Director: Kimberly Peirce
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer | See full cast and crew
Release: 18 October 2013 (USA)
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Hammond On Roger Ebert – An Appreciation
By PETE HAMMOND
Certainly Roger Ebert will be remembered for many things. Winning an unprecedented Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for film criticism is just one of them. For me, though, beyond that distinction Roger was far more unique in the pantheon of the truly great critics of our time, and all time. Along with Gene Siskel he figured out a way to take film criticism to the masses in a way it never really had been, at least on a national basis. With their patented ’2 Thumbs Up’ and ’2 Thumbs Down’ reviews on their pioneering PBS and later syndicated weekly TV show, this pair not only brought the job of a film critic into the national consciousness, they also made it fun. And accessible. The ‘thumbs’ signature was really the forerunner of a site like Rotten Tomatoes, an instantly recognizable label that moviegoers could use like a Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval when it appeared in an ad as it did hundreds of times.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mentor Joe Weider Dies
By Megan Garvey
Joe Weider, who made millions from a fitness empire and mentored a young Austrian bodybuilder who went on to become a major movie star and governor of California, has died.
Weider, 93, passed away Saturday of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles, according to a news release. The multimillion-dollar publishing empire he built included Muscle and Fitness, Flex, Shape, and Men’s Fitness magazines.
His death was marked by his protege Arnold Schwarzenegger, who called Weider “the godfather of fitness.”
‘American Idol’ Season 12 Top 10 results: Curtis Finch Jr., Janelle Arthur or Devin Velez, who went home?
By Andrea Reiher
It’s our first finalists results show, “American Idol” fans. Where we all sit through an hour’s worth of filler for a tiny bit of news.
Headlining tonight’s filler are Phillip Phillips and Bon Jovi. It’s weird to have a group we worshiped as a kid performing on an “Idol” results show. Is this what it feels like for an older generation watching The Who perform the Super Bowl halftime?
Oh, and there’s the sing-off tonight for the last spot on the tour. While we don’t care so much about that, we are curious who the sixth man in was last week for each gender.
After a needless recap of last night with Iovine’s opinions interjected, we get some results. Devin Velez, Janelle Arthur and Candice Glover are made to stand, with Candice going to the Top 3. Uh, no kidding.
Now the Top 10 have to perform “The Shine” from “The Croods.” And arms in the air! What would an “Idol” rsults be without an “Up With People” group sing?
Microsoft Makes New Push Into Music
By NICK WINGFIELD
SEATTLE — Music fans have often viewed Microsoft as something like a bad cover band, one that pumped out uninviting facsimiles of Apple’s iPod and iTunes with its Zune music players and service.
Now that the Zune brand is dead, Microsoft is once again in search of a hit in digital music. But this time, to improve its odds of success, it is marshaling some of its most powerful brands as never before: Windows and the Xbox.
On Monday, the company plans to announce a service called Xbox Music that will offer access to a global catalog of about 30 million songs. The service will let consumers listen free to any song on computers and tablets running the latest version of its Windows software, as well as on the Xbox console. Microsoft will not initially limit how much music can be streamed, though that could change over time.
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Bear Grylls making competition series for NBC
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Bear Grylls will soon have some company on his in-the-wild adventures.
NBC said Monday that it is making a competition series with Grylls. He is the former star of Discovery’s “Man vs. Wild” series that tested his survival skills in foreboding settings
The NBC series, “Get Out Alive,” is planned for airing next summer. In it, Grylls will guide two teams in adventures. He says competitors will learn survival skills and teamwork but will have to suffer some pain before being rewarded in the end.
Grylls is co-producing the series with Electus, the studio run by former NBC entertainment chief Ben Silverman.
R. Kelly makes Soul Train history, Usher up for 5
NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly is nominated for two awards at this year’s Soul Train Awards, making him the most nominated act ever at the awards show.
Kelly is up for the Ashford & Simpson songwriter’s award and album of the year, bringing his career total to 21 nominations.
Usher leads this year’s awards with five nominations. Estelle, Nas, Trey Songz and John Legend are also multiple nominees.
Whitney Houston is nominated for best gospel inspirational performance and Amy Winehouse is nominated for best international performance. New Edition will receive a lifetime achievement award.
Fox launches Digital HD for early access to latest releases
The company says that its new titles will be available for streaming or digital download before they come out on Blu-ray or DVD.
by Don Reisinger
Twentieth Century Fox has announced a new way for customers to get their hands on its latest films.
Dubbed Digital HD, the new initiative is designed to allow consumers to stream or download the company’s films from a host of services before they come out on Blu-ray or DVD. To make good on that promise, Fox announced today that the sci-fi film “Prometheus” is now available for download. The film will come to Blu-ray, DVD, and video-on-demand three weeks from now.
According to Fox, it’ll continue to offer its latest releases digitally weeks before they’re made available in traditional formats. However, the company today also announced the launch of over 600 already available films through Digital HD to get its service up and running.
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‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Author Says She Has Shortlist for Lead Roles in Film Adaptation
by Rebecca Ford
The writer of the hit erotic book series spoke about the movie casting while on “Katie” on Monday.
One of Katie Couric’s first major interviews on her show, Katie, was with Fifty Shades of Grey writer E.L. James on Monday.
The stage was designed with sexy red lighting to celebrate the arrival of the writer of the hit erotic novels, which follows a young woman named Anastasia Steele, who falls into a tumultuous sexual relationship with a successful business magnate, Christian Grey.
There has been much discussion about casting for the film adaptation. Universal and Focus nabbed rights to the trilogy for $5 million in March after a heated Hollywood bidding war.
An audience member made sure to ask James, who has retained some creative control over the movie’s casting, if she has decided on who would take on the lead roles of Anastasia and Christian.
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Justice League Announcement May Have Revealed New Aquaman Artist
By: Russ Burlingame
According to commenters on our Facebook page, Eddy Barrows has posted to his personal Facebook page that he is not taking over the art chores on Aquaman but merely did this cover. We were unable to confirm this, due to privacy settings on Barrows’s Facebook account.
Writer/artist Rob Liefeld, though, apparently has had some kind words for Barrows in the recent past. He tweeted, “Hope they stick with my suggestion from 3 months ago and it’s Eddy Barrows on more than just the Aquaman covers.”
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