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Jared Leto and Matthew McConaughey in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB.

Culture

Dakota Fanning, Ben Stiller, Sean Penn, Jared Leto among stars to attend Mill Valley Film Festival

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.10.2013

Mill Valley Film Festival 36 opens Oct. 3 with NEBRASKA and THE BOOK THIEF. Dakota Fanning, Ben Stiller, Andy Garcia, Jaret Leto, famed director Costa-Gavras…

Culture

The quirky movie set town of Woodstock, Il

BY JANICE NIEDER — 09.10.2013

'Groundhog Day' director, Harold Ramis, decided that the town square in Punxsatawney wasn't suitable for the film so he scoured neighboring states looking for the…

Culture

Two Sopranos and a Baritone: Plácido Domingo

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 09.10.2013

The audience went wild, with fists pumping in the air as if it was a rock show.

Culture

An artist’s perspective on special effects in film (Video)

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.09.2013

The Stan Winston School has posted this short, riveting behind-the-scenes look at the famous "chestbursting" scene from Alien. It begs the question: Does an overreliance…

Food & Wine

Pinots and Microchips – Interview with Silicon Valley CEO T.J. Rodgers (Video)

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.06.2013

Think you know Pinot? Meet the guy on a mission to take on the best of Burgundy.

News

Yahoo removes serifs from logo – now what? (Video)

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.04.2013

Mission accomplished: the Yahoo! logo is now better equipped to cross the English Channel.

News

Samsung launches Wearable Computing Era – but will it succeed?

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.04.2013

If Galaxy Gear succeeds, expect 2014 to see a non-stop parade of wearable tech products. Google Glass most famously should launch sometime in the first…