Mike Mitchell to Direct Once Upon A Time

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Pictures has confirmed Mike Mitchell (upcoming Shrek Forever After) will direct the live-action adventure-fantasy ONCE UPON A TIME. The announcement came from MGM today (June 19). ONCE UPON A TIME Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty married their handsome Princes – the Charming brothers and planned to live happily ever after. But when [...]

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LG too Stars in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

LG Mobile Phones, in partnership with upcoming film, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures in association with Hasbro, is launching a marketing campaign for the film. It includes a television commercial directed by the film’s director Michael Bay. An in-store consumer promotion with Verizon Wireless will also kick off in [...]

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Now, a Mouse for Your TV

Hillcrest Labs has launched today (June 15) its Loop pointer, which is a Freespace mouse that lets users control an on-screen cursor with the flick of wrist. It targets consumers who connect their PC or Mac to a TV. Now, online videos are driving computer-TV convergence. Consumers are increasingly using TV boxes to watch web [...]

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Box Office Toppers: The Hangover, Up

The 12 estimated top producing motion pictures (with sales, locations) for the weekend June 12-14, according to Rentrak Theatrical include:      1   The Hangover ($33,415,000 – 3355)      2   Up ($30,515,000 – 3886)      3   Taking Of Pelham 123 ($25,000,000 – 3074)      4   Night At The Museum ($9,600,000 – 3365)      5   Land Of [...]

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Daniel Craig to Star in James Bond No. 23

Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures have announced that Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen), Neal Purvis, and Robert Wade (Quantum of Solace, Casino Royale) will be the screenwriters of the 23rd James Bond adventure. According to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Daniel Craig will reprise his role as Ian Fleming’s James Bond [...]

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Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare on iPhone

Mobile learning applications creator Modality and Wiley Publishing have introduced CliffsNotes literature study guide applications on the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPod touch. They include Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.  Five individual apps, the first in a series of more than forty, provide character, theme and plot summaries and analysis, interactive quiz [...]

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Dance Fabulous Blends Music and Gaming

Dance Fabulous, published by Nokia, has been released today (June 11) on N-Gage. It’s stated to be the first cross-services game by Nokia that incorporates both a music and gaming experience and offers players a new way to enjoy and listen to music. Through a collaboration between Nokia, Interscope Records, and music legend Dave Stewart, [...]

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Turner Creates Film Lovers Community

Turner Classic Movies (TCM), which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, has launched a social network that links fans online. The site, called the TCM Classic Film Union, can be found at tcm.com/fan.  The TCM Classic Film Union aims to provide an easy way for fans to set up personalized profiles and link to [...]

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Walmart.com Hosts Jonas Brothers Concert

Walmart today (June 9) unveiled a new, exclusive Jonas Brothers concert and behind-the-scenes interviews with the band that can be seen online at Walmart.com (www.walmart.com/jonasbrothers). The private concert, according to Walmart.com, was filmed in Hollywood last month and features footage of the band’s first live performance of songs from their upcoming album, Lines, Vines and [...]

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Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Opens on June 24

IMAX Corporation says Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, directed by Michael Bay will debut in 167 IMAX theatres in the U.S. in conjunction with the film’s release in conventional theatres on June 24, 2009. The film will also open in IMAX theatres internationally. The film is a sequel to Transformers. The movie sequences shot in [...]

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