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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
All You Can Watch Movies?
via Wired.com. Read the original here.
All-You-Can-Watch MoviePass Brings Netflix Model To Theaters | Epicenter
Updated: Information on 3-D and Imax pricing and a comment from an analyst were added to this story June 27, 2011, at 11:20 a.m. Pacific.
MoviePass, a new $50-per-month service for film fans, will let subscribers watch unlimited movies in theaters using their smartphones as tickets.
Using an HTML5 application (native smartphone apps coming soon), MoviePass[1]will let users search for a film, find a local show time, check in to the theater and go straight to the ticket-taker.
The all-you-can-watch service, announced Monday with a private beta starting in the San Francisco Bay Area just in time for the Fourth of July blockbuster weekend, is looking to shake up the theater business in much the same way Netflix[2] has changed the DVD-rental game.
“Even with online ticketing, this side of the business is still a 75-year-old business and there’s not a lot of innovation,” MoviePass co-founder Stacy Spikes[3] said in an interview with Wired.com. “Getting your tickets, how you do that, how you interact with the theater, how you interact with the studio, none of that has really changed. We’re giving the viewer a lot more power and also allowing [studios and moviegoers] to speak with each other.”
MoviePass[4] will launch with an “unlimited pass” service allowing subscribers to go to as many films as they can stand for $50 a month. If they want to see a 3-D or Imax film, they will pay a $3 surcharge. A “limited pass” offering four movies a month for $30 is in the works.
“MoviePass makes spur-of-the-moment movie-going as simple as choosing a film on the phone and checking in at the theater,” Spikes said in a press release. “No more waiting in line.”
The private beta will launch with 21 theaters in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend (see list below), then roll out to other U.S. cities throughout the summer. MoviePass plans to offer access to about 40 percent of the nation’s screens when the service launches nationally in the fall.
The flat-rate service, which will presumably work best for city-dwellers with access to multiple theaters and show times, will give hard-core movie buffs early looks at new trailers, plus invites to promotional screenings based on their movie picks. It will also give studios opportunities to target movies and promotions directly to fans interested in particular film genres.
MoviePass’ model could be highly beneficial for theater chains, which make great profit margins on concession sales, simply by getting people to go to more movies. Studios could also benefit from an all-you-can-watch model by encouraging people to take a chance on films they otherwise might not see, and ultimately leading to DVD sales. However, the number of people who can go to enough films in a given month to get a good return on their $50 investment is a niche audience, said Wade Holden, a motion picture and home entertainment analyst for SNL Kagan.
“At first glance I don’t think it’s going to be something that’s going to be sweeping in every moviegoer into its wake,” Holden said Monday in a phone interview with Wired.com.
But avid moviegoers who routinely hit the theater on opening night and are likely to buy DVDs are the kind of fans MoviePass is hoping to attract — and deliver to studios.
“We enable our members to extend their connection to the movie they just saw by pre-ordering the DVD, digital download or other merchandise as soon as they walk out of the theater,” said MoviePass co-founder Hamet Watt in a press release. “MoviePass also enables studios and producers to engage with avid movie buffs based on their film-attendance history.”
These San Francisco Bay Area Theaters will participate in the MoviePass beta, which launches Wednesday: The Clay, Bridge, Lumiere, Embarcadero, Opera Plaza Cinemas and AMC Van Ness 14 in San Francisco; AMC Bay Street 16 in Emeryville; California Theatres and Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley; Piedmont Theatre in Oakland; Albany Twin in Albany; Big Cinemas Towne 3, Camera 3, Camera 12, AMC Eastridge 15 and AMC Saratoga 14 in San Jose; Camera 7 in Campbell; AMC Mercado 20 in Santa Clara; AMC Cupertino Square 16 in Cupertino; Camera Cinemas Los Gatos in Los Gatos; and Aquarius in Palo Alto.
All-You-Can-Watch MoviePass Brings Netflix Model To Theaters | Epicenter
Updated: Information on 3-D and Imax pricing and a comment from an analyst were added to this story June 27, 2011, at 11:20 a.m. Pacific.
MoviePass, a new $50-per-month service for film fans, will let subscribers watch unlimited movies in theaters using their smartphones as tickets.
Using an HTML5 application (native smartphone apps coming soon), MoviePass[1]will let users search for a film, find a local show time, check in to the theater and go straight to the ticket-taker.
The all-you-can-watch service, announced Monday with a private beta starting in the San Francisco Bay Area just in time for the Fourth of July blockbuster weekend, is looking to shake up the theater business in much the same way Netflix[2] has changed the DVD-rental game.
