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By Kimberly Gadette (doddleNEWS) Mansome is a mullet. Neither long hair nor short; neither here nor there. This Morgan Spurlock documentary about modern masculine grooming habits is neither all-out funny nor seriously thought-provoking. To mangle that famous quote by Gertrude Stein: There is no … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
(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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
(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 … [Read more...]
(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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
(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 … [Read more...]
