The Amazing Spider-Man movie doesn’t open until July 3, but Sony is already hard at work developing a sequel.
The studio has tapped Star Trek and Transformers writing team Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to work the screenplay for The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Spider-Man, which reboots the franchise under the direction of Marc Webb and actor Andrew Garfield, has a screenplay written by Alvin Sargent, Steve Kloves and James Vanderbilt.
By LOLITA C. BALDOR | Associated Press – Fri, Apr 20, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.
Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the FBI set up a safety net months ago using government computers to prevent Internet disruptions for those infected users. But that system is to be shut down.
by Phil Gallo
Foremost among his countless contributions to popular culture and the music business, Dick Clark took rock ‘n’ roll out of bedroom radios and placed it on televisions in living rooms and dens across America. Nearly five decades later, after creating and hosting game shows, the American Music Awards, New Year’s Eve celebrations and producing TV shows and films, “American Bandstand” remains the jewel in Clark’s crown.
1. Gotye f/ Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
2. fun. f/ Janelle Monae “We Are Young”
3. The Wanter, “Glad You Came”
4. One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
5. Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”
6. Flo Rida f/ Sia, “Wild Ones”
7. Nicki Minaj, “Starships”
8. Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”
9. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
10.Katy Perry, “Part Of Me”
New chips code-named Trinity and Brazos 2.0 will offer more performance-per-watt than predecessors
By Agam Shah
Consumer laptops and desktops with Advanced Micro Devices’ new ‘Trinity’ processors will go on sale this quarter and do battle with Intel’s next wave of Core processors, based on its Ivy Bridge microarchitecture.
1. fun. f/ Janelle Monae “We Are Young”
2. Gotye f/ Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
3. The Wanter, “Glad You Came”
4. One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
5. Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”
6. Nicki Minaj, “Starships”
7. Flo Rida f/ Sia, “Wild Ones”
8. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
9. Katy Perry, “Part Of Me”
10.Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”
By Jonathan Crow
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson might be soul mates in the “Twilight” series and may or may not be dating in real life, but in the just-released lineup of this year’s Cannes film festival, they are competitors.
