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Archives for October 2011

Murray, Arquette & Winstead Join “Charlie”

Bill Murray, Patricia Arquette, Mary Elizabeth Winstead has signed up to star in Roman Coppola's "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III" says The International Business Times. Charlie Sheen plays a successful graphic designer who, when his girlfriend breaks up with him, he begins the hard road of self-evaluation to come to terms with his … [Read more...]

Bloody window gets axed

Mintage’s bloody bedroom Halloween display on Commercial Drive has been taken down after being vandalized, but some local residents find the owners’ reason behind the move unacceptable. Co-owner Skylar Stock said they decided to take down the display Friday morning after he discovered their store windows had been completely covered with glue and … [Read more...]

“Sin City 2,” “Voyage,” “300” Updates

A couple of updates on various highly anticipated action tentpole films were published over the weekend thanks mostly to this being a busy time for movie press junkets and presentations: Sin City 2 With the "Sin City" sequel prepping for a shoot early next year, the question has been hanging over whether Mickey Rourke would be returning for the … [Read more...]

Find out where to go for one of DC’s best views

Check out the view of the White House from the steps of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

Mother of one of Vancouver’s missing women frustrated with police

Angeline Pete, a 28-year old First Nations woman has been missing since May and her mother says she's frustrated by the work of police. Molly Dixon says Pete, who has her own seven-year-old child, was set to be married this week. Now, already an initial public appeal, Dixon says police need to do more. "Oh my god, have more... have more … [Read more...]

Pilot’s family thanks Good Samaritans

The family of a pilot who was killed in a fiery crash after his small plane slammed into a road near Vancouver’s airport is thanking the Good Samaritans who tried to save him Luc Fortin, 44, was one of nine people who were on the plane that fell from the sky after an oil light triggered a return to the airport. Fortin’s father-in-law John Rayson … [Read more...]

How would you change RIM’s BlackBerry Bold 9930?

There's no QNX (or BBX, we should say) here, but the Bold 9930 is still taking baby steps towards the future with BlackBerry OS 7. Now that you've had a few months to tinker with your latest and greatest, we're interested to hear how you'd tweak things if given the keys to Waterloo. Would you make it look a bit more like this? Change up the screen? … [Read more...]

Gandolfini Is Carell’s Boss In “Wonderstone”

James Gandolfini is in negotiations to join Steve Carell and Jim Carrey in the rival magician comedy "Burt Wonderstone" at New Line reports Variety. Carell plays half of a once-successful Las Vegas magic duo who reunite to square off against a rising hot-shot street magician (Carrey). Gandolfini is in talks to play Doug Munny, a classy … [Read more...]

Mangold On Why He Took “The Wolverine”

Director James Mangold ("3:10 to Yuma," "Knight and Day") talked with The Playlist recently about taking on "The Wolverine", the latest feature with Hugh Jackman's X-Men character. Mangold says a big draw for him is that it won't be a conventional superhero film. "It's actually a character piece; I actually think it has more in common with The … [Read more...]

B.C. stabbings send three to hospital

VANCOUVER - Three men were sent to hospital this weekend following stabbing incidents in Metro Vancouver.RCMP Staff Sergeant Roxanne Dowden says two men were admitted to hospital early Sunday with non-life-threatening injuries following an alcohol-fuelled house party in Maple Ridge.She says an ambulance took one 20-year-old male to hospital with … [Read more...]