The inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission is focused on at least three studios and creates a potential roadblock for the industry’s plans to expand in one of the world’s largest markets.
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S.E.C. Asks if Hollywood Paid Bribes in China
The move ends a two-and-a-half-year tenure that was more notable for continued misses than hits.
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Media Decoder Blog: Rich Ross, Disney Studio Chairman, Quits
If the new romantic comedy “ Think Like a Man ” seems ultra-clear about its message — don’t hate the player, change the game — that’s because it’s based on the hugely popular self-help relationship book “ Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man .” Read full article > >
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Steve Harvey discusses what men and women think about love
A wacky Lone Star murder mystery, soon to be a major motion picture.
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How My Aunt Marge Ended Up in the Deep Freeze . . .
The films of the Three Stooges are populated with character actors who played dames and gangsters, judges and jurors, cops and nurses and shopkeepers and mad scientists.
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Three Stooges Had Their Own Stooges, Like Vernon Dent
In 1933 Fred Astaire , a successful young dancer and comedian on the Broadway and London stage, made what turned out to be a decision that altered not merely his life but American popular culture: He left the stage and went to Hollywood, making two films — “Dancing Lady” and “Flying Down to Rio” — that almost immediately established him as a far bigger star. Those movies were just the beginning. Astaire went on to form a stupendously popular dancing partnership with Ginger Rogers , then briefer but not much less luminous ones with Cyd Charisse and Barrie Chase. Probably for as long as people watch movies, Astaire will be synonymous with grace, sophistication and what Kathleen Riley calls “ardent gallantry, restrained yearnings, self-deprecation, and self-confidence.” Read full article > >
No worries, Kerry Washington fans, you did not miss a chance to meet the actress when she was filming her new ABC series based on the life of D.C. crisis-management ninja Judy Smith — because “Scandal” did not film here in D.C. Those scenes from Thursday night’s episode where Washington conducted tense, fast-talking conversations in front of the White House and Jefferson Memorial? Fake backdrops , it seems. Real-life Lafayette Park doesn’t have balustrades or marble steps as seen on TV, and that Tidal Basin scene? Well, something was wrong there, just can’t put our finger on it. The D.C. Film Office said the show did not bring production to Washington that they know of; ABC publicists did not get back to us for comment. D.C.’s had a mixed track record with Hollywood lately. NBC’s “The Firm” brought its cameras and stars here for some real on-location shooting last fall — but the show was quickly canceled. We’ll see if HBO’s forthcoming “Veep,” which spent a day or so filming in D.C. (but more of its time in Baltimore), fares better. Read full article > >
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‘Scandal,’ indeed! D.C. drama used fake backdrops of Washington
Washington-born writer-director Whit Stillman has gained a reputation for making cult classics that seem ripped from the pages of “The Official Preppy Handbook.” His movies have the power to make edgy indie fans marvel at debutante Manhattanites ( “Metropolitan,” 1990 ), laugh along with insecure 20-somethings living abroad ( “Barcelona,” 1994 ), even tap a foot as Ivy League grads shimmy onscreen during 1998’s “Last Days of Disco.” Read full article > >
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Whit Stillman on ‘Damsels in Distress’
Washington-born writer-director Whit Stillman has gained a reputation for making cult classics that seem ripped from the pages of “The Official Preppy Handbook.” His movies have the power to make edgy indie fans marvel at debutante Manhattanites ( “Metropolitan,” 1990 ), laugh along with insecure 20-somethings living abroad ( “Barcelona,” 1994 ), even tap a foot as Ivy League grads shimmy onscreen during 1998’s “Last Days of Disco.” Read full article > >
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Whit Stillman on ‘Damsels in Distress’
The critics Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott examine the complex, at times contradictory character of Katniss Everdeen, the hero of “The Hunger Games.”
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Arts & Leisure: Katniss Everdeen, a New Type of Woman Warrior
Sony beefed up its video content Wednesday, with the announcement that it will be adding Amazon streaming video content to the PlayStation 3. In a post on the PlayStation blog, Sony Senior Director for PlayStation Digital Platforms Jack Buser said that there are more than 120,000 movies and TV shows on Amazon Prime that are now accessible from the PlayStation. Read full article > >
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Amazon Prime streaming video now available on PlayStation 3
At a time of plunging DVD sales and an up-and-down box office, Hollywood is doubling back on past hits, like “Dirty Dancing,” and stars like Bette Midler and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Retro Remakes as Hollywood Looks Back to the 1980s
hunger games cake iReporter kdelizzle says she created a Hunger Games inspired cake for the bakery she works for in Florida. After she created the cake, which took her approximately five hours, she handed out samples at the midnight showing of “The Hunger Games” last Thursday, and says people really enjoyed it. As for “The Hunger Games” movie, kdelizzle says she was blown away by the movie, and thought it really translated well from the books. Although she loved everything about the movie, she says she did find one particular highlight in the film, “I think Peeta was my favorite my character because he is a baker too ,” she says. More from iReport at the movies: 'The Hunger Games' has arrived! Previously – 'The Hunger Games' bucks hunter stereotypes and Life-sized Stormtrooper cake takes eaters to the delicious side
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May the cakes be ever in your flavor
Only in Iran, the government makes a movie about cracking down on its protesters and shooting at them, then blames it on foreign spies and the people themselves. A new movie called Ghaladehay-e-Tala or The Golden Collars, premiered for the Persian New Year, is telling the story of the 2009 presidential election and its aftermath which led to what the West knows as the Green Movement. See the trailer here . Screening of this film at this time is significant since two other Iranian movies scheduled to be screened at the time of Persian New Year celebrations were banned while one in particular depicts the activities of Gasht-e-Irshad or Morality Police which harasses the Iranian youth for not following Islamic codes of clothing and conducts. As the screening of the movie have raised a lot of criticism and anger, this time, Iranians feel betrayed by some of their favorite actors and actresses who have played in the movie and call on the boycott of the film and its characters. Comments on YouTube also have been overwhelming. Those who personally participated in the protests compare the movie with their own experiences. For example, one comment asked how could people be carrying guns when he even didn’t see anyone carrying a stick?! Others, just simply shower the filmmakers, the actors and the government of Islamic Republic with their colorful language. However, my favorite reaction to the movie was this photoshoped poster I found on Facebook which I had to share: Is there any other way I could convince you that Iranians will always find a way to prove they are not their government?
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Only in Iran: The Green Movement Movie
“The Hunger Games” took in a record $155 million at North American box offices over the weekend, setting up what promises to be one of the biggest film franchises of this decade.
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‘Hunger Games’ Breaks Box-Office Records
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