We all know Rooney Mara is one bad bey-otch?and, of course, we mean that in the best possible way!
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo star has more than held her own against franchise...
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Microsoft Open Technologies has made the Metro style theme available for the jQuery Mobile open source mobile user interface framework, thus fitting Metro to applications running on the Windows Phone 7.5 OS.
Metro has been billed as Microsoft's tablet-style interface for the upcoming Windows 8 OS, but it also can work with Windows Phone. JQuery is a touch-optimized framework leveraging HTML5 and the jQuery JavaScript library.
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Digital Storm has announced that its premium-priced (and not so premium-priced) gaming PCs will soon be touting Ivy Bridge processors. This means, going forward, all machines will come with the Intel's third generation Core architecture, with the PC maker already claiming it's managed overclocks at 4.8GHz. Like its machines, Digital Storm is keeping cool on when the systems will find their way from workshop to LAN, or what effect (if any) there'll be on pricing. Keep the cross hairs focused on the source link for more info.
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Singer tells MTV News 'Fuerza Bruta' matches the 'more artistic' music on his upcoming album.
By Jocelyn Vena
Usher
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This Saturday (and this Saturday only), Usher will appear in New York City's "Fuerza Bruta," an off-Broadway show where no one speaks, but the story is told through bright lights, music and dancing. In the lead role of Running Man, Usher will also use the show to preview his June album release, Looking for Myself.
Fans in the audience will likely get closer than they've ever been to the singer, as the audience stands during the performance, becoming another member of the company. With several weeks until his album release, Usher explained to MTV News at a rehearsal why he wanted to use this show to preview tracks.
"I felt like the natural elements as well as the emotion of 'Fuerza Bruta' would definitely speak or be significant to some of the stories and I guess hopefully a connection [was there]," he explained of tying this performance to his album. "When we began to explore different directions [for the performance like] maybe we use some of their music, maybe we use some of mine ... and before you knew it the idea came together. We tried it, I got on Running Man and it worked."
The show will stream his entire album, which drops June 12, and he thinks the mind-bending artistry of "Fuerza Bruta" works with the sound he's created on it. "This is more artistic of an album than I've had in history," he said. "And I felt like yeah, it would be a lot for me, but I was willing to at least try it. There were many times I had seen the show and I only hoped that I would be able to make it happen."
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Want a 2.1GHz Ivy Bridge Core i7 in your next media laptop? Mmm, yes please. And a 1080p LED backlit display to devour movies on? Well, of course. Then keep looking, because the Acer Aspire V3 maxes out at just 1366 x 768 -- despite being equipped with a Blu-ray spinner and Dolby Theater v4, and also despite the eye-popping competition. Then again, at 15.6-inches that resolution might not be a total deal-breaker, plus our hands-on taster at CeBIT (before we even knew about the Ivy Bridge internals) wasn't totally unpleasant. The HD 4000 graphics should give you the odd gaming snack, even if not a full meal, while a 750GB HDD, up to 8GB RAM and a ton of I/O options take care of the back room. The V3 will hit Japanese shelves on April 29th for around $1,100 -- but watch out for a 17-incher too (which will do 1080p) plus cheaper Core i5 variants coming later.
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'I'm going to go from the 'Haywire' crew to the 'Fast 6' crew, so I'm going to get a very broad range of knowledge,' she tells MTV News.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
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Action fans rejoiced earlier this week when The Hollywood Reporter announced that MMA fighter-turned-actor Gina Carano was in talks to join the sixth "Fast & Furious" movie. It seemed like an inspired choice for the series that saw new life after "Fast Five" impressed last year.
MTV News caught up with the breakout star while she was promoting the Blu-ray release of "Haywire," and she spoke excitedly about the prospects of joining the action series.
"We got a call about two weeks ago to do 'The Fast and the Furious 6,' " Carano said. "We're in negotiations for that, so if that goes through, that will be a really cool opportunity for me to get my feet wet on another big-budget film and be around all these different types of actors."
Carano seemed pleased at the idea of appealing to different bases of fans within the action genre, moving from the art-house appeal of "Haywire" to the mainstream explosions of "Fast & Furious."
"I'm going to go from the 'Haywire' crew to the 'Fast 6' crew, so I'm going to get a very broad range of knowledge as far as people go," she said. "It's like two different high school groups. You've got the very artistic, and then you've got the action group of athletes, like hard-core. Very different personalities there."
Carano is in negotiations to play a member of Dwayne Johnson's team in the upcoming sequel directed by "Fast Five" helmer Justin Lin. As for whether Carano has begun sizing up her soon-to-be castmates, she said that's not something she has to think about. "No, I'm pretty secure. I don't need to size anybody up. I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about giving a good performance and understanding my character. That's what I'll focus on."
The actress wouldn't say for sure how close she was to signing on, but remained optimistic about her prospects. "It will be really good for me, and I'm completely open to it," Carano said. "If negotiations go good, we'll probably start filming that."
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Bristol Rovers have secured the futures of two of their emerging youngsters by agreeing new deals with striker Eliot Richards and midfielder Ollie Clarke.
