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Friday’s Funny Feature: 100th SNL Digital Short
The SNL Digital Shorts are hilarious, and Andy Samberg and his team are celebrating their 100th episode with an over-the-top party. Cameos galore, with "updates" to their classic shorts. My favorites include D--- In A Box and Chronicles of Narnia, among others. This 100th celebration is really … More>>
YouToo Gets Social On Facebook
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) It's called YouToo and it bills itself as "the first Social TV Network." and it's definitely not to be confused with ... well, those other guys. And while it shares similar characteristics of a video streaming service, it also allows users to provide user generated … More>>
EA Must Defend NCAA Conspiracy Lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc lost its bid to be dismissed from a lawsuit accusing the video game company of involvement in an NCAA conspiracy to prevent college athletes from being paid. Plaintiffs led by former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon had accused the National … More>>
Facebook Wraps Up IPO, Set For Big Friday Pop
By Alexei Oreskovic and Olivia Oran - SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is set to raise up to $18.4 billion in its IPO and become the first U.S. company to be worth more than $100 billion at its debut, as investors bet on a big pop in the stock when it begins trading on the Nasdaq on … More>>
Avengers May Sink Battleship’s U.S. Launch
By Ronald Grover - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The big-budget action film "Battleship", produced by Comcast's Universal Pictures, is shaping up to become the next film to fall victim to "The Avengers'" record box office march. (Editor's note: Check out our story on how much money it's made … More>>
Van Halen Postpone More Than 30 Concert Dates
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock band Van Halen on Thursday postponed more than 30 concert dates of their U.S. summer tour, leading to speculation the "Runnin' with the Devil" group was feuding again. The band's official website, van-halen.com, took down all its dates after June 26, listing only 15 … More>>
Comcast Trying Out Internet Usage Pricing, Dropping Caps
(Reuters) - Comcast Corp said on Thursday it will introduce a trial for usage-based billing for its Internet subscribers in a move seen to pre-empt more complaints the cable company favors its own Web video service over rivals. Usage-based pricing would allow Comcast to charge its customers for … More>>
Rourke, Alba Return To Sin City 2, October 2013 Release
By Heath McKnight (doddleNEWS) Dimension Films announced that Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For will open October 4, 2013, and Mickey Rourke and Jessica Alba will return to co-star in the film. The great Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller will co-write and co-direct, with William … More>>
Battleship Still Not Sunk Ahead Of U.S. Release
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Only the most cynical, disenchanted film fan would condemn Battleship as being yet another example of studio short sightedness. Of course, it is exactly this kind of contrived, jingoistic, sensory pollution, masquerading as family entertainment that has caused that … More>>
Disco Queen Donna Summer Dies At 63
(Reuters) - Donna Summer, whose music dominated the 1970s disco era, died of cancer on Thursday at age 63, leaving a legacy of hit singles like "Love to Love You Baby," "Last Dance" and "Bad Girls." Summer, who won five Grammys and sold more than 130 million records worldwide, died surrounded by … More>>
Main Apple Data Center To Tap Only Renewable Power
(Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to power its main, North Carolina data center entirely with renewable energy sources by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming computer server farms. On Thursday, the makers of the … More>>
Judd Apatow Reviews 100 Years Of Comic Gems
By Sharon Waxman - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Judd Apatow, the modern master of human-scale comedy, sat down with TheWrap to review the Universal Studios archive in honor of the studio's 100-year anniversary this year. The writer-director of "Knocked Up," producer of "Bridesmaids" and director … More>>
Google To Meet French Regulator On Privacy Policy
By Leila Abboud and Gwénaëlle Barzic - PARIS (Reuters) - Google will meet with France's data protection watchdog next week to answer questions about its new user privacy policy as part of a Europe-wide investigation being led by the French regulator. France's Commission Nationale de … More>>
Samsung Not Seen Quaking In Boots Over Apple-Elpida Report
By Miyoung Kim - SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Inc will struggle to cut its reliance on rival Samsung Electronics for component supplies, analysts and industry sources said on Thursday, despite speculation that it has begun reducing its use of Samsung memory chips. Samsung has lost 6 percent of its … More>>
Pinterest Funding Could Value Startup At $1.5 Billion
(Reuters) - Social networking site Pinterest has raised $100 million from a group of investors led by Japanese online retailing giant Rakuten Inc in a deal that reportedly values the three-year-old U.S. company at $1.5 billion. Rakuten said it was joined in the capital-raising by existing … More>>
‘Godfather of Go-Go’ Chuck Brown Dies At 75
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chuck Brown, known as the "Godfather of Go-Go" for the subgenre of funk music he helped create, died on Wednesday at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore after being admitted earlier this month suffering from pneumonia. A spokeswoman for the hospital … More>>
Report: Lopez Not Planning ‘American Idol’ Return
LOS ANGELES, May 17 (UPI) -- Singer, actress, model and producer Jennifer Lopez will not serve as a judge on TV's "American Idol" for a third season, a source told UsMagazine.com. Lopez, a 42-year-old divorced mother of 4-year-old twins, has been part of the "Idol" judges' panel alongside Randy … More>>
