After spending a quarter-century making intriguingly edgy, smart films that have little to do with their own experience, the Coen brothers have gone back to their roots. And getting personal suits them. […]
In its 34th year, the Toronto International Film Festival is slightly less of an Oscar oracle and more of a jump-start platform for early fall releases, as economy-conscious studios are hard-pressed to shell out marketing bucks to keep the buzz alive from now until awards season. […]
Underdog-turned-favorite Slumdog Millionaire picked up 11 nominations Thursday for the British Academy film awards, Britain's version of the Oscars. Batman thriller The Dark Knight received nine nods, including a best supporting actor nomination for the late Heath Ledger. […]
It was a good day to be Tom Cruise and James Franco. And not so good to be Clint Eastwood or the makers of Milk. For The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon and Doubt, it was a draw: Each collected a leading five Golden Globe nominations Thursday. […]
British actress Tilda Swinton will head the jury at the Berlin film festival in February. The 48-year-old Swinton this year won a best supporting actress Oscar for her part in Michael Clayton. She also starred in the Coen brothers' latest movie, Burn After Reading. […]
Australian scientists claim they've stumbled upon a sixth sense -- but not the kind where you see dead people. No, researchers down under have found a new flavor sense: fat. […]
"And in every region investigated, researchers have found that as pornography has increased in availability, sex crimes have either decreased or not increased." […]
It was up to her sons to carry out their father's promise. The carriage is fitted with three beds, windows and heat-retaining panels to make mom comfortable. On the road, Wang Kai pulls the carriage from the front while younger brother Wang Rui, 57, pushes it from behind. The brothers' love for their mother has moved thousands of people. […]
Google Reader Play is a full-screen treatment that shows you an image, video, or text from websites that are popular on Google Reader. You can navigate from page to page with right and left arrows at the sides of the screen, or by selecting a site from the assorted options below. You don't even have to be signed in to use it. […]
There's nothing worse for a bicyclist than finding yourself a mile in to a two-mile stretch of shoulder-less, busy, highway-speed traffic with no alternative route. Before today, this was a common occurrence if you went to trusty Google Maps to get bicycling directions, but starting today, that has all changed. […]
Part Twitter, part Google Maps, IJustMadeLove.com is the brainchild of Cyprian Cieÿkiewicz, a 26-year-old programmer in Poland who got the idea for the site in May. While driving home one night, he started wondering what it would take to create a Web site with flashing notifications representing where people have exchanged bodily fluids. […]
The German Constitutional Court issued a much-anticipated decision, striking down its data retention law as violating human rights. It was an important victory for Europe’s Freedom Not Fear movement, which was formed to oppose the EU Data Retention Directive. But it was also a reminder of the political work which remains to be done to defeat it. […]
Throughout product stipulation, Sony hasn't said much about the device. However, during the companies development programing presentation at GDC, the console-maker released all the "need to know" information about its motion controller device, something that they call Move. […]