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Rotten Tomatoes TV Debuts

in News on March 5, 2009 at 7:20 am PT

Movie buffs are used to visiting RottenTomatoes.com for guidance on whether it will be a “Watchmen” or “Madea Goes to Jail” weekend. Will they tune in as the Web site tries its hand at television? Tonight, Current, the Al Gore-founded cable station, will begin airing “The Rotten Tomatoes Show.” The half-hour episodes feature co-hosts Brett Ehrlich and Ellen Fox, who review film news and, in Web 2.0 style, draw from users for short (really short–DVD releases are reviewed in haiku form) reviews.

Yes, Al Gore Is on Twitter. No, He’s Not Following You

in Media on November 7, 2008 at 6:17 am PT

Extensive sleuthing solves the mystery that has troubled dozens of Web users this week. Is the person registered as “therealalgore” on Twitter really Al Gore? SPOILER ALERT: It’s not really him. But the former veep has indeed jumped on the trendy microblogging platform.