“Even with online ticketing, this side of the business is still a 75-year-old business and there’s not a lot of innovation,” MoviePass co-founder Stacy Spikes[3] said in an interview with Wired.com. “Getting your tickets, how you do that, how you interact with the theater, how you interact with the studio, none of that has really changed. We’re giving the viewer a lot more power and also allowing [studios and moviegoers] to speak with each other.”
MoviePass[4] will launch with an “unlimited pass” service allowing subscribers to go to as many films as they can stand for $50 a month. If they want to see a 3-D or Imax film, they will pay a $3 surcharge. A “limited pass” offering four movies a month for $30 is in the works.
“MoviePass makes spur-of-the-moment movie-going as simple as choosing a film on the phone and checking in at the theater,” Spikes said in a press release. “No more waiting in line.”
The private beta will launch with 21 theaters in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend (see list below), then roll out to other U.S. cities throughout the summer. MoviePass plans to offer access to about 40 percent of the nation’s screens when the service launches nationally in the fall.
The flat-rate service, which will presumably work best for city-dwellers with access to multiple theaters and show times, will give hard-core movie buffs early looks at new trailers, plus invites to promotional screenings based on their movie picks. It will also give studios opportunities to target movies and promotions directly to fans interested in particular film genres.
MoviePass’ model could be highly beneficial for theater chains, which make great profit margins on concession sales, simply by getting people to go to more movies. Studios could also benefit from an all-you-can-watch model by encouraging people to take a chance on films they otherwise might not see, and ultimately leading to DVD sales. However, the number of people who can go to enough films in a given month to get a good return on their $50 investment is a niche audience, said Wade Holden, a motion picture and home entertainment analyst for SNL Kagan.
“At first glance I don’t think it’s going to be something that’s going to be sweeping in every moviegoer into its wake,” Holden said Monday in a phone interview with Wired.com.
But avid moviegoers who routinely hit the theater on opening night and are likely to buy DVDs are the kind of fans MoviePass is hoping to attract — and deliver to studios.
“We enable our members to extend their connection to the movie they just saw by pre-ordering the DVD, digital download or other merchandise as soon as they walk out of the theater,” said MoviePass co-founder Hamet Watt in a press release. “MoviePass also enables studios and producers to engage with avid movie buffs based on their film-attendance history.”
These San Francisco Bay Area Theaters will participate in the MoviePass beta, which launches Wednesday: The Clay, Bridge, Lumiere, Embarcadero, Opera Plaza Cinemas and AMC Van Ness 14 in San Francisco; AMC Bay Street 16 in Emeryville; California Theatres and Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley; Piedmont Theatre in Oakland; Albany Twin in Albany; Big Cinemas Towne 3, Camera 3, Camera 12, AMC Eastridge 15 and AMC Saratoga 14 in San Jose; Camera 7 in Campbell; AMC Mercado 20 in Santa Clara; AMC Cupertino Square 16 in Cupertino; Camera Cinemas Los Gatos in Los Gatos; and Aquarius in Palo Alto.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Do you believe Shia Lebouf?
...from an interview with Details magazine. Read the original here.
Asked if he hooked up with Fox, LaBeouf nods affirmatively. "Look, you're on the set for six months, with someone who's rooting to be attracted to you, and you're rooting to be attracted to them," he explains. "I never understood the separation of work and life in that situation. But the time I spent with Megan was our own thing, and I think you can see the chemistry onscreen." When I inquire about Fox's status at the time with her longtime boyfriend, Brian Austin Green, LaBeouf replies, "I don't know, man. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. . . ."—repeating the phrase exactly 12 times with various intonations, as if trying to get it just right. Finally, he says, "It was what it was."
Read More http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/cover-stars/201108/shia-labeouf-actor-transformers-indiana-jones-wall-street#ixzz1QbL8VvKD
Asked if he hooked up with Fox, LaBeouf nods affirmatively. "Look, you're on the set for six months, with someone who's rooting to be attracted to you, and you're rooting to be attracted to them," he explains. "I never understood the separation of work and life in that situation. But the time I spent with Megan was our own thing, and I think you can see the chemistry onscreen." When I inquire about Fox's status at the time with her longtime boyfriend, Brian Austin Green, LaBeouf replies, "I don't know, man. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. . . ."—repeating the phrase exactly 12 times with various intonations, as if trying to get it just right. Finally, he says, "It was what it was."
