Olivia Wilde struggles with technology

Los Angeles, Jul 31 (PTI) After getting married at the age of 18, newly divorced actress Olivia Wilde says she has difficulties adjusting to the new ways of romance.

The now 27-year-old ''Cowboys and Aliens'' star says that perils of modern dating is taking a toll on her, reported MTV online.

The actress, who has been linked to some of Hollywood''s sexiest stars in the likes of Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake, says that she is surprised how dating now-a-days relies so much on technology like e-mail and text messaging.

Progress Center in Norway helps clients be productive

Progress Center client  Bruce Coffin, left, volunteers part time in the cafeteria at Stephens Memorial Hospital. Above, he works with staff members Fred Cummings and Susan Ivey.

NORWAY — "Community inclusion is the key to enriching the lives of clients," Priscilla Burnette of the Progress Center said.

Cooper's Phone Call Break-Up - Female First

Bradley Cooper was left heartbroken on a dream holiday to Peru after his girlfriend dumped him over the phone during the trip.

The Hangover star ventured to the South American country when he was younger, but the getaway turned sour when he failed to acclimatise to the tropical environmental and needed an oxygen tank to aid his breathing.

Your best guide to what’s on in Fife and beyond

, a Stranglers tribute act, are at the Greenside, Leslie, on September 24.

The Swank are at Craigie Bar, Ballingry, on September 25.

Monkey Knife Fight and Red Hot Donna are at The Windsor, Kirkcaldy, on September 30.

Veja o trailer e pôster da comédia Tower Heist, com Ben Stiller e Eddie Murphy

Ben Stiller e Eddie Murphy comandam roubo no novo filme de Brett Ratner.

Acaba de ser revelado o primeiro trailer da comédia de ação “ Tower Heist “. O novo filme de Brett Ratner (“ X-Men: O Confronto Final “) marca a reunião de dois comediantes de peso, Ben Stiller (“ Uma Noite no Museu “) e Eddie Murphy (“ Dr. Dollitle” ). A prévia mostra os dois organizando um roubo a uma mega corporação, bem como mostra a força do resto do elenco do filme. Confira abaixo:

DVD Review - Limitless (2011)

Directed by Neil Burger.

Starring Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel and Johnny Whitworth.

SYNOPSIS:

A writer takes an experimental mind-enhancing 'smart drug', attracting the attention of shadowy forces determined to use his newfound abilities for their own gain.

Is it possible to be a genius in an age when anyone can Google anything or ask their very own digital Jeeves? It’s been hundreds of years since famous intellectuals could simultaneously be true experts in fields as varied as mathematics and music, philosophy or physics. Today the depth of knowledge required is just too great. It’s a question of knowing how to look for facts, rather than deducing your own. And yet we are constantly told to reach out for our true potential because biologically at least we are using a fraction of the brain’s thinking power.

Basketball Prospectus | Top 100

John Gasaway: Greetings, everyone, and welcome to our Prospectus roundtable discussion on Drew Cannon's list of the top 100 players in Division I. I'm here with the man himself, along with Kevin Pelton, and the newest member of our Prospectus dream team, Todd Dybas. Gentlemen, start your subjectivity! I'll get the ball rolling with a question for Drew. What pick(s) has (have) earned you the most praise/condemnation? OK, being realistic, condemnation?

Cellphones' data plans evolve

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The good news is that you can control your data usage. The bad news is you need to pay attention.

Data caps and different pricing tiers increasingly define cellphone plans. They reflect the industry's attempts to manage the fast-growing way people use their mobile gadgets to jet around the Internet.

How Spotify compares to Rdio, Pandora and iTunes and more

The music industry is in limbo.

As record stores across the country close their doors and song collections migrate off the shelf and onto the laptop, countless online music services are vying to make their own listening models the industry standard.

Spotify, a Swedish import that's already built a huge fan base in Europe, launched in the U.S. on Thursday, July 14.

Intriguing Limitless doesn’t maximize its potential

Limitless is your average junkie movie on, well, some kind of potent drug.

Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) is a down-in-the-dumps, failed writer who gets addicted to a new pill.

He becomes hooked and his life feels like a party, only to inevitably come crashing down.

The twist is the addictive element itself. NTZ-48 isn’t some random street drug.

Fillion’s Inception-Style Approach to Starring in Uncharted

The path Sony’s game Uncharted is taking toward being a feature film is a bit… well, you know. There’s not a map for that. Last year,  the film’s first director, David O. Russell, pulled Mark Wahlberg into the role of Drake. After Russell’s weird “family dynamic” angle proved unsatisfactory and Russell split, so did Wahlberg–leaving Uncharted without a director or lead. Meanwhile, Firefly/Serenity/Dr. Horrible/Castle fans have been rooting for Uncharted’s new director, Neil Burger, to pick up Nathan Fillion for the role of Drake, and according to an interview with ScreenRant the actor gave at Comic-Con over the weekend, he’s liking the idea… under certain conditions.

Geschichte von Bonnie und Clyde soll neu verfilmt werden - News - TrailerLounge.de

Die Geschichte des kriminellen Duos wurde unter anderem 1967 mit Warren Beatty und Faye Dunaway verfilmt.

Es scheint, als möchte Regisseur Neil Burger, der erst kürzlich für die Spiel-Verfilmung von Uncharted: Drakes Schicksal gewonnen werden konnte, den Stoff in die Gegenwart bringen. Genauer gesagt liebäugelt er mit einer Neuverfilmung von Bonnie und Clyde.

Nuevos detalles de la película de Uncharted

El nuevo director del proyecto, Neil Burger, asegura que está escribiendo el guión desde cero

Neil Burger, el nuevo director de la futura película de Uncharted, ha revelado el estado por el que pasa el proyecto. Actualmente, él se encuentra escribiendo el guión desde el principio .

'Bonnie and Clyde' to be remade by 'Limitless' director

will make a new movie based on the Bonnie and Clyde story.

Burger's project, to be written by Up in the Air 's Sheldon Turner, will reportedly be a less romanticised interpretation of the Depression Era outlaws than the 1967 film that starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway .

Grantland

The Grantland Top Five: Quarterback Platoons, Big Audio Dynamite cassettes, and the Rest of the Week in Sports and Culture

Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: This year's Tour de France

THE NFL LOCKOUT IS OVER.

