Nexus Q social streaming device hands-on

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What is the Q? Well, it's a ball... a ball that plays music. And videos. And it also lights up. It's what Google is calling it a "social streaming device" but what's most important is that this is finally the realization of the Android@Home standard that was unveiled last year. While the styling is what'll immediately grab you, it's the functionality that Google thinks will rock your living room. … [Read more...]

Dallas Review: Crazier Than an Outhouse Rat

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The love quadrangle on Dallas has me spinning as "The Last Hurrah" makes it clear that no one is getting out of this mess unscathed.  In a nutshell, Rebecca is in love with Christopher who loves both her and Elena. Elena has feelings for both Christopher and John Ross and even John Ross seems truly smitten. In the end, everyone's hearts are on the line here and there's no way someone doesn't … [Read more...]

True Blood’s Joe Manganiello Talks ‘Man of Steel’ & ‘Batman’ Reboot

Joe Manganiello – best known for his role as the werewolf with a heart of gold on True Blood - previously expressed an interest in playing Superman in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel on more than one occasion. Alas, as we all know, the part eventually went to Henry Cavill instead. Manganiello recently opened up about the reason he wasn’t cast in the role and his desire to play … [Read more...]

YouTube for Android 4.0 ends buffering on your favorite videos with precaching, adds remote

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As Google I/O 2012 rolls along, the YouTube team is updating its Android app to v4.0 with a load of new features, but you'll need Android 4.0+ to take advantage of them (at least for now, see below). Available in 47 countries, the new app brings a brand new UI with support for channels that reflects the redesign rolled out on the website last year (not the circle-centric look that it is testing … [Read more...]

Vizio XVT CinemaWide TV goes on sale, 21:9 movie purists celebrate the end of black bars

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It's been a long, long wait for Vizio's ultrawidescreen LCD TV to show its face: the company was promising such sets starting around this time last year that ultimately missed the October and subsequent March targets. Vizio is one to eventually make good on a promise, though, and has just started shipping the first XVT series CinemaWide set. The lone 58-inch model's focus remains on that 2560 x … [Read more...]

Tyler Perry Working On An Original Sci-Fi Film

It’s hard to believe that Tyler Perry has only been making films for seven years. Beginning with Diary of a Mad Black Woman (which he wrote, but did not direct), the actor/writer/director/mogul has released around a dozen movies of his original creation (For Colored Girls, being the exception); not to mention, his short-lived Meet the Browns television spinoff and successful House of Payne … [Read more...]

Google Play starts selling movies, TV shows (single episode or full season) and magazines today

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The Android Market became Google Play to focus on how it pushes media, and now it's adding a few new options. On stage at Google I/O 2012 the company just announced it's adding support for the purchase of movies, as well as TV shows by episode or by season, and even magazines all available today. That's in addition to the existing apps, movie rentals, music and books. Oh, and look, Google just … [Read more...]

Nora Ephron: 1941-2012

Director and Academy Award nominated screenwriter Nora Ephron, who wrote some of the sharpest and funniest romantic comedies of the 1980s and 1990s, died June 26 after a battle with leukemia. She was 71. Ephron's intelligent dialogue and relatable scenarios made her one of the most bankable screenwriters at her peak. Her script for When Harry Met Sally?, which starred Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan … [Read more...]

‘Looper’ International Trailer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Doesn’t Want to Be Bruce Willis

Now that Prometheus is in theaters (and causing all sorts of debate), the next big sci-fi film on the 2012 docket is Rian Johnson’s Looper, which tells the tale of a young hitman (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) with a unique job description: he eliminates targets sent back in time by mobsters in the future. The twist comes when Levitt’s character, Joe, is carrying out a routine execution … [Read more...]

The Do-Deca-Pentathlon

Movie Details Coming Soon Movie Trailers, Clips, and Interviews … [Read more...]