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In Era of $1 DVD Rental, Walmart Dodos Debuts $2 Rental for iPad

 Digital Media, Entertainment, Hollywood, Tablets  No Responses »
Aug 102011
 
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In the age of $1 DVD rentals (for one-day) at RedBox and Blockbuster kiosks and unlimited $7.99-a-month streaming at Netflix, the stooopid, greedy SOBs at Walmart have launched a $2 rental (for 2-days) for the iPad via its Vudu streaming service.

Notwithstanding what the junk e-mail in your inbox might say, Size does not matter and is certainly no guarantee of success.

Now, why would people want to pay $2 to rent a movie when you can get it for less elsewhere. Of course, the nitpickers will now argue that we’re comparing oranges with apples and that a similar non-subscription service is not available for iPad from RedBox, BlockBuster or Netflix.

Well, how many people like to watch movies on the iPad. In any case, the Vudu pricing model ($2 for two days) is same whether you watch it on iPad or TV through a compatible set-top device.

The Vudu-for-iPad does not require a special app like Netflix on iPad but works through a mobile site tailored to the iPad. Walmart is tacking this tack to avoid sharing revenues with Apple.

We watched a trailer of the still-in-theaters French movie Point Blank on our iPad 2 via Vudu and it looked good.

Walmart says its Vudu subsidiary offers 20,000 blockbusters, Hollywood classics, independent films and TV episodes, that can be rented or purchased and watched instantly. Apparently, some of the Vudu content is available earlier than at Netflix.

By the way, movies purchased and/or rented on the iPad can also be viewed on Walmart.com/VUDU, VUDU.com or on any VUDU-enabled consumer electronics device.

If Walmart has any hopes of making headway against Netflix or RedBox, it must offer the Vudu streaming service at no more than 99-cents a movie/TV episode.

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Season 2 of NJ Samosa Lawsuit – Hot Entertainer

 Entertainment, Food, Religion, Reviews  14 Responses »
Jul 272011
 
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Just as we were at a loss for a good Indian entertainer in these hot summer days, comes a new twist in the latest episode of the Great Samosa Battle of New Jersey.

Think of it as Season 2 of the Great Samosa Lawsuit.

On one side of the Samosa legal battle, you have a bunch of vegetarians.

And on the other side, stands Moghul Express restaurant on Oak Tree Road, Edison (NJ) that we once reviewed negatively for serving crappy Indian food.

Yes, both parties in the Great Samosa Lawsuit are of Indian origin. ;)

Samosa Lawsuit of New JerseyGeneric Picture of Samosas

In Season 1 of the Samosa case, the plaintiffs (i.e. the Indian vegetarians who filed the lawsuit) lost the battle to win damages from Moghul Express for serving them Meat Samosas instead of the Vegetable Samosas they had ordered.

Citing spiritual injuries over eating the meat samosas, the 16 Indian Hindu vegetarians had asked for compensation for emotional distress as well as to participate in a religious purification ceremony along the Ganga River in the Indian holy city of Haridwar in Uttaranchal state.

The Indian vegetarians’ argument essentially ran as follows:

Hindu vegetarians believe that if they eat meat, they become involved in the sinful cycle of inflicting pain, injury and death of God’s creatures, and that it affects the karma and dharma, or purity of the soul. Hindu scriptures teach that the souls of those who eat meat can never go to God after death, which is the ultimate goal for Hindus. The Hindu religion does not excuse accidental consumption of meat products. One who commits the religious violation of eating meat, knowingly or unknowingly, is required to participate in a religious ceremony at a site located along the Ganges River in Haridwar, Uttaranchal, India, to purify himself. The damages sought by plaintiffs included compensation for the emotional distress they suffered, as well as economic damages they would incur by virtue of having to participate in the required religious cleansing ceremony in India.

Although Moghul Express acknowledged serving meat samosas to the party ordering vegetarian samosas, it won the first round.

Thank God, the Samosa case did not end there.

What would all of us desis in the Northeast starved for entertainment do.

Not for us, the effete Singham or Deiva Thirumagal.

Hey, we want something meatier oops juicier.

Moghul Express Battles Samosa LawsuitMoghul Express – Feels the Heat
(File Photo)

Mercifully for all of us, the aggrieved Indian vegetarians appealed against the original court ruling.

And the Good Lord heard our prayers for entertainment.

Now the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey has ruled on July 18, 2011 that the case can proceed on one of the grounds – Breach of Express Warranties.

With the case back in court, Season 2 of the Great Samosa Battle of New Jersey promises entertaining times ahead.

Moghul Express in Edison, New Jersey must certainly be feeling the heat.

