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Dark Knight trilogy director Christopher Nolan circling sci-fi tentpole Interstellar

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan, fresh off his Batman trilogy, is currently in talks for his next project, according to THR. Nolan has set his sights on a sci-fi project titled Interstellar, which he is in talks to produce and direct. Interstellar’s story centers on time travel and alternate dimensions, with a group of explorers traveling through ….

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I ask you to think about how all these devices can bridge the remaining divides in the world. We don't have all the time in the world to do something serious about climate change. I think we can do it and make it good economics.

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By: Bill Clinton

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Former President Bill Clinton at the end of a Samsung CES keynote focusing on mobile devices and advanced components, that also extending to the Samsung Hope for Children effort. TheFoundation educates children in the developing world and partners with the Bill Clinton Foundation. Clinton was appearing at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, where he gave a 20-minute speech in Las Vegas at the Venetian Conference Center.

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The messy real world still requires more than virtual interconnections to do political protests.

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Former President Bill Clinton noting how social media helped topple oligarchies during the Arab Spring. At the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, said during his 20-minute speech in Las Vegas at the Venetian Conference Center.

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And it is an example of the kind of divisions that threaten the modern world. Is our diversity going to be a source of division or strength? Will we look at each other as adversaries or opportunities? In this too, the virtual world offers us an opportunity to come together and have an honest conversation.

Former President Bill Clinton speaking about technology at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, said during his 20-minute speech in Las Vegas at the Venetian Conference Center.

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The world has huge challenges which I think technology can help to overcome, that are not economic.

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Former President Bill Clinton at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, said during his 20-minute speech in Las Vegas at the Venetian Conference Center.

Funny or Die website getting into the film production business

Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy’s popular website Funny or Die, along with CAA and others, is teaming with producer Scott Steindorff and Scott Pictures to form a multiyear partnership to create of a slate of feature-length comedy films, according to THR. The goal is to produce two to three pictures a year. Funny ….

Day After Tomorrow and 2012 creators to destroy earth again with secret project + 2 Independence Day sequels

Deadline reports that David Ellison’s Skydance Productions has nabbed the rights to an untitled global disaster film spec script written by Dean Devlin and Paul Guyot, which Devlin will make his feature directing debut. Skydance’s Ellison and Dana Goldberg will produce the sure-to-be-big-budget-tentpole, with Devlin and his Electric Entertainment. The new project marks a return ….