Comcast reported on Tuesday an 11 percent increase in revenue, to nearly $18.7 billion, in the third quarter, fueled by continued growth in its high-speed Internet and film businesses.
Category: media
More Female Producers And Directors Mean More Female Crew Members, Study Finds
“Data crunched by researchers … at San Diego State University found that on films with female directors, women accounted for slightly more than half of the films’ writers. On films with male directors, by contrast, women made up 8 percent of writers. The ripple effect extends to other jobs: across the board, having a female director greatly increased the number of women in editing and cinematographer positions.”
Billions Of Views – Online Video Is HUGE (But Not Entirely)
“I am not saying YouTube isn’t a huge, game-changing deal. It is. I am not saying YouTube sensations aren’t real sensations. They are. But we can’t even have a conversation about what is really happening with people’s attention, or relative value, if we aren’t talking in the same terms.”
How Did “NPR Voice” Become The Default Audio Media Way Of Speaking?
“In addition to looser language, the speaker generously employs pauses and, particularly at the end of sentences, emphatic inflection. A result is the suggestion of spontaneous speech and unadulterated emotion. The irony is that such presentations are highly rehearsed, with each caesura calculated and every syllable stressed in advance.”
Sesame Street’s First Autistic Character Is A Big Deal, Yes – But Maybe Not For The Reasons You Think
Inclusiveness? Teaching kids to accept difference? Sesame Street has always done that. “Put simply: in 2015, everyone has heard of autism. Sesame Street did not have to do much explaining about why Julia is different (and the same), and why she was joining the cast.” This was not always the case …
Jennifer Lawrence’s Essay Was About Equal Pay – And So Much More
“There was a time in Hollywood when it was easier to find great actresses, however unfairly compensated, all over the nation’s screens, playing all kinds of characters. Lawrence is only 25, and already she’s great at comedy, at drama, at anchoring a string of global smashes. She doesn’t need the money, as she wrote in her Lenny essay. But she’s had it with the double standards.”
Are Robot Actors Going To Take Over Film?
Right now, they’re co-stars. “‘In some ways, this is a new form of puppet theater,’ Long said at a TIFF press conference, as her android co-star sat quietly to one side.”
Daniel Craig Says James Bond Is A Misogynist And Nobody’s Role Model
“Let’s not forget that he’s actually a misogynist. A lot of women are drawn to him chiefly because he embodies a certain kind of danger and never sticks around for too long.”
Pioneering Film Director Julie Dash On A New Movement
“I’m still optimistic. I’m very, very happy that TCM boldly stepped forward by curating this Trailblazing Women program, when other stations and networks have shied away from it. It’s pretty bold. I appreciate that.”
‘The Shining’ Hotel Will Become A Horror Film Museum And Center
“The hotel, which currently offers ‘Ghost Adventure’ packages (including ‘a glow-in-the-dark Stanley Hotel squishy ghost and a REDRUM mug per person’) as well as hosting an annual horror film festival, hopes to become a ‘year-round horror destination,’ according to Variety. Hollywood stars Simon Pegg and Elijah Wood are said to be founding board members of the planned film centre.”