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Tropic Thunder
Film Reviews: A smart-alecky sendup of Hollywood in general and action films in particular, "Tropic Thunder" undeniably provokes quite a few laughs, but of the most hollow kind. Ben Stiller's star-laden farce makes every effort to be outrageous as it pokes knowing fun at a troupe of spoiled, self-centered actors who get more than they bargained for making a "Rambo"-like rescue drama in Southeast Asia. Apart from startling, out-there comic turns by Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise, however, the antics here are pretty thin, redundant and one-note. But that note will strike a chord with a substantial, comic heat-seeking audience, particularly of the fanboy and combat-ready stripes, making for hefty late-summer biz.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 07:13

Pemberton, B.C., a magnet for hard core festival fans
The Pemberton Festival now joins a long line of major West Coast music festivals, including the annual Sasquatch Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington, and California's Coachella Music Fest.
Source : www.ctv.ca | 26-juil.-2008 07:09

REM's geek pride
REM are proud to be geeks.
Source : www.monstersandcritics.com | 26-juil.-2008 07:02

XM-Sirius merger approved
Front Page: FCC voted 3-2 to approve the buyout -- Federal regulators formally approved the merger of the nation's only two satellite radio operators Friday, ending a 16-month-long drama closely watched by Washington and Wall Street.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 06:58

David Duchovny's alien visit
David Duchovny claims to have seen an alien.
Source : www.monstersandcritics.com | 26-juil.-2008 06:47

Emmy taps reality hosts
TV News: Klum, Mandel, Probst, Seacrest to emcee -- Morph this year's Emmy-nominated reality TV hosts, and you get "Project Survivor: Dancing With the Idols, or no Deal." Put 'em up all on stage at the same time, and you get the hosts for this year's Emmycast.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 06:43

Reese Witherspoon's doggy wedding
Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal want their dog to be the ring bearer at their wedding.
Source : www.monstersandcritics.com | 26-juil.-2008 06:32

Pifan runs after 'The Chaser'
Web Exclusive: 'Let the Right One In' wins best director trophy -- "The Chaser," Korea's biggest box office hit this year, won best picture at the Puchon Intl. Fantastic Film Festival on Friday.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 06:28

Robert De Niro's acting advice
Robert De Niro says difficult actors should leave their "craziness" at home.
Source : www.monstersandcritics.com | 26-juil.-2008 06:17

Korean loop gets 'surprise' boost
Web Exclusive: Revenues grew 23% in six-month period -- Korea's biggest multiplex chain CJ CGV reported an "earnings surprise."
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 06:13

Countdown queen Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse wants to go on 'Countdown'.
Source : www.monstersandcritics.com | 26-juil.-2008 06:02

'Cockroaches' scuttle to E. Europe
Web Exclusive: Lithuania's LNK TV picks up three seasons -- Gallic animation studio Xilam has sold TV and DVD distribution rights to "Oggy and the Cockroaches" in Eastern Europe, following last month's Discop TV market in Budapest.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 05:58

I Was Here (Mina olin siin )
Film Reviews: The road to perdition is paved with drugs, violence, rough sex and loud music in helmer Rene Vilbre's downbeat Estonian youth pic "I Was Here."
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 05:43

Paul W.S. Anderson
Videogames News: Producer-director -- Anderson grew up playing "Space Invaders" in his local British arcade. Today, his "Mortal Kombat," "Resident Evil" and "Alien vs. Predator" pics have collectively grossed more than half a billion dollars worldwide.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 05:28

Cody Alexander & Derek Douglas
Videogames News: Agents -- Tellingly, William Morris VP Alexander and agent Douglas see their roles as "the anti-agent" in a business traditionally ruled by film and TV, "because gaming isn't talent-driven in the sense that movies are, and we help bridge the gap," Alexander says.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 05:13

Seamus Blackley
Videogames News: Agent -- The former physicist and top-selling game designer piloted the creation of the Xbox platform at Microsoft, and now heads CAA's videogame department, which reps such high-profile clients as Cory Barlog, thatgamecompany, Tim Schafer, American McGee, Warren Spector and Harmonix.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 04:58

Keith Boesky
Videogames News: Agent -- Back in the late '90s, as president of Eidos Interactive, Boesky took charge of licensing the company's "Tomb Raider" franchise, later leaping to ICM, where he became one of the few agents to focus on the emerging games field.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 04:43