Richards, 20, scored the first hat-trick of career in the recent 7-1 win over Burton – reaching double figures for the season – and has signed a new two-year contract.
Clarke, 19, has fought back from a serious knee injury he suffered last summer to win himself another year at the Memorial Stadium.
"Eliot is a young player who has potential, although he has a lot of work to do on all aspects of his game to become a complete player," said manager Mark McGhee.
"But he has shown a willingness and an appetite to learn and improve.
"He has a long summer of work ahead to make sure he comes back stronger and is a starter in August.
"He has got goals, he has pace and skill – everything a young striker should have.
"Now he has to apply it and make football his lifestyle. Everything he does outside of the game has to be geared towards training and matches if he is going to make it.
"I've liked what I've seen of Ollie and he is a bit different to some of the other midfielders we have here. He has a little bit of aggression, which I didn't expect when I first looked at him.
"He goes past people, has a good eye and is a quick mover. He's young, still a bit lightweight and he needs a bit of work, but there are signs in there that he's a good player."
Clarke said: "I ruptured my anterior cruciate ligament on the first day of pre-season and didn't return to training until the end of January, so I didn't know what was going to happen to me.
"I was just hoping for the best, but when Paul Buckle was sacked I didn't know where that left me.
"The manager hasn't been here very long, so it's great for me that I've managed to prove to him that I'm worth a new contract.
"Now my ambition is to get some game time with the first team. I had a few minutes at Colchester in the final game of last season under Stuart Campbell, but so far that's been it.
"The manager has told me that if I can prove myself, there's no reason why I can't be involved in the squad next season."
Richards has already chalked up 30 league appearances for Rovers – 14 of them from the bench – but is aiming to be a regular starter next term.
"Hopefully, next season I can get in the team regularly, score goals and help us get into League One," he said. "I got to double figures this season and next time I'd like to reach 20."
McGhee has made it clear that the two deals are just the first steps in shaping his squad for next season.
"We are talking to all of the players who are out of contract and some others we have thoughts about – and that will be ongoing over the summer," he said.
"It would be great to have everything tied up on one day, but it doesn't work like that.
"But it will be great for our supporters to see young players being retained and I'm sure they will be delighted with the news."
Rovers round off their home campaign against Accrington Stanley today with McGhee keen to extend the run which has seen the side unbeaten on their own soil since he took over in January.
"It's been a short season for me, but it's been interesting and enjoyable – and I have learned a lot in the short space of time I've been here," he said.
Home performances have mostly been good and we want to send our supporters away with a positive message about next season and our attitude regarding the future.
"We can do that with a positive and determined performance in our final home game, even though there is nothing really at stake apart from the three points.
"We have had great support from our fans and we want to maintain that relationship and enhance it. The way to do that is to win games, give committed and determined performances and make sure we are difficult to beat at home.
"Since I arrived, our average points return – if extrapolated over 46 games – would probably take us to the edge of the play-offs. But it's not automatic promotion form, so there are still improvements that Shaun North and I have to make."
Aaron Downes is expected to replace the suspended Tom Parkes in central defence, but McGhee admitted: "It's a difficult team to pick because everybody wants to play.
"I feel the loan players we have had have done a great job and I'd like to give them the opportunity to bow out in front of the home supporters, but we have others – like Wayne Brown – who are desperate for an opportunity."
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AFTER 15 years at the helm, the head of one of Bristol's biggest health and social care charities is to step down.
Mel Akers has overseen massive changes at the Staple Hill charity, growing staff numbers from eight to 1,000, helping ten times the number of people than when he joined and seeing turnover rocket from £4 million a year to £28 million.
But now the 60-year-old – a former rock band manager who only got into social care when his bank manager demanded he start paying off his overdraft – is handing his role on to someone with a fresh perspective.
The Milestones Trust was set up in 1987 to empower people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and dementia in the old Avon area.
When Mr Akers joined in 1996 it was a time of change in the way care for such people was carried out, the latter end of a move from long-stay hospitals to homes in the community.
Milestones aimed to help these people out of "long-stay hospitals" and help them live in communities in the same way that anyone else would.
He said: "Long-stay hospitals were closed institutions. Abuse was occurring there and human dignity was ignored.
"Things started to improve in the 1980s and staff got better training, but there were things like bathrooms without doors, open wards and regimented activities.
"People with learning disabilities, long-term mental health needs and people with dementia were fairly low priorities, but by the late 1980s people realised these places weren't a good idea and community care was born."
Under Mr Akers' guidance, Milestones began buying houses in the community for people to move into from hospital wards – "ordinary houses in ordinary communities".
He said: "It seems incredible today but that was fairly revolutionary at the time. Doctors opposed it and parents of patients were frightened about what the change meant, and there were worries about whether communities would accept people.
"It is amazing that 15 years on, now the ambition is not to move people into a shared house, but for people to have their own flat and something meaningful like a job or activity in their lives."
