Published May 29th, 2007
in entertainment.
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No Pirates or Shrek or Spiderman this weekend, but a tour at Celebration IV at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where thousands of fans celebrated the 30th birthday of Star Wars. Too bad I missed the Slave Leia belly dancing lesson […]
Published May 9th, 2007
in entertainment.
TV viewers outside the US can now discover Robot Chicken and other Adult Swim shows on Joost. So far, the show was only distributed in the US by Adult Swim and by Channel Four in the UK.
International distribution of content is one of the main benefits of Joost and similar platforms in preparation. […]
Published September 27th, 2006
in market research and entertainment.
As I come back from my vacations in Europe, I thought that it would be good to resume blogging with some “philosophical” thoughts about happiness in this modern world…
I love most of the videos I watch on the TEDblog. The presentation below is particularly inspiring as we are moving to a new world of […]
Published August 21st, 2006
in entertainment and womm.
$15 million, nothing more. I anticipate that there will a lot of discussions today to try to explain the disappointing numbers. As Boxoffice Mojo points out today, “the opening was a bit higher than Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid’s $12.8 million in August 2004, but below Red Eye, another plane-based thriller […]
Published August 21st, 2006
in measurement, market research and entertainment.
I was privileged yesterday to assist the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards Ceremony at the Shrine in Los Angeles (auto-translation). To be more specific, it was the Creative Arts ceremony, so television television honored behind-the-scenes workers: makeup artists, casting directors, sound editors, set designers, special effect engineers, editors, and of course animators…
As I was watching […]
Published July 10th, 2006
in measurement, entertainment and womm.
As the beginning approached, two modern heroes were getting ready for their return. Ready to invade our large and small screens. Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, four years after the unexpected success of the first Pirates of the Caribbean. Zinedine Zidane as the captain of French soccer team, eight years after their […]
Published July 7th, 2006
in measurement, entertainment and womm.
As reported by the Hollywood Reporter Risky Biz blog, the critics are killing Pirates of the Caribbeans 2.
In a world where bad word-of-mouth can kill any movie, and text messages can do it faster than ever, the question is: what damage can bad critics do to a movie as expected as Pirates 2?
Let’s […]