DENVER, Sept. 29, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Roomlinx, Inc. (OTCBB:RMLX), announced today that it has signed a contract to provide its Interactive HD TV (iTV) and Free-to-Guest TV programming for a new, prestigious hotel being developed by an affiliate of The Prime Group, Inc. in downtown Chicago (www.primegroupinc.com). The installation consists of 638 iTV systems and covers all of the hotel's 610 rooms. The property is scheduled to open in November of 2010.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the October 2010 issue of Traditional Home magazine, "up-and-arrived" Designer Kristi Nelson, of Los Angeles-based KMNelson Design, LLC, shares her personal planning style and trade secrets for stylish, elegant design with substance. The four page editorial details a five year labor of love renovation of the designer's home--a 1936 Georgian Revival in Westwood, originally built for Edward Dickson, the co-founder and first Regent of UCLA.

Sally Menke, the film editor who did her best work with Quentin Tarantino, died today. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times that is still unfolding, she went for a hike yesterday in Griffith Park and never returned. Her body was found this morning. Los Angeles is currently in the midst of an unprecedentedly brutal heatwave. It's possible the temperature was a factor. It's sad news. Menke was the secret weapon and special sauce in every Tarantino production. She never did more to a scene than what was necessary, which is true of most editors (or should be), but with Tarantino, more was often was required. 

Nearly every sequence in both volumes of "Kill Bill" required both a comedian's timing and an athlete's nimbleness. Ditto for "Death Proof."  For "Jackie Brown," one of the more memorable characteristics of that very nearly great film is the how long the shots seem to last -- many, many seconds, minutes in several cases. That, by the standards of today's filmmaking is an eternity.  The movie probes these lowlifes and finds their humanity. Come the big heist sequence at Torrence's Del Amo Mall, danger appears simply in the changing of the tempo of the cutting. The characters' antsiness becomes the movies'. And what about that superb farmhouse sequence that opens "Inglourious Basterds"? Editing gives the scene its power and dread, knowing when, for instance, after a stretch of not being sure the farmer is lying to Lanza, to cut to the sheltered family shivering beneath the floorboards to confirm that he is.

Has there been an odder career arc than Stuart's? You all know her as Old Kate Winslet in "Titanic" (1997), but the actress had a long run in 1930s Hollywood as an attractive, underutilized blonde until she got bored with the dud roles Universal and Fox kept giving her, burned her glossies, and walked away to become a painter until, at 87, James Cameron coaxed her back into the limelight. The Times obit hints at a woman who was sharper, funkier, more political, and a lot more interesting than anything we saw onscreen. Wikipedia adds more details. The Life website has a neat slideshow of vintage Stuart.

It's also worth noting that in 1932 and 1933 she was a favorite of James Whale, the magnificently eccentric director of Universal horror movies and subject of the novel "Father of Frankenstein" (and its subsequent film version, "Gods and Monsters"). Whale put Stuart in "The Invisible Man" (as Claude Rains' fiancee), bumped her off early in "The Kiss Before the Mirror" (which I'm still kicking myself for missing when it played the HFA last year), and the completely gonzo "The Old Dark House," a tremendous horror movie/parody of horror movies that, among other things, influenced Charles Addams, who based the character of Lurch on Morgan, the mute psycho butler played by Boris Karloff in the film.

That's Morgan's arm above, about to lower the boom on Stuart; a far creepier moment comes earlier in the film, when Stuart's character, a society bubblehead, gets thoroughly freaked out by Eva Moore reminding her that she'll get old and die someday. Here's the scene:

I'm reminded of three things watching this clip: 1) That Hollywood movies could get awfully hot before the censorious Production Code was enforced starting in 1933, 2) that Whale was an unparalleled master of bizarro visual style, and 3) that Stuart was right on the money when her "Titanic" character said, "Wasn't I a dish"? That and more, and would that the movies had better figured out what to do with her. RIP, Gloria.

(P.S. Yes, "The Old Dark House" is available on DVD, and, yes, you should watch it this Halloween and commit the dialogue ("Have a potato?") to memory. Stuart would have wanted it that way.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The industry's first-ever Entertainment Content Protection Summit has been announced by Variety magazine and CDSA, the international content protection association, on December 8 at the Universal Hilton Hotel, in Universal City, California.

LONDON, Sept. 28, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ROK Global, the UK-based mobile technologies, applications and services company, has announced the launch of its soccer-based news subscription service, developed in conjunction with Goal.com, in Nigeria through its Nigerian licensor, 70th Precinct with innovative mobile operator, Etisalat Nigeria.

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 28, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GRAVITY Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq:GRVY) ("Gravity" or "Company"), an online game developer and publisher based in South Korea, today announced that it signed an agreement on September 28, 2010 to acquire a 50.8% equity interest in Barunson Interactive Co., Ltd. ("Barunson Interactive"), an online game developer based in Korea. The purchase price is KRW 11,688 million (approximately US$10,126 thousand). The closing of transaction is expected to occur on or about October 25, 2010 subject to customary closing condition. Upon closing of the purchase of the shares, Gravity will acquire control over the management of Barunson Interactive and will be in a position to appoint the majority of the board of directors of Barunson Interactive. Gravity announced that the purpose of the transaction is to strengthen its online game development capabilities and secure quality online game line up.

NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame has announced that eight legends in the sports-television industry will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on December 14, 2010, at a ceremony to be held at the New York Hilton Hotel. Jim Nantz, CBS Sports lead play-by-play announcer and two-time Emmy winner, will host the ceremony for the fourth consecutive year. The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame Class of 2010: Leonard Chapman is CEO of Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, a company that has redefined the industry via cranes, camera support, and more. Davey Finch has been CBS's lead handheld-camera operator for 30 years, covering the NFL, PGA, NBA, USTA, and NCAA Basketball, as well as three Winter Olympics. John Madden is one of the industry's best-known color commentators and analysts, covering NFL football on all four major American television networks from 1979 through 2008. Geoff Mason currently works for ESPN, but his career extends back to the formative years at ABC Sports, where he worked as an executive producer, including on ABC's Olympic coverage from 1968 to 1988. John Roche has served as technical manager for some of the largest live television events, including the Olympic Games, the Super Bowl, the New York City Marathon, and the Kentucky Derby. His attention to detail laid the groundwork for success.

MIAMI, Sept. 27, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dolphin Digital Media, Inc. (OTCBB:DPDM) (http://www.dolphindigitalmedia.com) today announced the first two productions for Dolphin Digital Studios, its recently formed digital entertainment division. These first two live-action multi-platform digital series with top Hollywood talent are being co-financed through an agreement with entertainment industry veteran Dolphin Entertainment (Executive Producer of hit Nickelodeon series Zoey 101) and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. Both companies will partner with cable, satellite, broadband and mobile clients for placement and promotional support. Warner Premiere is developing cutting-edge content for a new generation of consumers who fluidly watch content on multiple screens. Both these series capitalize on the flexibility of digital platforms to both present unique stories in short bites, and to also offer viewers additional complementary content that further flushes out the stories' mythologies and characters' backgrounds.

• The escape of a little white lie teaches a clean-cut teen to use the rumor mill for personal gain.
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• A woman (Rebecca Hall) does not realize that her charming new beau (Ben Affleck) is a bank robber.
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• Master manipulator Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) emerges from prison with a new agenda.
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• A young woman (Kristen Bell) learns that her brother is marrying her high-school nemesis.
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• A young owl sets out to find a band of mythic warriors to help save his people from their evil foes.
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