"Planet of the Apes" reserved leadership in the North American box office.

15 aug 2011, 07:42



       The movie "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" on the results of the weekend 12-14 August to keep the lead at the box office in the North American, gathered for the period 27.5 million dollars, according to Box Office Mojo. In just ten days since the beginning of hits, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" brought to distributors 104.9 million.

Keanu Reeves made his debut as a director

11 aug 2011, 08:38



       Actor Keanu Reeves began negotiations with the companies China Film Group and Village Roadshow Pictures on the financing of his debut directorial project  "Man of Tai Chi, according to the website The Wrap.
       Reeves is working on the film not only as a director. He wrote the screenplay. In addition, the actor intends to perform a major role - according to available data, the Keanu will play in the movie. Also in the film will be busy actor and stuntman Tiger Chan, who took part in the filming of scenes from the melee fights in the trilogy "The Matrix".
       Reeves' directorial debut, will be dedicated to the martial arts. It is assumed that the film will be made in two languages - English and Mandarin Chinese.
      Newest today issued a rental movie with Keanu Reeves is the comedy was released in theaters in April 2011.

In September, Muse begin new album

11 aug 2011, 07:42



       In September 2011 a group of  Muse began recording material for a new studio album. In an interview with BBC Radio 1, said bass guitarist Chris Uolstenholm.
      According to the musician, studio session had been scheduled for September and October. Earlier Uolstenholm and drummer Dominic Howard from Muse stated that the next album the group will be published in 2012.
       The last date for studio work is a Muse album "The Resistance", was released in September 2009. The disc was able to rise to the first line of the British music charts (UK Singles Chart) and to the third row of Billboard 200.
       At the end of August 2011 the group plans to speak at the Muse of two British music festivals - the Reading and Leeds. At both events, the staff fully intends to play material from the 2001 album "Origin of Symmetry".

Teen Choice Award 2011 winners announced

8 aug 2011, 11:53



In Los Angeles yesterday took delivery of premium Teen Choice Awards. As usual, all the young (though not exclusively) idols of young people gathered at the Gibson Amphitheatre.
The Teen Choice Award is devised and presented by Fox TV station in 1999. Voting is conducted among adolescents 13-19 years old, and winners don't receive a statuette, he is receiveing a surfboard, adorned with the logo "show of the year", which changes every year.
Teen Choice Award does not imply a strict dress code, so the stars can afford to dream, however, this year there were no some crazy fantasies - girls tend to have a mini, and young people - in a relaxed casual dress.
Actors Rupert Grint and Tom Felton came to the event to pick up the award "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I».
Fortunately, fans of "Harry Potter", tirelessly voted for their favorite movie and actors, "Harry Potter" has received seven awards from eight nominations (in the last month have added three "summer" category: Choice Summer Actor - D. Radcliffe, Choice Summer Actress - E. Watson, Choice Summer Movie - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II".
Taylor Swift won the teenagers gathered in a total of five coveted trophies at music Teen Choice Awards (TCA) 2011.
Cutie country music was awarded the prize in a live broadcast the ceremony which was held in Universal City, California on Sunday, August 7.
"I'm so happy ...", she said during one of her speeches after the award presentation. "This is the first time I ever earned from the Teen Choice Awards and it's amazing. I want to thank the fans. You guys have made my life so beautiful, and this is all my happiness because of you."
Hitmeyker "Speak Now" was chosen as the best female Artist and Artist Country woman. Her song "Mean" and "Back to December" additionally won, respectively, in the categories of Country Single and Break-Up song. She received her fifth prize at the ceremony, the most prestigious nomination The Final Choice.
She got the top award at Teen Choice Awards honor of her outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry as a whole. Such an honor awarded Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Venus Williams and Serena Williams, who received this award in recent years.
In addition to these five awards, Swift also managed to get another award, Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon. 21-year-old singer, who attended the show in a white dress, won such beauties as Miley Cyrus, Vanessa Hudgens, Lady GaGa and Jennifer Lopez.
Other stars who gained several prestigious awards this Sunday night was Selena Gomez and Paramore. Actress "Monte Carlo" took home three prizes. Together with his band The Scene, she received 3 musical choice: group, single and song of love. "This is for all you guys," she said. "It's not mine."
Frontman of Paramore group, Hayley Williams, meanwhile, won two surf board of TCA. The group won Choice Rock Track: "Monster," Paramore and Choice Rock Group: Paramore.
Friend of Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber won in the Choice Male Artist. "Three years ago I watched on the sofa in Canada Teen Choice Awards, and now I'm here ...", he said, before adding, "Everything is possible if you send your mind and talents to achieve their goals."
This year's ceremony opened TCA Kardashian sisters, and host of the Teen Choice Award 2011 show was Kaley Cuoco. Musical guests were Jason Derulo, OneRepublic and Gomez.

