ENTERTAINMENT News, Mar 20, 2012

IQ Engines Powers New Fox Movie Mall Mobile Visual Search App San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Image Recognition Software from IQ Engines Enables Breakthrough Consumer Experience with Fox Movie Mall App on iPhone and Android Camera Phones Berkeley, CA (PRWEB) March 20, 2012 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is introducing an app for ... See all stories on this topic »

Disney says 'John Carter' to lose $200 million, putting it among biggest flops ... Washington Post The Walt Disney Co. said Monday that it expects to book a loss of $200 million on the movie in the quarter through March. That ranks it among Hollywood's all-time biggest money-losers. Directed by Pixar's Andrew Stanton, the 3-D effects-laden movie ... See all stories on this topic »

ABC Family to Bring Popular TV Series and Movie Titles to DVD Exclusively on ... MarketWatch (press release) Content can be distributed through Amazon.com and other channels, including Prime Instant Video. Prime Instant Video is a benefit for paid Amazon Prime members who get unlimited, commercial-free, instant access to more than 15000 movies and TV shows. See all stories on this topic »

Review: Big screen Hunger Games is a winner (with video) Calgary Herald Katniss (the names in The Hunger Games sound like what movie stars might be calling their children 100 years from now) is played by Jennifer Lawrence with the same steely intelligence she showed in Winter's Bone, a more contemporary nightmare of Ozarks ... See all stories on this topic »

D3Publisher Reveals Product News for the Upcoming Madagascar 3: The Video Game MarketWatch (press release) LOS ANGELES, Mar 20, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- D3Publisher (D3P), a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, today announced that it will bring the DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NASDAQ:DWA) animated film, Madagascar 3: Europe's ... See all stories on this topic »

'Prometheus' full trailer: 'Big things have small beginnings' (video) Washington Post (blog) “21 Jump Street,” the movie adaptation of the 1980s TV series, has officially hit it big at the box office. Get up close and personal with famous faces from Hollywood in our gallery of showbiz photos. Updated daily! Jen Chaney writes this must-bookmark ... See all stories on this topic »

REELZCHANNEL Tells Movie Fans — If You Don't Like “The Muppets”— It's On Us PR Web (press release) ... some viewers might be hesitant to purchase something they might not like, which makes the Risk-Free promotion so attractive as an entertainment option. REELZCHANNEL—TV AboutMovies® today announced The Muppets is the latest REELZ Risk-Free Movie. See all stories on this topic » PR Web (press release)

Is The Hunger Games Too Dark for Kids? TIME Granted, we'd already crossed the bridge into PG-13 movies with Clash of the Titans, so there was never much doubt. But I imagine many parents are grappling with the decision about whether to take their kids to see the long-awaited movie adaptation of ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Can 'Hunger Games' do 'Twilight ... WBOC TV 16 Entertainment News from AP AP Entertainment News Video More>> AP Showbiz Minute: Clooney visits Sudan, and more LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fans are so hungry for "The Hunger Games" that Hollywood's buzzing about an opening weekend to rival the $140 million ... See all stories on this topic »

'Hunger Games' fans switch arenas from page to screen Cherry Hill Courier Post They love Suzanne Collins' best-selling dystopian trilogy about a future dictatorship in which teens, primped by stylists and costume designers, are forced to fight to the death on TV. And they're just as excited about the highly anticipated movie ... See all stories on this topic »

'The Hunger Games': The nickel tour of Panem The Star-Ledger - NJ.com By Vicki Hyman/The Star-Ledger Writer Suzanne Collins envisions a horrifying but compelling (and perhaps all-too-possible) future in her best-selling "The Hunger Games" trilogy, the basis of the highly-anticipated movie that comes out Friday. See all stories on this topic » The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: The Grey Sacramento Bee The Blu-ray™ Combo Pack also includes UltraViolet™, a DVD, and a Digital Copy of the film – so consumers can truly enjoy the movie anytime, anywhere, on the device of their choice! UltraViolet™ is the revolutionary new way for consumers to collect ... See all stories on this topic »

BBC iPlayer on Xbox goes live today, Increased TV and movieconsumption hasn't ... VGChartz You never get the chance to get home and watch theentertainment you want to watch when you want to watch it. So having the ability to watch on demand shows, TV, movies, sports, when you want to watch it, it makes the whole entertainmentexperience fit ... See all stories on this topic » VGChartz

