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Janet Jackson to make documentary about transgender community
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Singer to conduct interviews for Truth, a film hoping to 'change the gender landscape of the world forever'Janet Jackson is reaching out to the global transgender community with her first foray into film production.The documentary, entitled Truth, will explore the stories of transgender people around the world. Jackson intends to...
Check out The Next Web’s Hermione Way on ‘Silicon Valley’, Bravo’s new reality TV show
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The news is out, today the world has heard about a new reality TV show being made for US TV network Bravo about Silicon Valley, starring a cast of seven Valley movers and shakers including an executive producer role by Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook founder Mark. The really...
BBC ports iPlayer Radio app to Android and says it's 'even better' than on iOS
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App enables radio listeners to stream stations live, as well as accessing podcasts and on-demand shows.When the BBC launched its iPlayer Radio app for iOS in October 2012, it promised that "Android will come soon". Six months later, the app has arrived on the Google Play store.As on iOS, the...
Battlefield 3 getting three new expansions, first in June
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Electronic Arts has always promised that Battlefield 3 would receive copious amounts of post-release content, but since the game came out last October, there has only been one expansion: Back to Karkand. That expansion will have some company in June, with the release of the next Battlefield 3 map...
BBC iPlayer radio app finally starts broadcasting on Android and Kindle devices (video)
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While the iPhone didn't even have a built-in FM radio to replace, Android hardware from all the major players has started to forgo the radio tuner in the last few years. Fortunately, Beeb listeners (at least) can finally access the iPlayer radio app, which has made the leap across...
The Tester: Sony’s secret reality TV hit
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Reality TV show The Tester attracts hundreds of thousands of viewers per episode — but if you’re not a gamer, you’ve probably never even heard of it. That’s because The Tester has been running exclusively on Sony’s PlayStation Network, where last season, each episode was viewed 352,000 times on average....
Not-so-humblebrag: PandoDaily gets two Emmy nominations
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I couldn’t agree more with Bryan Goldberg’s post today about online video. Having been part of the team launching TechTicker at Yahoo Finance and TechCrunchTV, I have learned a lot of hard lessons on what works and what doesn’t when it comes to online video. And as Bryan says: You...
Angry Birds movie confirmed... for summer 2016
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Rovio signs up producer John Cohen while confirming it will finance the film itselfAngry Birds Star Wars has been topping app store charts around the world, but now the game's developer Rovio has its sights set on Hollywood in another way: an official Angry Birds movie.The company has announced that...
These Are The Sexts That Cost Hearst's Executive Producer Of 'The Bible' His Job
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Until March of this year, Scott Sassa was one of the most influential media executives in the U.S. As president of entertainment and syndication at Hearst (it owns Cosmopolitan, among other titles), he cut deals with ESPN and Lifetime, and received a reported $6 million salary. He was a longtime...
A NEW STAR WARS IS COMING IN 2015 (DIS)
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Disney just bought Lucasfilm for $4 billion. Announcing the news, Disney also said it will release a new Star Wars movie in 2015. The movie is currently titled Star Wars: Episode 7. That means it will take place after Return Of The Jedi. From a press release: "Star Wars Episode 7 is...
Iron Sky doesn't stand out from the crowdsourcing
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Timo Vuorensola's Nazi space romp is the most high-profile film to use crowdsourcing for both development and finances. Is this to blame for those lukewarm reviews?If you've ever fancied yourself as a Hollywood screenwriter, producer or even star, the film section of crowdfunding site IndieGoGo might just be the place...
Reality TV Gets Startup Obsessed With Bravo’s “Silicon Valley” And “Huh?” (Working Titles)
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Get ready to watch some of your colleagues in the startup world entertain us make fools out of themselves on national television. As we heard earlier this year, Bravo was casting for a new reality TV series based on the tech world and Silicon Valley. Today, we hear that the unscripted,...
NED Talks: How TED Talks Simplify Ideas
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Who doesn't at least like TED Talks, the "Technology, Entertainment and Design" conference that aims to smarten us up without asking us to work very hard? We sit at our computers, watch someone give an 18-minute-long talk, and believe that we are rapidly learning and understanding complex ideas. This is...
'Despicable Me' producer to help make 'Angry Birds' movie for 2016 release
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Rovio is moving forward with its plan for an Angry Birds feature film. The company announced today that John Cohen, producer of Despicable Me, has signed on to produce the movie, which will be financed by Rovio. Outside his production work, Cohen has had an executive role in several...
