News items that pertain, one way or another, to the study of telecommunication and film.
- 'Breaking Bad' returns July 1521 May 2012, 12:36 pm
TV News: AMC also sets return date for new season of 'Hell of Wheels' ...
- ABC to try afternoon extension for 'GMA'21 May 2012, 12:13 pm
TV News: Josh Elliott, Lara Spencer to anchor 2 p.m. telecast ... - DirecTV to premiere 'Hit and Miss' July 1121 May 2012, 12:09 pm
TV News: Original series stars Chloe Sevigny ... - Texas pastor births 'Christ' prequel21 May 2012, 12:00 pm
Cannes News: Israeli actress Rush to portray Mary ... - 'Annie' claims Palace21 May 2012, 11:50 am
Legit News: Broadway revival to open in November ...
- AMC Sets Return Dates for 'Breaking Bad,' 'Hell on Wheels'21 May 2012, 7:33 pm
Lesley Goldberg Unscripted entry "Small Town Security" will also launch this summer.read more ... - Josh Elliott, Lara Spencer to Anchor 'Good Afternoon America'21 May 2012, 7:26 pm
Michael O'Connell The previously announced fourth hour of the ABC morning show, premiering in July, will also feature appearances from the series' full stable of on-air talent.read more ... - 'Homeland' Producers on Being Obama's Favorite Show, Shooting Season 2 in Israel21 May 2012, 7:12 pm
Jordan Zakarin Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, who took home a Peabody award for the Showtime drama, spoke to THR about their series and its highest-profile fan.read more ... - 'The Office' Adds Two EPs for Season 921 May 2012, 7:08 pm
Lesley Goldberg Dan Sterling and Brent Forrester will join the NBC comedy and reteam with creator Greg Daniels, with whom they worked on "King of the Hill."read more ... - Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Joel Tenenbaum Appeal in Music Piracy Case21 May 2012, 6:31 pm
Matthew Belloni In 2009, a jury ruled that the Boston student must pay $22,500 for each of 31 songs that he downloaded and shared on the Internet.read more ...
- 'House' creative team: It's time to go21 May 2012, 4:00 am
Hugh Laurie and Co.'s bye to cranky doc: ''He's on the side of the angels without necessarily being an angel''... - 'SNL': Kristen Wiig's best/worst?21 May 2012, 4:00 am
From Target Lady to Kat (of ''and Garth'' fame) to Gilly, her characters got lots of screen time; rank 'em!... - 20 best TV series finales ever21 May 2012, 4:00 am
''House'' signs off tonight; let's see if it meets the standard of these all-time finest TV farewells... - 'Kardashians': DNA for effort?21 May 2012, 4:00 am
Darren Franich: Kris Jenner presses Khloe to help her figure out who her dad is; nice to see you too, mom!... - 'Deadliest Catch': Rescue at sea!21 May 2012, 4:00 am
EW exclusive preview! Watch as crew and Coast Guard spring into action to help convulsing Chris Scambler...
- SCOTUS Refuses To Hear Tenenbaum Appeal21 May 2012, 7:38 pm
quantr writes "The Supreme Court has declined to hear Joel Tenenbaum's appeal. A jury in 2009 ordered Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs. A federal judge called the penalty constitutionally excessive, but the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated it at the request of the Recording Industry Association of America. Tenenbaum's attorney, Harvard law professor Charles Nesson, said he's disappointed the high court won't hear the case... - White House Petition For Open Access To Research21 May 2012, 7:13 pm
dstates writes "You paid for it, you should be able to read the results of publicly funded research. The National Institutes of Health have had a very successful open access mandate requiring that the results of federally funded biomedical research be published in open access journals. Now there is a White House petition to broaden this mandate. This is a jobs issue. Startups and midsize business need access to federally funded technology research. It is a health care issue, patients and commun... - Maryland Teen Wins World's Largest Science Fair21 May 2012, 6:50 pm
Velcroman1 writes "A Maryland student was awarded the top prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair on Friday for developing a urine and blood test that detects pancreatic cancer with 90 percent accuracy. Jack Andraka, 15, claimed the $75,000 prize for his test, which is roughly 28 times cheaper and faster, and over 100 times more sensitive than current tests. Each year, approximately 7 million high school students around the globe develop original research projects and pres... - Allowing the Mind To Wander Aids Creative Problem Solving21 May 2012, 6:09 pm
ananyo writes "From the Nature story: 'Scientists from Archimedes to Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein are said to have had flashes of inspiration while thinking about other things. But the mechanisms behind this psychological phenomenon have remained unclear. A study now suggests that simply taking a break does not bring on inspiration — rather, creativity is fostered by tasks that allow the mind to wander.' The researchers gave 145 students 2 minutes to list as many possible uses for an ... - Google Chrome Becomes World's No. 1 Browser21 May 2012, 5:23 pm
redletterdave writes "Just six months after Google Chrome eclipsed Mozilla's Firefox to become the world's second most popular Web browser, Chrome finally surpassed Microsoft's Internet Explorer on Sunday to become the most-used Web browser in the world, according to Statcounter. Since May 2011, Internet Explorer's global market share has been steadily decreasing from 43.9 percent to 31.4 percent of all worldwide users. In that time, Chrome has climbed from below 20 percent to nearly 32 percent...
