2012: a British man, playing an online slot machine for 30p on his laptop, is suddenly greeted by the sight of Christian Bale’s Batman and Heath Ledger’s Joker taking over his screen. Not crude 8-bit interpretations, but full HD actual animation from the Chris Nolan blockbuster – complete with voiceovers.
The player is urged to “take a side” and spin a virtual Wheel of Fortune. The prize at stake: almost £6 million.
The wheel spins, accompanied by the Joker’s maniacal “all it needs is a little push”, and the wheel comes to a random stop on the Mega Jackpot symbol. Hans Zimmer’s score has never seemed so dramatic. The jackpot is won and the player – known only as ‘John’ – goes away a multi-millionaire.
No, not a bizarre DVD extra on The Dark Knight Blu-Ray but a bonus round in Microgaming’s The Dark Knight online slot.
The prize won that day?...
The player is urged to “take a side” and spin a virtual Wheel of Fortune. The prize at stake: almost £6 million.
The wheel spins, accompanied by the Joker’s maniacal “all it needs is a little push”, and the wheel comes to a random stop on the Mega Jackpot symbol. Hans Zimmer’s score has never seemed so dramatic. The jackpot is won and the player – known only as ‘John’ – goes away a multi-millionaire.
No, not a bizarre DVD extra on The Dark Knight Blu-Ray but a bonus round in Microgaming’s The Dark Knight online slot.
The prize won that day?...
- 7/29/2015
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
In the 1990s, there was no bigger prime time soap than "Melrose Place" and now Lifetime has chosen it for the subject for its fourth 'unauthorized' tell-all film.
Starting life in 1992 as a more adult-centric spin-off of the popular teen soap "Beverly Hills 90210," 'Melrose' became a smash in its own right as the Aaron Spelling series explored the lives of twenty somethings in Los Angeles over the course of seven seasons and over two hundred episodes.
Courtney Thorne-Smith, Andrew Shue, Grant Show, Doug Savant, Marcia Cross, Daphne Zuniga, Laura Leighton, Jack Wagner, Thomas Calabro, Josie Bissett, Rob Estes, Brooke Langton, Jamie Luner, Alyssa Milano, Lisa Rinna, Vanessa Williams, Kelly Rutherford and Heather Locklear starred.
Michael Larkin and Howard Braunstein will executive produce, Dana Schmalenberg is penning and Mark Griffiths is directing. A premiere date has not yet been determined.
"The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story" follows in the wake of three...
Starting life in 1992 as a more adult-centric spin-off of the popular teen soap "Beverly Hills 90210," 'Melrose' became a smash in its own right as the Aaron Spelling series explored the lives of twenty somethings in Los Angeles over the course of seven seasons and over two hundred episodes.
Courtney Thorne-Smith, Andrew Shue, Grant Show, Doug Savant, Marcia Cross, Daphne Zuniga, Laura Leighton, Jack Wagner, Thomas Calabro, Josie Bissett, Rob Estes, Brooke Langton, Jamie Luner, Alyssa Milano, Lisa Rinna, Vanessa Williams, Kelly Rutherford and Heather Locklear starred.
Michael Larkin and Howard Braunstein will executive produce, Dana Schmalenberg is penning and Mark Griffiths is directing. A premiere date has not yet been determined.
"The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story" follows in the wake of three...
- 7/1/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Sun, a UK newspaper, has stated that video games are worse than major drugs in terms of addiction. Yet in a previous article they mention the benefits of video games. What's the deal?
When you read a lot of news you realize that journalists love to spin things. Anything that can be seen as a problem or negative seems to get more attention than anything. So when journalists constantly try to find ways to make video games look like the worst thing in the world, it comes as no surprise.
Yet when it does happen, it needs to be brought to attention for correction. That is exactly what needs to be done in a recent article from The Sun. According to Polygon, behind a paywall on The Sun's website is a study that links video games to increased levels of dopamine and connects certain games to listed suicides. One...
When you read a lot of news you realize that journalists love to spin things. Anything that can be seen as a problem or negative seems to get more attention than anything. So when journalists constantly try to find ways to make video games look like the worst thing in the world, it comes as no surprise.
