In his 2013 book “Who Owns the Future?” author, scientist and musician Jaron Lanier states that only few “people realize the degree to which they are being tracked and spied upon”. It is certainly true that with the advent of big data and tracking technology, following a flu outbreak, for example, is much less time-consuming and more reliable, but on the other hand, we are experiencing the abuse of such technology all over the world. Authoritarian states and employers have been caught using said technology to monitor other people, often under the pretense of national security or increasing efficiency. In her new documentary “Total Trust”, director Jialing Zhang takes a look at how big data and the Chinese government work hand in hand to perfect their control over Chinese citizens, and how this example may serve as a grim vision of a possible future going far beyond the borders of the country.
- 12/11/2023
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Writer/Director Natasha Kermani (Imitation Girl, Lucky) uses cyberpunk horror to tap into contemporary anxieties over technology in her V/H/S/85 segment “Tknogd.”
The latest anthology installment rewinds to a grittier 1985 and arrives exclusively on Shudder on October 6.
Bloody Disgusting caught up with Kermani ahead of V/H/S/85’s Shudder debut to learn more about her segment and its cyberpunk origins.
There was no question for the filmmaker that she’d tap into her love of sci-fi horror for “Tknogd.”
“Yeah, I just love that stuff,” Kermani says. “I mean, Johnny Mnemonic and Lawnmower Man, it’s just a very weird sub-genre. That was our goal. The pinnacle was, ‘Can we do Lawnmower Man?’ I really love the cyberpunk thing. Like, ‘hack the world, man.’ That was totally my vibe for a long time. So it was fun to get to go back to that world that I...
The latest anthology installment rewinds to a grittier 1985 and arrives exclusively on Shudder on October 6.
Bloody Disgusting caught up with Kermani ahead of V/H/S/85’s Shudder debut to learn more about her segment and its cyberpunk origins.
There was no question for the filmmaker that she’d tap into her love of sci-fi horror for “Tknogd.”
“Yeah, I just love that stuff,” Kermani says. “I mean, Johnny Mnemonic and Lawnmower Man, it’s just a very weird sub-genre. That was our goal. The pinnacle was, ‘Can we do Lawnmower Man?’ I really love the cyberpunk thing. Like, ‘hack the world, man.’ That was totally my vibe for a long time. So it was fun to get to go back to that world that I...
- 10/5/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
As the most followed woman on Instagram with a staggering 429 million followers, Selena Gomez has never been much concerned with social media success.
“I’ve never really cared about that stuff,” Gomez said at Universal Music Group and Thrive Global’s Music & Health Conference on Tuesday afternoon. “I suppose I’m grateful for the platform, and I would love to continue to use it for what I’m able to do, but numbers are just numbers.”
Rather, she’s well aware of the responsibility that comes with such a far-reaching platform. In her position, Gomez has heard from several fans about how her work has helped them through extremely difficult times. “It can be a little heavy,” she continued. “I feel for people, and I think that’s what kind of keeps me in check, to be honest. I think I can be a little reckless with my emotions and having conversations with young people,...
“I’ve never really cared about that stuff,” Gomez said at Universal Music Group and Thrive Global’s Music & Health Conference on Tuesday afternoon. “I suppose I’m grateful for the platform, and I would love to continue to use it for what I’m able to do, but numbers are just numbers.”
Rather, she’s well aware of the responsibility that comes with such a far-reaching platform. In her position, Gomez has heard from several fans about how her work has helped them through extremely difficult times. “It can be a little heavy,” she continued. “I feel for people, and I think that’s what kind of keeps me in check, to be honest. I think I can be a little reckless with my emotions and having conversations with young people,...
- 9/20/2023
- by Sydney Odman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brett Leonard's 1992 film "The Lawnmower Man" shares its title with a 1975 Stephen King short story, but the film and the source material couldn't be more different.
In King's original story, a man hires an unusual-looking gardener to mow his lawn, only to find out that the gardener's lawncare process involves stripping naked and eating grass clippings. Before the end of the tale, the gardener reveals himself to be a satyr who works for the god Pan and murders the protagonist.
