Entertainment News from Digg
Last updated on Sun, 14 Oct 2007
| Hottest Ticket in Towne: Scalpers getting $1,700... for SHAKESPEARE? |
| digg news entertainment, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| Thanks to Ian McKellan, "Lear" is cool again for the first time in centuries. |
| First Look: Jessica Alba’s "The Eye Teaser" Trailer |
| digg news entertainment, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| Here is a first look at Jessica Alba's new movie. The film is The Eye and it tells the story of Allison (Alba), a blind woman who receives an eye transplant only to find out that the eyes allow her to see some freaky stuff. |
| The Most Ridiculous Celebrity Cameos in Japanese Ads (videos) |
| digg news entertainment, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| Here are three of these embarrassingly bizarre commercials, along with our guess as to how the Japanese director might have pitched it to the American actor. Personally, I like no.3, Arnie, he looks very funny. |
| How the Joker Works |
| digg news entertainment, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| The Joker, to be played by Heath Ledger, is set to make his triumphant return to the big screen in "The Dark Knight." But long before the Joker was mixing it up in movies, he was making Batman's life miserable in the monthly titles of DC Comics' Batman and Detective Comics series. |
| Stephen Colbert Announces as a Candidate for President -- of Both Parties! |
| digg news entertainment, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| Appearing on Larry King's CNN show Thursday night, Stephen Colbert was accused by the host of using the publication of his new book as a platform to run for president. Colbert happily confirmed this, saying that he would seek the nomination from both parties. |
| Brian De Palma's latest film gets censored by producer Mark Cuban |
| digg news entertainment, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| De Palma's military drama "Redacted" has, well, redacted sections thanks to producer Mark Cuban. The argument? Cuban (and other producers) think sections of the film display too much of the truth via photos of the dead. |
| Google Hacking Made Easy! |
| digg news entertainment, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| Audio Raider uses the Google AJAX Search API to uncover open directories of music files. Not only is Audio Raider easier than trying to remember than complex Google strings, it filters out the spam results. While P2P is monitored, these directories are not. Download safely without the RIAA! |
| Hot Fuzz/Shaun of the Dead Simon Pegg is Scotty in Star Trek! |
| digg news entertainment, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| "Yesterday, Captain Kirk and the film's villain were cast, and today we add another big one. Simon Pegg will star as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott!! I just can't believe it, but Variety has confirmed it! The same Simon Pegg who starred in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz will now become Scotty on the USS Enterprise." |
| Star Trek Casting: Simon Pegg as Scotty, John Cho as Sulu; Budget $150M+ |
| digg news entertainment, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead star Simon Pegg has been cast as Scotty and Harold and Kumar star John Cho has been cast as Sulu in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek, which has a reported $150+ million budget (more than twice as much as the biggest Trek movie to date). |
| The Top 100 Fanboy Movies of All Time |
| digg news entertainment, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| Earlier this year AFI re-voted their top 100 American movies of all time. There was much discussion from bloggers and fanboys out there – some more passionate and angered than others. Therefore we spearheaded another vote. We can now put rest speculations of how the fans may have voted for their favorite films, in comparison to the AFI’s. |
| **DIGG THIS** Radiohead's In Rainbows Just got bought for over $1,000 (PICS |
| digg news entertainment, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| Purebuttons.com, LLC has purchased the new Radiohead album, In Rainbows, for $1,000.00 in support of Radiohead's "silent" effort to revolutionize the music industry. (continues) If you support the entertainment and the music industry, check it out and digg it. |
| Music Industry Launches Four-Pronged Effort to Destroy Itself |
| digg news entertainment, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| By indicating that it believes fair-use is a crime, the Music Industry's four-pronged attack on itself is now in full swing. |
| RIAA Hits a Sour Note With Its File-Sharing Witch Hunt |
| digg news entertainment, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| The RIAA, faced with plummeting CD sales and increasingly restive artists, wanted to "send a message" to all the lowlifes out there who download music for free and undercut their profit margins.The message, apparently, is this: "We're idiots." |
| 6 Most Popular Athletes According to Google |
| digg news entertainment, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| Study shows the 6 most popular athletes based on Google's searh results. |
| Music industry: five alternative business models |
| digg news entertainment, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| With the news that Madonna, along with Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, has jumped ship and abandoned the major record labels - it clear that the recording industry is in trouble. If the old way of doing business is defunct, what will replace it? Last100 presents five alternative business models for selling music. |
