IT’S OFFICIAL! ‘AVATAR’ SINKS ‘TITANIC’
January 26, 2010 @ 2:54pm The official numbers are in. So Twentieth Century Fox reports that AVATAR has earned $1.859 billion in worldwide revenue in just 39 days. It took place on Monday when James Cameron’s big budget 3D technopic passed the long-standing worldwide revenue record held by his other epic film Titanic of $1.843…
Telluride’s famous slopes
THE SPORT OF THE MONTH Who says all there is to do on a winter trip to a ski resort is hit the slopes? Max Walker-Silverman, 16, a Telluride, Colorado, native, has a message for visiting teens: “There is just so much more to do than ski and eat.” Hint for visiting teens: You’ll always…
A glossary of cyberthievery
Phishing: Fraudulent bid to gain user names, passwords, and other sensitive information by appearing as a trusted source, usually in e-mails or instant messages. Spear-phishing: Customized version of phishing directed at specific people, such as senior executives in companies. It might be a fake e-mail sent in the name of a boss to an associate….
Fox Wins Studio War
Our Thanks, To Nikki Finke EXCLUSIVE: The auction ended late Friday night and I’ve been putting together what happened ever since. Certainly you’ll recall the big cool quotient around Machete, that famously fake trailer by Robert Rodriguez from Grindhouse. It was considered the single best thing about that Weinstein Co double-feature flop that also included…
Avatar: The Philosophy
Submitted by Econophile on 01/22/2010 >>UPDATE 2-‘Avatar’ replaces ‘Titanic’ in record books Q: Is Avatar a metaphor for “capitalism? Q: Is the rape of another planet capitalism? Q:Is the movie left wing Hollywood schlock propaganda? Q: Is the movie marvelous entertainment? Q: Is it also something else? * * * * * Here are some…
TIGER COMEBACK KID
Editors Comments Yeah, I’ll admit it. I still like Tiger Woods. Tiger Before the barrage of accusations and floozies exploded all over every media outlet, I was a casual Tiger Woods fan. But I was a fan, no less. When I’d watch golf on TV, it would be to watch Tiger, because he was always…