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Last BlackBerry-designed phone with physical keyboard to hit stores in April
A man touches the new BlackBerry KEYone, which was presented Saturday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Fans of BlackBerry’s classic physical keyboard will have reason to celebrate when the last product designed in part by the former smartphone leader becomes available in April.
LEGO Film Creator Says Digital Disruption Pushing Hollywood to Take ‘Bigger Risks’
While movie die-hards debate whether “La La Land” or “Fences” will take home the Best Picture honor at Sunday’s Academy Awards, Hollywood is facing a tough reality – how to keep people coming to the theater. Box office revenue and ticket sales have plateaued over the past few years, and even faced a slight decline from last year, according to The-Numbers, a site that analyzes movie data and trends.
India Blocks Theatrical Release of Feminist Drama ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’
Alankrita Shrivastava’s film, which won honors at Tokyo and Mumbai last year, features “abusive words, audio pornography” and more, says the country’s censor board. After winning accolades on the film festival circuit, Indian female empowerment drama Lipstick Under My Burkha has hit a hurdle at home with India’s censor board denying the film a theatrical release certificate.
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro’s long-awaited new gangster…
It looks like you won’t have to run to the theater to see the long-awaited reunion of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. The project, which has been in the works for decades and will mark the ninth time Oscar winners Scorsese and De Niro have worked together, “I Heard You Paint Houses,” which looks at hitman Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, who allegedly told Brandy for the book that he killed Jimmy Hoffa.
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro’s long-awaited new gangster…
It looks like you won’t have to run to the theater to see the long-awaited reunion of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. The project, which has been in the works for decades and will mark the ninth time Oscar winners Scorsese and De Niro have worked together, “I Heard You Paint Houses,” which looks at hitman Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, who allegedly told Brandy for the book that he killed Jimmy Hoffa.
Berlin: ‘Viceroy’s House’ Director Gurinder Chadha Talks Trump, Brexit, Refugee Crisis
“The good side of what’s happening is people are rising up, people are being politicized,” she told a Berlinale press conference. British director Gurinder Chadha sees parallels between current events like Brexit and U.S. President Trump’s election and the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent, which she dramatized in her latest movie, Viceroy’s House .
Can China Save the Struggling European Art House?
As the global market for specialty titles shrinks, Euro producers are increasingly eyeing access to the Middle Kingdom. Says one insider: “It will be the biggest market anywhere.”
Berlin: Download THR’s Day 2 Daily
A look at Europe’s take on China’s art house sector, exclusive news of Mike Myers’ new movie and a chat with Oren Moverman on his “Trumpian” new movie. The Hollywood Reporter has released its second Berlin International Film Festival daily issue, which includes a look at how Europe is targeting China’s art house sector, exclusive news of Mike Myers’ new movie and a chat with Oren Moverman on his “Trumpian” new movie.
China Kindle Store Rival Said to Seek Banks for $500 Million IPO
China Reading Ltd., the online literature unit of internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd., has asked investment banks to pitch for a role arranging a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise about $500 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. The company aims to sell shares as early as this year, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private.
Super Bowl to Dwarf New Releases at Weekend Box Office
Theater traffic typically plunges on Super Bowl weekend and revenue from the top 10 films could total an “unexciting” $78 million this weekend, according to analysts at MKM Partners. Thriller Split from Comcast’s Universal Pictures unit should take first place at the domestic box office for the third straight weekend with revenue of $14 million, per the firm’s estimates.
China Box Office Roars Back to Life as New Year Holiday Kicks Off
As China’s biggest moviegoing week of the year got underway, Stephen Chow’s ‘Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back’ earned a massive $83.4 million in two days. The Chinese New Year holiday brought the world’s no.
3 Top 3D Printing Stocks to Buy Now
The 3D printing industry may not have advanced as quickly as some observers hoped over the last decade, but it’s quickly changing the way companies and consumers think about manufactured products. It’s now possible for a designer to print a part over lunch or for a manufacturer to make a short run of 5 or 10 parts without going through a costly tooling upgrade.
Renovating your home? Here are the hot design trends for 2017.
Houzz , a popular interior design website, reviewed posts by its 40 million users as well as data from the interior design products industry to identify home trends they expect to be at the forefront this year. a Pendant lights moving from the kitchen to the bedroom : Hanging pendant lights above your bed or nightstand frees up space previously occupied by a table lamp.
Ap Photos: Chilean dreams of rescuing box camera photography
In this Sept. 2, 2016 photo, photographer Luis Maldonado carries a prop to a fair where he will set up his old wooden box camera and take clients’ portraits in Santiago, Chile.
Cuba sees explosion in internet access as ties with US grow
In this Jan. 6, 2017 photo Roberto Carlos Villamar uses his laptop on the new experimental internet in the living room of his home in Havana, Cuba. For many Cubans, the start of home internet in December breaks a longstanding barrier against private internet access in a country whose communist government remains deeply wary about information technology undermining its near-total control of media, political life and most of the economy.
Cuba sees explosion in internet access as ties with US grow
In this Jan. 6, 2017 photo Roberto Carlos Villamar uses his laptop on the new experimental internet in the living room of his home in Havana, Cuba. For many Cubans, the start of home internet in December breaks a longstanding barrier against private internet access in a country whose communist government remains deeply wary about information technology undermining its near-total control of media, political life and most of the economy.
How Social Cash Made WeChat The App For Everything
A centuries-old tradition gave rise to China’s most valuable company and captured the attention of everyone from teens to Silicon Valley. A little over a year ago, my roommate Mike said something strange.
AT&T Intros Tool To Stop Spam Calls
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The Big Strategic Shift Coming to the Solar Industry in 2017
The solar industry has been through a lot of strategic changes over the past decade as cell manufacturers moved to making panels, panel manufacturers started building power plants, and power plant companies began moving into financing. In many ways, vertical integration was the name of the game.
5 Great Media Stocks for 2017
With the pay-TV landscape continuing to evolve in an over-the-top world, analysts are singling out their top media stocks ahead of the new year. The media and entertainment industry was turbulent in 2016, as the arena for over-the-top services became more crowded than ever and a number of mega-deals were announced or fizzled out.
Africa’s poetic ‘energy exchange’
Africa Business Report reports from the Lagos International Poetry festival in Nigeria, and caught up with some of the continent’s most inspiring poets.