Nov 5, 2012 | Forbes
Leonardo Da Vinci was the eponymous Renaissance man. He was a painter, an inventor, a scientist, a mathematician, a writer, and one of the patron saints of geekdom. But nothing is known about his life from the ages of 24 to 26. Da Vinci’s Demons, the upcoming TV show...
Nov 2, 2012 | Forbes
Do you know that 10,468 kilograms of equipment was sent to Croatia to film parts of Game of Thrones? What about the number of crewmembers—did you know there are 703 of them? No? That’s because you haven’t read HBO’s report, “Season 3: By the Numbers.” In it, we learn...
Nov 2, 2012 | Forbes
In-flight instructional videos are a boring yet necessary part of air travel, and if we didn’t watch them, we would never know that the seat cushion doubles as a flotation device. But AirNZ recently managed to jazz up a standard safety video with one that doubles as...
Oct 31, 2012 | Forbes
When it comes to Star Wars, I have no safeword. Jar-Jar? Ooo, yeah, right there. Midichlorians? Thank you, sir, may I have another. Ewoks? YesyesyesYES! There’s a reason I’ve used the language of sadomasochism to describe my relationship with Star Wars. I know on one...
Oct 30, 2012 | Forbes
Disney has acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in stock and cash, which will likely move founder, chairman, and CEO of Lucasfilm, George Lucas, to a more vaunted position on the Forbes 400 chart. The leadership of Lucasfilm will pass to longtime producer Kathleen...
