Spike Jonze Knows "Where the Wild Things Are"

The new Spike Jonze live-action retelling of the well known children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" is currently in post-production and slotted to release October 19th, 2009. The fantasy children's book seems...

To RSS or not to RSS? That is the Beijing 2008 online content question

"With so many websites - including this one - out to capitalize on the spike of global interest surrounding the Olympic Games an interesting divide has developed in the way publishers are approaching the RSS feed. Do RSS feeds promote a site across the web, or do they provide...

Arctic Tundra is Turning Green

"People frequently say “green” to mean “environmentally friendly.” But encroaching conifer forests — really big greens — threaten to further spike the far North’s already low-grade fever."Throughout...

Terry Lubbock To See Michael Barrymore At Edinburgh Fringe

Terry Lubbock will see Michael Barrymore perform in Survining Spike at the openening of the Edinburgh Fringe 62nd  Festival at the Assembly Music Hall George Street Edinburgh on the 31 July 2008. Mr...

Oil may spike to $150 after inconclusive Jeddah conference « Peter J. Cooper...

"Lack of commitment to new supply, a halt to Nigerian oil production and bitter divisions among oil producers are expected to deliver the reverse of the intended consequences to the Jeddah energy conference: a spike in oil prices to test the $150 a barrel market this week."

Oil to fall, underpinning growth: Credit Suisse

"By Jeremy Gaunt, European Investment CorrespondentLONDON (Reuters) - Credit Suisse's investment arm is banking on commodity prices to fall over the rest of this year, with the price of crude oil dropping back to between $100 and $120 a barrel, one of its top executives said...

Dow Slides Nearly 400 Points; Oil Surges

"The markets opened lower on Friday and then just kept falling, hit by remarkable rise in the price of crude oil and a spike in the unemployment rate."

Spike Lee Tells Rev. Wright to Shut Up

Spike Lee is championing the latest prObama cause: stop hurting his campaign! "Spike Lee knows what it means to be a spokesman, even when you don't seek out the role. Whatever he says in public is weighed and...

Spike Lee To Direct Crowdsourced Mobile Phone Movie

Spike Lee meets Nokia in the latest artist/brand partnership to promote a fascinating fusion of technology, entertainment, and user-generated, crowdsourced content.It's interesting to note that Nokia is taking...

Asian states feel rice pinch

The cost of rice has reached an all-time high, and Asian contries are struggling to keep up."The price of the staple crop has risen by as much as 70% during the last year, according to the UN Food and Agriculture...

Indonesian cemeteries packed with the living ahead of Ramadhan

"Muslims in Indonesia, the world's most populous Islamic-majority nation, are set to begin Ramadhan, the ninth and holiest month of the Muslim calendar, on Thursday. "Before the fasting month, I always come here...

The Kill Point S01E01-02 (Spike)

John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg star in The Kill Point, a new series on Spike TV. The show premiered earlier this week.

America's Iraq strategy boosts US combat losses

This sobering report comes in from the Christian Science Monitor and it is just sad.  - The Angryindian----------------------------------------------"Washington - May's spike in the American death toll in...

EPA reports a rise in greenhouse gases

"The report found that greenhouse gas emissions went up by 0.8 percent in 2005 over the previous year, which US officials noted was slightly lower than the average annual growth of such emissions over that 15-year period. But at least one environmentalist said the data...

Police: Mom Gave Son a Gun to Take Revenge

Let's add this to the parent/child violence file, along with this. When those "The Anti-Drug" commercials talk about getting involved with your child's day-to-day life, this is not what they had in mid."A mother and her teenage son have been accused of second-degree murder,...

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