Read More http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/cover-stars/201108/shia-labeouf-actor-transformers-indiana-jones-wall-street#ixzz1QbL8VvKD
Friday, June 17, 2011
Inglourious Basterds with Magic...and Darren Aronofsky
Could be good. Read the original here.
Darren Aronofsky Joins Magic World War II Drama Series In Development At HBO – Deadline.Com
By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday June 16, 2011 @ 7:48pm PDT
Darren Aronofsky, who is currently shopping[1] Noah, his edgy re-telling of the Noah's Ark story, has also come on board an HBO drama series project, which has been in development at the pay cable network for the past several months. Titled Hobgoblin, the drama is being written by the husband-and-wife duo of Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman and sounds like Inglorious Basterds with magicians. It revolves around a group of con men and magicians using their skills of deception to help defeat Hitler during World War II. Aronofsky is set to direct the potential pilot and executive produce with Chabon, Waldman, John Lesher and Adam Kassan. Aronofsky is the latest director to take a TV gig after a strong showing at the Oscars in the past couple of years. David Fincher, who was nominated alongside Aronofsky for best director this year, is doing House of Cards with Kevin Spacey, which landed at Netflix. And last year, Kathryn Bigelow followed her Oscar win for The Hurt Locker with a directing stint on the HBO pilot Miraculous Year. On the writing side, Alan Ball and Aaron Sorkin both segued from winning Oscars to creating an HBO series, Six Feet Under and More As This Story Develops, respectively.
Click Here[2] for Deadline Email News Alerts - Subscribe Today!
TV Editor Nellie Andreeva - tip her here[3].
References
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^ Here (www.deadline.com)
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Darren Aronofsky Joins Magic World War II Drama Series In Development At HBO – Deadline.Com
By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday June 16, 2011 @ 7:48pm PDT
Darren Aronofsky, who is currently shopping[1] Noah, his edgy re-telling of the Noah's Ark story, has also come on board an HBO drama series project, which has been in development at the pay cable network for the past several months. Titled Hobgoblin, the drama is being written by the husband-and-wife duo of Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman and sounds like Inglorious Basterds with magicians. It revolves around a group of con men and magicians using their skills of deception to help defeat Hitler during World War II. Aronofsky is set to direct the potential pilot and executive produce with Chabon, Waldman, John Lesher and Adam Kassan. Aronofsky is the latest director to take a TV gig after a strong showing at the Oscars in the past couple of years. David Fincher, who was nominated alongside Aronofsky for best director this year, is doing House of Cards with Kevin Spacey, which landed at Netflix. And last year, Kathryn Bigelow followed her Oscar win for The Hurt Locker with a directing stint on the HBO pilot Miraculous Year. On the writing side, Alan Ball and Aaron Sorkin both segued from winning Oscars to creating an HBO series, Six Feet Under and More As This Story Develops, respectively.
Click Here[2] for Deadline Email News Alerts - Subscribe Today!
TV Editor Nellie Andreeva - tip her here[3].
References
^ shopping (www.deadline.com)
^ Here (www.deadline.com)
^ here (www.deadline.com)
Thursday, June 16, 2011
The Wolverine gets a director...
Not a bad choice....his pedigree is fairly good. Read the original here.
Fox Chooses James Mangold On ‘Wolverine’ – Deadline.Com
By MIKE FLEMING | Wednesday June 15, 2011 @ 9:26pm EDT
EXCLUSIVE: James Mangold is 20th Century Fox's and star Hugh Jackman's choice to direct The Wolverine, ending one of the most competitive contests among directors for a major studio film. Negotiations are about to get underway, but I'm told that Mangold will take the helming job on the sequel to the X-Men spinoff film, a post that became vacant when Darren Aronofskydropped[1] out of the film in March.
I'd heard that Mangold was on a very short list coming into this week, along with Warrior director Gavin O'Connor and Brooklyn's Finest helmer Antoine Fuqua. I've heard that Fox will look to start principal photography in the fall. Scripted by Christopher McQuarrie, The Wolverine takes place mostly in Japan. Mangold most recently directed the Tom Cruise-Cameron Diaz starrer Knight and Day for Fox, and before that 3:10 to Yuma and Walk the Line. Mangold's repped by WME and Management 360.
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References
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^ Here (www.deadline.com)
Fox Chooses James Mangold On ‘Wolverine’ – Deadline.Com
By MIKE FLEMING | Wednesday June 15, 2011 @ 9:26pm EDT
EXCLUSIVE: James Mangold is 20th Century Fox's and star Hugh Jackman's choice to direct The Wolverine, ending one of the most competitive contests among directors for a major studio film. Negotiations are about to get underway, but I'm told that Mangold will take the helming job on the sequel to the X-Men spinoff film, a post that became vacant when Darren Aronofskydropped[1] out of the film in March.
