After spending a week cleaning up at the foreign box office, Iron Man turned his sights to his home country, the good old U.S. of A., and once here, the latest Marvel movie continued to break records. “Iron Man 3” kicked off its domestic release to the tune of $175 million, good enough for the #2 opening weekend of all time.
Read MoreThree years ago when we launched the Transparency Report, we said we hoped it would shine some light on the scale and scope of government requests for censorship and data around the globe. Today, for the seventh time, we’re releasing new numbers showing requests from governments to remove content from our services. From July to December 2012, we received 2,285 government requests to remove 24,179 pieces of content—an increase from the 1,811 requests to remove 18,070 pieces of content that we received during the first half of 2012.As we’ve gathered and released more data over time, it’s become increasingly clear that the scope of government attempts to censor content on Google services has grown.
Read MoreFROM MTV NEWS “Now You See Me,” the magic thriller starring Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, and Woody Harrelson, tells the story of a world-famous team of magicians who use their various illusionary abilities to pull off fantastical heist. A few months ago, MTV News’ Josh Horowitz got a chance to speak with the cast and take a look at some of the magic going on behind the scenes. As Fisher tells it, after performing so many tricks for the film, some of the cast, like Eisenberg, started to pick up some of the magic
Read MoreOn Wednesday, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced its list of 2013 elected members. We’re proud to congratulate Peter Norvig, director of research, and Arun Majumdar, vice president for energy; two Googlers who are among the new members elected this year.
Read MoreThis past weekend at Entertainment Weekly’s inaugural CapeTown Film Festival, the audience got a special treat before the screening of the 1997 Special Edition (no ghost Hayden Christensen) of “Return of the Jedi.” Mark Hamill made a surprise appearance after the screening. During a talk with the audience, Hamill once again openly talked about his involvement with the new trilogy of films, but this time, as Ain’t It Cool News’ Quint reports, he shared some details with his creative meeting with Lucasfilm head Katherine Kennedy. Hamill told Kennedy that he hoped a new trilogy of films would move back towards practical effects, using more real-life props and sets
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