Trend Alert: Frank Darabont and Ron Howard Flee The Walking Dead and the Dan Brown Trilogy

New Paradise Lost Film Artwork Revealed - Muveez

The first concept art for the upcoming Legendary Pictures film Paradise Lost has been published online.

The poster gives us a sneak peek at Lucifer, played by the Limitless star Bradley Cooper. The top part of his head appears from the shadows, with two piercing eyes looking straight out of the picture. Paradise Lost is based on John Milton's poem and will follow the story of anti-hero Satan, who tempts Adam and Eve away from the Garden of Eden.

WILMINGTON ON DVDs: Potiche, Limitless

Posted: 26th July 2011 by Staff in hot celebrity guys

  Potiche (Three Stars)France, Francois Ozon, 2010 (Music Box)

A few words about Potiche : Catherine Deneuve is still beautiful at 67. Gerard Depardieu , still tremendous at 62, has grown as immense as Brando (in girth as well as talent.) both still hold the screen casually and with real brilliance, though Depardieu, if he keeps this up, may soon burst the boundaries of even an IMAX screen.

R.I.P. DVD: Six Reasons It's Time for Discs to Die

When Apple launched refreshed hardware last week, it was no surprise that the ultrathin MacBook Air still does not have an internal DVD drive. Many were shocked to find out, though, that Apple has now also removed the DVD drive from the Mac Mini . But, Apple shouldn't stop there, and the revolution shouldn't be limited to Apple, or even just to PCs for that matter. It's time for discs to die.

Ten Childhood Icons That Should Be Made Into Movies

Every other weekend one studio or another announces yet another remake or reboot. Names never before associated with movie production--Marvel and Hasbro--now rule the summer marquees. Spiderman is being remadea scant four years after Tobey McGuire hung up the suit while two production houses vie for the Snow White enthusiasts and a feature length Captain Planet enters pre-production. Even beloved amusement park rides have been violated in Hollywood’s eternal quest for the instant hit. No comics, toys or books from our childhood are sacred. So before we are forced to live through the big screen adventure of “Row, row, row your boat,” we thought we’d put together a list of the ten childhood icons actually worthy of adaptation.

VIDEO: Conan's Flaming C Superhero Gets Fake Movie Trailer | HyperVocal

Conan brought his fictional superhero alter ego, The Flaming C, to Comic-Con thanks to the fine animation of artist Bruce Timm and the comedic hijinks of a masturbating bear.

What started out as a joke has slowly taken on a joke life of its own. That’s So Raven Conan.

It’s hard to tell what’s more hilarious: that the character’s voice isn’t Conan’s when you are expecting it to be or his superhero get-up, which includes a yellow pot mitt, fishnet stockings, a USB dongle on his marijuana belt and a jai alai scoop on his other hand.

TSRn: ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ is back with ‘Limitless’ Neil Burger directing — The Scorecard Review

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Should we be popping the "Limitless" pill?

The film's cognitive-enhancing drug isn't as far-fetched as it sounds. Embracing these meds may be a matter of time

The movie "Limitless," which came out on DVD last week, presents a potential future fueled by designer drugs. When we meet the film's protagonist Eddie Mora (Bradley Cooper), he's a divorced, disheveled, socially awkward writer who can't even come up with the first words of his novel. After getting dumped by his girlfriend, Mora runs into his drug-dealing ex-brother-in-law who offers Eddie a solution in the form of a little round pill. Within minutes, the drug transforms Eddie into a brilliant, creative, driven alpha male who quickly and effortlessly completes his long-stalled book.

First ‘Look’ At Bradley Cooper For Paradise Lost

Legendary Pictures have release the first concept image of Bradley Cooper in Paradise Lost.

The Hangover, A-Team and Limitless star will be donning a motion capture suit to play Lucifer in this adaptation of John Milton's poem. Alex Proyas (Knowing, Dark City) is turning the epic story of Heaven and Hell into an action-heavy flick, with a script that been worked on by the likes of Stuart Hazeldine and Lawrence Kasdan.

Bradley Cooper incarnera Lucifer au cinéma

L'acteur interprètera le "diable" dans le film "Le Paradis perdu"

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Bradley Cooper a un emploi du temps très chargé avec ses nouveaux projets de film comme par exemple celui de Le Paradis perdu .

L’acteur américain est bien connu pour ses rôles dans des séries télévisées comme Sex and The City ou encore New York unité spéciale , mais également pour ses prestations remarquées dans Valentine’s Day , Limitless et L’Agence tous risques . Mais ce qui lui a valu son grand succès est sans aucun doute le film Very Bad Trip .

San Diego Comic-Con 2011: “Paradiso Perduto” con Bradley Cooper

Notizia di qualche tempo fà voleva il noto regista Alex Proyas intento a scegliere il protagonista del suo prossimo film, l’ adattamento del poema epico scritto da John Milton e intitolato “ Paradiso Perduto” . L’ attore di “ Una notte da leoni ” e “ Limitless “, tale Bradley Cooper , è stato scelto per impersonare il malefico Lucifero, dopo aver convinto il regista attraverso un videotape da lui stesso realizzato in cui presentava il modo in cui avrebbe voluto riportare il personaggio sullo schermo.

Uncharted : Nathan Fillion voudrait le premier rôle - Les actus Cinéma - Excessif

Qui incarnera Nathan Drake au cinéma ? Nous parlons, comme vous le savez, de l'adaptation cinématographique d'une célèbre licence vidéo ludique : Uncharted.  Le premier metteur en scène évoqué était David O. Russell, avec Mark Wahlberg dans le rôle principal. Puis vint le tour de Neil Burger (Limitless), qui aurait, selon les rumeurs, amené dans ses valises le comédien Bradley Cooper.

SDCC Exclusive: Neil Burger on

--when we learned he'd be in San Diego to promote the DVD and Blu-ray at a special "Limitless Café" that had been set-up across the street at the Film & Arts Center, we had to stop by to say "hey" and catch up on how things have been going since the movie became a surprise hit, as well as find out what to expect on the recently-released DVD.

'Limitless' and 'Tekken' available on DVD | SILive.com

The following motion pictures are now available on DVD.