I'd heard that Mangold was on a very short list coming into this week, along with Warrior director Gavin O'Connor and Brooklyn's Finest helmer Antoine Fuqua. I've heard that Fox will look to start principal photography in the fall. Scripted by Christopher McQuarrie, The Wolverine takes place mostly in Japan. Mangold most recently directed the Tom Cruise-Cameron Diaz starrer Knight and Day for Fox, and before that 3:10 to Yuma and Walk the Line. Mangold's repped by WME and Management 360.
Click Here[2] for Deadline Email News Alerts - Subscribe Today!
References
^ dropped (www.deadline.com)
^ Here (www.deadline.com)
Conan O' Brien's Dartmouth 2011 Commencement Address
I just had a senior level executive from Chrysler deliver my address...I wish I had Conan. More memorable, and better advice...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Go the F*** to sleep (Language NSFW)
There is only one man who should read the audio version of "Go the F*** to Sleep". And presented by audible.com, he does. Language NSFW.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Life imitates art?
And by life, I mean "Sean Bean". And by imitates, I mean "is". And by art, I mean "badass". AKA Sean Bean is like many of his characters, and just plain tough. I don't know about you, but when I get stabbed in the arm, I cry like a little girl. What I don't do is sack up, go back to the bar, and order another drink.
Read the original here.
Read the original here.
Sean Bean 'Stabbed' In The Arm Following A Row Over Glamour Model April Summers
By Ben Todd[1], Inderdeep Bains[2] and Chris Greenwood[3]
Last updated at 7:17 PM on 14th June 2011
He became known to millions as the rugged, hero soldier in historical drama Sharpe.
And now actor Sean Bean has proven once and for all that his tough-guy image is not just fictional.
The Daily Mail has learned that Bean was ‘stabbed’ in the arm following a row over a beautiful young model.
The four-time married star was apparently attacked outside the Hill Bar and Brasserie in Camden, North West London late on Sunday evening.
Mr Bean was said to have a cut arm and a bruised face, according to witnesses.
However, extraordinarily, he declined to attend hospital.
Instead, the star walked back into the bar and, after staff gave him aid from a first aid kit, ordered another drink.
A member of staff said: ‘Sean is a regular here and we’ve never had any problems before. He was with a very attractive woman and an incident occurred outside the bar.
‘He came in with a cut on his arm and a bruise on his eyebrow. We saw to his injuries with the first aid kit.He seemed ok and wanted to have another drink.’
The row began when Mr Bean, 52, and April Summers - a glamour model who is 30 years his junior who had gone to the bar with him - were standing outside, having a cigarette.
Miss Summers – whose real name the Daily Mail understands is Nadia Foster – lives close to Mr Bean in the same area.
According to witnesses, a passer-by then made lewd comments about Miss Summers, a topless model who has appeared in a number of UK lads’ magazines as well as the Italian edition of Playboy.
As a result, Mr Bean followed the man down the road to challenge him.
Later in the evening, Mr Bean went out for another cigarette and was then attacked by a man.
The star, who lives close by, was said to have been stabbed in the arm – believed to be with a broken glass - and punched in the face, according to witnesses. Police were then called.
Bean – who also appeared in Hollywood blockbuster Lord Of The Rings - divorced his fourth wife Georgina Sutcliffe last December after just two years marriage.
They said they had found it intolerable to live together. Miss Sutcliffe – who Mr Bean had first met when she was working at one of his favourite bars - had also once accused Bean of assault but the charges were dropped.
Mr Bean – who originally hails from Sheffield, South Yorkshire - was first married to hairdresser Debra James, his teenage sweetheart.
He then wed actress Melanie Hill, with whom he has two daughters Lorna, 23, and Molly, 19. They originally met at drama college RADA but divorced in 1997.
He married Abigail Cruttenden, who he had met on the set of Sharpe, that November. They had a daughter Evie, now 12, before divorcing in 2000.
It is not known if Miss Summers is Mr Bean’s latest girlfriend.
The star – who first rose to fame as Mellors opposite Joely Richardson in a 1992 BBC production of Lady Chatterley’s Lover – told the Daily Mail last month how he continues to enjoy drinking.
He said: ‘I like a good drink like the next man. But on my own terms. I feel a bit queasy at the thought of attending premieres and stuff.
‘I’m not that social type. But if you court publicity you can’t complain if you get pestered. And I don’t want to be pestered. To be famous and seen in clubs and bars – is that it?’
