Saturday, January 8, 2011

Top News Stories - Week of January 3rd, 2011


Here are the top stories that burned up the livewire this week….



-"Star Wars" to debut on Blu-ray this September. [Wired.com] -http://bit.ly/gt68KL

-Report: Verizon to finally get the iPhone. [WSJ.com] -http://on.wsj.com/gZn3jT

-Judd Apatow readies "Knocked Up" semi-sequel. [E! Online.com] -http://eonli.ne/hI4PT

-HBO announces "Game of Thornes" for Apr. 17th. [USAToday.com] - http://usat.ly/hDxcCl

-Has the clock run out on "24?" FOX nixes proposed film script. [EW.com] - http://bit.ly/hnP9AK

-History Channel pulls ambitious mini-series "The Kennedys." [People.com] - http://bit.ly/gvY5FD7 minutes ago 

-AMC confirms "Mad Men" to return for Season 5...kind of. [Deadline.com] - http://bit.ly/eINpUR

-Round 1 of the BAFTA nominees released. [HitFIx.com] -http://bit.ly/ea0k1p

-Are all sequels really worse than the original? [EW.com] -http://bit.ly/dRkqpS

-"LOST" lottery numbers come up big in Mega Millions drawing. [THR.com] - http://bit.ly/dN5UFc

-ESPN 3D prepares to launch in February. [Bloomberg.com] -http://bit.ly/fEmD10

-ABC's "Winter Wipeout" makes a huge splash. [EW.com] -http://bit.ly/gJNvvo

-Pete Postlethwaite passes away at 64. [E! Online] -http://eonli.ne/hYBDq8

CLIP OF THE WEEK
-Go behind the blue-screen of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire." - [EW.com]

Boardwalk Empire VFX Breakdowns of Season 1 from Brainstorm Digital on Vimeo.