"Limitless," 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 105 minutes, Rated PG-13 for

 thematic material involving a drug, violence including disturbing images, sexuality and language – Struggling writer Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) has no confidence and after getting dumped by his girlfriend, Lindy (Abbie Cornish),, no hope either. However, everything changes for Eddie after he takes the designer drug NZT, which allows him to use 100 percent of his brain. Now that he's smarter than everyone else and more focused, Eddie quickly makes a name for himself and attracts the attention of brutal businessman Carl Van Loon (Robert De Niro). It's an above average thriller with some interesting twists. Extras on the Blu-ray include an alternate ending, a making-of featurette, an unrated extended cut and a digital copy.

BD Horror News - Comic-Con '11: 'Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance' Press Conference

Nicolas Cage brought his signature craziness to the Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance press conference at the San Diego Comic-Con this afternoon. The actor talked cobras, compasses and the origin of the word weird and, erm, there was some Johnny Blaze stuff in there too.

Amid the kookiness, Cage did promise fans the second Ghost Rider film - directed by Crank duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor - is a departure from the lighter tone of the first and closer to the comic book series.

Watch Justin Timberlake & Amanda Seyfried’s Comic-Con ‘In Time’ Trailer

So many trailers today, so little time! And time is of the essence in Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried ‘s new trailer, In Time , that has now hit the web thanks to Comic-Com!

OK ! GALLERY: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE TAKES AMANDA SEYFRIED UNDER HIS WING ON SET

Junkfood Cinema: Captain America (1990)

Features By Brian Salisbury on July 22, 2011 | Comments (1)

It may surprise you to learn that dreamy-faced Chris Evans is not the first actor to don the mantle of Captain America. In fact, the idea that there would be Marvel movies from years past that are now virtually impossible to find is incredible given the fact that superhero movies are currently an industry exceeding Fortune 500 levels of profit and residing more comfortably in the “stupid huge” section of the NASDAQ index, So ask yourself this question, how bad would a Captain America movie have to be before the studio would completely bury it? Now multiple that answer by fourty-teen and you’ve got this film.

CCI: DC's Friday "New 52" Panel

kicked off Friday programming with its second New 52 panel. Co-Publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee, Executive Editor Eddie Berganza, and Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras were on hand to answer fan questions about the September relaunch.

"When this all started, we were looking at how the books were working, and how the sales were working," DiDio said, noting that sales had been going down even in periods they usually rise and resolving that something needed to be done.

Canoë - Techno-Sciences - Les jeux vidéo au cinéma

Cet été, le grand écran est dominé par des films inspirés de romans de jeunes sorciers (Harry Potter et les reliques de la mort - 2e partie), de super héros de BD (Thor, X-Men : Première classe, Captaine America) et de jouets (Transformers 3 : La face cachée de la Lune). Les films tirés de jeux vidéo brillent donc par leur absence.

The options don't end with Netflix

By Kristi Turnquist, The Oregonian The Oregonian

View full size Doug Beghtel/ The Oregonian Changing viewer habits-- moving to non-store video rentals and streaming--have brought once-giants Hollywood Entertainment and Blockbuster to their knees. Movie Madness owner Mike Clark thinks he's succeeded by offering a huge selection, 74,000 titles, and hard to find titles at his SE Belmont store.

Badass of the Week

Batman is a crime-fighting vigilante ninja detective who dresses up in bullet-proof armor, wears a gigantic black cape, hides in the darkest corners of the city, and then sneak-attack face-kicks the world’s most sadistic criminal douchebags until every felon in the tri-state area is passed out unconscious in a Gotham City Prison complaining about how they’ve got concussions so bad that their brains are leaking out their noses.  He’s one of comics’ most beloved, longest-running, and badass superheroes, an ultra-genius master of stealth and hand-to-hand combat, and a man so over-the-top hardcore that the mere mention of his name has been known to cause incontinence among the seedier members of human society.

Bonus View Digest - July 22, 2011

July is almost over. That means quite a few things in this neck of the woods. You may have noticed that our writer Aaron Peck hasn't been contributing a lot of posts to The Bonus View the past few days. That's because he's readying himself for a baby. Running around from doctors appointments, to car seat specialists, to diaper warehouses. It's been pretty crazy, but once everything settles back down he'll join the rest of our crack team to continue bringing you the best and latest in Blu-ray news, TV Recaps, and what's happening at a box office near you.

Limitless: a 21st century Faust

While Limitless is a slickly-made sci-fi drama starring Bradley Cooper, it’s also, Ryan writes, a Faustian tale for the modern age...

There are some stories that remain so powerful that, in spite of being told over and over again, they continue to resonate down the centuries. One such story is Faust , the German folk tale about an academic who sells his soul to the devil to quench his thirst for knowledge.

Paradise Lost

fall into your lap after all the success you’ve had this year?

BRADLEY COOPER: The absolute opposite of falling into my lap. I must have met with the director five times. I’d been vying for that role for three years. And then I actually put myself on tape unsolicited in my kitchen, just so he’d look at it. [ Laughs ] Not much has changed.

Neil Burger starting from scratch with Uncharted movie adaptation

Director and writer Neil Burger is skipping the work that David O. Russell began on the Uncharted film, and is starting over from square one. And yes, he knows all about Nathan Fillion.

Just a few months ago, fans of Uncharted were scratching their heads wondering how Mark Wahlberg, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci were going to bring the video game franchise to the big screen. From a wise-cracking treasure hunter to a globetrotting art merchant with a family that rubs elbows with the most powerful people on the planet, the character seemed to be moving further and further away from his origins.

EXCLUSIVE: Director Neil Burger Talks Limitless - MovieWeb.com

Neil Burger directs Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, and Abbie Cornish in the taut thriller Limitless, which makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut today, July 19th. We recently had a chance to chat with Neil Burger about this electrifying tale, which finds a man becoming hooked on a brain enhancement drug.

Johnny Depp, Deneuve in a tracksuit & a Buddhist Sasquatch : Christy Colcord : City Brights

Johnny Depp, Deneuve in a tracksuit & a Buddhist Sasquatch

Rango blends in.

I'm combining two weeks worth of DVD releases again today as there weren't enough releases this week to warrant a separate post. These titles then cover the DVD releases for July 12th & 19th.

'Captain America' is solid, old-fashioned

Young Steve Rogers (Chris Evans, at left) is a puny Brooklyn kid who dreams of joining the Army and defending America against the Nazis in "Captain America."

