Princess Diana and Prince Charles got engaged in February 1981 after only going on 12 dates. They wed five months later in a lavish ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, and their wedding was watched by millions around the world. Despite separating in 1992 and Diana's untimely death in 1997, there are probably still a few things you may not know about their wedding, like the fact that Charles reportedly cried the night before their big day. Read on for even more interesting tidbits. RelatedPrince Charles Actually Met Princess Diana While He Was Dating Her Sister Their wedding day was considered a national holiday. Just like Kate Middleton and Prince William's big day, July 29, 1981, was declared a national holiday by the UK so that citizens could be a part of the celebration. They had 27 wedding cakes. The official cake was provided by David Avery, the head baker at the Royal Naval cooking school.
- 4/24/2017
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Apple's much rumoured new iPad Mini will only support WiFi connectivity when it is announced this month, but the Us firm will introduce a 4G version of its main iPad into the UK, according to a new report. The Guardian's Charles Arthur cites "multiple sources" as saying that an announcement of the iPad Mini is imminent, ahead of a potential November launch. Competing with Google's Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire, the new Apple tablet is thought to have a screen measuring 7.85-inch on the diagonal, compared to 9.7-inches on the main iPad. Australian technology writer Sony Dickson recently tweeted pictures supposedly showing a fully assembled iPad Mini, indicating a more squared-off device around two thirds of the size of the main iPad, and featuring Apple's new Lightening dock connector. Previous reports have indicated that the iPad Mini will have (more)...
- 10/10/2012
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
Die Hard actor wants extensive music collection to be inherited by daughters instead of reverting to Apple ownership
• Charles Arthur: No, Bruce Willis isn't suing Apple over iTunes rights
Bruce Willis is eyeing a legal bid to ensure he can pass on his iTunes library to his children when he dies, according to the Daily Mail.
The Die Hard star is concerned that his extensive music collection will revert to Apple ownership on his demise and is looking into ways that might allow his three daughters, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah, to legitimately inherit it. His lawyers are currently said to be looking at the possibility of setting up "family trusts" to act as legal holders of the downloaded music, but Willis is also prepared to consider taking Apple to court over the issue.
"Lots of people will be surprised on learning all those tracks and books they have bought...
• Charles Arthur: No, Bruce Willis isn't suing Apple over iTunes rights
Bruce Willis is eyeing a legal bid to ensure he can pass on his iTunes library to his children when he dies, according to the Daily Mail.
The Die Hard star is concerned that his extensive music collection will revert to Apple ownership on his demise and is looking into ways that might allow his three daughters, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah, to legitimately inherit it. His lawyers are currently said to be looking at the possibility of setting up "family trusts" to act as legal holders of the downloaded music, but Willis is also prepared to consider taking Apple to court over the issue.
"Lots of people will be surprised on learning all those tracks and books they have bought...
- 9/4/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
On this week's Tech Weekly, Aleks Krotoski is joined by Observer columnist and professor of public engagement with technology at Cambridge University John Naughton and Guardian technology editor Charles Arthur.
The trio talk about the fallout of three of the biggest stories to rock the technology ocean this week. Making waves are the reshuffle at Rim - what happened in the last year that's seen this market leader take a dramatic tumble and cost the chief executives their jobs? What's the next for Sopa, now that the Us Congress has shelved the current wording of the copyright bills, and what, asks John, does this say about our new concepts of ownership in a digital world? And is it the end of an era, now that film giant Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protection? John takes the long view, reminding us that it wasn't so long ago we thought Xerox was infallible.
The trio talk about the fallout of three of the biggest stories to rock the technology ocean this week. Making waves are the reshuffle at Rim - what happened in the last year that's seen this market leader take a dramatic tumble and cost the chief executives their jobs? What's the next for Sopa, now that the Us Congress has shelved the current wording of the copyright bills, and what, asks John, does this say about our new concepts of ownership in a digital world? And is it the end of an era, now that film giant Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protection? John takes the long view, reminding us that it wasn't so long ago we thought Xerox was infallible.
- 1/24/2012
- by Scott Cawley, Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur, John Naughton
- The Guardian - Film News
Joining Aleks Krotoski, Jemima Kiss and Charles Arthur this week is Paul Walsh from MetaCert, the company contracted by the ICM Registry to classify the content of the new crop of .xxx web addresses, to be launched later this year. Paul talks the pod team through what makes the cut and what doesn't, and how MetaCert rates content for a global audience.
The team also speak with Chris Marcich, president and managing director of the Motion Picture Association of America's European office, which recently won a landmark cake against BT. The ISP was asked to block access to Newzbin2, a site known to share links to copyrighted content. Marchich parries the debate about the legal and political implications of an ISP as arbiter of acceptable content.
