Movie Buzz There must have been a shortage of available actors because it seems that everyone made multiple films this blockbuster season. So start planning marathons dedicated to your favorite Hollywood stars.
Tech Buzz Ooh, that's gotta hurt. Sean Hopkins 1, Blockbuster 0.
With this kind of bigotry, it's no wonder Blockbuster is going belly up. They'll soon be as extinct as…as…something. Sorry, the metaphor is escaping me.
The movie rental chain Blockbuster filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this morning after struggling with enormous debt and sinking stock prices. Consumerist has a theory about Blockbuster's demise.
Have two claws, will work for food. [Ed Note: Though honestly, you'd think they'd be clever enough to know that Blockbuster is just a step or two away from extinction.] (Via Tumblr user Chaos Personified.)
As more people are switching to Netflix and online alternatives for movie rentals, Blockbuster has decided to take a new approach to get customers.
This is actually not performance art but a real, cake-baking oven photographed in Liberia. Life lesson: unorthodox ovens lead to panty-dropping and delicious desserts.
Business Buzz Fallout from Facebook’s Beacon ad platform takes on the concrete form of a civil lawsuit. The Beacon backlash continues: A woman in Texas has filed suit against Blockbuster for revealing her rental choices without permission, violating the 1988 Videotape Privacy Protection Act. Facebook isn’t named in the suit.