Let Tony Stark make the wisecracks and Nick Fury give the intimidating commands.

Cast: Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones, Stanley Tucci, Samuel L. Jackson, Toby Jones, Hugo Weaving

Get Going with VIDEOS: Horses, superheroes, art and beer

Pride may be over, but in San Diego the party never stops.

From opening day at the races, to a special concert by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence; Comic-Con may be the hottest ticket in town, but America's finest city has plenty of other options, including one of the largest beer festivals, culture and cocktails at the museum of art, sand castle competitions, comedy, and much more!

ComicMix - Review: “Limitless”

What would you do if you could fully tap your brain’s capabilities? Every generation or so, the question is pondered, thanks to the latest breakthroughs or studies in neuroscience. It makes for an interesting discussion and sometimes, brilliant works such as Flowers for Algernon (the great book by Daniel Keyes, and Charly the movie with Cliff Robertson). The most recent addition to this sub-genre of fiction is The Dark Fields, a novel by Alan Glynn, which became the basis for the movie Limitless, which was released on DVD this week by Twentieth-Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Stage Fright - Jerry Weissman - Presentations in Action - Forbes

In the prior blog, you read about how the hero of the Hollywood film, Limitless, cures his writer’s block with a new drug that stimulates his creative capabilities. Concurrent with the film’s opening, a related article about creative paralysis appeared in the New Yorker magazine.  Staff writer Dana Goodyear profiled Barry Michels, a real life therapist who treats blocked Hollywood screenwriters with his own unique methodology derived from the concepts of Jungian psychology.

Film Clips: Zookeeper, Ironclad, Horrible Bosses and more

Tags: back stabber , jackie sandler , jason bateman , kevin james , templar knight

OPENING FRIDAY CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH (NR) Chinese director Lu Chuan helms this epic account of the Japanese siege of the Chinese city of Nanking in Dec. 1937. International film critics have acclaimed City of Life and Death’s black and white cinematography.

WILMINGTON ON DVDs: Potiche, Limitless

, still tremendous at 62, has grown as immense as Brando (in girth as well as talent.) Both still hold the screen casually and with real brilliance, though Depardieu, if he keeps this up, may soon burst the boundaries of even an IMAX screen.

That’s the good and mixed news about director and co-writer Francois Ozon’s Potiche , in which Deneuve and Depardieu play ex-lovers who have aged into later-life roles: Deneuve as Mme. Pujol, the deeply intelligent but criminally wasted “potiche” (or trophy wife) of a wealthy factory owner, and Depardieu as M. Babin, the same city‘s Communist mayor, parliamentary representative and pro-labor firebrand.

Take Me Home Tonight DVD Review - CinemaBlend.com

Sometimes a journey isnÂ’t an epic adventure. Sometimes there are no fantastical landscapes, no Ringwraiths, no traversing forward one aching step at a time. Being in your twenties is a prime time for some sort of wild, wacky, easy, or difficult journey to help figure shit out. Some of us never take that chance. Others of us make KeroaucÂ’s On the Road our Bible. But any of us who have really figured anything out about ourselves did take those aching steps somewhere new and limitless. Even if, sometimes, that just means heading to a party in someone elseÂ’s backyard.

Renee Zellweger dating Stamos? | Whitsundays Celebrity | Celebrities and Speakers in Whitsundays | Whitsunday Times

RENEE Zellweger is reportedly dating John Stamos.

The Oscar-winning actress - who split from Bradley Cooper in March - and the former 'Full House' star were spotted enjoying a romantic trip to Disneyland in California on Monday and onlookers say they were smitten with each other.

Renée Zellweger en couple avec John Stamos

La star britannique a été aperçue à Disneyland avec John Stamos

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Renée Zellweger signe un sac engagé contre le cancer du sein pour Tommy Hilfiger été 2011

Tommy Hilfiger Sac à main Printemps Été 2011 Renée Zellweger

À l’image de la britannique aux crises existentielles qu’elle a incarnée au grand écran, Renée Zellweger a autant de mal dans la vraie vie, si ce n’est plus, à s’engager dans une relation sérieuse avec un homme. À 42 ans, l’actrice est passée à travers de nombreux échecs amoureux, notamment Bradley Cooper avec lequel elle a vécu une idylle de deux ans. Aujourd’hui, et pour le plus grand bonheur de ses fans, Renée semble être sur le point de retrouver l’amour en la personne de John Stamos.

Renee Zellweger dating Stamos? | Northern Rivers Celebrity | Celebrities and Speakers in Northern Rivers | Ballina Shire Advocate

RENEE Zellweger is reportedly dating John Stamos.

The Oscar-winning actress - who split from Bradley Cooper in March - and the former 'Full House' star were spotted enjoying a romantic trip to Disneyland in California on Monday and onlookers say they were smitten with each other.

DVD Report: This week's new releases (July 17, 2011) - The Boston Globe

I admit it: As a writer and reviewer, I find that there are a couple of types of films that can always make me teeth-gnashingly envious. One is a movie with some showy bit of why-didn’t-we-think-of-that cleverness - like, say, imagining the world is a computer program, and offering that as the explanation for déjà vu and spoon bending. Another is a movie that portrays writing as effortless - the newbie hero hits nary a speed bump in becoming a literary sensation or breaking some huge story. Bradley Cooper stars in a combination of both in the addictively manic thriller “Limitless’’ (2011). Cooper plays Eddie Morra, a badly floundering novelist who starts popping an illegal brainpower-boosting drug and cranks out his next book in mere hours, then aims to conquer finance with scary Wall Streeter Robert De Niro. (The story is adapted from Irish author Alan Glynn’s book “The Dark Fields’’ - a writer filling pages by dreaming of a happy pill for writer’s block. Brilliant!) Cooper does surprising work alternating between unconfidently sketchy as a frustrated writer and “Hangover’’ smug as enhanced Eddie. (The actor’s scraggly “blocked’’ look feels like the male answer to Cameron Diaz’s “Being John Malkovich’’ frizz.) The movie also triggers “Fight Club’’ flashbacks with the different touches that director Neil Burger (“The Illusionist’’) employs to adrenalize the proceedings. Streetscapes telescope as hopped-up Eddie literally sees all the angles at once, and words drop from the air above his head as his prose flows. For this writer, it’s swell torture. Extras: Burger commentary; alternate ending. (Fox, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.99)

Source: http://www.boston.com

Former owner defends Opera House valuation

Bitim Enterprises owner Barry Mazzaglia, right, explained in court Friday how he stabilized the Opera House after the partial roof collapse. Seated, front to back, are defense attorneys for Norway James Belleau and Norman Rattey and Norway Town Manager David Holt.