| Hitman Being Edited From 'Explicitly Violent' to PG-13?! |
| digg news entertainment, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| French director Xavier Gens seems like he wouldn't spare anything to make an all-out perfect Hitman movie complete with endless action and plenty of blood - and it sounds like that's what he did, until Fox decided to take over. |
| And The Walls Came Tumbling Down: Madonna Dumps Record Industry |
| digg news entertainment, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| According to reports, Madonna has signed a $120million deal with L.A. based concert promotion firm Live Nation to distribute three studio albums, promote concert tours, sell merchandise and license Madonna’s name. |
| New, Full Length "Golden Compass" Trailer! |
| digg news entertainment, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| By now you've heard about The Golden Compass, but are you excited to see it? This new, full length 3 minute trailer is long, epic, and exciting. It's obvious New Line is going 100% all-out, sparing no expense, hoping this will be the next Lord of the Rings. |
| A Funny Movie About Suicide? WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY Reviewed |
| digg news entertainment, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| Fresh from the premiere of WRISTCUTTERS, a hilarious journey through the valley of the dead: by way of suicide... |
| The 8 Worst Places to Steal a Movie Idea |
| digg news entertainment, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| Like the dumb kid in biology class, movies are only as good as the people they copy off of. |
| '24' actor Kiefer Sutherland gets 48 days in jail |
| digg news entertainment, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| The Emmy-winning actor who plays all-American hero Jack Bauer on the hit Fox TV series pleaded no contest to a single DUI count yesterday in a deal that leaves little room for one of his signature TV escapes. |
| The Price of Fitting In |
| digg news entertainment, Wed, 10 Oct 2007 |
| Pure insanity: $44000 belts, $1300 tshirts and $20000 shoes. This is what today's uber-wealthy women are wearing. |
| Death Cab, Shins, Spoon, Cure on Darfur Benefit Comp |
| digg news entertainment, Wed, 10 Oct 2007 |
| A heap of the biggest names in the indie universe have answered Waxploitation's call to contribute tracks to the first installment of the label's Causes series. Causes 1 will feature rare and exclusive tunes from Death Cab for Cutie, the Shins, Animal Collective, Spoon, Bright Eyes, the Cure, Bloc Party, the Black Keys, Cornelius, David Sylvian |
| A Visit to the Set of Indiana Jones 4 |
| digg news entertainment, Wed, 10 Oct 2007 |
| "I just got off the set of Indiana Jones 4, where a small group of online press including myself were able to sit down with Steven Spielberg. We got 20 minutes with the man behind some of the greatest films of the last 30+ years." |
| Radiohead: 1010101010 |
| digg news entertainment, Wed, 10 Oct 2007 |
| Ten years after OK Computer shocked the world, Radiohead is releasing In Rainbows on October 10 (10/10). Though no one was expecting the album to be released until 2008, Radiohead announced In Rainbows just ten days in advance. In Rainbows, which consists of ten letters, has ten tracks, and would be downloadable for a rumored ten servers. |
| The Birth of The Simpsons |
| digg news entertainment, Wed, 10 Oct 2007 |
| It may be the most popular prime-time cartoon in history. But how did such an outrageous show make it onto the air in the first place? Read on. |
| Record label defections by acts a troubling sign for recording industry |
| digg news entertainment, Wed, 10 Oct 2007 |
| Recent moves by Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, and others may point to a sea change in the music industry—one that leaves the record labels on the sideline. The head of Yahoo Music also had some tough words for the recording industry. |
| Martin Sargent: Jay Adelson Comments on the Premiere of Web Drifter |
| digg news entertainment, Tue, 9 Oct 2007 |
| "Long ago, prior to the days of Digg and Revision3, I was bored watching television. I wasn't busy watching Kevin Rose on TechTV, because I was at work, and heaven knows what I might think of him if I saw him in makeup. I needed to find my fix of irreverent and ridiculous television..." |
| Radiohead In Rainbows *Update* |
| digg news entertainment, Tue, 9 Oct 2007 |
| Activation codes are being sent out tomorrow morning. And the most important part, "THE ALBUM WILL COME AS A 48.4MB ZIP FILE CONTAINING 10 X 160KBPS DRM FREE MP3s." |
| 31 Best Movie Monsters |
| digg news entertainment, Tue, 9 Oct 2007 |
| Here are 31 classi cmovie monsters. Some come from the realm of the supernatural, others are born that way. There are mutants and evolutionary freaks among them, but perhaps the most feared are the "ordinary" human beings. |
| Oasis and Jamiroquai Might Follow Radiohead and Give Away Music |
| digg news entertainment, Tue, 9 Oct 2007 |
| Some of the music industry’s biggest names are considering offering their music free online following the success of the experiment by the band Radiohead to let fans download their new album without charge. Now Jamiroquai and Oasis, two major names not contracted to record labels, might be following Radiohead and giving their music for free as well |
| George Lucas Promises Indy 4 Will Be As Good As Lost Ark |
| digg news entertainment, Tue, 9 Oct 2007 |
| George Lucas made an appearance last week in Los Angeles for AFI's 40th Anniversary at the Arclight and spoke with VH1 about Indy 4, saying it would be "the best Indy flick since the first one" and calling it "tonally most like Raiders of the Lost Ark." |