Yet when it does happen, it needs to be brought to attention for correction. That is exactly what needs to be done in a recent article from The Sun. According to Polygon, behind a paywall on The Sun's website is a study that links video games to increased levels of dopamine and connects certain games to listed suicides. One...
- 7/9/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Dustin Spino)
- Cinelinx
The Sun has run an article suggesting that videogames are "as addictive as heroin". Ryan takes a closer look...
Feature
British tabloid newspapers have long thrived on attention-grabbing headlines, and yesterday's edition of The Sun was no exception. "Gaming As Addictive As Heroin" the paper trumpeted, before laying out a rather disparate selection of claims to back the statement up.
Cases cited included a Candy Crush fan from Sheffield, a student who spent half of each and every day playing League Of Legends, and a story from earlier this year about several teenage Call Of Duty players who had, tragically, committed suicide.
That games are addictive is something newspapers have covered many times before. The Sun's latest article is, however, unusually hysterical even by the paper's typical standards. Above a box-out, videogames are described as "the scourge of our generation", Dr Mark Griffiths provides a list of 10 questions designed to...
Feature
British tabloid newspapers have long thrived on attention-grabbing headlines, and yesterday's edition of The Sun was no exception. "Gaming As Addictive As Heroin" the paper trumpeted, before laying out a rather disparate selection of claims to back the statement up.
Cases cited included a Candy Crush fan from Sheffield, a student who spent half of each and every day playing League Of Legends, and a story from earlier this year about several teenage Call Of Duty players who had, tragically, committed suicide.
That games are addictive is something newspapers have covered many times before. The Sun's latest article is, however, unusually hysterical even by the paper's typical standards. Above a box-out, videogames are described as "the scourge of our generation", Dr Mark Griffiths provides a list of 10 questions designed to...
- 7/8/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Gillian Anderson has denied recent reports that she and X-Files co-star David Duchovny had recently begun dating. Gossip site Celebrity Dirty Laundry claimed in the summer that the pair had been in a "serious relationship" for some time, after Anderson split from partner Mark Griffiths. Duchovny's representative denied the rumours at the time, but Anderson confirmed in an interview with the Guardian that the pair were never romantically involved. The 44-year-old said: "No, there wasn't any truth in that. I was enjoying the ludicracy [sic] of it for a while, (more)...
- 10/27/2012
- by By Paul Martinovic
- Digital Spy
Just hours after news broke that actress Gillian Anderson had parted ways with Mark Griffiths, her partner of six years, came rumors that she's dating her former "The X-Files" co-star David Duchovny.
Sources allegedly told Celebrity Dirty Laundry that Anderson and Duchovny have been in a serious relationship for some time, and the 44-year-old actress has even moved her two children in with the 52-year-old "Californication" star.
The pair have known each other for nearly two decades, working together on "The X-Files" for nine seasons and two feature films as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.
After all these years, we want to believe they're a couple, but the website's "evidence" that the pair are romantically involved is paper thin.
In addition to claims from their unnamed source, the website argues that Anderson's hesitation to discuss her personal life with The Sunday Times magazine is more proof that the...
Sources allegedly told Celebrity Dirty Laundry that Anderson and Duchovny have been in a serious relationship for some time, and the 44-year-old actress has even moved her two children in with the 52-year-old "Californication" star.
The pair have known each other for nearly two decades, working together on "The X-Files" for nine seasons and two feature films as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.
After all these years, we want to believe they're a couple, but the website's "evidence" that the pair are romantically involved is paper thin.
In addition to claims from their unnamed source, the website argues that Anderson's hesitation to discuss her personal life with The Sunday Times magazine is more proof that the...
- 8/9/2012
- by Stephanie Marcus
- Huffington Post
For nearly equal spans of time, there have been parties rooting for the existence of aliens and for a real-life love story between X-Files co-stars Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Now, for whatever reason (perhaps because Anderson acted understandably cagey with a British Sunday Times reporter when grilled about her love life), the good site CelebDirtyLaundry.com has opted to "report"/"invent" a rumor about the Mulder and Scully romancing in 2012. "Just as news breaks that she's split from her boyfriend of six years, Mark Griffiths, Cdl has learned that she's living with her X-Files co-star David Duchovny in Los Angeles," the site writes, touting an exclusive — and of course secret — source. This same prestigious article goes on to wonder, "Is this why Gillian keeps talking about her bisexuality, to keep the media off the trail? Do you think Gillian left Griffiths for David? It kind of sounds like...