PARIS — Former Norway Opera House owner Barry Mazzaglia testified Friday in court that he did everything he could to save the building from collapse following the partial roof failure of the historic downtown building in the fall of 2007.

Can branded mobile apps make a comeback?

Remember Kraft's iFood Assistant? The meal planning/shopping assistant application was one of the first breakout hits in Apple's ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) App Store--launched in November 2008, iFood Assistant eschewed the free download approach common among consumer-branded apps, instead carrying a 99-cent price tag along with a wealth of recipes, how-to videos, coupons and related culinary-themed content. Consumers ate it up, and for a time, iFood Assistant even topped the App Store's Paid Apps list. But as a new Deloitte study points out, comparable success stories are few and far between: The Volkswagen Touareg Challenge and Audi A4 Driving Challenge racing games were hits in their time, but on the whole, only a small handful of mobile apps published by major consumer and healthcare brands have eclipsed the 1 million download milestone. Most fail badly: Eighty percent of branded apps under the Deloitte microscope failed to reach even 1,000 total downloads.

Writer’s Block: How to Break Through - Jerry Weissman - Presentations in Action - Forbes

Writer’s block is the proverbial stuff of legend and literature. The latest variation on the theme is Limitless, the Hollywood film starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. In it, Mr. Cooper plays a down-and-out writer who beats his severe case of writer’s block with a new drug that not only jump starts his creative output, but gives him many other advanced mental capabilities. Of course, the story is fictional—A.O. Scott’s review of the film in the New York Times called it, “an energetic, enjoyably preposterous compound… a paranoid thriller blended with pseudo-neuro-science fiction and catalyzed by a jolting dose of satire”—but the situation is very real: writers do run dry.

The "Secret" PATRIOT Act

During the U.S. Senate debate over the  PATRIOT Act renewal on May 24, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) told his fellow Senators: "There is secret law where, in effect, the interpretation of the law, as it stands today, is kept secret. So here we are, Senators on the floor, and we have colleagues of both political parties wanting to participate. Certainly, if you are an American, you are in Oregon or Colorado, you are listening in, you want to be part of this discussion. But yet the executive branch keeps secret how they are interpreting the law."

Tech zigzagging: on movies via Android Market, Netflix streaming and the trend away from unlimited data plans

Posted by Levi Sumagaysay on July 13th, 2011 at 10:37 am | Categorized as Uncategorized | Tagged as android , Apple , AT&T , data caps , EA , Electronic Arts , Facebook , FaceTime , gaming , Google , mobile , movies , Netflix , smartphones , streaming video , Verizon , video , video chat , wireless

As the trend away from all-you-can-eat Internet data continues, companies are rolling out or updating services that demand more and more bandwidth. GMSV first explored this issue last year (see Tech advances zig while access zags ), but now it is compounded by the fact that Verizon last week joined AT&T in moving further away from unlimited access. With the nation’s two largest wireless carriers now offering only tiered data plans to new subscribers, some, such as the Mercury News’ Troy Wolverton , worry about how this trend will affect innovation.

Jerry Chautin: Boost Your Sales and Enhance Your Brand With Little-Known QR Codes

Quick response codes have the potential to boost your sales, enhance your brand and turn your plain vanilla print advertisement into an interactive, multi-media marketing machine. "QR, which stands for quick response, is a free format that businesses can use to embed their contact information, website addresses, links to videos, and all kinds of info.," says Craig Aberle, a Sarasota resident and founder of Barcode.com. "I have one on the back of my business card."

Buster Keaton highlights new crop of July DVDs

While summer movies may be clogging the multiplexes, there are lots of new releases on the home video front as well. Here is an overview of some of the highlights coming to DVD and Blu-ray this month.

This remake of the 1981 comedy starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli about a childlike heir who must learn responsibility or lose his inheritance is a mixed bag of laughs. It's worth watching, however, for the comic chemistry between Russell Brand and Helen Mirren, who plays Arthur's faithful nanny. It loses its way a bit when it tries to go for more dramatic territory near the end, but Brand and Mirren are a delight nonetheless. On DVD and Blu-ray Friday.

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Am 8. September kommt der US-Thriller "Ohne Limit" mit "Hangover"-Star Bradley Cooper und Robert De Niro auf DVD, Blu-ray sowie als Download in den Handel.

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Johnny Depp Wants Russell Brand For Next Pirates Movie?

Movie insiders say the Brit comic is wanted to add a new element to the blockbuster franchise which looks set to run for another two movies at least.

“Johnny is a big fan of Russell’s and ultimately he has a big say in who he works with,” reports one Hollywood source.

Childhood Then vs. Now - Mansfield-Storrs, CT Patch

On Independence Day weekend we made our first trip of the summer to the Mansfield Drive-in. It’s become a staple of every summer since we first moved here a dozen years ago. Back then we were child-free so we actually stayed awake through the wee hours for the double feature. Years later when our son was a baby, we made a bed in the back of our CRV where he’d fall asleep before the first movie even started. It sure beat paying for a baby sitter. We were able to get away with that until he was four, when we spotted him peeking from behind the seat during the first 45 minutes of Indiana Jones. Since then, it’s been kid-friendly movies only.

Early Buzz: R.E.M., 'Robot Chicken,' Kindles and more news

Greetings! Today is kind of a big day on the blog, so stay tuned for some news.

As for last night, I attempted to watch the Bradley Cooper movie Limitless , but it just made me sleepy. Why doesn't that man just shave his face already?

Some headlines:

- The remastered version of R.E.M. 's Lifes Rich Pageant   is streaming .

Luther Star Ruth Wilson In Talks For Female Lead In The Lone Ranger

There are few better ways to break on to the film stage than by starring as the female lead in a Johnny Depp movie. Pretty much every movie he stars in finds a mass audience, either domestically or internationally. Basically, I have fantastic news if you are a British actress named Ruth Wilson.

