The British Academy of Film and Television Arts held its annual BAFTA awards ceremony this past weekend, and many of the Film nominees are also nominated for Academy Awards here in America. The BAFTAs are typically seen as an Academy Awards preview show, since BAFTA winners often take home the corresponding Oscar as well. The … Read more
The Kindle Fire’s not just for ebooks, apps and video. You can listen to music and audiobooks on that slick little tablet, too! Last night’s Grammy winners are a great place to start. As expected, Adele swept all the top categories. Her single Rolling in the Deep won for Best Song and Best Record honors, … Read more
You probably already know Amazon has branched out into publishing by creating its own publishing imprint, Amazon Encore, but did you know they also got into the movie business in November of 2010? That’s when they launched a talent search for test movies and scripts, and they’ve just announced the first winners. From Amazon’s press … Read more
Amazon announces an expansion of their Prime Instant Video library facilitated by a new agreement with Viacom. From Amazon’s press release: Prime Instant Video now offers thousands of TV episodes from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo—including past seasons of popular shows such as Jersey Shore, Chappelle’s Show, Hot in Cleveland, … Read more
Here’s a fun infographic from (of all places) Staples, via Nate at The Digital Reader I took Betty and Danny out for dinner Friday evening before the three of us caught a couple of terrific live performances by Ernie Halter and Javier Colon at the Berklee Performance Center, and along the way we ran into … Read more