Lane Merrifield
Games Impact Report: Developer -- Former marketing professional Merrifield fled the rat race of Silicon Valley to the wilds of Kelowna, British Columbia, to raise his family -- a "terrifying" personal decision that left him feeling he'd traded away the chance to make a business impact for the higher calling of fatherhood.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 04:28

Publishers rule videogame universe
Games Impact Report: Developer Bungie's power play signals change -- The biggest news at this year's E3 show wasn't a new videogame but the fight between Bungie and its publisher -- and former owner -- Microsoft over when to announce the "Halo" developer's new project.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 04:13

Jerry Bruckheimer
Videogames News: Producer -- The prolific producer behind the "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "CSI" franchises has moved beyond the standard-issue videogame versions of his products. Bruckheimer says he was "hands-on" during the development of Disney's "Pirates Online," a multiplayer world for would-be swashbucklers.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 03:58

Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik
Games Impact Report: Satirists & confab chiefs -- Known to the world as Gabe and Tycho, wiseguys Holkins and Krahulik are revered by fans for their thrice-weekly jokes at the expense of the industry, its games and fans in the web comic Penny Arcade.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 03:43

Shigeru Miyamoto
Games Impact Report: Developer -- Considered by his peers to be the greatest videogame designer in the world, Miyamoto joined Nintendo in 1977 designing coin-operated arcade titles, revolutionizing the industry with "Donkey Kong" in 1981.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 03:28

Don Mattrick
Games Impact Report: Publishing executive -- Mattrick, who heads Microsoft's Xbox and Games for Windows businesses, started 2008 at CES by saying he expects the Xbox 360 to lead the year's console sales and dominate the future.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 03:13

Jon Burton
Videogames News: Developer -- As president of U.K.-based Traveller's Tales, 19-year development maven Burton has presided over two rarities. As president of U.K.-based Traveller's Tales, 19-year development maven Burton has presided over two rarities. First, tight schedules often make it difficult to develop film tie-ins, but Travellers' Tales set the standard back in 1993 when Disney gave the company an unheard-of seven months to complete the "Toy Story" game. "That was the first game ever that came out with the film," Burton recalls. And when Traveller's Tales became one of few studios to reverse the trend and acquire a publisher in Lego IP owner Giant Interactive, it gained the opportunity to make "Lego Star Wars" a 15 million-selling hit. Warner Bros. took note, making its entry into the games biz by acquiring the company for £100 million (about $210 million at the time) last November and putting "Lego Batman" into its pipeline.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 02:58

George Lucas & Haden Blackman
Games Impact Report: Guru/developer -- As directors are to film, Blackman is to "The Force Unleashed," spearheading LucasArts' much-anticipated, long-delayed new game -- the biggest title of the year on the company's relatively small slate.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 02:43

Spears child custody deal agreed
Pop star Britney Spears and her former husband Kevin Federline reach a financial agreement in their child custody case.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 26-juil.-2008 02:36

Grant Collier, Jason West & Vince Zampella
Games Impact Report: Developers -- "Call of Duty" developer Infinity Ward probably could have done quite nicely sticking to the existing formula for the latest installment in its signature World War II shooter franchise.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 02:28

Sam and Dan Houser
Games Impact Report: Developers/publishers -- Grand Theft Auto" creators Sam and Dan Houser have no intention of letting their individual profiles outrun their product. The British brothers -- co-founders of Rockstar Games -- shun press, rarely respond to criticism of their games and aim to compete with the cinematic storytelling experience rather than other videogames.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 02:13

Sarah Mclachlan's Masterpiece, 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy,' Gets 2CD/DVD Treatment
In 2008, twenty years after she began her recording career in 1988, Vancouver's Sarah McLachlan remains one of the most enigmatic personalities in pop. Over the course of her 14 separate album releases[...] Read more!
Source : www.starpulse.com | 26-juil.-2008 02:00

Steve Chiang
Games Impact Report: Publishing executive -- As senior VP and general manager of EA Sports, Chiang oversees the team responsible for some of the most popular sports games in the world, including "Madden Football," "Tiger Woods PGA Tour" and "NHL 2009." As senior VP and general manager of EA Sports, Chiang oversees the team responsible for some of the most popular sports games in the world, including "Madden Football," "Tiger Woods PGA Tour" and "NHL 2009." For most of their titles, EA Sports releases new editions each year, which drives a need to innovate at a very rapid pace. According to Chiang, the brainstorming process for the next installment begins as soon as the current release is locked, with development focused on trying to find that "game-changing feature" that will set the new version apart. "We try to optimize and give ourselves as much time as possible when planning our next installment," he says. "We want to make it the best $60 a person spends all year."
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 01:58

