Allen Ginsberg Biopic "Howl" to Screen at Sundance Film Festival From Jan. 21 until Jan. 29, "Howl" will screen at the Sundance Film Festival, bringing Allen Ginsberg's life to the big screen. Defamer discovered some clips of Howl online today, giving readers a first glimpse at the biopic about the famous poet. The film will focus on Ginsberg's early career, as James Franco (pictured, via) will play the young poet as he pens "Howl"--the epic poem that... Submitted: on 20th Jan 2010 Tags: · The · Famous · James · James Franco · online · Poem · Poet · ReadersTwo-Screen eReader Unveiled at CES It's been a long time since GalleyCat trotted out the phrase "Kindle Killer," but on the opening of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) today, the word has popped up again. Check out that video of the newly unveiled enTourage eDGe, a two-screen eReader with more functions than you can shake a stick at. Between the rumored Apple Tablet and this machine, 2010 will be remembered as the year eRea... Submitted: on 6th Jan 2010 Tags: · The · Up · Apple · Ereader · Kindle · Kindle Killer · Opening · Remembered · Stick · Up · Wordlinks for 2010-01-23 What Would It Feel Like to Hold a 10-Inch Apple Tablet? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com The imminent Apple tablet announcement is purportedly just days away. For weeks, reports have been flowing from screen manufacturers that an Apple tablet computer could offer a 10-inch screen. (tags: apple tablet) Apple’s disruption of the ebook market has nothing to do Submitted: on 23rd Jan 2010 Tags: · blog · The · What · Apple · Ebook · Inc. · The EbookEnhanced eBooks and the Dual-Screen eReader On Friday, enTourage Systems will begin shipping the dual-screen eReader that made a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show this year--the enTourage eDGe. To find out more about this new device, we caught up with Doug Atkinson, VP marketing & business development at the company. At the Tools of Change conference, Atkinson explained that the company expects to launch new textbook store with Mc... Submitted: on 23rd Feb 2010 Tags: · marketing · The · Up · business · Caught · Ebooks · Ereader · MC · Textbook · Uplinks for 2010-01-06 Skiff launches 11.5inch "flexible" reader | theBookseller.com A new e-book reader, boasting a screen more than twice the size of the Sony eReader and Kindle, has been unveiled in Las Vegas, Pocket Lint reports. (tags: devices) Interead announces more Cool-er devices | theBookseller.com An e-reader with 3G connectivity and another with WiFi and a touch screen are among two Submitted: on 6th Jan 2010 Tags: · The · E-book · E-reader · Ereader · Kindle · Reader · SonyChapter 520 Communication Breakdown So I got up yesterday morning to check my email and when I brought my computer out of “sleep” mode, the screen was a flat, pixelated grey. Bright white words flashed on the screen in several languages. The messages included the words: “Kernel panic!” and “Fatal error.” Starting the day with words like “panic” and “fatal” Submitted: on 22nd Feb 2010 Tags: · The · Up · When · Chapter · UpPg. 99: Brian Locke's "Racial Stigma on the Hollywood Screen" Today's feature at the Page 99 Test: Racial Stigma on the Hollywood Screen from WWII to the Present: The Orientalist Buddy Film by Brian Locke.Among the praise for the book:“Not merely an overview of anti-Asian portrayals in mainstream cinema, Locke cogently argues that Asian villainy in popular film enables a national fantasy, the disavowal of institutional discrimination via the spectacle of Submitted: on 7th Feb 2010 Tags: · The · Brian · Fantasy · TestRandom House Children's Screen Entertainment Looking for $100 Million in Funding According to Deadline Hollywood's UK editor, Random House Children's Screen Entertainment will be raising a $100 million to fund new television, toys, video games, and film projects. The group was created after Random House Children's Books partnered with the UK production company, Komixx Entertainment. The article mentions a number of authors and illustrators who could see more pro... Submitted: on 14th Jan 2010 Tags: · children · The · uk · Authors · Deadline · Editor · Games · House · Illustrators · Random House · The Group · ToysSpielberg to take War Horse for big-screen gallop Steven Spielberg has acquired the film rights to Michael Morpurgo's book about a farmhand's search for his beloved horse, which has already become a hit play with life-size puppets War Horse, the hit play which began life as a children's book, looks set for a gallop on the big screen after Steven Spielberg picked up the film rights. With its innovative use of life-size puppets to de... Submitted: on 22nd Dec 2009 Tags: · children · The · Up · Beloved · Michael Morpurgo · Up · War HorseThe Girl Who Played Bestselling Literary Heroines As Stieg Larsson's thrillers hit the screen, speculation on who will play the leading lady. Submitted: on 14th Jan 2010 Tags: · The · Bestselling · Literary · Stieg Larsson · Thrillers
