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IMDb founder Col Needham
12 May 2013 10:07 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
This man has seen 8,524 movies. How does he know? Because he invented the Internet Movie Database – the indispensable cinema encyclopaedia – and put Bristol on Hollywood's map
Col Needham is 46 and lives in Frampton Cotterell, a small village eight miles outside Bristol. He is bright-eyed, wears glasses and has the face of a beaming baby. Despite nearly three decades of living in the West Country, he still sounds Mancs. Every Tuesday lunchtime, he and his wife Karen go on a date to their local Odeon. At the pub, he has a small glass of white and goes easy on the nuts. He laughs a little more than average – every fourth or fifth statement is broken by a big giggle – but other than that, he is not an obvious headturner.
Needham is also the most powerful Brit in Hollywood – by miles, by millions. He is our Harvey Weinstein. More than that, he's our Mark Zuckerberg, »
- Catherine Shoard
After ‘Two and a Half Men’ Renewal, Laugh-Track Operator Excited to Be Employed Again
11 May 2013 3:00 PM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Following last week’s announcement by CBS that “Two and a Half Men” will be renewed for its 11th season, Jerry Wilkes, the hardest working laugh-track operator in Hollywood, rejoiced that he’ll be gainfully employed for at least one more year. According to Wilkes, he credits his first job in showbusiness, making monkeys dance for Barnum & Bailey Circus, for providing him with the skills needed to instruct millions of American viewers each week on when to laugh at any humorless “Two and a Half Men” joke.
“I want to thank Ashton Kutcher for joining the cast and making Chuck Lorre realize how vital my laugh track is to the show,” Wilkes told Hollywood & Swine. “It’s hard work trying to trick America into thinking a sitcom’s amusing, even after it’s become so bad that two of its original stars, Charlie Sheen and Angus T. Jones, no longer »
- Hollywood and Swine
Some Thoughts on Steven Soderbergh's 'State of Cinema' Speech
30 April 2013 6:38 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I want to start by saying I appreciate Steven Soderbergh's passion as presented in the above "State of Cinema" speech he gave at the San Francisco Film Festival on Saturday, April 27. I watched all 30+ minutes nodding my head in agreement, finding comfort in his frustration only because it's a shared frustration with the state of cinema (and/or movies) today depending on how you want to define the two as Soderbergh himself doesn't see them as one and the same and even that, I agree. However, within all that agreeing you have to then take a step back and evaluate everything that's being said as an objective observer, which I'm happy to see Soderbergh does. His rant targets the studio system while at every turn he is able to interpret why things are the way they are. He talks about how spending $60 million to promote a $100 million film is »
- Brad Brevet
Questions and Answers from Tribeca: Justin Long
26 April 2013 5:00 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
"A Case of You," Justin Long's latest comedy, revolves around a hack writer who wins over a barista (Evan Rachel Wood) by stalking her on Facebook and posing as her "perfect man."
It's not exactly "The Big Wedding," which is why the $3 million indie is premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend and not fast-tracked for mall multiplexes. It's a helluva lot bolder than your average studio rom-com.
Long, who stars but also produced and co-wrote the script with brother Christian Long and Keir O'Donnell, told us about his feelings on online dating (and stalking) and which one of his movies is sooooo much better when you're stoned.
So "A Case of You"… The first great cyber-stalker rom-com of our time?
Well I don't know if it's great but … It's funny while we were writing we were like, has no one really done this? I was surprised. We »
- Kevin Polowy
What to Watch: 5 Web Series Worth Checking Out
25 April 2013 2:35 PM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Conan O’Brien reunites The Simpsons writers for a rousing round table discussion, John Krasinski reminisces about notable Office guest stars via a new Web series he directs and Epic Rap Battles of History wraps up its second season. Ready. Set. Watch!
