Category: media

“The sheer number of Hollywood lunch dates broken or never consummated by now outnumbers the stars in the Andromeda galaxy. But seldom does anyone in Hollywood outright refuse an invitation.”

Emily Nussbaum looks back at All in the Family, which has been even more influential than we thought.

Colbert, Conan, Ellen, Tina and Amy, Craig, somebody/anybody named Jimmy … and even a certain notorious mayor.

“We stay in for amusement and leave the house for dinner. Film will always be dominated and controlled by what consumers are buying.”

“Amazon has a vested interest in making sure it is present at every moment of possible consumption, which is all the time. It wants to get into that television screen and start to build a relationship.” The tool: Fire TV, a new set-top box.

“Whether directors accept the text on its own merits or add their own creative spice, the end product will never be wholly satisfying for any audience.”

“The local organization League of Safe Internet (LBI), has sent complains to the prosecutor’s office and to the culture ministry, accusing the film of gay propaganda among minors and containing elements of child pornography.”

“The Disney film, which won the 2014 Oscar for best animated feature, has now earned $1.072-billion internationally, beating Toy Story 3‘s record-holding $1.063-billion and making it the highest-grossing animated feature in history. The film is also now the tenth highest grossing film in box-office history.”

“We found that the data doesn’t appear to support the persistent Hollywood belief that films featuring women do worse at the box office. Instead, we found evidence that films that feature meaningful interactions between women may in fact have a better return on investment, overall, than films that don’t.”

Jay Caspian Kang: “There’s a long tradition in American comedy of dumping tasteless jokes at the feet of Asians and Asian-Americans that follows the perception that we will silently weather the ridicule. .. Even when you want to be in on the joke – and you understand, intellectually, that you are not the one being ridiculed – it’s hard not to wonder why these jokes always come at the expense of those least likely to protest.”