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'Man Of Steel' Gets Religious
LOS ANGELES — Seems Warner Bros. has taken movie marketing to a whole new level – even higher than a bird or a plane. The studio enlisted Christian-focused firm Grace Hill Media to promote "Man of Steel" to faith-based groups by inviting them to early screenings and creating trailers that highlight the film's...
huffingtonpost.com (28 minutes ago)
'Man of Steel' promoted from the pulpit
Seems Warner Bros. has taken movie marketing to a whole new level — even higher than a bird or a plane. The studio enlisted Christian-focused firm Grace Hill Media to promote "Man of Steel" to faith-based groups by inviting them to early screenings and creating trailers that highlight the film's religious themes....
foxnews.com (1 hour ago)
50 best apps for kids from 2013 that parents can trust
Oh SpongeBob. The memory of seeing my sons' favourite square-panted cartoon character putting his name to a mobile game selling Jellyfish Jelly in-app purchases for up to £69.99 still makes me sad. Nickelodeon is far from the only big brand pushing the upper limits of IAP in its children's apps though, as that 10...
guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)
Happy-sad � that's the hallmark of She & Him
LOS ANGELES - On a Tuesday afternoon in the basement studios of Capitol Records, She & Him were recording a volley of live tracks for a few radio station sessions. Singer Zooey Deschanel finished an umpteenth take of the duo's single "I Could've Been Your Girl," and she felt that something was sounding a little...
miamiherald.com (2 hours ago)
$8.2 billion Rhode Island budget plan for 2013-14 pays 38 Studios debt
State budget proposal increases education funding and sets aside money to pay for its failed investment in 38 Studios.
thewesterlysun.com (2 hours ago)
Man of Steel marketing campaign seeks to align Superman with Jesus
Hollywood studio Warner Bros is targeting Christian audiences in the US with a campaign for its superhero blockbuster Man of Steel that explicitly compares Superman to Jesus. The studio has teamed up with a specialist marketing firm with the aim of encouraging pastors to utilise Zack Snyder's comic book reboot in...
guardian.co.uk (7 hours ago)
ITV buys US production company Thinkfactory Media
ITV has made its third foray into the US TV production sector, paying $30m (£19m) for a controlling stake in the company behind Kevin Costner drama Hatfields & McCoys. The UK broadcaster is buying 65% of Los Angeles-based Thinkfactory Media, with a "put and call" option for the remaining 35% that can be...
guardian.co.uk (8 hours ago)
'Nashville' Might Sound Very Different Next Season ...
There's more drama in "Nashville"! The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively that executive music producer T Bone Burnett will not be returning for Season 2 of ABC drama "Nashville." Burnett was credited with overseeing more than 100 original songs for the show, as well as producing or co-producing dozens of...
huffingtonpost.com (10 hours ago)
$8.2B RI budget plan pays 38 Studios debt
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island lawmakers will soon vote on a state budget proposal to increase education funding and set aside money to pay for its failed investment in 38 Studios following a key legislative endorsement.
boston.com (10 hours ago)
Markey, Gomez heading into final campaign stretch
BOSTON - Massachusetts's special U.S. Senate election heads into its final stretch after Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey engaged in some testy exchanges during their final debate. The match-up Tuesday, sponsored by a consortium of Boston media outlets, came less than one week before...
bostonherald.com (11 hours ago)
Rhode Island on track to make payment on 38 Studios bonds
(Reuters) - Rhode Island remains on track to make a $2.5 million interest payment next year on bonds that were used to finance the facilities of 38 Studios, a now-bankrupt videogame company founded by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling.
reuters.com (14 hours ago)
Rhode Island on track to make payment on 38 Studios bonds
(Reuters) - Rhode Island remains on track to make a $2.5 million interest payment next year on bonds that were used to finance the facilities of 38 Studios, a now-bankrupt videogame company founded by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. The state's House Finance Committee approved a budget late Tuesday...
yahoo.com (14 hours ago)
New $8.2B RI budget plan pays 38 Studios debt
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The state would spend more money on education and honor debts from its failed investment in former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company in a budget proposal unveiled Tuesday that rejects many of Gov. Lincoln Chafee's recommendations.
boston.com (14 hours ago)
House finance panel passes R.I. budget as proposed by Assembly leaders
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Only hours after a $8.2 billion state budget proposal was unveiled by Assembly leaders, the House Finance Committee approved the spending plan, which includes the first taxpayer payment on the 38 Studios bond debt. The committee voted unanimously, with two abstentions, at 10:58 p.m. Tuesday to...
providencejournal.com (14 hours ago)
Rocking On With Cousin Brucie
There was a certain amount of soul-searching triggered by meeting Cousin Brucie last week at SiriusXM's sparkling Avenue of the Americas studios, writes Ralph Gardner.
wsj.com (16 hours ago)
RI Assembly leaders unveil state budget, with 38 Studios payment
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The General Assembly's Democratic leaders unveiled a new state budget on Tuesday that includes the first direct -- and highly controversial -- taxpayer payment for the state's failed $75-million investment in former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's 38 Studios. The proposed budget contains...
providencejournal.com (16 hours ago)
Generous Danny O’Donoghue takes The Voice finalist Andrea Begley on helicopter ride to Isle of...