Related Content:
Moghul Express Review

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SI Goes Gaga Over Lady Gaga’s Born This Way

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May 312011
 
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Even by the bizarre theatrical standards of entertainers these days, American pop queen Lady Gaga is sui generis for her outrageous attire and antics (she came to the Grammys function in a huge egg carried by four men).

Upon seeing Lady Gaga in her de rigueur skimpy attire, the late night TV host David Letterman rightly asked her the other day, What are you not wearing ? :)

Born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, the 25-year-old New Yorker is today a household name sensation in America.

Is Lady Gaga a path-breaking pop-star or just the hit of the season?

Oh, what a silly, lowbrow, middle-class question.

Who knows? And does it even matter any more given the worshipful throngs flocking and genuflecting at Lady Gaga’s altar.

Her latest album Born This Way debuted May 23.

And Billboard is projecting it’ll sell 1.15 million albums in the first week.

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

In a bow to popular taste, SI purchased Lady Gaga’s Born This Way from Amazon.com the other day.

(By the way, if you have iTunes installed on your PC, the Amazon MP3 tracks download directly into your iTunes software. Cool.)

Having listened to all the tracks in Born This Way, we confess that SI has joined the unwashed masses, the screaming hordes, the ecstatic devotees in paying homage to this savvy entertainer.

If you quidnuncs insist on knowing our favorites from the album, they are Government Hooker, Americano and Judas.

Americano is a clever fusion of English and Spanish lyrics designed to appeal to both the English-speaking and the growing Hispanic population in America.

With pleasing beats and frequent shouts of ‘America’ and ‘Americano’ in a come-here-my-man-let-me-deep-throat-you vocals, the track not surprisingly endeared itself to us, particularly in our inebriated state.

Our soused mind also read a not-so-veiled reference to immigration authorities with its taunt of Don’t you try to catch me.

Our second favorite track turned out to be Judas. With its refrain on a figure, whose recognition to the Western mind is second only to Jesus Christ, the track with lyrics such as the following is bound to easily strike a chord with the babe’s fans and previously non-fans like us:

I’m just a Holy fool, oh baby it’s so cruel
But I’m still in love with Judas, baby

Other interesting tracks include the funky Government Hooker with its outlandish references to John F.Kennedy, who died 23-years before this smartalec Lady Gaga was born.

Hoo-ooker
(Yeah, You’re my hooker)
Hoo-ooker
(Government Hooker)
Hoo-ooker
(Yeah, You’re my hooker)
Hoo-ooker
(Government Hooker)

Bloody Mary is a quieter, softer, sombre number that harks back to a slower era.

At the end of the album day, music is something that strikes at your heart and makes it skip a beat or two or three.

With Born This Way, Lada Gaga made our heart skip, skip, skip many, many, many beats.

By the way, the word Chola appears twice in the title track Born This Way. Whatever the hell Chola means to Lady Gaga!

Now, if you’ll excuse us, Scheiße scheiße be mine, bullshit be mine. (a line from the Scheiße track) is playing in the background. ;)

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Seen the YouTube Video with 300 MILLION Views?

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Apr 052011
 
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Surely all ye wastrels must have seen countless YouTube videos while pretending to work at your cubicles.

But can any of you point to an amateur video that has garnered over 300 million views, yes schmucks that’s 300 million plus views.

No idea?

Folks, the video is Charlie Bit Me. And it’s among the Top 5 most watched YouTube videos (as of April 5, 2011).

Well, here below is the video that has more than gained cult status on YouTube:

And if you thought the above video was interesting, there’s even a Frequently Asked Questions to explain the above video.

Of course, there are many conspiracy theorists who feel the whole thing was staged. To address that and feed the curiosity of the public, the folks behind the Charlie Bit Me video also responded to some FAQs.

Here’s the FAQ video on YouTube:

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 Posted by SearchIndia.com at 10:27 am

RedBox to Launch Movie Streaming Service

 Digital Media, Entertainment  4 Responses »
Feb 172011
 
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Hooray, Netflix Instant play streaming service is gonna get some competition.

RedBox, the $1 DVD rental kiosk company, plans to roll out a movie streaming service in the U.S. and is scouting for a partner.

Word on the street is that e-commerce behemoth Amazon.com might end up as its partner. Continue reading »

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 Posted by SearchIndia.com at 3:56 pm

Bruno Mars Lobs a Grenade

 Entertainment  16 Responses »
Feb 122011
 
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If the Hawaiian pop sensation Bruno Mars fails to win more than one Grammy tomorrow, we’ll consider putting a bullet between our eyes.

Seriously.

We discovered Bruno thanks to a piece in the current issue of New Yorker (February 14 & 21, 2011, p.120-122).

Since we purchased his top of the charts Grenade track on iTunes ($1.29) Thursday, we’ve been listening to it ad infinitum.

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