Rooney Mara, Ben Foster and Casey Affleck are attached to star in the feature "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" reports Deadline. David Lowery has written and will direct this expansion of his own award-winning 16-minute short "Pioneer" which screened at Sundance and SXSW last year. That short starred Will Oldham as a father who tells his little boy the … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2012
Burlesque festival opens this week
April 29, 2012 by
Corsets, stockings and stripteases...The Vancouver International Burlesque Festival opens this week.The tassles will be twirling and balloons popping at the Rio and Vogue Theatres this week.Organizer and performer Roxette Star says burlesque is all about "the art of tease..."And both men and women of all ages come to check it out. "Lots of … [Read more...]
04/29/2012 – Great Canadian Dance Challenge
April 29, 2012 by
The Great Canadian Dance Challenge tours Canadian cities looking for the next up and coming dancers in Canada.The GCDC is open to all dance studios in Canada and has a premier deck of prizes and adjudicators from the worlds best performing arts center in Hollywood, California.Go to www.showtimedancepromotions.com to register. Custom Feed - … [Read more...]
Gas-and-dash killer to be released again this week
April 29, 2012 by
The now-22-year-old man who killed Grant De Patie during a gas-and-dash seven years ago will be let out on statutory release this week, for the third time. Darnell Pratt was first released in June of 2010 and again in November 2011, but violated his parole both times. “It’s having him rehabilitated and returned to our community as a … [Read more...]
Kristen Stewart Heads To “Cali”
April 29, 2012 by
"Twilight" actress Kristen Stewart is set to headline the gritty action thriller "Cali" for Voltage Productions and New School Media says Variety. Michael Diliberti ("30 Minutes or Less") penned the script in which Stewart would play half of a San Fernando Valley couple often involved in dangerous behavior. After selling a fake snuff film they … [Read more...]
Minimum wage set to rise to full $10.25 this week
April 29, 2012 by
The last set increase of B.C.’s minimum wage is set to come into effect on Tuesday. It'll go up to $ 10.25 an hour, up from $ 9.50. B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair says it's good for both workers and the economy. "But it's certainly not enough. To live in the lower mainland, you need to earn at least $ 11.25 or $ … [Read more...]
PSA: If you purchased extra Gmail storage, your Google Drive just got bigger
April 29, 2012 by
5GB, huh? Not quite enough for you? If you were wise enough to up the capacity of your Gmail inbox + Picasa allotment before today, your Google Drive experience just got a lot more awesome. A trio of editors here at Engadget HQ managed to upgrade their Gmail boxes a couple of years ago, and at the time (read: it's no longer an available option), … [Read more...]
Scripts: Huntsman 2, Daredevil, C&W, Benders
April 29, 2012 by
Snow White and the Huntsman 2 David Koepp is in discussions to work on penning a sequel to the upcoming "Snow White and the Huntsman" at Universal Pictures. The studio is hoping to fast track the project with the first film's helmer Rupert Sanders making it the next project he directs. [Source: Deadline] Daredevil David James Kelly has been hired … [Read more...]
Sharks hit the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale this spring
April 29, 2012 by
Explore the complicated relationship between humans and sharks without having to step foot in the water, at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]