Halle Berry Pushes Back Against 'Backyard' Paps
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Halle Berry says a paparazzi photographer went too far to get a shot of the actress holding her infant daughter, trespassing onto her private property [...] Read more!
Source : www.starpulse.com | 26-juil.-2008 01:46

Mao Tse Tung (Mao ce dun)
Film Reviews: Arriving nearly 20 years past its sell-by date, the broad political comedy "Mao Tse Tung," from Albanian helmer Besnik Bisha, comes off as a repetitive, self-consciously colorful curio.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 01:43

Spears And Federline Settle Custody Case
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Britney Spears and Kevin Federline finalized their child-custody settlement Friday, including a $5,000-per-month increase [...] Read more!
Source : www.starpulse.com | 26-juil.-2008 01:43

Countdown begins as Vorderman quits show
CAROL Vorderman is stepping down from her role in the long-running Channel 4 gameshow Countdown, her manager said last night.
Source : news.scotsman.com | 26-juil.-2008 01:42

To Faro
Film Reviews: Imagine Kimberly Peirce's "Boys Don't Cry" with a happy ending and a European Afterschool Special tone and you'll get a sense of the flavor of "To Faro."
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 01:28

Bergman tributes tied up in court
Weekly Smoke and Mirrors: Litigation leaves limited access to director's films -- It may be July, but don't expect "Smiles on a Summer Night" -- at least not in the U.S. "Cries and Whispers" of frustration may be more like it.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 01:26

Spears, Federline settle custody agreement
A custody settlement between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline has been finalized, including a $5,000-per-month child-support increase for the pop singer's ex-husband.
Source : www.ctv.ca | 26-juil.-2008 01:21

Wicked Lake
Film Reviews: It might be accurate to describe "Wicked Lake" as a bloody awful horror-thriller about lesbian cannibal witches -- but really, even that makes it sound much more interesting than it actually is.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 01:13

Japan has yen for digital TV switch
International News: Analog broadcasts scheduled to end July 2011 -- Japan's communications ministry will spend 220 billion yen ($2.05 billion) smoothing the transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting, it announced Thursday.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 01:11

Prosecutors oppose motions in Phil Spector retrial
Jurors in Phil Spector's upcoming murder retrial should be allowed to hear testimony about blood evidence and the autopsy of the actress he is accused of shooting, prosecutors argued in court documents.
Source : www.ctv.ca | 26-juil.-2008 01:06

Comic Con posters for Robert Rodriguez's 'Red Sonja'
We have added two new teaser posters for Robert Rodriguez's 'Red Sonja' that premiered on display at the San Diego
Source : www.monstersandcritics.com | 26-juil.-2008 01:02

Comedy Central's 'TV Funhouse' DVD Released; Win A Copy
It's a children's show gone awry as Comedy Central presents Robert Smigel and Dino Stamatopoulos' outrageous groundbreaking series, "Comedy Central's TV Funhouse." Described as "a broken kid's show for adults"[...] Read more!
Source : www.starpulse.com | 26-juil.-2008 01:00

What to Do When You Hate All Your Friends
Legit Reviews: Love is just hilarious. Oh, sure, a playwright can make it poetic, prurient or even poignant, but if you're writing a tight, perfectly observed play about backstabbing frenemies, it's probably wisest to make the romance as goofy as possible.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 00:58

'Thunder' booms with inside laughs
Weekly Smoke and Mirrors: Cruise's 'Tropic' character making waves -- With 125,000 attendees and endless media attention, the annual Comic-Con gathering in San Diego has morphed from a delicious secret of the nerd herd into a great place for studios to tout their wares.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 00:56

Stan Lee to make a cameo in new 'X-Men' movie
After happy introductions between Stan Lee and Hugh Jackman at Comic-Con, the actor announced that Lee would make a cameo in the upcoming 20th Century Fox movie "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," due out next May.
Source : www.ctv.ca | 26-juil.-2008 00:51

Burlington weighs benefits of AJE
Weekly Smoke and Mirrors: Advisory councils to poll locals about channel -- Getting your cable channel dropped from the local carrier in Burlington, Vt. -- and its approximately 2,000 subscribers -- may not seem like a tremendous loss. But when that carrier constitutes 50% of your cable market, you definitely want to resolve the problem.
Source : feeds.feedburner.com | 26-juil.-2008 00:41