Leonard's film, meanwhile, is about a kind, simple-minded handyman named Jobe (Jeff Fahey). Jobe is beloved by the denizens of his small town but is grievously abused by his caretaker, the local priest. Just outside of town is an experimental, computer-based mind laboratory that has been using a combination of drugs and virtual reality equipment to transform chimpanzees into cybernetically enhanced soldiers. When a chimp experiment goes awry, one scientist named Dr.
In King's original story, a man hires an unusual-looking gardener to mow his lawn, only to find out that the gardener's lawncare process involves stripping naked and eating grass clippings. Before the end of the tale, the gardener reveals himself to be a satyr who works for the god Pan and murders the protagonist.
Leonard's film, meanwhile, is about a kind, simple-minded handyman named Jobe (Jeff Fahey). Jobe is beloved by the denizens of his small town but is grievously abused by his caretaker, the local priest. Just outside of town is an experimental, computer-based mind laboratory that has been using a combination of drugs and virtual reality equipment to transform chimpanzees into cybernetically enhanced soldiers. When a chimp experiment goes awry, one scientist named Dr.
- 11/3/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Pharrell Williams is launching a new podcast company, OTHERtoneMedia, and will spearhead the network’s first show, OTHERtonewith Pharrell, Scott, and Fam-Lay, which is set to premiere December 7th, with new episodes available every Monday.
OTHERtone is spun-off from Pharrell’s Beats 1 Radio show, which he co-hosted with Scott Vener — a music supervisor for shows like Ballers, Entourage, and How to Make It In America — who will follow Pharrell to the new series. Fam-Lay (born Nathaniel Johnson), the show’s third co-host, is an artist, manager, and media exec, whose...
OTHERtone is spun-off from Pharrell’s Beats 1 Radio show, which he co-hosted with Scott Vener — a music supervisor for shows like Ballers, Entourage, and How to Make It In America — who will follow Pharrell to the new series. Fam-Lay (born Nathaniel Johnson), the show’s third co-host, is an artist, manager, and media exec, whose...
- 12/1/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Facebook Slams ‘The Social Dilemma’ as Sensationalist, Says Netflix Doc Unfairly Scapegoats Platform
Jeff Orlowski’s documentary “The Social Dilemma,” which was released on Netflix last month, lays out a compelling case that social media platforms are irresponsibly wielding their power, dividing society with addictive misinformation, and contributing to everything from genocide to suicide. Now, one of the companies in the film’s crosshairs, Facebook, is firing back, arguing that the movie unfairly scapegoats Facebook for problems that already exist in society and relies on sensationalism to prove its points.
“Rather than offer a nuanced look at technology, it gives a distorted view of how social media platforms work to create a convenient scapegoat for what are difficult and complex societal problems,” the Facebook rebuttal reads. “The film’s creators do not include insights from those currently working at the companies or any experts that take a different view to the narrative put forward by the film. They also don’t acknowledge — critically...
“Rather than offer a nuanced look at technology, it gives a distorted view of how social media platforms work to create a convenient scapegoat for what are difficult and complex societal problems,” the Facebook rebuttal reads. “The film’s creators do not include insights from those currently working at the companies or any experts that take a different view to the narrative put forward by the film. They also don’t acknowledge — critically...
- 10/3/2020
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Financier and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein confided to prominent scientists and businessmen a vision of seeding the human race with his DNA by impregnating women at his sprawling New Mexico ranch. The disgraced hedge fund manager, who was charged in July with sex trafficking dozens of underage girls as young as 14, had discussed the idea since the early 2000s at assorted dinners and gatherings — outlining a plan wherein women would be inseminated with his sperm and birth his children, four unnamed sources told The New York Times.
While there...
While there...
- 7/31/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Robert De Niro will hold a Tribeca Talk with Martin Scorsese Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
David O Russell with his Silver Linings Playbook; American Hustle and Joy star Jennifer Lawrence; Guillermo del Toro, director of the Oscar-winning The Shape Of Water and Pan’s Labyrinth; and Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro will participate in the Tribeca Talks: Directors Series during the Tribeca Film Festival. Sarah Silverman with Mike Birbiglia; Michael J Fox with Denis Leary; Rashida Jones, Questlove, and Jaron Lanier have been announced for the Tribeca Talks: Storytellers program.