- 8/9/2012
- by Zach Dionne
- Vulture
Well, "X Files" fans, it appears that if you want something hard enough and long enough -- if you just believe -- it may actually come true.
This might be proof that the collective fandom 'shipper hive mind is more powerful than we ever imagined, so dust off that old Mulder/Scully fan fiction you posted on your favorite AOL message boards.
Gillian Anderson and longtime partner Mark Griffiths recently "amicably" split, her rep confirms to Us Weekly. The couple has two sons together, age 5 and age 3, but never wed.
David Duchovny quietly split from wife Tea Leoni after his sex addiction forced him into rehab in 2008.
And now a "source" confirms to CelebDirtyLaundry.com that Gillian and David are living together in Los Angeles. As "lovers."
Yes, that's the word used. Lovers.
Of course, it's just a rumor, as there's no way for us to confirm that Cdl's source...
This might be proof that the collective fandom 'shipper hive mind is more powerful than we ever imagined, so dust off that old Mulder/Scully fan fiction you posted on your favorite AOL message boards.
Gillian Anderson and longtime partner Mark Griffiths recently "amicably" split, her rep confirms to Us Weekly. The couple has two sons together, age 5 and age 3, but never wed.
David Duchovny quietly split from wife Tea Leoni after his sex addiction forced him into rehab in 2008.
And now a "source" confirms to CelebDirtyLaundry.com that Gillian and David are living together in Los Angeles. As "lovers."
Yes, that's the word used. Lovers.
Of course, it's just a rumor, as there's no way for us to confirm that Cdl's source...
- 8/9/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Los Angeles, Aug 9: Actress Gillian Anderson has split from her boyfriend of six years Mark Griffiths.
"Gillian Anderson and her partner Mark Griffiths have amicably separated after six years together," aceshowbiz.com quoted a representative for the 43-year-old actress as saying.
Anderson and Griffiths have two sons Oscar, 5, and Felix, 3. Before she started dating Griffiths, Anderson was married twice, once to director Clyde.
"Gillian Anderson and her partner Mark Griffiths have amicably separated after six years together," aceshowbiz.com quoted a representative for the 43-year-old actress as saying.
Anderson and Griffiths have two sons Oscar, 5, and Felix, 3. Before she started dating Griffiths, Anderson was married twice, once to director Clyde.
- 8/8/2012
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
Today's Hollywood Headlines
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is continuing to carry out her duties of being the President's chief foreign affairs adviser by partying like a rock star as she travels the world. Most recently, Clinton was spotted grinding on a dance floor in Malawi, at a dinner hosted by the South African Foreign Minister. Having a good time at international locales is a diplomatic strategy that worked pretty well for Benjamin Franklin, so we aren't going to question Clinton for giving it a try.
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After plans to attack the theater featuring Mike Tyson's one-man show were tweeted, authorities requested Twitter provide them with the account holder’s registration information and computer network address. Twitter denied the request because they didn't believe the situation involved a "specific and immediate" threat. The NYPD plans to provide coverage at the theater until the person that made the threats is located and identified.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is continuing to carry out her duties of being the President's chief foreign affairs adviser by partying like a rock star as she travels the world. Most recently, Clinton was spotted grinding on a dance floor in Malawi, at a dinner hosted by the South African Foreign Minister. Having a good time at international locales is a diplomatic strategy that worked pretty well for Benjamin Franklin, so we aren't going to question Clinton for giving it a try.
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After plans to attack the theater featuring Mike Tyson's one-man show were tweeted, authorities requested Twitter provide them with the account holder’s registration information and computer network address. Twitter denied the request because they didn't believe the situation involved a "specific and immediate" threat. The NYPD plans to provide coverage at the theater until the person that made the threats is located and identified.