Danny’s band The Script shelled out £7,000 on a chopper to take him there from London’s Pinewood Studios
mirror.co.uk (18 hours ago)
Legendary Rules Out Paramount, Disney (Exclusive)
As chief Thomas Tull says the entertainment company will make a move in the next 60 days, sources tell THR two studios are not in the mix.
hollywoodreporter.com (18 hours ago)
R.I. lawmakers' budget will include plan to pay 38 Studios' debt
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --The state budget plan to be unveiled by Rhode Island lawmakers Tuesday will include a plan to pay the 38 Studios debt, confirmed Senate Finance Committee Chairman Daniel DaPonte. "Barring any last minute changes, yes," he said, following a more than hour long briefing for senators on why the state...
providencejournal.com (19 hours ago)
Silence of the Lambs Director to Helm AMC Sci-Fi Pilot
The Fox TV Studios/AMC Studios-produced show was picked up in April and is the network's first sci-fi production.
pastemagazine.com (20 hours ago)
With 'Audition at RCA,' Pennebaker provides a look into some lost '60s jazz
In the opening of D.A. Pennebaker's 1964 short documentary Audition at RCA, a gentleman in a fedora and Lincoln-esque beard escorts a group of young talents into the company's hallowed recording studios. They...
examiner.com (20 hours ago)
Legendary Rules Out Paramount, Disney
As chief Thomas Tull says the entertainment company will make a move in the next 60 days, sources tell THR two studios are not in the mix.
hollywoodreporter.com (21 hours ago)
How To Navigate Theme Parks With No Hassles, No Lines
America's biggest theme parks will pack in around 120 million people this year. That's a lot of standing in long lines for roller coasters, juggling show schedules and figuring out when and where to eat. But there's a way to eliminate the stress of making the annual trek to Disney, Universal, Six Flags and other...
huffingtonpost.com (21 hours ago)
Pond Need a Xanax in Super Trippy 'Xanman' Video
Tame Impala offshoot Pond specialize in a gnarly sort of freewheeling psych-rock that seems ill-fit for proper studios and other hi-def niceties. The song "Xanman," for instance, is a wild and wooly barell-ride down a memory lane occupied by Marc Bolan, Roky Erickson, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant - it's freaky and...
spin.com (21 hours ago)
Scott Porch: Hot in Hollywood: Producer Lynda Obst on Tentpoles, Tadpoles and TV
Film producer Lynda Obst's career has had more twists and turns than a big-budget action movie -- which is not the sort of movie she makes. (Not yet anyway, but more on that later.) Obst started her career as associate producer on Flashdance and made a film every year or two from the early 1990s through the early...
huffingtonpost.com (21 hours ago)
Report says defaulting on 38 Studios bonds could cost more than it saves
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Defaulting on the 38 Studios moral obligation bonds could cost the state more than it saves, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council says in a new report. While defaulting eliminates an $89.2 million obligation, it would probably lead to a credit downgrade and increased borrowing costs that,...
providencejournal.com (22 hours ago)
Crystal, Goodman head back to school in 'Monsters University'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One-eyed green monster Mike Wazowski and his giant blue, furry friend James P. "Sully" Sullivan go back in time as "scaring" students in "Monsters University," as Walt Disney Co.'s Pixar Animation Studios pins its hopes for a blockbuster on the coming-of-age story.
reuters.com (23 hours ago)
Chafee reiterates call to pay 38 Studios bonds
BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Lincoln Chafee says a rating agency's move to review Rhode Island's credit rating shows there will be consequences if the state refuses to pay back bonds issued for a $75 million loan guarantee granted to the now-failed video game company of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling.
boston.com (1 day ago)
Small Soldiers Is a Much Better Movie Without the Visual Effects
Remember Small Soldiers? It was a movie where action figures were enhanced with military technology to make them more interactive, but ultimately resulted in them coming to life. Even though it cast both Spinal Tap and actors from The Dirty Dozen as voice talent, the film was remarkably forgettable. To the point...
gizmodo.com (1 day ago)
Marketing 'Man Of Steel' To Christians
This is not the most important thing in the world. Or, maybe it is. As part of its marketing campaign for "Man of Steel, Warner Brothers Studios is pushing the movie with Christian pastors. The studio invited them to screenings. It made Christian-themed trailers. It drafted sermon notes: “How might the story of...
forbes.com (1 day ago)
