Новости за 12.12.2014

“Night at the Museum” director Shawn Levy tells the WSJ Cafe why he parted ways with the “Minecraft” movie.

Let’s get this out of the way early: that mooted and potential Oscar-qualifying run for Michael Mann’s “Blackhat”? Yeah, as you probably suspected by now, it’s not happening (we checked with the studio). But that’s ok, it just appears that Mann’s movie is not that kind of picture, and is perhaps just more pure genre-thriller from Mann, maybe à la “Miami Vice.” Hey, we’ll take it and we’re ok with that. In Mann’s latest picture, a cyber-hacking thriller, Chris Hemsworth stars as a convicted black-hat... Читать дальше...

Sex workers and campaigners also sang Monty Python's Sit On My Face.

Indian Supreme Court rejects German pharma group’s appeal

Getting a plane ticket or first-class seat as a travel gift may not be realistic, but there are some alternatives.

This trick is normally used to fool parents at home.

Yuck.

Hallucinogenic mushrooms have been discovered on the grounds of Buckingham Palace in London, NBC News reports.

It's easier to avoid the use-it-or-lose it proposition of flexible spending accounts, thanks to the IRS.

Passengers have reported delays of up to three hours so far.

Nearly 1 in 6 Americans go hungry. Most at risk: children and the elderly. Companies are rushing to help for the holidays.

Picture-perfect catalog couple! Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were super-affectionate in L.A., on [...]

"I saw the Valley the way David Lean saw the desert in 'Lawrence of Arabia,' " Paul Thomas Anderson said about "Boogie Nights," with the quote lifted from Grantland's insanely well-researched and excellent oral history about the making of his breakout film. And while we urge you to check out that must-read feature, there's another way you can take an in-depth look at "Boogie Nights." Eyes On Cinema has dug up an extensive interview between Anderson and Elvis Mitchell on KCRW's "The Treatment" from 1997. Читать дальше...

Scenes of total desolation and despair await within

Sainsbury's have done it again. Well, sort of.

Voted the least attractive accent in the UK.

Sultry in rouge!  Rihanna returned to breaking hearts on the red carpet at the first annual Di[...]

The stock market will get its first real taste of Hadoop on Friday, when Hortonworks debuts on the Nasdaq.

Best Buy issued an apology for a tweet that made light of a real-life killing that happened outside of one of its stores in 1999.

The country must leave clientelism and corruption behind if it is ever to prosper, says Tony Barber

Shadow education secretary revives debate on ‘character building’, writes John McDermott

Paul Feig will have plenty of options when he finally decides to start locking down a cast for his "Ghostbusters" reboot." Gillian Anderson has already said she'd be down for a role, while Rebel Wilson and Jennifer Lawrence have both met with the director about the project. And according to internal emails from Sony, there are plenty more interested. In a message sent to Ivan Reitman in early October, Sony honcho Amy Pascal reveals the reboot "isn't a sequel to the 80s movies and it is gonna be... Читать дальше...

It was a rough night for the IPO business.

Never in human history have people been more connected than they are today — nor have they been more thoroughly monitored. Over the past year, the disclosures spurred by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden have drawn public attention to the stunning surveillance capabilities of the American intelligence community, and the unprecedented volume of data they collect from hundreds of millions of people around the world. But the growth of government surveillance is by no means restricted to spies... Читать дальше...

On tour in New York the British Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met American ‘royalty’