Leadership in the North American box office has the "Planet of the Apes"

8 aug 2011, 08:41



       First place in the North American box office over the weekend August 5-7, took the movie "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". According to Boxofficemojo.com, the seventh movie, filmed on the book by French writer Pierre Boulle, on the first weekend after the premiere earned $ 54 million.
       On the second line was an animated film "The Smurfs", based on the Belgian comic strip of the 1950s and tells of the adventures of the Dwarfs. He brought to distributors $ 21 million (more than 76 million in two weeks).
       Closes the top three fantasy western "Cowboys and Aliens", earned 15.7 million dollars (more than 67 million in two weeks rent).
       In fourth place was another premiere - the movie, which will be released in cinemas in Russia under the name "I like you" (original title The Change-Up). He brought to North American distributors 13.5 million dollars.
       On the fifth line - "The First Avenger" (Captain America: The First Avenger) with 13 million dollars (more than 143 million in three weeks).

Became known the price of service Apple iCloud

4 aug 2011, 14:54



       Apple has announced prices for the extra space in the cloud storage iCloud, writes a blog 9to5Mac.
Free users will be given 5 gigabytes of space. For additional space will need to pay. An additional 10 gigabytes of space can buy for $ 20 a year, 20 gigabytes - for $ 40, and 50 gigabytes - for $ 100.
       Under purchased from the iTunes application and tracks, as well as a photograph is given an unlimited amount of user space, but pictures can be stored in iCloud only for 30 days.
       Apple has also opened access to iCloud via the web interface at icloud.com. While icloud.com operates in beta. Work with the site can only developers.
       Icloud.com available on the Web version of mail client, calendar, address book, Find My iPhone tool for retrieving lost phones. It is also reported that the web interface, users can view office documents.
       Cloud service iCloud Apple announced in early June at a conference WWDC. iCloud allows you to store data on a remote server and synchronize them between devices. It is expected that in the full mode iCloud earn the fall of 2011

RIM introduced the new BlackBerry smartphone

4 aug 2011, 14:50



       The company Research in Motion (RIM) today introduced three new smartphones BlackBerry. All devices running BlackBerry OS 7 - the latest mobile operating system BlackBerry.
       Smartphone BlackBerry Torch 9810 is a "vertical slider" and has a 3.2-inch touchscreen and a QWERTY-keyboard.
       Devices BlackBerry Torch 9850 and 9860 do not have a keyboard and touch-sensitive controls provide. RIM points out that of all the BlackBerry smartphone in these devices is the large screen - it is 3.7 inches diagonal.
       It is reported that all smartphones use a single processor with a frequency of 1.2 GHz and supports video capture in HD. In the sale of devices that will be in August. The cost of vehicles has not yet been disclosed.
       During August and will start selling phones BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 that RIM announced in early May at a conference BlackBerry World. They are positioned as the thinnest smartphones BlackBerry - the thickness of their shells is 10.5 millimeters. Both devices are equipped with a contactless communication unit NFC.
       In July, management at Research in Motion's annual meeting of shareholders has promised to release before the end of 2011, seven new vehicles.

Google +1 ahead of Facebook and Twitter, the fastest growing audience

4 aug 2011, 14:45



       Audience social networking Google +1 over 25 million unique visitors. It is reported by Reuters, citing data from research firm comScore.
       The report comScore says that the mark of 25 million visitors to Google +1 broke on July 24, that is less than a month after launch. The number of visitors each day increases by an average of one million, the researchers report.
       The growth rate of the audience ahead of Google +1 social networks Facebook and MySpace, and microblogging service Twitter. In order to obtain 25 million unique users, Facebook took a little over three years, Twitter - two and a half years, and MySpace - a year and ten months.
       The biggest audience - 6.44 million visitors - Google +1 has in the U.S. in second place with 3.62 million visitors belongs to India. Next, in descending order followed by the UK, Germany, Brazil, France and Taiwan.
       Google + earned on June 28. In social networks have registered many famous people, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Mark Zuckerberg's sister resigned from Fasebook

4 aug 2011, 14:39


       Randi Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg's elder sister, left her job in the social network Facebook, reports the blog All Things Digital.
       In Facebook, Randy Zuckerberg served as Director of Marketing. She, in particular, was responsible for contacts with the media and actively participated in the launch of the official video channel social network called Facebook Live. In Facebook Zuckerberg worked for six years. The last three months the woman was taking care of the child. Guide Facebook officially confirmed the departure Zuckerberg.
       In a letter sent Randi Zuckerberg to Facebook staff before leaving, she said it planned to start his own company. It is known that the project will be called RtoZ Media and its goal, according to Randy Zuckerberg, would "help companies become more social."
      In addition to Randy, the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has two sisters - Donna, and Ariel. Social network Facebook Mark Zuckerberg launched in 2004 as a student at Harvard University.

4 aug 2011, 14:31



       Billboard Magazine published a list of the best music videos last thirty years. The rating was compiled from a survey of readers of the edition, held on the official website Billboard. Hit Parade is dedicated to celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the TV channel MTV.
       Rating the best clips is divided into three temporal categories: 1980, 1990 and 2000 - the year. The first part of the list headed the music video for Michael Jackson's "Thriller";
Michael Jackson - "Thriller" (1983).
      MTV channel began broadcasting August 1, 1981. The first video, which hit the air music channel, was the video of group The Buggles.