While thousands upon thousands of Americans are celebrating graduation weekend with degree in hand, it looks as if the CEO of one particular internet company will be wondering why he lied about his. After weeks of investigating, word on the street has it that freshly appointed (as in January 4th) CEO Scott Thompson will be "stepping down." In other … [Read more...]
ATD: Yahoo’s CEO Scott Thompson to step down amidst degree scandal (update: confirmed)
May 13, 2012 by
De Niro Confirmed For “Last Vegas”
May 11, 2012 by
Robert De Niro will star opposite Michael Douglas in Jon Turtletaub's comedy "Last Vegas" for CBS Films says The Hollywood Reporter. The story follows a quartet of retired boomers called upon for a Las Vegas bachelor party by their friend (Douglas), a ladies man who is settling down and marrying a woman half his age. De Niro will play the … [Read more...]
“Avengers” Post-Credit Scene Confirmed
May 3, 2012 by
How big is "The Avengers"? Its global box-office tally is already over the $ 260 million mark, and by end of Sunday (with the US opening weekend helping) it's expected to be somewhere close to the $ 600 million mark Similarly the film is accounting for a whopping 94% of sales on U.S. online ticking service Fandango. One thing that patient U.S. … [Read more...]
“Expendables 2” Confirmed To Be An R
March 19, 2012 by
Sylvester Stallone pretty much outraged the fanboys earlier this year when he revealed his action sequel "The Expendables 2" was going to be rated PG-13, a distinct change from the R-rated original. At the time the talk was that the change was done at the behest of co-star Chuck Norris who forced the filmmakers to cut out all of the foul language … [Read more...]
Joel Kinnaman Confirmed For “Robocop”
March 4, 2012 by
MGM has closed a deal with "The Killing" star Joel Kinnaman to play the title role in Jose Padilha's remake of "Robocop" for Strike Entertainment says Deadline. Josh Zetumer wrote the script for the reboot which is said to drop the darkly comic satire of the original in favour of a grittier and more realistic tone. Eric Newman and Marc Abraham … [Read more...]
Verizon-branded, LTE-enabled Galaxy Nexus confirmed in official Google video
November 18, 2011 by
Say, what's this? A 4G LTE-enabled Galaxy Nexus with a Verizon Wireless logo on the back? Certainly is, and it's being discovered this morning in a series of overview / getting started videos hosted up on Google's own YouTube channel. There's still no word on when this guy's hitting store shelves, but at least the whole "maybe it's vaporware!" … [Read more...]
Pilot Death Confirmed
October 28, 2011 by
The pilot killed in the plane crash has been identified as 44 year old Luc Fortin of North Vancouver. That information comes to us from the BC Coroner's Service. The plane crashed while attempting to return to Vancouver International, after leaving on a flight to Kelowna. Fortin died in hospital last night after five hours after the … [Read more...]
Eddie Murphy Confirmed For Oscars
September 6, 2011 by
Eddie Murphy has officially agreed to host the 84th Academy Awards. Deadline reports that Oscar producer Brett Ratner is formally telling the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences today that he’s chosen Murphy to emcee the Oscars and an announcement will be made shortly after. The word broke over the Labor day weekend that Ratner was in … [Read more...]
John Moore Confirmed For “Die Hard 5”
September 4, 2011 by
It's now confirmed that "Max Payne" director John Moore is set to helm the fifth "Die Hard" feature for 20th Century Fox reports Deadline. Noam Murro was previously attached to direct but is now committed to "300: Battle of Artemisia" instead. Moore along with Joe Cornish, Justin Lin and Nicolas Winding Refn were all mentioned as potential … [Read more...]
Bond 23 Confirmed For India
September 1, 2011 by
India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has granted approval for the next James Bond film to shoot in India says The Times of India. Last week came word that director Sam Mendes was hoping to shoot an elaborate train stunt sequence in India but was having difficulty getting authorisation from the Government, so much so that it was looking … [Read more...]