Mental_Floss | Did you know that Albert Einstein and Queen Victoria married their first cousins? Have you ever wanted to learn 35 fun facts about Mr. Fred Rogers? Trivia fiends rejoice, because the ever-awesome Vlogbrothers have launched a weekly show called Mental_Floss that will feed your craving for knowledge. It’s fast-paced, entertaining and educational! In the span of a few minutes, »
- Sheryl Rothmuller
‘The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius,’ ‘Karma’s a B*tch!’
25 April 2013 4:00 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Two Discovery networks trot out new shows this week, each with marketable titles: “The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius” on flagship Discovery; and “Karma’s a B*tch!” on the always-cheeky Investigation Discovery. While the first is merely derivative — representing the second reality show, following TBS’ “King of the Nerds,” to consciously trade on the success of “The Big Bang Theory” — the latter is more problematic, going beyond ID’s usual women-in-peril shtick to tacitly encourage “Don’t get mad, get even” behavior. For all the big brains at work, there’s not much genius to be found in either.
Host Kal Penn describes “Big Brain” as “a competition unlike any other,” which requires a whole lot of chutzpah, since in the broad strokes, this looks and feels like almost every other made-for-tv elimination game. It’s just a higher-degree version of “Shark Tank,” the main difference being the nature of the tasks, »
- Brian Lowry
Happy 10th Birthday, iTunes!
24 April 2013 11:53 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
New York — When Apple launched its iTunes music store a decade ago amid the ashes of Napster, the music industry – reeling from the effects of online piracy – was anxious to see how the new music service would shake out.
"The sky was falling, and iTunes provided a place where we were going to monetize music and in theory stem the tide of piracy. So, it was certainly a solution for the time," said Michael McDonald, who co-founded Ato Records with Dave Matthews and whose Mick Management roster includes John Mayer and Ray Lamontagne.
The iTunes music store became much more than a solution; it changed how we consume music and access entertainment. It's not only music's biggest retailer, it also dominates the digital video market, capturing 67 percent of the TV show sale market and 65 percent of the movie sale market, according to information company Npd group. Its apps are the most profitable, »
- AP
The Fact That iTunes Premiered 10 Years Ago Should Make You Feel Old
24 April 2013 10:45 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
New York (AP) — When Apple launched its iTunes music store a decade ago amid the ashes of Napster, the music industry — reeling from the effects of online piracy — was anxious to see how the new music service would shake out.
"The sky was falling, and iTunes provided a place where we were going to monetize music and in theory stem the tide of piracy. So, it was certainly a solution for the time," said Michael McDonald, who co-founded Ato Records with Dave Matthews and whose Mick Management roster includes John Mayer and Ray Lamontagne.
The iTunes music store became much more than a solution; it changed how we consume music and access entertainment. It's not only music's biggest retailer, it also dominates the digital video market, capturing 67 percent of the TV show sale market and 65 percent of the movie sale market, according to information company Npd group. Its apps are the most profitable, »
- AP
I am still hungry and foolish: Ashish Vidyarthi
24 April 2013 4:06 AM, PDT | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
Kolkata, April 24: He has been in the industry for 22 years but Ashish Vidyarthi says he's still learning and his motto is the same as that of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs - "stay hungry, stay foolish".
Jobs had used the expression during his famous address to students of Stanford University in 2005, urging them to never be satisfied and be always willing to learn.
"It's been 22 years in this industry and more than 300 films. But I still am hungry and I still am foolish - to use the term, which has been made famous by Steve Jobs," said the actor.
