samedi 31 mai 2014

Is this a list of the expectations for a Nokia Lumia 1020 successor?

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Despite the arrival of 20 megapixel camera phones like the Nokia Lumia Icon, 930 and 1520, the Nokia Lumia 1020 remains the Windows Phone imaging flagship, offering a massive sensor, 41 megapixel resolution and a variety of camera-focussed accessories.


The device is however getting rather behind the times in terms of its other specs, only having a dual-core processor and 720P screen, suggesting we should see a follow-up this year.


Damien Dinning, previously head of imaging at Nokia, has posted his wish list for a successor, and while he does make sure to disavow any insider knowledge, having left in December 2012, he will likely have a reasonable idea of what’s reasonable and what’s on the roadmap.


Damian said he would like to see a device with a larger display, faster shot to shot speed, autofocus during video and more manual controls during video recording.


He also suggests a future device would benefit from having a removable microSD card, and feature video editing, sweep panorama and high frame rate video.


Much of these features are already available via the WP8.1 SDK, so it seems pretty likely a device that takes full advantage of these will arrive at some point.


He goes on to say:



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He would like to see still capture during video recording, frame zoom, manual control during lenses and being able to manually set focus points in apps like Refocus and just generally better close-up focus.


As expected, none of Damian’s wish list are out of the realms of reality, and a lot of what he is wishing for already exists on other mobile operating systems, suggesting Microsoft certainly needs to be looking to implement these features to keep up.


What do our readers want from the next Lumia 1020? Let us know below.


Via Damian’s Twitter.com


Chloë Grace Moretz Is The Wisest Teen Star Ever

1chloePhoto: REX USA/Picture Perfect.Note to Charlize Theron: This is how you complain about fame taking over your life.



Child stars get a bad rap, but it's clear that Chloë Grace Moretz has her head on straight. The 17-year-old actress sounded wise beyond her years when she spoke about protecting her privacy in a press conference for her latest film, Cannes standout Clouds of Sils Maria.



The Carrie star admits to being bullied by so-called fans and paparazzi. "They’ll be like, 'You have to give me a photo,'" she said. "'I buy a ticket to your movie. I, in a sense, own you. If I don’t buy a ticket to your movie, you’re done — so you have to take a photo with me.' There’s a lot of entitlement, especially nowadays, in Hollywood, because they think they know everything about you. They think that because you have an Instagram, they can go break into your house. 'You let us in! I’ve seen your house on your video!'”



Rather than courting fame, the teen says it's best to keep everything on the down-low — especially when it comes to relationships. In other words, you won't see her posting any smoochy selfies.



"If you keep it quiet and you don’t make a fool of yourself, it’s not that hard,” Moretz explained. “Keep it at home — you don’t have to go out. You don’t have to be making out in public like a weirdo! I hate that stuff. Sure, hold hands if you want to. Just know what you’re doing. If you really love someone, you may not want to make it that public, because it can bring everything down. The minute that one million Twitter followers get involved, the relationship’s no longer about you guys.”



From the sound of it, there's no need to worry that this young actress will be the next Lindsay Lohan. She actually sounds like the next Natalie Portman.



“Kids my age aren’t interested in the drug addicts who mess up," she said. "My generation, the Elle Fannings and me, all the girls that are working so hard in this business, that’s who these young kids are interested in. They want to see the go-getters. This is a generation that is not out for any BS.”



Can this girl write a lifestyle guide? A few celebrities might want to take her advice. (BuzzFeed)

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Last U.S. Soldier Held Captive in Afghanistan Is Freed

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was handed over to U.S. special forces by the Taliban Saturday evening, local time

This an Edge of Tomarrow post aka summer's best reviewed movie so far





Oscar nominee Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt star in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' sci-fi thriller "Edge of Tomorrow," under the direction of Doug Liman. The epic action of "Edge of Tomorrow" unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world.



Major William Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop—forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again…and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.



