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Avatar LANGUAGE: Full Alien Dialect Created By USC Professor For Movie

Los Angeles Times | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment


This modern era of moviemaking has plenty of peculiar challenges for actors -- on green-screen sets, for instance, they have to watch a ping-pong ball...

Zoe Saldana: More Than A Sex Tool

Posted 11.24.2009 | Entertainment


"Star Trek" hottie and "Avatar" base Zoe Saldana sat down with the December issue of Details. She talked about her new role as sci-fi leading lady an...

No Doubt Sues Activision, Avatar Sings to a Different Song

Patti Millett | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment


Patti Millett

While No Doubt did grant Activision a license to use their likenesses in its game, Band Hero, the band is not happy that Gwen Stefani can be made to sing "Honky Tonk Woman" -- in a male voice.

The Future of Cinema!

Chris Miller | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment


Chris Miller

People often ask us where we think the film industry is headed, next. And since we have made one whole movie before, we are definitely experts. Now we're finally ready to unleash our wisdom.

Planet Hollywood

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.03.2009 | Entertainment


Avital Binshtock

A common theme runs through several films slated to hit theaters soon: the earth and its fate. "Take heed," the filmmakers seem to be saying, "or these will be our struggles."

Avatar: James Cameron's Movie Merges Hollywood, Videogames

forbes.com | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology


Hollywood and the videogame industry are collaborating more and more. In the future, Hollywood and videogame casts and crews will be one and same, wo...

Second Life Sex Lawsuit: Linden Lab Targeted For Allowing Ripped-Off Sex Toys

wired.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media


Raising the stakes on a two-year-old intellectual property controversy in Second Life, a popular seller of online adult novelties filed a federal copy...

3D: Not the Next Big Thing

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.16.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

No matter how open I am to 3D -- to what some have referred to as an "immersive experience" -- I still can't get past the glasses. Glasses = gimmick.

When the Coming Attractions are the Main Attraction

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.20.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

With the Internet, it is no longer necessary to go to a theater to see the must-see coming attraction, and I genuinely miss the days when I would watch Entertainment Tonight hoping for a sneak peak at a major preview.

The Great 3D "Debate" Shouldn't Be a Debate at All

Richard Gelfond | Posted 09.20.2009 | Entertainment


Richard Gelfond

The reason I'm optimistic about 3D this time around is that the greatest storytellers of our time -- Tim Burton, Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg -- are embracing the format.

Comic Con Draws Megan Fox, Johnny Depp, Cameron Diaz & More (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.24.2009 | Entertainment


Along with the 'Twilight' cast, big celebs are turning out to promote their latest projects at Comic Con in San Diego. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton un...

James Cameron's 3-D 'Avatar' Wows Comic Con

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 08.24.2009 | Entertainment


SAN DIEGO — James Cameron originally wrote "Avatar" as a way to challenge the special-effects firm Digital Domain, where he served as chief exec...

Nonprofits Blaze Virtual Trails in Second Life Mixed Reality Lounge

Susan Tenby | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media


Susan Tenby

Virtual worlds can enable a user to experience learning from an inside, walk-through perspective.

Terminating the Darkness: Hope Floats, but Anxiety Abides

William Bradley | Posted 07.01.2009 | Entertainment


William Bradley

Is the era of the dark comic book movie fable coming to an end? Or is it more a matter of a spate of seemingly underperforming dark would-be blockbusters?

James Cameron's Sci-fi 'Avatar' Stirring Massive Anticipation

nytimes.com | MICHAEL CIEPLY | Posted 05.26.2009 | Entertainment


Eight months before its scheduled release on Dec. 18, Mr. Cameron's "Avatar," a science-fiction thriller filmed with his own specially devised 3-D tec...

Is 3D the Wave of the Future?

Jenna Busch | Posted 01.09.2009 | Entertainment


Jenna Busch

I'm all for new technology. I'm just not sure every film from here on out needs to be in 3D. Maybe try a few and see how it goes before you announce a new line of 3D Prada shades.