- U.S. Customs Approves Some HTC Phones for Sale, But Blockade Continues21 May 2012, 7:00 pm
... - Will Today's Coders Embrace Microsoft's Cloud?21 May 2012, 6:58 pm
... - Microsoft Drops 'Aero Glass' User Interface in Windows 821 May 2012, 6:47 pm
... - Review: Diablo III Was Worth 12 Years of Hell21 May 2012, 6:47 pm
... - 'Battle-Kites' Eyed for Afghan Spy Duty21 May 2012, 6:40 pm
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- Katy Perry Single Again After Breaking Up With Rocker Beau—but Who Was Her Red ... - E! Online21 May 2012, 7:26 pm
E! OnlineKaty Perry Single Again After Breaking Up With Rocker Beau—but Who Was Her Red ...E! OnlineKaty Perry: You Goth, Girl! Plus, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift and more. Rate all the highs and lows! Katy Perry Single Again After Breaking Up With Rocker Beau—but Who Was Her Red Carpet Date? Katy Perry is once again single and ready to mingle ...Katy Perry Reportedly Done With Florence + The Machine GuitaristCinema BlendKaty Perry Splits From Robert Ackroyd, Sings About DivorceUs Magazine... - Arsenio Hall -- 3 Networks 'Very Interested' in Talk Show - TMZ.com21 May 2012, 7:25 pm
TMZ.comArsenio Hall -- 3 Networks 'Very Interested' in Talk ShowTMZ.comArsenio Hall's long-awaited talk-show comeback is finally picking up steam ... TMZ has learned 3 networks are "very interested" in signing the comic to a TV deal. Hall -- who was crowned champion on "Celebrity Apprentice" last night -- has been gunning ...Arsenio Hall wins 'The Celebrity Apprentice,' Clay Aiken is No. 2 ... again (Poll)OnTheRedCarpet.comDonald Trump crowns his latest pe... - Justin Bieber Takes A Fan To The Billboard Music Awards - Cinema Blend21 May 2012, 7:12 pm
Cinema BlendJustin Bieber Takes A Fan To The Billboard Music AwardsCinema BlendBieber did not show up to the Billboard Music Awards with his girlfriend, Selena Gomez, on his arm. Instead, he showed up with another attractive brunette, which would be sad for a relationship that both featured a puppy adoption and also the coolest ...Ratings: Billboard Music Awards, Jesse Stone On TopSeattle Post Intelligencer2012 Billboard Music Awards: Review RevueIdolator: All About The MusicMusic's big nigh... - Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb's War Memorial Campaign - BBC News21 May 2012, 7:03 pm
BBC NewsBee Gees singer Robin Gibb's War Memorial CampaignBBC NewsBy Kurt Barling Special correspondent, BBC London There has been much talk about Robin Gibb's contribution to popular music since the announcement of his death. But he will be remembered by a much older group of men for a very different reason.UPDATE 4-Singer Robin Gibb, Bee Gees co-founder, dies at 62Chicago TribuneBee Gees' Robin Gibb was an undervalued voice in pop musicNew York Daily NewsRobin Gibb of the Bee Gees ... - 'Avengers' sinks 'Battleship' at box office - msnbc.com21 May 2012, 7:02 pm
NEWS.com.au'Avengers' sinks 'Battleship' at box officemsnbc.comThe superhero flick wins for a third straight weekend with another $43.1 million. "Battleship" opens in second place; "The Dictator" debuts in third.'The Avengers' crushes 'Battleship' and 'The Dictator' with $55.1 milCNN'The Avengers' Remains Number One As "Battleship" SinksRTT News'Battleship' Posts Disappointing Weekend, 'Avengers' Jumps ...