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Edge of Tomorrow features:

Director: Doug Liman

Tom Cruise
as Lt. Col. William "Bill" Cage

Emily Blunt as Rita Vrataski

Bill Paxton as General Farrell Bartolome

Jeremy Piven as Col. Walter Marx

Brendan Gleeson as General Brigham

Lara Pulver as Karen Lord

Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Dr. Whittle

Jonas Armstrong as Skinner

Kick Gurry as Griff

Kidus Henok as Lewis

Tony Way as Kimmel

Madeleine Mantock as Julie

Dragomir Mrsic as Kuntz

Charlotte Riley as Nance

Franz Drameh as Ford







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Early Reviews



Movies.com



5 Reasons Why 'Edge of Tomorrow' Is the Event Movie to Beat This Summer:

1. It’s refreshingly original

2. Tom Cruise is a total wimp

3. A summer movie where a woman is the ultimate action hero

4. It’s actually really funny

5. It features the greatest shotgun moment since 'Terminator 2'

Bonus Kudos: Bill Paxton!







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As Vrataski and Cage go through one day over and over again, each time getting a little bit further towards victory, Edge of Tomorrow purrs like a well-tuned machine. The laughs, the action, the performances, and the editing, are all on point. Goals are constantly provided, achieved, then expanded upon, giving the whole film a very satisfying forward momentum and pace. The script even has a few red herrings and other surprises.



Film rating: 8 out of 10







Hey U Guys



Meanwhile, the performances are illuminating, and Cruise, as expected, shows off his credentials as one of Hollywood’s most dependable leading men. He has such a domineering screen presence and charisma that appears so effortless. That being said, his intrinsic star quality works against him too, as we struggle to truly identify with him as a common, everyday person, which is exactly what Bill Cage is supposed to be. One of the leading themes is that of a normal, regular guy, thrust into abnormal, irregular circumstances, and therefore allow the viewer to relate, yet it’s not easy to abide by such a notion where Cruise is concerned.



Nonetheless, Edge of Tomorrow remains as an unadulterated, captivating thriller, which revels in being such unreservedly good fun. From the very start, right through to the bitter end, this maintains its fast-pace, resulting in a compelling picture that offers little respite to the viewer. Still, it’s no Swingers.



Film rating: 3 out of 5







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Plus, almost everything else about Edge of Tomorrow is so well-done that a few little issues hardly mute its adrenaline. Liman’s movie moves fast, and not only because it has a ton of set pieces, but also a sharp sense of humor. It’s obvious what jokes McQuarrie wrote, because his voice is unquestionably present in the film. His sly style adds more character to an already energetic, propulsive, and charismatic summer blockbuster.



Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt are excellent together; exciting, photo-realistic action; fast paced, but not devoid of small character moments; a compelling arc for Cage; Bill Paxton gets some huge laughs; skillful editing; the repetition never gets in the way of a clear buildup



This is exactly the kind of movie that the summers needs more of.



Film rating: A-







Geek Nation



As well-suited as Blunt ends up being for Rita, Cruise is doubly matched for Cage. Edge of Tomorrow works very well as a straight action film with a sci-fi bent, but what sets it apart and makes it truly a summer blockbuster worth getting excited over is the frequent injection of actual humor and the kind of Cruise-branded charm that only he can bring to this type of project. Make no mistake — Cruise is the perfect fit for this role and this film, and it is his ease with both the story and its tone that allows Edge of Tomorrow to truly impress and to make it a film well worth watching over and over (and over and over) again. Summer, you’re not too shabby.







Screen Daily



The Tom Cruise affinity with sci-fi action films shows no sign of abating and he is in playfully good form in Doug Liman’s engagingly freewheeling futuristic romp that is essentially a coming together of Groundhog Day and Aliens. It is big, bold and breezy entertainment that moves at a cracking pace, offers plenty of fun to balance the sci-fi excesses, and while it finds itself up against hefty competition in the forms of Godzilla and X-Men at the box office it will likely carve out a typically hefty international share.







