All posts tagged "the interview"

  • A banner for "The Interview"is posted outside Arclight Cinemas, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. A U.S. official says North Korea perpetrated the unprecedented act of cyberwarfare against Sony Pictures that exposed tens of thousands of sensitive documents and escalated to threats of terrorist attacks that ultimately drove the studio to cancel all release plans for the film at the heart of the attack, "The Interview." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
    ‘Unbroken’ tops Christmas Day box office, ‘The Interview’ earns over $1 million

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The Angelina Jolie-directed biopic “Unbroken” topped the North American box office on Christmas Day, just ahead of the musical “Into the Woods,” according to final figures released today. “Unbroken,” the biography of Torrance High School...

    • Posted December 26, 2014
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  • Yoon Mi-rae, right, and her husband Drinken Tiger. (NEWSis)
    Now South Korean singer plans to sue over use of song in ‘The Interview’

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The management agency of South Korean pop singer Yoon Mi-rae said Friday that it will take legal action against Sony Pictures Entertainment for allegedly using one of her songs in a controversial movie without...

    • Posted December 26, 2014
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  • Patrons wait in line to see "The Interview" at the the at the Valley Art theater in Tempe, Ariz., on Thursday Dec. 25, 2014. The film's Christmas Day release was canceled by Sony after threats of violence by hackers linked to North Korea, but the release was reinstated in some independent theaters and through a variety of digital platforms. (AP Photo/Alina Hartounian)
    Capacity crowds pack screenings of ‘The Interview’

    NEW YORK (AP) — Critics and early viewers agree that “The Interview” is less than a masterpiece. But thanks to threats from hackers that nearly derailed its release, it has become an event. Hundreds of theaters Thursday,...

    • Posted December 26, 2014
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  • "The Interview" poster.
    Sony, YouTube to stream ‘The Interview’

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sony has struck a deal with YouTube to offer digital rentals of “The Interview” beginning Thursday, a source with direct knowledge of the situation says. The deal comes just one day after Sony...

    • Posted December 24, 2014
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  • A banner for "The Interview"is posted outside Arclight Cinemas, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. A U.S. official says North Korea perpetrated the unprecedented act of cyberwarfare against Sony Pictures that exposed tens of thousands of sensitive documents and escalated to threats of terrorist attacks that ultimately drove the studio to cancel all release plans for the film at the heart of the attack, "The Interview." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
    ‘The Interview’ will be shown in theaters on Christmas Day after all

    CULVER CITY (CNS) – In a reversal of its position from a week ago, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today that the film “The Interview” will have a limited theatrical release beginning Thursday. “We have never given up on releasing ‘The...

    • Posted December 23, 2014
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    Hackers warn not to release ‘The Interview’ in any form

    NEW YORK (AP) — Hackers have sent a new email to Sony Pictures Entertainment, gloating over the studio’s “wise” decision to cancel the release of “The Interview” and warning not to distribute the film “in any form.”...

    • Posted December 19, 2014
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  • North Korean workers outside of their home country claim that most of their wages get sent to the North Korean government. (Yonhap)
    ‘It was North Korea’

    AP source: US probe links North Korea to Sony hacking WASHINGTON — A U.S. official says federal investigators have now connected the Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. hacking to North Korea and may make a statement in the near future....

    • Posted December 18, 2014
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