Also in this week's podcast, why Google Chrome has become the second most popular web browser in the UK, behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and ahead of Mozilla's Firefox,...
The team also speak with Chris Marcich, president and managing director of the Motion Picture Association of America's European office, which recently won a landmark cake against BT. The ISP was asked to block access to Newzbin2, a site known to share links to copyrighted content. Marchich parries the debate about the legal and political implications of an ISP as arbiter of acceptable content.
Also in this week's podcast, why Google Chrome has become the second most popular web browser in the UK, behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and ahead of Mozilla's Firefox,...
- 8/2/2011
- by Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur, Jemima Kiss, Scott Cawley
- The Guardian - Film News
Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur and Jemima Kiss are reunited in the Tech Weekly studio this week to discuss the latest headlines across the technosphere.
Google+ is top of the agenda, as the social network is rolled out to early adopters. Charles and Jemima are sceptical: what really makes a crucial social networking space? Facebook's relationship with Skype is also under the microscope, as is the future of the 6,000 patents won by a consortium of tech companies versus the coalition between Google and Intel.
The team dissect the implications of the extradition requests coming from the Us for a 23-year-old British student whose .com website streamed unlicensed television material. The case has been brought forward by the Us authorities because the domain is registered in the Us, but the server and the site reside outside that country. Does this hearing represent the future of domiciled copyright ownership, and what will happen...
Google+ is top of the agenda, as the social network is rolled out to early adopters. Charles and Jemima are sceptical: what really makes a crucial social networking space? Facebook's relationship with Skype is also under the microscope, as is the future of the 6,000 patents won by a consortium of tech companies versus the coalition between Google and Intel.
The team dissect the implications of the extradition requests coming from the Us for a 23-year-old British student whose .com website streamed unlicensed television material. The case has been brought forward by the Us authorities because the domain is registered in the Us, but the server and the site reside outside that country. Does this hearing represent the future of domiciled copyright ownership, and what will happen...
- 7/5/2011
- by Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur, Jemima Kiss, Scott Cawley
- The Guardian - Film News
When Prince William and Kate Middleton get married next year, they will have a lot to live up to - namely, the example set by William's parents, Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, whose marriage on the morning of July 29, 1981, has long been deemed the "wedding of the century." Some 600,000 people choked the streets of London beneath gray, overcast skies that day to catch a glimpse of Charles and Diana, while an estimated global audience of 750 million tuned in on television. An invited congregation of 3,500 witnessed the ceremony itself at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Diana, then 20, traveled to St.
- 11/16/2010
- by Tim Nudd
- PEOPLE.com
Join Aleks Krotoski, Jemima Kiss, Gia Milinovich and Charles Arthur for the latest technology news. This week, they dissect The Social Network, often referred to as The Facebook Movie, because it documents the rise and rise and rise of the most popular social networking site in the world. 500 million users can't be wrong, right? Charles, Jemima and Gia report back from this week's special preview screening.
Also this week, the virtual and the real worlds are under threat from hackers. An Iranian nuclear power plant has been infiltrated by a computer worm that attacks the integral systems of the plant's workings. Charles suggests it's a government job, and Gia gets excited about nuclear espionage.
Alexander Hanff from Privacy International gives us the implications of the 750 Mb file accidentally revealed on the Acs:Law website after it was taken down by members of the 4Chan social network - and what legal recourse...
Also this week, the virtual and the real worlds are under threat from hackers. An Iranian nuclear power plant has been infiltrated by a computer worm that attacks the integral systems of the plant's workings. Charles suggests it's a government job, and Gia gets excited about nuclear espionage.
Alexander Hanff from Privacy International gives us the implications of the 750 Mb file accidentally revealed on the Acs:Law website after it was taken down by members of the 4Chan social network - and what legal recourse...
- 9/29/2010
- by Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur, Jemima Kiss, Scott Cawley
- The Guardian - Film News
While you were sleeping, innovation was supersizing--no, downsizing--no, supersizing--decisions, decisions--itself and wondering whether it's better to be big or small.
1. For the past 24 hours Tony Hayward has, apparently, been negotiating his exit with the company, although Bp's official line is that "no final decision has been made." First into the pension-pot speculation fray is, surprise surprise, the Daily Mail, which estimates Hayward's payoff at £1 million, plus a £10.8 million pension, which he can start drawing when he's 60. Hayward is 53. The beleaguered Englishman's replacement is expected to be Bob Dudley, the American brought in to oversee the containment effort of the Deepwater spill, and described by Hayward as "the management team's foreign secretary." The relief operation is back on after Bonnie blew herself out, with the ships and teams racing back to the site between hurricanes. Commander Thad Allen calls it "a cat-and-mouse game."
