September 6, 2010

Facebook Passes 500 Million Users!

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More than half a billion people (!) around the world are now using Facebook, which means Facebook has a slightly smaller population than the continent of North America. That’s nearly five times as many people as watched this year’s Super Bowl (the most watched television event in the year) and about four times as many [...]

Tropical Thunder Character Les Grossman May Get His Own Movie

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Paramount Pictures and MTV Films announced today that they are set to develop a movie around mega-producer Les Grossman. The announcement comes on the heels of Grossman’s groundbreaking and visionary production of the soon-to-be Emmy award-winning 2010 MTV Movie Awards Sunday night. Tom Cruise, along with Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld of Red Hour Films, [...]

James Bond’s Aston Martin is up for sale

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1964 Aston Martin DB5 James Bond movie car is available for sale for the first time in history and expected to achieve in excess of $5 million. The car is being offered by RM Auctions in association with Sotheby’s, with whom RM has worked in the past. Well-known around the world by its original UK [...]

Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho 50th Anniversary Edition debuts on Blu-Ray

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Hailed as one of the most influential suspense movies of its time, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho had a profound effect on how future filmmakers made movies and shaped audience expectations for generations to come. To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of one of Universal Studios’ most treasured and prestigious films, Psycho will debut for the first time [...]

Alice in Wonderland Blu-Ray Edition to be released on June 1

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Following a record-breaking theatrical performance, Tim Burton’s epic fantasy adventure ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Disney’s 4th biggest film of all time, takes its booming box-office success into the home with a Disney 3-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy), 1-Disc Blu-ray and 1-Disc DVD on June 1, 2010, from Walt Disney Studios Home [...]

Dreamworks uses cloud computing to render 3D movie

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Cerelink Inc, a New Mexico company specializing in cloud computing, has successfully used its private computer cloud in collaboration with DreamWorks Animation Inc. to help render the studio’s latest 3D movie, How to Train Your Dragon, which has grossed over $280 million to date at the worldwide box office. Using a private computer cluster, or [...]