“Jason Brewer, who lives in Kyle, said he is excited about the opening of the theater because it will mean less travel. He previously traveled to Rapid City — about 90 miles away — every time he wanted to attend a showing.”
Category: media
Why Is Downtown Abbey So Lily-White?
“Black people have been in Britain for hundreds of years, possibly thousands.”
Yep, Multicultural Abbey Time.
Writer and creator Julian Fellowes “said it would be ‘rather nice to open it up ethnically a bit.'”
How Did Mystery Science Theater 3000 Find Those Terrible Movies?
One man sacrificed his entire work and social life to watch thousands of clunkers – and to pick the best of the worst for the cult classic show.
Don’t Trust The Mouse With Star Wars
“It wouldn’t matter to me if all six Star Wars movies got wiped off the face of the earth tomorrow. Which means that, logically speaking, it shouldn’t matter to me what Disney does with the franchise either, right? Um, yes and no.”
In Music Royalties Battle, No One’s Winning
“The options on the table are as follows: Keep the current rates and let Internet radio feel a disproportionate squeeze; pass the IRFA and put a further burden on already squeezed musicians, who would lose out on significant royalty payments; or raise satellite radio’s rates out of solidarity, at the risk of crushing it along with Internet radio.”
Sirius Satellite Radio Signs Up Record Number Of Subscribers
“Its total paid subscriber base rose to a record high of 23.4 million. Strong auto sales helped lift total paid and unpaid trial inventory by approximately 115,000 from the second quarter to 6.2 million in the third.”
So Dave Hickey Left Criticism. Scott Foundas Joins Up
Foundas is currently a producer at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. “On Wednesday, Voice Media Group, which owns several alternative newspapers including The Village Voice and LA Weekly, said that Scott Foundas had been hired as the principal film writer at The Voice, where his reviews and features will be appear in the print publications and online platforms owned by the company.”
What Disney’s Acquisition Of Lucas Means For Movies
“Disney’s increased reliance on these powerhouse production companies underscores the role of a studio that’s not so much a story incubator but a marketing juggernaut.”
Disney Buys Star Wars, Lucas For $4 Billion
“Along with the purchase, Disney announced that it plans to release a seventh live-action “Star Wars” movie in 2015. The agreement continues Chief Executive Bob Iger’s strategy of growing Disney through huge acquisitions that give the Burbank company control of key pieces of intellectual property.”