Deadline has learned that Wilson, who stars as Alice Morgan on the Idris Elba television show Luther , is currently in talks to star alongside Armie Hammer - as the masked hero - and Depp - as his sidekick, Tonto - in Disney's The Lone Ranger . The film is set to be directed by original Pirates of the Caribbean helmer Gore Verbinski and is currently scheduled with a December 21, 2012 release date where it will compete with Peter Jackson's The Hobbit , Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained , Ang Lee's The Life Of Pi and, possibly, J.J. Abrams' Star Trek and Zack Snyder's Man of Steel . While details about the character are slim, it's known that Wilson will be playing a character named Rebecca. The actress won the role over two fairly big up-and-comers, including Tree of Life 's Jessica Chastain and Limitless ' Abbie Cornish.

Netflix raising prices as much as 60%

Video subscription service will no longer offer a $9.99 plan that lets users watch an unlimited number of movies online and rent one DVD at a time. Instead, those who want that combination will have to pay $15.98 a month.

Netflix Inc. , America's largest video subscription service, is hiking prices as much as 60% in a move that has sparked outrage among its customers but brought smiles to Hollywood studio executives.

Bradley Cooper stars in ‘Limitless’

Rated: PG-13 for thematic material involving a drug, violence including disturbing images, sexuality and language.

Better cogitating through chemistry—with a sizable downside. Cooper (switching back and forth from a pre-medicated state of hapless likability to his trademark mildly obnoxious cockiness) plays failed writer Eddie Mora, who’s given the chance to raise his brain power beyond calculation with an experimental drug called NZT. Unfortunately, NZT’s many dangerous side-effects include addiction, extended blackouts, brutal withdrawal symptoms, murderous gangsters, ruthless corporate manipulators and general paranoia. On the other hand, you do get to enjoy unlimited worldly success thanks to your clear-headed, confident, super-intelligence. That scenario gives “Limitless’’ a whiff, at least, of weighty moral/philosophical considerations (should we or shouldn’t we NZT?). Director Neil Burger (“The Lucky Ones,” “The Illusionist”) keeps things moving stylishly and extremely quickly (blink and you’ll miss something), emphasizing the wry humor of Eddie’s almost omni-present voice-over narration—while gradually upping the thrill quotient.

Al Futtaim FastFit offers fastest wheel alignment in UAE

FastFit, the name of Al Futtaim Motors’ new Express Tyre & Battery fitting centre, is apparently the UAE’s first company to install the fastest wheel aligner in the world, the 4D Master Aligner.

Located in Al Quoz area of Dubai, FastFit uses the 4D Master Aligner, which operates 50% faster than any other wheel-aligning machine in the current UAE market. The 4D Master aligner allows for the operation to be carried out via drive-through bays, while the actual 4D control unit is placed in another area within the workshop. The 4D Master is capable of “limitless assessment of vehicle angles at elevated levels, while automatically compensating the lift at identification of improper vehicle alignment.”

Comic-Con day 2: Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man, Cusack as Poe, Bradley Cooper as Lucifer

The schedule for the upcoming Comic-Con conference in San Diego, July 21-24, is jam-packed, with some of the most anticipated films of 2011-12 to be presented on July 22.

Directors including Guillermo del Toro and Steven Soderbergh will appear alongside stars of the films, including Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Colin Farrell, Sam Worthington, Bradley Cooper, and Jeff Bridges.

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk

Bradley Cooper Movies Recut as Trailer for ‘Five Senses’ |

I’m not sure exactly what the fan-cut trailer for Five Senses is supposed to be. It re-purposes footage from Bradley Cooper movies like Limitless and Midnight Meat Train into a trailer for a similar but different project. Which is something that just about anyone could do, I suppose. But in this case, the edit is from Jaron Pitts, who was previously responsible for the well-received fan trailers for Green Lantern and Technotise. If you liked those, take a look at Five Senses, after the break.

DVD review: 7/11/2011 DVD Releases

(Ratings for each film begin with a “star” rating — one star meaning “poor,” four meaning “excellent” — followed by the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and then by a family-viewing guide, the key for which appears below.)

In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Spoons, left, voiced by Alex Manugian, and Rango, voiced by Johnny Depp are shown in a scene from the animated feature, "Rango." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Industrial Light & Magic)

I Want My VOD: July 2011

In this month's crop of VOD offerings, Charlie Hunnam makes a life or death decision, Ken Kesey and his merry pranksters go on a cross-country tour and Jay Baruchel makes the mistake of moving into Canada's worst apartment complex.

Clunky writing and flat-footed direction derail this initially intriguing exploration into both the power and limits of belief. Structured as a flashback-heavy mystery, writer/director Matthew Chapman's debut feature opens with a solitary man ( Sons of Anarchy 's Charlie Hunnam), stepping onto the ledge of a high-res building, poised to leap to his death when the clock on an adjacent building strikes noon. While he waits, a cop (Terrence Howard) ascends to the roof to try to talk him down. Instead, the jumper regales him with a tale of woe involving a beautiful, emotionally damaged woman (Liv Tyler), their lusty affair and her jealous, fundamentalist husband (Patrick Wilson) that has presented him with an impossible choice: sacrifice his life for hers or allow her to die while he lives. It's a great hook for a movie, but Chapman doesn't exploit it particularly well, allowing the inherent tension to dissipate amidst overwritten conversations and unnecessary subplots, like the cop's doubt over the paternity of his children. (This half-baked storyline feels like something that was specifically added to attract a bigger-name actor like Howard to an otherwise low-budget movie.) At least the movie offers a strong showcase for the perpetually underrated Hunnam, who delivers a compelling performance as the unbeliever that comes to understand the way religion can heal (as well as hurt) others. Hey Hollywood, be sure to remember this guy when Sons of Anarchy ends its run. (Available now via IFC on Demand. Also playing in limited theatrical release in select cities.)

Reviews: Cinemalaya 2011: THE DANCE OF TWO LEFT FEET Review

Ambiguity is such a beautiful thing. It is what makes art free from its artist, allowing the observer of the art part of the art-making. It is what breaks the boundaries of the literal, allowing art to traverse the infinite expanses of the subjective. It is what makes art from being only personal to the artist, to also being personal to the observer. A tear, for example, is ordinarily an object of sorrow. A tear from the eye of a man embracing another man has transformed it from being an object of sorrow into an object of love, suddenly realized. A tear from the eye of a man embracing another man in the end of a grandiose dance production of a famous epic has transformed it from being an object of love into an object of awe.