The police had no comment to make on the alleged fracas. Mr Bean was unavailable for comment.
Miss Summers – who also lives close to the bar - said she was not injured in the incident. She told the Mail at her home last night: ‘I’m fine, it is a private matter. I don’t want to make any comment.’
References
^ Ben Todd (www.dailymail.co.uk)
^ Inderdeep Bains (www.dailymail.co.uk)
^ Chris Greenwood (www.dailymail.co.uk)
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2003338/Sean-Bean-stabbed-arm-following-row-glamour-model-April-Summers.html#ixzz1PHcwLKFM
By Ben Todd[1], Inderdeep Bains[2] and Chris Greenwood[3]
Last updated at 7:17 PM on 14th June 2011
He became known to millions as the rugged, hero soldier in historical drama Sharpe.
And now actor Sean Bean has proven once and for all that his tough-guy image is not just fictional.
The Daily Mail has learned that Bean was ‘stabbed’ in the arm following a row over a beautiful young model.
The four-time married star was apparently attacked outside the Hill Bar and Brasserie in Camden, North West London late on Sunday evening.
Mr Bean was said to have a cut arm and a bruised face, according to witnesses.
However, extraordinarily, he declined to attend hospital.
Instead, the star walked back into the bar and, after staff gave him aid from a first aid kit, ordered another drink.
A member of staff said: ‘Sean is a regular here and we’ve never had any problems before. He was with a very attractive woman and an incident occurred outside the bar.
‘He came in with a cut on his arm and a bruise on his eyebrow. We saw to his injuries with the first aid kit.He seemed ok and wanted to have another drink.’
The row began when Mr Bean, 52, and April Summers - a glamour model who is 30 years his junior who had gone to the bar with him - were standing outside, having a cigarette.
Miss Summers – whose real name the Daily Mail understands is Nadia Foster – lives close to Mr Bean in the same area.
According to witnesses, a passer-by then made lewd comments about Miss Summers, a topless model who has appeared in a number of UK lads’ magazines as well as the Italian edition of Playboy.
As a result, Mr Bean followed the man down the road to challenge him.
Later in the evening, Mr Bean went out for another cigarette and was then attacked by a man.
The star, who lives close by, was said to have been stabbed in the arm – believed to be with a broken glass - and punched in the face, according to witnesses. Police were then called.
Bean – who also appeared in Hollywood blockbuster Lord Of The Rings - divorced his fourth wife Georgina Sutcliffe last December after just two years marriage.
They said they had found it intolerable to live together. Miss Sutcliffe – who Mr Bean had first met when she was working at one of his favourite bars - had also once accused Bean of assault but the charges were dropped.
Mr Bean – who originally hails from Sheffield, South Yorkshire - was first married to hairdresser Debra James, his teenage sweetheart.
He then wed actress Melanie Hill, with whom he has two daughters Lorna, 23, and Molly, 19. They originally met at drama college RADA but divorced in 1997.
He married Abigail Cruttenden, who he had met on the set of Sharpe, that November. They had a daughter Evie, now 12, before divorcing in 2000.
It is not known if Miss Summers is Mr Bean’s latest girlfriend.
The star – who first rose to fame as Mellors opposite Joely Richardson in a 1992 BBC production of Lady Chatterley’s Lover – told the Daily Mail last month how he continues to enjoy drinking.
He said: ‘I like a good drink like the next man. But on my own terms. I feel a bit queasy at the thought of attending premieres and stuff.
‘I’m not that social type. But if you court publicity you can’t complain if you get pestered. And I don’t want to be pestered. To be famous and seen in clubs and bars – is that it?’
The police had no comment to make on the alleged fracas. Mr Bean was unavailable for comment.
Miss Summers – who also lives close to the bar - said she was not injured in the incident. She told the Mail at her home last night: ‘I’m fine, it is a private matter. I don’t want to make any comment.’
References
^ Ben Todd (www.dailymail.co.uk)
^ Inderdeep Bains (www.dailymail.co.uk)
^ Chris Greenwood (www.dailymail.co.uk)
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2003338/Sean-Bean-stabbed-arm-following-row-glamour-model-April-Summers.html#ixzz1PHcwLKFM
Friday, June 10, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
This is what Kinect has been waiting for....
Although, I do kinda wish they had built an optimized light gun controller too...
Friday, June 3, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Miley Cyrus "Party in the USA" redemption?
Crosby & Nash join "Neil Young" to sing "Party in the USA". Enough to redeem?
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