“The fact that Fifty Shades of Grey is a phenomenon at all ‘just shows how mainstream it is, and it’s blasted the door wide open, saying sex is back in a big, big way. Now, sex has moved to the internet, and it’s on Girls, and that’s where people are getting it now. They’re not going to R-rated movies for titillation; you can get it on your phone. But that kind of subject matter is coming back in a big way.”
Category: media
Univision Cancels Relationship With Donald Trump’s Miss Universe Org Over Trump Remarks About Immigrants
“The network said Thursday it would pull the plug on the July 12 Miss USA telecast and has severed its business relationship with the Miss Universe Organization, which produces the Miss USA pageant, due to what it called “insulting remarks about Mexican immigrants” by Trump, a part owner of Miss Universe.”
June Could Be Hollywood’s Biggest Month Ever At The Box Office
“Even if the month falls short, it will still have been an impressive run considering analysts were initially worried ticket sales were lagging when big movies like “Tomorrowland” and “Spy” disappointed. But the big summer blockbuster season got back on track as “Jurassic World” smashed records when it debuted three weeks ago.”
Here’s Your New (Young!) Spider-Man (Cue The Fan Backlash)
“Marvel and Sony announced Tuesday that 19 year-old Tom Holland will be taking over the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the upcoming reboot of the character, this time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And while fans might be excited to finally see Spidey swinging alongside Iron Man and Captain America, some are not happy about seeing yet another white man behind the mask.”
Latest “Jurassic Park” Reaches $1 Billion Box Office In Only 13 Days
“The dinosaur film has collected $402.8 million domestically in 10 days and $584.4 million overseas since its international rollout began on June 10, according to studio estimates. Internationally, the latest installment will pass the $640-million lifetime box office total of “Jurassic Park” (which includes the first run, reissues and 3-D) and become the highest-grossing film in the “Jurassic” franchise.”
Everything About Canadian TV Is Changing
“All the change is symbolized, illuminated, in CBC actually firing a well-connected person of privileged background on a heap-of-cash issue. It’s still a racket, the Canadian TV business, but the old version is dead. And some people dance on its grave.”
The Decline Of The American Leading Man?
Terrence Rafferty: “The phenomenon may have reached its unignorable peak in last year’s docudrama Selma: the parts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Governor George Wallace, and President Lyndon B. Johnson were all played by Brits. … Crisis or not, this is getting embarrassing.”
Do Open Auditions Ever Truly Work, For The Actors Or The Films?
“Film producer Kathleen Kennedy said they decided to have open auditions because of the film’s tradition of casting unknown actors in the past such as Mark Hamill, albeit through the traditional casting process.”
How Pixar Got Its Animated Groove Back
“While Inside Out has a personal connection, it also reflects the science-geek sensibility that runs through much of Pixar’s history.”
TV Credits Re-enter A Golden Age (Just Try To Get That ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Song Out Of Your Head)
“As credits sequences shrank, many of the beloved elements—like catchy tunes and meta-references—were lost. But in the last year, a few shows have started to buck that trend.”