The Hollywood Reporter



The effects are exciting, convincing and gritty in the chaotic Normandy battle action, which is filmed in a vivid you-are-there style. Supporting-role casting decisions seem to have been based more on humor than brawn, with Gleeson and especially Bill Paxton as the troop leader contributing a healthy amount of levity for this sort of fare.



But these guys essentially disappear in the late-going, leaving it to the stars to do the heavy lifting during the least engaging section, making for a sense of considerably diminished returns. Cruise's self-deprecation plays well, a good thing in that he's really too old for this role, while Blunt is toned, burnished and physically refurbished into a blunt object, something she's never remotely resembled before.







The Wrap



Like the wartime movies of the 1940s (not to mention Paul Verhoeven's parody of same in “Starship Troopers”), “Edge of Tomorrow” is a movie where a callow, selfish d-bag learns to be a better person by going to war. We've seen Cruise on this jerk-to-gem path before, although this film seems almost cannily designed to draw in ticket buyers who are fed up with the actor. “Don't like Tom Cruise?” the film seems to be offering, “Come watch him get killed over and over again!”



He's actually delivering a nicely underplayed performance, as though he were aware that it's the high-concept plot that's the real star here. Blunt commits to the material as well; she might seem wildly miscast as a war hero, but given the strange circumstances by which Rita achieves her notoriety (as does Cage), it makes sense that they didn't cast a Sigourney Weaver type.



Liman gives editor James Herbert (“Sherlock Holmes”) a lot to work with, giving us different angles on repeated scenes (except when making them identical is part of the joke); for a film about repetition, “Edge of Tomorrow” never feels tired or familiar.







IO9



SEE THIS MOVIE. GO AND SEE THIS MOVIE IMMEDIATELY. Edge of Tomorrow is just a goddamn delight. I felt alive and pumped when I left the theater, and so did the other batch of critics who followed me. I want to see it again, right now. You will have fun.







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"Edge of Tomorrow" is science fiction at its finest and in its purest form, and unlike other movies that involve time travel, there's none of the confusion or head scratching that often comes with the territory, because you're so caught up in the characters and their surroundings, you never feel the need to dissect it for continuity glitches.



In many ways, it also claims the title of the best action movie of the summer (at least so far) by combining its innovative sci-fi premise with the type of high-gauged action James Cameron delivers so effortlessly.



Film rating: 9 out of 10







Variety



“Groundhog Day” and “Starship Troopers” make surprisingly compatible bedfellows in “Edge of Tomorrow,” a cleverly crafted and propulsively executed sci-fi thriller in which an untrained soldier must relive the same day over and over again — expiring violently each time — until he finds a way to defeat the alien marauders that have taken Earth hostage. That our ill-prepared hero is played by Tom Cruise lends a sly if perhaps unintended layer of subtext to this smarter-than-average star vehicle, insofar as the now 51-year-old actor seems to have embraced a similar trial-and-error career strategy: testing out one man-of-action persona after another in his ongoing (some would say undying) bid for bankability. Alas, B.O. success is likely to elude him this time out, as Warners’ June 6 release feels surprisingly low on buzz and audience awareness for an f/x-heavy picture with a $175 million pricetag. International returns will have to work extra-hard to make up the difference.



That’s a shame, because this enjoyably gimmicky entertainment is not only one of Cruise’s better recent efforts, it’s also arguably the most purely pleasurable film Doug Liman has directed in the 12 years since “The Bourne Identity.”







The Playlist



"Edge of Tomorrow" is a witty, trippy, emotionally engaging, impressively strange movie, beautifully staged and photographed (by Dione Beebe). Most importantly though, is that "Edge of Tomorrow" is an outrageously fun thriller that sees the biggest actor of our age come back to vibrant life in a film that allows him to lose the mask and remind us all why he was a movie star in the first place. It's a razzle-dazzle triumph, and one we can't wait to experience again and again and again...