2.While Charles Arthur of The Guardian reckons we've...
1. For the past 24 hours Tony Hayward has, apparently, been negotiating his exit with the company, although Bp's official line is that "no final decision has been made." First into the pension-pot speculation fray is, surprise surprise, the Daily Mail, which estimates Hayward's payoff at £1 million, plus a £10.8 million pension, which he can start drawing when he's 60. Hayward is 53. The beleaguered Englishman's replacement is expected to be Bob Dudley, the American brought in to oversee the containment effort of the Deepwater spill, and described by Hayward as "the management team's foreign secretary." The relief operation is back on after Bonnie blew herself out, with the ships and teams racing back to the site between hurricanes. Commander Thad Allen calls it "a cat-and-mouse game."
2.While Charles Arthur of The Guardian reckons we've...
- 7/26/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
According to Risky Business, Writer-director Wayne Kramer has signed on to helm the crime thriller “Pretty Boy Floyd" for Myriad Pictures.
The story is based on the life of Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd, a real-life bank robber in the Midwest in the 20's and 30's. Channing Tatum made a brief cameo as the character in the early scenes of Michael Mann's "Public Enemies".
Kramer told the site the following:
“My approach is to bring 21st century style and energy to Kevin Bernhardt’s meticulously researched screenplay without sacrificing the verisimilitude of the period or over-sensationalizing the characters themselves,” says Kramer. “At the heart of ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’ is a great love story about an outlaw on the run who can’t stay away from the woman he loves, no matter how destructive the relationship is for both of them -- which ultimately leads to his demise.”
Source: Risky Business...
The story is based on the life of Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd, a real-life bank robber in the Midwest in the 20's and 30's. Channing Tatum made a brief cameo as the character in the early scenes of Michael Mann's "Public Enemies".
Kramer told the site the following:
“My approach is to bring 21st century style and energy to Kevin Bernhardt’s meticulously researched screenplay without sacrificing the verisimilitude of the period or over-sensationalizing the characters themselves,” says Kramer. “At the heart of ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’ is a great love story about an outlaw on the run who can’t stay away from the woman he loves, no matter how destructive the relationship is for both of them -- which ultimately leads to his demise.”
Source: Risky Business...
- 6/26/2010
- by amcsts@gmail.com
- AMC - Script to Screen
Wayne Kramer is a director who started fast but has watched his career slowly fade into mediocrity. His first major feature, 2003's The Cooler, earned an Oscar nomination of Alec Baldwin, but his two films since, Running Scared and Crossing Over, were both viewed disparagingly by critics, the first being called gratuitously violent and the second labeled as a Crash ripoff (despite being based on a short film Kramer made back in 1996). Now he's hoping a bit of historical drama will get him back on top. THR reports that Kramer's next venture will be based on famous 1930s gangster Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd for Myriad Pictures. Despite being one of the more notable criminals of the era, the man has not received as much screen treatment as men like Al Capone and John Dillinger, though he was portrayed by Channing Tatum in last year's Public Enemies. Written by Kevin...
- 6/25/2010
- cinemablend.com
South African helmer Wayne Kramer ("The Cooler," "Running Scared") has signed on to direct the period gangster movie "Pretty Boy Floyd" for Myriad Pictures reports Risky Biz Blog.
The story is based on the life of Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd, a real-life bank robber in the Midwest in the 20's and 30's. Channing Tatum made a brief cameo as the character in the early scenes of Michael Mann's "Public Enemies".
Kramer claims his approach will "bring 21st century style and energy to Kevin Bernhardt's meticulously researched screenplay without sacrificing the verisimilitude of the period or over-sensationalizing the characters themselves."
He also says the heart of the film is "a love story about an outlaw on the run who can't stay away from the woman he loves, no matter how destructive the relationship is for both of them -- which ultimately leads to his demise."...
The story is based on the life of Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd, a real-life bank robber in the Midwest in the 20's and 30's. Channing Tatum made a brief cameo as the character in the early scenes of Michael Mann's "Public Enemies".
Kramer claims his approach will "bring 21st century style and energy to Kevin Bernhardt's meticulously researched screenplay without sacrificing the verisimilitude of the period or over-sensationalizing the characters themselves."
He also says the heart of the film is "a love story about an outlaw on the run who can't stay away from the woman he loves, no matter how destructive the relationship is for both of them -- which ultimately leads to his demise."...
