, we are almost there…But not quite.
Feel free to disagree, but after just looking on a few forums it becomes quite apparent that most of the following points are issues everybody seems to have with GTA Online. All of these could be rectified with a patch and/or very little work.
With each passing addition of GTA, the world has yearned for a multiplayer experience that works in harmony with the single player – One that stands up to its stellar solo campaign. With GTA Online, we are almost there…But not quite.
Feel free to disagree, but after just looking on a few forums it becomes quite apparent that most of the following points are issues everybody seems to have with GTA Online. All of these could be rectified with a patch and/or very little work.
- 11/15/2013
- by Shaun Lappin
- Obsessed with Film
In this weekly series, EW — and readers — weigh in on ways to rehab much-maligned characters on some of our favorite shows.
Clearly, Ike Barinholtz is a funny guy. He’s an alumnus of Chicago’s famed improv comedy scene; he’s had successful stints on MADtv and Eastbound & Down; he’s a writer as well as a performer, making him extra sensitive to what makes a good punchline. Last year, his talent even earned special notice from his boss: Mindy Kaling created nutty ex-con nurse Morgan Tookers especially for Barinholtz.
But who is Morgan, exactly? Well… he’s a nurse.
Clearly, Ike Barinholtz is a funny guy. He’s an alumnus of Chicago’s famed improv comedy scene; he’s had successful stints on MADtv and Eastbound & Down; he’s a writer as well as a performer, making him extra sensitive to what makes a good punchline. Last year, his talent even earned special notice from his boss: Mindy Kaling created nutty ex-con nurse Morgan Tookers especially for Barinholtz.
But who is Morgan, exactly? Well… he’s a nurse.
- 9/25/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
An eleven year old Afghan girl who lost her left eye in a terrible Taliban bombing is getting the medical attention she needs in America, and her father back home is working hard — and even defying the Taliban — to make sure she is safe and gets a solid education.
Farida, 11, lost her eye to a Taliban bombing in Afghanistan four years ago. This horrific Taliban attack killed three of her siblings and caused her to lose her left eye. Fortunately, Farida was able to receive care for her eye in the United States — and found a loving host family to help with her recovery!
Farida Update: Afghan Girl Loses Eye In Taliban Attack
After Farida lost her eye in a terrible bombing that changed her family’s life forever, she was flown to North Carolina in order to receive the urgent medical attention required. Her father, farmer Abdul Rauf, defied...
Farida, 11, lost her eye to a Taliban bombing in Afghanistan four years ago. This horrific Taliban attack killed three of her siblings and caused her to lose her left eye. Fortunately, Farida was able to receive care for her eye in the United States — and found a loving host family to help with her recovery!
Farida Update: Afghan Girl Loses Eye In Taliban Attack
After Farida lost her eye in a terrible bombing that changed her family’s life forever, she was flown to North Carolina in order to receive the urgent medical attention required. Her father, farmer Abdul Rauf, defied...
- 8/5/2013
- by Kristine Hope Kowalski
- HollywoodLife
Queen Bey was the one to bow down on July 12, posting an endearing message praising Malala and wishing her a happy birthday.
Malala Yousafzai had a pretty remarkable 16th birthday on July 12. Not only did she deliver an inspiring speech to the United Nations campaigning for global education, Beyonce wished her a happy birthday too!
Beyonce Wishes Malala Yousafzai Happy Birthday
Queen Bey took to Instagram to celebrate the inspiring Pakistani teen’s birthday, and her message went way further than a simply salutation.
The 31-year-old singer held up a sign with the message:
Your bravery and perseverance has touched the world. You are the true definition of a survivor. All my love and respect, Beyonce. Happy Birthday Malala!
What an amazing gesture. Beyonce can be such a commanding presence, it’s amazing to see her so humbly giving praise to someone.
Malala Yousafzai Stands Up For Equality To The...
Malala Yousafzai had a pretty remarkable 16th birthday on July 12. Not only did she deliver an inspiring speech to the United Nations campaigning for global education, Beyonce wished her a happy birthday too!
