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New Twitter.com Offers Major Redesign and New User Experience

Posted on September 15, 2010

Have you heard about the new Twitter.com? The revised site offers embedded media, infinite scroll, and a host of new user experience enhancements. World-wide roll-out begins today, but depending on where exactly you are, it could take several weeks for the new features to reach you.

One of the biggest changes facing Twitter.com users is the different layout, which in my opinion, resembles the new iPad native Twitter app. Your @mentions, retweets, searches, and lists sits directly above your timeline now, creating an easy way to switch your view depending on what you’re interested in seeing. On the right, the default starting panel will show you recent followers, who you’re following, along with recent trending topics and suggestions on who to follow.

Clicking a specific tweet causes a panel to slide out to the right, showing you that user’s recent tweets and if they’ve embedded some media with their tweet, you can see a larger version of that as well. If the tweet was geo-tagged, the right-hand panel will display the location on a map. Twitter is offering an easy way to embed both photos and video directly in your tweets, which will be visible within other user’s timelines or visible upon clicking a tweet containing embedded media.

With partnerships with the likes of Vimeo, YouTube, twitpic, Flickr and others, embedding will be easy and seamless. One of the coolest examples of this new feature is sharing a link to an entire Flickr set of pictures. When you do, those who follow will be able to see a bunch of little thumbnails in their right pane. And near the bottom of this pane, a slideshow for the pictures is also automatically created. Very slick indeed.

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Apple Reportedly to Offer Newspaper Subscription Service

Posted on September 15, 2010

In what can’t really be a surprise development to anyone, the San Jose Mercury News is reporting that Apple is planning “a new subscription plan for newspapers” for their iPad, iPhone and more that will be launched “soon.” No specific sources are used in the article but it claims the service will have a similar pay structure to the one used in Apple’s App Store, with content providers keeping 60% to 70% of the revenue.

According to the article: “The Cupertino company has agreed to provide an opt-in function for subscribers to allow Apple to share with publishers their information, which includes vital data that news organizations use to attract advertisers.”

People already use the iPad and iPhone for reading books, comics and more so this is a natural evolution of the device. In fact, many newspapers and magazines already feature their content on the iPad.

It doesn’t really take much to imagine others who don’t want to go to the expense of developing their own applications, such as done by the New York Times and Wired Magazine,  and would instead adapt to a subscription model that would probably not require as much work on their part.

If true, this report could prove very interesting indeed and I, for one, would probably opt in to a few newspapers myself. What about you?

Check Out the Official ‘Eastbound and Down’ Season Dos Trailer

Posted on September 15, 2010

Kenny Powers is back mofos and he’s ready for action. That’s right, Season Dos of Eastbound and Down is ready and this time around Kenny and company will be heading down to Mexico for what promises to be more foul mouthed fun.

To get you excited for the new season, we’ve got the first full trailer for it to share with you today. In it, you see that not that much has changed and that Kenny still remains a crude, yet lovable, slob with delusions of grandeur.

In case you’re not familiar with the show, it features Danny McBride as Kenny Powers, a has-been professional baseball player who is constantly getting himself in trouble. The first season ended with Kenny leaving his girlfriend at a gas station as he goes off to Mexico to play baseball. The second season is sure to be filled with even more hijinks and crass stunts perpetrated by Kenny.

Check out the trailer for Eastbound and Down Season Dos after the jump. It returns to HBO on September 26 at 10:30/9:30C.

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MTV Bringing More Scripted Shows To Light Next Season

Posted on September 15, 2010

Jersey Shore may be the highest rated show on the network, but that won’t stop MTV from cranking out a whole slew of upcoming original scripted programming for their next upcoming season. It’s important to state that these are scripted, because this is the first time MTV is trying something like this since the days of Undressed back in 1999.

This decision to bulk up scripted programming can most definitely be attributed to the huge success of last summer’s newest program for the network, The Hard Times of RJ Berger. The pilot of the show brought in 2.6 million viewers, which is a network high in nearly two years. Now, with two completely different pilots, MTV is hoping to capture that lightning in a bottle. From THR:

“That Girl” follows a 15-year-old who gains notoriety after an accident leads her classmates to think she attempted suicide. The show was created and executive produced by Lauren Iungerich (ABC Family’s “10 Things I Hate About You”).

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Take A Look At This Deleted Scene From the ‘Fringe’ Season Two Blu-ray

Posted on September 15, 2010

If you love cool shows that feature a great sci-fi premise, compelling characters and terrific acting then Fringe just might be a show for you. Of course, we’re big fans of J.J. Abram’s answer to the X-Files around here and are waiting somewhat patiently for the new season to begin.