"So I'd love to stay hungry and stay foolish and do some interesting parts and keep being on-goingly inspired every moment of my life, not just when I am working,". »
- Shiva Prakash
'Dancing With the Stars' Recruits Hunter Hayes for Stevie Wonder Night Collaboration (Video)
23 April 2013 10:32 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Stevie Wonder delighted "Dancing With the Stars" audiences on Monday night when he teamed up with 2013 Best New Artist Grammy nominee Hunter Hayes for a mini-medley of hits. The duo, representing two different genres of music and two different generations of music fans, performed Wonder's "All I Do" and "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It." Also read: Stevie Wonder Praises Steve Jobs at Surprise Club Appearance (Video) The appearance marked a repeat collaboration for the artists. Two weeks ago, 62-year-old Wonder took the 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards stage with 21-year-old »
- Greg Gilman
Michael Shannon does dramatic reading of world's craziest sorority email -- Nsfw Video
22 April 2013 10:26 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
First, a member of the Delta Gamma sorority wrote a very long, very angry, very profane email to her sisters. It was indescribably awesome — except that Funny or Die then took it and made it describably awesome by getting moody-eyed, Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon to read that email, in full, beneath a spotlight. The shadows and editing only emphasize how close the language is to Mamet-levels of gutter poetry. I cannot quote even a single line of what is said.
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- Adam Carlson
#Movie Social Scene: Funny or Die releases iSteve movie, early shots of Jamie Foxx as Electro and more!
19 April 2013 2:37 PM, PDT | Cineplex | See recent Cineplex news »
Social media has become an added medium of coverage to all news genres, including sports, politics and entertainment. We’re bringing you a social media round-up of interesting and entertaining items making film headlines in the social sphere.
If you’re tired of speculating about Ashton Kutcher’s upcoming performance in the Steve Jobs biopic jOBS, then you should check out what Justin Long has done in iSteve. “Funny or Die” launched its own feature length parody on Wednesday, and at 78 minutes it remains to be the longest video they’ve ever produced. Oh yeah and it’s actually a great flick. The film stars Long as Apple co-founder Jobs and “Lost” actor Jorge Garcia as Steve Wozniak, and has already gained over 500,000 views.
Watch iSteve, get the latest from the Monsters University campus and check out Jamie Foxx on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 after the jump! »
- Jeremy Singer
Will.i.am to study computer science
18 April 2013 12:55 PM, PDT | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
Los Angeles, April 19: Rapper artist Will.i.am says he is going back to school this year to study computer science.
"I'm fascinated with quantum physics. That's the reason why I'm going back to school this September to learn computer science," femalefirst.co.uk quoted Will.i.am as saying.
"If you live in a ghetto and really want not to just change your life and your family's life but change your ghetto's life, make your ghetto a good neighbourhood, learn science, try to be like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs," he said.
"You'll change not just your family and your neighbourhood, you'll change your whole city.. »
- Anita Agarwal
Sr Geek Picks: Harrison Ford Won’t Talk ‘Star Wars’, Best TV Shows Now & More
18 April 2013 10:34 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Welcome to Screen Rant’s “Geek Picks,” where we collect the finest movie-related geekery from around the Web. Today you’ll find women of Doctor Who; Italian Renaissance Ninja Painters; episode 5 of Sifl And Olly’s Video Game Reviews; a teaser for Star Wars Uncut: The Empire Strikes Back; and Harrison Ford getting upset and walking off the set of Jimmy Kimmel. All that and more on this edition of Sr’s Geek Picks!
If you have any Geek Picks of your own, please send them to srgeekpicks(at)gmail(dot)com and you may be featured on a future post!
To kick things off today Punkys had 11 Horribly Low Budget Cosplay Outfits.
FunnyOrDie has a Steve Jobs parody called iSteve.
Jeffrey Veregge has some cool geek art.
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Star Wars Uncut: The Empire Strikes Back Teaser
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- Justin Vactor
Tribeca Film Festival: Justin Long sweet-talks Evan Rachel Wood in 'A Case of You' -- Exclusive Video
18 April 2013 7:00 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Justin Long grew up watching and loving Woody Allen movies, so it’s no surprise that he absorbed the line from 1989′s Crimes and Misdemeanors, that “Comedy is tragedy, plus time.” When Long and Keir O’Donnell (Wedding Crashers) were simultaneously recovering from painful romantic breakups several years ago, they channeled their pain into the romantic-comedy script that became A Case of You, which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival this Sunday.
