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BBC Two snaps up Pan Am drama
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Pan Am, created by Jack Orman (ER) and directed by Thomas Schlamme (The West Wing), follows the lives of a group of pilots and air hostesses as they take to the skies, crossing the globe in a jet-powered, seductive age, shaped by romance and shifting social values.
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Star Trek PADD for iPad
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Could there be a more perfect app for Apple’s iPad than this official Star Trek database? Taking its cue from the 1995 Star Trek Omnipedia, the Star Trek PADD is packed with pictures, technical specs, episode details and biogs of the various Star Trek characters, casts and production teams. Content is accessed via touch (and…
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Sid Meier's Pirates! for iPad
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He may be best known as the creator of the Civilization franchise, but Sid Meier is also the man behind the best pirate-related computer game ever released and it’s now available on the iPad. The beauty of Pirates! has always been that you get to decide what the game is about. You can choose to…
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TopGear.com and Citroën team-up for World Rally Championship game
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Car makers Citroën have joined forces with the official Top Gear website to develop a new online racing game. The rally racer offers users the opportunity to pit their skills across three surfaces – asphalt, snow and off-road – as they race through in France, Jordan and Sweden. Players can share their score with friends…
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le Carre’s spy thriller to premiere at Venice Film Festival
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John Le Carre’s classic spy thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is get its world premiere at the 8th Venice International Film Festival on September 5th – five days ahead of its UK release. The film, shot in London, Budapest and Istanbul, is directed by Tomas Alfredson from a screenplay by Peter Straughan. For those of…
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eBook sales now account for 14% of Penguin’s revenues
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Book publisher Penguin has announced eBook sales have increased by over 130% and now represent 14% of its worldwide revenues. The growth of Penguin’s eBook business was revealed this week as the publisher announced its results for the first half of 2011.