David O Russell in a Tribeca Talk with Jennifer Lawrence Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
“Our Tribeca Talks have been so successful because they bring together cultural icons to discuss and debate a wide range of topics,” said Paula Weinstein, Evp of Tribeca Enterprises. “With each participant comes a different perspective and set of career experiences, which, when...
David O Russell with his Silver Linings Playbook; American Hustle and Joy star Jennifer Lawrence; Guillermo del Toro, director of the Oscar-winning The Shape Of Water and Pan’s Labyrinth; and Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro will participate in the Tribeca Talks: Directors Series during the Tribeca Film Festival. Sarah Silverman with Mike Birbiglia; Michael J Fox with Denis Leary; Rashida Jones, Questlove, and Jaron Lanier have been announced for the Tribeca Talks: Storytellers program.
David O Russell in a Tribeca Talk with Jennifer Lawrence Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
“Our Tribeca Talks have been so successful because they bring together cultural icons to discuss and debate a wide range of topics,” said Paula Weinstein, Evp of Tribeca Enterprises. “With each participant comes a different perspective and set of career experiences, which, when...
- 3/19/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro are reuniting on stage for an in-depth conversation about their respective careers at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
The festival on Tuesday announced its lineup of Tribeca Talks, and Scorsese and festival founder De Niro’s conversation will headline the Directors Series.
The duo will talk about their long, intertwined careers, beginning with “Mean Streets” and through “The Irishman,” which will be released on Netflix later this year. That project is their first time collaborating since 1995’s “Casino.” Together they’ve worked on nine films, including “Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull,” “The King of Comedy” and “Cape Fear.” The chat between Scorsese and De Niro takes place on April 28 at the Beacon Theater in New York City.
Also Read: Danny Boyle's Beatles Musical 'Yesterday' to Close Tribeca Film Festival
Also added to the Tribeca Talks series as part of the Directors Series are conversations with Guillermo del Toro,...
The festival on Tuesday announced its lineup of Tribeca Talks, and Scorsese and festival founder De Niro’s conversation will headline the Directors Series.
The duo will talk about their long, intertwined careers, beginning with “Mean Streets” and through “The Irishman,” which will be released on Netflix later this year. That project is their first time collaborating since 1995’s “Casino.” Together they’ve worked on nine films, including “Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull,” “The King of Comedy” and “Cape Fear.” The chat between Scorsese and De Niro takes place on April 28 at the Beacon Theater in New York City.
Also Read: Danny Boyle's Beatles Musical 'Yesterday' to Close Tribeca Film Festival
Also added to the Tribeca Talks series as part of the Directors Series are conversations with Guillermo del Toro,...
- 3/19/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The Tribeca Film Festival’s speaker lineup will feature collaborators Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, as well as directors Guillermo del Toro, David O. Russell and Dee Rees, producer Irwin Winkler and performers including Michael J. Fox and Queen Latifah.
Tribeca Talks, as the roster of discussions is known, will once again unite some interesting pairs, some familiar and others more surprising. In addition to Scorsese and De Niro, who first teamed on Mean Streets in 1973 and have The Irishman coming via Netflix this year, Denis Leary will speak with Fox, Mike Birbiglia will share the stage with Sarah Silverman, and Jennifer Lawrence will appear with Russell.
The director of American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook, both of which starred Lawrence, has long had ties to Tribeca and has worked several times with De Niro, the festival’s co-founder. During a conversation at last year’s Tribeca fest between...
Tribeca Talks, as the roster of discussions is known, will once again unite some interesting pairs, some familiar and others more surprising. In addition to Scorsese and De Niro, who first teamed on Mean Streets in 1973 and have The Irishman coming via Netflix this year, Denis Leary will speak with Fox, Mike Birbiglia will share the stage with Sarah Silverman, and Jennifer Lawrence will appear with Russell.
