Coca-Cola turns 125 years old and the Atlanta-based company is celebrating its birthday, not with a new formula, but with a stylish new look and a limited-edition packaging for the Diet Coke starting next month. As Adweek reminds us, “Remember New Coke back in 1985? That was a branding lesson for one and all: Do [...]
Brad Pitt’s latest film “World War Z” transformed Glasgow’s city centre into Philadelphia’s boulevards. Pitt and his crew are in the city for the post apocalyptic zombie flick after being sighted previously on location in Valleta, Malta and in Falmouth, Cornwall. The tabloids reported how Pitt and wife Angelina Jolie and their family arrived in [...]
Court documents show that creditors are waiting to sue in case the sale of the bankrupt Crystal Cathedral of Southern California is blocked by church insiders. Among the front-runners to the sale of the Cathedral are the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange and Chapman University. The documents also show that in case that happens, there [...]
Authorities told Reuters Tuesday about the recovery at a church in Encino of a valuable Rembrandt that has been stolen from a hotel in the Los Angeles area. Los Angeles County Police Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said the 11 x 16 inch-pen and ink drawing, known as “The Judgment”, was verified by its owner Linearis [...]
The action thriller “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” from the 20th Century Fox has climbed to the top rung of the weekend box office by taking in $54 million and opening as the No. 1 movie. The opening receipt was $15 to $20 million more than what was earlier predicted by analysts for [...]
Fans who can’t get enough of the animal that inspired the movie Happy Feet can still watch him day and night from his Wellington Zoo enclosure as he is being live streamed to the world. While the animal species inspired the movie, this particular animal was named after the movie Happy Feet. It can be [...]
The almost 14-percent profit increase by media conglomerate Time Warner during the second quarter was attributed to the higher revenue from movies such as “The Hangover Part II” and its TV channel business. Time Warner said its net income increased from 49 cents per share or a net income of $562 million a year earlier [...]
Spectators can expect to get a fresh look at the drawings, paintings and prints of one of the most revered artists in history at the new exhibit slated at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. “Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus”, which had a three-month premiere run in Paris at the Louvre Museum, debuted in Philadelphia [...]
A new study released Tuesday shows that instead of the traditional advertisements that target youngsters, companies that have pledged not to directly market unhealthy food and beverages to children have resorted to product placement on television shows. The Yale University study called this method which includes high exposure to sugary soft drinks on prime-time TV [...]
Carnage, the latest movie of Roman Polanski based on the dramatic play “Gods of Carnage” by French playwright Yasmina Reza, has been chosen to open the New York Film Festival. This is twin good news for Polanski considering that the film was also recently included in the Venice Film Festival line-up. The film by Polanski [...]