Today Milestones has 1,000 staff – many of whom moved across from the NHS – supporting 1,000 people in 45 homes. It is these people who have brought Mr Akers the most joy in his role. He said: "I am an 'OBE' person – 'other buggers' efforts'.
"All the achievements are achievements of individual service users – people going on their first holiday or getting their first experience of being valued, whether it is getting a job or being a volunteer, or moving into their own home.
"The achievements by the people we serve are the things that really stand out in my mind, people that society had previously written off as 'out of sight, out of mind'.
"Some of our staff have been really good at tracking down people's relatives. I remember talking to a woman who had played with a cousin when they were children, gone off to university and when she came back her cousin wasn't around, and it was a bit of a family secret as he had gone into a hospital.
"But 35 years later they were both beneficiaries of a will and met up again. We helped him move out of the hospital and into a residential home, and he now lives there with support.
"That it is what it is about, getting people a network of meaningful relationships that they wouldn't have happy lives without."
Whoever takes over the reins at the Milestones Trust will be left with a financially stable organisation, a book full of contracts with local authorities and health trusts and plenty of scope to expand.
Offering excellent care on increasingly tight budgets will be a major challenge, but the first hurdle will be getting past the interview panel – which will have some of Milestones' service users sitting on it.
Mr Akers said: "They can spot very quickly whether someone 'gets it' or not, and they can distinguish whether someone is sympathetic or empathetic."
Mr Akers is now looking forward to a well-earned trip to South Africa and a tour of its jazz cafes, but may well return to the charity sector. He said: "It is bitter-sweet, leaving, but 15 years is a long time and Milestones needs a fresh pair of eyes."
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Jason Segel, Emily Blunt and Alison Brie share with MTV News cures for avoiding on-set laughter: 'I just think of really dark, morbid stuff.'
By Kara Warner
Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Chris Pratt and Alison Brie in "The Five-Year Engagement"
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Whenever a movie features a very talented cast of actors who are also great comedians, it's easy to assume that many laughs and bloopers occurred during filming. Take the upcoming romantic comedy "Five-Year Engagement" for example, which boasts the very funny ensemble of writer/actor Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Alison Brie ("Community") and Chris Pratt ("Parks and Recreation") to name a few.
When MTV News sat down with the cast to talk about the film recently, we asked how they keep their cool to avoid ruining a scene when a castmember does something particularly amusing.
"I have a lot of experience trying not to break on the set of 'Community' working with a lot of funny people," Alison Brie explained. "I consider it a personal challenge when working with Ken Jeong to not break in scenes with him, and he's ridiculously funny, so I had that under my belt."
Regarding her methods for maintaining a straight face, Brie said, "I just stay in character — professional! Look, I just think of really dark, morbid stuff. I don't want to tell you; it's going to make you depressed."
Segel revealed he learned his lesson early in his career: "I'm terrified of breaking, because Judd Apatow screamed at me once when I was very young on 'Freaks and Geeks.' I was laughing, and I was young, and looking back, he was just trying to scare me, but he said, 'Every time you break, it costs me thousands of dollars!' And since then, I'm terrified of breaking."
Blunt blames "nervous energy" for her on-set laughter. "I laugh at everything," she shared. "I found myself laughing at my grandfather's funeral because I had that nervous energy, and you don't know how to cope. I think the more pressure I'm under from the cast and crew not to laugh, the better I do."
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Looking for something a bit more solid than a third-party benchmark? We can do that. "Already in production the Exynos 4 Quad is scheduled to be adopted first into Samsung's next Galaxy smartphone that will official be announced in May," the horse's mouth reveals. Samsung boasts that the new 32nm 1.4GHz quad-core processor flaunts twice the processing power over its predecessor, thanks to its High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) low-power technology. The net energy savings? About 20-percent. "The application processor is a crucial element in providing our customers with a PC-like experience on mobile devices," explains Hankil Yoon, Senior VP of Product Strategy Team at Samsung, "Samsung's next Galaxy device, which will be officially announced soon, offers uncompromised performance and ground breaking multi-tasking features, thanks to Exynos 4 Quad's powerful performance and efficient energy management technology." Sammy's shopping the new processor around to other handset manufacturers as well, noting that the Exynos 4 Quad is pin-to-pin compatible with the Exynos 4 Dual (the brains behind the Galaxy S II and Note, giving designers the ability to update product designs with minimal costs. Check out Samsung's full press release after the break.
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Science fiction is often said to foresee the future, and today, that news couldn't ring more true. Tom Doherty Associates, a subsidiary of Macmillan and publisher of popular sci-fi and fantasy brands such as Tor and Forge, today announced that as of early July, all of its current e-books will be distributed without DRM restrictions. The company's president, Tom Doherty, revealed the shift as a long-time request of both its readers and authors -- which unsurprisingly, are a rather tech-savvy bunch. In addition to the move affecting all of Doherty's current sales channels, the move will allow the publisher to seek out independent e-book dealers that sell only DRM-free titles. While the move is unlikely to extend to the rest of Macmillan's properties anytime soon, just leave it to the sci-fi community to show others the way forward. Perhaps the future isn't gonna be so scary after all.
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