Uncharted movie still alive, will probably be awful

It's no secret that I'm an Uncharted fan. Several of my articles have been about the recently released beta, and how the multiplayer is shaping up in the new game. Because of my passion for the series, I naturally began following the status of the so called 'Uncharted Movie'. It's been a little crazy so far, but here is a very brief rundown of what has happened in this movies history.

Hollywood Hotel Partners with Cirque du Soleil for Latest Production

The Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa is a proud partner of IRIS, the newest Cirque du Soleil performance that documents the evolution of the movie industry.

The movies have captured audiences since their early beginnings. The idea of bringing moving images to the big screen quickly evolved into one of the most expressive and versatile mediums of the modern age. Over time, directors, screen writers, actors and actresses expressed themselves in ways that the early pioneers of film could only dream of. The magic of cinema seems like a perfect match for the renowned Cirque du Soleil, which has dazzled audiences with seemingly superhuman acrobatic movements. The famed troupe’s latest production IRIS opens at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on July 21, 2011. The Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa is a proud partner of the production. This landmark Hollywood hotel is located adjacent the Kodak Theatre and offers luxurious accommodations, perfect for anyone wishing to see the new Cirque du Soleil resident show.

Complex show 'BLOOD FEATHER' makes ‘The Matrix’ look like the Muppets

Karola Luttringhaus performs with the members of the dance school at Salem College. Photo by Bill Donovan

The opening dance solos of “BLOOD FEATHER,” one of the latest pieces conceived by Wilmington resident Karola Lüttringhaus, are instantly absorbing and provocative.

Performed last May in Winston-Salem as a work-in-progress with the Salem College Dance Department, the dance begins as, one by one, the dancers enter the light. Women in muted beiges and grays perform short soliloquies of various psychological archetypes – the confident, the anxious, the seeker, the nurturer, the broken – bound to the ground, eager to take flight.

Noah And The Whale frontman on the need for constant reinvention and making Balado debut

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NOAH And The Whale's Charlie Fink was sitting on a train on New Year's Day travelling from Wales to London when one line popped into his head and shaped the rest of his year.

That line was the auspiciously prophetic Tonight's The Kind Of Night (When Everything Changed).

Comic-Con 2011: Première sélection des films présentés

Les files d'attentes risquent d'être longues dans le Hall H du San Diego Convention Center, malgré ses 6.000 places. Le Comic-Con s'y tiendra cette année du 21 au 24 juillet, et la première liste de présentations de films confirmées et probables dressée par The Hollywood Reporter semble prometteuse.

Director Neil Burger

on his poorly conceived plan for an adaptation of the hit PlayStation 3 game, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune , back in May. Sony still wants to see the movie happen though, and another director has been tapped to replace Russell: Limitless helmer Neil Burger.

Limitless Director Set For Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

PS3 game headed for big screen...

Limitless director Neil Burger will helm the movie adaptation of the Playstation3 game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

Burger replaces David O Russell, who had fallen out with Sony over his plans to use only the game's premise for the film, according to Variety.

TV Carpio's moment to shine on Broadway

Actress/singer T.V. Carpio made her official Broadway debut in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which finally opened last month at the Foxwoods Theater in Times Square. Right beside her during this momentous event in her life was her mother, Hong Kong music legend Teresa Carpio who flew to the Big Apple to watch her daughter dazzle audiences in her starring role in the most expensive Broadway musical ever.

‘The Hobbit’ Dwarves Oin And Gloin Are Revealed In Today’s New Photo

Following yesterday's reveal of a trio of dwarves from "The Hobbit" comes a brand new photo today that showcases two more of the pint-sized heroes.

Yahoo! Movies has the first look at dwarves Oin (John Callen) and Gloin (Peter Hambleton) from the two-part "Lord of the Rings" prequel. Gloin is of particular note, since he's the father of Gimli, who fans know best as one of the fellowship of the ring in Peter Jackson's original trilogy. Check 'em out below:

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

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Director David O Russell ( The Fighter ) left the project earlier this year over creative differences with Sony - he wanted to use the game’s basic premise and create an entirely different story for the film.

Now, Burger will both write and direct the film, with Variety reporting that “producers Avi Arad, Ari Arad, Charles Roven and Alex Gartner sparked to [Burger's ] new take” on the concept.

Horrible Bosses

© 2010 Sony Pictures Digital Inc. All Rights Reserved. Kevin James, right, and Jackie Sandler star in Columbia Pictures' comedy "Zookeeper"

CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH (NR) Chinese director Lu Chuan helms this epic account of the Japanese siege of the Chinese city of Nanking in Dec. 1937. International film critics have acclaimed City of Life and Death’s black and white cinematography.

Education

Nations like Finland are getting better results by de-emphasizing exams. Why are we doing the opposite?

When I heard the news last week that the Department of Education is aiming to subject 4-year-olds to high-stakes testing, all I could do was shake my head in disbelief and despondently mutter a slightly altered riff off "The Big Lebowski's" Walter Sobchak.

Film Picks

As Woody Allen's latest film "Midnight in Paris" is charming audiences at several local theaters, Sunday evening Cinema Inc. at the Rialto is revisiting one of his earlier works. Notably it's not from his seminal run in the '70s and '80s. It's 1993's " Manhattan Murder Mystery ," which features Allen's reunion with his former flame/leading lady Diane Keaton.

The importance of dating a film

Assigning the year to which a film belongs affects how we think of it – but should we choose production or release date?

Time team ... For some critics, the date of The Maltese Falcon is 1946 not 1941. Photograph: John Springer Collection/Corbis

Let's try to push past the wordplay: how we date movies is serious business. Literary critics seem to rub along without having to write Twelfth Night (1602), but open any film book and you will find great thickets of brackets – Date Movie (2006) – mucking up otherwise perfectly respectable sentences. Moreover, the specificity these dates purport to offer is quite illusory.

SUCKER PUNCH Blu-ray Review

Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch hit theaters in March earlier this year, but it’s road to theaters felt like watching a train hit the emergency break. The year before it came out, the film wowed comic-con audiences, and Warner Brothers had set visits – Snyder was still seen as a wonder boy, even if Watchmen didn’t take it home. But by the week of release, Warners couldn’t hold it in the bag: Sucker Punch is a weird movie that doesn’t totally work for a number of reasons.

