Adobe plans to end boxed sales of its Creative Suite and Acrobat family software, according to a report by Software Media Blog. Adobe told the blog that its discontinuation of box-based sales for CS and Acrobat will be effective as soon as April 30, 2013. … Read More
Sam Lipsyte’s latest: Less than the sum of its “Fun Parts”
PERHAPS NO LITERARY FORM is more a creation of market forces and tradition than the short story. A novel can go on for as many pages as the author needs to finish the tale, and most book reviews clock in under 2,000 words, because, really, who needs more space than that to say whether a book is any good? The modern short story is short, however, because it fills a very specific niche: a tale that can be read in one sitting, first designed to fit the fiction slot in popular periodicals, and now repurposed for use in literary magazines and as a training exercise in creative writing classes. Continue Reading… … Read More
EA’s DICE to explore Oculus Rift support for future games
Oculus Rift developer kits are already making their way into the wild as some 40 kits are expected to ship by the end of this month but it’s what one big publisher may be planning that’s capturing headlines today. According to Frank Vitz, head of the Frostbite creative team at… … Read More
NYPD says social networking led to all-time low murder rate in 2012
The NYPD says the city’s murder rate hit an all-time low last year thanks largely in part to social networking sites like Facebook. It’s all part of a new creative strategy that police are using to target young gang members and those who like to beat their significant others. … … Read More
Google invites ‘explorers’ to don new Internet glasses
Google on Wednesday invited “explorers” with creative vision and $1,500 to spare to be part of a select group of people who get to experiment with glasses synched to the Internet. A video intended to capture what it feels like to use Google Glass was posted online at…
Shia LaBeouf exits his Broadway play after “creative differences”
Shia LaBeouf won’t be treading the boards this spring after all.
The actor, who was set to star alongside Alec Baldwin in “Orphans,” has left the production, according to a press release issued by the producers.
The release reads: “Due to creative differences, the producers of ‘Orphans’ and Shia LaBeouf will be parting ways and he will not be continuing with the production. An announcement on the replacement for the role of “Treat” will be made shortly.” The production is still slated to open on April 7.
LaBeouf has published screenshots of several emails apparently exchanged between himself and other members of the production to his Twitter account. These include an emailed apology from LaBeouf to Baldwin for “a disagreeable situation,” in which LaBeouf writes: “A man can tell you he was wrong. That he did wrong… He can apologize, even if sometimes it’s just to put an end to the bickering.”
“I don’t have an unkind word to say about you,” writes “AB” in an email back to LaBeouf, noting, “I’ve been through this before.”
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