With Iron Man 2 set to kick off the summer movie season on May 7th (and rule the box office with an iron fist), several of the movie’s key players — including stars Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, and director Jon Favreau — got together for a spirited and superpowered roundtable in thisContinue reading “This Week’s Issue of Entertainment Weekly Features Iron Man 2”
Monthly Archives: April 2010
New Poster for Christopher Nolan’s Inception
Warner Bros. Pictures has released the new poster for Christopher Nolan’s Inception, opening in conventional and IMAX theaters on July 16th. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger and Michael Caine. Inception is a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of theContinue reading “New Poster for Christopher Nolan’s Inception”
Star Wars Video Greeting Cards From Hallmark
Coming in May, Hallmark will introduce a Star Wars Video Greeting Card just in time for Father’s Day! This new card houses an actual video screen that plays a humorous montage of clips featuring Star Wars characters in “father-like” moments from the original movie trilogy combined with a light-hearted message to dad. The actual cardContinue reading “Star Wars Video Greeting Cards From Hallmark”
New Book In The 39 Clues Series To Be Released In October
The 39 Clues, the best-selling multimedia adventure series aimed at kids 8-12, was scheduled to end with the 10th and final book, Into the Gauntlet, to be released Aug. 31st. But publisher Scholastic is extending the franchise. Today, it’s announcing a guidebook to the series, about a family that has secretly dominated the world forContinue reading “New Book In The 39 Clues Series To Be Released In October”
Scary Shower Curtain
Get creeped out every time you go in the bathroom with this pee-your-pants scary shower curtain ($28). It’s semi-opaque and topped with a shadowy figure screened at the front. Complete with hooks for hanging.
Listen To An Excerpt From The Audio Edition of Stephen King’s Blockade Billy
“I love old-school baseball, and I also love the way people who’ve spent a lifetime in the game talk about the game. I tried to combine those things in a story of suspense. People have asked me for years when I was going to write a baseball story. Ask no more; this is it.” –StephenContinue reading “Listen To An Excerpt From The Audio Edition of Stephen King’s Blockade Billy”
HP Buys Palm
HP has just announced that it’s acquiring Palm to the tune of $1.2 billion, which works out to $5.70 per share of Palm common stock. The deal is planned to close by July 31, which marks the end of HP’s third fiscal quarter of the year. Current Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein is “expected to remainContinue reading “HP Buys Palm”
Where Happy Meals Are Illegal
A county law in Santa Clara, California breaks the bond between toys and fast food. Watch the video HERE.
AT&T Posts Details of iPad Wi-Fi + 3G Data Plans
AT&T has posted a document online (PDF Link) with details of the company’s wireless data offerings for the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G. Notably, the data plans renew automatically, so users will have to manually cancel if they choose to use the data option on a non-recurring basis, and the charges will appear on users’ creditContinue reading “AT&T Posts Details of iPad Wi-Fi + 3G Data Plans”
Pixar Promotes New Toy Story 3 Character With Fake 1980s Toy Ad
What do you do when you have a highly anticipated third Toy Story film coming out on June 18th and you want to incorporate a “classic” toy that’s never actually been released? If you’re Pixar, you create a fake distorted 1980s era television commercial. Do you remember Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear? No? Well, that’s because it neverContinue reading “Pixar Promotes New Toy Story 3 Character With Fake 1980s Toy Ad”