The director of American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook, both of which starred Lawrence, has long had ties to Tribeca and has worked several times with De Niro, the festival’s co-founder. During a conversation at last year’s Tribeca fest between...
- 3/19/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Finding the Legendary booth on the floor of the main exhibition hall at Comic-Con is always fairly easy, because they don't do things by half-measures. This year, all you had to do was look for Ogrim, the giant Orc wielding the massive Doomhammer, and that's exactly where I found Duncan Jones, director of next June's "Warcraft." Google Cardboard struck a deal with Legendary to help them create a very nice viewer for the new Legendary Vr app that was being demoed at the booth. I got to run through all three of the experiences that they've put together, one of which was clearly based directly on last year's full-sized Jaeger Pilot exhibit. They've also created a "Crimson Peak" experience which is one long walk down a haunted hallway in the bones of the home that serves as the focus of Guillermo Del Toro's new film. Finally, they've created a...
- 7/14/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Video Games: The Movie takes a breezy tour of history, but shows mainstream gaming in a less than favourable light, Ryan writes...
There is no propaganda in the Star Wars movies. You don't see posters devoted to praising Emperor Palpatine's benign leadership. You don't see adverts or bill board posters positioning Darth Vader as a wheezing man of the people.
But if you did see propaganda in the Star Wars universe, it might look a little bit like Video Games: The Movie - a slickly-produced, 105-minute hymn to an industry that is itself an all-conquering empire. Valued at approximately $66bn in 2013, gaming is now the most lucrative form of entertainment on the planet - and filmmaker Jeremy Snead's documentary charts the medium's rise with unquestioning fervour, from its bleeping, rudimentary inception in the middle of the 20th century to its technically astonishing achievements in the present.
There are contributions...
There is no propaganda in the Star Wars movies. You don't see posters devoted to praising Emperor Palpatine's benign leadership. You don't see adverts or bill board posters positioning Darth Vader as a wheezing man of the people.
But if you did see propaganda in the Star Wars universe, it might look a little bit like Video Games: The Movie - a slickly-produced, 105-minute hymn to an industry that is itself an all-conquering empire. Valued at approximately $66bn in 2013, gaming is now the most lucrative form of entertainment on the planet - and filmmaker Jeremy Snead's documentary charts the medium's rise with unquestioning fervour, from its bleeping, rudimentary inception in the middle of the 20th century to its technically astonishing achievements in the present.
There are contributions...
- 7/28/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
From new voices like NoViolet Bulawayo to rediscovered old voices like James Salter, from Dave Eggers's satire to David Thomson's history of film, writers, Observer critics and others pick their favourite reads of 2013. And they tell us what they hope to find under the tree …
Curtis Sittenfeld
Novelist
My favourite books of 2013 are Drama High (Riverhead) by Michael Sokolove, Sea Creatures (Turnaround) by Susanna Daniel, and & Sons (Harper Collins) by David Gilbert. Drama High is incredibly smart, moving non-fiction about an American drama teacher who for four decades coaxed sophisticated and nuanced theatrical performances out of teenage students who weren't privileged or otherwise remarkable and in so doing, changed their conceptions of what they could do with their lives. Sea Creatures is a gripping, beautifully written novel about the mother of a selectively mute three-year-old boy; when she takes a job ferrying supplies to a hermit off the coast of Florida,...
Curtis Sittenfeld
Novelist
My favourite books of 2013 are Drama High (Riverhead) by Michael Sokolove, Sea Creatures (Turnaround) by Susanna Daniel, and & Sons (Harper Collins) by David Gilbert. Drama High is incredibly smart, moving non-fiction about an American drama teacher who for four decades coaxed sophisticated and nuanced theatrical performances out of teenage students who weren't privileged or otherwise remarkable and in so doing, changed their conceptions of what they could do with their lives. Sea Creatures is a gripping, beautifully written novel about the mother of a selectively mute three-year-old boy; when she takes a job ferrying supplies to a hermit off the coast of Florida,...
- 11/24/2013
- by Ali Smith, Robert McCrum, Tim Adams, Kate Kellaway, Rachel Cooke, Sebastian Faulks, Jackie Kay
- The Guardian - Film News
Odd List Ryan Lambie 16 Apr 2013 - 06:46
Eccentric and sometimes ungainly, here are seven 80s videogames that were full of innovative or outlandish ideas...