Beyonce Wishes Malala Yousafzai Happy Birthday
Queen Bey took to Instagram to celebrate the inspiring Pakistani teen’s birthday, and her message went way further than a simply salutation.
The 31-year-old singer held up a sign with the message:
Your bravery and perseverance has touched the world. You are the true definition of a survivor. All my love and respect, Beyonce. Happy Birthday Malala!
What an amazing gesture. Beyonce can be such a commanding presence, it’s amazing to see her so humbly giving praise to someone.
Malala Yousafzai Stands Up For Equality To The...
- 7/13/2013
- by Andrew Gruttadaro
- HollywoodLife
Malala visited the Un on July 12 to deliver an powerful speech where she fought for ‘the right to education of every child.’ Were you inspired by her speech?
On what the Un has dubbed “Malala Day,” Malala Yousafzai visited the United Nations on her 16th birthday to speak about education, women’s rights and equality of opportunity. In her inspiring speech, she said “I am the same Malala,” showing that her the terrifying attack from the Taliban has not stopped her from fighting for what she believes in.
Malala Yousafzai’s Full Speech At The Un
Malala spoke at the dais where U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, also spoke. Her address to the United Nations Youth Assembly was her first public speech since she was shot in the head in October 2012 by Taliban gunmen in Pakistan.
Despite attempts to stop her, Malala...
On what the Un has dubbed “Malala Day,” Malala Yousafzai visited the United Nations on her 16th birthday to speak about education, women’s rights and equality of opportunity. In her inspiring speech, she said “I am the same Malala,” showing that her the terrifying attack from the Taliban has not stopped her from fighting for what she believes in.
Malala Yousafzai’s Full Speech At The Un
Malala spoke at the dais where U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, also spoke. Her address to the United Nations Youth Assembly was her first public speech since she was shot in the head in October 2012 by Taliban gunmen in Pakistan.
Despite attempts to stop her, Malala...
- 7/12/2013
- by Eleanore Hutch
- HollywoodLife
It’s Malala Day! The Pakistani teen who was violently shot by the Taliban continues to be an inspiration to all — on July 12 she visited the Un to deliver a heart-wrenching speech promoting education for young women. Watch it live below!
Most girls celebrate their 16th birthdays with big parties or maybe even new cars, but Malala Yousafzai isn’t most girls. On July 12, Malala’s 16th birthday, the Pakistani teen traveled to the United Nations to deliver an address as part of her new role as a global campaigner for education.
Malala Yousafzai Delivers Speech To The United Nations
Malala’s speech will be the first time she has spoken in public since the Taliban violently targeted her for promoting female education in Pakistan, shooting her in the head in October 2012 as she traveled home from school.
But the Taliban’s horrific and terrifying actions have not deterred Malala.
Most girls celebrate their 16th birthdays with big parties or maybe even new cars, but Malala Yousafzai isn’t most girls. On July 12, Malala’s 16th birthday, the Pakistani teen traveled to the United Nations to deliver an address as part of her new role as a global campaigner for education.
Malala Yousafzai Delivers Speech To The United Nations
Malala’s speech will be the first time she has spoken in public since the Taliban violently targeted her for promoting female education in Pakistan, shooting her in the head in October 2012 as she traveled home from school.
But the Taliban’s horrific and terrifying actions have not deterred Malala.
- 7/12/2013
- by Andrew Gruttadaro
- HollywoodLife
A tragic lawn mower accident left half of little Ireland Nugent’s legs severed. But she proved on June 17, that there is hope again as she took her first steps with her new prosthetic legs.
Ireland Nugent, 2, suffered the loss of her legs below her knees after her dad accidentally backed over her with his lawn mower on April 11, and has undergone seven surgeries as a result. But June 17 brought a new hope to Ireland and her family as she was fitted for a pair of prosthetic legs at Prosthetic and Orthotic Associates in Orlando, walking for the first time since the accident.
