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Apple announces textbooks and iBooks Author
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Apple has announced iBooks Author, a new free tool which allows authors to create their own multimedia textbooks. The app was launched by Apple’s Phil Schiller at a special event in New York’s Guggenheim Museum. Authors can include interactive animations, diagrams, photos and videos in their books which can be submitted to the iBookstore for…
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Top Gear celebrates 10m Facebook likes…with a caravan
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Fresh from upsetting more sensitive types with their India travelogue, the Top Gear boys are excitedly looking forward to clocking up 10 MILLION Facebook followers. And to mark that milestone, the team are going to hold a very special celebration. After asking fans what they thought that celebration should be, they’ve been inundated with suggestions…
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Twin games for Adam Sandler
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Jack and Jill is a comedy focusing on Jack Sadelstein (Adam Sandler), a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife (Katie Holmes) and family. There’s just one cloud in Jack’s life: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill (also Adam Sandler). Jill’s neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning…
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Hammer launches restoration project to preserve iconic horror films
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Horror studio Hammer is teaming up with distribution and production partners around the world to restore its classic library. Once restored the films will be suitable for release on Blu-ray and future media formats. The first title to be restored is Dracula Prince of Darkness which will be released in the UK in conjunction with…
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Yodafone – UK network signs Jedi Master for ad campaign
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UK mobile network Vodafone has signed legendary Star Wars Jedi Mater Yoda to front a new series of smartphone adverts. The first ad premieres on Channel 4 on Thursday night and focuses on RED Box, a service that automatically transfers contents from an old phone to a new handset. Yoda is seen enthusiastically attempting to…
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BFI celebrates David Lynch with screening season
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The BFI is hosting a celebration of David Lynch’s films with a retrospective of his work. Lynch has been responsible for some of the most innovative, daring and talked-about films in the last 40 years of American cinema. Throughout February all the filmmaker’s work, including his early shorts and feature films, will be screened at…