'The Muppets' on DVD: Kermit, Walter, and Miss Piggy play hardball ... Entertainment Weekly But perhaps no special guests have ever created a bigger stir in our New York office than the Muppets, who swung by last week to promote the video release of their latest hit movie. At least that's what we thought they were visiting to do. See all stories on this topic » Entertainment Weekly

Disney says 'John Carter' to lose $200 million Washington Examiner The Walt Disney Co. said Monday that it expects to book a loss of $200 million on the movie in the quarter through March. That's among Hollywood's biggest money-losers ever. (AP Photo/Disney) The Associated Press AP Top Entertainment News At 1:06 am ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Examiner

Team Peeta or Team Gale? Hutcherson won't pick KATV Entertainment News from AP AP Entertainment News Video More>> AP Showbiz Minute: Clooney visits Sudan, and more Hundreds dance, beak to beak, in attempt to set animal-nose world record at LaughFest in Mich. More>> By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press ... See all stories on this topic »

China's rise driving Hollywood interest in Asia KATV Entertainment News from AP AP Entertainment News Video More>> AP Showbiz Minute: Clooney visits Sudan, and more Hundreds dance, beak to beak, in attempt to set animal-nose world record at LaughFest in Mich. More>> By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer HONG ... See all stories on this topic »

Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine' movie restored for DVD KATV Entertainment News from AP AP Entertainment News Video More>> AP Showbiz Minute: Clooney visits Sudan, and more Hundreds dance, beak to beak, in attempt to set animal-nose world record at LaughFest in Mich. More>> LONDON (AP) - The animated Beatles ... See all stories on this topic »

Viral Video Sensation Clark G(TM) "Talks" About Hero Dogs MarketWatch (press release) Hallmark Channel is the nation's leading network in quality family programming with an ambitious slate of original TV movies, lifestyle and generalentertainment content, and is the home of "The Martha Stewart Show", which anchors the channel's daytime ... See all stories on this topic »

Movies/TV's 3R's 03.20.12: Prometheus, Michael Bay, Dark Shadows, Luck, More 411mania.com Welcome to Week 142 of The 3 R's for the Movie/TV world. Make sure to click the Facebook "Like", Tweet button, and Google +1 links over there to the right of the article! Support 411mania, your home for the best in pop culture entertainment news. See all stories on this topic » 411mania.com

Review: 'Hunger Games' should satisfy fans WRIC AP Sports News Video Entertainment News from AP Entertainment News from AP AP Source: Manning to Broncos deal is done AP National News VideoMore>> By CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Critic Recently, I made the mistake of joking on Twitter about the ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple TV (2012) Review Digitaltrends.com Finally, the new Apple TV also supports AirPlay, which makes it easy to connect with other Apple devices — like an iPad or iPhone — and share content like photos, videos and music. Getting up to speed on the new Apple TV is no more complicated than ... See all stories on this topic » Digitaltrends.com

The Hunger Games - trailer Brisbane Times Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television. As moviemarketers crank up the buzz machine months - even years - in advance, Jen Chaney wonders if things are getting out of ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Chinese audience rapidly turning online to watch its movies Sin Chew Jit Poh A "New Media: New Prospects for Online Distribution of EntertainmentContent" seminar kicked off Hong Kong's annual Film and TV Market (Filmart) Monday -- a four-day event that ranks itself second only to the market held annually in the French city of ... See all stories on this topic »

Ecosystem for home video entertainment Screen Africa Testronic Labs, a leader in quality assurance services for film and television, games, websites, hardware, and software, today announced its membership of the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) LLC (www.uvvu.com), the cross-industry ... See all stories on this topic »

Michael Bay Making Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie WFMY News 2 Michael Bay, of Transformers infamy, is making his mark on another moviefranchise: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but not everyone is happy about it. Robbie Rist, who did voice work as Michaelangelo in the other live-actionmovies, says Bay is sodomi ... See all stories on this topic »

BBC iPlayer Launches on Xbox 360 PC Magazine "The way people interact with entertainment content is changing. Xbox Live is the only service in the world where you can search, discover and control TV,movies, video and music using voice and gesture via the power and magic of Kinect," said Stephen ... See all stories on this topic »

25 Novels That Should Have Movie Adaptations Complex.com (blog) Instead of coming up with original scripts and plots, the movie industry depends heavily on comics, older films, and video games for its next big hit. But no form of entertainment has been as ravaged by Hollywood as literature. See all stories on this topic »

International Entertainment News: Viral Video Sensation Clark G(TM ... By EntertainmentNews WASHINGTON, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- YouTube viralvideo sensation, Clark G(TM) the Talking Dog, has just completed a new videopromoting nominations for the American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards(TM). ... Hallmark Channel is the nation's leading network in quality family programming with an ambitious slate of original TV movies, lifestyle and general entertainment content, and is the home of "The Martha Stewart Show", which anchors the ... International Entertainment News

ABC Family to Bring Popular TV Series and Movie Titles to DVD ... Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, ... Enterprise Communications and...

