Archive for December, 2007
Spike Lee Judging Babelgum Online Film Festival
In addition to the Encounters Short Film Festival, the Internet TV application Babelgum also hosts their own Online Film Festival. The festival offers seven chances to win Euros20,000 (approximately US$40,000).
Jury members include American filmmaker Spike Lee and industry experts from US, UK, The Netherlands, France, India, Italy. The festival is open to professionally-produced content that […]
Encounters Short Film Festival Channel on Babelgum
If you’ve got a short film, you might qualify to have it showcased on the Encounters Short Film Festival Channel on Babelgum. The Festival itself is UK-based, but Babelgum runs a number of film festival “channels” in their downloadable Internet TV application. Showcase dates for the Encounters Short Film Festival run from Nov 21, 2007, […]
Choices for Internet TV
Read Write Web has an indepth review of some of the choices you have for desktop Internet TV solutions and web-based video viewing. Also included is a bit of coverage of set-top boxes, including the Apple iTV.
The biggest drawback of using the websites of TV broadcasters or stations is that they are controlling viewing by […]
Australian Film Industry Increases Nearly 70%
Hollywood and Hollywood North (Toronto) aren’t the only two geographical areas with a growing film industry. Australia got a boost of Aus$250M in their film industry over the past 12 months. Expenditures increased from $371M in 2006 to $625M in 2007.
Writer’s Strike: Some Talk Shows to Return Jan 2nd
The Hollywood writers’ strike is currently stalled and their union, Writers Guild of America (WGA), is planning to deal directly with Hollywood studios instead of the organization representing the latter group. Regardless of the results of the new negotiations, Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien plan to come back on the air Jan 2nd with new […]
President Will Smith?
One of Hollywood’s most powerful men wants to be one of the world’s most powerful men - as well as the smartest actor listed in the Hollywood’s 50 Smartest People list. Well, he didn’t put it that way, but he had wanted to be the first black president of the U.S. He says that, now, […]
Superbad DVD Pulled From Hawaiian Wal-Mart Stores
If you’ve seen the movie Superbad, starring Michael Cera, or at least the trailers, you know of a character whose fake id names him as McLovin. Well a special edition of the Superbad DVD contains a copy of McLovin’s fake id that apparently looks much like a Hawaii driver’s license. Authorities complained and the bonus […]
Renee Zellweger Works Out For Sanity
Renee Zellweger told reporters at the London premiere of Bee Movie that stays sane by going to the gym. In addition to Bee Movie, she’ll soon be shooting Leatherheads with George Clooney.
Jodie Foster Gives Thanks to Cydney Bernard
Jodie Foster, one of my all-time favorite actresses and filmmakers - who always seems such a pillar of strength - received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award this week at the annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast. During her acceptance speech, Foster thanked “my beautiful Cydney.” Foster has always been very secretive about her life - bravo […]
I Am Legend
I Am Legend, starring Will Smith as the last man on Earth, comes out in theaters Dec 14th. If you’ve seen the trailers, you can see how “dark” it is, even if the general premise didn’t already give it away. The story is based on a novel nearly fifty years old by Richard Matheson, supposedly […]
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