The future of the U.S. economy, apparently, is hot sauces and self-tanning creams. Last week, we looked at the nation’s top 10 dying industries — everything from DVD rentals to, uh, newspapers. But now IBIS World is out with a new report (pdf) on the 10 fastest- growing industries: Read full article > >

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The top 10 fastest-growing U.S. industries (Hint: Think hot sauce)

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

The design of David Fincher’s “ The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ” DVD has proven confusing to some would-be move watchers, who believed they had received a pirated copy of the film. The DVD, which was officially released Tuesday, shows the film’s title written in what appears to be black marker on what looks like a blank disc. In reality, this is all part of Sony’s marketing plan. Read full article > >

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‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ DVD design has proven confusing to some

The design of David Fincher’s “ The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ” DVD has proven confusing to some would-be move watchers, who believed they had received a pirated copy of the film. The DVD, which was officially released Tuesday, shows the film’s title written in what appears to be black marker on what looks like a blank disc. In reality, this is all part of Sony’s marketing plan. Read full article > >

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‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ DVD design has proven confusing to some

The 1956 quasi documentary “On the Bowery,” which filmed the area’s characters, bars and flophouses, is finally being released on DVD.

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Crime Scene: ‘On the Bowery,’ on DVD, Captures a Grittier Time

While American networks continue to adapt British TV series with varying degrees of success, Anglophiles who crave authentic U.K. television face a challenge in finding viewing options — especially those who want to watch shows when most people do, also known as “whenever they feel like it.” Fortunately for them, back in the early ’90s, an employee at a small home-video distribution company thought that maybe, someday, people might want to find such a thing. Flash-forward a couple of decades and the Silver Spring-based Acorn Media Group has quietly grown into an international independent media company and leading distributor of British programming on DVD. And it’s picking up steam with its latest way to help fans of pop culture from across the pond: a streaming video Web site that offers seasons’ worth of classic British shows. Read full article > >

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Silver Spring-based Acorn Media streams British TV classics

Netflix has had a tough few months, and it’s been taking its toll on the video rental company. In its third-quarter earnings report Monday, the company reported that it’s lost 810,000 subscribers in the United States in the past three months. Many were expecting the company to post subscriber losses after fumbling how it handled its price changes and on-again, off-again decision to spin off its DVD-by-mail business. In an interview with the New York Times , Netflix’s chief executive Reed Hastings said the company simply moved too quickly and didn’t completely understand how its customers felt about Netflix. Read full article > >

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Netflix loses 810,000 subscribers; stock plunges

Netflix can’t seem to do anything right, if you ask its customers. Meanwhile, tech analysts are heaping praise on the company, though the market isn’t as sure — Netflix stock is bouncing up and down on the company’s decision to split its DVD and streaming businesses into two separate companies. Right now, it appears that Netflix may have done the right thing for its business in the wrong way. Read full article > >

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What Netflix did right, and what it did wrong

Troubled British music and DVD retailer HMV agrees a new refinancing deal with its lenders, worth £220m.

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HMV agrees new refinancing deal

Have the chance to own a legendary actress’s autograph! Catherine Deneuve stars in the French comedy

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Several weeks after Kwame R. Brown was elected D.C. Council chairman in November, city officials were asked to order for him a “fully loaded” Lincoln Navigator L with a DVD entertainment system, power moonroof and polished aluminum wheels.

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‘Fully loaded’ SUV puts D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown on the spot

Though Justin Bieber’s Never Say Never literally just hit theaters this past weekend, Paramount is already preparing to re-release the film in theaters on March 4th with some additional footage. The studio has had success doing this before for the Jackass movies, using extra footage to create an additional film. However, those were all released straight to DVD, while this will be the first time they rerelease a film less than a month after it hit theaters for the first time. Billboard tells us that Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 2.0 will feature “20 pieces of music not in the current edition,” and they say that most of the new additions came after fans commented on changes that should be made following December test screenings. So, essentially, the new footage is stuff… Read More Read Comments

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Justin Bieber’s ‘Never Say Never’ Hitting Theaters Again This March

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Web retail giant Amazon is set to buy up Britain’s leading DVD and online movie rental service.

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Amazon buys Lovefilm DVD service