Tag archive: Angelina Jolie

For as much star power as The Tourist has, you might expect something that could go one of two ways. On one hand, you could get a drama so intense that the Academy Board would simply show up at the movie premier and grudgingly hand the cast and crew a box full of Oscars. On the other hand you might have a film that is simply a fun time for the actors, and is possibly an excuse for them to work together with perhaps a trip to somewhere exotic… Read More

It's become an annual tradition: toward the end of every year, the major Internet search engines crunch their numbers, compile their statistics, and (it sometimes seems) just make stuff up in an effort to present an overview of Internet users' search habits for the year. Yahoo and AOL are first out of the gate this year, respectively announcing their 2008 Year in Review and 2008 Year End Hot Searches, respectively. And what… Read More

You might be one of thousands who’ve received a new spam mailing offering you the chance to download Microsoft’s browser Internet Explorer 7. The mailing claims to be from Microsoft, sent by Microsoft Feature Offers. But, of course, it’s not. Headed “Internet Explorer 7” and only containing a short description of the service, the mail simply offers a download link. Don’t do it – although of… Read More

As Google itself points out, the top search terms its users enter tend to remain fairly constant from year to year—”yellow pages,” “dictionary”, “games,” “maps,” and a number of, um, colorful words. So, in summing up the year, the Internet search titan tends to look for terms and searches which were popular and generated traffic in the current year, but were not popular the previous year.… Read More

Popular video game franchise Tomb Raider got a new spokeswoman today as video game publisher Eidos Interactive introduced London resident Karima Adebibe as the new face of Lara Croft. The 20-year-old model and clothing shop sales assistant was picked from a

Microsoft has signed a deal with Universal Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox to make a movie based on its popular science fiction action video games Halo and Halo 2, targeting a release in mid-2007. According to reports, Universal will oversee both the production and U.S. distribution of the film, while Fox will handle overseas distribution. The studios will split the film's revenue equally, after paying Microsoft $5 million outright… Read More

Panasonic collaborated with Paramount Pictures to equip the daring and beautiful Lara Croft with state-of-the-art digital technology to assist her in her latest adventure, "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life." Oscarâ-winner Angelina Jolie reprises her role as the undaunted adventuress this summer in the action-packed sequel to the 2001 blockbuster. Panasonic is launching a global promotional campaign built around the film,… Read More