Placing our rose-tinted goggles of nostalgia aside for one moment, it's fair to say that a large percentage of games from the 1980s were painfully simplistic. But in among all the clones of popular arcade machines, which were ubiquitous on computers and consoles throughout the decade, there were legion lesser-known games which were full of innovative ideas and a sense of ambition that far outstripped their technical resources.
Not all of these ideas necessarily came off in the way they were intended, admittedly; while some are utterly brilliant, in other instances, their outlandish concepts were let down by some iffy execution. This list is devoted to the more eccentric games of the 1980s; the ones full of imagination and wit, and which, although not necessarily discussed much today,...
Eccentric and sometimes ungainly, here are seven 80s videogames that were full of innovative or outlandish ideas...
Placing our rose-tinted goggles of nostalgia aside for one moment, it's fair to say that a large percentage of games from the 1980s were painfully simplistic. But in among all the clones of popular arcade machines, which were ubiquitous on computers and consoles throughout the decade, there were legion lesser-known games which were full of innovative ideas and a sense of ambition that far outstripped their technical resources.
Not all of these ideas necessarily came off in the way they were intended, admittedly; while some are utterly brilliant, in other instances, their outlandish concepts were let down by some iffy execution. This list is devoted to the more eccentric games of the 1980s; the ones full of imagination and wit, and which, although not necessarily discussed much today,...
- 4/15/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
I'd been waiting to watch this. Jesse Jackson, Krs-One, Q-Tip, Estelle, ?uestlove, Touré, Michael Eric Dyson, Tricia Rose, dream hampton, P. J. O'Rourke, Jaron Lanier, and some 10 other rappers, poets, academics and pundits came together in London on June 26th, just 3 days ago, to debate the motion, "Hip-Hop on Trial: Hip-Hop Doesn't Enhance Society, It Degrades it," chaired by the BBC's Emily Maitlis, and moderated online by Jemima Khan. Presented by Intelligence Squared and Google+, it was the third in their new joint debate series, Versus. Watch the 2 hour global debate below; a little something for when you've got some time...
- 6/29/2012
- by Courtney
- ShadowAndAct
Cosmopolis
Directed by David Cronenberg
Written by David Cronenberg
Canada / France, 2012
‘I know this’ is a frequent mantra of many of the broadly stricken characters in David Cronenberg’s film Cosmopolis, his new adaptation of the 2003 novella by Dom Delillo, as a statement of fact it is as reliable and secure as this wildly uneven post-millennium study which feels at least a decade behind the curve, as snarled up in its cultural critiques as Eric Packer’s unwieldy mode of transport is asphyxiating in the web of New York streets. As I took my seat in the local multiplex I was highly amused to bear witness to a seemingly endless parade of trailers for the most nauseatingly trite rom-coms - I just can’t imagine why they are anticipating a vapid female audience for this movie – as well as being presented with a first look at Soderbergh’s upcoming male stripper drama Magic Mike.
Directed by David Cronenberg
Written by David Cronenberg
Canada / France, 2012
‘I know this’ is a frequent mantra of many of the broadly stricken characters in David Cronenberg’s film Cosmopolis, his new adaptation of the 2003 novella by Dom Delillo, as a statement of fact it is as reliable and secure as this wildly uneven post-millennium study which feels at least a decade behind the curve, as snarled up in its cultural critiques as Eric Packer’s unwieldy mode of transport is asphyxiating in the web of New York streets. As I took my seat in the local multiplex I was highly amused to bear witness to a seemingly endless parade of trailers for the most nauseatingly trite rom-coms - I just can’t imagine why they are anticipating a vapid female audience for this movie – as well as being presented with a first look at Soderbergh’s upcoming male stripper drama Magic Mike.
