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Movies & TV

Ryan Kwanten Is Venom in Unofficial Short

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If you’ve always dreamed of a Marvel movie shot as if it was a contemporary of Godard’s Breathless, well… you’re in luck. Today’s winner in the unauthorized comic book short film lottery goes to True Blood star Ryan Kwanten and director Joe Lynch for their curious take on Spider-Man antagonist Eddie Brock, a.k.a. Venom. Take a look below, but as you might expect, the actual Venom appearance comes pretty late in the game:

Lynch also made the Punisher short “Dirty Laundry” last year with Thomas Jane. I’m not sure what these guys hope to accomplish with these things, but hey, whatever works for them.

Talk to Senior Editor Scott Collura on Twitter at @ScottIGN, on IGN at scottcollura and on Facebook.

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News, Politics, Government

Sports And Contest Shows Are The Only Things That Matter On Live TV Now

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By Dorothy Pomerantz, Forbes Staff

As it gets easier to watch shows we love outside of the broadcast prime time schedule, the whole concept of live television is starting to seem a little old fashioned. The most buzzed about shows right now are on and HBO. Just look at the recent rundown of Emmy nominees. HBO scored 108 nominations. Thanks to VOD and HBO To Go, it doesn’t matter when shows like Game of Thrones and True Blood air. You can watch, or binge on them, whenever you want. …read more

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Styles & Fashion

Superhero Style: See What All the Celebs Wore to Comic-Con

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By Justin Fenner

Some of Hollywood’s brightest and most stylish stars invaded San Diego over the weekend for Comic-Con. And while the convention regularly plays host to comic book and movie fans who dress up like their favorite fantasy characters, it’s also home to some serious fashion plates. All eyes were on Hailee Steinfeld when she wore a Fall 2013 Kenzo dress, a red creation covered in an ocular motif, at an event for fans of her movie Ender’s Game. True Blood‘s Anna Paquin wore a not-so-basic black ensemble to sign autographs, and Zoe Saldana attended a press event for Marvel Studios wearing a stunning blue jumpsuit.

A look at those outfits and more style stars at the convention, here in the gallery.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at fashionologie

Movies & TV

Comic-Con: Days of Future Past Plans

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20th Century Fox has been coy about what sort of presence the X-Men franchise will have at this week’s San Diego Comic-Con. The Hollywood Reporter recently confirmed that The Wolverine will be there at Saturday’s Fox presentation, and now a new report claims that, as suspected, X-Men: Days of Future Past will be the panel’s “secret” film.

According to Vulture, “the Bryan Singer–helmed film will be sending over a dozen cast members to San Diego to tease the ambitious sequel.” We already know Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, and Peter Dinklage will already be at Comic-Con for, respectively, The Wolverine, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, True Blood, The Following, and Game of Thrones. So that leaves the likes of James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Ellen Page, Evan Peters, Nicholas Hoult, Omar Sy, Daniel Cudmore, and Lucas Till, who Bryan Singer revealed via Twitter is reprising his First Class role of Havok (see the pic Singer tweeted below).

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News, Politics, Government

What You (Hopefully) Missed On Season One Of 'The Newsroom'

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By Jeff Bercovici, Forbes Staff

“The Newsroom” is writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s remarkably bad dramatization of the goings-on at a fictional 24-hour cable news channel. “Remarkably” because, while HBO has served up trashy guilty pleasures (“True Blood”) and gnomic bafflers (“John From Cincinnati”), it had at least managed to avoid producing anything that felt like a second-rate network series. While critical reception was mostly lukewarm to chilly, the show drew enough viewers to earn a second season. …read more

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Video Gaming

First Footage of World of Darkness Vampire MMO Shown

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At EVE Fanfest in Iceland, CCP showed the first footage of vampire MMO World of Darkness to a roomful of fans. It was more target footage than a representation of what the game looks like right now – it’s still far from release – but it’s the first tangible indication we’ve had of what this long-anticipated game is going to be like.

It looked super-stylish, embracing the sultry swagger and urban grime of modern vampire fiction. The player character – a female vampire – began by sucking a bystander dry in a rainy back alley, before striding past a True Blood-esque bar and leaning up against a railing whilst other vampires leaped across the American-style city rooftops in the background. The movement is agile and fast, almost spider-like; World of Darkness will be a very movement-centric MMO, aiming for something close to Assassin’s Creed’s city free-running.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

Movies & TV

DeHaan Talks Amazing Spidey 2 and More

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Actor Dane DeHaan (Chronicle, In Treatment, True Blood) recently chatted with us about his new movie The Place Beyond the Pines (now playing in limited release), as well as his future stint as Harry Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Check it out.

IGN Movies: I was curious after watching the movie, do you think that your character Jason was sort of a ticking time bomb anyway that AJ just happened to spark, or is AJ really to blame?

Dane DeHaan: I don’t think it’s AJ’s fault, no. I think that Jason’s just a kid who feels out of place, and he lets that consume him, so he goes on this quest for answers, to figure out what this thing is. He feels like if he can figure it out, it’ll unlock him as a person. That’s what drives him, that’s kind of his driving force. He wants find answers, and he wants to blaze his own trail, carve his own path. Unfortunately, he goes about it in ways that are not very helpful, but while he’s doing them he thinks they’re the right things to be doing.

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Articles of Interest

‘Game Of Thrones’ Fans Are Begging For More Male Nudity

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

Game of Thrones? That’s the show with the boobies, right? Well, yes; like so many HBO dramas (including True Blood and Boardwalk Empire), Thrones serves up female flesh in situations both dramatically integral and superfluous. Some viewers have a problem with that. Since its 2011 debut, Thrones has been attacked for “gratuitous” nudity and labeled sexist for stripping its women more often than its men.