- 6/25/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd hasn't been portrayed in as many movies as some of the most famous real-life gangsters -- he's no Capone -- but he's certainly had his share of turns on the screen. Channing Tatum played him in Public Enemies; Martin Sheen played him on TV; Steve Kanaly played him in Dillinger. (That wasn't him in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, though -- Michael Badalucco played a version of Lester 'Baby Face' Nelson.) Now Wayne Kramer (Running Scared) is looking to direct Pretty Boy Floyd, where the bank robber will get to take center stage for the first time in many years. THR says that Kramer has signed on to the film that Myriad Pictures is making with Kirk D'Amico producing. The film is written by Kevin Bernhardt based on the life of Floyd. Kramer told the trade, My approach is to bring 21st century style and...
- 6/25/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Wayne Kramer, the director of The Cooler and Running Scared, is set to helm Pretty Boy Floyd. The name Pretty Boy Floyd should sound familiar to those who saw Michael Mann‘s Public Enemies. Charles Arthur Pretty Boy Floyd was a character in Public Enemies and was played by Channing Tatum. He only had a brief scene before his screen time was abruptly ended by a bullet in the back from Christian Bale‘s character. [via The Playlist]
Kramer spoke about the film and said the following:
“My approach is to bring 21st century style and energy to Kevin Bernhardt’s meticulously researched screenplay without sacrificing the verisimilitude of the period or over-sensationalizing the characters themselves. At the heart of “Pretty Boy Floyd” is a great love story about an outlaw on the run who can’t stay away from the woman he loves, no matter how destructive the relationship is for both...
Kramer spoke about the film and said the following:
“My approach is to bring 21st century style and energy to Kevin Bernhardt’s meticulously researched screenplay without sacrificing the verisimilitude of the period or over-sensationalizing the characters themselves. At the heart of “Pretty Boy Floyd” is a great love story about an outlaw on the run who can’t stay away from the woman he loves, no matter how destructive the relationship is for both...
- 6/25/2010
- by Matthew Tyler
- The Film Stage
The name Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd might not exactly be a household name these days, but there was a time when he was part of one of the most notorious crime gangs in history. But there was much more to him than just being one of John Dillinger’s goons and getting shot in the back at the start of Michael Mann movies, which will be explored in crime thriller Pretty Boy Floyd. And now Running Scared’s Wayne Kramer is aboard to direct.Floyd’s legend spans his time robbing banks and pulling off scams in the late 1920s and early 1930s around the Us Midwest, which earned him the nickname The Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills. He was eventually cut down by lawmen in 1934 aged just 30, but by then had left a criminal legacy and a devastated wife, Ruby Hardgrave, behind.It’s a story that...
- 6/25/2010
- EmpireOnline
Gesture-based games playing is here, so it won't be long before we'll control our computers the same way (just watch) as in Minority Report. So, which other films?
Accept for a moment that Microsoft's new Kinect (what used to be known as Project Natal, a name we much preferred) is the idea of Minority Report's gesture interface come true. You know, wave your arms about and things get done (even if you do have to pass people Usb sticks from across the room.)
Now for our next question: what other technologies forecast in other films have come to reality? Anything from Blade Runner? Or from Total Recall? Or from The Matrix (err.. the phones were the very latest Motorolas, so don't say "the phones")?
Yes, this is a bit similar to "the best technology moments in film", but slightly different: we're asking about films which predicted some sort of technology,...
Accept for a moment that Microsoft's new Kinect (what used to be known as Project Natal, a name we much preferred) is the idea of Minority Report's gesture interface come true. You know, wave your arms about and things get done (even if you do have to pass people Usb sticks from across the room.)
Now for our next question: what other technologies forecast in other films have come to reality? Anything from Blade Runner? Or from Total Recall? Or from The Matrix (err.. the phones were the very latest Motorolas, so don't say "the phones")?
Yes, this is a bit similar to "the best technology moments in film", but slightly different: we're asking about films which predicted some sort of technology,...
- 6/15/2010
- by Charles Arthur
- The Guardian - Film News
The UK is heading to the polling booths to vote for its new Parliament on 6 May. This year, the main parties have made Britain's digital future a central issue in their election promises, releasing technology manifestos and making speeches about how they will promote the country's thriving technology industry.
We want to know just what each party plans for the digital economy, how they'll curb piracy and filesharing, where they stand on intellectual property copyright reforms, how they'll fund rural broadband penetration, and what they intend to do with the library of government data.
Joining us for this week's programme are Stephen Timms, Labour MP for East Ham, financial secretary to the Treasury, and minister for Digital Britain; Jeremy Hunt, Conservative MP for South West Surrey
and shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport, and Lord
Razzall, the Liberal Democrat's spokesperson for business, enterprise
and regulatory reform.
