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(CNN) — In the battle against cancer, one video game is taking the deadly disease head-on. And some young patients are the winners. “Re-Mission 2″ is a collection of online minigames designed to get teen and young-adult cancer patients involved in understanding more about their conditions and how the body benefits from sometimes unpleasant treatments. Researchers at HopeLab, a nonprofit organization searching for products that positively impact health behavior, were…

<!–[CDATA[ <!–[CDATA[ This story first appeared in the May 31 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Hollywood Divided on Google GlassGoogle Chairman Eric Schmidt Calls on North Korea to Drop Web BarriersGoogle Nabs Sony, Universal for On-Demand Music ServiceGoogle Revenue Surges to Nearly $14 Billion in the First Quarter Forget all the talk about the machines taking over,” write Google chairman Eric Schmidt and former State Department adviser Jared Cohen…

If you plan to catch a Dolby Atmos mixed film–such as Star Trek Into Darkness or Epic–in an Atmos equipped theater this weekend, here’s more about the use of the format, as explained by Star Trek’s re-recording mixer Will Files of Skywalker Sound. Conversation Series: ‘Star Trek’ VFX Supervisor Revisits the Final FrontierBenedict Cumberbatch Showers in Deleted ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Scene (Video)Epic: Film Review Atmos is Dolby’s immersive sound…

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(CNN) — There’s fresh evidence that American teenagers may be growing weary of Facebook. They don’t like the fact that their parents, grandparents and other adults are also there, diluting Facebook’s “cool” factor. They complain about their friends’ oversharing, and about too much “drama” on the site. And they’re increasingly flocking to other social platforms, such as Twitter. These are some of the findings of a new Pew Research Center…

Pandora’s gains in its most recent fiscal quarter were helped by an increase in subscribers that stemmed from the listening caps the company placed on mobile listening in March. The company added over 700,000 net new subscribers to its Pandora One, ad-free service in the quarter, a 114 percent increase year-over-year. Pandora’s Cap on Mobile Listening Causes Drop in StreamsPandora Stock Surges 25 Percent After Beating Revenue ExpectationsPandora Limits Free…

(CNN) — On Sunday, a mystery photograph fluttered from the sky and landed near Leslie Hagelberg’s mailbox in West Tulsa, Oklahoma. She soon discovered it had been blown from Shawnee, Oklahoma, some 90 miles away. More random items would rain from the heavens across eastern Oklahoma a day later, when the tornado that ripped through Shawnee was followed by a bigger one in nearby Moore. School pictures, personal letters, valentines…

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  Peter Liguori Named Tribune Co. CEOTribune Hires Investment Banks to Sell L.A. Times, Newspaper UnitTribune Co. to Exit Bankruptcy on Dec. 31 (Report) Media company Tribune Co. has appointed Internet and digital media veteran Shashi Seth as president of Tribune Digital Ventures, a newly formed unit that will develop digital products and businesses. Seth, who has worked at such companies as Yahoo, AOL, Google and the latter’s online video arm…

This story first appeared in the May 31 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Power Lawyers: THR Unveils America’s Top 100 Entertainment AttorneysPower Lawyers: How ‘Star Wars’ Nerds Sold Lucasfilm to DisneyPower Lawyers: How a Warner Bros. Attorney Fought to Save ‘Man of Steel’ When Barry Diller unveiled Aereo in February 2012, he said the startup allowing consumers to watch network television on digital devices would break the chains of a “closed cable-broadcast-satellite circle.” Not surprisingly, all of the…