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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Entertainment News and Views
- As Seen on TV: The 10 Most Laughably Misleading Ads
- ...you've just created a product that actually sucks quite a bit more than the ones people are already using. How do you sell it? Why, by creating a cornball TV ad ...
- The 20 Most Anticipated Films of 2008
- "...I have decided to make my big 2008 preview list with 20 films, just to add a little spice to your life."
- Simpsons obsession.- Kwik e mart!
- More than three dozen pictures
- 'Idol' Stars for Real, or Just Reality TV?
- The last six months have made clear that not all who grace the "Idol" stage go on to find fame and fortune.
- The Best Of Magic: Lance Burton
- Lance Burton with his famous dove act + some good card manipulations
- Web Playgrounds of the Very Young
- ...entertainment companies are greatly accelerating efforts to build virtual worlds for children.
- How Pirates Will Change The Entertainment Industry
- The time has come to address piracy with some real, sustainable solutions that consumers will support.
- 8 Things the ''Cloverfield'' Monster Won't Be
- We don't want to know what the monster is until it pops up on the silver screen, but we thought we'd do the world a favor and present our spoiler-free list of 8 things we know the monster won't be.
- MeeMix Opens Beta To Public, Has Much Work Ahead
- Tel Aviv, Israel based MeeMix...is kicking-off the New Year by moving their taste-predicting Internet radio service from closed to open Beta.
- Critics' Picks: Favorite Books of 2007
- These are the books that are disappointing only because they have to end. They’re the ones we mention to friends. They’re the ones worth taking on vacation, and they are well executed, whatever their genre or subject matter.
- Study Finds $50 Lottery Game Most Popular In Middle-Income Areas
- The Texas Lottery sells the most tickets for its $50 scratch-off game in middle-income neighborhoods and not in the affluent areas originally touted as the game's target.
- 11 Most Creative Advertisements
- "Hi guys, I have a real treat for you today. I have compiled, what are in my opinion, the 11 most creative advertisements."
- 8 Kids Movies That Lied to Us
- ...we say no more! Below, eight movies that are begging to be unmasked for the dangerously optimistic propaganda they really are.
- 8 really fun paper and pencil Math games
- They use paper and pencil, are free, are easy to learn, and teach logical thinking and strategy that involves looking ahead. They’re great fun and they can usually be played by young and old alike.
- Study: Ads in online shows work better than ads on TV
- Good news for TV networks: online ads work. As TV shows continue their lengthy migration onto the web, new research finds that the people watching those shows actually pay more attention to both advertising and content when they watch online.
- Has Video Killed Old Television Habits?
- Making headlines today is Nielsen Online, the Internet measurement firm, reported some online video sites have doubled their audience since the strike began at the end of October.The study finds that the audience to sites such as YouTube has nearly doubled in the last year.
- Animal Games for Kids
- Animal Games for Kids
- 'Idol' back as TV's most popular series
- Fox's ''American Idol'' returned as the nation's most popular TV series, but with 4 million fewer viewers than the 2007 season premiere.