Also...
We want to know just what each party plans for the digital economy, how they'll curb piracy and filesharing, where they stand on intellectual property copyright reforms, how they'll fund rural broadband penetration, and what they intend to do with the library of government data.
Joining us for this week's programme are Stephen Timms, Labour MP for East Ham, financial secretary to the Treasury, and minister for Digital Britain; Jeremy Hunt, Conservative MP for South West Surrey
and shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport, and Lord
Razzall, the Liberal Democrat's spokesperson for business, enterprise
and regulatory reform.
Also...
- 4/29/2010
- by Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur, Jemima Kiss, Scott Cawley, Jeremy Hunt, Stephen Timms
- The Guardian - Film News
Lists of the top ten worst moments in films involving technology are easy - but which ones would you vote the best?
The ten worst tech film moments are back - though we've been here before, haven't we? Back in September 2007, when we asked which the worst technology fu... goof was in a film.
And you can relive them with the Apc mag's top ten, which interestingly lists quite a few of the films that we did for the worst tech (The Net, Swordfish, Independence Day).
But here's a trickier question: what are your top ten films where technology is crucial, but it's done just right? Not overdone, but pitched just right given the time when it's set. (Obviously, this needs to be time close to ours. It's no use saying "Star Trek is exactly right because it's hard to know what the 24th century is like, or if there...
The ten worst tech film moments are back - though we've been here before, haven't we? Back in September 2007, when we asked which the worst technology fu... goof was in a film.
And you can relive them with the Apc mag's top ten, which interestingly lists quite a few of the films that we did for the worst tech (The Net, Swordfish, Independence Day).
But here's a trickier question: what are your top ten films where technology is crucial, but it's done just right? Not overdone, but pitched just right given the time when it's set. (Obviously, this needs to be time close to ours. It's no use saying "Star Trek is exactly right because it's hard to know what the 24th century is like, or if there...
- 4/19/2010
- by Charles Arthur
- The Guardian - Film News
After almost two years of debate, the controversial digital economy bill has passed into law. Fergal Sharkey, chief executive officer of UK Music, and Jim Killock, the executive director of the Open Rights Group debate the implications of the act in this week's programme.
The Digital Economy Act 2010 outlines the government's solution to online piracy, and seeks to provide a boost to the valuable British creative sector and is a vast and sprawling act that has ignited an extraordinary debate that strikes at the heart of digital rights.
The act will force internet service providers to protect the rights of content providers - people like musicians, film-makers and photographers. It also offers unprecedented control over the digital spectrum; that includes the right to blacklist websites that illegally distribute copyrighted material. Aleks Krotoski and Charles Arthur chair the debate.
Charles also speaks to people involved in inclusive design - design which...
The Digital Economy Act 2010 outlines the government's solution to online piracy, and seeks to provide a boost to the valuable British creative sector and is a vast and sprawling act that has ignited an extraordinary debate that strikes at the heart of digital rights.
The act will force internet service providers to protect the rights of content providers - people like musicians, film-makers and photographers. It also offers unprecedented control over the digital spectrum; that includes the right to blacklist websites that illegally distribute copyrighted material. Aleks Krotoski and Charles Arthur chair the debate.
Charles also speaks to people involved in inclusive design - design which...
- 4/14/2010
- by Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur, Feargal Sharkey, Jim Killock, Scott Cawley
- The Guardian - Film News
If you're a gambling man, I would put a fiver on a lot of Web-based April Fool jokes tomorrow being ChatRoulette-related. Andrey Ternovskiy's idea has, over the past three months, made a lot of pervs very happy indeed--not to mention the general public.
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And, where pervs, comedians, and the general public go, so newspaper execs follow. First of all it was The Guardian, where, following a chat by Internet guru Clay Shirky, a Guardian Online software developer called Daniel Vydra (alongside some other guy who works at the Guardian whose name I won't mention because his sodding blog has caused my browser to crash four times now) knocked up The Random Guardian.
The concept is basic: a home page with a button on the top that brings up a random Web page anywhere from guardian.co.uk. And Vydra has just done it again, with a version for The New York Times,...
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And, where pervs, comedians, and the general public go, so newspaper execs follow. First of all it was The Guardian, where, following a chat by Internet guru Clay Shirky, a Guardian Online software developer called Daniel Vydra (alongside some other guy who works at the Guardian whose name I won't mention because his sodding blog has caused my browser to crash four times now) knocked up The Random Guardian.
The concept is basic: a home page with a button on the top that brings up a random Web page anywhere from guardian.co.uk. And Vydra has just done it again, with a version for The New York Times,...
- 3/31/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
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