Film rating: A-







Empire



Still, Cruise sells it brilliantly. Indeed, this is his strongest performance in some time and he revels in the character’s development. He starts out as a smug, smirking, weaselly coward, not above trying to blackmail an implacable general (Brendan Gleeson); Cage is so ineffectual, he can’t even switch off the safety on his hand-cannons. During his first drop he stumbles lamely about, watching his comrades die in the dirt, doing little useful to help them. But battle is a true redeemer, of course. So gradually, gradually, the weasel becomes a lion. Although not without a self-serving detour or two along the way.



Blunt, too, is on strong form, exhibiting a steely poise that makes her comfortably believable as a war-propaganda poster-girl known simultaneously as The Angel Of Verdun and Full Metal Bitch. She is less a romantic interest for Cruise (who seems to be going through an English actress co-star phase) than she is his mentor, and his foil. Doug Liman has always been an astute, experimental chemist, and while this isn’t quite the Brad-and-Angie lab explosion of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, it’s at least as strong a pairing as Matt Damon and Franka Potente in The Bourne Identity (which, incidentally, is another movie this comes to echo during one later episode particularly).



After the forgettable Jumper and Fair Game, it’s good to see Liman back on pyrotechnic form, orchestrating some inventive combat spectacle. This could well be his biggest hit yet — and Cruise’s for a good while, too. A rebirth, of a sort, for both of them. If nothing else, it’ll stand out as one of summer 2014’s most entertaining surprises.



A playful and frantic science-fiction twister which mimics the best (Aliens, The Matrix, Groundhog Day) while offering something fresh and — most importantly — thrilling.



Film rating: 4 out of 5







Cinema Blend



Edge of Tomorrow is magnificent. After a bit of a slow start, Liman launches us into a war that is gut-rattling in its violence and awe-inspiring in its execution, seamless special effects and action, action, action. Tied to a hero who is initially gutless, we can connect to Cage's fear. When Cruise shifts him into the kind of hero we demand of this megastar, we are hooked hard into this rip-roaring ride. The movie positively pulses with adrenaline, reflected in its powerful performances, clever cuts and its fluid yet exhilarating cinematography that weaves around heroes, explosions, and spiraling space monsters. Edge of Tomorrow will leave you breathless and grinning. Simply put, this is why we go to the movies.



Film rating: 4.5 out of 5







Forbes



Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow is a delightfully entertaining and amusing romp under the guise of a very serious science-fiction action epic. It is almost refreshing to see how much fun director Liman and writers Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Christopher McQuarrie wring out of the film’s deceptively simple premise.



Tom Cruise may never reach his mid-90′s peak of stardom again, and one hopes that he eventually chooses to do something other than pulpy action films again. But the genuine skill and quality control still shines through in Cruise’s star vehicles. In an era when the movie star is dying or being grafted into superhero films, Tom Cruise continues to make high quality (and often wholly original) genre fare that cements his name as a promise of high quality and utter entertainment value. Cruise is still willing to kill himself over and over again to entertain you. As long as his films remain as enjoyable as Edge of Tomorrow, I’ll keep rooting for him. This is pretty terrific entertainment.




















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Kate Middleton "Minder" Hired to Thwart Upskirt Pics in Wake of Epic Dress Flare-Up

In the wake of Kate Middleton's now-infamous dress flare-up, a royal female "minder" has reportedly been hired to make sure this stops happening.


By now you've likely seen, or at least heard about, the Kate Middleton bum photo that a paparazzo snapped after a rogue guest of wind revealed it.


No matter how pert, toned, underwear-free, accidental and generally amazing the result, such things are not looked highly upon in her social circles.



Even the silver lining - attention diverted from the never-ending speculation over whether Kate Middleton is pregnant and/or weighs 98 pounds - was of no consolation.


Hence the family's new hire, at least according to the Mirror.


If you believe that source, a "female minder" to follow the Duchess of Cambridge around and make sure her dress never flies up above her knees again.