WonderCon | Scott, Lindelof and Fassbender Discuss Prometheus ... By Keri Luna Spinoff Online – TV, Film and Entertainment News Daily ... “When you go to the concert that is this movie, you want the Stones to play 'Satisfaction,'” Lindelof said. “So there is this sense of us [the audience] saying, 'We want you to do ... Spinoff Online - TV, Film and...

Video: Lana Del Rey – 'Blue Jeans'! | SPIN South West - The Most ... By catriona Damon Albarn has unveiled a remix of Lana Del Rey's single 'Born To Die' – t. Tags: blue jeans, blue jeans lana del rey, blue jeans video, Lana Del Rey, new music, new music from Lana Del Rey, what is lana del reys new song called ... SPIN South West - The Most Music...

WonderCon Posing And Other Animals (VIDEO) | Bleeding Cool ... By Rich Johnston Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors · Home · Home · About · Contact · Contributors. You Are Here: Home » Comics, Video » WonderCon Posing And Other ... Kelly Howlett, professional artist and ex-Wizard employee has come into conflict over Summit Entertainment, producers of the Twilight film over a trademark issue that, is quite frankly, bizarre. She was selling one of her paintings on Zazzle.com, until they took it down, telling Kelly that “we have been ... Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies...

New airport kiosks let laptop users rent or buy in-flight movies - Los ... But until now you needed a TV signal, a disc or a movie-streaming Internet connection. ... a lot of screens on which to watch new movies: TV, laptop, tablet or smartphone. ... In February, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainmentand Warner Bros. articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/15/.../la-fi-digiboo-20120315

Entertainment News, Headlines, Celebrities, Video, Movies ... Entertainment News, Headlines, Movies, Television, and More from WPBF.... Go to Police Academy," "21 Jump Street" is no "Brady Bunch Movie" send up. www.wpbf.com/news/entertainment

Brother Number One: Movie Review | ENTERTAINMENT News It premiered at the New Zealand International Film Festival last year - and to be honest, why it's taken so long to get a release for such an important film is a real ... tvnz.co.nz/.../brother-number-one-movie-review-4764148

Film/Moviejuice | STV Entertainment stv.tv - Scottish entertainment, showbiz and gossip from Scotland's favouriteTV ... Review: The Moviejuice panel took a look at Minnie Driver's new moviewhich ... www.stv.tv/link/33929/

'Apart': Olesya Rulin Talks New Movie, Seedy Side Jobs And 'High ... 'Apart': Olesya Rulin Talks New Movie, Seedy Side Jobs And 'High School Musical' ... Get Entertainment Alerts .... Do you have any plans to go back toTV? www.huffingtonpost.com/.../apart-olesya-rulin_n_1333127.ht...

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SPOT.ph's Top 10 TV and Movie Lolas | ENTERTAINMENT | TOP ... Home » Entertainment » SPOT.ph's Top 10 TV and Movie Lolas. Tweet. Share .... "They are plotting to kill me," says Juana Change as Gloria Arroyo innew vid. www.spot.ph/top-list/.../spotphs-top-10-tv-and-movie-lolas

5 television actors turned movie stars - The Norfolk Daily News ... Disney's “John Carter” will be released in theaters on Friday, March 9. Starring Taylor Kitsch, the sci-fi film explores the idea of a Civil War soldier getting ... www.norfolkdailynews.com/.../article_6ef3dc50-6942-11e1-9...

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Hamish and Andy to film second TV series - Yahoo! New Zealand ... Network Nine has announced Hamish and Andy will film another Gap Year series, ... Latest Entertainment Videos ... Hamish and Andy to film secondTV series ... nz.entertainment.yahoo.com/.../hamish-and-andy-to-film-seco...