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Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Prime Instant Video Greenlights Betas, an Original Comedy Pilot

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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Prime Instant Video Greenlights Betas, an Original Comedy Pilot

Amazon Studios adds another comedy pilot for customers to enjoy for free — customer feedback will help determine which of the 14 pilots will be made into full-season productions

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– (NAS: AMZN) —Amazon Studios, the original film and series production arm of Amazon.com, today announced that it will add the comedy pilot Betas to the line-up of pilots already in production for Prime Instant Video. Betas, which is the eighth comedy pilot added to Amazon’s pilot line-up, willbe made available (along with the other seven comedy pilots and six children’s pilots) for free on Amazon Instant Video, LOVEFiLM UK and LOVEFiLM Germany. Customers are invited to view the pilots and then review them on the site; customer feedback will help determine which of the 14 pilots Amazon Studios will make into full-season productions, to air on Prime Instant Video.

Set in the land of Silicon Valley start-ups where the right algorithm can make you king, Betas, written by Evan Endicott and Josh Stoddard, follows four computer geeks and their quest for nerd fame as they attempt to crack the ultimate code. Ed Begley Jr., Jon Daly, Joe Dinicol, Margo Harshman, Charlie Saxton and Karan Soni star in the pilot.

Michael Lehmann (Heathers, True Blood, Dexter, American Horror Story) will direct and produce the pilot along with Emmy Award winners Alan Freedland and Alan Cohen (King of the Hill, Due Date, American Dad), and Academy Award nominated producer Michael London (Sideways, The Visitor, The Informant).

“Amazon is giving us a chance to work outside the TV bureaucracies and connect directly with audiences hungry for original content, and Betas is the perfect match for that model,” said producer Michael London. “Betas is a half hour comedy about a group of tech-savvy millennials trying to connect with the world both personally and professionally. Speaking for the whole creative team on Betas, we couldn’t be more thrilled to be part of the first launch of Amazon Studios pilots and working with such an inspiring group of people.”

“We can’t wait to hear what fans think of this and the seven other comedy pilots we’re producing — we have unbelievable casts and crews working on these projects,” said Roy Price Director of Amazon Studios.

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Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Comcast Launches Xfinity 'Watchathon Week': The Biggest-Ever TV Catch-Up with Thousands of Episodes

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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Comcast Launches Xfinity ‘Watchathon Week’: The Biggest-Ever TV Catch-Up with Thousands of Episodes from Today’s Hottest Shows, Available for Free

From March 25-31, Xfinity TV Customers Will Enjoy an All-Access Pass to 100 TV Series; Binge on Every Episode of Every Season of Game of Thrones, Duck Dynasty, Downton Abbey, Spartacus, Girls, Dexter, True Blood, House of Lies, Californication, Psych and Much More

Also Catch Full, Current or Most Recent Seasons of Mad Men, The Walking Dead, Touch, The Bachelor, Revolution, The Americans, Portlandia and Many Others

PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Comcast, a global media and technology company, today announced plans to bring Xfinity TV customers an all-access, free pass to the biggest TV catch-up in TV history from March 25-31. With every episode of every season of TV‘s hottest series, like Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, Dexter, Girls, Spartacus and Duck Dynasty, plus full, current or most recent seasons of Mad Men, Revolution, The Walking Dead, Touch, Chicago Fire, Psych, Parenthood and The Americans, the first Xfinity Watchathon Week will offer a massive collection of content from the best networks never before available for free in one place.

During Watchathon Week, Xfinity TV customers will have access to more than 3,500 episodes of 100 TV series across 30 premium, cable and broadcast networks. Watchathon Week will also offer almost the entire on demand TV libraries of HBO, SHOWTIME, STARZ and CINEMAX, including the critically acclaimed shows that kick-started the TV catch-up phenomenon, like The Sopranos, Sex & The City, Dexter and The Wire. The event will also give viewers a chance to catch up on hit series Game of Thrones, just prior to its third season debut on HBO, March 31. All Video On Demand (VOD)-enabled Xfinity TV customers will have access to this content, and across multiple screens when available.

“The scale of Xfinity Watchathon Week is enormous,” said Maggie Suniewick, Vice President, Video Services, Comcast Cable. “This will be the biggest catch-up ever in TV history, offering Xfinity TV customers the opportunity to binge view the hottest shows on top networks for free. It takes the TV catch-up concept to an entirely new level with every episode of every season of TV‘s best shows, in addition to the tens of thousands of content options already available for free on Xfinity On Demand.”

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‘True Blood’ Season 6: Showrunner Mark Hudis Replaced With Brian Buckner

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

“True Blood” Season 6 may prove to be the HBO series’ most dramatic year yet — and it’s all because of what’s going on behind the scenes. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that new showrunner Mark Hudis — who replaced creator Alan Ball after Season 5 — has himself been replaced by producer Brian Buckner.

“Mark Hudis has stepped down as showrunner of ‘True Blood‘ to focus on development under his overall deal with the network,” an HBO spokesperson said in a statement.

While Ball’s departure was expected — he chose to leave the series to develop “Banshee” for HBO‘s sister network, Cinemax — Hudis’ abrupt exit in the midst of Season 6 seems a little less planned. In Jaunuary, Hudis gave an interview previewing Season 6, in which he told Haverford College magazine that the once heroic Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) would go through some changes: “Certainly he’s not going to be the Bill we know and love. He’s going to have more bite, no pun intended.”

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