Just a month after we brought you news that Amazon Studios was calling for original comedy and children’s series projects, the company announced today that it has selected its first four projects, choosing three comedies and one children’s show. The company has switched its focus to four TV projects, they are: The 100 Deaths of Mort Grimley – Where …
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Favorite Commercial: Chicago baseball vs. Chicago baseball – Round 1
The Windy City Showdown begins. Nick Offerman and Craig Robinson go head to head in this long-standing MLB rivalry between the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox. Which side are you on? Join the conversation on Facebook: New Era Cap See all three Chicago vs. Chicago commercials: Round 1 – making fun of Wrigley …
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Favorite Commercial: Chicago baseball vs. Chicago baseball – Round 2
The Windy City Showdown continues as Craig Robinson quizzes Nick Offerman about the lengths he would be willing go to for a Cubs World Series win. Tell us how far you’d go by joining the conversation on Facebook: New Era Cap
Favorite Commercial: Chicago baseball vs. Chicago baseball – Round 3
The Windy City Showdown continues as Craig Robinson and Nick Offerman battle in the 7th inning stretch. Join the conversation on Facebook: New Era Cap
As environmental regulations boost seal populations in New England – great whites return as well
This week, several great white sharks were spotted off the coast of Chatham, Mass., and two more near Cape Cod were swimming just 30 feet from the shore. One of the sharks was measured at 12 to 15 feet. The summer months induce a chain reaction for shark sightings: Warm ocean temperatures entice more gray …
FLIP turns 50! – The amazing research vessel that lies capsized for science
You’d think a ship designed after a baseball bat would go over like a foul ball when it comes to seaworthiness, but research ship FLIP has been a hit since its launch 50 years ago. The bizarre research vessel can go from a horizontal to vertical position while staying afloat and stable in heavy seas, even in …
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The Dark Knight Rises – trailer #4 – released July 6th
More glimpses of some epic street battle of 100s of people… “The Dark Knight Rises” in theaters July 20 – Facebook Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight Rises” is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar winner Christian Bale (“The Fighter”) again …
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Go inside the Cardington Sheds with Christopher Nolan on The Dark Knight Rises
From a distance, Christopher Nolan’s Gotham City sure doesn’t look like much. The “skyline” begins to emerge over the horizon in the rolling green farmlands about 50 miles north of London, but there are no gothic spires or granite citadels, just the slanted, pocked roofs of two boxy metal buildings. But nearing the complex …
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Orchestra flashmob in Spain – 100 musicians in the city center
On the 130th anniversary of the founding of Banco Sabadell we wanted to pay homage to our city by means of the campaign “Som Sabadell” (We are Sabadell) . This is the flashmob that we arranged as a final culmination with the participation of 100 people from the Vallès Symphony Orchestra, the Lieder, Amics …
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Jesus saves, Moses lends, Muhammad invests – Islamic finance accounts for 1 trillion in banking
“The interesting thing about Islam,” says Professor Constant Mews, “is that it was a much more commercial culture from the outset than Christianity.” And from around the middle of the eighth century to the middle of the 13th, while European Christians were struggling through the Dark Ages, the Islamic world enjoyed a golden age. Arab …