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For the past ten years, I’ve been editing professionally. Yet one question always stumps me: “How do you know when to cut?” And I can only answer that it’s very instinctual. On some level, I’m just thinking and feeling my way through the edit. So today, I’d like to describe that process: how does an…
Some people had hoped, after months of hype and the pedigree of director Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code), that Warcraft might break the long and storied Curse Of Bad Video Game Movies. I have some sad news for those people. Maybe video game adaptations were just never meant to be. Warcraft, which comes out June…
The Canadian city of Ottawa isn’t exactly a mecca for Trekkies (that title probably belongs to Vulcan, Alberta). So it was a surprise to hear that a huge new Star Trek exhibit was opening here, launching its North American tour earlier this month. Astronauts Marc Garneau and Robert Thirsk were on-hand, as was Captain…
She’s Chew-back-a! The Chewbacca Mom‘s infectious laughter led a video of herself to rack up more than 140 million views in three days. Now Candace Payne is joining the carpool lane. On Monday’s episode of “The Late Late Show,” James Corden recruited Payne to drive him to work. Normally, Corden would break out some karaoke…
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Members of Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society put on production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” — and the actors were all female and all nude. The show, that took place in Central Park on May 19 and 20, was completely legal because in New York City you are allowed to be fully nude — as long…
Watch the new trailer for Star Trek Beyond, starring Idris Elba, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin and Karl Urban. Star Trek Beyond is coming to theatres July 22, 2016. “Star Trek Beyond,” the highly anticipated next installment in the globally popular Star Trek franchise, created by Gene Roddenberry…
When director Justin Lin jumped from the Fast & Furious franchise to Star Trek Beyond, it promised an even bigger emphasis on adrenalized action, and the movie’s latest trailer seems to support just that. The clip, which was debuted during a fan event this evening hosted by Adam Savage, shows Chris Pine’s James T. Kirk getting…
The bad blood between pop star Kesha and producer Dr. Luke, her onetime mentor, has been getting nastier and nastier for years now. After a movement by fans to cut her loose from a contract they called exploitative (#FreeKesha), charges of the producer insulting her weight and provoked an eating disorder, and a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment…
Published on May 18, 2016 At the CBS Upfront presentation at Carnegie Hall in New York on May 18, CBS unveiled the logo for the new STAR TREK television series within the first-ever promotional video for the highly-anticipated program. Category Entertainment License Standard YouTube License Source: Star Trek Television Logo and First Look Teaser Revealed…