| On Movies | Lumet knows how to get some satisfaction
'It's not one of your average feel-good movies," says Sidney Lumet with a satisfied grin, speaking of his latest - the ferociously dark, wildly entertaining, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Indeed. A crackling melodrama set on Lumet's home turf - New York, where he shot Serpico and Q & A, Prince of the City and Dog Day Afternoon - this tale of two brothers plotting a jewelry store heist is rife with, as the director puts it, "extreme behavior." Ethan Hawke, as a deadbeat, divorced, loser dad, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, as an embezzling junkie real estate exec, are the siblings in question. And their every action is questionable, from the robbery gone terribly awry, to the affair one brother (Hawke) is having with the other's wife (a terrific Marisa Tomei), to the twisted relationship between the two men and their mother and dad, played by Rosemary Harris and a mightily agitated Albert Finney.
Eye-Fi Unveils World's First Wireless Memory Card for Digital Cameras
Eye-Fi Inc., a company dedicated to helping people navigate, nurture and share their digital memories, today unveiled the Eye-Fi Card -- the world's first wireless SD memory card for digital cameras. The Eye-Fi Card uses home Wi-Fi networks to create an effortless and convenient way for users to send photographs directly from digital cameras to PCs, Macs and online photo and social networking sites. See release entitled "Eye-Fi Announces Support from Seventeen Online Photo Destinations." Priced at $99.99 with 2GB of storage, the Eye-Fi Card is available now from major online retailers. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/NYTU070 ) .
Rilo Kiley & Lupe Fiasco Added to 2007 'mtvU Woodies' Performance Lineup
Adding to an already stellar assemblage of emerging and established acts dominating the college music scene, today mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, announced that two more acclaimed performers have joined the 2007 "mtvU Woodie Awards" bill: Rilo Kiley and Lupe Fiasco. Perennial college favorites Rilo Kiley are riding high off their recent breakout release "Under the Blacklight," and Lupe Fiasco is mounting an attack on the college charts with his brand new, red hot single, "Superstar." These acts will take the stage tonight at New York's Roseland Ballroom along with Tokyo Police Club, The Academy Is ... and Spank Rock to deliver knockout live performances to a crowd packed full of college students and their favorite emerging artists. .
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