In the meantime, the Blu-ray and DVD for Fringe season two was released yesterday and to commemorate that we’ve got a treat for you in the form of a new scene from the second season never before released. The scene features Agents Dunham and Broyles discussing some pressing matters vital to discovering the mystery of season two. In short, its a pretty cool scene and one you won’t want to miss.

Plus, you won’t want to miss this great show’s season two debut on Blu-ray. It’s definitely one to watch. In addition to the deleted scene, the new Blu-ray features lots of extras like The Mythology of Fringe, Fringe: Analyzing the Scene Sidebars on 6 Key Episodes, In the Lab with John Noble and Prop Master Rob Smith, Commentary on 4 Episodes by Series Stars and Creative Team, Unusual Side Effects: Gag Reel and Dissected Files: Unaired Scenes.

Check out the scene after the jump. Fringe: The Complete Second Season, on Blu-ray and DVD, is in stores now.

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Check Out The First 10 Minutes of Emma Stone’s ‘Easy A’

Posted on September 15, 2010

High school comedies have gotten a pretty bad reputation as of late. If it weren’t for films like Mean Girls or the original series of Scary Movie films, the genre would be completely devoid of appeal of any kinda. Then we have a film like Easy A, which looks like it could just break that mold once again.

The film stars Emma Stone, who most fans fell in love with during her role in Zombieland, and other just consider the “poor man’s Lindsay Lohan”. Either way, she’s on the rise in Hollywood, and Easy A could just be her big picture to make that happen.

The film is a modern-day take on The Scarlet Letter, except it takes place in high school, and there’s no actual sex. The cast is what will turn heads the most, bringing names like Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Malcolm McDowell, Stanley Tucci, Lisa Kudrow, and Fred Armisen to a film that could just turn out to be “not every other high school movie.”

Don’t take our word for it. Myspace is bringing us the first 10 minutes of the film, which you can check out after the jump. Check it out, let us know what you think, and catch Easy A in theaters this Friday.

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New Clip From ‘Insidious’

Posted on September 14, 2010

The horror film Insidious will be making its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) this week.

Here is the official synopsis:

Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose Byrne) have a happy family with their three young children. When tragedy strikes their young son, Josh and Renai begin to experience things that science cannot explain.

Screenwriter Leigh Whannell penned several of the Saw films, and director James Wan directed two of the earlier Saw movies.

With a title like Insidious you expect this movie to be super creepy.  The clip delivers on that expectation.

Watch the clip entitled, “What is it?”  after the jump.

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Fantastic Fest Announces IFC Midnight Partnership

Posted on September 14, 2010

Austin’s Fantastic Fest gets underway next week, and officials have announced a partnership between Fantastic Fest and IFC Midnight, a new genre label for IFC Films.

Four IFC Midnight movies will play at Fantastic Fest, but you will be able to participate right from your living room, because they will be simulcast on IFC’s Video on Demand.  How cool is that?

Here are the films with a brief synopsis. All four are new acquisitions for IFC Midnight films.

High Lane, directed by Abel Ferry

Towering heights and beautiful vistas turn into a haunting mindtrip in Abel Ferry’s gripping French scarefest that will definitely make you think twice about your next mountain climbing trip.  In the film, a group of friends on vacation in Eastern Europe embark on an ambitious mountain expedition along a trail that they discover – way too late – is closed for repair.  The thrill of this foolish challenge quickly turns sour as it becomes clear that not only is the path a lot more dangerous than they thought, but also that they are not alone. Fear exposes old traumas and brings up hidden emotions to the surface, and soon, everyone is fighting tooth-and-nail for their survival.

Red, White and Blue, directed by Simon Rumley

Erica (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER’s Amanda Fuller) is a tough, troubled nymphomaniac with wounds across her soul.  For Erica, sleeping with multiple men forms the core of her life, until she meets the mysterious Iraq vet Nate (THE PROPOSITION’s Noah Taylor).  Despite his quiet air of danger, Nate’s the only guy who doesn’t immediately want to sleep with her, and the two form a hesitant bond. But in a shocking twist, one of Erica’s earlier sexual encounters, with wannabe rock star Franki (Mark Senter), will have unexpected – and devastating – consequences on both of their lives.

Incidentally we caught the film at SXSW, and called it, “visceral, raw and shocking.”  You can read the full review here.

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