- 6/24/2012
- by John
- SoundOnSight
In his documentary feature directing debut Welcome to the Machine, Avi Zev Weider uses the occasion of the birth of his triplets to take a look at how technology intermingles with and affects our humanness. The SXSW competition documentary will have its world premiere Saturday, March 10, at the Vimeo Theater at 11 a.m. Ray Kurzweil and Jaron Lanier, who are both featured in the film, will participate in panels during the SXSW Interactive festival running concurrent with the film portion. THR here hosts an exclusive clip from the movie. Watch it above.
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- 3/2/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Amazon.com's movie studio promised to throw the development process open to the masses. One year on, how has the crowdsourced screenplay caught on?
There is something wrong with modern Hollywood – we can agree on that. Too many remakes and sequels and prequels; far too many computer game and toy adaptations. Everyone thinks the profit-focused, top-down system is too busy chasing "pre-branded content" to find new talent, and too risk-averse to take a chance on original stories. Industry insiders complain as much as moviegoers, but viable alternatives are thin on the ground. Until a year ago.
In November last year, Amazon.com, the online book merchants turned internet visionaries, announced the launch of a new kind of movie studio. Their idea was to throw open the gates to all comers, regardless of geographic location, industry connections or – some would say – talent. The goal, according to their own website is: "To...
There is something wrong with modern Hollywood – we can agree on that. Too many remakes and sequels and prequels; far too many computer game and toy adaptations. Everyone thinks the profit-focused, top-down system is too busy chasing "pre-branded content" to find new talent, and too risk-averse to take a chance on original stories. Industry insiders complain as much as moviegoers, but viable alternatives are thin on the ground. Until a year ago.
In November last year, Amazon.com, the online book merchants turned internet visionaries, announced the launch of a new kind of movie studio. Their idea was to throw open the gates to all comers, regardless of geographic location, industry connections or – some would say – talent. The goal, according to their own website is: "To...
- 12/2/2011
- by Ellen E Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
Facebook is a 'beloved interface with reality' for its users and the previous generation doesn't get that, Zadie Smith has written
In the early 90s, before Google (founded 1998) and Facebook (2004), the Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland popularised a term that described the post-baby boom generation: Generation X. But kids today aren't slackers, they're geeks, and it's clear that new terminology is needed for a new generation.
So it is that Zadie Smith, writing in the New York Review of Books, describes "2.0 people". These are the children of the internet who came of age with the social web and to whom concepts such as "privacy" are just plain alien. But credit where credit's due.
"You can't help feel a little swell of pride in this 2.0 generation," writes the novelist. "They've spent a decade being berated for not making the right sorts of paintings or novels or music or politics. Turns out the...
In the early 90s, before Google (founded 1998) and Facebook (2004), the Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland popularised a term that described the post-baby boom generation: Generation X. But kids today aren't slackers, they're geeks, and it's clear that new terminology is needed for a new generation.
So it is that Zadie Smith, writing in the New York Review of Books, describes "2.0 people". These are the children of the internet who came of age with the social web and to whom concepts such as "privacy" are just plain alien. But credit where credit's due.
"You can't help feel a little swell of pride in this 2.0 generation," writes the novelist. "They've spent a decade being berated for not making the right sorts of paintings or novels or music or politics. Turns out the...
- 11/8/2010
- by Caspar Llewellyn Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
In the new issue of the New York Review of Books, literary bright young thing Zadie Smith reflects on "The Social Network," Facebook, Jaron Lanier's book "You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto" and the mystery of Mark Zuckerberg.
Personally I don't think Final Clubs were ever the point; I don't think exclusivity was ever the point; nor even money. E Pluribus Unum--that's the point. Here's my guess: he wants to be like everybody else. He wants to be liked. Those 1.0 people who couldn't understand Zuckerberg's apparently ham-fisted PR move of giving the school system of Newark $100 million on the very day the movie came out--they just don't get it. For our self-conscious generation (and in this, I and Zuckerberg, and everyone raised on TV in the Eighties and Nineties, share a single soul), not being liked is as bad as it gets. Intolerable to be thought of badly for a minute,...
