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BBC to Cut Pay, Jobs

30 October 2009 6:26 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By the Wall Street Journal

Under pressure over its pay practices, British Broadcasting Corp. plans to cut the salaries of top managers and axe more than 100 senior posts as part of a broader overhaul to cut costs.

The BBC, which is funded by a license fee paid by the public, plans to cut the amount it spends on the salaries of its top bosses by about 25 percent, according to the BBC Trust. The BBC Trust oversees the use of the license fee and had asked management to cut salaries as part of a review into ways to save money. The BBC currently spends about $129.4 million on pay for its 634 senior managers and nin... »

- Dylan Stableford

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Film critics to moviegoers: “We’ll start seeing things your way”

29 October 2009 2:24 PM, PDT | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

Under pressure from “average moviegoers,” film critics will now reflect the tastes of the box office in their reviews.

“For far too long we’ve provided commentary on film using our perspective and knowledge of cinema,” says Nathanial Monroe, the film critic for The Friendly Forecaster in Beachwave, Michigan. “Those days have come to an end. I’ll now base my opinion on how profitable a movie is. You should have seen the amount of email I received from my review of Law Abiding Citizen. One gentleman called me a ‘high-brow’ snob who ‘must like baseball and other gay things like Friends and kissing guys.’ It really made me think.”

Monroe wasn’t the only critic rattled by the pressure from readers. After the release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a battle ensued between the vast majority of critics and regular moviegoers. The film from director Michael Bay was »

- Reel Loop Satire Squad

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Project Runway: The Jetset & The Easy-to-Forget

23 October 2009 1:15 AM, PDT | People.com - TV Watch | See recent People.com - TV Watch news »

Thursday's Project Runway let the seven remaining designers indulge in a jetsetting fantasy ... but without the actual travel part. Instead, the contestants were given photographs of fabulous places that Michael Kors has visited -- perhaps that's why he's been Mia from the runway so much this season! -- that have inspired his collections over the years. The challenge? Get inspired by a specific place -- then sew. Under Pressure: This week everybody was rattled! Christopher, who's become a permanent fixture in the bottom three, wanted to prove he had sophisticated taste. Irina felt challenged to constantly one-up her winning designs -- and, we hope, out-sass herself. And Gordana, who picked New York as her inspiration, scrambled to actually make a dress after spending so much time on a gorgeous, crystal-encrusted necklace perfect for a Park Avenue princess. Cutting Up: At first glance, Christopher's matronly frock, inspired by Santa Fe, »

- StyleWatch

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Queen to Rock You Lego Rock Band Style!

21 October 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and MTV Games recently announced that members of Queen Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, bassist John Deacon and drummer Roger Taylor will appear in Lego Rock Band! The band members will be seen rocking out Lego style during the in-game performances of “We Are The Champions” and “We Will Rock You.”

Guitarist Brian May said about his band’s appearance in the game: “This is It!  I wanna play!  When do I get my toy Lego man?”

Queen’s rock pack for the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content was just released, featuring 10 of the band’s greatest hits including “Killer Queen,” “Somebody to Love,” “Fat Bottomed Girls” and “Under Pressure.” In addition, Queen will release Absolute Greatest on Nov. 17, featuring 20 of the band’s biggest hits.

Lego Rock Band will be coming to your Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Nintendo DS consoles this holiday season. »

- Cortney Zamm

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Viff 2009: 'Police, Adjective'

14 October 2009 11:47 AM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

An adjective is a word or phrase used to modify a noun. It adds attribution or description to the "it" in a sentence.

In the Romanian dictionary, the word "police" can be used as an adjective to refer to a novel or story about the solving of a crime.

In writer-director Corneliu Porumboiu's Police, Adjective, the crime is possession and distribution of hashish.

Sort of.

Cristi is an undercover cop investigating three high school kids who meet up in the afternoons to smoke a joint. Cristi's honeymooned in Prague; he knows that hash and marijuana have been effectively decriminalized there.

But not in Romania.

Under pressure to mount a sting operation, to arrest the kids and get them into interrogation, Cristi avoids his captain in order to tail them and collect evidence that will lead him to their supplier.

Cristi's made for surveillance. He's patient, to a fault, content »

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Win Zz Top's Double Down Live DVD from Fangoria Musick!

14 October 2009 10:16 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Fangoria Musick is going back in time... all the way to 1980. After all, if Fango Musick was bringing the rock in the 80's there's a good chance that Zz Top would've been covered quite a bit. On October 20th, the legendary band that has graced such soundtracks as From Dusk Till Dawn and Ghost Rider will see the release of Double Down Live through Eagle Vision - delivering the first historic concert performance ever to be approved for release by the band.

Fangoria Musick has a trio of DVD's to give away, and we want You to win!

Disc one, filmed in 1980, is dubbed “Definitely Then” and is packed with 22 early Zz Top classics from their Tres Hombres and Fandango! albums, including: “La Grange,” “Tush,” “Cheap Sunglasses,” “Tube Snake Boogie,” and more, many of which remain in their live set to this day.  This concert was captured at the Grugahalle in Essen, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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