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The man who published "The Da Vinci Code" has a new job at Random House, two months after his division was dismantled in a companywide reorganization.
It's a new Da Vinci code, but this time it could be for real. An Italian musician and computer technician claims to have uncovered musical notes encoded in Leonardo Da Vinci's "Last Supper," raising the possibility that the Renaissance genius might have left behind a somber composition to accompany the scene depicted in the 15th-century wall painting.
Pakistan on Saturday banned cinemas from showing "The Da Vinci Code" because it contained what officials called blasphemous material about Jesus.
"The Da Vinci Code" banked an estimated $29 million at the box office on its first day in theaters, an industry official said Saturday, positioning the film to turn in the strongest opening weekend for any movie this year.
A movie theater was forced to close on the opening night of "The Da Vinci Code" after 20 projector lenses were stolen, but the manager said he did not think the theft was related to protests of the film.
While it will still offend some Christians, it turns out that the movie version of "The Da Vinci Code" subtly softens some of the religiously disputed aspects of Dan Brown's novel.
China's official Catholic Church urged its followers to boycott "The Da Vinci Code" on Thursday, and the City Council in the Philippine capital banned the movie as viewers across Asia got a first glimpse of the film that suggests Jesus married and fathered a child.
The director huffed, offended believers protested and the critics carped as "The Da Vinci Code" premiered and started its march around the world Wednesday.
"The Da Vinci Code" drew lukewarm praise, shrugs of indifference, some jeering laughter and a few derisive jabs Tuesday from arguably the world's toughest movie crowd: critics at the Cannes Film Festival.
Parts of London's legal community ground to a virtual halt Thursday with lawyers turning into aspiring code-breakers as they tried to decipher a hidden message inserted into "The Da Vinci Code" trial judgment.
The judge who presided at the "Da Vinci Code" copyright infringement trial has put a code of his own into his ruling, and he said Wednesday he would "probably" confirm it to the person who breaks it.
The conservative religious group Opus Dei has asked for a disclaimer on the upcoming film based on the best-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code."
In ruling that Dan Brown had not ripped off the ideas of two other authors for his blockbuster "The Da Vinci Code," London High Court judge Peter Smith vowed to refrain from any comments on the "literary worth" of the books in question.
It's the latest twist for the mega-selling conspiracy thriller "The Da Vinci Code": a lawsuit against the book's publisher for breach of copyright that could taint the novel and delay the much-anticipated movie version.
Masons in pre-emptive damage-control mode over new Dan Brown novelAs members of a secretive brotherhood, Freemasons are no strangers to conspiracy theories. They have heard it all before -- that they are child-sacrificing cult members, or religious zealots plotting a New World Order with the Jews, or satanic anti-religious alien spies.
5 Pathetic Groups That People Think Rule the WorldOh, look, they made another Dan Brown movie at some point.
Leonardo painting has coded 'soundtrack' - Science- msnbc.comROME - It's a new Da Vinci code, but this time it could be for real.
A Tennessee writer is calling for a boycott of The Lost Symbol, which is the title of a new novel by Dan Brown due out in September. The Lost Symbol is the sequel to the best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code, published in 2003. R.
On Religion: Tom Hanks Talks About 'Angels and Demons'To hear Tom Hanks describe him, the hero who broke "The Da Vinci Code" is an academic superman whose knowledge of art, religion, history and philosophy can handle anything.
Update from authoritative Israeli and media sources: in the LAST WEEK Israelis have killed 390 Gazans in ostensible response to 28 Israeli deaths from Gaza rockets and mortars over 8.25 YEARS.
Vatican 'put obstacles' in way of filming The Da Vinci Code prequel[Excerpt:] - The Vatican put "obstacles" in the way of filming the prequel to The Da Vinci Code, according to American director Ron Howard.
Mary Magdalene - Edgar Cayce's Da Vinci Painting FoundMost people believed that Da Vinci never painted a picture of Mary Magdalene, but Cayce's readings claimed he did, and that it was a good representation of her. Cayce also tells a very different story of Mary Magdalene than The Da Vinci Code book and movie.
Church Says No to 'Angels and Demons'Once again, the Catholic Church is coming down hard on writer Dan Brown, the author of "The Da Vinci Code." The producers of Brown's latest thriller to be made into a film, "Angels and Demons," have been banned from filming key scenes inside any church in Rome, on the grounds tha …
Church bars Da Vinci Code prequelThe diocese of Rome has banned filming in its churches of the prequel to the Da Vinci Code, a popular book and film that has angered many Catholics.
Interfaith Group debate the merits of the Da Vinci CodeInterfaith Group debate the merits of the Da Vinci Code
Hollywood, UFOs and the Occult: The Impending SomethingThe broadcast-quality lilt of Coast to Coast AM radio host George Noory wafted over a packed conference room at Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn last Saturday night as he a moderated a panel of out-there researchers engaged in a radical examination of Hollywood's covert use of occul …
"Opus Dei and the Da Vinci Code" is a documentary that looks at the very private and powerful Catholic order Opus Dei and strips away errors promoted in the popular novel.
Da Vinci rights row author diesRichard Leigh, one of two writers who unsuccessfully sued for plagiarism the publishers of the global best-seller the Da Vinci Code, has died aged 64. US-born Leigh, who had lived in Britain for many years, had been suffering from a heart condition.
Golden Compass Author Calls Catholic Boycotters 'Nitwits' For Demanding Censorship of His Book and Derived FilmThe British author Philip Pullman has attacked leading American Catholics as "nitwits" after they called for a boycott of The Golden Compass, which has its world premiere in London tonight.
Italian musician uncovers hidden music in Da Vinci's 'Last Supper'It's a new Da Vinci code, but this time it could be for real.
'Da Vinci Code' Sequel Racing Against DeadlineRon Howard and Tom Hanks return for 'Angels & Demons,' but will the quality? Columbia has set a February start date for the "Da Vinci Code" sequel "Angels & Demons," which assumes the film will have a shootable script.
The Colgate CodeArchitects have been working to save a piece of wall from the 175-year-old building at 211 Pearl Street. Like many of the city's timeworn structures, this one has been destroyed to make way for bigger and better developments.
New Discoveries reveal a real life Da Vinci Code Unless you've been hiding under a pop-culture resistant rock, you've heard about the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, which raised a number of previously-unconsidered questions about the world's greatest inventor, his work, and his connection to Christianity. Today, an even less l …
"Da Vinci Code" Movie Still Ruffling Religious FeathersMore than a year after its premiere, "The Da Vinci Code" is being investigated by Italian state attorneys on the grounds that it is "obscene" from a religious perspective.
Da Vinci Code 'broke Italian obscenity laws' The film version of the Da Vinci Code film is to be investigated for allegedly breaking Italian obscenity laws more than a year after its release.
Amazing Hidden Images Found in Leonardo da Vinci's Paintings and DrawingsCountless visual images discovered within Leonardo da Vinci's paintings and drawings. Optical illusions and what is believed to be a "Hologram Effect" created by artist/inventor Leonardo da Vinci, revealing gorillas and snakes on The Mona Lisa.
Is the Lord of the Rings Real History?A new book connects The Lord of the Rings with The Da Vinci Code, the Flores "Hobbit" and all the usual suspects.
An Inconvenient Woman"I have seen the Lord: such is the story of the Resurrection, as told in the Gospel of John. With it begins the history of Christianity, and with it ends the New Testament history of Mary Magdalene.
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