AP - A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth.
Posted: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 -8 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Vatican,
The Turning Point: Scum is a vamp. Alaric is a slayer. Ty might be some other scary thing. The Mayor is a douche bag. Caroline's monster bait. And Elena is in love. Until she's not. Then she looks to be vamp kibble, but we have to wait forever to find out!
Posted: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 -9 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Vampire,
The Roman Catholic Church has expressed concerns over the growing popularity of the Twilight movies - Vatican officials have called the vampire franchise a "moral vacuum with a deviant message."[...] Read more!
Posted: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 -9 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Vampire, Vatican,
Last night's episode of The Vampire Diaries could not have had a more fitting title, because it was all about turns in the storylines and the characters' lives.[...] Read more!
Posted: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 -10 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Vampire,
The Vatican has come out against vampirical toothy teen book'n'movie series Twilight, dismissing the epic girl loves vampire, girl loses vampire, girl becomes vampire cycle as a "deviant moral vacuum".…
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A treasure of the Vatican’s collection of religious art, a sixth-century reliquary containing what are revered as fragments of the cross on which Christ was crucified, has been restored.
Posted: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 -16 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Vatican,
Three alleged members of the hacker gang Kryogeniks were hit with a federal conspiracy charge Thursday for a 2008 stunt that replaced Comcast’s homepage with a shout-out to other hackers. As one of the culprits said last year, "This is going to be really bad."
Posted: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 -25 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Conspiracy,
Forget werewolves and witches, vampires have taken a bite out of pop culture and they're not going down without a fight. From films to fashion, gorgeous bloodsuckers are everywhere and causing a major heat wave as the biggest trend of 2009.[...] Read more!
Posted: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 -29 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Vampire,
Master of movie adaptations on the wild stunts and Team Edward moments in "New Moon"
With just days to go before the release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Rolling Stone chatted with the film's director, Chris Weitz, about the anticipated movie's wildest stunts, the loyalty of Team Edward and the scenes you won't find in Stephenie Meyer's original book.
You said everyone's been asking you about the pressures of taking on such a successful franchise, and they also want to know why vampires are so popular.
Honestly, there weren't really any pressures for me because there was...
Posted: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 -31 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Vampire,
To watch F.W. Murnau's "Nosferatu" (1922) is to see the vampire movie before it had really seen itself. Here is the story of Dracula before it was buried alive in cliches, jokes, TV skits, cartoons and more than 30 other films. The film is in awe of its material. It seems to really believe in vampires.
Posted: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 -31 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Vampire,
"Planet 51" (PG, 91 minutes) Although not bowling me over, this is a jolly and good-looking animated feature in glorious 2-D. There's a twist: This time the alien is a human, and he lands on a planet occupied by little green men. On his world everyone speaks English, it's Fabulous Fifties, and the rain is made of rocks. Perfectly pleasant as kiddie entertainment. Two and a half stars
Posted: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 -31 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Alien,
AP - One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection — a 6th century reliquary containing what is revered as fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified — has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory.
Posted: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 -32 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Vatican,
Reuters - Hollywood watchers think vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" could take a nearly $100 million bite from movie theater box offices when it debuts this weekend, and score one of the biggest openings ever for a non-summer film.
Posted: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 -33 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Vampire,
Reuters - Fans have been mooning over all things "Twilight" since the vampire-romance film bowed so bloody well exactly a year ago. So it's no surprise that the sequel, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," is projected to sink its teeth into more than $85 million during its first weekend.
Posted: Wed, Nov 18, 2009 -43 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Vampire,
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Officials said an elaborate marijuana growing site was found in an industrial building 25 feet from the back door of the Topanga police station in Los Angeles, and three people are under arrest. Officer Karen Rayner said the pot was discovered Wednesday when a search warrant was served at an address adjacent to the station in Canoga Park....
Posted: Wed, Nov 18, 2009 -45 hour(s) ago.Read more on: Marijuana,
All relatives are different, but some relatives are a little more...different...than others. Fortunately, Aaron Peck has compiled a list of perfect Blu-ray's for the loved ones who tend to keep us on our...
Posted: Wed, Nov 18, 2009 -45 hour(s) ago.Read more on: LSD,
Ten days after Google's Sidewiki was accused of lifting features from annotation startup Reframe It, the little company is striking back. In a video interview with Reframe It CEO Bobby Fishkin, ReadWriteWeb learned why this 15-person team thinks they've got a fighting shot at besting the search Goliath.
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The idea for Reframe It comes from Fishkin's days at Yale spent pouring over scholarly annotations of Shakespeare. The CEO launched the company to capture this spirit of intelligent discourse and expose it to the wider web community. Today, in addition to sharing Sidewiki's features of basic web annotations and notes, Reframe It also offers enhanced social features such as comment sharing via email, blogs, Twitter, Facebook and Friendfeed. Other interesting features include enhanced privacy settings, comment feeds, embedable widgets, search term tracking and perhaps the most groundbreaking feature - what Fishkin calls "branded community comments".
Communities and publishers will soon invite users to contribute to relevant Reframe It conversations in roving groups across the web. One of Fishkin's earliest partners is UK-based financial community Interactive Investor. In addition to helping Interactive Investor generate real time comments on stocks and market indicators within its own site, Reframe It also helps the company monetize group conversations even when they're on external pages. Through community-specific sidebar advertising, Fishkin has found a way to generate revenue for publishers outside of the confines of a domain. As feeds cannibalize advertising revenue, new revenue generation like Reframe It becomes an increasing need for publishers. To test the service visit reframeit.com.