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Roger Ebert “Speaks” on Oprah [VIDEO] Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:46PMIn 2006, film critic Roger Ebert underwent surgery to remove cancer near his jaw. There were complications and his carotid artery burst. As a result, Ebert can no longer eat, drink or speak. At least, he can no longer naturally speak. Today, on Oprah, Ebert showed off his new computerized voice . This wouldn’t be that amazing; after all, computer-generated voices have been around since the ...
WSU alumni at Detroit Independent Film Festival Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 4:12PMBy: Brian Coburn Two former students’ work to be featured Wayne State alumni Lance Kawas and Heather Kolf will show off their latest work at the Detroit Independent Film Festival March 3-7 at the Burton Theatre, which includes the first-ever Michigan Film Awards on March 6....
SoFla men behind `Repo Men' Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 9:57PMThe sci-fi thriller Repo Men, which opens March 19 and stars Jude Law , Forest Whitaker and Liev Schreiber , has a major South Florida connection. Author Eric Garcia, 37, a North Miami Beach High grad, wrote The Repossession Mambo, the novel on which the film is based. Garcia co-wrote the screenplay with TV producer Garrett Lerner, 38, an alum of Piper High in Sunrise.
Kriss pleads guilty to theft of services Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 11:15PMSouth Salem resident Gary Kriss, the former chief adviser to then Westchester Board of Legislators Chairman William Ryan, has pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of services, both class A misdemeanors, according to District Attorney Janet DiFiore.
SXSW Announces Over 80 Film Conference Panels Tuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 6:21PMThe South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has announced over 80 Film Conference panels to take place at the festival, which runs March 12-March 20, 2010 in Austin, Texas. A sampling of key panels follows below, as well as the complete panel breakdown, by date and title. For full panel descriptions (provided by the festival) and participants, visit the festival's website. A ...
Up in the Air Soars with Scripter Win Sunday, February 7, 2010 @ 4:45AMLOS ANGELES----The author and screenwriters of Up in the Air took top honors at the 2010 USC Libraries Scripter Award ceremony. The film is based on Kirn’s 2001 tale about what he called “the spiritual distortions forced upon people by techno-capitalism.” Crazy Heart, District 9, An Education and Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire rounded out the five Scripter finalists, which are ...
Write Brothers® Donates $725K in Software to the USC School of Cinematic Arts Thursday, January 28, 2010 @ 10:05AMWrite Brothers, Inc. initiated a five-year software donation to the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts with the fall 2009 semester. Valued at $725,850, the donation includes Movie Magic® Screenwriter, Dramatica® Pro, Outline 4D™, and Word Menu®.
Write Brothers, Inc. Announces the Launch of Outline 4D™ Exclusively Through Amazon.com Thursday, January 28, 2010 @ 6:05AMWrite Brothers, Inc. announces the launch of Outline 4D™, a powerful outlining program with timeline views and element tracking. Outline 4D™ launches on February 1, 2010 exclusively on Amazon.com for the month of February.
Pyaar Impossible: Movie Review Saturday, January 9, 2010 @ 7:36AMPyaar Impossible: Movie ReviewPyaar Impossible: Movie Review
2020 vision: Our team of futurologists peers into mists of time Thursday, December 31, 2009 @ 12:56AMBritain's first black prime minister is settling into Number 10, Sir Alexander McQueen has given King Charles a makeover and the City's carbon traders are coining it. Welcome to the future – but what other surprises are around the corner?
2020 vision: Our crack team of futurologists peers into the mists of time and reflects back on the decade to come Saturday, December 26, 2009 @ 6:03PMBritain's first black prime minister is settling into Number 10, Sir Alexander McQueen has given King Charles a makeover and the City's carbon traders are coining it. Welcome to the future – but what other surprises are around the corner?
Chalk Talk Friday, December 4, 2009 @ 3:21AMNo descr Buena High School Today is a half day for Buena students so that teachers can participate in professional development and planning activities. Students will be released at 11:30 a.m. Alternative Learning School schedules are not changed for this event. All students are invited to the meetings of the Christian Student Organization every Thursday at 2:35 p.m. in Room 1313. It’s fun, it’s ...
Film: The abstract-minded professor Wednesday, November 25, 2009 @ 4:52PMProfessor Walter Murch has his class mesmerized with a talk about those he deems "The Three Fathers of Cinema." by Mal Karman
Contact (Blu-ray) Tuesday, October 20, 2009 @ 9:11PMRent It THE MOVIE: It's funny how youth and the passage of time can warp your perception of a film's quality. I was in my early 20s when Robert Zemekis' Contact unspooled in theaters, and my memories of it are entirely positive; it was the director's first feature since his Forrest Gump swept the Oscars, based on the acclaimed novel by Pulitzer Prize-winner Carl Sagan, and was praised by critics ...
San Jose author writes book honoring his parents' Holocaust experience Sunday, October 18, 2009 @ 1:02AMBy Mary Gottschalk Writing has been Dave Clarke's passion since childhood."I always knew I wanted to write," says the 54-year-old Willow Glen resident.
Academy Award-Nominated Writer Will Rokos To Pen Dante's Inferno Friday, October 9, 2009 @ 4:39PMDante's Inferno (PSP) Monster's Ball scribe set to take players through hell.
Visceral Games Announces Academy Award-Nominated Writer Will Rokos to Pen Dante's Inferno Friday, October 9, 2009 @ 9:00AMREDWOOD CITY, Calif.----Visceral Games™, the developers behind the critically-acclaimed Dead Space™ franchise and a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. , today announced that Academy Award™-nominated writer Will Rokos is writing the story line for Dante’s Inferno™, the adaptation of part one of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem “The Divine Comedy” from Visceral Games™.
