Where was the rest of his team when Mark Ruffalo was getting his Twitter account hacked this weekend? (Besides saving the world and killing it at the box office, of course.) The actor,...
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Munch’s ‘Scream’ Sets Art Auction Record
One of the world's most famous paintings, Edvard Munch's "The Scream," sold for nearly $120 million on Wednesday, setting a record for the most expensive artwork sold at auction. Sotheby's auction house in New York opened bidding for Munch's iconic 1895 painting - one of the most recognizable works of art in the...
Hit or Miss? The One and Only Way The Avengers Can Fail
The Avengers can't miss. It's got fantastic buzz. It's enjoyed a fast start around the world. It's got more than 4,000 theaters ready to roll its credits (finally) for...
Circus Train is Home to Traveling Performers
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey is America’s longest-running circus company. It began performances in the early 1890s. More than a century later, the company maintains many of the traditions of the circus, including traveling by train, which is home to hundreds of performers. Home on the rails Ringling Brothers and Barnum &...
Whores’ Glory — $5.4K
Filmmaker Michael Glawogger completes his Globalization Trilogy (which began with Mega Cities and continued in Workingman's Death) with this documentary examining the world's oldest profession through conversations with prostitutes in Thailand, Bangladesh, and Mexico. CocoRosie and PJ Harvey are featured on the soundtrack. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Multiplayer Computer Games are Big Business for Small Devices
Millions of people are addicted to playing games on mobile devices, with rivals and teammates spread around the world. A company in Austin, Texas has developed such a game, known as a mobile multiplayer online game, for the Apple iPhone and iPad, basing it on a pen-and-paper game that was popular in the...
Olivia Wilde Reveals Eric Bana’s Hidden Talent at Tribeca Film Festival—So What Is It?
It's not easy being a femme fatale in frigid weather. Just ask Olivia Wilde. Turning out last night for the world premiere of her new thriller, Deadfall, at the Tribeca Film Festival...
Chimpanzee — $10.2M
World Chimpanzee Foundation head Christophe Boesch joins filmmakers Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield for this documentary offering an intimate look into the world of chimpanzees. The chimpanzee is an exceptionally intelligent species of anthropoid ape, and by spending over three years in the tropical jungles of Uganda and the Ivory Coast, filmmakers and...
‘One Day on Earth’ Delivers Global Message
" One Day on Earth ," a film created by Kyle Ruddick and Brandon Littman, documents one day in the life of humanity from every country on the planet. More than 15,000 people contributed footage from their ethnic communities and helped to create a global patchwork of universal themes - including birth, love,...
Condensed Soup, Apr 11
Check out a "Survivor: One World" competitor lose focus at the start of a game. Plus, Oprah fails with prisoners and Coco gets a baby drunk!