Which is ridiculous and hilarious, yet somehow believable.



The minder will allegedly be responsible for accompanying the 32-year-old mother of one on any occasion in which paparazzi could be present.


So basically all day every day and twice on Sundays.


Kate has fallen victim several times to relentless photographers who have captured her topless, bottomless or even just showing too much leg.


Obviously, racy vacation shots shadily taken from afar are different than gusts of wind at public gatherings, but in any case, the minder will be busy.


The irony, of course, in all this? It's Kate Middleton!!


If you had to name a classy celebrity who dresses with impeccable, yet modest taste and who wouldn't need an employee in such a role, Kate would be a strong pick.


Also, what kind of job experience do you need to apply for this position? Do you need 3-5 years of helping deny upskirt pics for a third party in high-profile situations?


Makes you wonder.






A bikini photo of the pregnant Kate Middleton on holiday in Mustique, early 2013.


Lee Pace Is Ready For The Spotlight, But Not The Scrutiny

Lee Pace is, by his own design, an enigma. Despite appearing in two of the decade’s biggest film franchises — The Hobbit and The Twilight Saga — the 35-year-old actor continues to exist amid an aura of mystery, with little known about his life before starring in two critically adored television shows, Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies (both from creator Bryan Fuller), and his stunning turn in Showtime’s 2003 biopic Soldier’s Girl, in which he played trans woman Calpernia Addams.



Sitting on the secluded patio of The Four Seasons Hotel’s Windows Lounge in Los Angeles, Pace’s movie idol good looks are partially hidden behind an unkempt beard and a messy nest of hair, a mask of sort that makes the actor seem even more inscrutable. And he relishes a life far outside of the spotlight, even recently buying 10 acres of land in Upstate New York (tractor included). “I’m trying to be a farmer right now,” he says, that beard suddenly seeming perfectly in character. “I’ve been wanting a tractor for such a long time, and I finally bought this one,” he says, grinning and showing off photos with the fervor of a new parent.



Pace’s career has zigzagged from indie dramas (A Single Man) to romantic comedies (Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day), and from Oscar contenders (Lincoln) to television period dramas (AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, which launches June 1). But there’s still very little information about the actor online — and that’s exactly how Pace wants it.





Pace continues, arms flitting back and forth, illustrating every question. “Then it gets into a whole cycle of, Do you like me? Do you like me if I wear this to this premiere? Do you like me if I’m in this magazine? Do you like me if I date this person? Then will you like me? Then will you give me approval? Then will you buy a ticket? I want people to buy a ticket because they’re interested in the character and interested in the work and interested in the story.”



That predisposition for privacy has fueled endless rumors about Pace’s personal life, speculation he dismisses as inherently disruptive to the very reason audiences are attracted to him in the first place. “Who cares about people’s personal lives?” says Pace. “I mean, honestly. How are you then able to disappear into a role? Trust me, if I had something interesting to say about myself, I would.”



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Those clamoring for details about his life should look no further than his body of work: “To be honest, the characters I play are revealing enough.” Case in point: the aforementioned Soldier’s Girl, in which Pace played trans soldier Calpernia Addams, who inspired a formal review of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell after her lover, Barry Winchell, was murdered in 1999. “I was shocked at how much I saw myself in that character,” Pace says. “I worked on transforming myself so much for that role so I assumed I wouldn’t recognize myself, but I saw so much more of myself in Calpernia than I ever anticipated. So, I’m already revealing more of myself than I’m comfortable with.”



In an era where stars’ private lives are fodder for tabloid consumption or soapy reality exploits, Pace’s decision to focus on the work allows the audience to be completely immersed in his characters’ rich inner lives. Maybe part of that has to do with the fact that the Julliard-trained Pace had the ability to reinvent himself constantly as a child — born in Oklahoma, Pace’s life was uprooted to Saudi Arabia when he was around 5 years old (a result of his father’s job in the oil industry), before he returned to the U.S. and eventually settled in Texas as a teenager.