Star Trek - video game trailer
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Executive producer Brian Miller outlines the plot, which pitches Kirk and Spock into action together via a co-operative two-player set-up ...
'Grid 2' officially announced with debut trailer
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Grid 2 will release to PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 next year, Codemasters announced today with a debut trailer. Just over one minute long, the short trailer offers glimpses of Chicago and Paris, the upcoming title's new game locations. Grid 2 began development two years ago and is...
Show Me Your Best DEMO
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Ever since I left TechCrunch six months ago, people have been asking me, “What’s next?” I’ve been purposefully silent about most of my activities, but today I can share some news. Beginning next month, I will become the new executive producer of DEMO, the original product launch conference. Yes, I...
Hands-on with The War Z
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Late last week I got a chance to dive head-first into the upcoming zombie survival MMO The War Z, with Executive Producer Sergey Titov showing me around. Here's what I learned while racking up a significant virtual body count. Keep reading......
New details about next 'Mass Effect' game emerge, will use same engine as 'Battlefield 3'
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Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson announced on Friday that a "completely new" game in the series has begun development, but details beyond that were extremely thin. Now, Yanick Roy, studio director for BioWare Montreal, has revealed that the lead duties for the series have been passed from BioWare...
'Demo God' awarded to 5 startups pushing boundaries of mobile technology
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July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale SAN FRANCISCO- The 5 winners of the coveted Demo God award are Kinsa, PanaCast, Volio, MakerSwarm, and Beer Hunt. The Demo God award is given to the startups that are not only building innovative products, but also made...
BioWare responds to Mass Effect ending complaints as protest continues to grow
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The growing throngs of Mass Effect fans that have taken to the internet to demand changes to the game's ending have drawn a response from Bioware executive producer Casey Hudson, who says "insights and constructive feedback" from fans will help shape new content for the game going forward. Read...
Developers vs the industry: 15 ideas about the future of games
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We chat to four veteran developers and Bafta video game committee members about the state of the industry and what the future holdsEarlier this month, the Bafta video game awards seemed to show an industry in rude health, with innovative indie titles sharing the honours with interesting mainstream success stories...
"Start-Ups" Producers Look Toward NY For Next Project
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Silicon Valley, eat your heart out. Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and executive producer of the recently premiered Bravo reality show "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley," is looking to New York for her next show....
Hollywood execs pick the year's best unmade movies
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Hollywood insider Franklin Leonard this week released his annual Black List — a collection of the year's best unproduced screenplays. Compiled based on insights from more than 290 film executives, this year's list includes plenty of time-bending, apocalyptic, and sci-fi scripts, including Eric Heisserer's Story of Your Life, which...
This Is The Future Of Gaming
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Earlier this month, the Bafta video game awards seemed to show an industry in rude health, with innovative indie titles sharing the honours with interesting mainstream success stories like Dishonored and Far Cry 3. But with the cost of development rising, a new console generation on the horizon and radical...
Lara Croft shows her vulnerability in new Tomb Raider
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Ars at E3 Creating the beautiful mystery of The Unfinished Swan Live from E3: EA's press conference 30 million-track Xbox Music service coming from Microsoft Kinect takes center stage at E3 with Madden, FIFA franchises Xbox 360 "SmartGlass" turns phone or tablet into second controller "I'm a fan of...
Good riddance: Halo 4 creators threaten permabans for sexist comments
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Halo 4 players who make sexist or discriminatory comments while playing the game on Xbox Live will receive a lifetime ban as punishment, according to an interview with the game's creators on Gamespot. While discrimination has always been frowned upon and punishable by temporary or permanent bans from the...
Must See HDTV (October 1st - 7th)
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We're still trying to clear our DVRs from last week's flood of fall premieres, but luckily there's only a few brand new shows arriving this week. On the other hand, there are a slew of Blu-ray releases and videogames debuting, so plan your time carefully. Find any new favorites...
Former 'executive producer' of Apple keynotes claims Steve Jobs promised his job was secure
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Bloomberg reports that Apple’s former “executive producer” of public presentations is suing Apple following being let go late last year. The plaintiff, Wayne Goodrich, says he was fired without legitimate cause. The source of his case is that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs reportedly told Goodrich, in 2005, that his position...
Rovio Grabs A Producer And Says It Will Finance The Upcoming Angry Birds Film Itself
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A feature-length Angry Birds film is making baby steps forward. The game’s maker Rovio acknowledged that it will be producing and financing the film itself and that it picked up another producer in John Cohen, who also produced Despicable Me (pictured left). David Maisel, who was the former Chairman of...
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