Veronica Mars fans just bought themselves a big-screen version of the cult favorite TV series. An crowd-sourcing campaign to raise US$2 million for the project on the Kickstarter website hit its goal in less than a day.
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Girls nudity not gratuitous: Dunham
Lena Dunham’s insists her nudity in Girls isn’t to “land screen caps on blogs”. The creator-and-star of the hit HBO series is regularly sans clothes on screen and has revealed why the scenes are warranted
August Sonata
TITLE: THE BEST INTENTIONS DIRECTOR: BILLE AUGUST WRITER: INGMAR BERGMAN THE BOTTOM LINE: Bergman’s back and Bille’s got him, for a handsome soap opera with a radiant star performance.
A Skeleton in Barney’s Closet
Cases before the House ethics committee are stacking up like planes at Washington’s National Airport, and so are the embarrassments for Congress.
Medicine: Air Germicide
A powerful preventive against pneumonia, influenza and other respiratory diseases may be promised by a brilliant series of experiments conducted during the last three years at the University of Chicago's Billings Hospital. Dr.
Why South Africa is Emerging as a Hot Film Location
The creators of the british comic strip Judge Dredd imagined Mega-City One as a colossal metropolis in the postapocalyptic near future stretching from Boston to Washington, home to 400 million people living in 200-story blocks.
Fareed Zakaria on How to Restore the American Dream
The American dream for me, growing up in India in the 1970s, looked something like the opening credits of Dallas. The blockbuster TV series began with a kaleidoscope of big, brassy, sexy images — tracts of open land, shiny skyscrapers, fancy cars, cowboy businessmen and the very dreamy Victoria Principal.
Monty Python celebrates 40 years of silliness
It’s been a Monty Python world lately — and we’re not even talking about the absurdity and silliness of current events, such as balloon boys and confessional celebrities. No, it’s a Python world on TV, with the lads being showcased in an multipart IFC documentary — which started this week — and re-airing of their classic TV episodes and movies.
Wrestler, personality Captain Lou Albano dies at 76
Legendary wrestling figure Captain Lou Albano, perhaps best known for his association with pop singer Cyndi Lauper, died Wednesday, according to World Wrestling Entertainment. Albano, 76, was “one of the company’s most popular and charismatic legends,” the company said in a statement.
‘Dancing’ champ: No need for Abdul as judge
It says something about the popularity of “Dancing With the Stars” that the show’s professional dancers have become almost as famous as the celebrities they’re paired with. Take Mark Ballas, who last season waltzed and tangoed his way to a first-place finish with Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson — his second mirror ball trophy since he joined the hit series in 2007