February 2012
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POLL: Jeremy Lin's stages of fame
Lin-sanity. Lin-credible. Lin-derella. Here are the next 10 stages of Jeremy Lin’s fame.
Lin-ternet
Lin-tercourse
Lin-satiable
Lin-adequate
Lin-ebriated
Lin-carcerated
Lin-famy
Lin-cognito
Lin-consequential
Lin-t
Which of these are you most looking forward to?
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Pinterest, just let us opt in!
ReadWriteWeb ran a story late last week on how users of Pinterest can get sued for the content they upload (read here). They’ve followed that story up today with news of a code Pinterest is making available to web publishers who would like to prevent users from re-posting any of their content on the social-sharing service (read here).
A tool like Pinterest can be really great in helping...
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Lollipops, social gaming and advertising →
The Asian division of ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) has launched a new venture, Chuck Studios, which they will run in partnership with Chupa Chups maker Perfetti Van Melle. The plan is to create social games that would promote the lollipop brand and split the revenue generated from that content.
What grabbed me was the fact that BBH and Perfetti Van Melle expect the content to bring in...
December 2011
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Words now banned in the English language →
Every year Lake Superior State University bans a bunch of words and phrases from the English language for good. They just released their list today and, I must say, it is amazing. Oh wait, we can’t say “amazing” anymore.
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Mashable: Ron Howard Film to Make World Premiere... →
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'Starship Troopers' remake in the works →
The main brain behind the revival is prolific producer Neal Moritz, the man behind the Fast & The Furious films and several thousand other titles. It’s not really shocking that he’d turn to Starship Troopers, since he’s already shepherding one Verhoeven remake to the screen with Total Recall.
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New clips from M:I4 'Ghost Protocol'
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Grammy nominations redux
Kanye (7) and Adele (6) top this year’s list of nominations, along with the Foo Fighters (6) and Bruno Mars (6).
Rumour has it though that the British diva might sit this year’s ceremony out, as she’s recovering from surgery on her vocal chords (Source: LA Times).
Adele had surgery to repair her vocal damage in early November, and it remains unknown when she’ll be given the...
November 2011
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The disappearing baby bump (a.k.a. Pregnancy don't...
So I’m a little late to the game on this one, but here goes.
The first video (above) is of Beyonce performing on an episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon that aired on November 11th. The second video (below) is of an interview with Bey uploaded on November 23rd. Notice anything strange?
Apparently not only did the Queen of OTT pre-tape music videos for her singles months in advance,...
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PR slip gives 'Pottermore' game away →
Today’s highly anticipated launch of Pottermore, an online “follow up” project to the Harry Potter books by JK Rowling, was stymied yesterday after it emerged that a public relations executive from StonehillSalt, a PR firm based in East Lothian, Scotland, had sent nearly a dozen national newspaper journalists, including reporters at The Independent, details of a confidential PR...
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Bale hanging up his Batman cape →
The Oscar-winning star apparently confirmed that the upcoming third instalment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy will be his and the director’s curtain call in the Caped Crusader franchise.
“I believe the whole production wrapped yesterday, so it’s all done. Everything’s finished. It’s me and Chris - that will be the end of that Batman era.”
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Bane prologue leaked →
The plot to the IMAX-only opening scene of The Dark Knight Rises has been leaked online.
Bane and his mercenaries hijack a military plane transporting a dictator of a country which is in unrest (think Saddam Hussein type figure).
He successfully kills the leader, but makes some mistakes along the way and is unable to safely land the plane.
Because of the resulting injuries from the accident,...
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'Breaking Dawn' still atop US Box Office →
Muppets come in second :(
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Adele, Miley Cyrus to cover Dylan for Amnesty →
[Amnesty] is releasing a sprawling, four-CD collection, “Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International,” on January 24…
The collection, which primarily consists of cover versions of tunes from the Dylan catalog, encompasses 80 artists. Among those taking a crack at Mr. Zimmerman’s songbook: Adele, Sting, Elvis Costello, My Chemical...
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Is Aaron Sorkin Going to Write the Steve Jobs... →
Here’s one I nearly missed. Aaron Sorkin has been approached to write a script for a Steve Jobs biopic, based on Walter Isaacson’s recently released book.
Too soon?
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Details emerge on 'Star Trek' sequel
Still listed as the “Untitled Star Trek Sequel” on IMDB, J.J. Abrams’ follow-up to his 2009 reboot of the franchise finally has a release date. Still no name, but we’ll take what we can get!
Paramount is targeting May 17th, 2013 for its release, following news that parent company Sony Pictures has pushed Roland Emmerich’s Singularity off that date.
The script is...
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WatchLady Gaga posed nude for Tony Bennett
Lady Gaga put on a subdued holiday shindig for television viewers Thursday with her shockingly traditional ABC special, “A Very Gaga Thanksgiving.”
In the most shocking moment from the show, Gaga revealed that she posed nude for Bennett at the behest of Annie Leibovitz. The sketch will appear in Vanity Fair.
Good God, woman, what in the hell is wrong...
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Rotten Tomatoes' holiday movie preview →
Rotten Tomatoes runs down the list of films due to close 2011.
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WatchJ.K. Rowling, Sienna Miller testify before Leveson Inquiry
The Harry Potter author and British-American actress testify before a government-backed inquiry into the practices of the British press. This follows public outrage at the revelation of the scale of illegal phone hacking and police bribery by the now-defunct News of the World.
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