JAKARTA, Indonesia — Muslims have begun fasting for the start of the Ramadan holy month in Indonesia, Malaysia and elsewhere around Asia, but the somber occasion was marred in Buddhist-dominated Thailand by two bomb blasts that killed one person and injured seven. The Muhammadiyah group, Indonesia’s second-largest Muslim organization, told its 30 million followers that [...]
Aereo, a start-up that streams network TV to customers over the Internet, has 68 employees, about 3,500 subscribers, and big ambitions: to disrupt the traditional — and very lucrative — business model forged by the television industry. For years, broadcast networks have generated revenues through advertising and fees paid by cable and satellite companies. Launched [...]
The first episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s new web series Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee launched on Thursday evening with the comedian’s long-time friend and “Seinfeld” collaborator, Larry David as the first guest. The title suggests nothing that is not delivered: The show features comedians chatting in one of Seinfeld’s classic cars, and they eventually arrive at [...]
“Bridesmaids 2″ may never happen, but at least there’s “Bachelorette.” Based on writer/director Leslye Headland’s own Off-Broadway play, “Bachelorette” focuses on three mean girls (played by Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan), who get invited to the wedding of the overweight girl they tormented in high school with taunts of Pig Face (Rebel Wilson, [...]
NEW YORK — The movie industry grappled Friday with the deadly Colorado shooting at a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” as one of the most anticipated films in years became enmeshed with a massacre. The film’s director, Christopher Nolan, speaking for the cast and crew, expressed their “profound sorrow at the senseless tragedy,” [...]
President Barack Obama on Thursday called on Congress to pass legislation that protects critical computing infrastructure from hackers, saying cyber threats are “one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face.” In an op-ed published late Thursday on the Wall Street Journal’s website, Obama said hackers have not yet seriously damaged critical infrastructure, [...]
We certainly don’t believe everything we read. From questionably sourced Wikipedia entries to promotional-sounding reviews, Internet users have become skeptical of the data they ingest. A whopping 98 percent of Americans distrust information on the Internet, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive. The study consisted of 1,900 participants across the country and was sponsored [...]
LONDON — Director Christopher Nolan is defending fans irate over negative reviews of “The Dark Knight Rises.” While the final piece of Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy has gotten mostly positive reviews, a few critics, including The Associated Press’ Christy Lemire, gave it a negative review. Fan response to those critics became so venomous on the [...]
Hot on the heels of Comic-Con, new details about the highly anticipated sequel to 2011′s “X-Men: First Class” have emerged. While writer Simon Kinberg can’t say much — “It’s like the most guarded state secret I’ve ever been around,” he said in an interview with Collider — the screenwriter can say that he’s been working closely [...]
Anna Paquin is gearing up to welcome not one, but two babies this year, but that doesn’t mean her schedule is slowing down too much. The pregnant “True Blood” star and her HBO co-star and husband, Stephen Moyer, arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport in London on July 19, with Paquin’s growing baby bump on full [...]
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