Friday Flicks: Will Brad Pitt’s ‘Moneyball’ Hit a Home Run or Strike Out?
September 23, 2011 No Comment
Grab some popcorn! NewsFeed’s Glen Levy brings you the movies you should check out (or avoid) this weekend. Moneyball Tagline: What Are You Really Worth? It’s impossible to ignore the irony when it comes to how Moneyball finally got the greenlight (and that’s not remotely an end to the baseball-related puns). The first two directors
Continue reading …House Republicans got their ducks in a row late last night, passing a spending measure nearly identical to the one that went down in flames Wednesday. But that might not be enough to prevent a government shutdown, because the Senate is drawing a hard line against the bill, the Washington…
Continue reading …Though a meeting of the Middle East Quartet went late into the night last night, its members “focused on supporting and helping the Israelis and Palestinians get back to negotiations,” Mahmoud Abbas today will formally request UN membership for Palestine. The AFP reports that he will deliver the application to…
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Brad Pitt stars in new baseball drama “Moneyball” as Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane – best known as the person who changed the game of baseball by creating a unique method for judging players. (Sept. 23)
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Authorities in Washington state say the father-in-law of a missing Utah woman has been arrested on charges of voyeurism and possession of child pornography. (Sept. 23)
Continue reading …But who will play him in the movie? The 64-year-old former bodybuilder, movie star, and governor is writing a memoir, which will be released by Simon & Schuster in October 2012. The working title of the book is Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story. From Schwarzenegger’s upbringing in Austria to his realization of the
Continue reading …A new twist in President Obama’s relationship with Israel: Though he was publicly calling for more concessions to Palestine, the president also covertly approved Israel’s longstanding request for “bunker buster” bombs. Some 55 of the special weapons were sent to Israel just after Obama entered office, officials from the US…
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President Barack Obama said Friday that states will get unprecedented freedom to waive basic elements of the sweeping Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, calling it an admirable but flawed effort that has hurt students instead of helping them. (Sept. 23)
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Despite a new government in Myanmar, ethnic minorities fear the national army and see little change in repression that has dogged the country. (Sept. 23)
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We kind of don’t even know where to start these days! We’ve all heard about how technology expands exponentially, and this week feels like we are really getting cubed…or something. From the meta to the macro to the micro it was a silly-crazy week, and as hard as it was we did end up starting the podcast and tried to round it all up for you as best we could. It’s the Engadget Podcast, the only way we can do it. Host: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater Guest: Dana Wollman Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Funky Town 01:20 – Introducing Engadget Distro! 03:50 – Review score review 06:44 – The Engadget Show is live, here at 6:00PM ET! (update: we’re done!) 09:15 – HP names Meg Whitman new President and CEO, gives Leo Apotheker the boot 17:42 – Facebook partners up to bring music, news and videos to your profile through Open Graph (video) 18:40 – Facebook outs Timeline, gives your profile page a new outfit (video) 25:15 – Color abandons app independence for Facebook, hopes you’ll pay someone a ‘visit’ 29:48 – HTC Rhyme official: 3G, 3.7-inch display, single-core CPU, headed to Verizon for $199 on contract 38:48 – HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio, we go ears-on (video) 40:10 – HP’s unreleased white TouchPad and Pre 3 for AT&T (hands-on video) 42:37 – A week with Google Wallet (video) 45:00 – Amazon lets you check out Kindle books from library websites, asks you to shush yourself at home 50:43 – Report: Apple to hold media event on October 4th, Tim Cook to unveil iPhone 5 53:47 – Listener questions Hear the podcast Subscribe to the podcast [ iTunes ] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (enhanced AAC). [ RSS MP3 ] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. [ RSS AAC ] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in enhanced AAC) to your RSS aggregator. [ Zune ] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in the Zune Marketplace Download the podcast LISTEN (MP3) LISTEN (AAC) Contact the podcast Send your questions to @tim_stevens . Leave us a voicemail: (423) 438-3005 (GADGET-3005) E-mail us: podcast at engadget dot com Twitter: @bheater , @timstevens , @danawollman Filed under: Podcasts Engadget Podcast 257 – 09.23.2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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