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EARTHQUAKE News, Mar 20, 2012

Quake heritage claims 'outrageous' - Brownlee Stuff.co.nz Speaking to Fairfax journalists at Parliament this morning, Brownlee said Christchurch's buildings had to meet a high seismiccode because of ongoing aftershocks. He said it was a matter of "safety first" when it came to historic buildings as ... See all stories on this topic » Stuff.co.nz

Tripura's increases readiness for disasters TwoCircles.net The state falls in seismic Zone V, the sixth worst quake-prone belt in the world. "The Tripura government has made 40 helipads in eight districts to cope with the situation following a natural disaster, including an earthquake," Revenue and Relief ... See all stories on this topic »

Preservation League discusses seismic changes Mail Tribune Those buildings, and Jacksonville's economic future, are threatened both byearthquakes and by the very rules that are intended to protect them fromquakes, preservation league members said. "Stop using standards for new buildings on historic buildings ... See all stories on this topic »

claims 'outrageous' Stuff.co.nz Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee today hit back at claims that too many heritage buildings were being destroyed. His comments have been supported by Canterbury EarthquakeRecovery Authority (Cera) operations general manager Warwick Isaacs, ... See all stories on this topic » Stuff.co.nz

When the ground moves beneath your feet IBNLive.com (blog) With most residences built without incorporating earthquake protection measures, a strong quake would be an unimaginable disaster. But experts think there is no need to panic. Yet. JL Gautam, Director of the Seismology Division at the Indian ... See all stories on this topic »

Heritage Building at the Risk of Being Affected by Frequent EarthquakeShocks TopNews New Zealand The General Manger of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera), Warwick Isaacs also noted that the earthquakeshave put the buildings in bad shape. It has been reported that the Christchurch's buildings had to meet a high seismic code because... See all stories on this topic » TopNews New Zealand

Quake heritage claims 'outrageous' - Brownlee Manawatu Standard Speaking to Fairfax journalists at Parliament this morning, Brownlee said Christchurch's buildings had to meet a high seismiccode because of ongoing aftershocks. He said it was a matter of "safety first" when it came to historic buildings as ... See all stories on this topic » Manawatu Standard

Lengthy, strong thunderclap mistaken for earthquake during storm in ... The Republic Research seismologist Austin Holland with the Oklahoma Geological Survey says thunder was recorded at seismic stations across the state during the night. Holland says there were no earthquakes recorded in the state either Monday night or Tuesday ... See all stories on this topic »

Buildings wired to understand quakes NZ City Buildings around the country are being wired up in an effort to better understandearthquakes. The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences is part way through a project funded by the Earthquake Commission that will see seismicsensors installed in ... See all stories on this topic »

Brownlee says rebuild accommodation not up to Govt Radio New Zealand The has been severely damaged by earthquakes since September 2010, including the fatal quake in February last year that destroyed much of the central business district. Gerry Brownlee says contractors should take more responsibility for providing ... See all stories on this topic »

Clintonville explosions remain a mystery Appleton Post Crescent Clintonville officials said the vibrations are not typical of earthquake activity, but the seismic station in Shiocton, an Outagamie County village located midway between Clintonville and Appleton, recorded unusual ground shaking activity in a specific ... See all stories on this topic »

Volcanologists Watch Increase of Activity at Mount Iliamna KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska ... is showing more seismic activity than normal, so scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) are keeping an eye on it. AVO upgraded Iliamna to a code yellow at the beginning of March after an increase in earthquakes and gas emissions. See all stories on this topic »

4.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Gulf of Nicoya Tico Times An earthquake measuring 4.5 magnitude and 39 kilometers deep shook a wide portion of the country this afternoon, without producing damage or injuries, a source told AFP. The quake occurred at 1:59 pm, with an epicenter 3.6 kilometer to the east of the ... See all stories on this topic »

5.5-Magnitude Quake Rattles Regions of Samoan Islands Prensa Latina 20 de marzo de 2012, 09:29Wellington, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) A 5.5-magnitude earthquake on Richter''s scale shook the region of the Samoan Islands on Tuesday, according to reports from New Zealand. The epicenter was registered 12.40 kilometers deep. See all stories on this topic »

Officials stymied by loud booms in Clintonville La Crosse Tribune About 150 calls were received between 1:45 am and 11 am The city contacted geologists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but says the noises and vibrations felt in Clintonville were not typical of earthquake activity. A seismicstation in ... See all stories on this topic »

