Tweet Science fiction author Ray Bradbury, who died June 5 at age 91, received arguably the greatest posthumous tribute possible when NASA officials called the Mars landing site of the Martian rover Curiosity the “Bradbury Landing.” According to The Guardian,…
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The Morning Feed: Danny Boyle Wows Olympic Audience with risky Opening Ceremony
Tweet Fans of filmmaker Danny Boyle’s eclectic movies, from the recent 127 Hours, starring James Franco as a mountain climber pushed to the limit in order to free his right hand from a boulder, to past hits Slumdog Millionaire and…
The Morning Feed: Talk Show Host Craig Ferguson Receives Letter Filled with White Powder
Tweet Late-night talk show host Craig Ferguson received an unexpected scare and some unique monologue material when two of his Late Late Show staffers came in contact Tuesday with a mysterious white powder after opening an envelope at his CBS…
The Morning Feed: Sean Penn Slams ‘The Tree of Life’
Tweet Filmmaker Terrence Malick won the prestigious Palme d’Or award for The Tree of Life, a drama about a 1950s Texas family, starring Brad Pitt as a somewhat stern father and Sean Penn in a present-day storyline as the grown…
The Morning Feed: ‘Paradise Lost’ Filmmakers witness the release of the West Memphis 3
Tweet Filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky were in a Jonesboro, Ark. court yesterday to witness the release of prison inmates Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols, and Jessie Misskelly after 18 years in prison. Known as the West Memphis 3 and…
The Morning Feed: ‘Blade Runner’ Déjà vu — Ridley Scott to revisit his 1982 sci-fi classic
Tweet Ridley Scott continued work on his highly secretive Alien prequel Prometheus, starring Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender and Idris Elba among others. The veteran director also agreed to return to another one of his classic sci-fi franchises, his 1982 film…
The Morning Feed: Lady Gaga to Decorate Barneys New York Christmas Windows
Tweet After becoming a cover girl for fashion magazines Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar earlier this year, performer Lady Gaga cements her trendsetter status with a deal to decorate the Madison Ave. Christmas windows at Barneys New York. In addition to…
The Morning Feed: Jean-Luc Godard: “I am not an auteur, well, not now anyway.”
Tweet Jean-Luc Godard’s latest work, Film Socialisme, self-described as a “symphony in three movements,” that unfolds on a Mediterranean cruise ship and a gas station in rural Switzerland, continued its slow and steady, worldwide expansion since playing film festivals last…
The Morning Feed: Superhero blockbuster ‘Captain America’ Changes Its Name Overseas
Tweet Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios made two titles available to foreign buyers of their upcoming superhero blockbuster Captain America: The First Avenger in order to sidestep any possible dips in box office in faraway lands where the word “America”…
The Morning Feed: Cy Twombly Dies At Age 83
Tweet American abstract painter Cy Twombly, one of the influential painters of the New York School, died today at age 83 according to the art online forum Hyperallergic. Born in Lexington, Virginia in 1928, Twombly arrived in Manhattan in 1950…