Ireland Nugent Walks Again
It took five hours for Ireland’s prosthetic legs to be fitted just right, but almost immediately after the final adjustment in the fitting process on June 17, Ireland walked again for the first time in more than two months.
The Tampa Bay Times...
Ireland Nugent, 2, suffered the loss of her legs below her knees after her dad accidentally backed over her with his lawn mower on April 11, and has undergone seven surgeries as a result. But June 17 brought a new hope to Ireland and her family as she was fitted for a pair of prosthetic legs at Prosthetic and Orthotic Associates in Orlando, walking for the first time since the accident.
Ireland Nugent Walks Again
It took five hours for Ireland’s prosthetic legs to be fitted just right, but almost immediately after the final adjustment in the fitting process on June 17, Ireland walked again for the first time in more than two months.
The Tampa Bay Times...
- 6/18/2013
- by HL Intern
- HollywoodLife
Oh my God, you guys, it’s happening. It’s actually happening. After all the thinking and sweating and cursing and crying and turning and reaching and waking and dying (Has anyone yet literally died on this show? Has anyone seen beloved Dev recently? Was Tom’s nightmarish vision of Naked Ellis actually an apparition from the spirit world, like that time I had that dream about my grandma leaning out and waving from one of the windows in the Joke Wall on Laugh-In and then when I woke up in the morning my parents called and told me she was dead?) Bombshell is finally — Finally! — opening on Broadway. Can you believe it? I almost can’t! And neither can dear friend and Second Life avatar Ivy Lynn, who is spending the final hours before she ascends into Broadway legend suffering a major crise de confidence. The curtain falls on...
- 4/21/2013
- by Rachel Shukert
- Vulture
Disneynature brings us a family-friendly version of Werner Herzog‘s harrowing Grizzly Man and we’ve got the first trailer today. It is the seventh film from the Disneynature label, following Chimpanzee, Earth, The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos, Oceans, African Cats and Pollen, and this one is lined up to make its debut on Earth Day of 2014, which is exactly Tuesday April 22nd. Meanwhile, Yahoo has the actual release date set for April 18th, 2014, which would make more sense, being a Friday and all. Co-directed by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey, the film gives us a very intimate look inside the life of...
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- 4/3/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
123D Creature, Kickstarter, One Direction Scrapbook, Sound Uncovered, Tempo Smart Calendar, DrawQuest and more
Welcome to this week's roundup of new and notable iPhone and iPad apps – those released for the first time in the last week, as opposed to updates to older apps.
As ever, the price in brackets refers to the initial download, so some apps may include in-app purchases. The 30 best Android apps roundup was posted earlier in the day. For now, read on for the latest iOS releases worth knowing about:
123D Creature (£1.49)
Even Steve Jobs would've raised a sceptical eyebrow if you'd told him a few years ago that in 2013, people would be modelling digital-clay monsters on their iPads then getting them 3D-printed out. That's exactly the idea behind Autodesk's 123D Creature app though: you sculpt and paint creatures then export them as images and 3D models, or order a 3D-printed version from within the app.
Welcome to this week's roundup of new and notable iPhone and iPad apps – those released for the first time in the last week, as opposed to updates to older apps.
As ever, the price in brackets refers to the initial download, so some apps may include in-app purchases. The 30 best Android apps roundup was posted earlier in the day. For now, read on for the latest iOS releases worth knowing about:
123D Creature (£1.49)
Even Steve Jobs would've raised a sceptical eyebrow if you'd told him a few years ago that in 2013, people would be modelling digital-clay monsters on their iPads then getting them 3D-printed out. That's exactly the idea behind Autodesk's 123D Creature app though: you sculpt and paint creatures then export them as images and 3D models, or order a 3D-printed version from within the app.
- 2/15/2013
- by Stuart Dredge
- The Guardian - Film News
Chris is currently in a shootout with police in Big Bear, California on Feb. 12 and he’s accused of killing one police officer and wounding two more. Plus, he killed the daughter of his former police union representative and her fiance. Watch the drama go down here.