Clintonville bangs, booms remain a mystery Newsradio 620 TODAY'S TMJ4 reports that experts at UW-Madison say descriptions of the ground shaking in Clintonville are not usually related to earthquake activity, butseismic monitors in Shiocton, Wis. recorded seismic activity and ground shaking. See all stories on this topic »

Rising above it World Architecture News A new invention from Japanese company Air Danshin Systems Inc could revolutionise the way buildings respond to earthquakes and flooding. The system hopes to fit homes with airbags which can be pumped with air, allowing the structure to 'float' during ... See all stories on this topic »

GLP To Develop Large-scale Multi-tenant Logistics Facility In Greater Tokyo LogisticsWeek The Project will be constructed using GLP's patented “GLP Pile Cap anti-seismic construction method”, a construction method for buildingearthquake resistant logistic facilities. In addition, the Project boasts other advanced features designed to ... See all stories on this topic »

Continuity planning is strengthened Financial Times The question of whether that has been achieved will be answered only if serious social unrest breaks out in China, a largeearthquake hits another key manufacturing zone or some other disaster unfolds in a critical location. There are, nevertheless ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

Owner fears old Capitol Hill building will be damaged by tunnel machine Q13 FOX That`s thanks to seismic retrofitting Tseng did on the brick apartment building to prevent any damage. Still, Tseng said he was more worried about the the tunneling than about an earthquake. “You can`t find this kind of brick anymore,” said Tseng. See all stories on this topic »

Calls of booms continue in Clintonville Fox11online.com “The activity does not look like what normally happens when you haveearthquakes occurring,” said Clifford Thurber, a geophysics professor at UW-Madison. Thurber looked at a reading from a seismic station in Shiocton, which is about 20 miles away from ... See all stories on this topic »

Authorities stymied by loud booms emanating from northeast Wisconsin city Pioneer Press The city contacted geologists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but the city said in a news release Monday evening that the noises and vibrations felt in Clintonville were not typical of earthquake activity. A seismic station in nearby Shiocton ... See all stories on this topic »

Upper House members concerned, seek details about preparedness GreaterKashmir.com Jammu, Mar 19: The members in the Upper House today expressed grave concern over earthquake warning by leading scientists for Jammu and Kashmir and sought details about the preparedness of the government to deal with the situation in case of any such ... See all stories on this topic »

Metro Officials Support Constellation Avenue Stop for Century City Patch.com Citing earthquake risks and ridership data, Metro officials supported the station at Constellation Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars over an alternative stop at Santa Monica Boulevard and Century Park East. The decision routes the subway under Beverly ... See all stories on this topic »

Overhauling the Farm Bill: Political Wedge Issues Slowing Reform The Atlantic But the Farm Bill has undergone true seismic changes three times in the last 80 years, and it could do so again. In 1961, the food stamp program was reinstated in the early days of the Kennedy Administration. Commodity growers and an emerging ... See all stories on this topic »

1.5 tons of water leak from storage tank at Tokai reactor Enformable Seismic research in 2011 showed that the March 11th quake was caused by the simultaneous movement by multiple active faults at the coast of the Pacific Ocean in northern Japan, and on this way a much bigger earthquakes could be triggered, ... See all stories on this topic » Enformable

Be Part Of Christchurch's 'Most Dynamic Neighbourhood' Scoop.co.nz (press release) A new office development in Christchurch's burgeoning commercial and industrial precinct is available for lease – urgently needed in the city after so many office buildings have been destroyed or demolished after the earthquakes. See all stories on this topic » Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Westside subway EIS/EIR goes with 7 new stations LA Observed But last year, a panel of high-profile scientific experts convened by Metro said that active earthquake faults make the Santa Monica Boulevard location too dangerous for a subway station. These experts, including Lucy Jones of the US Geological Survey ... See all stories on this topic »

Listen to the Japan Earthquake - Yahoo! News "We're able to bring earthquake data to life by combining seismic auditory and... at (or listening to) the data helps scientists understand how the quakeunfolded. news.yahoo.com/listen-japan-earthquake-203401666.html

Seismic hazards: Japan earthquake and other tectonic surprises ... What happened last March 11 wasn't supposed to be possible. The seismichazard maps didn't entertain the idea of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the Tohoku ... www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAoV291R_story.html

Quake enigma: The more it shakes, the less it shows — RT 0 magnitude earthquake and the subsequent tsunami that devastated ...Seismic hazard maps usually show where quakes are most likely to strike over a certain ... rt.com/news/earthquake-maps-tsunami-japan-279/

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