Now Olivia Wilde is Dating Chris Pine

Olivia Wilde continues to keep her dating life fresh -- Pine fresh, that is. The actress' latest boytoy is Captain Kirk actor Chris Pine, who seems to be joining a rather long list of conquests. So are these two a match made in sci-fi heaven?

While Chris won the coveted Star Trek role, Wilde has been trying to become fanboys' favorite Olivia (sorry, Ms. Munn) by starring in a slew of sci-fi movies, including Tron: Legacy , Cowboys & Aliens , and In Time (which sounds a bit like a Logan's Run remake). Before pining for Chris Pine, the recently divorced actress was rumored to be dating Ryan Gosling, and she's been linked to a number of her costars -- Ryan Reynolds from The Change Up , Justin Timberlake from In Time , and Bradley Cooper from The Words . So hopefully Chris Pine (who she stars with in Welcome to People ) isn't looking for something serious.

Music for kids, the Ultrasounds, 'Megamind' on the big screen, and more

Tonight is Day 15 of Top of the Park, the popular, free (donations welcome) outdoor happening featuring music, movies, kicking back, running into friends, and a variety of other attractions.

Each day in cooperation with theAnn Arbor Summer Festival—which presents Top of the Park as well as main-stage ticketed events—AnnArbor.com is publishing a rundown of the night's happenings. Here's an overview of tonight's schedule, followed by a more detailed look at the events and attractions:

Los Alamos evacuation order lifted; 12,000 go home

Smoke from the Las Conchas fire fills the sky near the Los Alamos Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M., Tuesday, June 28, 2011. A vicious wildfire spread through the mountains above a northern New Mexico town on Tuesday, driving thousands of people from their homes as officials at the government nuclear laboratory tried to dispel concerns about the safety of sensitive materials. Photo: Jae C. Hong / AP

Academic Achievers

Local high school seniors who attended the 74th annual American Legion Alabama Boys State Convention at The University of Alabama

they were chosen to represent, include:

Evan Kilburn, Rogers High School, son of Suzanne and James Kilburn, elected as associate judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3;

Jakob Liles, Lauderdale County High School, son of Amy and Darin Liles, elected as associate commissioner, Public Service Commission;

No Harry Potter for Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian moviegoers are facing a bleak year of second-rate foreign releases and lowbrow local productions as Hollywood studios, the government, and movie importers remain locked in a protracted standoff.

It’s been four months since major Hollywood studios withdrew films from Indonesia, a nation of 237 million people, in opposition to a new levy on imported movies that was meant to protect local filmmakers.

Do This for 10 Minutes on the Fourth of July

By Dennis Prager ( Archive ) · Saturday, July 2, 2011

Four years ago, I wrote a column titled "America Needs a July Fourth Seder." In it, I explained that "national memory dies without national ritual. And without a national memory, a nation dies." Many readers and listeners to my radio show responded by creating their own rituals to make the day far more meaningful than watching fireworks and eating hot dogs.

MOVIE ROUNDUP

Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) gets a helping hand from a statue of Abraham Lincoln, which has magically come to life at the Lincoln Memorial, in “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.” Twentieth Century Fox

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Good old Super 8: Hit movie revives nostalgia for the quirky '70s film format

PHILADELPHIA - It was the feeling of the film against your palm, and the cartridge spinning inside the camera, always running out too quickly, that made some filmmakers yearn for Super 8mm film in an age now dominated by digital.

The sci-fi mystery "Super 8" - which grossed $95 million in its first two weeks of release - is reminding many people of the film format popular in the 1970s, once used to shoot everything from back-yard birthdays to experimental films.

Sin límites (2011)

Sin límites (Limitless) es el cuarto largometraje de Neil Burger , un relato bastante fantasioso de individualismo exacerbado –de algún modo en la línea de la “magia” de El ilusionista – en un New York pleno de estímulos inquietantes y oportunidades explosivas. Es la historia de Eddie Morra ( Bradley Cooper ), un frustrado escritor que tiene acceso de forma casual a una poderosa droga que espectacularmente incrementa las capacidades cognoscitivas y lo convierte no sólo en dotado de la literatura, sino en estrella del mundo financiero y oráculo imprescindible para las decisiones bursátiles.

2011 Australian International Motor Show: Enthusiasts Get Behind Ford's Mad Max Interceptors

MELBOURNE – July 1, 2011: Almost 10,000 car enthusiasts have voted to choose the next Mad Max Interceptor.

As interest in the Mad Max Interceptor "Next Generation" project goes global, Ford Australia and TopGear Australia magazine have extended the voting period through July for readers to pick between the two new spectacular Interceptors concepts being crafted by Ford designers.

Scorsese's "Hugo Cabret" Now Just "Hugo"

Brian Selznick's "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" sold a mountain of copies, won a boatload of awards and attracted the attention of one of the greatest filmmakers ever. But as the story has moved from book to silver screen, the title has gotten progressively shortened to the point of now being totally generic.

Good old Super 8

A hit movie revives nostalgia for the quirky '70s film format. Crisp digital has largely replaced it, but its grainy images will last longer.

It was the feeling of the film against your palm, and the cartridge spinning inside the camera, always running out too quickly, that made some filmmakers yearn for Super 8mm film in an age now dominated by digital.

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Van Halen Confirm Live Dates- Metallica Murder Suspect Search- Vedder Homme Strokes- Chickenfoot Set- A Perfect New Circle Song- Smashing WTF?- Soulfly- more

Van Halen and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Named Top American Rock Bands of All Time

Mutemath Announce New Album and Special Preview Shows

Meet the makers of "Jaws: Memories from Martha's Vineyard" : In Print : The Martha's Vineyard Times

"Jaws: Memories of Martha's Vineyard" by Matt Taylor, Moonrise Media, Chilmark, June 2011 (on-Island), September 2011 (nationally), 295 pp., $59.95 paperback; $250 limited edition hardcover package. Available at Bunch of Grapes and Edgartown Books.

The Book of "Jaws," biblical in scope, will be a top summer read based on early interest in the fascinating, often-hilarious Island story behind "Jaws," filmed here in 1974 by then-unknown director Steven Spielberg.