Personally I don't think Final Clubs were ever the point; I don't think exclusivity was ever the point; nor even money. E Pluribus Unum--that's the point. Here's my guess: he wants to be like everybody else. He wants to be liked. Those 1.0 people who couldn't understand Zuckerberg's apparently ham-fisted PR move of giving the school system of Newark $100 million on the very day the movie came out--they just don't get it. For our self-conscious generation (and in this, I and Zuckerberg, and everyone raised on TV in the Eighties and Nineties, share a single soul), not being liked is as bad as it gets. Intolerable to be thought of badly for a minute,...
- 11/5/2010
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
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The annual Time 100 issue names the people who most affect our world.
Indians who made it to the list are Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (3rd time), Sachin Tendulkar (1st time) and Chetan Bhagat (1st time).
Unfortunately Shah Rukh Khan (0 times) couldn't make it to the list. Preity Zinta (0 times) was also said to be in the running, but she couldn't make it either!
Interestingly, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made a wild card entry into the Time 100 Alumnae list along with the likes of Condoleezza Rice, Sarah Palin, Alicia Keys and Serena Williams. What is interesting to note is that, where as Singh, Srk, Preity, Bhagat made (or didn't make) to the list through votes, The Time 100 alumnae list was exclusively chosen by the Time panel of judges choosing the ones from the previous lists who had made the most impact and had the highest influence on the world...
The annual Time 100 issue names the people who most affect our world.
Indians who made it to the list are Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (3rd time), Sachin Tendulkar (1st time) and Chetan Bhagat (1st time).
Unfortunately Shah Rukh Khan (0 times) couldn't make it to the list. Preity Zinta (0 times) was also said to be in the running, but she couldn't make it either!
Interestingly, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made a wild card entry into the Time 100 Alumnae list along with the likes of Condoleezza Rice, Sarah Palin, Alicia Keys and Serena Williams. What is interesting to note is that, where as Singh, Srk, Preity, Bhagat made (or didn't make) to the list through votes, The Time 100 alumnae list was exclusively chosen by the Time panel of judges choosing the ones from the previous lists who had made the most impact and had the highest influence on the world...
- 4/29/2010
- by OMG
- Pinkvilla
"Nobody on the web has figured out how to make any money," I said one day before a screening at the Sundance Film Festival. I was talking to another movie critic whose reviews were also online.
"My wife has," said a voice behind me. I turned around and saw a robust man in a ski sweater who seemed to be bursting with things to tell me.
"Your wife?" I said.
"She has a Web site that's making a lot of money."
"Who is she?"
"Her name on the Web is Danni Ashe."
Danni Ashe! The name rang more than a bell. Danni Ashe, proprietor of Danni's Hard Drive One of those few webmasters capable of taking their shirts off without driving down the hit count.
That was 13 years ago. The last time I heard from Danni and her husband, Bert Manzari, they were living happily in one of those states with ski slopes.
"My wife has," said a voice behind me. I turned around and saw a robust man in a ski sweater who seemed to be bursting with things to tell me.
"Your wife?" I said.
"She has a Web site that's making a lot of money."
"Who is she?"
"Her name on the Web is Danni Ashe."
Danni Ashe! The name rang more than a bell. Danni Ashe, proprietor of Danni's Hard Drive One of those few webmasters capable of taking their shirts off without driving down the hit count.
That was 13 years ago. The last time I heard from Danni and her husband, Bert Manzari, they were living happily in one of those states with ski slopes.
- 3/20/2010
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Last night PBS's Frontline screened "Digital Nation," an excellent examination of the consequences of digital culture. It's all watchable online too. The show's expert correspondent is Douglas Rushkoff, an early Internet apostle who, like another Internet champion Jaron Lanier, is having second thoughts about what the cybergenie is ushering in now we've uncorked its botttle. In the show, we meet a video-game addicted South Korean teen; and a bunch of college kids who are multitasking whizzes -- supposed whizzes, that is, until we learn from a psych experiment that they're lousy at all the cognitive skills involved. Are we raising a generation of kids (man, their multitasking makes your head spin) who are lacking real analytic skills? But the show doesn't address one great elephant in the room: the devouring presence of digital porn. Too steamy for public TV? Too bad....
- 2/4/2010
- by Barry Yourgrau
- Huffington Post
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