New Zealand Capital To Change Its Name In Honor Of 'The Hobbit'
Wellington, the capital and second-most populous city in New Zealand, will re-name itself "The Middle of Middle-earth," for the three weeks leading up to and following the release of the first...
View Article10 Documentaries That Will Teach Any Entrepreneur How To Think Differently
As an entrepreneur, you're no doubt in constant search of new ways to grow your business. But who wants to slog through another lengthy how-to book on the entrepreneurial process? There's another way....
View ArticleDoes The Camera Really Add 10 Pounds?
For everyone who’s ever been unhappy with the way they look in a picture or on video, there’s almost always someone there to try and comfort them by pointing out that the camera “adds ten pounds” to...
View ArticleThe 19 Worst Plot Holes In Blockbuster Movies
Movies like "Batman Begins,""Jurassic Park" and "Mean Girls" enthralled audiences worldwide and gained huge fan followings. But they also have notable plot holes. While most movies are supposed to be...
View ArticleMarine Filmmaker Explains How Kickstarter And New Animation Will Bring The...
Brian Iglesias, a combat decorated Marine infantry officer now in the Reserves, just completed his most recent campaign.But unlike earlier ones in combat, this campaign was online. Using the social...
View ArticleThe Underground Film Trend That's Changing The Way People Watch Movies
Under the menacing eye of guards, the cinema-goers sit in silence as their 1950s bus rumbles through London.Suddenly, a prison looms out of the darkness.Welcome to Secret Cinema, where the film is not...
View ArticleMeet George Lucas' Savvy Fiancé, DreamWorks Animation Chairman Mellody Hobson
After seven years of dating, "Star Wars" creator George Lucas finally popped the question over the holidays to his long-time girlfriend, DreamWorks animation chairman, Mellody Hobson. It will be the...
View ArticleKids Think Hermione Granger Is The Best Film Role Model
Harry Potter sidekick Hermoine Granger has been chosen as the best big screen role model in a poll of young film fans.Granger, who has been played in all of the eight Harry Potter films by Emma Watson,...
View ArticleTrey Parker And Matt Stone Are Setting Up Their Own Movie Studio
The creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, are planning a big-screen version of their hit musical The Book of Mormon after setting up a new $300m production company.Important Studios,...
View ArticleThe Team Behind 'Scarface' Is Reuniting For The Joe Paterno Biopic
Brian De Palma and Al Pacino are to reunite for a biopic about Pennsylvania State University's controversial former American football coach, Joe Paterno, who was forced to retire after a sexual abuse...
View ArticleDairy Farmer Has No Regrets About Doing It The Old-Fashioned Way
Hollywood’s latest starlet is gazing enigmatically into the camera lens with her huge melting brown eyes, framed with lashes long enough to catch snowflakes. She radiates an air of serenity amid the...
View Article12 Early Short Films By Famous Hollywood Directors
If tomorrow's new release Mama— in which two adopted children are beset by a malevolent creature they call Mama — sounds familiar, it may be because you first encountered the film in its original...
View ArticleMeet The 'Wiseguys' Of Sports Betting—The Las Vegas Version Of Wall Street
In many ways, the sports betting world can be described as the Las Vegas version of Wall Street. "Sports betting is the moral equivalent of Wall Street. It really is. Instead of betting on companies...
View ArticleMatt Damon Is Bewildered By Critics Who Didn't Love His New Anti-Fracking Film
Matt Damon defended his new anti-fracking feature, Berlin film festival contender "Promised Land", Friday against poor reviews and ticket sales and said it was getting harder to make "issue...
View ArticleHow To Tell A Powerful Story
Howard Suber is one of my mentors. He founded the graduate program I was in at UCLA and has taught literally thousands of students about the power of film and narrative structure.From his bio at...
View ArticleCops Find Missing Hollywood Exec's Car And Now Think He Was Murdered
Police have found the car of the missing 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith. Smith went missing May of last year after failing to pick up one of his three sons from school. The 57-year-old was...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: Parker Posey Struggles With A Man Who Can Only Speak In Ad...
"A Word From Our Sponsor" is a new indie flick that takes advertising to a bizarre realm of creativity.Due out May 10 in theaters (and May 6 on VOD), the movie features Bruce Greenwood (of Star Trek)...
View Article20 Celebrities' First R-Rated Movie Roles
If you're under 17, you can't see R-rated movies without an adult, but there are no rules about acting in them. Some of the industry's most famous faces starred in some very adult movies at a young age...
View Article'Great Gatsby' Star Tobey Maguire Fell In Love With The Film's Stunning Sets
Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann’s much-anticipated adaptation of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic 1920s novel, hits theaters on May 10, with Leonardo DiCaprio in the role of Jay Gatsby and Carey...
View ArticleHigh-Profile Agents Keep Leaving Hollywood's Prestigious Talent Group CAA
It used to be well known in Hollywood: no one ever leaves CAA voluntarily. Why would they? There’s nowhere to go but down from from the biggest agency in town.But over the past three months, no fewer...
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