- Bama Art House Summer Series15 May 2012, 10:02 pm
The mission of the Bama Art House is to bring current, contemporaryindependent film to Tuscaloosa, transforming the Bama Theatre into acinematic Art House, one night a week. The summer series will consist ofeight movies, each screening Tuesday nights at 7:30 p.m. from June 5thuntil July 24th 2012.A season pass gets you into all eight films, it is $40 (only $5 per film)and it gets you into all eight films! [...]... - Independent Film to Screen at Green Bar14 May 2012, 7:26 pm
WONDER MILL FILMS TO SCREEN INDEPENDENT FILM “THE NOCTURNAL THIRD” ATGREEN BAR IN TUSCALOOSAHuntsville, AL – Wonder Mill Films announces a special screening of itssecond independentlyproduced feature film, The Nocturnal Third, at Green Bar in downtownTuscaloosa, at 8:00 PM,on Thursday, May 24th, 2012.Dubbed a home-brewed mystery/thriller, The Nocturnal Third is the story ofEli Gottfried, apensive art-hobbyist whose family connections have led him to anill-fitting job at StaffordStoneworks,... - New Film from Alabama filmmaker13 May 2012, 12:21 am
Hey y'all,My name's Paavo Hanninen. I graduated from the University of Alabama in 2009. I am currently working on my MFA thesis film at the University of Texas-Austin. The film is titled "Tiny Tape Recorder."I am reaching out to this group because I figured as a group of Alabama film lovers, you may be interested in supporting the work of an Alabama filmmaker. [...]... - Documentary Film: A Village Called Versailles, Bama Theatre29 March 2012, 7:28 pm
From Edward Tang.On Tuesday, April 10, producer/director S. Leo Chiang will be visitingTuscaloosa to screen his Emmy nominated film, A Village Called Versailles,at the Bama Theatre.Here's the preview link: http://avillagecalledversailles.com/The film is about a Vietnamese American community in New Orleans thatwas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. The community then organized itselfagainst the city's plan to dump the post-hurricane waste nearby. Thisfilm is a great way not only to consider new ways o... - Jewish Film Festival: Starting Tomorrow (Sat)23 March 2012, 2:38 pm
Many fine films are coming to town this weekend as part of the 2012 JewishFilm Festival, but I'd like to put in a special plug in for Sunday'smatinee: *In Heaven Underground*, one of the top ten films I saw in 2011.It'll be shown one time only, Sunday at 2:00, Bama Theatre, downtownTuscaloosa. [...]...
- Reminder: IAMHIST-Michael Nelson Prize (9/30/12)20 May 2012, 11:41 am
THE 2013 IAMHIST- MICHAEL NELSON PRIZEFOR A WORK IN MEDIA AND HISTORYThe IAMHIST-MICHAEL NELSON PRIZE FOR A WORK IN MEDIA AND HISTORY is a biennial prize awarded for the book, radio or television program or series, film, DVD, CD-ROM, or URL making the best contribution on the subject of media and history, which has been published or shown in the preceding two years. [...]... - CFP: Medievalism(s) & Diversity17 May 2012, 6:46 pm
REMINDER: 27TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDIEVALISM: MEDIEVALISM(S) & DIVERSITY(http://www.medievalism.net/conferences/ksu2012conference.html)There will be both the traditional "Brick-n-Mortar" conference (Kent State University Stark) and (new) a "Cloud Conference" online for those who are unable to travel. Student papers will be considered, but please also note and encourage your students to participate in the STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST (see below). [...]... - Latest issue of "1895, revue d'histoire du cinéma" on history of film professions in France16 May 2012, 10:35 am
Message from Michael Temple, Birkbeck, University of London, on behalf ofthe AFRHC (association française de recherche sur l’histoire du cinéma):*1895 REVUE D**ʼ**HISTOIRE DU CINEMA n°64, Autumn 2011*** [...]... - New Review of Film and Television Studies15 May 2012, 5:02 pm
Dear colleaguesthe latest issue of the 'New Review of Film and Television Studies' is nowin print. It contains the following essays and reviews:New Review of Film and Television Studies 10/2 (June 2012) [...]... - Call for submissions: Distributed Microtopias15 May 2012, 7:22 am
Please share with anyone who might be interested. Apologies for any cross postings.__Call for submissions: Distributed MicrotopiasThe 15th annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) began its yearlong exploration of Microtopias with concerts, workshops, master classes, performances, and films during the spring. The exploration continues this fall with a juried competition and online exhibition. FLEFF invites submissions of new media art, tactical media, radical cartography, computer...
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