Long stars as Sam, a shy New York writer who develops a crush on Birdie (Evan Rachel Wood), the quirky barista at his local coffee stop. When his »
- Jeff Labrecque
Watch Funny Or Die's Steve Jobs Biopic iSteve
17 April 2013 12:35 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
The chicken, if we.ll all remember, crossed the street to get to the other side. It isn.t a particularly amazing or revealing joke, but at least one.s first experience with it involves a second or two of silent reflection and a possible smile. In the land of things that aren.t side-splittingly funny, brevity is king. And the last time I checked, 78 minutes isn.t brief at all. For better or worse, Funny or Die is a growing voice in the realm of comedy in general, and parody specifically. So there has been some dog-faced anticipation for their first foray into feature-length projects, the truth-eschewing Steve Jobs biography titled iSteve. And though the bombings in Boston on Monday postponed the faux documentary.s release, iSteve was released on Funny or Die.s website late Tuesday night. Jobs, whose death in 2011 made the tech world step back and »
'iSteve': 5 best moments from Funny or Die's Steve Jobs biopic
17 April 2013 12:24 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Funny or Die’s feature-length Steve Jobs biopic starring Justin Long has arrived. It’s long. It features at least one scene of virtual sex and two acid trips. It’s not fair to call iSteve (written and directed by Ryan Perez) a 78-minute sketch — it’s actually a movie, mostly. (“Cut entirely on iMovie,” the credits tell us.) Long’s Jobs himself speaks to us from a velvety-dark room. Is it heaven? What it is is a version of Jobs’ life from the peanut gallery: He’s a “renegade, a rebel, one of a kind, a bit of a loose cannon, »
- Adam Carlson
Watch 'iSteve,' Funny or Die's First On-site Feature Film Starring Justin Long
17 April 2013 11:00 AM, PDT | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
If you're itching to see Ashton Kutcher as Apple god Steve Jobs in Jobs and were bummed by the news about the film's release being delayed, we have good news. Former Apple pitchman Justin Long stars as the CEO in Funny or Die's version of Jobs' life, iSteve. The 79-minute movie was written in only three days, filmed in five, and is the cinematic version of Jobs' Wikipedia page — a lighthearted, breezy biopic about the computer pioneer. Jorge Garcia (Lost) plays Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, and James Urbaniak and Michaela Watkins play Bill and Melinda Gates. We can't embed the video here since the film is much longer than Funny or Die's usual two to three-minute fare, but it's streaming online over here. These character posters...
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- Alison Nastasi
Watch Funny or Die's Full Steve Jobs Biopic Comedy iSTEVE
17 April 2013 9:30 AM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
As promised, Funny or Die has released their full length Steve Jobs biopic comedy iSteve. The film stars Justin Long as Steve Jobs, James Urbaniak as Bill Gates, Michaela Watkins as Melinda Gates, and Jorge Garcia as Steve Wozniak (co-founder of Apple). This is actually the first Steve Jobs movie to be officially released. I think it ended up being pretty decent. It's definitely a low budget quality film, but there are some fun moments in it that I think you'll enjoy. George Lucas even shows up and introduces Jobs to midi-chlorians.
The project started out as a fake trailer and ended up becoming a full on parody film that was shot over five days. It was written and directed by Ryan Perez who previously explained,
In true Internet fashion, it’s not based on very thorough research — essentially a cursory look at the Steve Jobs Wikipedia page. It’s very silly. »
- Joey Paur
Steve Jobs Biopic Parody 'iSteve' Released by Funny or Die (Video)
17 April 2013 8:24 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
"iSteve," a biopic satire starring Justin Long as Steve Jobs, was released by Funny or Die on Wednesday after being delayed two days due to the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday. The 79-minute movie -- the comedy website's longest to date -- was written by director Ryan Perez in just three days and produced in five. Perez told the New York Times in March that it is intended to be a "very silly" overview of Jobs' "whole life." Also read: Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs Biopic Release Postponed "In true Internet fashion, it's not based »
- Greg Gilman
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