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Science of light diffusion brings Gollum and other digital characters to life
Watch Visual Effects artist Joe Letteri explain how the science of light diffusion made digital characters more realistic. It was near midnight in the winter of 1998 when computer graphics researcher Henrik Jensen made a discovery about light. While playing with a laser pointer, he… …
Veteran comic and muscular dystrophy fundraiser Jerry Lewis to get special Cannes Film Festival tribute
Jerry Lewis, the US comedy star from the 1950s and 1960s who later poured his efforts into raising money for muscular dystrophy research, will get a special tribute at next month’s Cannes Film Festival, organisers said on Thursday. Lewis, 87 and with a history of ill-health, has a strong following…
Murakami book print run hits 1 million in week
The Japanese publisher of the new novel by Haruki Murakami said Thursday it had ordered one million copies of the book, less than a week after it went on sale. Bungeishunju Ltd. said “Shikisai wo Motanai Tazaki Tsukuru to Kare no Junrei no Toshi (Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years…
Psy’s ‘Gentleman’ video praised and banned
“Gangnam Style” star Psy was praised by South Korea’s president and slammed by its state broadcaster all on the same day Thursday, as his new song “Gentleman” made more than just musical waves. While President Park Geun-Hye cited Psy’s “exemplary” respect for copyright principles, KBS television banned the “Gentleman” music…
Letter sent by Alfred Dreyfus after false conviction for treason set for auction in Paris
A letter written in prison by Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish army captain whose dismissal more than a century ago on trumped-up charges of spying triggered a protracted national crisis in France, is to be sold at auction in Paris. Written to the interior ministry in 1895, a month after he…
Pink diamond sells for nearly $40 million at U.S. auction
A 34.64-carat pink diamond has sold at auction in New York for nearly $40 million, setting a new record for Christie’s auction house. Dubbed the “Princie Diamond,” the gem is “one of the largest and finest pink diamonds in the world,” with a “fabulous provenance,” Christie’s jewellery chief Francois Curiel…
Seth MacFarlane condemns ‘abhorrent’ Family Guy mash-up of Boston Marathon bombing
“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane condemned a doctored online clip of the show depicting its star using a cellphone to trigger explosions at the Boston Marathon. The fake clip was based on scenes from an episode of the cult animated series which aired last month, and which was pulled by…
Nonprofit online news site InsideClimate News wins Pulitzer for tar sands reporting
In a sign of a rapidly changing media world, a relatively unknown New York-based online nonprofit news site joined some of the country’s most well-known media outlets in claiming a Pulitzer Prize, the highest honor in journalism. InsideClimate News won the Pulitzer Monday, April 15,… …
Actor Hugh Jackman chased by woman with an electric razor
Australian actor Hugh Jackman has vowed to “do anything” to protect his family, after US police arrested an alleged stalker who chased him into a New York gym with an electric razor. The star was outside the gym on Saturday morning when the 47-year-old woman approached him, a New York…
India’s beach state Goa tells Playboy Club franchise to take a hike
The holiday state of Goa has decided to reject a proposal for India’s first Playboy club on one of its beaches following complaints that it would promote prostitution, local officials said on Monday. A local lawmaker threatened to go on hunger strike last week if the nightclub was allowed to…
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