Chris Dorner is in the midst of a shootout fit for a Hollywood film. The alleged murderer is on a rampage as sort of a vigilante, trying to bring to justice those he believe had to do with his firing from the police force in 2009.
Chris Is In A Shootout
Media helicopters have been asked by authorities and the Faa to pull back because they are in danger. Currently, the ex-lapd officer is barricaded in a cabin in Big Bear and he’s armed.
The search for Chris has been going on for over a week and many were worried that he would...
Chris Dorner is in the midst of a shootout fit for a Hollywood film. The alleged murderer is on a rampage as sort of a vigilante, trying to bring to justice those he believe had to do with his firing from the police force in 2009.
Chris Is In A Shootout
Media helicopters have been asked by authorities and the Faa to pull back because they are in danger. Currently, the ex-lapd officer is barricaded in a cabin in Big Bear and he’s armed.
The search for Chris has been going on for over a week and many were worried that he would...
- 2/12/2013
- by Chloe Melas
- HollywoodLife
Police are currently hunting for the suspected cop killer with a door-to-door search in Big Bear Lake, California, before he strikes again.
Christopher Dorner, the former Los Angeles police officer who is suspected of shooting three people dead, including an on-duty officer, sent Anderson Cooper a package on Feb. 1, which included a bullet-riddle coin and a plan to assassinate more police.
Christopher allegedly sent Anderson a coin, given to him by the previous Lapd police chief, who was allegedly responsible for firing him from the department in 2008, a DVD and notes, admitting his belief that he was fired by a “corrupt” police department. He also posted a 6,000 word message on Facebook, promising to seek revenge against the people he believes were responsible for removing him from the department.
“I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, so I am terminating yours,” he wrote.
“Unfortunately, I will...
Christopher Dorner, the former Los Angeles police officer who is suspected of shooting three people dead, including an on-duty officer, sent Anderson Cooper a package on Feb. 1, which included a bullet-riddle coin and a plan to assassinate more police.
Christopher allegedly sent Anderson a coin, given to him by the previous Lapd police chief, who was allegedly responsible for firing him from the department in 2008, a DVD and notes, admitting his belief that he was fired by a “corrupt” police department. He also posted a 6,000 word message on Facebook, promising to seek revenge against the people he believes were responsible for removing him from the department.
“I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, so I am terminating yours,” he wrote.
“Unfortunately, I will...
- 2/8/2013
- by Christopher Rogers
- HollywoodLife
Washington, Dec mber 27:In the virtual world of Second Life, female avatars expose substantially more skin than males, independent of their virtual body proportions, according to a new research.
The human tendency to cover up stems from climatic, environmental, physical and cultural constraints, so measuring people's propensity to reveal skin can be difficult in the real world.
To study human behavior free of at least some of these constraints, Matthieu Guitton and colleagues from Laval University, Canada analyzed how male and female avatars in the virtual, 3- dimensional world of Second Life dressed.
Second Life offers.
The human tendency to cover up stems from climatic, environmental, physical and cultural constraints, so measuring people's propensity to reveal skin can be difficult in the real world.
To study human behavior free of at least some of these constraints, Matthieu Guitton and colleagues from Laval University, Canada analyzed how male and female avatars in the virtual, 3- dimensional world of Second Life dressed.
Second Life offers.
- 12/27/2012
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
Jamie Oliver, Onavo Count, Summly, Brian Cox, Viz Profanisaurus, James Bond, The xx, William Shatner and more
It's time for our weekly roundup of the best new iPhone and iPad apps released this week on Apple's App Store, and this one's a bumper selection.
As ever, the list doesn't include games, as they get their own separate post: this week's picks included iOS titles like Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Bubble Island, Hellfire, Gizmonauts and Arc Squadron.
Android apps get their own separate post, which can be found here. Windows Phone has a monthly roundup, with the latest edition found here.
On with this week's iOS apps!