That gift of reinvention (or compartmentalization?) carries over into Pace’s new 1980s-set AMC drama, Halt and Catch Fire, where he plays Joe McMillan, a brilliant but damaged tech visionary who recruits burnt-out family man Gordon Clark (Argo’s Scoot McNairy) and caustic prodigy Cameron Howe (That Awkward Moment’s Mackenzie Davis) to reverse-engineer an IBM computer.



Despite Joe’s potentially polarizing nature, the show’s creators, Chris Rogers and Chris Cantwell, insist that finding someone as charismatic as Pace wasn’t a requirement. “While I wouldn’t say that we were explicitly searching for someone with ‘likability,’ it was important to us that we find an actor with a lot of charisma and emotional nuance to play Joe,” says Rogers.



Cantwell agrees: “Lee brings a tremendous humanity to the role. In the hands of someone less capable, Joe could easily come across as a sociopathic monster early on in the series. Lee can deftly wield a shark-like persona when needed, but with him we get almost immediately that there is something brewing below the surface.”



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That something is Joe’s insatiable drive. “The key to playing Joe is his unprincipled ambition,” Pace says with a coy smirk of the show’s seeming puppet master. “Joe’s given up everything to make this happen and he chose these two people to work with. I think that’s actually the big mystery of the pilot: Why these two people? And this is the most interesting thing: What if Joe doesn’t know? The secret I had while making the show is that he wants to build the computer for her, the thing that will change her life. She’s going to give him strength to accomplish what he needs to accomplish.”



Unexpectedly, his performance on Halt and Catch Fire — as the initially unknowable Joe, a slick salesman in a perfectly tailored power suit who seems to be hiding his share of dark secrets — proved personally illuminating. “I was a bit shaky after we finished filming because this role unlocked personal things inside of me; doors to the house I never knew was there,” he says, leaning forward, vibrating with enthusiasm. “I’ve heard other actors talk about that experience, but I didn’t understand how that happened. We reveal things about Joe that … I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little bit scared to see on screen. I’m going to hide under my covers when those episodes air.”



As for what Joe’s secrets are, Pace refuses to spill details for fear of spoiling what’s to come on the AMC drama. “It’s tricky,” he says. “In the beginning, I thought Joe was a guy who always executed what he set out to do, but I recently rewatched the pilot and barely recognized the character. We all have these massive experiences in life that change you — you’re going down one road for a while and then you turn left and you turn right, and that’s what makes up your lifetime. I am hoping I get to go on that journey with this character for a long time.”



Pace maintains a cautious optimism about the future of Halt, having been through a similar situation in 2009 when, after two low-rated seasons, ABC canceled the beloved Pushing Daisies — a star-vehicle that was created for him by Bryan Fuller.



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“Lee was so great on Wonderfalls,” Fuller said in 2007 of his previous collaboration with Pace on Fox’s short-lived 2004 dramedy about a woman (Caroline Dhavernas) who could converse with inanimate objects. (Pace played her brother.) Which is why Fuller went after Pace to play the main character in his next project, the whimsical supernatural-murder-mystery-romance Pushing Daisies.



“He gets me; I naturally go back to people who get me,” Fuller said. “In my head, when I was writing the [Pushing Daisies] script, I imagined Ned as Lee. Originally, his manager said no, that Lee wasn’t doing TV anymore. I sent him the script and called him and told him that I wrote it with him in mind.”



Given the role of Ned was specifically created for Pace, it’s understandable — and clear — that he’s still feeling the show’s loss several years after its abrupt cancellation. “Because Pushing Daisies was cut short, I know that’s always a possibility,” he says. “I know it’s a possibility that no one will watch and the life of this show will be short.”



