Tuesday, August 14, 2012

First Trailer for Gerard Butler's new romantic comedy 'Playing for Keeps'

Gerard Butler, seen here at the Vanity Fair Oscar After Party, stars in the new film, Playing for Keeps.

Gerard Butler and the women who love him have a lot more to get worked up about as the new trailer for the upcoming romantic comedy,Playing for Keeps, just dropped yesterday.

Butler plays a divorced father and former soccer star whose life is stuck in a rut. He begins to coach his son's little league soccer team while attempting to beat off all the local soccer moms with a stick. The trailer also hints at his character reuniting with his ex-wife, Stacie (Jessica Biel). In fact, you get to see almost the entire beginning, middle and end of this film in the new, two-and-a-half minute trailer.

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New Romantic Comedy "Hope Springs" starring Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep star in in the new comedy drama, 'Hope Springs.'

Academy Award-winner Tommy Lee Jonesand three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep are married. Well, not really. They play husband and wife in the new film "Hope Springs."


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2 Days in New York - Movie Review.

Comic Chris Rock (left) stars with Julie Delpy in romantic comedy "2 Days in New York," a sequel to the French actress 207 film 2 Days in Paris.  >

Romantic comedy about a couple stressed by a family visit. Director: Julie Delpy (1:36). R: Nudity, sexuality, language, drugs. Angelika, Lincoln Center. In English and French with subtitles.

Magic Moment: Marion sells her most important work of art to an unexpected buyer.

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Top Ten Greatest NYC-based Romantic Comedies.


With "2 Days in New York," Julie Deply's hilarious and romantic follow up to her wry comedy "2 Days in Paris," opening in select theaters today (it's also currently available on VOD), we've decided to share with you 10 of our favorite romantic comedies (though some of our choices are questionably classified as such) set on the island of Manhattan. This list is by no means definitive.


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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Song Recommendation: Major Lazer - 'Get Free' feat. Amber (of Dirty Projectors) OFFICIAL LYRI...



Special thanks to Jennifer for recommending a great song!

IBM Study: Social Media Becomes the #2 Customer Interaction Method



A new IBM study of approximately 1,700 chief executive officers representing 64 countries and 18 industries shows that in the coming years, CEOs plan to shift from using email and phone as primary consumer communication vehicles to using social media to achieve better and closer connections with customers. Today, only 16% of CEOs are using social platforms to connect with their customers, but that percentage is predicted to grow to almost 60% within three to five years.

The 2012 Global CEO Study lists the current customer interaction method hierarchy as (1) face-to-face, (2) website, (3) channel partners, (4) call centers, (5) traditional media, (6) advisory groups and (7) social media. Within five years, however, the study predicts that social media will rise to the #2 spot, just behind face-to-face interactions, with traditional media moving to the bottom of the list.

Technology to Have Bigger Organizational Impact Than Economic Conditions
The IBM study found that a majority (71 percent) of global CEOs regard technology as the number one factor to impact an organization's future over the next three years – considered to be a bigger change agent than shifting economic and market conditions.

Capturing data across multiple channels is another key concern identified by the study. An IBM press release notes, "Given the data explosion most organizations are facing, CEOs recognize the need for more sophisticated business analytics to mine the data being tracked online, on mobile phones and social media sites.

"The traditional approach to understanding customers better has been to consolidate and analyze transactions and activities from across the entire organization. However, to remain relevant, CEOs must piece together a more holistic view of the customer based on how he or she engages the rest of the world, not just their organization."

To read more about the study and its key findings, click here.

Super intern Maeghan Smulders lands 47 job offers (and one job) after 112-day speed interning spree

She may not wear a cape or battle evil villains, but super intern Maeghan Smulders has a skill set that is probably more useful than Spidey sense.



She may not wear a cape or battle evil villains, but super intern Maeghan Smulders has a skill set that is probably more useful than Spidey sense.

Smulders, a 24-year-old Calgary native, graduated from Mount Royal University last June with 29 job offers on the table. Not quite keen on the job options presented, she set out to find the perfect position by interning at 10 different companies in 112 days. Smulders' speed-interning experiment landed her an additional 18 job offers, including "the one," a position at Canadian startup Beyond the Rack.

"I really hope that this journey inspires other students to not limit themselves upon graduating," she said. "You invest a ton of money into an education; you should be able to invest it into your future job too. If you're taking a job for the next five to 10 years of your life, you want to make sure it's the right one. Be persistent and really search for what you want to do."

Full story at The Star.