Jamie Magazine (Free)
Celebri-chef Jamie Oliver has his own magazine, and now it's available on iOS as well as in print. Individual issues are sold for £2.99 or £3.99 via in-app purchases, or you can subscribe. Expect recipes galore, with the latest issue focusing on Christmas cooking.
It's time for our weekly roundup of the best new iPhone and iPad apps released this week on Apple's App Store, and this one's a bumper selection.
As ever, the list doesn't include games, as they get their own separate post: this week's picks included iOS titles like Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Bubble Island, Hellfire, Gizmonauts and Arc Squadron.
Android apps get their own separate post, which can be found here. Windows Phone has a monthly roundup, with the latest edition found here.
On with this week's iOS apps!
Jamie Magazine (Free)
Celebri-chef Jamie Oliver has his own magazine, and now it's available on iOS as well as in print. Individual issues are sold for £2.99 or £3.99 via in-app purchases, or you can subscribe. Expect recipes galore, with the latest issue focusing on Christmas cooking.
- 11/2/2012
- by Stuart Dredge
- The Guardian - Film News
MTV has started up a battle of the Twi-stars, only here they’re pitting character against character and having you vote which one will make it on to the next round. They’re calling it “The Twi-Fight Saga – A Twilight Tournament”. Poor Kebi doesn’t stand a chance against Edward Cullen, and really it looks like anyone facing a Cullen is going down hard. Check it all out below:
NextMovie says:
Frontrunners
There’s no question that the “Twi-o” — or “Twifecta,” if you will — have a solid lead on the rest. The entire series has revolved around them, and the emotional attachment of the fan community to these three is unquestionable. Between them, Edward’s got that immortal swoon factor going for him, while Jacob’s still handily working his muscle-bound good guy routine. Bella, however, has literally transformed by “Part 2″ into this can-do vampiress who’s got some serious skills to bargain with. Not to mention, the bevy of Team Edward and Team Jacob voters may just cancel each other out a little bit.
Another major threat on the board is the fourth No. 1 seed, the ever-lovable Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene). From the very first book, her savvy for fashion, amazing attitude and über-helpful little talent stole our hearts, so she’s got a great shot at the win as well.
Finally, if the “Harry Potter” tournament’s results are any indication, book lovers sometimes fancy their villains just as much as their heroes, especially when the sinister surface is but a layer to their makeup. In the case of Aro (Michael Sheen), the films brought some real substance and enjoyability to the foe. He’s quirky but reasonable, vicious and yet somehow mannered and sympathetic. The “Saga” just wouldn’t be the same without his penchant for collecting valuable vamps and obeying the law above all, so he’s certainly a top tier consideration at the outset.
Dark Horses
Don’t count the good doctor out of making a serious splash in this competition. Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli), the handsome blonde leader of the coven, is one of the most refined and well-respected in the entire “Twilight” world, and if Facinelli brings even a fraction of his massive Twitter following into the fold, he’s quickly going to become the one to beat.
Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy), too, stands a shot at sneaking into the top spot. First of all, she’s the unlikely lovechild of one epic romance, and secondly, she’s an enigma for the ages. The world hardly knows what to make of the little girl, except nearly everyone falls in love with her at first contact. (Wouldn’t you? She’s so darn cute!) We’ll see if her mystery and the fanbase’s excitement over finally seeing her in action rings true with the vote.
And let’s not forget about little Bree Tanner (Jodelle Ferland). Sure, her movie close-ups were few and far between in just one installment (“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”) but Stephenie Meyer did devote an entire spin-off book to the girl. Through “The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella” fans got to experience an entirely different side to the story we’d already known and step into the thirsty mind of a surprisingly intriguing new vampire. And perhaps Bree’s success here would point Summit in the direction of future “Twilight” movies.
Go vote in the “Twi-Fight Saga Tournament” at MTV here and be sure to check out more on the match-ups over at NextMovie here.
Did you vote yet?...