That’s why Pace was keen to savor every day on Halt — a lesson he learned the hard way on Pushing Daisies, where he played pie maker Ned, who had the gift of bringing the dead back to life. “I wish I would have had more fun,” he says of his experience on Daisies. “I definitely felt like I was the one who had to make it work because it might be the only show I ever get. It’s a sad way to think about it. So, this time around, who knows if anyone will watch this show or connect to it, but from the minute I decided to jump on board, I decided to make it a good experience because it’s a waste of your life if you’re not enjoying it.



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Pace will take on his highest profile role to date with Ronan The Accuser in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, which opens Aug. 1. “I’ve never played a character like Ronan The Accuser,” he said of playing an alien supervillain, which rendered him unrecognizable underneath layers of thick makeup. “I mean, I almost don’t even know how to describe it because this was one of those experiences where you throw it all out there, just kind of squeeze out the sponge. But it was just so much fun to shoot.”



Having recently completed filming The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, where he plays elven king Thranduil, Pace is considering his options for roles to tackle now that production on the first season of Halt and Catch Fire has wrapped. As always, Pace will continue to look for a single factor in a potential part: the inability to escape it.



The roles I think about, and can’t stop thinking about — on the subway, when I’m riding my bike, when I’m running — are the things I connect to,” he said, gesturing to his heart and, once again, citing Soldier’s Girl. And Pace has finally come to terms with the fact that not every role he connects with will bring him accolades or an audience.



“It’s not my business to think about the business, it’s my business to think about the character,” he says. “Sure, there have been times in my career where I wished I was more popular, or more this, or more that — but that’s just stupid. The older I get, the happier I am with the way my career has gone. Although, in many ways, it’s been through no design of my own.”





Very interesting interview.



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The Arsenio Hall Show Gets Canceled



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Can an African-American talk show survive on late night television?


Three months shy of celebrating his one-year anniversary, the only African-American late night talk show has been canceled! Yesterday, to the surprise of many, CBS announced that “The Arsenio Hall Show” is getting the boot because the show just wasn’t pulling in the viewers like the original show which aired from 1989-1994.



“Unfortunately, ‘The Arsenio Hall Show’ will not return for a second season. While there are many loyal fans of the show, the series did not grow its audience enough to continue. Arsenio is a tremendous talent and we’d like to thank him for all the hard work and energy he put into the show. We’d also like to thank Tribune and all our station group partners for the support of the show.”



Back in February, there was an announcement that the show was coming back for a second season, but some bigwig must have changed their mind. Arsenio gave his thanks to everyone who supported him for the year he was on the air in a brief statement.



“When I started this adventure with CTD and Tribute, we all knew it would be a challenge — I’m gratified for the year we’ve had and proud of the show we created. I’d like to thank everyone on my staff for rallying around me and striving to make the best show possible each night.”



What I liked about the Arsenio Hall Show is that he booked a lot of guests that you wouldn’t normally see on other late night shows. It’s like everyone had a chance to tell their story (even Vine sensation Terio.), but a more A-list guestlist would have probably helped keep him on air.


There is the possibility that another network may pick him up. Maybe BET or OWN?


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Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas had a baby!

Our real life Snow White and Prince Charming, Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas, announced that they were expecting a baby just a few months before getting married, and now they’ve got one! The pair welcomed a baby boy this week – I’m guessing he’s not called Emma, then. :( From People: “Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh»

Ray J Arrested At Beverly Wilshire Hotel

It looks as if all's not going too well for Ray J as Brandy's little brother was arrested late Friday night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. According to TMZ, police were called after the rapper allegedly caused a scene...

Beyonce Is Beautiful On A Rainy Day

It's takes more than some water from the sky to get her down! On Friday, Beyonce looked amazing in a floral print dress and blue handbag as she was all smiles after leaving an office building with hubby Jay-Z....

This Attic Apartment's Design Makes It A European Penthouse

OOOOX handled the renovation of an attic apartment located in Prague, Czech Republic that was no easy task. The old building uncovered many hidden issues as the reconstruction went on, and it’s not always easy to get a modern look in an old, period building. The result is a clean, contemporary space named the Grey Loft. 1

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