`Tropic Thunder' breezes to No. 1 with $25.8MAP via Yahoo! NewsMonday 18th August 2008 The action comedy "Tropic Thunder" grabbed the top spot at the box office with $25.8 million, knocking the Batman tale "The Dark Knight" into second-place after four weekends on top.
GARY DEMOS JOINS LOWRY DIGITALPost MagazineMonday 18th August 2008 BURBANK, CA - Motion picture technologist Gary Demos has joined Lowry Digital as senior algorithm scientist. Lowry Digital has developed and used its image processing technology for feature film restoration, the enhancement of moving pictures for current productions, Blu-ray Disc preparation, and image recovery and repair.
Breakout 3D for 'Fly Me to the Moon'AM New YorkSunday 17th August 2008 A landmark event in motion picture history is currently occurring at multiplexes throughout the country: the release of "Fly Me to the Moon," the first animated feature ever produced exclusively in digital 3-D. The film is both part of a larger growing trend, in which filmmakers like Eric Brevig ("Journey to the Center of the Earth") experiment with this latest version of the longstanding ...
3-D 2.0: Hollywood hoping 50s gimmick will grab youChicago Sun-TimesSaturday 16th August 2008 At 67, Joe Clarke is old enough to have seen 3-D movies in the 1950s. But he doesn't remember them looking this good. Last week he caught Brendan Fraser in three dimensions in "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and came away impressed.
Quito, Ecuador: the middle of everythingNew York Daily NewsSunday 17th August 2008 It's not a journey to the center of the Earth, exactly, but if you're in Quito, Ecuador, with three or four hours to kill, you can take a cab ride to the Middle of the World. The country is, after all, named for the equator, and Quito makes the most of its proximity.
Fireworks surpriseCorvallis Gazette-TimesSunday 17th August 2008 Photo by Jesse Skoubo, for the Gazette-Times Sheryl and Bill Burchett, of Philomath, watch the fireworks over Hewlett Packard from the Carmike Cinemas parking lot Saturday night along with their grandchildren Kyra Burchett, 10, from Philomath, and Hilary Furtado,16, from Bend. The family was surprised to see the fireworks on their way out of the theater after watching a showing of ?Journey to ...
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Obama outlines space planMoldova.orgSunday 17th August 2008 Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama says he wants the United States to lead the international space endeavor by sending astronauts back to the moon.The Illinois senator outlined his space policy Saturday, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported Sunday.Human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit should be a long-term goal and investment for all space-faring countries, with America in the lead, ...