- 8/8/2012
- by Mandy McAdoo
- Reelzchannel.com
Gillian Anderson is back on the market.
The former "X Files" star has split from her longtime partner, Mark Griffiths, her rep confirmed to People.
The 43-year old actress and Griffiths, who began dating in 2006, have two sons together - Oscar, 5 and Felix, 3.
Anderson has a daughter, Piper Maru, from her previous relationship with Clyde Klotz (they married in 1994, but split in 1997).
The actress then married documentary filmmaker Julian Ozanne in 2004, before separating in 2006.
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The former "X Files" star has split from her longtime partner, Mark Griffiths, her rep confirmed to People.
The 43-year old actress and Griffiths, who began dating in 2006, have two sons together - Oscar, 5 and Felix, 3.
Anderson has a daughter, Piper Maru, from her previous relationship with Clyde Klotz (they married in 1994, but split in 1997).
The actress then married documentary filmmaker Julian Ozanne in 2004, before separating in 2006.
Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.
This material may not be ...
- 8/8/2012
- by nobody@accesshollywood.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
- Access Hollywood
Gillian Anderson is single again. The former X-Files star, 43, has parted ways with Mark Griffiths, her partner since 2006, her rep confirms to People. They have two children, sons Oscar, 5, and Felix, 3.This is not the first serious relationship that has ended for Anderson. She split from husband Clyde Klotz - with whom she has a daughter - in 1997, and with second husband Julian Ozanne in 2006.
- 8/8/2012
- PEOPLE.com
X-Files star Gillian Anderson is now a single woman. The actress' rep confirmed to Us Weekly that she has split from longtime boyfriend Mark Griffiths, telling the mag, "Gillian Anderson and her partner Mark Griffiths have amicably separated after six years together." The never-married couple have two sons together, Oscar, 5, and Felix, 3. Before becoming romantically linked to Griffiths, Anderson was married to director Clyde Kotz, the father of her 17-year-old daughter, Piper, before divorcing in 1997. The actress was also married to Julian Ozanne for two years, splitting in 2006.
- 8/8/2012
- E! Online
Gillian Anderson has split from her longtime partner Mark Griffiths. The duo, who never got married, share sons Oscar, five, and Felix, three and spent six years together. A representative for the actress told Us Weekly magazine: 'Gillian Anderson and her partner Mark Griffiths have amicably separated after six years together.' 'The X-Files' and 'House of Mirth' actress has been married twice before. She and film art director Clyde Kotz, with whom she shares daughter Piper, 17, divorced in 1997. The star and documentarian Julian Ozanne were married for two years before parting ways in 2006. Last month Gillian revealed she 'never' identified with being gay '100 per cent'. The 43-year-old actress - who revealed to Out Magazine in...
- 8/8/2012
- Monsters and Critics
After six years of dating, Gillian Anderson and Mark Griffiths are calling it quits.
Related: David Duchovny & Tea Leoni Split
A rep for the 43-year-old X-Files star confirmed the news to Us Weekly, stating that she and her partner have separated "amicably." The couple shares two children: Oscar, 5, and Felix, 3.
Before dating Griffiths, Anderson was previously married to director Clyde Kotz. The actress later wed filmmaker Julian Ozanne, divorcing just two years later.
Related: David Duchovny & Tea Leoni Split
A rep for the 43-year-old X-Files star confirmed the news to Us Weekly, stating that she and her partner have separated "amicably." The couple shares two children: Oscar, 5, and Felix, 3.
Before dating Griffiths, Anderson was previously married to director Clyde Kotz. The actress later wed filmmaker Julian Ozanne, divorcing just two years later.
- 8/8/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
Gillian Anderson has split from partner Mark Griffiths. The X-Files actress and Griffiths recently ended their relationship, though they plan to remain friendly for the sake of their two children, reports Us Weekly. "Gillian Anderson and her partner Mark Griffiths have amicably separated after six years together," a spokesperson for Anderson told the publication. The couple are parents to two sons, 5-year-old Oscar (more)...
- 8/8/2012
- by By Jennifer Still
- Digital Spy
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