NextMovie says:
Frontrunners
There’s no question that the “Twi-o” — or “Twifecta,” if you will — have a solid lead on the rest. The entire series has revolved around them, and the emotional attachment of the fan community to these three is unquestionable. Between them, Edward’s got that immortal swoon factor going for him, while Jacob’s still handily working his muscle-bound good guy routine. Bella, however, has literally transformed by “Part 2″ into this can-do vampiress who’s got some serious skills to bargain with. Not to mention, the bevy of Team Edward and Team Jacob voters may just cancel each other out a little bit.
Another major threat on the board is the fourth No. 1 seed, the ever-lovable Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene). From the very first book, her savvy for fashion, amazing attitude and über-helpful little talent stole our hearts, so she’s got a great shot at the win as well.
Finally, if the “Harry Potter” tournament’s results are any indication, book lovers sometimes fancy their villains just as much as their heroes, especially when the sinister surface is but a layer to their makeup. In the case of Aro (Michael Sheen), the films brought some real substance and enjoyability to the foe. He’s quirky but reasonable, vicious and yet somehow mannered and sympathetic. The “Saga” just wouldn’t be the same without his penchant for collecting valuable vamps and obeying the law above all, so he’s certainly a top tier consideration at the outset.
Dark Horses
Don’t count the good doctor out of making a serious splash in this competition. Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli), the handsome blonde leader of the coven, is one of the most refined and well-respected in the entire “Twilight” world, and if Facinelli brings even a fraction of his massive Twitter following into the fold, he’s quickly going to become the one to beat.
Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy), too, stands a shot at sneaking into the top spot. First of all, she’s the unlikely lovechild of one epic romance, and secondly, she’s an enigma for the ages. The world hardly knows what to make of the little girl, except nearly everyone falls in love with her at first contact. (Wouldn’t you? She’s so darn cute!) We’ll see if her mystery and the fanbase’s excitement over finally seeing her in action rings true with the vote.
And let’s not forget about little Bree Tanner (Jodelle Ferland). Sure, her movie close-ups were few and far between in just one installment (“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”) but Stephenie Meyer did devote an entire spin-off book to the girl. Through “The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella” fans got to experience an entirely different side to the story we’d already known and step into the thirsty mind of a surprisingly intriguing new vampire. And perhaps Bree’s success here would point Summit in the direction of future “Twilight” movies.
Go vote in the “Twi-Fight Saga Tournament” at MTV here and be sure to check out more on the match-ups over at NextMovie here.
Did you vote yet?...
- 10/24/2012
- by Evie
- twilightersanonymous.com
It looks like Twilight fans in the United States'll be getting a chance to own the Twilight Saga in white this holiday season as well! Amazon has opened up pre-orders for white paperback versions of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga - including Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, and The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella - and lists the release date for the "limited time only" gift set for December 4th, 2012. Fans might recall that publishers previously released the Twilight Saga book series in white around the holiday season in 2010 in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South America and India but not the U.S. No word yet on whether this new series release will be exactly the same (i.e., with the crimson-edged page ...
- 9/24/2012
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
Ed Brubaker is a name I use with reverence, and also when I to provide a false identity to the police (sorry, Ed). Brubaker has generated a lot of good will within the comics industry, mainly because he’s really fucken good. He first really appeared on a lot of people’s radars, including mine, back when he started writing Batman and Catwoman for DC Comics, but he’d been working in the industry for more than a decade before that.
Kicking through the indie comics scene, Brubaker found success (and future collaborators) when he started to get his crime-groove on, with books like Scene of the Crime and The Fall.
The thing that got me so jazzed, though, was his run on Batman (followed by a stint on Detective Comics). He wrote that book like a fucken crime comic. This was noir, it was bleak, it was espionage-y, it was cool,...
Kicking through the indie comics scene, Brubaker found success (and future collaborators) when he started to get his crime-groove on, with books like Scene of the Crime and The Fall.
The thing that got me so jazzed, though, was his run on Batman (followed by a stint on Detective Comics). He wrote that book like a fucken crime comic. This was noir, it was bleak, it was espionage-y, it was cool,...
- 8/29/2012
- by Liam Jose
- Boomtron
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