’Are you filming the next "Cove"?’ Defensive Japanese fishermen close ranks against the media
OTSUCHI, Japan - As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one ran at me, yelling "No!" and pushing me out of the building. Another smeared his rubber fish gutting glove across my lens, while a third threw snow at me with a shovel.
Following the success of "The Cove," a documentary about ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Google to digitize thousands of old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence
ROME - Google says it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer Galileo Galilei, in what’s being described as the first deal of its kind.
Officials from Google and Italian culture officials said Wednesday the project is th... Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Hanks, Spielberg go to war with ’The Pacific,’ follow-up to ’Band of Brothers’
LOS ANGELES - Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg swapped other people’s war stories to groundbreaking, heartbreaking effect in "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers."
The unsparing and visceral depiction of battle in their Second World War collaborations is revisited by "The Pacific," a ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Designer Theyskens’ book uses a camera to catch fashion shows’ unposed moments
NEW YORK - The scene backstage at a fashion show is far different than the one along the runway.
Yes, it’s frantic; yes, it’s frenzied. And, of course, there are the models there to do their job and clothes waiting for their debut.
But there is an intimacy behind the curtain that the audi... Wednesday, March 10, 2010
’Lost Boys’ actor Corey Haim, whose career was blighted by drug use, dies at 38
TORONTO - Former teen idol Corey Haim, best known for his role in the 1987 hit "The Lost Boys," has died after a well-documented battle with drug addiction and a string of B-movie roles aimed at returning to the spotlight.
He was 38. The Toronto-born actor died at a Burbank hospital early ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010
