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  • August 2008

    • Studios Bet Big on R-Rated Comedies

      Associated Press  |  Aug 5, 08 8:45 PM CDT

      Studios Bet Big on R-Rated Comedies

      (Newser) - Movie studios are gambling on R-rated comedies more than ever as audiences open up to raunchier humor and stars push to showcase their talent in a less restricted setting, the AP reports. PG-13 flicks almost always draw bigger crowds, but R-rated features like Sex and the City , Wedding Crashers , and Knocked Up are proving that more risqué comedies can still do well. More »

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      comedy  • movies  • Tom Cruise  • Sex and the City  • Ben Stiller  • Jack Black  • Tropic Thunder  • MPAA  • Knocked Up  • R-rated

  • July 2008

    • Parents Say Knight Too Dark for Kids

      USA Today  |  Jul 21, 08 10:31 AM CDT

      Parents Say Knight Too Dark for Kids

      (Newser) - Parents who saw the PG-13 rating attached to The Dark Knight and decided to bring the kids along are walking away, if not dissatisfied, then a little miffed. “I know it's a good movie, but it should have been rated R,” one surprised mother tells USA Today . Another parent was less equivocal. “There has to be a way to tell parents that someone is going to get a pencil in the skull.” More »

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      movie  • Batman  • The Dark Knight  • MPAA  • video violence

  • June 2008

    • Studios Want to Keep Certain Movies Off Your DVR

      Ars Technica  |  Jun 9, 08 4:01 PM CDT

      Studios Want to Keep Certain Movies Off Your DVR

      (Newser) - Hollywood is pressing the Federal Communications to allow studios to block digital video recorders from copying high-definition films before they're released to DVD, Ars Technica reports. In return, the studios promise to shorten the time it takes movies to get from theater to home TVs. The feds would need to waive rules barring cable providers from transmitting digital codes that block such copying. More »

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      FCC  • DVR  • freedom of speech  • MPAA

  • January 2008

    • Wireless Tech to Cut HDTV Cord

      Associated Press  |  Jan 3, 08 11:04 AM CST

      Wireless Tech to Cut HDTV Cord

      (Newser) - Electronics companies are finally going to get rid of that ugly cord running from your lovely HDTV to its cable box. At least three different wireless high-definition technologies will be duking it out beginning Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and manufacturers promise you’ll be able to buy them by next Christmas, the AP reports. More »

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      television  • Wi-Fi  • wireless  • HDTV  • Consumer Electronics Show  • wireless technology  • MPAA  • WirelessHD  • cable box

  • September 2007

    • Stewart Gets 2nd Shot at Oscars

      New York Times  |  Sep 12, 07 3:09 AM CDT

      Stewart Gets 2nd Shot at Oscars

      (Newser) - "Daily Show" star Jon Stewart is expected to be announced today as the host of Hollywood's next Oscar awards ceremony, his second time at the famous podium, reports the New York Times . Stewart hosted in 2006, swapping political satire for movie parodies, but didn't draw as many viewers as Ellen DeGeneres or Chris Rock did in recent years. More »

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      Oscar  • Jon Stewart  • Ellen DeGeneres  • The Daily Show  • MPAA  • Chris Rock

    • Academy Sues to Halt Oscar Sell-Out

      BBC  |  Sep 2, 07 9:34 AM CDT

      Academy Sues to Halt Oscar Sell-Out

      (Newser) - Two Oscars won by silent film legend Mary Pickford are on their way to the open market, and the Motion Picture Academy of America is suing to stop the sale. The academy claims that 1950 bylaws give them the right to buy each statue for the nominal sum of $10, the BBC reports. Organization officials fret that the awards would be “cheapened” by a public sale. More »

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      actor  • Oscar  • Academy Awards  • MPAA

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  • April 2007

    • Longtime Movie Lobbyist Valenti Dead at 85

      CNN  |  Apr 27, 07 7:39 AM CDT

      Longtime Movie Lobbyist Valenti Dead at 85

      (Newser) - Despite being neither movie star nor studio exec, Jack Valenti was one of Hollywood's most influential figures. An era ended Thursday when the longtime president of the film industry's trade association died at his home in Washington. The veteran lobbyist, who also served in the Johnson administration, was 85 and had suffered a stroke in March. More »

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      movie  • film  • obituary  • Hollywood  • death  • lobbyist  • Lyndon Johnson  • MPAA

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