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The Psychology Behind Movie Poster Designs

There's a lot more to movie poster design than most can possibly imagine. Unlike most other marketed products, movie's require immediate emotional impact while still maintaining a continuous push to each subsequent level of distribution. It's enough to make someone with a dual-major in psychology and graphic design wish they'd gone to law school instead.READ»

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Twitter Breaks Record During Super Bowl XLVI: 12,233 Tweets Per Second

Meanwhile, TV viewership of the New York Giants' 21-17 defeat over the New England Patriots remained flat, if not a bit down, from last year. READ»

Some Mobbing Behavior Of Birds With Your Popcorn? Rebranding Science At The Movies

Want to hear a Harvard professor hold forth on the neuropsychology of zombies? Then attend an event at the newly expanded "Science on Screen" series, where films are followed by scientific discourse.READ»

Memberly Helps You Give Your Day Job The Finger

From coffee to crafts to paywalled blog posts, Memberly customers are building businesses based on predictability.
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The Black List's Franklin Leonard Looks Ahead

After six years of annually spotlighting Hollywood's favorite unproduced screenplays, The Black List is expanding as a business brand and screenwriter community. READ»

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Comedian-Actor Patton Oswalt On The Hazards Of Too Much Nostalgia

Comedian-actor-author Patton Oswalt talks about his breakout performance in the new film "Young Adult," how our teen years make or break us, and why our cultural obsession with nostalgia should be a thing of the past. READ»

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Gonzo Filmmaker James Bobin Reveals Muppet Movie Easter Eggs!

From "Chinatown" to "Flight of the Conchords," the director of "The Muppets" reveals a slew of the secret references he snuck into his first feature film. READ»

"Twilight" Soundtrack Saga: Why There Will Be No "White Wedding" For Bella And Edward

The retail music landscape may be walking dead, but the carefully curated soundtracks to the "Twilight" franchise are alive and well, thanks to music supervisor Alex Patsavas "marriage" of story and song, featured in the upcoming "Breaking Dawn--Part 1."READ»

Werner Herzog Dives "Into The Abyss" With A Triple Murderer

The award-winning, death-cheating director of "Grizzly Man" and "Fitzcarraldo" gets up close and personal for his latest documentary. He talks to Fast Company about the lessons in creativity he learned from his time with a multiple killer.READ»

Infographic Of The Day: iPad App Takes "Visual Fingerprints" Of Famous Films

What's the difference between Crank 2: High Voltage and Rushmore? Depends who you ask, and there's no accounting for taste. (I love both, for what it's worth.) But what if there were a way to quantify the pure cinematic DNA of any ...READ»

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Buying, Not Renting: Apple's Future TV Model

Apple just ditched the opportunity to rent TV shows through iTunes for $0.99. Users don't like it, but Apple may have bigger plans for your television. READ»

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Disney Reinvents The Vibrator ... For Sensational Movies And Gaming

Disney researchers want to install tiny vibrators all over your body to give you delicate digital sensations--even on the sole of your foot.READ»

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iFive: Sony PSN Online, Nokia Now Bing Maps Tech, RIM Recalls PlayBooks, Netflix-Miramax Deal, Gaga's 10Mil Tweeps

How better to deal with Monday morning than with our handy news summary, iFive? What's that? With a wordcloud? You got it.READ»

The Story Behind The Story Of Cars 2

How Pixar's John Lasseter dug into the cutting-room-floor scrap heap of the first Cars movie to come up with the idea for the new film.READ»

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iFive: Another Sony Hack, Amazon's Tablet Details, Ubisoft's Film Division, Intel As Apple's Factory, Twitter Buys TweetDeck

Tuesday's already well underway, and here's what's been going on around the world: READ»

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iFive: Nokia Slashes Workforce, Amazon Cloud Data Loss, YouTube Movies Delayed, iTunes Cloud To Cost, Mobile Ads Work

A lot has been happening in the world already today--find out exactly what in our early news roundup:READ»