7 posts and columns on Ben Stiller

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Universal Dumps $60 Home Video Rental Plan

in Media on October 12, 2011 at 12:12 pm PT

It’s a week for home video about-faces. Universal has dumped plans to let some home viewers rent an Eddie Murphy/Ben Stiller comedy for $60 while it was still in theaters. Comcast’s movie studio reversed course just days after news of its “Tower Heist” plan surfaced. Though the rental plan was only slated for Atlanta and Portland, several theater chains had said they would boycott the movie nationally in protest.

Viral Video: Here’s the Trailer for the $60 Movie (For Free!)

in Media on October 11, 2011 at 12:27 am PT

It does look funny, but does it look $60 funny?
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Coming Soon to Your Living Room: The $60 Movie Rental

in Media on October 6, 2011 at 11:53 am PT

From the people who brought you $30 movie rentals, here’s the sequel: Popcorn, soda not included. You supply the TV and the sofa.
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Voices

Fox Releases an iPhone App for DVDs

in News on November 10, 2009 at 10:47 am PT

Twentieth Century Fox is hoping to lure viewers back to the cratering DVD market–by offering them an endless series of digital distractions during home releases of the studio’s movies. FoxPop, a technology that makes its debut next month, works like a specialized Twitter feed, offering up a string of trivia, photos and shopping suggestions during selected movies.

Ask’s Small Search Share = Garugantuan Ad

in Media on May 21, 2009 at 12:35 pm PT

IAC’s search engine has stagnant market share and declining revenue. Here’s one way to fix the latter, brought to you by Ben Stiller and pals.
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Will the Twitter Twins Channel the "Zoolander" Duo at D7 Next Week?

in News on May 18, 2009 at 6:15 am PT

While getting ready for the spate of interviews at our seventh D: All Things Digital conference in just seven days, BoomTown has been doing a lot of research on the people taking the stage. Some interviews will be quite serious (Eve Ensler, talking about the dire situation in the Congo) and some possibly funny (Mark Cuban, who simply defies definition). But this picture that Twitter founder and CEO Evan Williams posted today on his Flickr page is easily the most unusual bit of research I have come across. It is aptly titled, “This doesn’t seem awkward at all.”
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Viral Video: Hawaii Chair and Kung-Fuing the Panda

in News on June 3, 2008 at 5:30 am PT

I dare you not to laugh at this video from Ellen DeGeneres’s show, which was put up several months ago, but is suddenly enjoying a lot of popularity on the Web. The video speaks for itself, but it has DeGeneres trying out a thing called a Hawaii chair.
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