Can a pill really boost brain power? Thursday, September 24, 2009 @ 2:00AMIn America, university students are taking illegally obtained prescription drugs to make them more intelligent. But would you pop a smart pill to improve your performance? Margaret Talbot investigates the brave new world of neuro enhancement A young man I'll call Alex recently graduated from Harvard. As a history major, Alex wrote about a dozen papers a term. He also ran a student organisation ...
Cosmic Log: The science of ‘Surrogates’ Wednesday, September 23, 2009 @ 6:08PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Bruce Willis' latest action movie, "Surrogates," draws upon real-life developments in robotics and virtual worlds.
On the calendar in Somerville: Sept. 10-16 Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 5:03PMSaturday, Sept. 12 OPEN GARDEN SATURDAY — 9 a.m.-noon, Community Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave. Visitors and volunteers are welcome to stop by anytime during these hours. For information, email Aileen Bellwood at growingcenter@aol.com.
Scripped.com Announces Crowdsourced SciFi Thriller Screenwriting Contest Monday, August 31, 2009 @ 11:36AMLOS ANGELES----Scripped, the leading provider of Web-based screenwriting software and content development services based in Los Angeles, today announced a new crowdsourced scriptwriting contest which runs from September 1 through September 30th.
Take a short cut to the cinema Sunday, August 30, 2009 @ 8:47AMTomorrow's directors face a struggle for cash and the whims of commissioning bodies, who might demand a certain actor or a popular theme. One answer is to use digital technology to hone skills in miniature as a showcase for talent, says Killian Fox Long before Bill Edwards settled into his current job as a graphic designer at the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health in Wigston ...
Meet the new Editorial Board reader advisers Saturday, August 29, 2009 @ 10:16PMTwice a month The Star’s Editorial Board meets with six reader advisers to brainstorm ideas for future editorial projects. The following individuals joined us this month, offering new views and backgrounds for the fifth annual panel.
Final Draft, Inc. Helps Writers Succeed, Trancas International Films Signs SCRIPTXPERT Client Jeff York Thursday, August 13, 2009 @ 2:16AMFinal Draft, Inc., publisher of Final Draft®, the #1-selling scriptwriting software, congratulates its SCRIPTXPERT client Jeff York for his recent success. York is now signed with Trancas International Films who will not only manage his writing career, but has also hired him to adapt one of their projects. Trancas found York through the Final Draft, Inc. SCRIPTXPERT coverage service which had ...
Reviews: Update on Software for Writers, Part III Tuesday, August 4, 2009 @ 3:21PMThere are many software tools that are better for novels, screenplays and research reports than a word processor alone. They provide more functionality and facility to assist the writer with those specific tasks. Because Mac users are known to be creative and artistic types, TMO has embarked on a project to formally review the major applications in this category of software. This is the third ...
Michael Jones: 'In the Loop' a Must-See Movie Friday, July 31, 2009 @ 8:03PMThe great knife of satire slices and dices the political classes of London and Washington with special attention to the media and its manipulators. It is, among many other things, the best Iraq War movie yet made.
Hopkinton campers get hands-on experience making a film Friday, July 31, 2009 @ 11:09AMIn the weeklong camp sponsored by Enter Stage Left Theater, students were introduced to the steps to make a movie, from writing the screenplay to filming, and editing the 3 to5 minute pieces.
Lincolnwood students spend summer making movies Tuesday, July 21, 2009 @ 10:44PMLincolnwood School District 74 offered a four-week Screenwriting and iMovie Production summer course to entering seventh- and eighth-grade students.
Uncharted 2 navigating retail Oct. 13 Tuesday, July 21, 2009 @ 12:55PMSony dates Naughty Dog's already critically lauded follow-up to the multiplatinum PlayStation 3 action adventure.
The ‘Reel Truth’: Book offers directions for would-be directors Sunday, July 19, 2009 @ 12:03AMSo you think you’re a natural-born filmmaker who was put on this earth to direct movies?
Unearthing Mt. Shasta’s legends Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @ 8:15PMA New York man has been digging deeper into a Mt. Shasta legend about a geologist who claimed to have found a tunnel in 1904 that led him underground to the lost civilization of Lemuria.
Scoring for the screen: Composers and film directors work in harmony Monday, June 15, 2009 @ 12:42PMOn Emma , Doug McGrath’s first film as a writer-director, composer Rachel Portman suggested a solo oboe to set the mood of a scene. McGrath replied, only half-jokingly, that the oboe was not among the four instruments he could identify.
Jed P. Cohen: Novelists in Hollywood: Away We Go Tuesday, June 2, 2009 @ 1:41PMWhat makes Away We Go important is that it got made at all. It is a heartening prospect that as the country reads less and goes to the movies more, the movies continue to read.
Edgar Sawtelle's story on film Wednesday, May 27, 2009 @ 3:51AMThe fine print hasn't been finalized, but David Wroblewski is certain his bestselling debut novel, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle , will make it onto the big screen. And although the author has been involved in the negotiations, he has no intention of pushing his luck with first-time ventures.
Reviews - Update on Software for Writers, Part II Friday, May 8, 2009 @ 8:24AMThere are many software tools that are better for novels, screenplays and research reports than a word processor alone. They provide more functionality and facility to assist the writer with those specific tasks. Because Mac users are known to be creative and artistic types, TMO has embarked on a project to formally review the major contenders in this category of software. This is the second ...
Mission preview: One last shuttle visit to Hubble Wednesday, May 6, 2009 @ 10:51AMNASA's fifth and final mission to service and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope will add one of the most dramatic chapters yet to an ongoing saga that reads like "The Perils of Pauline."